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Shostakovich Preludes

I'm taking the extreme liberty of a very belated welcome to the 'pedia to you, Solipsist. I have a question since you appear to be well-informed about Shostakovitch. Are the 24 preludes op.34 worth investigating, or are the 24 Preludes AND fugues op.87 musically superior? I am always interested in new wiki's especially if from East Anglia and with interests in Classical music. Hope you enjoy your stay at the Wiki and look forward to future contributions from you. Norwikian 14:01, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Hi Norwikian,

To be honest I am not as familiar with the Op34 preludes. They are certainly interesting pieces, being written in DSCH's more private reflective period after being critised from Lady Macbeth. You can also play 'spot the themes' from his other pieces - having just listened to them again, I'm trying to place the theme from the first prelude, which may get reused in the slow section of the Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Orchestra . On the whole I don't find them as compelling as the Op87 set (but then I really like the fugues).

If you don't know them, the string quartets are certainly worth investigating. -- Solipsist 16:34, 6 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Exploding whale renominated

Hi Solipsist! After several more objections were resolved, I've renominated this article. Could you revote? Thanks mate. - Ta bu shi da yu 16:51, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Hi again, I've tried to address your concerns. I'm not sure if I have, however. See my comments at Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates#Exploding_whale for more info! - Ta bu shi da yu 03:02, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Francis Bacon

Odd that you added a picture of Bacon's statue in Cambridge a few days ago. I just independently added an almost identical statue in St Albans: apparently the Cambridge statue is a copy. Ghouston 16:06, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I guess its time had come. We had better put cross-references about the copies of each statue (do you know the sculptor) on each image page — otherwise everyone will think Bacon just sat around looking bored the whole time. -- Solipsist 16:30, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC)

That's what a life in politics will do to an intelligent person. Added a small detail to my image page Ghouston 16:50, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Old-fashioned prose on George Fox

Hello, Solipsist. Thanks for your comments on WP:FAC. I've been trying to improve the article, but I'm having trouble with the old-fashioned prose. This is unfortunately what my writing style is like, and I'm finding it difficult to see which bits are obscure. I've just taken out "brooded particularly"; are there any more phrases that jump out? Thank you for your help. AlexG 19:02, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I think you've hit the nail on the head there - it as particularly the 'paricularlies' the were particularly anachronistic.-- Solipsist 19:28, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Mobile

I started updating the links on Friday but had to leave; I'll finish the job as soon as I have some time (ie. next day or so). Warofdreams 10:25, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Featured pic

(William M. Connolley 19:55, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)) I've just added HenryMoore02 to the Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Hope thats OK by you. I'm a bit surprised you didn't choose it yourself.

Thanks. It hadn't occurred to me to submit to Featured Pictures before. I was testing the water with the Hansom cab picture. I've already got Henry Moore going through WP:FAC, so I was going to wait a little before nominating HenryMoore02 as a feature picture. But the cat is out of the bag now. -- Solipsist 20:13, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Sorry for debagging your cat... I hadn't noticed that the article was on FAC too: I've added my vote in favour too.

Thank you for the poppies!

Hi Solipsist. Thanks very much for providing the poppy wreath photo for Remembrance Day and In Flanders Fields. I'm sure John McCrae would be proud, it's a great picture. Cheers, Madmagic 17:09, Sep 22, 2004 (UTC)

Technically they were not for Remembrance Day, being on a memorial for firemen — especially those who died in the Blitz fighting the fires around St Paul's Cathedral. However, they is still for Rememberance, although I'm guessing the fireman have a ceremony on a different day (possibly the 18–19 September) as the wreaths were very fresh.

Anyhow, glad you liked the picture -- Solipsist 17:33, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)

As of nnnn

I've been checking "as of" links from older years and tidying up or removing any that need it (most, I find, go to population figures for geographic articles). The shoplift reference struck me as unnecessary, and I couldn't find any updated figure, but certainly if you disagree, please restore it. - DavidWBrooks 13:59, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)

hi solo

I am in Chicago right now, returning from having a hernia operation in Toronto. As an American without health coverage it is less expensive [like half] for me to drive 2,000 miles and have it done in canada than to do it in America. I shall look at your sculpture terms with much joy when I get home in a few days. Carptrash 00:52, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Well I am back home in NM and have just spent a pleasant bit of time rooting through my sculpture library and putting together some references for your sculpture technique article. it turned out that I had quite a few. Anyway, I'll try for some terms later. "Lost Wax Casting", for example. I also ran across something in your "discussions" from some poor fellow who had tried to do the right thing with Lee Lawrie and was worried about how I'd feel, waking up in America the next day. the only trouble i have waking up in America involves having a war criminal as the Head of State. And since this is clearly a POV, I can't even exorcise it on the wikipedia. Carptrash 21:35, 3 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Hi Carprtrash, glad you are back - hope the op went well. There is already a fairly good description of Lost Wax Casting at Casting along with a rather good photo, but it isn't organised that well and I'm sure there is more to say.

I started Glossary of sculpting terms in order to clear up some of the red links on my Henry Moore article which recently got through WP:FAC (with luck my photo will pass also on WP:FPC this week too). Arguably the Glossary should be broken up into individual articles as the sections are expanded (or kept as a summary with links to the full articles), but some of the items like maquette are bordering on dictionary definitions and might not expand much further. It might need some more thought to sort out the best organisation. It is also as well to be aware of Wikipedia:Sculpture basic topics, which is part of the list of basic topics which every wiki-language-encyclopedia should have, yet still has a fair few red link in English.

I reckon your Lee Lawrie article should be a good topic for a featured article eventually (the connection to the Rockefeller Center alone makes him interesting), but it needs to grow a little first in order to balance the text to photo ratio. From what I've seen, Featured Articles and Featured Pictures can be a bit of a bear pit. Never-the-less it was quite nice to see the article grow from the additional attention. Peer Review is gentler, but is often so sleepy that it isn't obvious anything is going on. -- Solipsist 22:07, 3 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Yes, thank-you, I'm in good shape - at lest good enough to be doing this at 2:00 AM. Don't be surprised to see scar pictures showing up in the "hernia" entry soon. I started adding images to my Hugh Ferriss abd discoverd that I'd spelled his name wrong. Whooops - but i figured out the MOVE thing, so all is well. I'm rooting around to get some pictures for a Henry Moore in America - two or three anyway, unless you think I should wait a bit. I'll cast about in your glossery and see if "lost wax casting" should be an entry of its own or not. I just did a very quick look-see last time and decided to work on the references first. That was then. This is now. Bed time. Carptrash 08:06, 4 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Off the top of my head I have a Moore picture of an arch in Richmond Indiana that looks very much like the one in Japan. I am rather looking forward to comparing them, and the dates involved. Then I have Princeton NJ, and Milwaukee WI, and I've seen others, but might not have photographed them. I wsa never a BIG Moore fan, being moore of a figurative sort. Much prefer Eric Gill, for example.

I'm thinking about those direct carvers you are looking for and am doing an description of pointing, since that was one of your red marks in the Moore piece. Carptrash 19:41, 4 Oct 2004 (UTC) PS I want to talk to you about your copyright tag. i like the look of it and would like to learn how to do it - usless you have it copyrighten?

If you send me your email address at eeklon@yahoo.com I will send you a scan from Aumonier's "Modern Architectural Sculpture" which identifies the eight winds [who knew?] on the building, and their sculptors, including one by author Aumonier. Carptrash 22:09, 4 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Squidgygate

Thanks for the link! -- Emsworth 19:26, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC)

a can o' worms

Well you have done it now with your seemingly innocent query about the Aumonier's. As far as i can tell from the perhaps half dozen, or just more, references that I can find of them in my less-than-spectacular British Sculpture & Architecture collection, there were three generations of William Aumonier sculptors. As bad as the Alexander Calders. The second or third generation could easily have been an Eric, as the Calders had Sterling and Sandy. Did I mention that my lovely wife has the mumps. Second case the doctor has seen in a week after averaging one a year. She is contagious, but NOT over the WWW. HAs led to a change of the orders-o- the-day around here. Carptrash 00:30, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)

PS - you DID get Allan Wyon's name correct, who ever he was. Carptrash 00:34, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Image:Sunflowers.jpg

Hi. I just downloaded the large image and made it a bit smaller. original size was 1MB, now its about 280kB. I did not touch the color controls at all. Not sure if the image is oversaturated, but it is definitely not under-saturated. Please feel free to adjust if neccessary, thanks for nominating. -- Chris 73 Talk 22:19, Oct 9, 2004 (UTC)

Jettying

Hi, Solipsist, Yes, this looks good, and the header is fine. I can't see how you can improve on the photo, it certainly shows all the details you need. Many thanks for making the article so much better. Dieter Simon 23:06, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Image:Barlach Magdeburger Ehrenmal.jpg

Hi. I tried to de-grain thumb|Barlach Magdeburger Ehrenmal on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Is this better now? (Press CTRL - Reload if necessary) Thanks. -- Chris 73 Talk 14:56, Oct 13, 2004 (UTC)

Wikilink game

Thank you sooooo much for the wikilink game. In all the time I have wasted it, I have discovered the meaning of Wikipedia, life, the universe and everything. And had fun. JOHN COLLISON | (Ludraman) 19:12, 14 Oct 2004 (UTC)

ARM linking

FYI: I have been cleaning up ARM redirects. But I don't mess with user pages, and I don't know what the ARM building should link to. ;-> Jake 00:33, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. The link was for ARM Ltd, but I see there are some bigger naming problems to resolve. -- Solipsist 07:48, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)

MoorHouse

See Wikipedia:Pictures needing attention. Gdr 01:07, 2004 Oct 22 (UTC)

Hey thanks Gdr - not only did you get the building, but you validated the idea of Wikipedia:Pictures needing attention. -- Solipsist 18:09, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Translation of Marginated Tortoise

Article: de:Breitrandschildkröte
Corresponding English-language article: Marginated Tortoise
Worth doing because: There are few English articles on individual tortoise species. The German version looks like its done by a guy who really knows his tortoises.
Originally Requested by: Solipsist 23:36, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Status: Mpolo 10:01, Oct 25, 2004 (UTC) (I have not yet uploaded the pics).
Other notes: There are several good photos with this article too. One of which is a Feature Picture on wiki:de and I've also nominated for Feature Picture in English.

Thanks, that looks excellent. -- Solipsist 18:59, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)

No problem. Thanks for uploading the images! I did Greek Tortoise and Herman's Tortoise as well, if you're interested in uploading more images -- I don't have time at the moment. Mpolo 13:27, Oct 26, 2004 (UTC)

wikilove

re:User_talk:Chameleon#Too_much_Wiki-stress

i think that is an awesome idea. Where should it be Wikipedia:Group Hug, Wikipedia:ego inflator, Wikipedia:wikilove, Wikipedia:wikiAloha (apparently aloha means love as well as hello in hawaiian - http://www.hisurf.com/hawaiian/dictionary.html). The bellman 05:52, 26 Oct 2004 (UTC)

I don't know. To be honest, I'm not that much of a group hug sort of person. Wikipedia:wikiAloha sort of fits the Wikwiki theme and stops it being too serious, although everyone is likely to think it is a place for welcoming newcomers. Is there a Hawaiian word for hug? There is also the problem of how to handle someone seeking a group hug and getting no replies. Probably a theme to be explored on Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals).

hug=puliki, hence wikipuliki. i like the ring of that. The bellman 08:23, 2004 Oct 26 (UTC)

I like that. Come to think of it - 'speedy love' - if you are not a native Hawaiian speaker, best check that neither of these is actually Hawaiian slang for a quickie :-) -- Solipsist 08:32, 26 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Proxies

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:198.81.26.6

Is a proxy for a college school. You just left a comment there and thought you would like to know how futile making a little jab was. In fact, you might be propagating such activity with those comments. It would be better to keep things informational, as I can see people browsing wikipedia from here visiting that page and getting some actual constructive feedback. Not really trying to badger you, I've been a part of this community for a long while now.

Sorry, it sounds like you may have misread my comments, which were made over a month ago. Are you thinking I was being sarcastic? - I wasn't. I am aware that leaving comments for an anonymous IP might not get read by the same user. Please sign your comments. -- Solipsist 07:02, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Rowing GB Pair

Hi Solipsist,

As you requested i have updated the image of the Rowing GB Pair stating i took it and have released it into the PD. Johnteslade 18:50, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Theophilus Presbyter done

Article: de:Theophilus Presbyter
Corresponding English-language article: Theophilus Presbyter
Worth doing because: We've recently sorted out some confusion over articles concerning various historical folk who go by the name Theophilus. One of the more interesting ones is this 12th Century Benedictine monk who was an active inventor and metalurgist.
Originally Requested by: Solipsist 19:25, 24 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Status: Done by Mpolo 19:38, Oct 29, 2004 (UTC)
Other notes: Thought to be a psuedonym for Roger Of Helmarshausen (not sure which name should take priority for the article title). See also discussion on Wikipedia:Village_pump_(miscellaneous)#Theophilus_II_article_needs_edit.

I put him at Theophilus Presbyter with redirect at Roger... Mpolo 19:42, Oct 29, 2004 (UTC)

Excellent, thanks Mpolo. I can see you are quite an asset round here. -- Solipsist 19:47, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Architecture of London Ontario [NOT England}

Thanks for the idea. i think that I'll just toss the pictures onto the London Ontario page and see what develops. i can probably start captions that will just be style based - deco, neo-classic, and that sort of thing. I have not forgotten sculpture terms either, just been waylaid. Meanwhile, it has been widely understood in many circles in the US of A that Geo Bush [the Pretender] would come up with some last minute scare tactic. it is quite illuminating that it is Osama BL who actually delivered it, right on cue.

I nearly added a comment that you might only get results if you had photos from the real London, but since Adam Bishop is Canadian I didn't want to risk offence.

I'm afraid I can't help you with the election thing. You'll just have to trust that it will be alright on the night. And if it is not, at least he can't get in for a third term, so you only have another four or five years to wait. Alternatively, I've always like the advice - "vote early, vote often". -- Solipsist 22:17, 30 Oct 2004 (UTC)