User talk:Alan W/Archive 1

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Again, welcome! - UtherSRG 05:19, 19 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Great article on Shelly Manne. :-) Danny 03:12, 28 Jan 2004 (UTC)


 * Just what I was about to say! Cheers, -- Infrogmation 05:11, 28 Jan 2004 (UTC)

You've got your article listed on the Main Page as a new article too. Congratulations! Danny 10:56, 28 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Punctuation
Just to let you know that the MoS specifies that punctuation should go outside inverted commas unless it's part of what's being quoted, etc. --Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 22:05, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Well, that goes contrary to the prevailing American style. However, in the interests of Wikipedia consistency (we try to cross national boundaries as well), I will attempt to conform to this usage. Alan W 03:47, 14 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your message on my Talk page. Yes, we have to go against at least one editing style, and I think it was felt that the more lohical one should prevail (just as U.S. style prevails in other areas).
 * With regard to "West Coast jazz", it's not that I disagree entirely with your scepticism about the label (about most labels of this kind, in fact, like "cool jazz" and " babyfood smooth jazz"), but scare quotes are usually used only on the first occasion of use of the term. --Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 09:27, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia June Meetup
Hi, I noticed you are a New Yorker. If you are interested in meeting Wikipedians outside of cyberspace take a look at this and please tell any other Wikipedians that you think might be interested in participating about this event. Thanks. Alex756 02:25, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Avery Sharpe
You're right about Avery Sharpe. There were two or three that may like him that may have been removed, but I would not say that I went overboard. I saw you re-add him immediately on my watchlist, and I agree with you. -  ßott  e   siηi  (talk) 02:34, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

re: Earl Hines references
-- Copied from User talk:Rick Block -- Rick, it's great that you got the Dance book and have begun to use it. As for your reformatting the references, I notice that the format you are using, from Citing_sources/example_style (which does not actually enforce one specific format) is the APA--American Psychological Association--format. That would suggest that it would be more suitable for scientific articles. On the other hand, I see that Wikipedia usage varies so widely, even within a given field, that I am not inclined to argue about this for now. I guess most important right now is expanding and neatening the article itself; we can always revisit the formatting issue at a later time. As always, just "thinking out loud." Regards, Alan W 00:00, 24 July 2006 (UTC) --end copy--


 * I'm not too concerned about the citation format - just thought matching the style that the cite templates produce would be a good idea. I don't know if you have any of the Dance books (I assume they're all structured similarly); it's a transcription of remembrances from a variety of folks.  The first 128 pages are from Hines.  Other chapters are narrated by a variety folks who played with Hines throughout his career.  As a reference, it's a little more like a primary reference than a secondary reference which makes it a little hard to use (full of detail, most of which should probably be validated against another source).   I may need to get another source for corroboration. -- Rick Block (talk) 00:47, 24 July 2006 (UTC)


 * No, I don't have any of the Dance books. I looked in a couple of bookstores (admittedly not very intensively, as time is short for me these days) but failed to see any. I was, however, pleased when I dug up the Schuller book on my own shelves (I read it 17 years ago, then forgot I even had it), which includes 30 solid pages on Hines, largely from a musicological viewpoint. I will see if I can fit something in from there, and, in any case, if I can use it or anything else I have to corroborate anything added from Dance or elsewhere, I will attempt to do so. We no longer have to worry about praising Hines to the skies, as Schuller thinks he was a true genius and will back us up. --Alan W 01:17, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Shelley Manne

 * Boy is my face red. I was sure that Manne played on Court and Spark. However, when I looked at my copy at home tonight, I could find no credit for him.  I'll delete that reference, if someone hasn't already.Bjones 05:21, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, I thought I should fix it myself if only as a show of good faith. I pride myself on the fact that, while I've made bad edits, I haven't made any in bad faith.  The Teresa Brewer thing was sort of a lucky guess.  "Theresa" is the more common spelling in this country, but I was puzzled by the red link.  It seemed like there should be some article on her.Bjones 01:54, 6 August 2006 (UTC)