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Hi BFolkman, A belated welcome to Wikipedia. Thanks for your recent edits on the Washington-Franklin page. I took the liberty of putting a few items on your user page so your name doesn't appear as a red link. If you would prefer to remain anonymous please accept my apologies and remove the items. I was looking at the article your created. Very nice! I see however it -is- was tagged for lacking citations and possible original research. I know finding reliable sources can be difficult for many stamp articles. When I created the Washington-Franklin Issues and the US Regular Issues of 1922-1931 I used Scott's Catalogue for many of the citations. A good online source can also be found at The Smithsonian National Postal Museum. If you need any help or have any questions please feel free to drop by my talk page. All the best, -- Gwillhickers 16:17, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

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Your edit at String Quartet No. 14 (Schubert)
I reverted your modified translation because the version quoted in the article is taken from a published source. I don't speak German, so I can't vouch for its accuracy. If you feel the translation is erroneous or misleading, you should try to find a better published translation. Alternatively, you could point out alternate translations of specific words in a footnote. But you can't change the language of a direct quote.

Just FYI, the quoted translation is offered pretty widely (though it is by no means definitive), probably because it makes a pretty good poem in English. Ravpapa (talk) 04:31, 27 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Later: We got an answer to my question. It appears on the talk page of the article. In spite of the fact that an editor's translation of a poem is considered OR, I thought it important enough to include in the article, since the translation offered is so free. So I added your translation to the footnote. Feel free to fix anything you think needs fixing. And thanks. Ravpapa (talk) 17:11, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Symphonic Poems (Dvořák)


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Dear B,

I have submitted a request to have the article reinstated, which you can read here. I imagine it is quite daunting to a new editor to have your work reverted again and again. I urge you not to be discouraged. In its middle age, Wikipedia is getting a bit crotchety and rule-bound, but there is still plenty of important work to be done, and you are doing it. So keep it up, and don't let the bastards (of whom I guess I am one) wear you down. Ravpapa (talk) 06:24, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

Dear Ravapapa,

How very considerate of you! But, as it happens, I myself tried to delete the article by wiping all the text, not realizing that won't do it. The subject was one of those I found on the "articles requested for creation" list; and when I saw that an article in French wikipedia existed, I got it up and translated it. (I also did this recently with Hindemith's Konzertmusik for Brass and String Orchestra--the article isn't much good, but it's better than nothing.) After doing the Dvorak, however, I went to his work list and saw that English Wikipedia has excellent separate entries for the individual symphonic poems which have much better info than the writer of the French article provided. Hence I deleted it, lest somebody consult it instead of seeking out the better articles! It really should be taken off the list as well (housekeeping at the music portal leaves much to be desired). But your encouragement is very welcome, and I appreciate it.BFolkman (talk) 14:02, 3 November 2013 (UTC)


 * I came here to tell you that, having read Ravpapa's request at WP:REFUND, I had restored the article. I should have checked your talk page first. I have re-deleted it.


 * Two tips which would make things clearer in a similar case: while blanking of a page by its sole author is taken as a request for deletion, that does sometimes cause misunderstanding. A more definite way to request deletion of an article where you have provided substantially all the content is to put db-author at the top. Also, a few words of WP:Edit summary, like "deletion requested - subject already covered" helps to remove any doubt.


 * Regards, JohnCD (talk) 22:29, 3 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Well, Gosh. Ravpapa (talk) 07:09, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

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unsurpassable
Unsurpassable in exactly what aspect? Price? No! Rarity - there are other one-of-a-kind stamps, so no it can't be that? Definitely not a WP:NPOV. Rare is perfectly accurate. Sorry but there is no need for peacock words that don't convey any encyclopaedic information. ww2censor (talk) 21:15, 19 November 2013 (UTC) Sorry. Unsurpassable is correct. Other stamps are EQUALLY rare but none surpass the Blue Boy in rarity. Stamps of which 20,000 copies exist qualify as rare. This peacock word as you call it conveys precisely the information that no stamp is MORE rare. All best, 139.140.99.188 (talk) 15:19, 20 November 2013 (UTC)

Fair use, .TIFF vs. .JPEG files
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I tried three fair usage items, First Bull Run, Irish immigration and Vicksburg battle along the format, but so far I have not been successful in calling up the image. My uploads for older stamps seem going alright on Wikimedia Commons, I have added five stamps there for use at my User:TheVirginiaHistorian/sandbox/U.S.Territories on postage stamps. as well as Nevada statehood for 'commemoration of ACW on postage stamps'.

On the fair use items, I think I omitted category: stamp on the pull down menu for two of them. I tried to resubmit today, is there a notice board that I can ask about the status of my uploads? Will the .tiff format in fair usage work in the fair use wizard -- it seems alright coming over from Wikimedia Commons.

I tried again today, in the title slot, the page automatically adds .tiff to the title, even when I alter the description. The selection at the bottom of the page does not let the upload continue, although all red starred boxes are filled. Mac allows 'Save as' from the default Grab .tiff file to .JPEG file, which I take to be the moral equivalent to .jpg on a PC. Another editor recommended trying .jpg. Am I on the right track for Mac? TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 21:46, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

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Philatelic E'books
For a wealth of philatelic information now in the public domain you might want to check out this list of Philatelic E'books. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 00:46, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

RfC for Media Viewer
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FYI
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 * The Postage Stamps of the United States (Google eBook) John Nicholas Luff, 1902
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New category
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Do you have any sources for the additions you made with this edit? They are some pretty significant claims. ww2censor (talk) 17:07, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

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