User talk:Tomcat7/2013/February

Harrison discography

Hi Tomcat7. As mentioned on the talk/FLC comments page, I've added dates where I could for those album releases. You've been very generous with your time on my GA noms over the past year, so sure, I'll help out with that introductory text. Might need a few days before I can work on it, though, since my time on wikipedia is quite limited. Got some thoughts and ideas on the discography article that I didn't leave on the talk page ...

• Not sure about that #23 chart placing for "Deep Blue" (a stray inclusion, from Bangla Desh's US chart peak maybe?)
• I really don't think you should bother with links to Lennon and McCartney discography pages. (Link to Starr discography is a good idea, definitely, because George co-wrote and produced a lot of Ringo's biggest hits.)
• I realise it would create more work for you, but how about including Dutch Mega Charts chart positions, and the same for Belgian, French and South African charts? Harrison had a few hits in those countries, and in the case of his 1974 releases, the inclusion of chart peaks in Holland would provide a useful picture of his continued international popularity, even if his success in the UK was coming to an end. I've recently added some Dutch, Belgian and SA chart positions to the "Dark Horse", "Ding Dong, Ding Dong" and Dark Horse articles, so hopefully you'll find useful links there. Happy to help where I can.

Also, if you've got time, I'd really appreciate it if you could do some more GARs for me ... PaulMacDermott recently gave "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" a preliminary "pass", but has asked for a second review in case his text-to-speech program missed something. I've also nominated the "Dark Horse" song article (which I think Paul said he might take on, maybe not), "Ding Dong", and an all-new piece "Hari's on Tour (Express)". Any help you can give would be fantastic! Thanks, Tomcat7. Happy new year to you. JG66 (talk) 06:37, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

Hi again Tomcat7. I'm really sorry I've not gone back to that Harrison discog FLC as I'd promised. (I've been busy with the George Harrison FAC – something I sort of wish I hadn't bothered with, quite honestly.) Do you still want me to work on the lead-in text? My thinking is you should completely do away with any discussion of Harrison's early days in skiffle groups; also forget about Harrison's introduction to sitar. All that's needed regarding the Beatles, I think, is a brief mention of Harrison's growth as a songwriter before discussion of Wonderwall Music. With all that earlier text cut out, this intro can then concentrate more on Harrison solo releases. That's my thoughts on this anyway(!). If you are still wanting to get this through FLC, do you want me to go ahead and make those changes? Regards, and apologies again for getting distracted – JG66 (talk) 22:36, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Hi Tomcat7. I'm very sorry I missed the window for this FLC – I went there just now with completely rewritten intro paragraphs ready to paste in for your approval, only to find the FAC had been shut down ... Unless you've got any objections, I'll go ahead and change the introductory text as I'd planned to anyway. My suggested introduction cuts down the Beatles-related text completely (there's certainly nothing about the Rebels or how he came upon the sitar); on the other hand, there's way more about Harrison's discography – which is the subject of the list obviously. I had planned to paste the text into an archive page first, so right now I don't have citations added in. Won't be difficult to dig them up, so give me a day or so and I'll rework that intro text. As mentioned above, I suggest you add chart positions for Holland, Belgium, France and South Africa. Honestly, with some more relevant introductory text and a more comprehensive list of international chart positions, I don't see how this discog can fail next time around. Apologies again, but I do wish you'd have communicated more – I've never been sure, for instance, whether it's okay by you if I completely reworked your text. JG66 (talk) 14:58, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

After seeing the banner you'd added, I've cut down the text and there are now 27 words more than you had back on 23 January. The important thing is the text is now relevant to a Harrison discography without dwelling on his work with the Beatles and how he came to play the sitar. But I don't get you, Tomcat7. I offer to help, you never respond directly to my messages, and when I do (finally) rewrite the text as promised, you add a maintenance banner rather than getting in touch with me about it. Do you want to work together or not? Do you want me to just leave it alone – is that what this is all about? JG66 (talk) 14:57, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

Sorry, I did not notice your reply since I always receive a bunch of notices. There were a bot edit and vandalism, so I totally missed your edit... --Tomcat (7) 17:41, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

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Akumajo Dracula Famicom Best

Hello Tomcat7 apology in advance if I'm sending you a wrong message. But probably in one of your edits you may have renamed Akumajo Dracula Famicom Best to Akumajo Dracula Best. However your edit is wrong or incorrect to say properly. All the sources state the name of the original print to be Akumajo Dracula Famicom Best. Akumajo Dracula Best should be either included as a separated album if you want to put it on the list. I have however mentioned about the reprint in the notes for the original album. Again apologies if you were not the one who had edited the album's name. This list is a featured list so needless to mention it is a very important one. I'm only trying to make sure the list does not get vandalized as happened with List of most expensive films. Thank you. KahnJohn27 (talk) 12:09, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Dostoyevsky PR

I'm afraid I can't really help you with that one. Literature is really not my forte, and I think a subject like Dostoyevsky needs someone who knows the material. The best I could manage would be a copy-edit (and I wouldn't be entirely comfortable doing that, knowing nothing of the subject), but I would imagine you are looking for more than that. Also, I'm a little short of time both on and off wiki at the moment and could not really guarantee that I could spend the required amount of time at the PR. You really need a literature person. Sorry! Sarastro1 (talk) 18:10, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Vgmdb and castlevania

I'm sorry but i don't know how you are saying vgmdb is not a reliable source? How can you decide for yourself that if a source is reliable or not. Until there's a proper consensus on it you cannot say which source is unreliable. If others too agree that Vgmdb is not a reliable source you have no right to call it unreliable let alone revert edits made with using the particular site as a source. If you don't agree with Vgmdb i'll list two more sites Castlevania realm and konami's site itself which backup the info on Vgmdb. Square Enix does not publish all the albums of Castlevania so obviously it won't have the info of those albums available. Also feaured status is just a tag. As shakespeare said what is in a name? Last one thing I'm not insulting or being biased but how did this list get a featured status anyway. Many months ago it was a complete mess. TransVannian (talk) 13:56, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

If the consensus will say it's not trustworthy then you can freely undo the list but until then let others decide if it's reliable or not when they reach a consenus. Until then please don't undo the edits. TransVannian (talk) 07:05, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

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Hello, I'm Lvivske. I noticed that you recently removed some content from Rus' Khaganate without explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry: I restored the removed content. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! Not sure why you're reverting, but please discuss such moves other than just saying "revert" Львівське (говорити) 16:48, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

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List of WV counties help

Hey Tomcat7, I am utterly lost when iy comes to wikitables. I have tri3esa to add a caption and I do not uinderstand what you mean by the table should nopt have headers. I am eager to learn, I will do what ever it takes, and I have honestly read WP:ACCESS and looked at table caption examples. I was able to answer the FIPS code question, but can you help?Coal town guy (talk) 14:21, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

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Friedrich Gorenstein

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DYK for Friedrich Gorenstein

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DYK nomination of Lenzites warnieri

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Ved Vejen

Hi, I've addressed most of your points I think.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 13:04, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Awesome, thanks for the review! If you have a shorter article to nominate I can review it if you want in return.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 18:30, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

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