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Hey, great job with those violin articles! I've taken the freedom of proposing the Bass violin for a possible mention in the daily "Did you know..." section on the main page. [1] Good stuff.

They'll probably like the proposal even better if you could give us some inline citations (footnotes) for some of the facts in the article, like for instance the dates about Jambe de Fer and Monteverdi I mentioned in the DYK notice. I mean, not that I'd doubt those facts are accurate, I can see you are evidently working from rock solid scholarly literature. Fut.Perf. 22:27, 18 November 2007 (UTC)Reply

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See Wikipedia:Manual of Style. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 22:18, 18 November 2007 (UTC)Reply

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Consensus before merger edit

Perhaps if you actually pointed out mistakes instead of declaring their existence without explanation, support, rationale, or reason. Hyacinth (talk) 15:53, 18 December 2010 (UTC)Reply

See Wikipedia:Merging. Hyacinth (talk) 16:06, 18 December 2010 (UTC)Reply

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Viol Posture edit

Ok Bassi, that's fine. Could you please insert the reference at the end of the first paragraph. I hope it was clear that I was expressing a guess - but since I didn't actually know I left the sentence there, though I stripped it of its original pomposity. I'm just weary with the continual vague references to "influences" and the marginalizing of the people who imaginatively created something new - this happens everywhere but is particularly exaggerated when it comes to Spanish matters. Originally, the first paragraph finished with a grandiose statement about the "developmental influence" of the "posture" of the Moorish rabab" without even mentioning the viol's origin in Spain. This, unfortunately has been typical, with guitars, international law, etc. This is why I get exasperated. Cheers Provocateur (talk) 22:55, 19 December 2010 (UTC)Reply

Diminished unison edit

You can't get it through PROD, so you speedy it? Really? Isn't the next step supposed to be a nomination?
I have no particular attachment to the idea of the diminished unison, and wouldn't use the term myself, but as a couple of books note that it does in fact exist, I think putting it through speedy was a terrible idea. Roscelese (talk) 03:20, 24 December 2010 (UTC)Reply

Uh, I'm lost... You mean you had better sources all along, but instead of improving the article by adding a citation, or at least mentioning something in the talk page, you simply took the deletion tag off of the article? Even if some reputable theorists believe the interval exists (and I still haven't seen anything definitive like Kostka and Payne), it doesn't need it's own article-it's just a difference of nomenclature. All of the variations are covered in semitone. Anyway, this is the first that I have heard from you, I really didn't think anyone was that concerned, and I frankly can't see why anyone cares so much about this redundant and ambiguous article. Sorry if I have offended you in some way, I'm just trying to get stuff done around here.BassHistory (talk) 08:50, 24 December 2010 (UTC)Reply
Er, did you read WP:PROD before you used it? It's not like AfD where adding references makes a page less likely to be deleted. Only removing the prod tag takes it off the conveyor belt to deletion. You might well check out that page anyway, as you'll notice that the person who removes the tag is under no obligation to add references. Now I usually do, but because I have many other things to do both on Wikipedia and off, I wasn't able to do so right away.
I'm not personally offended - I'm just a bit shocked that someone might think "Oh well, someone objected to my deleting this. What to do now? If I put it through the regular deletion process other people might object too - better put it through speedy, which allows for no discussion." Did you read WP:SPEEDY before you used it? It certainly doesn't look like it. Roscelese (talk) 20:02, 24 December 2010 (UTC)Reply
I was following the only reliable sources I had, and the Wikipedia guidlines. I figured I would see if I could get the article through speedy deletion before I wasted my time and everyone elses, debating something so trivial. I you find any sources that you wish to add to the semitone article, please go ahead. "Diminished unison," even if there are sources for it, is clearly the least important semitone, so it should be the last one to get its own article.BassHistory (talk) 23:42, 27 December 2010 (UTC)Reply

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I would like to use list directed references in the article. DES (talk) 04:37, 7 August 2012 (UTC)Reply

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Jazz Messengers edit

Thanks for the kind words and for appreciating the Jazz Messengers! And thanks for moving the page. I was planning on requesting a move, I couldn't create it there. Thanks again!

OK, cool! Glad you approve of the re-naming.BassHistory (talk) 10:25, 5 November 2014 (UTC)Reply

Brown \ Roach edit

Sure, love them, would be happy to help. Tquinn86 (talk) 05:08, 7 November 2014 (UTC)Reply

What should we call the page? Do you have any sources handy (especially Grove, Oxford Press, the WW Norton text)?
I see them alternately as: Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet , Clifford Brown - Max Roach Quintet , Max Roach/Clifford Brown Quintet , Max Roach - Clifford Brown Quintet
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