User talk:Brian Joseph Morgan

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WikiProject Opera
Hi Brian, I don't know whether you're aware of WikiProjects and, in particular, the one on opera. Being a member of the project doesn't affect what you can or cannot do, but you're clearly a knowledgeable enthusiast and it would be good to have you involved in our discussions. Feel free to click the above link for the project description and have a look at out discussion page too.--Peter cohen 07:43, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

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"Closeness to a subject does not mean you're incapable of being neutral, but it may incline you towards some bias. Be guided by the advice of other editors. If editors on a talk page suggest in good faith that you may have a conflict of interest, try to identify and minimize your biases, and consider withdrawing from editing the article. As a rule of thumb, the more involvement you have with a topic in real life, the more careful you should be with our core content policies&mdash;Neutral point of view, No original research, and Verifiability&mdash;when editing in that area."

I believe you are editing in good faith and improving the encyclopedia. Thanks for improving the Neutral point of view yourself. I am glad to have someone of your knowledge and expertise working on articles in your field, but please be careful when editing articles related to yourself. I am assuming that you are The Brian Morgan. It would help other editors if you declared a potential conflict on the talk page of the article in question.

Love your work

Dethlock99 (talk) 19:46, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you, sir, and I will keep your sagacious advice in mind for the future! Ephraem 20:29, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Débria Brown
The DYK project (nominate) 18:03, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Knud Andersson
Just knocked off this brief article. Thought you might be interested in improving it.4meter4 (talk) 01:23, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

My word! I had just been thinking of the need of it, and here you are. I will do my best to build on your fine work. Ephraem 01:25, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Phantom recordings
User talk:151.56.11.27 is the editor on the Mefistofele article. But on the La sonnambula article, with the 1986 so-called Abbado recording, a different (but very similar) IP user is continuing to post. It is User talk:151.56.6.249. Any ideas if this is also "phantom"? I find no evidence of it anywhere. The same applies to 1989 Bernstein recording on Adriana Lecouvreur. Viva-Verdi (talk) 17:04, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

"Médée" and "Mefistofele" are on my Watch List, not the others. But I can assure you, without even looking at the articles in question, that Claudio Abbado never recorded "La sonnambula," and Leonard Bernstein certainly never went near "Adriana Lecouvreur"! Ephraem 20:21, 9 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Therefore, I have removed these recordings from the relevant articles. Via "who is", both IPs come from the same Milan location. Thanks Ephraem, I shall refer any future suspicions directly to you! Viva-Verdi (talk) 20:32, 9 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Take a look at User talk:151.56.11.27's page. He/she has now created a "The list of non existent recording" on his/her Talk page!! What nonsense! Viva-Verdi (talk) 19:19, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

Cannot something be done to ban this person? Ephraem 19:22, 11 August 2014 (UTC)


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 * Most probably it is the same "editor" - using a slightly different IP address - who has started up again. I reverted his/her edits on Andrea Chenier the other day, and today an addition appears to the La Wally article.  They are all DG recordings!  It is User talk:151.56.8.23.  Maybe you can take a look, and assuming it's not real - revert the addition and then leave another message on the Talk page, and we'll build a case against him/her for blocking. Best, Viva-Verdi (talk) 17:05, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

Oh, it's fictional, all right. Ephraem 22:41, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Well, today there's a 1976 DG recording which this IP person has changed a bit. Is that fake as well? Viva-Verdi (talk) 15:48, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

Fake. Ephraem 19:39, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

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