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Hello, Kakofonous, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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Jazz drumming

Your work on "Jazz drumming" is a good job, very scholarly and thorough. Just needed a little minor copy editing here and there. (It always helps to have that second--or third--pair of eyes.) "Art form" is two words in every dictionary I consulted, so I changed it (from "artform"). I felt the same about "drumset", but since you're a drummer and I'm not (though somehow I've always been interested in drumming, especially jazz drumming), and you may be aware of certain conventions within the drumming community, I hesitated to change it. A very impressive debut in the Wikipedia community! Keep up the good work. --Alan W (talk) 03:26, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

RealCTY

I can't thank you enough for getting rid of that blasted culture section. It was false, narrow, and utterly horrific. Praise to your work. --Max

I do have one, but I'm just too lazy to sign in.

Stubbed

Couldn't find the stubs list... Thanks for putting them up. And an article so short needs help anyhow, so I'm happy to call it a stub. Trekphiler (talk) 21:42, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome.

GA review of Saxophone

Thanks for your review of saxophone; I've left a fairly weighty response to your GA-on-hold, which I would love to have your feedback to, on the talk page. Happy‑melon 20:26, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Rudget!

Dear Kakofonous, my sincere thanks for your support in my second request for adminship, which ended with 113 supports, 11 opposes, and 4 neutral. I would especially like to thank my admin coach and nominator, Rlevse and Ryan Postlethwaite who in addition to Ioeth all inspired me to run for a second candidacy. I would also like to make a special mention to Phoenix-wiki, Dihyrdogen Monoxide and OhanaUnited who all offered to do co-nominations, but I unfortunately had to decline. I had all these funny ideas that it would fail again, and I was prepared for the worst, but at least it showed that the community really does have something other places don't. Who would have though Gmail would have been so effective? 32 emails in one week! (Even if it does classify some as junk :P) I'm glad that I've been appointed after a nail biting and some might call, decision changing RFA, but if you ever need anything, just get in touch. The very best of luck for 2008 and beyond, Rudget. 15:18, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Peer Review of Jazz drumming

I'm flattered by your request for my comments on Jazz drumming. On the one hand, I hesitate because I have very little technical knowledge of drumming. On the other hand, I do think I am qualified in other respects, I know that a second pair of eyes is always useful in any case, and I'd be glad to help to the extent I can. It's getting late here in the U.S. (not sure where you are), and work has been hectic. But I will leave myself a note to see what I can do in the next couple of days. Come to think of it, something crossed my mind when reading parts of it again a day or two ago, so I will leave one comment now, and then look at it again tomorrow or at least later in the week. Regards, Alan W (talk) 04:07, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Funky Drummer

Thanks so much for adding the audio sample to the "Funky Drummer" article! Is it possible for you to add a sample that includes a portion of the drum break? Just wondering, I have very little experience working with audio files. InnocuousPseudonym (talk) 03:13, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar for your troubles

Here is a barnstar for you! Place it wherever you'd like.

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		I hereby award this barnstar to Kakofonous for his non-stop contributions to the article Jazz drumming. Congratulations, Kakofonous! — Cuyler91093 - Contributions 06:22, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

— Cuyler91093 - Contributions 06:23, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

You're very welcome! — Cuyler91093 - Contributions 23:50, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Bishop Scott Academy

Thanks for giving this article some attention, but a few notes for the future:

• Regarding the addition of " to ref names:
  • "The ref name need not be placed within quotes unless it consists of more than one word (the wiki parser converts single word quoteless attribute values into validly quoted XHTML)." So you can add them, but you are really just wasting your time. Same with adding a comma between dates [[May 1]] [[2000]] renders the same as [[May 1]], [[2005]]: May 1 2000 & May 1, 2005.
• And with the citation format, you added brackets around one of the years for when a book was published, which is correct for some citation formats. However, the citation format used in this article did not already include () around the dates. Either way is acceptable as long as it is consistent within an article, just as some people prefer Harvard referencing over inline citations. Its all a matter of personal preference, and priority goes to the first style used. This I will revert as it has made it inconsistent with another reference. But again, thanks for doing some copyediting. Aboutmovies (talk) 01:19, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

• No problem, just thought you might like to know about the "shortcuts" if you will. I use to make sure and add " and the comma too! The other item is easy enough to correct. Happy editing. Aboutmovies (talk) 01:26, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Persondata

Hello and welcome to WikiProject Persondata! Thank you for joining up - it is very much appreciated. You might be interested in the lists of biographies, which are being used to check and tag articles more systematically. I hope you enjoy contributing to the project. Mouchoir le Souris (talk) 00:40, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Posting on Talk Page

Thanks for letting me know that I posted to the wrong place. Still figuring things out on Wikipedia .... —Preceding unsigned comment added by ChristopherHoney (talk • contribs) 15:31, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi, could you please provide some external input/moderation on the Talk page for the fDTI article -- I proposed deletion of the page and am now trying to work something out with the page's author. I am new to Wikipedia and would appreciate some more input from somebody more experienced... ChristopherHoney (talk) 20:05, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Raymond Brock

Wow, that was quick! Thanks for your contribution. :) JH (talk page) 19:43, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

One minute

Nice. --Oncewheel (talk) 00:11, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Per the request of the now indefinitely blocked vandal whose actions you reverted, here's your barnstar. Good job on that one, I can't say I've ever seen a vandal suggest that someone get a barstar for catching them before... Trusilver 00:56, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Harvey

Um... sorry, but... exactly what are you talking about? Basketballone10 22:32, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

What is it that you are referring to? Could you provide an explanation? Kakofonous (talk) 22:34, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

You put this on my talk page:

"Yes, the link you identified was the one. Another user, more experienced, deleted it.

Jim

Here it is:

I deleted that link...it was exactly what you said it was. Remember, on Wikipedia, Be bold! If you think that there is a useless advertising site link on another page (which I am sure you will find at some point) just remove it! In that same vein, I removed the {{helpme}} template from your talk page, as I think I answered your question. If you have any more questions, just talk to me on my talk page. Kakofonous (talk) 01:04, 30 January 2008 (UTC)"

I'm just not sure what it's talking about. Did I think I put a template for something on a page, but really not? Basketballone10 22:37, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh, sorry, I remember now. I deleted both the {{helpme}} template and the advertising link. I didn't mean that you had done anything wrong. Kakofonous (talk) 22:40, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

What does the “A” stand for?

Awesome username                     —Wiki Wikardo 00:55, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Skrepenak

I have addressed your concerns at Greg Skrepenak.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 16:31, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for passing the article. You seem to have omitted many of the procedural steps to passing an article. You can see my contributions to see what I did to follow up on your efforts. Going forward you may want to familiarize yourself with the procedure.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 19:13, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Apart from some unfamiliarity with {{ArticleHistory}} and forgetting to add the article to its category on the GA page, did I miss anything else? I have done a few GA reviews before without mishap, I guess these were just some slip-ups. Sorry that you had to mop up after me. Kakofonous (talk) 19:23, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Nothing else. I just want to make sure you try to do all the things you didn't do this time in future GAs and if you have failed to do so in the past make you aware that you may want to take corrective action.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 19:28, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		Thank you for your kind words! Phenylalanine (talk) 03:38, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Reverted your edit to Shady Records

Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia, but your recent edit to the Shady Records article has be undone. The reason being that your edit made the table sort function unfunctionable, thereby disallowing the table to sort in the manner it was created to do so. Please see the discussion page to see where it's been made note of, and add your opinions before simply changing. Thank you. -- Harish - 17:54, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Sorry bro, didn't mean to sound harsh. Didn't realise I was being like that, though I can see it now. Thanks for understanding though. -- Harish - 21:05, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Haha. It's nice to end a talk with mutual coolness between ediors. Often they spiral outta hand. I ain't got actual one, but here's a barnstar for being cool -> * ...hope to bump into you again sometime. -- Harish - 21:16, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

WOOOOOOO! My first barnstar... I've waited well over a year for one... it's so beautiful =')... Thanks! I was gonna give the same one right back at ya, but I thought it would be best if I looked into them, and I think I've find one suitable for you:

		The Resilient Barnstar
		Despite what could've been a bad situation, spawned from my harsh criticism, you've happily gotten on with the bigger picture. I applaud your ways. Harish - 21:46, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Come On

No noobs isnt doing any harm and i cant upload a funnier image that i make because it will be deleted.
Please my friend, pretend we never talked. Gaogier ^Talk! 14:11, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for reverting the vandalism to my userpage! --Chetblong^{T C} 03:19, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Re:De La Soul Template

Hmm, I don't use Safari, I have used Mozilla, but on Internet Explorer it looks fine the way I reverted it. If you add those breaks, it looks chopped up. Do you know if there's a way for it to look good on all browsers? - Bagel7^T's 04:59, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Ahh, the sensitivity of rendering engines—sadly, I don't know. Perhaps there is some template magic that will take care of the problem, which I will look for later. Kakofonous (talk) 05:03, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Haha, OK, sounds good. In the meantime, if you want to, I suppose you can add the breaks back in. Being chopped up is better than it running off the page, right? - Bagel7^T's 05:38, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Maybe in a month

Thanks for the request; I'm very much interested in the Jena Six case, and I'd love to have a look at it – but I'm pretty swamped right now. If you still need another set of eyes at the start of March, please let me know. Cheers and good luck. – Scartol • Tok 12:47, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Lamb of God (band)

Your concerns for Lamb of God (band) have all been adressed. Thank you for the review. —Burningclean _{[Speak the truth!]} 08:27, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

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Cornel West

Thanks for the kind words. — Malik Shabazz (talk · contribs) 03:29, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

You, and your other names, need to stop messing with the talk page. It is not yours, it is mine —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.64.155.216 (talk) 04:57, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

PLEASE REPLY SO I KNOW YOU ACTUALLY READ THIS. THANK YOU. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.64.155.216 (talk) 05:02, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Good to know I have a sockpuppet. I've always wanted one. Hi, sockpuppet. :) Enigma (talk) 05:08, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

I have to confess something. I never even learned what a sockpuppet was until a few weeks ago. Enigma (talk) 05:10, 15 February 2008 (UTC)