User talk:Viennese Waltz/Archive 1

Myst
Thanks for the suggestion. Which do you think I should try first -- "Uru," IV or the I-III compilation? Would I be missing anything by playing the games out of order? Thanks -- Mwalcoff 22:15, 15 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Definitely start with Myst itself, i.e. Myst I. This has the simplest (but still not easy) puzzles and is the best way to ease yourself into the Myst universe.  There is a story running through the five main games, i.e. Myst (I), Riven (II), Exile (III), Revelation (IV) and End of Ages (V).  You can follow it if you wish, but it's pretty complicated and not essential to playing the games, so you probably can do them out of sequence.  However, I would still suggest you tackle Riven after Myst.   It's probably the most difficult of them all in terms of the puzzles, so if you can solve Riven you can solve any of them!


 * I don't know much about Uru because it's outside the main run of games and I've never played it. It was originally intended to be an online game I think, but it never quite took off in that way.  I would leave it for now and go for I-V instead.


 * Hope that helps. Good luck and let me know how you get on.  --Richardrj 05:08, 16 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks. By the way, it's generally better to reply to a message on your talk page by using the talk page of the other person. That way, he or she will get a message alerting him or her of the message. -- Mwalcoff 22:37, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Peter Hammill albums
I fixed the typos on Peter Hammill albums. My bad. Mattbrundage 15:19, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Bands in multiple music genres
copied from my talk page... Yes, it would be appropriate. Many bands are listed as being in multiple genres, for example, Category:Beck albums (alternative rock and folk) or Category:The Beatles albums (rock and pop). I've seen some albums categories with as many as four music genres. Mattbrundage 12:58, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Max Reger conundrum
No, I don't have the answer, sorry Richardrj. I was wondering if you had solved the conundrum in the meantime. Cheers JackofOz 03:07, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Impact Theatre Cooperative
Please see my comments on Talk:Impact Theatre Co-operative. ColinFine 18:11, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Myst again
Not yet. I know I said I wasn't interested in a mindless shooting game, but I liked the demo of Max Payne so much I bought it and actually did enjoy it, despite my reservations about all the blood and gore. I also bought Balder's Gate and Age of Empires, but I haven't begun playing those yet. I probably should have bought Myst... -- Mwalcoff 22:39, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

'Headquarters'
It's me again on the "headquarters" query. Pls. also confirm to me that headquarters is always a plural noun. My boss says so. I need an authority to tell me that. thank you very much--202.4.4.24 11:39, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Replied on your talk page. --Richardrj 12:26, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Sex on the Reference desk
Hey Richardrj, I am sorry if I seemed abrupt or unnecessarily mysterious with that post. I was being a bit defensive because in the past when sex has come up it's been suggested or intimated that I'm a prude or a tightass because of my responses, and I am so not (read to the bottom of my userpage and you'll see). I actually regret even posting to that thread at all, but I really do have concerns about that user, although she does make some good edits. Anyways, I didn't miss what you said about transit etiquette, and thank you for saying it. I hope I haven't offended you, because that definitely wasn't my intention. Anchoress 09:20, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
 * No worries Anchoress, and no offence taken. Actually I had already taken a peek at your userpage, and had taken good note of that part at the bottom, so I definitely didn't have you down as a prude (your interesting comments on sex workers back you up on this, as well).  That's partly why I made this comment, which  to my disappointment you didn't respond to :-) Go well, --Richardrj 09:34, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh lol I saw that comment but I didn't really know what to say. I meant other people's stockings, of course, I didn't know if you were teasing me or if you actually thought I wore stockings while backpacking. But thank you very very much for the comments, and I should try not to be so defensive. :-) Cheers. Anchoress 09:45, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I actually thought you wore them while backpacking. And it was such a nice image, so far removed from the stereotypical image of the backpacker as a bedraggled, unkempt hippy with a Lonely Planet sticking out of their pocket.  Damn, it's gone now :-) --Richardrj 09:59, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh, sorry. :-) But, despite the lack of stockings, I wasn't unkempt. And I brought stockings, I just didn't wear them on travel days. :-) Anchoress 10:18, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Hey, maybe it's me who's the prude - I only just got the joke in your heading for this section. Tee hee.  --Richardrj 12:37, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that was funny, huh? Anchoress 14:03, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Girl With A One-Track Mind
When moving an article, don't forget cleaning up the double redirects! - David Gerard 14:55, 23 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Nah, I'm fine with the move, I'm just glad someone else has extended the article itself! Always pleasing to see others work on a stub you started ... - David Gerard 15:15, 23 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Looks fine now except Abby Lee and Zoe Margolis, which I've pointed back there as well - David Gerard 15:43, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!
Many thanks for helping fend off the vandals while Gregorian chant was on the main page. I wasn't prepared for the level of vandalism. It's heartening to know how efficient and diligent you WP admins and editors are to revert it! Peirigill 07:09, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

King Crimson
Richard you a a star. see you like crimson. early or belew? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.132.192.91 (talk • contribs) 28 August 2006  (UTC)

Aerosol Grey Machine
Hey Richard, nice to see someone editing my horrible aerosol grey machine article, however, are you sure it was Hammill and not Kirtley who composed the track "afterwards"? All sources I found (through google, I don't own a copy of the CD) state it is Kirtley. Good job though on the article.
 * Well, sites that say Kirtley composed it; http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3v841v7jzzha (that's where I originally took it from ;) )
 * http://koreanrock.com/wiki.pl?action=edit&id=VanDerGraafGenerator (it's korean but the songs are in English ofc)
 * http://www.metavox.co.kr/shop/goodalign/good_detail.php?goodcd=1140085928 (also Korean, google gives many sites :P)
 * There's some more sites, but I guess it isn't really important as the CD cover says it's Hammill's composition.

Jason Pierce
Hi there,

I noticed that you edited Jason Pierce. Can you please take a look at it and clean it up a little? See its talk page for details. Thanks! --Amir E. Aharoni 14:07, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Hi Amir,
 * Thanks for the note - I cleaned up the article a little, removing some stuff that shouldn't have been there. But I don't really know enough about Pierce to add much more, I am afraid.  If I can add any more, I will. --Richardrj talkemail 10:24, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

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Heh - it's hip-hop/urban slang, I have heard many a Snoop Dogg/Eminem track using "chronic" as a slang term for weed :). If I can find/pinch/invent any other clues, I'll put them up there for you, heh.

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Picture
Hello there. I have undeleted your picture. Sorry for the inconvenience. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 05:46, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Al Stewart
I don't think you needed to reinstate Al's birthpace in the first paragraph because this info is duplicated in the following paragraph. However, I'm not going to mess with it again. Rodparkes 05:29, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

"Balloon Milk" in Canada
I suspect the reference is to long-life (irradiated) milk sold in one- and two-litre poly bags. You buy them at the store and then take the bags home to drop into specially designed pitchers. Then, you clip the corner of the bag, and pour. Except for the clipping and pouring part, this is much like the general principle of the flo-through baby bottles that are so popular these days. I left this off the Ref Desk page as I thought that section was a little overblown. Bielle 10:40, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

I also suspect that the description was meant to "puzzle and amuse" and that the word "balloons" was chosen with just that in mind. I am pleased to have been of assistance. Bielle 15:47, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

The great RD speed-answer game
I typed as fast as I could, 'cos I knew you were right behind me. :-) But well played!  May the best man win, next time we meet on the field of battle... —Steve Summit (talk) 22:10, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi! im the romantic poets guy
i still didnt get any info on them...i want the comparisons between their poems...not their lives..thnx anywayz

The word 'WILWARKS'
The word wilwarks is on a list for school work. Here's the link. http://amitylearning.com/treasure/vocabulary.html It's near the bottom.

WoW at the Reference desk
Greetings, fellow Wikipedian. I find the comment you posted in the reference desk:

You don't. Why do you expect to receive for free something that others are paying for and that no doubt cost the developers a lot of money to make? If no-one paid for it, there would be no money available for the developers to maintain and improve the game or make more games in the future. If you want to play it, pay for it. If you don't want to pay for it, find a free game or find something else to do.

to be inappropriate. To my understanding, the Reference desk should be used to give objective useful information to users, always assuming good faith. The questioner is probably aware of the "terrible consequences" you stated, but still he was curious about how that could be done or anything else. --Taraborn 11:15, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Van Der Graaf covers
Old covers were not "perfectly good". I've just uploaded some new covers with higher resolution, is it ok now? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Soxatyi (talk • contribs) 18:54, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Skin versus World Of Skin
Please see my question in Talk:World_of_Skin about your edit to that page. Thanks. JamesYoungman 11:31, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Peter Hammill covers
Thank you for helping with the Peter Hammill album covers. In one instance I made an additional rationale because I didn't see your edit in the first time. These bots (and users, admins) act like crazy.--Peter Eisenburger (talk) 16:29, 27 November 2007 (UTC)