User talk:Exclaim

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Albums[edit]

Hello, I've noticed in your contribution history that you have created many articles on music albums, I thought I'd like to draw your attention to the albums wikiproject, I hope you find it interesting.--Janarius 11:41, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, thankyou - I will certainly try to adopt some of the formatting guidelines as I add new material, and there some of my previous contributions which I will revisit in the light of albums wikiproject.--Exclaim 16:04, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Non-free use disputed for Image:Camembert electrique.jpg[edit]

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I have added a fair use rationale, either that will suffice or the image will disappear - one way or the other I will have learnt something!

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:American stonehenge.jpg[edit]

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Speedy deletion nomination of Anna Ryder[edit]

A tag has been placed on Anna Ryder requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a band or musician, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for musical topics.

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There were credible claims of significance, so no need to worry about speedy deletion. Regards, decltype (talk) 22:31, 4 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You say es-tar-tay, I say es-taw-tay[edit]

Hi Exclaim,

My objection to the pronunciation guide is the use of the peculiarly British/Commonwealth orthography "-tar-" for the syllable "-ta-" in the Italian word. The American pronunciation of "tar" ends with the same consonant sound that starts "run", as opposed to the British pronunciation which ends with the vowel sound that starts "awe".

The British and American pronunciations of "tar" are distinctly different, and "es-tar-tay" pronounced according to American orthography will always have an "r" sound in the middle which the Italian word "estate" does not have. I'm not saying that objectively the American is correct and the British is wrong (though as a speaker of American the British one irritates me, thus my initial smart-aleck summary), but insofar as they conflict, neither should be preferred over the other, and I don't think it's worthwhile to indicate "'es-tar-tay' in British, 'es-taw-tay" in American."

If you really think a pronunciation guide is needed (I don't), I suggest the use of IPA (estɑːtɛ) which is standard for all pronunciation on Wikipedia, and is designed to address just this sort of language and dialect-specific ambiguity. -- Paul Richter (talk) 17:30, 28 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Anna Ryder[edit]

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Proposed deletion of Gone with the Bin[edit]

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Nomination of John Richards (songwriter) for deletion[edit]

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Speedy deletion nomination of Paper Girl[edit]

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A tag has been placed on Paper Girl requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A9 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a musical recording which does not indicate why its subject is important or significant, and where the artist's article has never existed, has been deleted or is eligible for deletion itself. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for music.

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Nomination of Raindance (Gryphon album) for deletion[edit]

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