User talk:Ludwigvan beethoven

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Recorder
Please stop putting "Blockflute" into the article on "Recorders". I realise this is a term which is occasionally (rarely) used, but it's really not appropriate in the article. Mak (talk)  05:56, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Ditto for Clarinet. - Special-T 12:46, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Personal attacks
This is regarding the note you left on Makemi's talk page. Please see Wikipedia's no personal attacks policy. Comment on content, not on the contributor; personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Note that continued personal attacks may lead to blocks for disruption. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. Antandrus (talk) 04:11, 29 August 2006 (UTC)


 * By the way, I've responded on my talk page. Mak (talk)  04:55, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Tchaikovsky
Thanks very much for contributing to this article—I've been reading what you've added with great interest. Did you know, BTW, that there are linked articles on the the areas of the main article for which you've been contributing—Tchaikovsky's death, Tchaikovsky's personal life. I created those articles because the main article on Tchaikovsky was becoming extremely large and unwieldly. What I left was a short tag in the main bio with links to the linked articles. That was why these areas in the main article were relatively short.

It would be great if you continued contributing as you have, and your information would really work great in the linked articles. Since the main article is in peer review, I'm concerned if the length, no matter how good it may be, would work against chances of receiving a favorable review. Also, when the article was previously longer, I found it much longer and harder to open from my computer—a challenge many others might have, as well.

As I wrote above, I'm really impressed with what you've been adding as well as what else you might be interestred in adding; I'm very open to what other ideas you may have in mind. Could you do me a personal favor and look over the linked articles and see what you think. Right now I'm inclined to move much of what you've added to those areas. This is not only for the reasons I've already mentioned but also because you would have more room in the linked articles for which to contribute. This would actually be a plus for you.

Please write me back and let me know what you think, and thanks again for what you've been writing, Jonyungk 15:15, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Blockflute
Once again, from a year ago, Wikipedia does not dictate the English language or its usage, it reflects existing consensus. What is called in German the Blockflöte is called in English the recorder. Please see Naming conventions, particularly the part where it says: "Article naming should prefer what the majority of English speakers would most easily recognize, with a reasonable minimum of ambiguity, while at the same time making linking to those articles easy and second nature."

For a rude index of their comparative usage, see "recorder instrument, English pages" (approx 2,130,000) vs. "blockflute instrument English pages (approx. 2,310, and most of the first ones are you yourself advocating for a switch in name.) Mak (talk)  21:40, 5 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Once again, Wikipedia policy is to follow common usage, not other measures of "truth". Unless you can show that common English language usage is blockflute rather than recorder, the article will not be changed. Mak (talk)  12:06, 6 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Greetings. I am afraid that your post on Makemi's public talk page was too long for me to read every word; you lost me about half way through paragraph 2.  To be brief, I am interested: do you have an independent reference substantiating your bold claim that the world's English-speaking population should rename its recorders?  You say it was "accepted" in the 1990s, so presumably that is verifiable in widely available and reliable sources?  If it was accepted in the 1990s, the academic world seems to have done a poor job of propagating the decision.  As an aside, forgive my ignorance, who are the "IIRC"?  Regrettably my Google search for "IIRC Recorder Blockflute" produced no meaningful results, hampered by IIRC also being online slang for "if I remember correctly".  --RobertG &#9836; talk 08:28, 7 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your edit to my user page. It should have been on my talk page, and it's pure luck that I noticed it at all.  Please leave messages for people on their talk pages, not their user pages.
 * I didn't read it all, because your debating style put me off, but after scanning it I do know you didn't answer either of my questions. You provided no references.  You didn't say who IIRC are.  I conclude that you have no case, and are promulgating original research.
 * People who persistently demand changes to Wikipedia articles after failing to provide any reliable sources, and in the face of an obvious lack of support for their suggestions, thereby distracting contributors from the business of building an encyclopedia, are disrupting Wikipedia. I will block you from editing Wikipedia to prevent further disruption if I think it appropriate.  Alternatively, you are very welcome to continue to edit constructively within Wikipedia policies and guidelines.  --RobertG &#9836; talk 09:17, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Saint-Sulpice
If you actually read my posting on Makemi's page, you would se that I removed the claim that Daniel Roth had died, (following your comment), rather than adding it. David Underdown 09:04, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

You recent edits
Thank you for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and it has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you may want to do. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. &mdash; $PЯINGεrαgђ  00:21, 8 August 2007 (UTC)