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Apple and grammar

FYI, in British English, it is common usage to treat collective nouns (e.g. Apple, Parliament) as plural, since they refer to a group of people, not just one. In effect, the speaker is saying that "the people who comprise Apple Corporation" (plural) did something. Since Wikipedia doesn't take sides on British vs. American usage, either could be correct here. Tverbeek 11:01, 4 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Violin octet

Greetings! I've been going through looking for the low-hanging fruit on Wikipedia:Music encyclopedia topics and noticed this wasn't a redlink, to my surprise, and had to see who wrote it. Greetings, from another viola-playing, left-leaning libertarian, 1600-scoring, music- and math-loving heathen! Mindspillage (spill yours?) 04:41, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Your user page needs less Image:Cowbell2.gif

You have the image Image:Cowbell2.gif on your user page; this image is copyrighted and used in the Will Ferrell article under Wikipedia:Fair use. The use on your user page of that image is unlikely to be covered by use however, and as such is probably a Copyright violation. Could you remove the image from your user page? Thanks. --fvw * 23:19, 24 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Playing the violin

As time permits, I plan to abridge the sections of the Violin page. I didn't want to be too drastic at first; still need to sit with it for a bit. Playing the violin has some info added that does not show up in the parent page, and I bet more will arrive. (Soon I plan to redirect the somewhat skimpy How to play the violin to it.) I want to keep plenty of stuff on the main Violin page that will be useful to the casual reader, e.g. new student or their parent, without making them burrow too deeply for it. My days off are midweek, so that's when I have blocks of time to devote to this. Thanks for unlinking the headers; I didn't know that, but it makes sense now. cheers, Just plain Bill 01:32, 7 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The National Society of Collegiate Scholars

Hi MilesK -

I received you're comments on the matter of copyrighted material on this page. I created this page and currently work for NSCS. What can I do to have our page reinstated? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nscs (talk • contribs) 18:39, June 29, 2006 (UTC).

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Thank you, but is there any way I can prevent them from being deleted? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Alegoo92 (talk • contribs) 19:04, July 16, 2006 (UTC).

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National Society of Collegiate Scholars

I received a message from you regarding the National Society of Collegiate Scholars edit. I work at the headquarters and was responsible for updating this information page. Did you delete my entry? If so, why? And what was the meaning of your message? I wrote the article with official NSCS information. If you could get back to me that would be great, thanks very much —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.103.176.2 (talk • contribs) 14:13, August 15, 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your help with Dick DeVos

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That was aw'fly thoughtful of you to convert the rest of those refs. Thanks! Happy editing... ++Lar: t/c 19:52, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

TRAX

Hi, thanks for your message re TRAX. FYI, there was no entry for TRAX all caps and as our registered trademark in entertainment, it felt appropriate to place it there and redirect to the list. Please advise to your authority here and reveal how your reasoning comes about so I may adhere to Wikipedia policy as well as be true to myself and those who advise me. TRAX is our unique mark. Mahalo and aloha from Hawaii. ––Traxusa 06:57, 11 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. Pardon me, I made a mistake, innocent as a newbie. I see from edit history, you had a redirect at that page and for some reason did not notice. So, please advise as to how best to list TRAX. I still think it would serve well there with possible reference to others?! Thanks. Traxusa 17:33, 11 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. Wikipedia is pretty much an anarcho-bureaucracy, so I don't have any more authority here than you do. The main reason I reverted TRAX to the redirect were:

Verifiability is one of Wikipedia's three content-guiding policies, and I was unable to find any reference to the magazine online (unless you're referring to this Italian publication); the lack of references indicated to me that the magazine was not well-known outside of its readership, and that most people searching for TRAX (a fairly common trademark) would not expect to find your magazine.
"Wikipedia is not a space for personal promotion or the promotion of products, services..." and I tend to be more stringent about articles that appear to be self-promoting.

See also Wikipedia:Vanity guidelines: "The key rule is to not write about yourself, nor about the things you've done or created. If they are encyclopedic, somebody else will notice them and write an article about them."

My advice to you is to be more specific in your article title; Trax Entertainment, TRAX (magazine) might be better choices with less likelihood of conflict with another topic, and I wouldn't raise any additional concerns about the subject's Notability. Also check out the Wikipedia:Guide to layout and Manual of Style for some formatting tips. Cheers, — Miles ←☎ 23:55, 11 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Appreciate your thorough and thoughtful reply. I am working to catch up on all things Wikipedia and appreciate the links and guidance very much having already been to some of the sections you mention. So you know, my intent is not so much self-promotion as it is just getting the history and facts right. A place for truth to just be! All is in integrity here my friend. The print version of TRAX ended in the nineties and I have been slow in getting the archive stuff online. We are now expanding and renewing some of our services through our online publications. Stay tuned. —Traxusa 17:01, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

link to British

Hello, when you want to link to the article about something British, please do not link to British, as that is a disambiguation page (which nothing should be linked to). Instead link to the one of the options found on that page such as United Kingdom or Great Britain by writing out [[United Kingdom|British]] or [[Great Britain|British]]. Regards, Jeff3000 02:58, 21 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

NSCS Logo

I am trying to add this to the page, but everytime it said I have violated copyright law. I am an employee of an NSCS and have the right to add that image to the page. I also have the serial number from our originally filing. Do you know how I can get this image on the page? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nscs (talk • contribs) 16:45, October 2, 2006 (UTC).

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Please read Wikipedia:Image use policy for more information to avoid your uploads being deleted. — Miles ←☎ 03:51, 3 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

user page deletion

I deleted the subpages, but are you sure you wish me to delete your user page? —— Eagle (ask me for help) 02:08, 4 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please reply on my talk page, thanks

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