User talk:Diagonalfish

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Double Bell Euphonium

Thanks for your edits Diagonalfish. I was just wondering about your edits to euphonium regarding the double bell euphonium. From my experience, the tubing from the switch to the smaller bell is nearly cylindrical, which gives it a trombone-like sound. It was used by notable soloists around a hundred years ago because it gave the player two voices - so it could give the illusion that the soloist was having a duet with himself/herself. The pitch variation may have existed, but I have a hunch that it was more a flaw of the instrument. I got most of my information from a research paper I did a year ago of the history of the euphonium, and the information I got from my Tuba/Euph professor (one day he had it in the studio and let me play it a bit).

Let me know how this varies with your understanding of the horn, and maybe we can write a paragraph in the article that benefits from our mutual understanding. -JJLeahy 17:55, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

I agree with you on the novelty - if it wasn't a novelty it wouldn't have vanished - allow me to move this discussion to Talk: Euphonium, where we can open this discussion to everyone. -JJLeahy 23:03, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

Regarding Anthony Smith

Hi, you tagged Anthony Smith for speedy deletion. I believe this was incorrect. The version of the page dating 2 May (which I have just restored) is about a notable person. Unfortunately, vandals, perhaps with the same name, are turning it into an article about someone else. I think you accidentally reverted one vandalism to an older vandalism, and thus think it should be tagged db-bio. Please view the 2 May version that I have just restored for proof that this article is about a notable person.

=)

Sorry for the confusion!!!

Srose (talk) 15:31, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

• Don't worry about it!! I actually almost did the exact same thing at the same time you did, but we had an edit conflict, which resulted in me looking at the history, just by chance. =) Have a great day! Srose (talk) 15:41, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

UPFRONT TV

Dear Sir or Madam - Just what is it that I have added that is "nonsense"? I have even added links to prove what I have written. You may disagree with what I have put on, but i see no reason to be so disparaging - I am genuinely trying to understand what I have written that is wrong here - I want to abide by the rules like everyone else! I am putting up these companies on the web because i beleive them to be an institution of public interest, pivotal to the UK entertainment industry in many ways - if you would be so kind as to elaborate on what exactly i must do to make my articles comply with the given rules

Thank you for your time

SC Sixorgansofadmittance 13:13, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Stingray

please refrian from deleting the trivia section again. Although i believe you deleted it with good intentions i'm afraid you are misguided on this matter. You said it was unsourced but if you follow the internal link it says quite clearly his nickname is 'Stingray' cheers Dean randall 19:11, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Deleting the urine comment is fair until i can find a source but the trivia section is very relevant. Your comment about 1000's of people being called 'stingray' proves that inferior people ie. bestfriend's name should not be included but a major actor in a well known drama should be included. Dean randall 19:19, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Mailcars

"Would you please explain to me how it makes sense to say in the next paragraph "the strike was hindering the delivery of the mail" when the proceeding one fails to explain where the mail in question actually was? It's nonsensical. Diagonalfish 15:55, 29 September 2006 (UTC)"

Explanation: if the boycott of trains pulling Pullman cars was stopping the mail, then the mail must have been carried on trains pulling Pullman cars. That seems obvious, but if it isn't to you, then perhaps it isn't obvious to assume that mail was carried on trains in 1892. What is not clear from the description of the Pullman Strike as written is that the railroad managment deliberately coupled mailcars to the Pullman cars in order to bring on U.S. Government intervention. If a citation could be found for the justification of U.S. Governement intervention, then it could be included as a explanation of why the government intervened and would contribute to the reader's understanding of the strike. Unfortuately, I don't have a reference for that. DJ Silverfish 16:59, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Not a test

no, it wasn't a test. Look at it... the original author OWNS the site AND he put it o the front page. How is it NOT an advert?

I DID put it in the delete thing and the guy who made the advert got his friend to take it out of cue! Any fool can see it's an advert! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.169.151.143 (talk • contribs) 03:44, 22 February 2007

Reverting vandalism

When reverting vandalism, please check that the version to which you are reverting is free from vandalism itself. You missed one at Kinetic energy. Thanks for your help. JRSpriggs 06:06, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

who edites established disambiguation pages anyways?

I'm willing to bet a vast majority of changes to these pages are vandalism. Thanks for the re-revert on Checkers (disambiguation). davidwr 20:44, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Edit of Jesse G. James

Thanks for reverting the NPOV edit of J. James. Sorry for posting the vandalism warning here, it has been removed. Mikieminnow 11:36, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Kyle Peacocke

You may think Kyle Peacocke is a joke, but many more educated people know who he is.

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Sanctacaris

You had reverted vandalism on this page; but after your last revert the same guy (User:Meyerob) came back and added clumsy changes that messed the structure of the paper. I undid this edit, reverting it back to the same version you had, and thought I should drop you a line here to tell you I had done so. Keep up the good work! --Smeira 19:39, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

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