User talk:MDCollins/Archive 1

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Hello. I add my warm welcome to Shimgray's above. Nice work on the York-related articles. I am delighted to find someone holds Francis Jackson in the same high esteem that I do! Keep up the good work; contact me if I can be of any assistance. Best regards, RobertG &#9836; talk 15:48, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Rebus
Thanks again for all the work on this. I hope you won't be annoyed to see that I delinked some years you had linked; this is usually accepted as good wiki style, only to link full dates like 2 June 2006, so that people's date preferences will work properly. I also discovered that the John Hannah we were linking to is a disambig page, so I fixed that too. Ready to start some character pages? --Guinnog 14:47, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Warwick School
Thanks for your interesting edits. They have, of course, been reverted.--G N Frykman 19:03, 25 July 2006 (UTC) What edits?? Mdcollins1984 09:36, 26 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Thank you for attempting to correct the name of St Peter's School, York. If you open up the Warwick School article, and click on its History, you will see that various silly alterations to Dame Judy Dench were made in your name. Apologies for thinking that Mdcollins and Mdcollins were one and the same person!--G N Frykman 22:18, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

My sincere apologies - I have to mount a continuous watch on this page (pupils are constantly trying to slip "edits" in) and this one missed me. You are most welcome to correct any mistakes that I have made.--G N Frykman 08:32, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

jmptdc
Hello mdcollins, I am jmptdc! Welcome to the G&S Project BTW :) --Jmptdc 12:18, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

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My user page: thank you
Thanks for updating that sentence on my user page. I have done a bit of work on updating my info there recently, but obiously I completely missed that sentence about when I registered here. Thanks for altering it.Evil Eye 12:53, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

England/UK
Hi - saw your edit at Falmouth - there is currently a debate at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK geography to form a sensible policy for UK placenames if you are interested in contributing (your "one container" method has actually been suggested there already!) take care Mammal4 13:03, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

List of automobiles that were commercial failures up for deletion
Hi,

You have taken part in the AfD process for List of successful automobiles and voted delete. The decision was unanimous and the article was subsequently deleted. Now a corresponding article, List of automobiles that were commercial failures, is up for deletion for the same reasons. It would be only logicial and just to have them both deleted, so I cordially invite you to take part in the new discussion.

Regards, Bravada, talk - 09:08, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Merge discussion for Thomas: Fictional Locations
Please see my talk page for my response. Thanks! -- SatyrTN 13:39, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Split pedal
Just out of curiosity, do you know where there are any organs with split pedal? I have heard of split manuals like the Spanish organ building tradition, but I haven't heard of pedals being split in that manner. Is it an English organ thing? --W0lfie 21:33, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Cool. I wonder if there are any in the US like this. --W0lfie 16:06, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Straw poll
Its probably worth playing out the poll for another few days just to avoid claims of closing it early to maintain a certain result. I think that it is probably the aim of some of the editors to disrupt the poll so I don't think that closing early will change anything. I think your suggestion is probably all we can reasonably salvage from what is there (e.g either Home nation alone, or home nation plus UK on the authors concious in the same way as the US/UK date thing). I agree that we should make a point of discouraging changes between the two authorised tags. The next obstacle is going to be writing the policy page to everyones satisfaction, including the disruptive elements! Take care Mammal4 19:03, 15 August 2006 (UTC)


 * I think we should just press ahead with a summary document - it seems clear to me that the surge of votes in the last couple of days was due to the campaigning on external web pages that reedgunner found, but we can mention 'unusual voting patterns' in the text. There is absolutely no way that any of our suggestions can be enforced, (and thats not really what wikipedia is about anyway) but I think it will be a useful exercise none the less in focusing the issue.  If nothing else it can be referred to the next time an rv war kicks off.  Maybe we shoud just write it, and then leave it for a few months to see how it goes?  This debate is sapping my wikienergy and I've been neglecting my other projects so I'll probably leave it fallow for a while! take care Mammal4 21:45, 17 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Good job - I'll have a proper look this evening. BTW, Recent editor MUNSTERforever is a sock of Fooboo (check munsters talk page).  I've asked the sock smeller if he can have a look at the other single use accounts and see if there is any pattern.  Should help clear things up a bit I think! Mammal4 10:21, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Sir Geoffrey
Bill Johnston averaged 102. in 1953 ( http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/0/794/f_Batting_by_Season.html ). So if you want to say Boycott was the first you have to qualify it. The Wisden now lists only those who played atleast 8 completed innings. Tintin (talk) 11:36, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Knapford
Hi. Since your last changes to Knapford, someone has added more information to this page. This info appears to be related to the TV Series only, but does not tally with the info on the TV Series locations page. Could you have a look at it sometime please?

EdJogg 12:18, 6 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I've removed that onto the talk page of the TV series locations page. I don't think the information was that valuable anyway. I toyed with the idea of putting disambig links onto pages such as Knapford to discourage edits, but it isn't strictly a disambig page. I guess that if editors cannot add information in the 'correct' places, they can't complain if it is removed. Mdcollins1984 12:45, 6 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Good stuff! I'll make a mental note of this approach ready for next time... EdJogg 13:18, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Organ project
Re: your invitation on my talk page to begin an organ project.

Yes, that would be a lovely idea. I am in graduate school at the moment, so I don't have the time I used to to commit to Wikipedia-editing, but I'd love to help further fix up the organ/composer articles. Where do we start? —Cor anglais 16 (Talk) 15:17, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

Rebus
I am sorry if that last edit came across as at all harsh. You are quite right about Shiv and John; sexual tension, yes, but never consummated as with Patience. They are a generation apart after all. I'm sure we could find a form of words that would cover it. Thanks for your good work. --Guinnog 15:23, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

W. S. Gilbert FA candidate
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Railway Series
While I have added a couple of pages regarding locations on the Island of Sodor (Crovan's Gate, Ballahoo), the majority existed already, and all I have done is add the text from the Fictional Places in the Railway Series page. The two that I have added are significant interchanges according to the map based on Awdry's, and in my mind worthy of inclusion as main pages, particularly as Ballahoo includes reference to Henry's Tunnel and the joint National Rail/NWR route from Barrow, and Crovan's Gate is the location of "The Works". The only other new location I had a mind to include was Arlseburgh, as the only town on the island seemingly with two railway stations, and the interchange between the NWR and the Arlesdale Railway. As regards the references to the TV series, this could also be included on the main pages under headings. Hammersfan 10.45 BST, 27/10/06


 * (Please see further correspondence on my user page... EdJogg 13:00, 27 October 2006 (UTC))

More Rebus
Hi again. I'd be grateful if you had a chance to look at The Naming of the Dead which I've been doing some work on as I read the book last night. Of course, you may not want to if you wish to read it and haven't yet, as there are spoilers. Suffice it to say in that case that you have a treat ahead of you! --Guinnog 11:12, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
 * No worries. Maybe you could have a look after you have read it. It is great, and I am a alittle worried that my enthusiasm has influenced me in writing the article. All the reviews I could find were pretty positive too though. Best wishes --Guinnog 12:56, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Cornwall stub
Hi, I saw you contributed to the debate about creating Cornwall stubs - This is just to let you know I've now created it, and have about 200 stubs in it, in addition to the approx 400 Cornwall geo stubs. DuncanHill 16:31, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Belinda Evans
You tagged Belinda Evans for wikification. Is there any reason why? It looks to be pretty wikified to me, but I was wondering if you had any particular concerns. Thanks, Metros232 03:49, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Merge of Pipe organ, Organ pipe, Organ stop articles
Re: your message on my talk page

The state of both Organ pipe and Organ stop is very sad indeed. I would be happy to start working on those articles when I have time (which is rare, since I am married and a graduate student, and happy to be both). I think Organ pipe is a necessary article, as there is a slew of information to be shared on varieties of pipes, pipe construction, pipe physics (I have a textbook that goes into heavy mathematical detail on this, so I can help with that, but would appreciate a real physicist's help with that end of things), racking techniques, metallurgy, etc. Organ stop contains a few bits of good information, and it would be nice to have that available, but the topic really doesn't lend itself to good organization. If we were to merge some articles, I would vote for Organ stop merged into Pipe organ, and Organ pipe to remain separate and be heavily edited. That's my two cents.

Thank you indeed for your work on Pipe organ! I am glad to see that it is now officially a good article.—Cor anglais 16 (Talk) 23:15, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Organ of St. Mary the Virgin, Ewell
Hello there Mr Collins, I am the user that created the article in question (operating from a new account) and would like to say that this organ is indeed notable: it is a particularly fine example of 'Father' Henry Willis' work. Apart from the lack of the Pedal 32' and Solo department, it is almost identical to the instrument built by the same firm two years earlier for Truro Cathedral. If you have time, come down to Ewell and witness it for yourself. You could also go to the MySpace page of César Franck, which I created. It has on there a recording of my mother (herself an FRCO and Director of Music at Ewell) playing Franck's Cantabile (from Trois Pièces). Unfortunately, it has the sound of one member of the audience at the recital on the 18th November this year - when the recording was made - leaning back into a plastic chair and making it creak horribly! Otherwise, a good example of why this organ is notable.--Vox Humana 8&#39; 18:32, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I wish I was able to: however, beyond what is already in the article, I know no more about this organ. However, I suppose I could ask Maurice from Bishop the organbuilders (who are currently maintaining the instrument), as I believe he knew it in its former home in Highbury. Another thing I suppose could be mentioned is that pretty much every single Willis organ of over 30 stops built up to 1904ish bears a visible resemblance (in specification) to the Ewell instrument: see Hove Town Hall (now in Haberdasher's Aske's school in Elstree), the Dome at Brighton (broken up and replaced by HNB Christie organ), Hampstead Conservatoire of Music (now at St. Peter's, Brighton Parish Church), Coventry Cathedral (destroyed by enemy action), Canterbury Cathedral (rebuilt out of all recognition), Lincoln Minster/Cathedral (albeit somewhat altered), Turo Cathedral, etc. - and that's only the four-manual examples of this standard design... many more exist as three-manual instruments (like the Ewell organ)... - Vox Humana 8&#39; 17:13, 12 December 2006 (UTC)