User talk:Figureskatingfan/Archive 4

IKWTCBS

Yeah, the edits so far look great. Thanks for your hard work on 'em, and don't sweat the timeline – whenever you get to it is fine. The important thing is to do the work well. Cheers! Scartol • Tok 01:37, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

I see you've finished dealing with all of my comments. I'll review them as soon as I can; hopefully before Tuesday, but it's a busy week for me. If you don't hear from me by Wednesday, gimme a holler. Scartol • Tok 19:35, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the reminder. I've actually got a snow day tomorrow (probably), so I should have some time this weekend to have a look. Cheers! Scartol • Tok 01:36, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

I'm really sorry about being out of touch for so long. The end of the year and school and papers and everything has been overwhelming, and now on top of everything my dog is very sick. (She's been waking us up at 4am with vomiting and yelping.) I will try to finish my review of your edits as soon as I can and then I'll have Awadewit take a look. Profuse apologies many times over, and thanks for the reminder. Scartol • Tok 17:06, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

There's really been no excuse for my prolonged absence. (The last few days, okay.) I think I've just been in a rut for a variety of reasons, but — insh'Allah — I'm finally pulling myself out of it. I've at last made responses to the rest of your repairs, and I think we're ready for Awadewit to have a look. I'll drop a note on her talk, and see what we can cook up. Thanks as always for your dedicated diligence, and apologize once more for my incredible delay. Onward! Scartol • Tok 01:40, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

The post-dinner-party genesis of both projects is indeed unusual. I think I can agree to help with Sesame Street, but I'll need to get through finals time and the start of semester 2 (the next three weeks) first. Remind me if I haven't been in touch before then.

As for my dog, she died. I wrote about her if you're interested. Thanks for your concern, and I'll talk at ya soon. Scartol • Tok 12:14, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Sorry

sorry about the vandalism, i left my Wikipedia logged in and my friend changed some stuff. thanks for catching it though.

oh, my user name is Thatguy4837

Hot Anthony Vid

I sent you Fitz's vids on youtube Enjoy!! --Jena I LOVE ANTHONY FIELD! (talk) 02:35, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Excuse me?

"Remember to assume good faith in the absence of evidence to the contrary. Keep in mind that the edit summary was not typed by the user, so it should not be interpreted as such evidence."

I have not written anything defamatory about Maya Angelou and you would do well to save your accusations for the person who typed racist comments on her page. I tried to DELETE them. Thank you very much and have a nice day.

Also, do not attempt to contact me again. I don't feel that I have time to edit Wikipedia, or even check it, on a regular basis for rude and accusatory comments. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.30.42.11 (talk) 02:07, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Adoption

Hello! My name is Gopal81. According to this, you are currently adopting. So, could you please adopt me? Gopal81^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 15:03, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Responded on talk page. --Figureskatingfan (talk) 19:42, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

help moi s'il vous please

Hey Figureskatingfan :) thanks for re-tweaking my edit, as well as providing the 5 pillars links; in true nerd ethos, i will carefully study and learn to apply the format. I'm actually quite committed to becoming an author on this site, so you help is honestly very much appreciated. I'm reading the Tipping Point right now so your page just so happened to fall victim to moi... And the fact that i'm even replyin in some sense is a miracle, because i don't even know where this message with manifest itself...:p seriously. So yeah, going to read the 5 pillars, and see how fast i can learn. PS i was a figure skater and quit after my doubles...lol...how's that for random kinship...:p —Preceding unsigned comment added by ToasterCoster (talk • contribs) 01:12, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi figureskatingfan, i'm experiencing some confusion, and though i know you likely have much better things to do than help me. I'm someone who wants to do good things for this site. I've gone through reading some of the pillars and other help links, and i'm a little confused concerning how an article posted in my profile section will metamorphisize itself into its own distinct entity. This makes no sense to me. Supposedly, someone people will alter it in my userpage(which i understand to be my profile page). How are people suppose to know it a new article exists to edit it. This is strange.

TC, Thanks for your questions. It's okay, take a deep breath, and don't get so frustrated! ;) I suggest starting here and then going through the tutorial. It sounds like you're a little confused about the difference between a user page and a talk page, so I also suggest that you read those links. Oh, and please make sure that you sign all your posts.

BTW, I am a fs fan; I have never even skated, unless you count the time when I was ten and gave it up after falling twenty times. I love the sport, though--my beloved husband gave me tickets to the 2010 Nationals in Spokane, Washington for Christmas. (We live two hours away.) I also attended the 2007 Nationals, also in Spokane. Whoo hoo! --Figureskatingfan (talk) 17:13, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

importantner question

K, when i search for an article and it pops up, i notice that at the upper left hand corner of 4 tabs it says "article" instead of "user page"...does this mean that the user page is actually the article page that others will see? —Preceding unsigned comment added by ToasterCoster (talk • contribs) 03:01, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

and Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!1 --Jena I LOVE ANTHONY FIELD! (talk) 15:27, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Quick Question?

Hey Figureskatingfan,

How long did it take you to grasp how this site works? 00:16, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

the last post was from me, sorry guess you need to but the tildas in parenthesis

(ToasterCoster (talk) 00:17, 27 December 2008 (UTC)) --ToasterCoster (talk) 00:17, 27 December 2008 (UTC):

TC, I'm still figuring it out. It's a huge project, so there's lots to learn. That's one of the things that are fun about WP; ya learn as ya go. For example, I'm not an administrator, so I have absolutely no idea about how to do that stuff. Not that I want to, doncha know. I made lots of mistakes at the beginning, and still do. It was the kindness of strangers that helped me become somewhat successful here and learn and have fun, 'cause that's what it's all about. Don't sweat it. There are lots of folks who are willing to help.

BTW, you don't have to put the tildes in parenthesis. To sign your posts, include them on your keyboard, or simply click the signature icon: , to add the four tildes. To indent (as I have done), insert a colon (:) before you write. --Figureskatingfan (talk) 00:28, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you :) I'm totally hoping for the kindness of strangers on this thing--the wikipedia "how to guide" reads like an encyclopedia in itself. :p But, yeah, i think i'll just post my articles in my discussion page and hope someone goes: "uh, why doesn't she just have photographic memory and awesome procedural memory like moi? Better finger point an explanation." :p joking, although i must admit, I (heart) the derisiveness of other people's inner-monologues :D If you read and enjoyed The Tipping Point you're probably aware silly people are when it comes to Fundamental Attribution Errors: i'm not dumb, just not great with computers.

--ToasterCoster (talk) 00:58, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Hey so i've added a few additions to your entry--mainly quotes. But yeah, i noticed that there is a book summary feature on this site, and i was wondering. How can i become part of those people. Because that's essentially what i want to do. Read books and summarize them. Anyway, you're right, this site is quite addictive. I can quite easily see it posing some problems for my social life :p I'm what you would call a Maven, Connector, Innovator and Salesmen all in one! To self-ascribe like that might sound awfully cocky...but if you only knew :p Wikipedia is my new social diet...should do wonders for my brain though :p!! ToasterCoster (talk) 05:41, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

umm Take a closer look at this

This is not vandelisom you know he is not known as "Mark" did you just not see this or what? —Preceding unsigned comment added by ANTONIOROCKS (talk • contribs) 20:52, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

I dunno what happened, even after looking at the edit history. Thanks for catching it; I guess the vandal got the best of me. They can be so tricky! That's why we need collaboration on this project, so that one editor can catch what another editor has missed. I still don't think that the section is correct, so I will go back and make sure it's right. --Figureskatingfan (talk) 04:57, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Cool! Glad I could help! --Jena I LOVE ANTHONY FIELD! (talk) 13:54, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Sesame Street--bit confused....

...about the edit summary on this diff. [1] You say you're "deleting unsourced info", yet I clearly see a source included in the deleted material. What was your thought process on that? Thanks.... GJC 00:18, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Gladys, I'm in the middle of revamping this article, and I guess I made an editorial decision to not use the Sesame Street Unpaved book to support the information about mixing the Muppets and humans in the Street scenes on the show. Instead, I used G is For Growing and The Tipping Point, because they do a better job at explaining it, and then deleted the previous paragraph. Nothing, not even Unpaved, says that the test shows aired on WUHY-TV; the above sources do state, though, that they were shown to kids in their homes in Philadephia the summer of '69. That's why that part was deleted.

One of the big troubles with this article as it now stands is that the references it does have are inadequate. They don't support the statements stated in the article, or they're not reliable enough. This article used to be FA, and was downgraded, so I've taken it on myself to work on improving it. I started with History of Sesame Street, then included some of its content here, as a summary. It's an important enough topic to do this kind of work. The cool thing is that a new book, Street Gang, about the history of the show, was just published. I bought it, and will include it in this article.--Figureskatingfan (talk) 03:38, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Works for me, and thanks for the great explanation!! (You do know, BTW, that Sesame Street is either a Good Article or Featured Article--can't remember which--and I'm assuming it was designated as such in the condition it was in? Not sure what that means in terms of the revamp--it just seemed like an important thing to mention, since the GA/FA reviewers are so VERY specific about what, exactly, they'll accept...) GJC 08:38, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Stanford Memorial Church

Cor anglais 16, would you mind looking at this article, specifically the "Organs" section? I would like to bring this to FA. I'm sure that after you read it, it'll be apparent that this section was written by a non-musician. (That would be me.) I'd like to get an expert's opinion (which from your user page, that would be you) and bring the prose up to snuff. Or at least have it sound like the editors knew what the heck they were talking about. (Which I don't, not about organs, anyway.) Thanks in advance for your help. --Figureskatingfan (talk) 07:09, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi… glad to help. I'll look at it probably this weekend. —Cor anglais 16 12:03, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Oh goodness, and it's already been two weeks. Sorry about that! I'll take a look Tuesday evening. —Cor anglais 16 02:54, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

And you did it on Monday evening! ;) Thanks so much. I understand the section so much less now! But that's only because I'm stupid when it comes to organs. ;) Seriously, it now reads like it was written by someone who knows the subject. --Figureskatingfan (talk) 15:08, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Glad to help; however, I'm disappointed that it's not understandable. The wikilinked articles should help any reader who would like a more comprehensive understanding of organ terminology, but I imagine FAC will want the vocabulary to be somewhat familiar to everyone. I'll make just a couple more quick revisions and links; the goal is for it to be understandable. —Cor anglais 16 16:03, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

No, I was kidding! The only reason I don't understand it is because when you use a term like "stop", I have no idea what that means. That's why it's linked. I'm sure that's true for just about anyone like me who isn't a musician. It's up to me to go to those links to educate myself. You did great! --Figureskatingfan (talk) 16:44, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I'll also have a look. No promises on when that will be (we all know how erratic my schedule can get), but it's on The List. Scartol • Tok 17:02, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

No worries. I'm always happy to help folks understand and take on WP stuff as I was helped. I expect that Awadewit has been taking notes as she reads through Caged Bird, with an eye toward some structural comments. I'll see if this is true, and if so when we can expect to have a peek at those. Meantime, there's no rush on the MemChu stuff. Whenever you have time. I'll be in touch about Caged Bird. Scartol • Tok 12:36, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

If linking to sources that aren't easily accessible by readers makes you a bad person, then I must be Mephistopheles himself. I went looking for some mention of that in WP:RS and some of the "See Also" pages and found nothing. I use out of print books all the time for articles about Balzac's work, so pity the poor individual who wants to check up on what I've written. =) I don't think you have to worry much; if you are concerned, you could always make or get a PDF of the article in question and use WebCite or some such resource. Scartol • Tok 14:09, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Thank you so much. I did indeed have fun; we went bowling. I rolled a 202. WOO! Cheers for the cake. Mmmm, cake. Scartol • Tok 23:47, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

I'll have a look at the MemChu stuff this week. I asked Awadewit one last time if she can take a look at Caged Bird. If I don't hear from her soon, I'll find someone else to do a Last Pass. Scartol • Tok 11:43, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Okay, I guess Awadewit is too busy or something to help with Caged Bird. I've asked two other WikiFriends, Moni3 and Yllosubmarine, to have a look. Hopefully they'll give some feedback soon. Scartol • Tok 00:44, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

A got to it, so no worries. Your friends are welcome to take a look, of course; the more the merrier. --Figureskatingfan (talk) 05:26, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

• I just took a look at this article (I made one anonymous edit a few months ago and I was wondering if it was still there) and my jaw dropped. That is some really nice work that you've done with the article. For what it's worth, I think this article is now the definitive source on Memorial Church. (I'm in the choir there, by the way; please come visit!) --N Shar (talk · contribs) 08:52, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Now, that's cool! Thanks for the kind words, Shar. One of my hopes for this article was that someone like you, who actually has some familiarity with MemChu, would look at this article and have the same reaction. So this makes me feel so good! And yes, I'd love to visit. --Figureskatingfan (talk) 14:39, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

RE: Sam Moran

Thanks. The Daily Advertiser article isn't online and most likely will not be posted online by The Daily Advertiser. I try not to use non internet sources but only use them when there is no other option but to source it with a non-online source. Bidgee (talk) 07:49, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Australia Day was very hot! Around 40 °C (104 °F) and expected to get to perhaps 44 °C (111 °F) some time this week. A week of that and I may be persuaded to change places although 0 °C (32 °F) is cold enough for me without getting as low as 0 °F (−18 °C)! I hope the rest of your winter is a mild one. Cheers, Mattinbgn\^talk 06:33, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Unfortunately the story doesn't have an author on it. :( Bidgee (talk) 07:25, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

No problem, that's cool. (No pun intended.) I'll make the changes later. It is currently 6:35am Pacific Standard Time here, and it is 12 °F (−11 °C). It snowed yesterday; not bad, just flurries. No, not mild. ;)--Figureskatingfan (talk) 14:41, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Wired for Books

Just this week, our author interviews at Wired for Books were used in online content by the The Guardian of London, http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/audioslideshow/2009/jan/29/johnupdike , and also by The World, a production of Public Radio International. I sorely wish that the Wikipedia editors who claim our external links are "spam" or "vandalism" had, at least, a rudimentary understanding of American literature or the patience and intelligence to take five minutes and check out our web site at http://wiredforbooks.org . Reckless and ignorant editors have done much damage to the Wikipedia project and this is a good example of that recklessness.

Our external links have been a major part of Wikipedia in past years, yet we continue to find hundreds of our links to audio interviews disabled. Many of these authors have won the Pulitzer Prize in Literature, several have won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Many, many thousands of Wikipedia users have followed these external links and listened to the content at Wired for Books.

Please stop disabling and deleting our content. Thank you.

Scribe711 (talk) 18:58, 30 January 2009 (UTC)scribe711 David Kurz kurz@ohio.edu WOUB Center for Public Media at Ohio University —Preceding unsigned comment added by Scribe711 (talk • contribs)

I have replied on his talk page. --Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 17:12, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

I have taken the liberty of rolling back a deletion and replacement text which Scribe711 performed on your talk page. Also on mine. He has blanked his own page, which I guess he is allowed to do. I did know that he was arguing from a conflict of interest, yes. You have been kind enough to thank me for my support; thank you for yours. --Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 21:24, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Dear Figureskatingfan - You said you wanted to listen to the interview, which you should have done in the first place. So, I put the link back in and politely requested that you listen to the interview. Since the interview features audio by Maya Angelou, which is not found anywhere else on the Internet, and was never broadcast in its entirety by CBS Radio, and is really a very nice interview, you should not delete the link to this interview. The interview is a unique, first-person account by Maya Angelou. If I was rude to you, I apologize, but it has been a frustrating experience to see the hard work of many of us here at Ohio University be erased for no good reason. And yes, I am familiar with the rules regarding spam and "link farms" which do not apply to this important archive of author interviews. --David

Scribe711 (talk) 15:58, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

David, I'm not even going to bother responding on your talk page, since you seem determined to delete my comments, anyway. I trust that the interview is a nice one, but it's against Wikipedia policy to simply add a link. I stand by my assertion that your purpose is to advertise your program, and that's spam. I agree with Anthony's statement above that you're arguing out of a conflict of interest. I'm sorry for your frustration (and mine), but please understand that I'm not disparaging what I'm sure is a valuable program. All I'm doing is putting the addition on hold until its usefulness in the article can be determined. That's why I placed the link on its talk page. I'm asking for your patience until I can address it. There are no deadlines in Wikipedia, but since I'm interested in improving Maya Angelou articles, which includes using any and all resources, I'm committed to the task. I recommend that you look at I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, an article that includes most of my contributions, all done on an volunteer basis. It already includes almost 100 sources and 12 scholarly writings about the book and about Dr. Angelou. I suspect that I'll be able to include the interview in the body of the articles in the next week (maybe two). Thank you. --Figureskatingfan (talk) 17:34, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Christine, I can see this going on and on. In my opinion you are correct to remove the link. I am now in a position where I feel unable to block this editor as I have become involved in a discussion with him, and for an admin to enforce his point of view in this situation is very close to being bad practice. Could I suggest that you take the whole thing forthwith to WP:AN/I, and get a consensus admin view. If this view coincides with mine, and yours, then the matter can be wrapped up. --Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 13:09, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Anthony, I was going to suggest that we wait a bit, but then I noticed that Scribe711 has again blanked your comments on his talk page, in spite of my offer to listen to his interview and see if it's suitable for the Angelou article. I suspect that means that it's not good enough for him. I must say, it makes me less inclined to go through the trouble, although I probably will after putting it off as long as I can. (I really do have some other irons to deal with first, like handling the suggestions of a review of the Caged Bird article.) --Figureskatingfan (talk) 13:34, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

I have blocked the socks, we have been here before. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 10:56, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. I failed to spot the sockpuppetry aspect! --Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 19:55, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

I knew them, saw them in 2007. What a mess ... --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 21:21, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Caged Bird

I have finally gotten around to reviewing Caged Bird here. Profuse apologies over the delay. Awadewit (talk) 02:27, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Just a note to let you know that I'm watching the discussion and repairs going on; apologies if I can't be more involved right now. Holler at me if you need my input. Scartol • Tok 17:07, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

No problem. I'm tackling A's comments slowly myself, as I have the time. You know I'll ask for your help if I need it! ;) --Figureskatingfan (talk) 00:33, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

I see from your responses that you are working on Sesame Street and History of Sesame Street. I don't have time to help you research the articles, but I would happy to provide reviews, help copyedit, and track down videos and images for the articles. I study children's literature, so having good articles on that show is important to me. Awadewit (talk) 10:07, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you!

		The Writer's Barnstar
		I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is well on its way to becoming one of Wikipedia's stellar articles. Your determination to make sure that this article clearly explains Maya Angelou's autobiography to the inquiring user is an obvious labor of love and Wikipedia is the richer for it. Thank you. Awadewit (talk) 10:23, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I agree. Kudos for all your hard work on this. I like Awadewit's last-minute checklist on the article talk page. I can do the final copyedit, but I promised to do Phil Hartman first. Hopefully I can get to it by tomorrow. Scartol • Tok 14:27, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

ASL

Way back when I started school to become a teacher, I planned to get into Deaf Ed. I took 3 years of ASL, and have promptly forgotten the majority of what I learned. I also switched majors after hearing several times that Deaf parents would not want a hearing teacher. However, I think ASL would be a neat FA to do. I see you have some ASL experience. Let me know if you're interested sometime down the road. --Moni3 (talk) 21:27, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi Moni, yes, I have some ASL experience; I suppose some would say that I have a lot of it. I studied deafness and ASL in college, was an interpreter for over a dozen years, and have specialized training in counseling Deaf clients. Then six years ago, I moved to a rural community where there are about ten deaf people. I haven't picked my hands up to sign with a deaf person for about a year, although I have ASL permanently imprinted on my brain cells, since I signed for over twenty years. There are times when I still think in ASL. Scartol, in his review of the Caged Bird article, said that the word "this" is overused. That's directly caused by the fact that I still think in ASL, since THIS is a referent in the language (setting up something or someone and pointing to it to refer to it later).

That being said, though, due to the fact that I'm no longer active in the Deaf community, I'm probably not the expert you need. I own most of the books listed in the reference section, though. There may come a point, when the Wiki-projects I'm currently involved in end, that I may work on it anyway. It definately needs work. --Figureskatingfan (talk) 23:22, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Expert, poop. I'm not looking for the president of Gallaudet, just someone who has an idea of syntax and spatial uses in ASL. If you worked as a translator for 12+ years, I'm ok with that. --Moni3 (talk) 23:41, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Lazarus (The X-Files)

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Anthony Field

Hi Christine, I know that my saying "I know because I was there" is not a citation but I was and so was Anthony from 1975-1980. I am holding some College Annuals. They're hardly a widely published resource but I'll cite one nonetheless to back up the claim re the categorisation on Anthony's & Paul's & John's articles. With respect to the assertion that the Cockroaches started in 1979 at Joeys I think it's true but I have no source. Anthony was still at school till end 80 and it was in 1981 that they first started playing in pubs in Sydney - Anthony and Tony Henry couldn't legally get into a hotel till mid 1981 ! But I think it's true that the band was embryonic in 1979 while Anthony and John and Tony Henry were still at school albeit that Paul finished by end 1978. Thus I think the My Space assertion is accurate but I'll see if I can validate this. -Sticks66 12:51, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

I think that yearbooks are fine to use as a resource; I did a search, and according to this at the help desk, it seems to be valid. I think that in this case it's fine, or at least it's better than MySpace, which is a well-known unvalid source. I went ahead and changed your edit to better parallel the citation format already being used on Paul, John, and Anthony's pages. (When I write that, I wonder if their parents had The Beatles in mind when they named their sons.) What I need from you, Sticks, though, is the following, if it's available in the annual you own: first and last name of the author, page number(s), and ISBN. Thanks again; this info will go far in improving these Wiggles-related articles. --Figureskatingfan (talk) 17:02, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Christine, our College Annuals didn't then have an ISBN nor name a specific author nor even an editorial committee. The 1979 book mentions A&J p141 and the 1978 mentions Paul p130. I suspect that John was named after his father and although John and Marie Field were not without senses of humour, being a devoutly Catholic family they were more likely to have had Saints in mind in naming their progeny. I'm sure that Patrick and Anthony are glad they're not named George and Ringo ! Rgds -Sticks66 21:43, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Okay, I'll make the change, probably tomorrow, since it's getting late and today was a big day. We threw a party for my daughter's sixth birthday. No, it wasn't Wiggle-themed. I'm sure that the Fields didn't name their boys after The Beatles, since Anthony is their youngest and he was born in 1963, three years after The Beatles were formed. No one had even heard of them until '62. Every time I think of John and Paul Field, I can't help making the connection. Too funny. And George is a great name! There is a St. George, and anyway, that's my oldest son's name! ;) And no, he was not named after G. Harrison; he was named for his great-grandfather. --Figureskatingfan (talk) 06:41, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Stanford Memorial Church gallery

Thanks for articulating why you think the gallery is warranted and making some adjustments. All too often what I've seen is that galleries have been turned into image repositories on other articles without an apparent serious attempt to present them in such a way as to contribute to the article rather than clutter it with images, and looking at this example again, you've made an effort to avoid that. The only suggestion I can think of is perhaps moving it into the architecture section since that is what the focus is and if additional pics are taken and later uploaded to Commons (i.e. if someone can get inside the Church during working hours), then those could be placed into section-relevant galleries as well, like the organs. --BrokenSphere^{Msg me} 17:14, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, I see that you've removed the tag in question. Your suggestion has been discussed; it was decided that the gallery is best at the end because of aesthetic reasons and because it seems that for church building-related WP articles, that's the convention. One of my personal goals is to visit MemChu and take the photos you suggest. (See Scartol's comments on the article's talk page.) Or at least just to visit it. I could ask someone (see N Shar's comments towards the bottom of the section) who's actually there to do it, though. --Figureskatingfan (talk) 17:47, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

I would personally like to try and see the interior of the Church for once when it's open to the public (M-F, 8-5) since I work in the area. Unfortunately that's when I'm also working. :( You would think that they would have services on the weekends, for whatever reason it doesn't seem that they do. There is the option of trying to catch a guided tour on the last Sunday of the month. The Office for Religious Life does have its own section on the Church (http://www.stanford.edu/group/religiouslife/memchu.html). Is there any reason why that link isn't present on the page vs. the general ORL link? BrokenSphere^{Msg me} 17:59, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

According to their brochure, MemChu does too have Sunday services. And there are all kinds of links to the ORU site; as the article's main editor, I used several portions of it in my research, and their main page is linked in the infobox and the External links section. --Figureskatingfan (talk) 18:15, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (File:Caged Bird film.jpg)

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I have responded to your question on my talk page. I apologize for the tardy reply, but I have been inactive on Wikipedia since November. Let me know if you require additional info. Shereth 02:16, 9 March 2009 (UTC)