User talk:AndyJones/Archive 3

Screenshot?

For a Wikipedia-related reason, I'm trying to take a screeshot from a DVD. However I've never tried such a thing before, and the obvious approach doesn't seem to work. What I tried was playing the DVD in Windows Media Player, paused it at the appropriate moment, pressed FN - PRT-SC, opened Paint, and chose EDIT>PASTE.

What I got was a pretty good screenshot of the rest of my screen, but an oddly-transparent rectangle where the DVD image had been, which leaves me a bit stuck. I can't think of another approach. Any thoughts? AndyJones (talk) 15:25, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

do you have a digital camera?--TreeSmiler (talk) 15:27, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes. Do you mean take a photo of the screen, or telly, while it's paused? AndyJones (talk) 15:38, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Correct. This may be easier. I once took some photos of my TV screen as a test and they came out very well indeed. THen you can import into photoshop or something and crop/ adjust before uploading.--TreeSmiler (talk) 16:35, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll give it a try. AndyJones (talk) 16:37, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

The reason you get a black or transparent box there is because the DVD is being hardware accelerated and skips out on the OS altogether, or something along those lines. There are two easy ways to make screenshots from DVDs: 1. you can get a DVD playing program that has this as a native possibility (I think VLC, for all of its bugginess, does this?), or 2. you can go into your control panel, to your video settings, and turn hardware acceleration all the way to zero (off), THEN run the DVD in WMP and you should be able to take the screenshot in the convention print-screen way (but if you do this, don't forget to change your video settings done when you are done!). --24.147.69.31 (talk) 16:42, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Video overlay is the specific feature which gets in the way of screenshots. Oh look there's even an article. Hardware overlay is more specific and even mentions the screenshot problem. One movie player with built-in screenshot ability is MPlayer. (Run mplayer -vf screenshot dvd:// and press s at the appropriate time) --tcsetattr (talk / contribs) 21:40, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Also, VLC Media Player has a nice way to take screenshots (and you can even turn off overlay if you want, but that's not recommended for performance reasons) 83.252.191.12 (talk) 12:37, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Get thee to a punnery

And, no, I didn't write this entry just so that I could use the edit summary "Toby or not Toby, that is the question."

I see you've started getting your retaliation in first :) --ROGER DAVIES ^talk 09:17, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

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Hamlet on screen

Hello again AndyJones. I see that you are trying to get a table that works going on the "Hos" page. Unfortunately, I am not any good at getting them going either. I wanted to let you know that you might try asking at the Wikipedia:Village Pump to see if anyone can help you with this. Also, you can create a sandbox for tinkering with the table until you get it the way that you want. You do this by creating a page that reads [[User:AndyJones/Sandbox]] and then you can copy and paste the items from the article page to this one and begin working on them. Then when you have it the way that you want it you can copy it and place it in the main article. Please don't misunderstand - I don't have any problem with you continuing to expeeriment on the article page with the in use tag that you have been using - I am only mentioning this in case you didn't know about it. In any event good luck and happy editing. MarnetteD | Talk 17:05, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Hamlet 1996 film

Hello again. Just thought that I would let you know that User:Pfistermeister is back at work on this page adding the unsourced items and continuing the rant on the talk page. I can't revert again without breaking the 3RR. User:ThuranX has also been trying to deal with this editor. Cheers and happy editing. MarnetteD | Talk 09:31, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

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Hamlet template addition

Hi,

I wrote the Hamlet (bibliographies) entry (apparently a real active one for other editors, if you check the history, he said with a touch of sad recognition).

I think it should be posted in the Hamlet box boilerplate. I'll gladly do it, but I don't have a clue how.

Best,

Shlishke (talk) 05:35, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

The Winter's Tale

Andy, In response to your note, I've put in several sources for the information I inserted into The Winter's Tale page, and hope this meets your satisfaction. In addition, sometimes, in the field of theatre and the creative arts, a production or performance itself becomes documentation as well; i.e., if a director or actor (or designer, musician, etc.) does something on stage that reveals something "new" in the text, that "something" can and should be considered "scholarship" as much as an article published in a journal or book. After all Shakespeare didn't publish his complete plays in his lifetime (including especially The Winter's Tale - which first appeared in the First Folio), and he probably had little if anyting to do with the Quarto publications that appeared during his lifetime; nor did he write articles or books or otherwise document how his plays were staged, or should be staged thereafter. Moreover, in academia, the staging of a play may be called "creative scholarship." What I have attempted to do in the section on The Winter's Tale that I added - bout the source of the name of the play - is to document an interpretation of the text based on a specific stage production, and have also included the references to document this interpretation. I appreciate your dilligent work on this. All the best, Weimar03Weimar03 (talk) P.s, I've also begin a "Sources" section at the bottom of The Winter's Tale, and encourage others to add to this.

• Replied at User talk:Weimar03. AndyJones (talk) 13:33, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

East Coast

Assuming you mean the eastern coast of the North American continent: capitalize both words; no hyphen. --Orange Mike | Talk 20:45, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the note Andy. My edit summary was paraphrasing the statements that Branagh and Shakespeare scholar Russell Jackson make fairly early in the DVD commentary. Your note helps fill out some of that info and I appreciate the time you took to post it. As I remember it this DVD, released last year here in the US, has not yet been released in the UK. If you have a region free DVD player you might want to acquire it from Amazon or someone else as I found it to be interesting. If you ever do gain access to it I would be interested to read your reactions to their comments but please don't feel obligated to do either of these things. Thanks again. MarnetteD | Talk 22:23, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Citing Shakespeare

Thank you for your guidance on the Shakespeare cites. I didn't have time to pursue the matter yesterday after leaving the question. Your advice will save me some time! LuckyThracian (Talk) 02:17, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

The Merchant of Venice

Hey, I very very nearly did this. Your doing it just minutes after my hesitation confirms what I felt! Cheers. Cowardly Lion (talk) 08:39, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

R&J

• • No problem - I wasn't sure which sentence to change - since they are in direct conflict. Can someone fix one of them so that section does not contradict itself as it does now? Thanks Smatprt (talk) 14:10, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Well done - and much more readable. You might have a go at the same section in Julius Caesar, which has gotten a bit rough in the last few days. I believe you edited it before but some of that has gone missing. Good work as usual and I continue to enjoy your sense of humour and edit summaries. Smatprt (talk) 23:22, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of monarchs in the British Isles revisited

Hello, since you commented in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of monarchs in the British Isles, I thought you might like to know that it is again up for discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of monarchs in the British Isles (2nd nomination). Regards, Angus McLellan (Talk) 11:36, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

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Wikiproject you may be interested in

Dear AndyJones, you may want to join this project. I have found your userfied deleted trivia page useful and I think you would be an asset to this project. Best, --Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles^Tally-ho! 18:32, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Request for Mediation?

Hello - you participated in Gavin.collins' Request for Comment, so I am alerting you that we are preparing a Request for Mediation regarding him. BOZ (talk) 03:16, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

I am alerting you that we are now considering a Request for Arbitration regarding him as an alternative to mediation, and would like your opinion on the matter. BOZ (talk) 13:39, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Hamlet in Klingon

I noticed that on the talk page of Shakespeare, you said, "They've even done Hamlet in Klingon." I thought this was a very entertaining piece of information, and was wondering where you found it. I think if you could reference it, it would be a good addition to the Hamlet article. Delduðling 21:50, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

comma in Hamlet

Ok, if serial commas are incorrect in British English, please remove all instances of it! In the lead, I can already spot: "revenge, incest, and moral corruption". Randomblue (talk) 21:45, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Deleted trivia

I came across your page, and I was wondering if you needed some help salvaging some of that content. I don't know how you usually work with that kind of content, but I'm usually a trim and merge kinda person, although it looks like there's some content that isn't really worth keeping. --NickPenguin_(contribs) 03:41, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I agree some of this is unsalvageable. When I have a free hour or so, my intention is to get rid of a few more pages that I think can't be rescued. User:Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles has asked if I'll transfer over to his user space any of these which I don't feel I can do anything with, so that's what I'll do. I think the very best way to work on them is to do what I did at The Tempest: compare this with this and then with The Tempest#Afterlife, which I think is probably well-sourced enough for FA. Of course, that's a very slow process, even if you're devoting a lot of time to Wikipedia, as I was then.

But, defintely, do feel free to work on that page. Add another column for your own comments, if you like. AndyJones (talk) 07:33, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

RE: Midnight Cabaret

I've reopened, and relisted the debate. It will be closed 7 days from today. - Rjd0060 (talk) 14:20, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Happy Independence Day!

As you are a nice Wikipedian, I just wanted to wish you a happy Independence Day! And if you are not an American, then have a happy day and a wonderful weekend anyway!  :) Your friend and colleague, --Happy Independence Day! Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles^Tally-ho! 21:20, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Edits By Original Writers of LaFayette~Jackson Veterans Org. are to Be Left alone

The LaFayette~Jackson Veterans Organization is no longer interested in being represented on wikipedia. It is Our CONTENT and OUR DECISION you have already nominated the page for deletion anyway. we have decided it is not in our best interest to continue to have a presence on wikipedia that can be edited by other people. We have since declared all content Copyrighted by our organization is not in the public domain. Ljvo (talk) 13:44, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Andy Please leave our page alone or completely remove it. It Is our decision to have no content on wikipedia at this time and no amount of debate by others who have no knowledge of our organization has the information required to put information on the site. Ljvo (talk) 13:44, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Wikipediea DO NOT RESTORE CONTENT DELETED BY ORIGINAL AUTHORS FROM THE VETERANS ORGANIZATION!

Ljvo (talk) 13:44, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Romeo and Juliet

Should we put this up for peer review to get things stirred up again? Wrad (talk) 16:24, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Romeo and Juliet collaboration

Greetings! The current Shakespeare Project Collaboration is Romeo and Juliet. This project is currently going a thorough peer review and copyedit before moving on to FAC. The link to the peer review is Wikipedia:Peer review/Romeo and Juliet/archive1. Have a look! « Diligent Terrier Bot (talk) 20:43, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Your rewrite for Romeo and Juliet!

		The Original Barnstar
		…for your amazing rewrite of the Romeo and Juliet Screen adaptations section. It was good but your rewrite is magnificent. If we can achieve that quality for the rest of the article it'll be FA in no time! --Xover (talk) 11:43, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Baconian theory article

Thought you'd like to know, there's a job vacant to write the Baconian article which you might like to attempt. There's no pay but I can guarantee that when you've finished you'll have enormous fun defending your efforts against people who are waiting to tell you that you wasted your time. Puzzle Master (talk) 07:07, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

re: Oxfordian theory

No, I think its removal was appropriate. I was willing to AGF if the article's contributors wanted to go through the nomination process, but I thought the nom (and previous comments at a related article) smacked of POINTiness, as well. Good call. María (habla conmigo) 18:07, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

I don't think it very civil getting a conspiracy together with another editor to delete my GA nomination. I've already explained on my Talk page that my main objection to these articles is that they need academics to check them. That would be a positive contribution to Wikipedia. So perhaps you could climb off your high horse and kindly restore my nomination. Felsommerfeld (talk) 18:58, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Wait! Aren't you one of the editors that supported the extra De Vere link on the William Shakespeare page. OK, I think I'm getting the picture. You sir, are violating NPOV! Then you are in no position to lecture me. Felsommerfeld (talk) 20:17, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Challenge

Sir, you have offended my honour! I challenge you to a duel, pistols at dawn. Don't bother bringing one of your Oxfordian friends as a second, I don't want my concentration distracted by a choice of target. Name your place and we'll settle this like men! Felsommerfeld (talk) 20:43, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Bye bye

See my talk page! Puzzle Master (talk) 11:31, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

BBC Television Shakespeare

It was Maple Leaf who began this change. A.L. Rowse identifies 4 Romances in his collection of Shakespeare: A Winter's Tale; Pericles, Prince of Tyre; The Tempest; and Cymbeline. The BBC considers these four plays comedies. I will revert if MapleLeaf insists on calling two of them tragedies.--Drboisclair (talk) 13:44, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Welcome back! :-)

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