User talk:Mudwater/Archive 11

Happy happy!



 * Woo-hoo! — Mudwater (Talk) 01:43, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Happy happy, joy joy! North America1000 01:45, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

America the Beautiful Quarters
Mudwater, Thanks for adding the new quarters. I appreciate it. Loudornbach (talk) 00:01, 16 January 2017 (UTC)


 * My pleasure. — Mudwater (Talk) 00:34, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

Important message



 * Click on the image for an important message. North America1000 19:19, 1 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Ha ha, I was wondering if I'd be hearing from you today. Well, have a safe and happy "AFD", Captain America! — Mudwater (Talk) 19:44, 1 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Cheers! North America1000 19:47, 1 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Check this out. North America1000 20:04, 1 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Good work. It's very "meta".  — Mudwater (Talk) 20:40, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

Discussion
You are invited to join the discussion at User talk:Anna Frodesiak § People who like lists. Lists. North America1000 09:56, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

(or the snack of your choice)

 * Thanks! — Mudwater (Talk) 22:39, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

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Name of the RFK 1989 boxset.
I am thinking about the correct wikipedia name for the RFK 1989 Grateful Dead release. It was me that added "RFK 1989" as the next album after DP23. I forgot to login. On http://www.dead.net/store/music it currently says: "RFK Stadium 1989 Box" but I believe that you think: "Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington, D.C., July 12 & 13, 1989" is a better title.

Maybe it is possible to handle two titles for a album. A short or long version? Maybe something else? TraxPlayer (talk) 14:08, 2 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Hello, and thanks for the note. Yes, what's the "real" title of that album?  Good question.  Generally I think it's best to go with whatever it says on the album cover, that would seem to be definitive.  In this case, "Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington, D.C., July 12 & 13, 1989" is long and unwieldy, but sometimes that's the way it goes with album titles.  I'm thinking that "RFK Stadium 1989 Box" is the name of the article or write-up about the album on dead.net.  I'd say it's not a problem, though.  After the first mention of the actual album title, in the lead sentence of the article-to-be, it can be referred to with a shorter "nickname", like RFK Stadium or whatever. — Mudwater (Talk) 15:15, 2 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Looking at the page on dead.net, here, it says, "ROBERT F. KENNEDY STADIUM, WASHINGTON, D.C., JULY 12 & 13, 1989 includes two previously unreleased concerts taken from the band's master 24-track analog recordings..." Sorry about the all caps, copied from that page, but that seems to mean that that actually is the title of the album.  I hadn't noticed that before. — Mudwater (Talk) 21:53, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Discussion at my talk page
You are invited to join the discussion at User talk:Northamerica1000 § DYK for Bagel and cream cheese. Inre: American Jewish cuisine. North America1000 11:32, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

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 * Thanks! — Mudwater (Talk) 01:27, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

American Jewish cuisine has been nominated for Did You Know
North America1000 00:00, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
 * N.b. More hooks are requested at the discussion. North America1000 20:36, 13 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Okay. Thanks for the heads up.  — Mudwater (Talk) 20:54, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm considering withdrawing the nomination, simply because I'm not finding content from the article that can be culled to create more alt hooks. However, I will wait, in case you can think up a new hook. North America1000 00:13, 26 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Can you withdraw the nomination "without prejudice" -- so the article can be renominated later, if we think of something cool? If yes, I'd say go ahead and get it over with.  That wouldn't bother me, by the way.  Did You Know is cool, and all, but I'm happy that the article was created, and turned out pretty well.  — Mudwater (Talk) 00:17, 26 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Never tried the without prejudice thing before; probably wouldn't work, though, because after 7 days people may say that the article is not new enough... North America1000 00:21, 26 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Per the above, easier to just leave the discussion open, in case we can devise a hook... the other option is withdrawal. North America1000 00:22, 26 August 2017 (UTC)


 * In that case, hold on, don't withdraw it yet. Let me ponder this a bit further. — Mudwater (Talk) 00:27, 26 August 2017 (UTC)
 * No problemo. North America1000 00:28, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

This might do it. — Mudwater (Talk) 01:02, 26 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Sure. All that's needed is a hook and an inline citation at the end of the sentence that contains content of the hook in the article (see WP:DYKRULES). Since this topic isn't my specialty in terms of cuisine, I will leave it to you to devise a hook. North America1000 01:10, 26 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Hmmm... How about this?  It's supported by the two footnotes at the end of the recently added paragraph.  ... that within American Jewish cuisine, whether a person prefers their gefilte fish to be savory or sweet may correlate with which region of Eastern Europe their ancestors came from? — Mudwater (Talk) 02:22, 26 August 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅. Thanks, I have added the hook to the DYK nom page. North America1000 02:33, 26 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Good, thanks! — Mudwater (Talk) 06:07, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

DYK for American Jewish cuisine
Alex ShihTalk 00:04, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Some cool GD stuff
May be usable to improve the GD article. North America1000 06:28, 10 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Buck meets the Grateful Dead
 * Grateful Dead on the Today Show

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 * Awesome! Thanks a bunch!! — Mudwater (Talk) 15:52, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks again for your great work, and also for your collaborations, which I appreciate a great deal. North America1000 03:29, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

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Halloween cheer!


Happy Halloween!

Hello Mudwater: Thanks for all of your contributions to improve Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable Halloween!   –  North America1000 14:18, 25 October 2017 (UTC) Send Halloween cheer by adding {{subst:Happy Halloween}} to user talk pages with a friendly message.

Americana
Hi MW: I've been working on Diner lingo, specifically the list at this point. It's rather interesting stuff. Since you and I have worked on lists and other content regarding Americana topics before, I felt that this may interest you. Cheers, North America1000 08:41, 5 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Very nice. Seen this? — Mudwater (Talk) 15:10, 5 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Yep, it's an EL in the article. North America1000 16:58, 5 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Amazing how many unique phrases there are in diner lingo and slang. North America1000 06:39, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Happy turkey day



 * Thanks, you too! — Mudwater (Talk) 12:09, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

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 * When I go to Preferences --> User Profile and try to set my signature to what you suggested, I get a message saying, "Invalid raw signature. Check HTML tags." — Mudwater (Talk) 23:23, 20 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I omitted a close quote. Try this:


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 * Ah, that's better. Thanks! — Mudwater (Talk) 02:56, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you, too! —Anomalocaris (talk) 05:29, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

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