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[edit] Hi Lexo!

Hi There,

I saw your remarks on Travellers talkpage and thought I would drop you a line. The views and comments that are frequently expressed on that article are quite unsettling really and I usually have to revery vandalism a couple of times a week. I know in Ireland that travellers have a bad rep but it suprises me that people can't see that this article in meant to be objective and free of bar-rioom style rhetoric.

On another note, I enjoyed your article on Johnny Doran. By coincidence, I started an article on Ronan Browne recently (a fellow uileann piper). It was a stub but somebody (actually Ronan browne I beieve!) updated it considerably!

Anyhoo- Have a great day and hope to cross paths again sometime!

Downunda Downunda 02:11, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Smells Like Teen Spirit

Hi, I've been working on Smells Like Teen Spirit to bring it to featured status. All that's really left is to clarify some citations. After searching through the page history, I was able to pinpoint you as the person who added the citation that Dave Marsh compared the song's riff to "Louie, Louie". I've checked out the original 1993 edition of the book from my library and it doesn't mention the riff at all; it only focuses on the lyrics. I noticed you cited the 2004 edition of the book; if you can add a page number to the citation that would be very helpful. Thanks. WesleyDodds 07:17, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I just wanted to make sure all the sources I didn't add checked out before going to FAC! WesleyDodds 10:14, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] ARI

You might want to look at what's going on at Ayn Rand Institute. ThAtSo 17:19, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

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I assessed the article as Start class, please see the talk page for directions in improving it further. Thanks for the compliment on my user page by the way, and don't worry, this is what Republicans do. Don't believe that crazy media or the occasional vandalism to the Republican Party article! If you have any questions about improving the article, let me know on my talk page. Happy editing! --Nehrams2020 (talk) 21:51, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Finnegans Wake

Hey there,

great to hear that someone else is on board to edit the Finnegans Wake page, it needs all the contributors it can get, and things have been pretty quiet round those parts of late- welcome on board. I don't completely share your bleak view of the state of the page, as in my opinion it's a hundred times better than it was a year ago - then it was full of POV statements like "HCE is every man and his fall represents all falls" and the like, and now it's filled with referenced, concrete critical analyses of the text; so POV has been cut down alot, and most stuff is referenced. That being said, it still needs loads of work and is getting a bit cluttered, so a new pair of eyes and scissors would indeed do no end of good. I recommend that you be bold, and edit as you see fit, and if there's anything I disagree with, I'll just bring it up on the talk page and we can find a common consensus. I look forward to seeing your contributions! all the best Warchef (talk) 11:02, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Booker T. & the M.G.s/Booker T. & The M.G.'s

Thank you for informing me of this matter. As I understand Booker T. & the M.G.s is incorrect - I later tried to ammend the title however that resulted in multiple redirects and so would not allow me to do that. The title was based on the Green Onions cover, and not purely based on the correctness of the grammer. I did create a talk discussion here. The capitalised "T" on "The" I do agree is correct, however there are many references to the "MG's" without the fullstops. Do your references confirm that is it in fact Booker T. & The M.G.'s and not Booker T. & The MG's? - Arite (talk) 10:29, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Obviously the title has been spelled many ways over the years, but the majority of releases during the band's lifetime contain at least the apostrophe (which is undoubtedly bad punctuation, but which is the most common way of spelling the name). Here is how the band's name is spelt and punctuated on thirteen albums released during their lifetime - I have not included compilations, on the grounds that most of them would have been issued without the band's approval, I have not included the MG's album as it wasn't with the full band, and I can't make out the spelling on the cover of the Universal Language album:
Green Onions - Booker T. & The M.G.s
Soul Dressing - Booker T. & The MGs
Hip Hug-Her - Booker T. & The MG's
And Now! - BOOKER T. & THE MG'S
In The Christmas Spirit - Booker T. & The MG'S
Stax/Volt Revue Live in Norway - Booker T. & The M.G.'s
Back To Back - BOOKER T. AND THE MG'S
Doin' Our Thing - BOOKER T. & THE MG'S
Soul Limbo - Booker T. & The M.G.'s
The Booker T. Set - Booker T. & The M.G.'s
Up Tight_(Original Soundtrack) - BOOKER T. AND THE M.G.S
Melting Pot - Booker T. & The M.G.'s
That's the Way It Should Be - Booker T & the MG's
In seven out of thirteen cases the name is spelt MG rather than M.G.; ten out of thirteen use the apostrophe. The most common form (the mode, in this particular distribution) is Booker T. & The M.G.'s. Only in the case of the 90s album is 'the' not spelt with a capital T. I concede that it would violate WP:ORIGINAL RESEARCH to argue that this proves how the band liked to spell their name, but I am arguing that there is a good case here for renaming the article while recognising within in it that there is no definitive spelling of the name. Thanks for your prompt and courteous reply, btw. Lexo (talk) 15:17, 4 June 2008 (UTC)