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re: Telecaster

Thanks for good edits! The pictures seem to have vanished, though. Any idea if something happened in the edit process? Auto movil 16:28, 24 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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Fender vs. Gibson

Hey, check out this link I stumbled on; [1]. Seems rivalry may have been responsible for the development of the humbucker. Soundguy99 13:57, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

Thanks! Great stuff. The page is really taking shape. Deltabeignet 20:52, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

IMHO, the article is definitely getting there. You've got some interesting stuff in there that I didn't know. Might still be considered kind of too "essay-ish". Some things that might help with that would be, say, more dates and any kind of sales figures you can find. Example: proof of Gibson dominance in hollow bodies; "Fender's HB models like the Starcaster only produced from (date) to (date) and only sold (umpty-thousand) copies, Gibson's got (however many) different models of HB's in continuous production since (whenever) and have sold (umpty-umpty-thousand) copies." Stuff like that. Also, if I were you, I'd reference the bejesus out of it - including any and all paper books that you can find on the subject. Miller Freeman is a big publisher of guitar books and gear history books.

Another thought; artist endorsement (or highly-visible use) would seem to be a big factor in the rivalry, you've already got quite a bit of info there, but anything about people "switching sides", especially at the instigation of one of the manufacturers, would be good.

Fewer adjectives would probably give a more NPOV "tone."

A project like this one is exactly what makes Wikipedia so cool; you're compiling little bits of info from various sources about a real subject that a paper encyclopedia would never care about. The F/G rivalry is something we all "know", but you're actually getting it all together in one place. But that's why I think it's important that you have lots of references, and as many facts and figures as possible; that way it passes the "verifiable" wikipedia test and no-one will yell "original research!" Also, the musical instrument and instrument manufacturer "section" of Wikipedia seems to be pretty sparsely populated, so I'd make it a little more complete before you "release" it, cause I wouldn't expect a lot of people to find it and start adding to it.

As far as a title goes "Rivalry between F & G" or something like that would probably be fine. This is the kind of article that nobody's probably going to find unless they're already at Fender or Gibson. Put a link to the page at the "see also" section of those articles, and categorize the article under Guitar.

Hope this helps, and if I find any other useful stuff, I'll let you know. Soundguy99 11:03, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

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Women's history

You changed Women's history to a redirect to Famous women in history. This is not the same thing!!! Women's history has to include the history of the Common Woman. Common Man 22:22, 22 May 2005 (UTC)

  • I apologize for any distress I've caused you; I saw a page with apparently no useful content, assumed it was a test, and redirected it to the closest thing in my search results. Sorry again, and feel free to do whatever you want with the page. Deltabeignet 22:30, 22 May 2005 (UTC)
  • No harm done. Well, I don't think I'm cut out to fill this with much content. I really hope someone would, though. Common Man 22:52, 22 May 2005 (UTC)


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FPC
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Your nomination for featured picture status, Image:Usbkey internals.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates.
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Overdub

Good job with that article, you have definitely improved it by leaps and bounds. Cheers. --Sn0wflake 20:05, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

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Morello crime family

I'm sorry to bother you but regarding your recent move of Morello Crime Family shouldn't it be under Morello crime family as per Wikipedia naming convention as well as the Mafia crime families category ? 209.213.71.78 22:03, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

  • Sorry about that. I was in the middle of editing and I didn't notice the page had been moved until I saw the history. Thanks again. 209.213.71.78 22:41, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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Layla

I'd encourage you to nominate this article on WP:FAC. I think it's pretty good right now, but the best way to get solid feedback and improve this article which you have worked so hard on is to enter it on FAC. I'll support the article, and also help in addressing any concerns that come up about the piece. If you want to discuss this with me, feel free, otherwise I hope to see it on FAC soon. Thanks. Harro5 July 5, 2005 07:23 (UTC)

  • I've changed a bit of the language in the article (minor changes really), and have merged some paragraphs to make the article look longer. Here's a diff. Anyway, let's see how it fares on FAC! Harro5 July 5, 2005 22:44 (UTC)

Things aren't going too badly. Legitimate issues, and none too major. At least there aren't any dodgy picture licensing problems. Oh well, I'm keeping an eye on the proceedings and helping where I can. Harro5 July 7, 2005 10:42 (UTC)

  • Featured'! Congratulations on a great article and just reward for all your improvements. Harro5 22:23, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
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Hypnotize

Re: My messages on Talk:Hypnotize

Yes, he did vandalize the page (see [2]). I don't care what he's doing or what he wants me to do, why? Because, I really don't have to deal with anonymous users like him, especially when he refuses to stop vandalizing or removing some information that is right or not before threatening to violate the 3RR (three revert rule). -- Mike Garcia | talk 5 July 2005 21:07 (UTC)

The first of half of the new System of a Down album was supposed to be Hypnotize and the second was supposed to be Mezmerize. In early 2005, they rotated. That's why I kept restoring the information when he kept coming back repeating the word "source?". Again, I don't have to deal with any anonymous like him, especially when he refuses vandalizing anything and removing information before threatening me to violate the 3RR (three revert rule) and telling me to find a source of all that bullshit he kept removing. -- Mike Garcia | talk 6 July 2005 04:24 (UTC)

Mike, you barely make any sense. Please, next time cite your source. 66.36.129.90 6 July 2005 23:19 (UTC)
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Changing the Irish-American page into something else

You are trying to change the Irish-American page into a Scotch-Irish page. If you leave out the information about Catholics, then you have to remove a lot of the other stuff in the article, information about St. Patrick's Day parade, descrimination, and the communities, because that is all Irish-Catholic related. 64.109.253.204 23:56, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

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Requesting comments on template alteration

Hello. I see you are using one or more of the User instruments templates in your Babel box. Inspired by some recent developments, I want to rework all the templates in there (including ones used on user pages), to make them more like the regular Babel templates. However, I thought I should hear from the people this would affect before actually doing it. Please weigh in at User:Ddawson/User instruments. Ddawson 09:58, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

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Chindia

Hi, I noticed that the above article was on afd - I've expanded it. Can you have a look and let me know if it is ok? --Gurubrahma 04:24, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

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Chicago (band)

"Wah-Wah butressed" - love it. Proof that NPOV does not require boring language. Jgm 01:12, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

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