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2016 year of the reader and peace
Thank you for your support and wishes, for all you do for TFA, especially scheduling Falstaff for the New Year, a tribute to Verdi's ultimate wisdom and to Viva-Verdi, - thanks with my review, and the peace bell by Yunshui! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:18, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Stella stellar
Precious again, your "writer famous for one novel (her first), Cold Comfort Farm (1932), a delightful parody which mocks the pretensions of the then fashionable 'loam and lovechild' genre of fiction"! - Will try to have a cantata for Easter, for your planning. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:43, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

GBS
Happy New Year, Brian! Rather than clog up this page I have sent you an email with some thoughts on a possible modus operandi for our joint expedition to climb Mount Shaw. If, by any chance, the email doesn't arrive, perhaps you'd alert me here or on my talk page. I forgot to mention in the email that as the present refs are a complete pig's breakfast we'll need to clean them up, and though (for sheer ignorance) I have adopted a manual, interface-with-Linear-B, format in my work-in-progress, I'm perfectly happy to attempt templates if you prefer. I daresay I'll have to learn sooner or later.  Tim riley  talk    13:36, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

And another
If you have some time now that you are mostly free of the Cambodian princeling (or so I hope), could you run your eye over William McKinley presidential campaign, 1896? Very little travel was involved. Many thanks.--Wehwalt (talk) 00:22, 3 January 2016 (UTC)
 * For certain. I'm delighted to see that the soundfile is there, and the pics look amazing. I will look at it in a day or so; meanwhile, stand by for a burst of Handel. Brianboulton (talk) 13:37, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Yet another grovelling request for a review!
Hi Brian, I've been working for a spell on Isabella Beeton, who is now at PR for comments and consideration. If you could add me to the end of your review list I'd be much obliged. Cheers – SchroCat (talk) 19:52, 3 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Great subject for an expansion! I wonder it's not been taken up before, so all credit to you. I'll be along when I've disposed of the prez. Brianboulton (talk) 20:16, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Oriental Film

 * Not that I'm not grateful, but I'm not sure Oriental Film is the best choice to run on the 20th. We just had an Indonesian film, and running another Indonesian cinema article so soon afterwards strikes me as potentially problematic. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 16:38, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm looking for media articles that aren't US- or Brit-centric. Due to your industry, that largely means Indonesian (13 articles). Indian (4), Japanese (1) or Hong Kong (1) are the others. Most or all, except Oriental Films, have date relations.  We've often in the past had 2 US or UK-related media articles in the same month, so would it matter too much if we had two Indonesia-related articles 17 days apart? If you feel strongly, I'll replace it, but personally I  think the choice can easily be defended (if anyone raises the issue I'll make it quite clear this was my choice) Brianboulton (talk) 16:54, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I guess if schedule this, then no more Indonesian articles until 20 March (70th anniversary of Amir Hamzah's death), that would work. I had thought of nominating AH for 28 Feb (105th anniversary of his birth) but he can wait another month. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 17:02, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I've left it in the schedule for the moment, but if you change your mind in the next week or so, I'll change it. Brianboulton (talk) 10:14, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

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Lieut. Kije - report from rummage at British Library
I've found the original Gramophone review (November 1941, p. 95) which confirms that Koussevitzky's was the first recording. The reviewer, W R Anderson, offered explanatory notes on the piece, and I was enchanted to be told that the second half of Kije's name is from "the Russian expletive 'je' (untranslatable in any English word, but similar in position and meaning to the Latin quidem)." I trust you will include this verbatim in your article: your readers will find it most helpful. I found no recordings issued between Koussevitzky's and Boult's, other than those mentioned in the para on my talk page the other day.  Tim riley  talk    13:43, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Albert Ketèlbey
Dear Brian, Many thanks for your recent comments on the Albert Ketèlbey peer review. The article is now at FAC for further comment, should you wish to make any. Many thanks – SchroCat (talk) 17:08, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Gateshead International Stadium
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Today's featured article/January 27, 2016
Simon (the nominator) is traipsing around Guatemala for the next week or so. I've invited him to work on the summary, so this one may take a while, but I'll keep an eye on it. - Dank (push to talk) 01:33, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

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Kije again
Heaven knows where I found the mentions of the Desormière and Kurtz versions, but here are the details from The Gramophone: I see you mention a New York ballet version in 1942 ("the usual Fokine rubbish", to quote Alan Bennett); there was a London version too in the same year, by the "Russian Ballet" company (run by Jay Pomeroy) in June of the same year, with choreography by Catherine Devillier, formerly prima ballerina of the Théâtre Impérial de Moscou, and conducted by Anatole Fistoulari. See The Times, 10 June 1942, p. 6 and – rather a find – J P Wearing's The London Stage 1940-1949: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel.  Tim riley  talk    13:22, 14 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Desormière, French National Radio Orchestra, Capitol 7017. Reviewed by Malcolm Macdonald, August 1952, p. 56
 * Kurtz, RPO, Philips ABL 3117. Reviewed by Trevor Harvey, July 1956, p. 45.

Isabella Beeton
Many thanks for your comments at the recent PR for Isabella Beeton. I have dropped the good lady into FAC for comments and thoughts. If you have time for any, I'd be delighted to hear with them. Cheers – SchroCat (talk) 15:05, 16 January 2016 (UTC)

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Available TFAs analysed by age (14 January 2016)

 * Attention: User:Crisco 1492, User:Dank. For interest, perhaps: User:Bencherlite (and anyone else).

This table analyses all featured articles that were potential TFAs as at 14 January 2016, by age since promotion. Excluded are a dozen articles which have been red-tagged as needing reparative work, and a few adjustment that have occurred since I compiled the table.

This shows that just over 40 percent of all the available FAs are more than 6 years old, although there are considerable variations within particular subject areas. Thus, 75% of the Geography articles predate 2011, as do 66% of the Meteorology and 59% of the Sports articles. Conversely, none of the Business-related articles are older than 2011, as are only 6% of Art and Architecture and 23% of the Literature and Theatre stock. The lack of movement in some of the older stocks is a slight concern, but if the exercise began last year by Sandy & co whereby all the older FAs are checked and brought up to standard is successful, it should be safer to select older FAs for the TFA spot. Brianboulton (talk) 21:27, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
 * That's a lot of work, Brian, thanks. - Dank (push to talk) 22:06, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Indeed, thank you very much. Definitely something to keep in mind with scheduling in the coming year. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:26, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

PR request
Hello Brian, a certain old thespian is currently waiting in the wings here for any comments or criticisms. I would be much appreciative for any thoughts offered, if you have the time. Many thanks.  Cassianto Talk   00:24, 23 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Will do. Brianboulton (talk) 21:35, 23 January 2016 (UTC)

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TFA
Now, I'm not so good at reading the entrails of Wikipedia but did you really schedule December 1969 nor'easter for today's featured article back on 7 January? If so that was extraordinarily prescient of you. Or maybe the long-range weather forecasts are much better in the US than here in the UK. Either way, I hope you won't be taken before Arbcom for violating WP:CRYSTALBALL and very best wishes to everyone over there! Thincat (talk) 17:32, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, indeed I did. My paranormal powers are tremendous, and are available to the world at large (at a suitable fee). Brianboulton (talk) 17:52, 23 January 2016 (UTC)

William McKinley presidential campaign, 1896
I've now started a front porch campaign for its promotion to FA. Though under the circumstances, the front porch will be strictly virtual. I'd be grateful for any comments.--Wehwalt (talk) 11:23, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I hate to bother you again, but could you possibly do a source review?--Wehwalt (talk) 22:28, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

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TFA nomination for Bristol
Thanks for your comments about the quality of the prose at Today's featured article/requests/Bristol. The article Bristol has since kindly been copy edited by User:Corinne (and others) on behalf of the GOCE. Do you think this has resolved the issues or are there still outstanding problems? Do you think it is worth renominating at TFA requests or shall I just forget it?&mdash; Rod talk 20:29, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know. Give me a short while to remind myself about this – I'm very occupied at the moment. Brianboulton (talk) 21:01, 28 January 2016 (UTC)


 * User:Rodw: I've taken a quick look. On the question of the Bristol diocese, the nature of the former diocese has been clarified, although oddly, no mention is made of the current replacement, founded in the 19th century. Also, in the "20th century" section we have "The University of Bristol was founded in 1909,[63] and its main building opened in 1925.[64] A polytechnic university opened in 1969, giving the city a second institute of higher education which became the University of the West of England in 1992", and in the "Education, science and technology" section we read: "Bristol has two major institutions of higher education: the University of Bristol, a "redbrick" chartered in 1909, and the University of the West of England (formerly Bristol Polytechnic), which received university status in 1992" – which seems unnecessarily repetitive. So maybe another spot of mild attention is advisable, but there's no real reason not to bring it forward again. Brianboulton (talk) 11:19, 3 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Thanks, I've made the suggested changes and renominated at Today's featured article/requests/Bristol however I wasn't sure (and couldn't see in the instructions) whether it should go above or below the "Please do not write below this line or remove this line. Place comments above this line."&mdash; Rod talk 18:47, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

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