User talk:Rivertorch

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[edit] Goudy stuff

Hi Rivertorch, posted my thinking on the Goudy (Old Style) discussion page. Jim CApitol3 01:56, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Podiatry

Hello Rivertorch,

Kindly refrain from attempting to edit the "Podiatry" page. Since you don't possess any podiatric physician credentials you then cannot possibly make intelligent and informed remarks on "Podiatry". In other words, leave all editing to Doctors of Podiatric Medicine.

Thank you. (posted at 06:07 on 7 February 2007 by PublicSafetyOfficer )

Hello, PublicSafetyOfficer,
Thank you for contributing to my talk page. I will continue to edit the Podiatry page, as well as an ever-increasing number other pages in need of improvement. In the meantime, please allow me to make several suggestions that are likely to make your interactions with other Wikipedians more constructive:
(1) Assuming something about another editor's credentials is a risky thing. You might be wrong.
(2) Even if you're not wrong, it's irrelevant. Most Wikipedia articles are written and edited primarily by laypersons with no professional knowledge of their subjects. In fact, using one's own specialized knowledge is really not what Wikipedia is about at all; if that's your thing, you should write books, magazine articles, or web content, and then let Wikipedia editors cite your work.
(3) Even if your request is couched in ostensibly polite language, asking another editor not to edit a certain page is extremely bad form. Wikipedia is a wiki; all are welcome to edit it.
(4) It is considered good form to sign your posts on a talk page. This can be accomplished by typing the tilde symbol (~) four times at the end of your posts.
(5) When you begin a new topic on a page (as you did on this one), it's best to place it under a new heading. There's more than one way to do this, but it's easiest just to type two equals signs (==), then the name of the new heading, then another two equals signs.
(6) Vandalism is a fact of life, and it is primarily practiced by new editors with no sizable track record of legitimate edits. As the log on your contributions page makes clear, you fit into that category. I did give you some benefit of the doubt by tagging my reversion as "apparent vandalism". You, on the other hand, made significant—and, to my way of thinking, deleterious—changes to the Podiatry article with no explanatory tag whatsoever.
(7) Discussions about the content of an article often can be very productive when carried out on the article's talk page. If you have legitimate concerns that you believe require sweeping changes, it is helpful to other editors to post an explanation of what you're doing and why; this tends to minimize misunderstandings. If you have any further concerns about the content of the Podiatry article or my edits to it, feel free to open a discussion on the Podiatry talk page. Rivertorch 07:07, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Commons Picture of the Year 2006

I assert that I voted for Picture 7. Honest. commons:User:Rivertorch

[edit] Bose (company)

High-end: arbitration?

If you still have an interest your input may be helpful. HonestGuv 13:40, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

I still have an interest but am too busy to contribute much anymore. If there's anything specific I can do to help, please let me know, but I've read the talk page and think you may as well be beating your head against a brick wall; reason and logic are apparently useless. Rivertorch 00:31, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
I am afraid I can suggest nothing specific that I would expect to be successful in improving the content of the article. My motivation for posting was to observe the process of dispute resolution since I was surprised when the first "resolver" felt that reading the talk page was irrelevant. To be honest, without your input the outcome was probably more surprising and interesting to me as a relative newcomer than with it. HonestGuv 08:25, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
Well, I was extremely wary of getting involved with that article, given its history, but I thought it might be nice for something purporting to be an encyclopedia to have an article rather than an ad. I did try to bend over backwards to be neutral, but I needn't have bothered. "Spin" is apparently more important than fact, and the WP rules evidently don't allow anyone to employ critical thinking to draw any meaningful distinction between the two. The article is crap now. The millions that Bose spends on p.r. is probably wasted, since they have a virtual army who will do the job for free. Anyway, thanks for your input. Rivertorch 19:39, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Roadie etc.

Are you sure the other folks weren't there? The All Music Guide [1] mentions all of them in a grand finale after the second Alice Cooper song. I don't have the disc and it's OP, so ... Also, I've been listing Kate and Anna McGarrigle as Kate McGarrigle, Anna McGarrigle. Welcome back. We're a little past 1/3 of the way done with the existing list. There appear to be quite a few missing appearances as well. Dang, she's prolific. Rubioblanca 16:29, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

"Prolific" is almost an understatement. You're misreading what the All Music Guide says. It's not written clearly, but what they're calling a "grand finale" consists of multiple songs by different artists. There is no hint whatsoever of Jerry Lee, Hank, or AATW on the song—just Roy and Emmylou singing to an undistinguished accompaniment. The song (which I believe was first released as a single, but I can't prove it) has always been credited in radio play to Roy and Emmy only, and that's what it says on the back cover and liner notes of Emmylou's Duets, which contains the song. Rivertorch 16:46, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for clearing that up. Actually, I think All Music Guide is not just unclear; it's flat wrong. Oh well, my bad. Any Kate and Anna preference (consistency and all that)? Rubioblanca 18:20, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, forgot to say. No huge preference either way, but here was my reasoning: as songwriters they are separate entities, but as performers/recording artists they seem more like a collective. Since WP has a rather detailed Kate and Anna McGarrigle article as well as skimpy separate articles for both of them, I figured it might as well be the collective link.
Incidentally, I should say that I know zilch about Roadie, and there could conceivably be a single-song finale with all of those artists performing a different version of the song (in the same year as the single came out, no less!), but I would be hugely amazed. And more than a little frightened. Rivertorch 00:27, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] More Emmylou

Hi Rivertorch, Please comment on the Music Chart data question on the discography discussion page. I need input for consensus and to see if I'm reading/interpreting policy correctly. Sorry for being a pest; please chalk it up to my being frustrated with data deletion without discussion. I need/want your input for a reality check. Rubioblanca 17:59, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your Rough fish edits

Thanks for your edits to Rough fish, you did a very nice job. I had just reorganized it, but copy editing (and speling;) are not my strongest points. I appreciate the cleanup work you did. Next I was wanting to put in something about how not all rough fish are from stocking, etc., as well as provide perspective from a few other countries, mainly english speaking. Any help or input would be greatly appreciated. Pharmboy (talk) 13:59, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

No problem. I know very little about rough fish but will be glad to copyedit any further additions to the article. I'll keep it on my watchlist. Rivertorch (talk) 19:24, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your note on my talk page

I've responded there; and I'll keep the conversation there unless you prefer I copy my responses here as well. — Coren (talk) 02:02, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

I've joined your segue about plurals and the result is on my talk page. If not especially enlightening, it is at least somewhat entertaining.  :-) — Coren (talk) 19:17, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] C.Bechstein Pianofortefabrik

This is an offical Company Web Page and so the link of the Int. Pianocompetition is´ right be there, or? --Keystrike (talk) 17:51, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

I don't think so. Official of not, the page relates only indirectly to the subject of the article (see item 14 under WP:EL#Links_normally_to_be_avoided), and it reads like an advertisement. In fact, parts of the article itself read like an advertisement; dealing with that on this and other piano pages has been on my to-do list for some time. If you think the link is important, my suggestion would be to mention the competition in the body of the article and link from there. In the meantime, I'm inclined to remove it per WP:EL. Rivertorch (talk) 20:41, 5 March 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Bechstein pianos: history, competition and vintage collectibles vs modern design

Hi,

Welcome to discussion about pianos.

Your contribution to this and other articles is highly appreciated.

Let's put our minds together and keep making Wikipedia better.

Regards,

Steveshelokhonov 06:57, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

I have responded on your talk page. Rivertorch (talk) 14:39, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Emmylou Harris grammys

I changed back to the original dates, which I confirmed at the official Grammy site. I had changed them to match the dates in the WP article. Maybe there is some confusion because the awards for a given year are presented in the following year. Gr8white (talk) 05:19, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

One more thing, can you clarify the statement "It also won Harris yet another of her record 12 Grammy awards"? It doesn't make much sense without some qualification but I can't figure out just what the "record" is (female country singer maybe?) Gr8white (talk) 05:42, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Me either. If she does hold such a record, it's deserving of a more prominent mention upstream in the article. I have removed the word "record" (and also the word "yet", which seemed a bit too much like implicit praise). Rivertorch (talk) 12:44, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Harp category

Hi, there's a new Category:Harps in which all harp-related articles fit, which appears in the very top of the Category:String instruments category. By keeping harp-related articles just in the targeted subcategory "Harps" (which is visible from the category "String instruments," it makes it much easier to navigate the category "String instruments," with as many instruments as possible moved to their proper subcategories. Hope this explains the process. Badagnani (talk) 20:26, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

I see. Sorry for the first revert, then. I watch several musical instrument articles but rarely look at category pages, so I'll keep an eye out for similar changes and leave them alone. Rivertorch (talk) 02:25, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people: R

I saw that and wondered how long it would be before the entry was purged or I received a new message :-). I did intend to come back to enter a reference. I found one available online so it doesn't have to be looked up at the library (or wherever physical location of a book). Evolauxia (talk) 20:57, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Sadly, there's so much vandalism to that article that we need to be absolutely strict about sources. Thanks for fixing it. Rivertorch (talk) 03:00, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] BLP

The living person is the murder suspect, McIrney. WhisperToMe (talk) 06:10, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:Homosexuality#is very wrong

I enjoyed your response there. I'm commenting here because I don't want to encourage a continuation of the conversation there, but I had to comment! :) Aleta Sing 20:20, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind words, Aleta. You almost compensated for its being Monday. Rivertorch (talk) 21:07, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
LOL! Well, then they were worthwhile words! Aleta Sing 21:33, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Emmylou Harris discography

Oh, no problem, it's what I do. Emmylou Harris is a great artist and she deserves a great singles chart to match the rest of the detailed disocgraphy. If know of any other singles by her, feel free to add them. Dottiewest1fan (talk) 22:45, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Otherwise known as daffodils

Hi Torch,

I have removed the alternate name myself. I am currently reading "The Secret Garden" and assumed that if the name was used in such a long-standing book then any spelling errors would have been corrected by now. I will attempt to have more backing to my edits in the future. Thank you for the kind manner in which you expressed your message! I've been having some minor skirmishes with other users lately, so it's encouraging to receive a polite correction.

Neelix (talk) 11:49, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

PS - I like your choice of television shows. The Munsters, Green Acres, and Star Trek are some of my absolute favorites.

Skirmishes are a fact of life here, it seems. I do try to be polite (well, usually) but sometimes it backfires. I'm glad you feel encouraged, and I appreciate your saying so. Rivertorch (talk) 16:08, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Agatha Christie

Thank you very much for the thank you! I've got it on my list of "things to do" to do a major rewrite of that page and stop it being mainly all lists but one thing that's been bugging me for some time was the unpublished works stuff, none of which (aside from those that remain) I'd ever heard of! I think I put a comment on months ago proposing to delete the items unless anyone could produce references but I never got round to it, hence the reason I plunged in yesterday!
Cheers. John--Jtomlin1uk (talk) 07:02, 31 May 2008 (UTC)