User talk:Sputnikpsalom

Hi Sputnikpsalom welcome to Wikipedia!

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A curious username ;-)
Where does it come from? --tyomitch 21:24, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

I'm new at this, please bear with me as I learn
The name as it appears is actually in error. There should be two words, the second of which was truncated by accident. The origin is a Russian choir director's book recently re-published by Holy Trinity Monastery at Jordanville, New York. Ooops! I discovered another spelling error. I'll get back to you soon! --sputnikpsalom 21:31, 9 September 2005 (UTC)


 * Hi; the page you want is changing username; although it is almost certainly simpler to create a new account with the right spelling and forget about this one. Septentrionalis 21:36, 9 September 2005 (UTC)


 * Hello to you too. My head feels like it's spinning! If I'm right, the page you cited is exactly where I've been for about twenty minutes.

Meaning of my ""Nickname""
First, see above for publisher information. The ""Sputnik Psalomschika"" was originally published in pre-revolutionary Russia as a choir director's reference filled with texts and melodies used for special feasts during the Orthodox Church calendar year. The title means rather literally ""Choir director's companion."
 * FWIW, wherever it appears on the Web, it's translated as "Cantor's Companion". --tyomitch 22:50, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
 * There's even a scanned version online, at http://www.seminaria.ru/raritet/sputnik_02.htm

I have studied the choral practices in the Russian Orthodox Church at Holy Trinity Monastery, in Jordanville, New York. The book is easy to use, if you read Church Slavonic and the special music notation used by the Russian Orthodox Church.

Can anyone point me to the tools needed to display my real name? Thanks! --sputnikpsalom 21:48, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Would preferences→User data→Nickname fit? --tyomitch 22:35, 9 September 2005 (UTC)