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Quite agree it would need a source. But it seems Cooder himself makes this claim: ".. he claims to have provided the main riff for the Stones' "Honky Tonk Women" [1]? Martinevans123 (talk) 14:36, 14 October 2014 (UTC)
That's fine but as you know we can't put in claims like that without a source. I've heard the story before but with a quick search before I went out I found an account of how they got the tuning from him but not of him claiming to have provided the riff see here. In that case it was best to revert until I had time to find something more concrete we could use. Actually, the bio you quote was the next item on the search but I hadn't got as far as reading that one. Richerman(talk) 17:10, 14 October 2014 (UTC)
Haha. Yes, quite. I'm sure just a tuning would be nearer the truth... stories tend to get embellished, don't they. I'm not sure I'd believe it until I saw Cooder himself speaking those exact words in a filmed interview. Martinevans123 (talk) 17:26, 14 October 2014 (UTC)
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Told you. Sorry about my timing with that suggested meet. - Sitush (talk) 20:42, 27 October 2014 (UTC)
No need to apologise, it doesn't bother me in the least. It rather reminds me of the Queen of Hearts shouting "off with their heads" at all and sundry. If someone insists on making themselves look ridiculous there is not much you can do about it. Richerman(talk) 21:52, 27 October 2014 (UTC)
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Silence was a good recommendation. I tried almost silence, but it didn't work, sarcasm wasn't understood, they translated love of the kafkaesque to "comfortable" and "like" ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:28, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
I watched for a long time saying nothing but eventually my typing fingers got the better of me - in real life it's my mouth and it happens a lot quicker:-) Still, valuable lesson learned - as Gerda says, silence is best. And no, I'm not sure what it's about either but it certainly isn't about the mythical Manchester Mafia. Richerman(talk) 20:01, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
I didn't have the good idea about silence, see? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:19, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
Ah yes, I know that scenario. I was watching something by David Attenborough last night, saw some fascinating behaviour with hermit crabs lining up in order of size to swap shells. I went to our article which had nothing about it, so I found some scientific papers online and added it to the article. The papers told me it was called a vacancy chain, which was a sociology article. I linked to it and then added a new section "In other species" to that article So that's two articles improved from one short clip on TV. You never know where editing is going to lead you next. I'm glad you get QI down under - not a bad swap for Neighbours is it? :-) Richerman(talk) 14:55, 7 November 2014 (UTC)
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Yes, I'd noticed that, best of luck with the nomination - I hope to see it there on the day. I'll pop over there and give it some support. Richerman(talk) 10:51, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
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Hope I haven't stepped on your toes but I decided to scythe through the whole lot. The Friends have their mention but I find the whole lot about redevelopment, well awful. J3Mrs (talk) 14:24, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
Not at all. I realised after writing the reply on the talk page that the text had been put back in unchanged and so I did a quick pruning job before I went out. I was aware that more needed to go but I wanted to read through the sources to see what was verifiable before going any further. Richerman(talk) 16:21, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
I think that Florence was classified by the Feminism Project as being of low importance because she wasn't American. EricCorbett 20:11, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
As Florence Nagle was originally not given an importance rating I looked for their criteria and couldn't find any. I then asked what they were on their talk page eight days ago and no-one replied. Looking at this I thought she must more important to the project than Yoko fucking Ono and certainly shouldn't be in with Beyonce and her ilk. However, I decided to go for the mid point and see what happened. I'll ask MontanaBW what it's all about but perhaps it's not a conversation you should get involved with as you'll end up getting blocked again - or maybe that's just a red rag to a bull:-) Richerman(talk) 23:12, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
I've got no intention of getting involved. EricCorbett 23:36, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
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Due to the time difference between North America and where I am, I missed the entire latter part of the conversation on my IP about gender bias on the main page; I woke up to some interesting reading this morning! Just wanted to acknowledge your role in stepping in and attempting to restore order. Also thanks for linking me up to the GGTF, looks interesting. Cheers MurielMary (talk) 07:05, 31 October 2015 (UTC)MurielMary
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Feminism is a third party ideology that has nothing to do with the suffragettes. If you insist on targeting me, I'll simply become harder to track and edit as an unblockable entity.
I'm not targeting you, I'm trying to prevent you from being blocked by pointing out what will happen if you continue edit warring. Wikipedia is built on consensus - go to the talk page and discuss. Richerman(talk) 18:19, 26 January 2016 (UTC)
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Your photo, but in the interest of thoroughness it would be appreciated if you know, if you could document who made the stained glass window shown. I appreciate for some really old windows this may be next to impossible, but it helps those wanting to reuse the image concerned. I will also note that this image appears slightly out of focus, something you may wish to consider if you were wanting to do a new version. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 10:16, 12 August 2016 (UTC)
The one on the right has full details. I'm not sure why I uploaded the detail file, but as it isn't used anywhere it can be deleted. Richerman(talk) 10:39, 12 August 2016 (UTC)
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Sorry, I restored Moors murders back to the version by Cassianto as it seemed easiest; for some reason - maybe a glitch in the software? - your reverts introduced some characters above the lead and MOSLINK in the info box. I'd taken the article off my watch list a while ago but it seems to have crept back on again. :-( SagaciousPhil - Chat 09:47, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
No problem - I should have gone for that option in the first place :-) Richerman(talk) 11:47, 20 May 2017 (UTC)
Thank you, is it really that long? - I must be getting old! Richerman(talk) 23:02, 5 June 2017 (UTC)
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Hi, re this edit: the sentence "Often described as the Grand British Experimental Railway the success or failure of which would decide plans for all future railways." is where more verbs would help. If the claim needs a reference, why did you not either tag it {{citation needed}} or simply remove it? --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 20:49, 16 September 2017 (UTC)
Oops my mistake! I thought the sentence had been added rather than moved from above - doh! Richerman(talk) 11:30, 17 September 2017 (UTC)
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Thanks Gerda, your reminder comes just as reliably and much more frequently than the Transit of Venus itself :-) Richerman(talk) 09:30, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
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Thanks Gerda, it's very good of you to keep track of these things. Is it really seven years? - that makes me feel old :-) Richerman(talk) 15:49, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
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Thank you once again Gerda, the years keep on rolling by. Richerman(talk) 11:05, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
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