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Not exactly a message, but if you're interested[edit]

Hi WeHope, when you left I wasn't sure if you weren't accepting info from all w'pedians. As you've returned, you've been doing some great work with lobby art, photo images and the like. If you're interested I've lined up some great material I've been collating.

ThanksKoplimek (talk) 03:16, 25 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]


Thanks for the info on James Durkin and Frances Starr. I had known Starr had been married several times in her life as I had read Daniel Blum Great Stars of the American Stage(she was still very much alive in 1954) and the John Parker Who's Who books. That article is from 1904 and Starr couldn't have been no more than 18(if born in 1886) though some sources have listed her having been born in 1881 which would have made her 23. The only Durkin film to survive, I believe is the John Barrymore The Incorrigible Dukane which is a Chaplin type farce but seems to have been well made. The scene of Jack getting up and taking a shower (Youtube) indicates some fine direction if the rest of the film follows. How many scenes of people showering, men or women, were released in 1915 before or for a long time afterward.
I agree, the dead or broken links is becoming more and more of an issue rendering cited sources null-and-void. I've been able to pull some great stuff up back from Wayback Machine. A favorite topic of mine is ships and particularly ocean liners. I had linked a great picture of the Cunard Aquitania and the USS Indianapolis together at the Statue of Liberty and the link had gone dormant. The Indianapolis delivered components of the Atomic bomb to the South Pacific and a new 2016 movie reignited my interest in the picture. I tried looking the photo on Google, Yahoo, Lycos etc and the picture disappeared seemingly from all major sources on the web. Finally I went to Wayback Machine and typed in the original url and there it was archived by WaybackMachine in 2014.

Koplimek (talk) 02:16, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

List of country houses in the United Kingdom[edit]

Hi, something which might interest you/you'd have fun doing. Would you be interested in making sure there's photographs of notable houses for each county? I started to add them years back but forgot LOL. there's some spectacular looking houses which should be in galleries under each section. I think roughly 10 for each county where possible would be good. Somerset is probably overcooked ;-)♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:22, 26 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Tiffany Club[edit]

Can you find anything else?♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:23, 7 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]


Hilda Perleno[edit]

Hi, yes, at times things get really heavy on here. I'm sure there's several people here who'd be happy to see me blocked for a few months just for the sake of "punishment". I'm unblocked but I'm still planning on retiring my account and moving on sometime, there's too many editors now who know me haha. Don't know fi you still have Newspapers.com access but Hilda Perleno needs some detective work and finding scraps.♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:30, 14 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Funnily this article was recently targetted by the Wiki'ocracy trolls as "stupid editing". What the trolls didn't realize was that I specifically asked SusunW to look into the birth date (which she did) and I only put up the mention as a "makeshift" indicator until it could be verified.♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:44, 23 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I saw that it was removed and also thought that if I put it back, given the tone of the remover's comment that it would just create conflict. Simply citing an original source is NOT original research. Original research requires drawing some sort of conclusion or interpretation of that source. Fortunately, I found another source to confirm where she was from. *sigh* SusunW (talk) 16:57, 23 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I think Mangoe was just trying to be helpful after reading the trolling comments on 'ocracy. I've been called "stupid" on that site by the likes of Peter Damian and his cohorts, and it's exactly the sort of attitude which makes me reluctant to contribute more content here which gets picked on like that.♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:04, 23 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you![edit]

The Special Barnstar
You're a wonderful editor, and most importantly, a wonderful person :-) ♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:44, 18 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]



Can you help with uploading these PD lobby posters[edit]


Any effort, I appreciate and I hope you like the lists as well. Thanks Koplimek (talk) 23:47, 22 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Republic[edit]

Oh My Goodness, I see what you mean.Koplimek (talk) 01:13, 23 April 2017


Collages[edit]

Are this ok ? no source or permission for all the images.File:History of Canada collage.png - File:Toronto Collage, 2017.png--Moxy (talk) 23:42, 3 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

posters/cards[edit]

Sorry about not responding earlier. last week I had my back pack stolen all carrying my phones, usbs etc.. it's been like a death to me. I've been mourning so to speak. So I haven't been posting too much, haven't been in the mood. 8-9 years of work gone down the drain by a thief. I failed to remove some of my closed out memory-sticks and leave them at home. I don't like backpacks much, they're nothing but large wallets. But i digress. Sorry to ramble.

Thanks for the posters and cards choices MAIN STREET. And so much that you have done with copyright, watermarks, pre-1978.

Can I ask about Betty in Search of a Thrill? I was almost sure being a UK/1915 release poster that it would be PD Merry Madcap poster

Also maybe: 

*Lillie Langtry's film His Neighbor's Wife (1913) Famous Players spread or Lillie in the film(Card Cow watermark)
*Myrtle Stedman's The Wild Olive(1915) poster emovieposter stamped..I may begin my Myrtle Stedman kick whose filmography(and Francis Bushman's) may be the last two I work on. I haven't truly decided yet. I'm not leaving, just cutting back a bit.

Koplimek (talk) 19:30, 4 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

    • Thanks for the kind words on my stolen backpack. I had done everything right, so I thought, backing up backups but not removing closed out drives from my backpack. Im not a Carbonite guy(or any cloud) because they are an Internet service that can go kerplunk1 anytime and lose everything. Kim Komando thinks otherwise I wager as I listen to her weekend show.

If you'd like there's a PD, I think, of the 1928 Myrna Loy film State Street Sadie. (lobby card) I remembered this title cause of the lobby card at Loy's "The Girl from Chicago" 1927. I have a few others on a list but I don't have the list with me as I type. I just remembered the two Myrna Loy silents, sadly now lost. On infobox, I think a lot of people went over to Citizendium and found they couldn't be in charge so easily. So they came back here in a more aggressive manner many trying to institute aggressive wP rulisms. It's getting kind of loopy so I can see why many Wiki vets like 'Doc Blofeld' are maybe opting out. WP articles are supposed to have a degree of brevity, not to be rambling novelas or dime-novels, wouldn't you agree? Some article on WP are outragishly long ie Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Manson etc.

Koplimek (talk) 16:27, 5 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

File list, lobby cards[edit]

WeHope, that's a nice list with some great poster and lobby card selections. The ones I like are "The Primrose Ring", "The Quitter", "All of a Sudden Norma". I will continue to peruse that list. Yes, I am interested in the lost and/or silent films particularly features, but I find myself doing short films too after I had promised myself years ago that I wouldn't when I started doing the films. In some cases it makes no sense to do a person's filmography unless you work on shorts because some performers may have started when films were 1, 2, & 3 reel norm and stopped. Take for instance Francis X. Bushman, Mary Ryan or Miriam Nesbitt. The talkies are much better covered by many an editor but not everything is there. I do the talkies I really like ie Running Scared or James Joyce's Women to name two or ones that haven't no article. I remember an A&E hour long special on the Astor Family and their internal battles to outdo each in building a Waldorf Hotel then an Astor beside it and back to enlarging the Waldorf section. They finally joined the two hotels and thats how the Waldorf-Astoria(original) came about. It was torn down to make way for the Empire State Building now occupying the site. Real interesting A&E program on the Astors. I wish it was on Youtube.

I found some interesting lobby poster or cards I had written down that I would love to see in their articles. I have a few others but haven't done the articles for them yet. Then I'll be all caught up.

  • Charlotte Greenwood, Linger Longer Letty, a gorgeous 1919 poster not to a film but to one of Greenwood's early Broadway musicals. I think she'd love this poster of an early success ...Morosco lobby poster

these probably non-PD or otherwise, but you can make a choice if they're worthy of going to WikiCommons

Koplimek (talk) 21:58, 10 May 2017 (UTC) . . .[reply]

  • Thanks for those file lobby and litho posters. Since so many films are lost, the artwork makes them more intriguing. The Lillie Langtry film survives or maybe a fragment, but I don't know which archive has it. In the 1978 mini-series on Langtry, Lillie, Francesca Annis who plays Lillie and cast watch portions of the real film after she's been to America and returns to England. It is in the final episode of the series ep.#13. You can see them watching here on Youtube beginning at around time mark 14:33:

Lillie tv show scene; episode 13

Youtube has the entire series as well: Lillie series

Well I'm pretty caught up on much lobby artwork, much thanks. Perhaps there could be something uploaded for The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary(1927) with May Robson, a lobby card and a poster: lobby poster lobby card (large)

Koplimek (talk) 18:56, 21 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Gielgud[edit]

Neither "homophobic" nor "fervently" appears in either cited text. I searched Carpenter using Amazon 'Look Inside' and Weeks using Google Books. To check, the term 'homosexual' appeared in both books but in neither case was this in connection to Gielgud. The word 'homophobia' is obviously a recent addition to the lexicon and was unknown when the cited books were written. Maybe the references are about Maxwell Fyfe being keen to have homosexuals arrested, but to make the claim of 'fervent homophobia' about Maxwell Fyfe - a secondary player in the article - is possibly a bit of agenda pushing. Would you please change the article, using either the wording I initially used, or something else that is encyclopedic. Thanks. 31.52.165.95 (talk) 22:00, 14 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you![edit]

Thanks for sending the link to the Wendy Warren and the News image. I have added it to the infobox accompanying that article. I appreciate your help. Eddie Blick (talk) 01:37, 23 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Additional thanks for the images from Bride and Groom and The Jack Smith Show! I have added them to their respective pages. Visual elements like those add a lot to articles, especially those about old-time radio. Eddie Blick (talk) 02:45, 23 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Prudence the Pirate[edit]

Thank you for those series of cards starring Miss Gladys Hulette in Prudence the Pirate. Great visual references to a film that is lost and looks like it was a lot of fun. Lobbies, heralds and posters make great and fun visuals to films both lost and extant. We can only hope for this film to turn up one day. Today's Pirates of the Caribbean movies are phenomenally successful being pirate movies. Who would've ever thought in this day and age. One of my favorites is a 1952 movie called Caribbean Gold(1953) but also known simply as "Caribbean". You would probably like it too if you got a chance to view it. Thanks once again and especially much for the Lillie Langtry movie His Neighbor's Wife 1913.Koplimek (talk) 17:16, 6 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Paschal's La Carousel[edit]

Mentioned here, in Atlanta, Georgia. Do you think there's enough for a starter article?♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:40, 20 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Started Paschal's La Carousel, too hot here to do much at the moment though, we don't have air conditioning in the UK and it's over 90 degrees here!♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:49, 21 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]


Quicksilver (song)[edit]

Hi, can you see what this peaked at in the charts for Crosby?♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:49, 4 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Rolled Stockings poster[edit]

Hi, I see that you upload a new version of Rolled Stockings poster. But what you did is not correct. The size od the poster can't be bigger than 500pxl, according to wikipedia rules, and that's why I put a reduced picture there....--88marcus (talk) 17:59, 8 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi WeHope[edit]

I'm still trying to recover some of the material I lost when my backpack got stolen. Its arduous. That's why I haven't been posting as much but I'm still here. There's a problem with the poster for the 1916 Blanche Sweet film "The Storm" poster. This is the poster as it is in Commons It formats to a poster of an entirely different film called Storm (2005).

Is there a Commons version of this IMDb poster of The Inner Shrine (1917) starring Margaret Illington?

Can this lobby poster of Jack Dempsey heralding his 1921 fight with Georges Carpentier, (Jack Dempsey vs. Georges Carpentier) be added to WikiCommons as it is pre-1923? Dempsey-Carpentier fight

Koplimek (talk) 23:47, 1 August 2017 (UTC)![reply]

Thank you for The Inner Shrine WeHope. Both of Margaret Illington's 1917 Paramount films The Inner Shrine and Sacrifice are lost. But she's in an early Edison (unbilled) called "The Train Wreckers" (1905) and it survives. I'm currently watching the great dvd set "Edison, The Invention of the Movies" in which a crisp copy of The Train Wreckers is on disc 2. She was the wife(1903-1909) of Daniel Frohman at the time who was a brother of Charles Frohman. The Frohmans were interested in motion pictures and finally did enter the industry with Adolph Zukor in 1912 with his Famous Players Film Company. This was the start of Paramount Pictures.Koplimek (talk) 00:59, 2 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I forgot to add you can watch "The Train Wrecker" via Youtube(The Train Wreckers)Koplimek (talk) 01:03, 2 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
The Dempsey-Carpentier fight. So this fight was filmed and shown in theatres. I didn't know that. That poster looked like a movie poster. I know his 1924 fight with Louis Firpo was filmed and shown but I don't know if the film still survives. Thanks.Koplimek (talk) 01:15, 2 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, yes that version of the poster is just fine. I didn't realize that boxing match was promoted with all the regimentation of ie a Paramount or Fox movie. Thanks.Koplimek (talk) 18:37, 2 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Hi WeHope. I thought I'd show a sort of comparison between the Dempsey-Carpentier poster and two posters from a Betty Compson and a Gloria Swanson film. Both films also from 1921. At the End of the World and Her Husband's Trademark. I was attracted to all three by the subject coming out from the blue of the backgraound with black tinge. But also harking back to the Charlotte Greenwood Linger Longer Letty poster. The emphasis being on the star rather than the film and to dominate a poster as such one would have to be a big star. How simple, yet how much the poster is saying in an artistic way. These lithos look like the work of the Morgan Company lithographers for much silent film poster. Just great artwork.Thanks again.Koplimek (talk) 17:24, 3 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Beautiful, and you're exactly right. Morgans usually had their signature stamp on their posters quite prominently. You're research on posters continues to let us know the many companies(and or individuals) who made poster making a work of art.Koplimek (talk) 18:03, 3 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Three year long investigation?[edit]

Hi! You made this edit in May of 2014. This recommendation to not upload the photo to Wikimedia Commons has now been active for 3+ years. Do you mind telling me when this investigation will be over with? Many thanks in advance?--Paracel63 (talk) 21:01, 2 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

User:Paracel63-the investigation will be done when all files have either been cleared or deleted. Some CCI cases are more than 6 years old. We hope (talk) 21:09, 2 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the info. Then I guess the recommendation still stands.--Paracel63 (talk) 21:37, 2 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]


ANI notice[edit]

You have been mentioned at WP:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#WP:IDHT behavior from Light show. Snuggums (talk / edits) 16:34, 14 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Elizabeth Taylor[edit]

Hi,

Given that the person most likely to start idiotic talk page debates is banned from bio editing, I'm finally moving forward with trying to get GA status for Elizabeth Taylor. It's not as extensively researched and polished as Monroe, but dammit, I worked hard on it so why not nominate :D Before I do that, I'd like to get other experienced editors' eyes on it — if you have free time, I'd appreciate it a lot if you could give it a once-over, especially with regards to image copyright. I suspect that quite a few images do not meet the guidelines (such as the infobox image which is from Dr Macro), and that I should probably dig up some new ones from the Internet Archive before submitting the nomination. If you're too busy, don't worry, but I figured it wouldn't hurt to ask! :) TrueHeartSusie3 (talk) 11:11, 19 August 2017 (UTC)TrueHeartSusie3[reply]

Lillian Molieri[edit]

Hello. Can you upload an image for her? Free or fair use?♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:52, 25 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]


Question[edit]

I am curious as to why you would link this....as all can see it was embarrassing for Cas. Very odd as a friend of his you would link a conversation were he was so chastised. We're you trying to convey some side message to him or me?--Moxy (talk) 12:00, 29 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive942#User:Moxy The title of the ANI thread is User:Moxy. I think it's odd that you continue to keep the conversation at Talk:Harry Lauder going after two days. It's now been brought here from the article talk page in what's beginning to look more and more like a "get Cass" effort on your part. Stop stirring the pot. We hope (talk) 13:29, 29 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I see what your saying.....not my intent to ever to talk to her in the first place. Will do my best to avoid her in the future and I guess you as well. --Moxy (talk) 15:27, 29 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
This makes no sense-"not my intent to ever to talk to her in the first place" because you initiated the converation at the Harry Lauder TP and proceeded to continue it with a PA. If all you care to do is make snide remarks please don't contact me again. We hope (talk) 15:36, 29 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Moxy, when you said: "not my intent to ever to talk to her in the first place", [emphasis mine], which 'her' are you referring to? SagaciousPhil - Chat 15:39, 29 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Refering to Cas.....was not aware they were at that page before I posted. Not a big deal I am used to the replies of this nature by her.--Moxy (talk) 16:24, 29 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Then you might need to look before you leap and to be sure the person you're referring to is of the particular gender. We hope (talk) 16:27, 29 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
How extraordinary, Moxy, as you refer to Cass as male at the start of this thread (your first comment); and the comment you were not aware he had been commenting on the talk page of Harry Lauder seems a tad far-fetched. How did you suddenly arrive at that particular page to raise your concerns about auto IBs then? I am truly curious. SagaciousPhil - Chat 16:31, 29 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Quite amazing indeed. A check of the TP history shows he/she didn't participate in the box conversations or RfC and I don't see where other unboxed articles have received any sort of advisory as mentioned here two days ago. We hope (talk) 16:37, 29 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I saw the close of the RfC on the dashboard. .......was the latest one.....have not seen an RfC on boxes in a long time. But all good should not see a wiki data box on that page....list of articles is at 67 so far.--Moxy (talk) 17:01, 29 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Please post a link to the list. We hope (talk) 17:10, 29 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
For the record, What links here shows nothing resembling a no box list for the article Harry Lauder. What links here for the Lauder talk page has none either. We hope (talk) 21:50, 29 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

File:Bernice C. Downing.png[edit]

Hi, could you confirm that the copyright has expired for this newspaper, or should the image be deleted? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 21:35, 30 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]


TRM[edit]


Maria Heyde[edit]

Hi, can you upload some photos?♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:39, 7 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you![edit]

The Writer's Barnstar
For your superb work on Judith C. Waller!! Thankyou! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:33, 12 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It's a pity that there's no prize for best article as that might come close!♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:01, 12 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Can you find anything more on Phyllis Barrington?♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:23, 13 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Question[edit]

Hi, I was wondering if I could upload this image? Would it be fair use? The rabbi died in 1945. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 21:36, 12 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]


Happy Thanksgiving![edit]

Unfortunately we don't celebrate it in the UK but all the best and thankyou for your work in the contest.♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:26, 23 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Seasons Greetings[edit]

To you and yours. Hope you had a wonderful turkey day. All my best. Stay safe. Koplimek (talk) 18:59, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Israeli image[edit]

Hi, I was wondering if the album cover on this page is public domain or fair use? It looks like it was produced in the early 1950s. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 23:43, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

From this source, it's from 1966. Yoninah (talk) 23:44, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Renee Harris[edit]

Let me commend you on this very excellent entry you've worked on concerning Renee Harris. Those contemporary newspaper articles on Mrs. Harris being the first female theatre manager, owner and producer in America is stretching it a bit. Both Laura Keene and Louisa Lane Drew were managers and producers in the Victorian era. The actress Margaret Anglin produced Greek Tragedies at UCLA Berkeley around the time of the Titanic and Lusitania tragedies. Perhaps those newspapers should have stated that Mrs. Harris was the only woman 'at the time'(circa 1918,1920) who was producing and managing as well as owning theatres. I justed wanted to fill in some gaps. Cheers again for a great article. All my best. Koplimek (talk) 02:47, 28 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018

Happy New Year![edit]

Thanks for your new year's greeting! I wish you all the best for 2018, too. Eddie Blick (talk) 01:19, 1 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you WeHope[edit]

May I wish you and your family a prosperous, safe and joyous 2018. Godspeed to you on your excellent work and on your continuing endeavors and travels throughout the Wikipedia universe. Cheers! Koplimek (talk) 16:24, 1 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Shmuel Abba Twersky[edit]

Hi, I wrote an article about a little-known (today) Hasidic Rebbe in Winnipeg and someone requested an image. The only image that's being used in various sources appears here under the headline. This image is used in other sources as well, e.g. [1]. The Rebbe died in 1947 and he looks pretty old here. Is there any way I can download it, and what license should I put on it? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 22:25, 10 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Don't leave me hangin'![edit]

I responded to your message on my talk page. I want to help you and get anything taken care of if we need to. Get back to me on my talk page when you can - let's work together and get this resolved :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 04:25, 14 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]


Happy Pongal, Makar Sankranti, Lohri and Bihu to you![edit]

Happy Thai Pongal, Makar Sankranti, Lohri and Bihu to you!

May all your endeavours have a fruitful beginning and prosperous ending!  — Ssven2 Looking at you, kid 09:55, 14 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]


Why have you listed my photos for deletion[edit]

I am confused as to why you are trying to get all of the photographs I have uploaded, correctly and with the right licence, deleted? JimmyJoe87 (talk) 16:54, 21 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Frankie Welch dress[edit]

If a first lady had an "official portrait" made, does that qualify as made by the government and where would one look to find it? I'm not really interested in her, per say, but the gown by Frankie Welch she was wearing [2] in the photo December 24, 1975. Can you help? SusunW (talk) 06:40, 22 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you![edit]

The Civility Barnstar
Thanks very much for your help with those three images, We hope! Much appreciated. >SerialNumber54129...speculates 08:52, 24 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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