User talk:JohnDVandevert

Concern regarding Draft:Marian Koval
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I have declined your CSD of Leonie Rysanek
We have a very strict procedure when it comes to nominating an article for speedy deletion. The reason you gave is not one of them. Please feel to re-nominate under a proper criteria found at WP:CSD or any other acceptable deletion process if you feel it does not meet our inclusion criteria. McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 23:59, 10 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Right on. Thank you for the notice. JohnDVandevert (talk) 00:28, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Golovanovshchina


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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 15:58, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

Symphony No. 1 in Eb-major moved to draftspace
An article you recently created, Symphony No. 1 in Eb-major, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of " " before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. John B123 (talk) 20:10, 24 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Thank you very much for your diligence.  JohnDVandevert (talk) 12:52, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Baltic Clan
What would make a difference is supporting the article's content with reliable sources, such as newspaper or magazine articles and books, instead of fansites and directory entries and social networking content. Bearcat (talk) 11:58, 17 June 2022 (UTC)


 * OH! Duh.
 * I forgot about the reliable sources point. Thank you! JohnDVandevert (talk) 12:44, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!
 Wishing JohnDVandevert a very happy birthday on behalf of the Birthday Committee!   Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 14:51, 29 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Thank you very much! JohnDVandevert (talk) 13:16, 30 June 2022 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Free Music School


The article Free Music School has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern: "Has been tagged for more sourcing for 3 months without improvement. Due to the commonality of the name, searches for this specific school are problematic, but did not turn up enough to show it passes notability."

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Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion.  Onel 5969  TT me 12:30, 14 September 2022 (UTC)


 * If I edit and add more sources will it be able to stay? Thank you for the message. I totally forgot to edit this one haha. My bad! JohnDVandevert (talk) 12:36, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:Symphony No. 1 in Eb-major
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Your draft article, Draft:Symphony No. 1 in Eb-major


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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 20:24, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion contested: Gregory Dell'Omo
Hello JohnDVandevert. I am just letting you know that I contested the speedy deletion of Gregory Dell'Omo, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: The reason given is not a valid speedy deletion criterion. Thank you. BangJan1999 18:30, 1 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Oh that's fine. Thank you for your conscientiousness. Can I add a more accurate reason along the guidelines? JohnDVandevert (talk) 19:06, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
 * If you don't think that any of the criteria for speedy deletion apply to the article. Feel free to use other methods of deletion, including proposed deletion or articles for deletion.BangJan1999 19:58, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

March 2023
Hello. I have noticed that you edit without using an edit summary. Please do your best to always fill in the summary field. This helps your fellow editors use their time more productively, rather than spending it unnecessarily scrutinizing and verifying your work. Even a short summary is better than no summary, and summaries are particularly important for large, complex, or potentially controversial edits. To help yourself remember, you may wish to check the "prompt me when entering a blank edit summary" box in your preferences. Thanks! Gugrak (talk) 10:54, 28 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Oh crap, sorry about that. I understand how annoying that is so I will be doing that from now on. THANK YOU for the reminder. JohnDVandevert (talk) 10:57, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

Reuben, Reuben
Why do you refer to the composer as "Blitzen?" Isn't his name Blitzstein?UnvoicedConsonant (talk) UnvoicedConsonant (talk) 20:36, 29 April 2023 (UTC)


 * OH my apologies. That is my mistake! Feel free to correct or I can. Thank you for your diligence. JohnDVandevert (talk) 23:40, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

Classical compositions
You asked on Classical music, and you'd get different answers from different editors. If you want to create, better go by your personal preference than what others tell you to do. Check out where red links are in the fields you like to explore. If Myrthen is one of them, a collaborative article is in the making under Draft:Myrthen, and help welcome. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:21, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

I looked at your article about Hermann Kletke, and made some changes, - please check if you agree. English Wikipedia is different in some respects from others. Interlanguage links are an especially useful tool, please use them instead of direct links into another language, ill. The article is four days too old to appear on the Main page as "new" in the DYK section, - please ping me for your next of that length and quality, because it really helps the subject to be known. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:16, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

October 2023
Hi JohnDVandevert! I noticed that you recently marked an edit as minor&#32;at Vadim Salmanov that may not have been. "Minor edit" has a very specific definition on Wikipedia—it refers only to superficial edits that could never be the subject of a dispute, such as typo corrections or reverting obvious vandalism. Any edit that changes the meaning of an article is not a minor edit, even if it only concerns a single word. Please see Help:Minor edit for more information. ''FYI—it's no biggie. Just be careful when checking an edit as "minor".'' CurryTime7-24 (talk) 20:42, 15 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Oh dude thank you very much! JohnDVandevert (talk) 04:19, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

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An article you created reached GA status
Hello fellow Wikipedian.

I am late by a few weeks, but it is now that I realised you were the original creator of a most interesting article, Peggy Glanville-Hicks' opera Nausicaa.

A few months ago I worked on improving the article's Greek Wikipedia version, and then worked on the English version, eventually leading the article to GA status.

I am grateful to you for bringing this wonderful subject out of oblivion and into Wikipedia's light! For any help/advice/ideas on music, be it Western, Balkan or Eastern, you can always leave a message on my talk page.

Thank you again, L'OrfeoSon io 14:14, 5 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Thank you very much for the help in improving the article. It is a fascinating opera and I am so glad to have been able to bring it back to awareness! I hope it's revived some day! JohnDVandevert (talk) 14:35, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for January 24
An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Georgi Conus, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Goldenweiser, Alexander.

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Antony and Cleopatra (Barber) and Antony and Cleopatra (Adams)
Hi there. If you are going to retitle pages please take the time to check incoming links and update them accordingly. It's your responsibility to fix all incoming links when you move a page. You should click on the "What links here" tool for both pages and make sure that all incoming links are fixed with the new titles. I changed the title for the Barber opera for you at Antony and Cleopatra (disambiguation) as a start. Best.4meter4 (talk) 17:11, 28 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Ah, I understand. Thank you for clarifying! JohnDVandevert (talk) 10:28, 30 January 2024 (UTC)