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Arkivs of old stuff:

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i'm baaa-ack, did ya miss me? chugsa-wugsa here! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.142.67.171 (talk) 19:57, 5 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

A study on how to cover scientific uncertainties/controversies edit

Hi. I would like to ask whether you would agree to participate in a short survey on how to cover scientific uncertainties/controversies in articles pertaining to global warming and climate change (survey described here). If interested, please get in touch via my talkpage or email me Encyclopaedia21 (talk) 16:41, 1 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

Templates for deletion nomination of Template:Obscure edit

 Template:Obscure has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. Mike Serfas (talk) 17:38, 25 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Welcome back edit

Good to see you pop up on my watchlist. Welcome back. Antandrus (talk) 20:37, 16 August 2009 (UTC)Reply

Ditto. Nice to see your no-nonsense approach again after more than a year away. Binksternet (talk) 14:29, 19 August 2009 (UTC)Reply

Hyphens and Key Names edit

What literature? In the context of a list, it would be "Clarinet in B-flat" Justin Tokke (talk) 02:17, 22 August 2009 (UTC)Reply

Actually, it could be either with or without a hyphen. I just did a quick check of my record collection, which seems as good a sample as any; turns out it's pretty evenly divided between hyphenators ("A-flat major") and non-hyphenators.
Therefore, the hyphen isn't required. For simplicity's sake, then, my preference would be to not use it. It seems, well, fussier with the hyphen in there. --ILike2BeAnonymous (talk) 05:39, 22 August 2009 (UTC)Reply
But that's not what has been used on Wikipedia for a while. Hyphens have become standard for Wikipedia when talking about Keys and instruments. I have seen it both ways too, but I find the hyphenation more clearly attaching the "B" to the "flat". Justin Tokke (talk) 05:43, 22 August 2009 (UTC)Reply
Except that it's not "what's been used" here for a while. Haven't done a formal count, but my sense is that it's evenly divided here as well between hyphenated and not. And I really don't see why any extra little lines are needed to "attach" the letter to the "flat" or "sharp". That's done by the reader's brain. --ILike2BeAnonymous (talk) 05:48, 22 August 2009 (UTC)Reply
I'm not part of the editing of those pages, but I thought that the hyphen was used when the hyphenated words were describing a following word, as in A-flat major, but not used when the would-be hyphenated words stand alone: A flat. This is the case for non-musical terms like African American versus African-American president. Binksternet (talk) 17:18, 22 August 2009 (UTC)Reply
That's the logic. The hyphen attaches the "B" to the "flat" but the space implies they are separate. The hyphen removes all ambiguity. Justin Tokke (talk) 21:39, 22 August 2009 (UTC)Reply

Cigar fillers edit

I'm curious as to why the jr cigars link is not considered commercial then since they have links on that page to actual product pages and the famous smoke blog has incredible authority in the cigar world and is none commercial, though the site is.

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What do you think of these? edit

Audio theatre an article to audio dramas edit

Please if you have time and you know anything to it (I have seen that you have made edits in the article area which owns relations on it) , please look on the article Audio theatre, somebody placed a erase discussion on it. after we have had a merge discussion. It would be interesting what you would say to the merge and the delete discussion. And possibly it could help to contact other people that they should help also. )-: Merry Xmas --Soenke Rahn (talk) 15:22, 22 December 2010 (UTC)Reply

ArbCom elections are now open! edit

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Phoenix, Arizona Reassessment edit

Phoenix, Arizona, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. --Whiteguru (talk) 10:43, 1 August 2021 (UTC)Reply

Proposed deletion of Jeff Newman (musician) edit

 

The article Jeff Newman (musician) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Non notable musician who fails the notability guidelines.

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Proposed deletion of Jeff Newman (musician) edit

 

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