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==Biff Blumfumgagnge Page - Nomination for Un-Deletion==
Hi Denni - I just noticed the Biff Blumfumgagnge page was deleted by you - here's a few references regarding him showing notability and creating a need for the page:
http://scenenewspaper.com/cdreviews.html notes:
The Gomers are a Madison institution, and two Madison mayors have issued proclamations to prove it. The band appears weekly at the High Noon Saloon as a human karaoke machine called Gomeroke. They are also the house band at the annual Madison Area Music Awards. All of which explains why The Gomers are also known as “Madison’s House Band.” Mike Zirkel The Album provides several sonic clues to why The Gomers have become a household word in Madison homes.
The eight members of The Gomers are musicians, comedians and master parodists. And they have some cool friends, such as Adrian Belew (Frank Zappa, David Bowie, King Crimson), who plays some furious guitar on “Things Fall Apart; Robert Fripp (King Crimson, David Bowie, Peter Gabriel), who ads voice and guitar synth to “Fripping the Rude Oud”; and Icelandic drummer Siggi Baldursson (The Sugarcubes, Bjork, Reptile Palace Orchestra), who beats his trademark dry ice sound in the brief “Homosexuals & Lesbians.”
Not since dear old Vivian Stanshall and the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band have we had anything as buoyant and pixilated as most of the 20 songs on the new CD. String wizard Biff Blumfumgagnge’s “Crime Scene” – which begins with the line “Don’t you hate it when the toilet’s a crime scene?” – is especially in the Bonzo mold."
Some other important references would include:
http://elephant-blog.blogspot.com/2007/02/duck-funk-symphony.html (Biff introduced as Adrian Belew's guitar technician by Adrian)
http://emando.com/players/Biff.htm (Biff's page on Emando.com the Electric Mandolin Resource Page)
http://www.musicbox-online.com/portint2.html (Willy Porter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Porter) notes Biff as "an incredible electric violin player who has since formed his own band -- The Reptile Palace Orchestra" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptile_Palace_Orchestra )
http://www.folklib.net/index/wis_poprock.shtml#N-Gomers (Gomers and Biff are noted on the FolkLib index)
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-82868018.html (Wisconsin State Journal feature on Biff)
http://blockdogs.blogspot.com/2007/12/adrian-belew-side-four-live-has-landed.html (Adrian Belew notes "Biff Blumfumgagne has taken over as stage tech and provided those hither to mysterious backing vocals and harmonies." On his new release, "Side 4")
http://www.maximumink.com/articles.php?articleId=433 (Biff Blumfumgagnge on violin, mandolin, therolin and vocals. What is a therolin you ask? It's one of the many Biff Blumfumgagnge creations: a five-string electric violin with a theremin hiding inside. Another creation is the mando-synth: an electric five-string mandolin with a synth pickup and whammy bar. )
http://www.themadmusicarchive.com/song_details.aspx?SongID=20565 (Biff produced and recorded Art Paul Schlosser's "One Chord Song")
http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=19282 (Tom Laskin's article on Adrian Belew's track on the Gomer's new album "Mike Zirkel", noting Biff has been working with Adrian for 20-odd years)
http://www.wisconline.com/cgi-bin/find.pl?t=sub&subject=Nightlife http://www.madison.com/wsj/whatcounts/todo/277005 http://www.madison.com/wsj/mad/entertainment/277005 (Biff vs. Robots: Biff Blumfumgagnge is a bit of a multimedia mad scientist. His solo concert, Biff vs. Robots, is described thusly: "Shackling himself to more digital, analog and air technology than you can shake a UFO at, Mr. Beefy will proceed to create an unforgettable evening of sonic trickery." Friday 8 p.m.; Motherfool's Coffeehouse, 1101 Williamson St.,; 259-1301; www.motherfools.com; $6)
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jzfwxqlaldte ("what seems to be at the core of the Gomers is the influence of such off-kilter artists like Stan Ridgway, Talking Heads, and Adrian Belew. And most of the madcap tendencies seem to emanate from the uninhibited Blumfumgagnge in his playing and songwriting, and the remaining like-minded Gomers dutifully follow his lead")
http://www.dgmlive.com/search_archive.htm?Word_Keyword=beefy&Day=Day&Month=Month&Year=Year&search=SEARCH+WORD (Biff, aka "Mr. Beefy" to Robert Fripp and the League of Crafty Guitarists, is mentioned 10 times on Robert's DGMLIVE.COM site)
http://www.maximumink.com/articles.php?%20articleId=917 Biff is interviewed by John Noyd of Maximum Ink in 2006
http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=12403 Feature article on the Zombeatles notes: "The Gomers, ahem, The Zombeatles shot the scenes in a park near the home of band-member Biff Blumfumgagnge back in the summer of 2006 in preparation for their impending resurrection." Their Zombeatles video has had over 1 million views on YouTube and is a popular side project with the band - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP6nYs9Il7c
http://bitmunk.com/view/media/6506206 (the Gomers Salt & Sugar is reviewed noting "singer-guitarist-violinist Biff Blumfumgagnge")
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:g9fexqrald0e "Violin/guitarist Biff Blumfumgagnge usually finds himself attached to offbeat groups like Reptile Palace Orchestra and Headpump, but the Gomers are far and away the quirkiest and most esoteric of his associations."
and
http://www.maximumink.com/news.php?srchArticles=1&srchNews=1&query=gomers The Gomers, and Biff, are mentioned 23 times (article search) over the course of many years in this Music Newspaper Bi-Monthly with midwest distribution, including a cover page issue
with these current references, this is a nomination to re-instate the page.
please let us know what happens at Beeftone@gmail.com - we can attempt to re-construct the page, or perhaps you can put it back up with these references?
kindest thanks,
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[edit] Edmonton Tornado
I removed it because meteorologists and engineers alike have all agreed that the winds associated with the F-scale are very if not completely inaccurate representations of the actual windspeeds needed to cause such damage. Fujita merely applied wind speeds as an educated guess, with the actual purpose of the F-scale to measure damage instead of wind speed (see the article). Very little is known about tornado wind speed at the surface level, however, the Enhanced Fujita Scale is thought to be a big improvement.
Have any more questions? I'll be around. Cheers! -RunningOnBrains 05:19, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
- The article looks good (I've only skimmed it, I could give it a more thorough read later). The only problems that you may run into is lack of sources on a few paragraphs. Other than that, well done, I actually remember the old FA version of this article, and you have improved it for sure. -RunningOnBrains 00:48, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] "Jar of Fools" Notability?
I think I would not have a hard time proving notability of this book, Jar of Fools, but I was wondering what the qualifications are for that. Do I need to cite write-ups in large newspapers? Does it depend on the notability of the creator, Jason Lutes, whos page I also just created? Please let me know. - Stephen Goldmeier | Profile | Talk | (._.) | 02:55, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
Denni- I think the changes I made should be substantial to establish notability on this article. But kudos on the grammar and spelling catches in the article. I am a relatively new Wikipedian, so thanks for your editing help. - Stephen Goldmeier | Profile | Talk | (._.) | 19:38, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Weather lore's good article nomination is on hold
Please see the talk page of the article for my suggestions for improvement. Remember that "on hold" status is limited to a week, after which I must pass or fail the article. Good luck! --N Shar (talk • contribs) 06:20, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Weather lore
I reread the article and it looks good. As I said in the talk page of the article, I will probably pass it at this point, but I need a little more time (< a day) to finish reviewing. Good work!
P. S.: You're right, we do have a lot in common -- even though our userboxes don't overlap much. --N Shar (talk • contribs) 20:28, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Why do you and TelusFielder find it necessary to remove any criticism about Edmonton? I found the entry on nicknames particularly relevant, sans the reference to urban homicide. I believe the city is referred to as Deadmonton more than any of the other nicknames there, so does this perhaps act as an act of censorship due to preference?
This would, in a fashion, add credit to Phillip's argument that we're overly zealous to flaunt out underachievements and afraid to face up to how we're perceived, not only by outsiders but also by critics from within.
[edit] Deadmonton
Sorry about the tildes, I am just using the default features in Wikipedia and it just offers to leave a Talk back, I see no other options.
I believe that the term Deadmonton is well-known across Canada regardless of the article, but the Telegraph article was accurate in its tone and description of our flagrant abuse of self-righteousness.
If you'd grown up in Strathcona, you might be more familiar with Edmonchuk, that it has had a pretty popularised past. Because you're not familiar with it doesn't mean it didn't prosper among other subcultures.
And while conversing with business acquaintances after you're quick removal of the Nicknames post, I received the common response of either: A) It's a widely known term and people from many cities across Canada are more familiar with it than any of the other listed nicknames, and B) one associate I queried in the U.S. stated:
"i got to be honest, i'd never even heard of edmonton before i met you. and i'm kinda "into" international cities and such"
The Telegraph article was popularised, and since this city receives so little international coverage it's a milestone piece and reflects a strong initial impression among a representative of one of the world's leading newspapers. His retraction may have been made, but if so, it is nowhere to be found online as a reference. Working in media myself, if there was a retraction, it may have also been due more to politics with business and the paper and the World Games than it had to do with his actual opinion of the city, as is often the case in those sorts of matters.
Further articles I could further quote here from world-renowned architects further criticise the city for its abundant lack of cultural vernacular and a false sense of civic pride.
My issue isn't with the city, I love Edmonton, but I have a serious problem when I see Edmontonians refusing to listen to criticism. It's further perpetuated when government officials make public claims that we're leaders culturally, artistically, and in other fields when these sorts of claims are hugely laughable by both national and international standards.
I would suggest we work out a common ground where we can accept the name Deadmonton on this Wikipedia page. It's a step towards acknowledging our inadequacy in some areas and a bold move in facing up the challenge of proving that we can take on the challenge of the moniker. Sweeping it under the rug is avoiding the truth that everyone but us seems to see.
--Eglinski 20:09, 2 March 2007 (UTC)Eglinski
[edit] Protected delete for Bill Stockland
Looks like this is the third time today this article has been created. I did not even get a chance to put the substitute tag on the creator's talkpage. Ronbo76 05:04, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Bgaula
Thanks for the info, had no idea O>O sorry bout that. Smbarnzy 05:09, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Notable usages of the phrase "I love you"
You (or the deleter) didn't have time to read my hangon explanation on this article. But you can still read it on User_talk:Mafmafmaf#Speedy deletion of Notable usages of the phrase "I love you". Since I don't think it was a fair process (too quick) and made me waste my time writing the explanation (I don't care about the article itself), I will report this behaviour, even if you (or the deleter) just followed the guidelines. Thank you. --maf 00:43, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
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- Addendum: behaviour reported. --maf 01:04, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Selective entry schools
Why was it deleted? Sfdasfr 02:29, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] 542d Crew Training Wing
While not all military units can be famous, with scandals such as My Lai or Abu Ghraib or maneuvers such as the Left Hook, I have a hard time believing that the 542d deserves a speedy deletion only two minutes after I finished the page. But since it is already so... I'll mirror the above comment - why was it recommended for deletion?TDRSS 03:48, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Lakeville South High School
I realize that LSHS may not seem notable right now, the main reason being this year is it's second year in operation. More would have been added to the article, but the school website contains very little of interest and I never went there, so I have little first hand knowledge to add to it. Deleting may make sense, but having an article stub looks better than having the red links all over the place (Lake Conference associated bars). - Mtekk 04:11, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Trinity Christian High School
I thought I would let you know that this article is up for deletion again and you can vote on it at the following page: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Trinity Christian High School (2nd nomination)
--MJHankel 01:10, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] First and Third person interpretation
Nice work! I've added some links and cats. We'll see if other add to them. How did you learn about historical interpretation? Kevlar67 21:32, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] RobotGenius restored, contesting speedy delete
Hi Denni, I didn't see the speedy delete req for spam on RobotGenius when it came up. I've restored the article so that we can have a chance to discuss its merits first. In general, it's a good idea to send a note to the creator of an article notifying them about an action like this as a heads-up. If you did notify me, I apologize for missing it. --Zippy 16:15, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] 127.0.0.1 edits
Hi. I noticed that one of 127.0.0.1's edits is to a Changing Attribution of Edits page for you. I was curious if you made those edits, or some of them, and if so, how? -- BlastOButter42 See Hear Speak 04:32, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Image:JSainsbury.png
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[edit] Copyright problems with Image:Kemble'scascade-full.jpg
[edit] Jason Levine
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[edit] DRV notice
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[edit] Sierra Sam (Crash test dummy) image deletion
Hello. I am User:Nerdi from the german wikipedia.
some pictures you uploaded in the english wikipedia which show "sierra sam", the first crashtest dummy ever, were deleted because of lack of license information, permission etc. my commons talkpage lists some of the images.
We already talked about the topic years ago, (here) and i thought the information you gave would suffice. You answered "I contacted Dr Gary Enever, the author of the article, for permission to use the images. He gave me full permission to use them in any manner I saw fit. I think a gfdl tag would be appropriate, if that's what you want to do. Denni 68.148.192.21 17:39, 24. Mär 2006 (CET)" (here).
Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to satisfy the commons. The deleting admin, user:majorly, asked me to send the explicit permission of the author to permissions-commons @ wikimedia.org, [1]
According to your declaration in march 2006 dr. gary enever should in fact have emitted the images (to be seen here in enever's collection) to the public domain.
Can you give a permission from the author to permissions-commons @ wikimedia.org, to me, or can you otherwise assure the images are anyhow licensed to fit relevant to the commons? I hope so, because there seem to be no other images of this object.
If you wish to answer, please do so here.
Tank you, User:Nerdi (de.wp.) Nerdi 17:15, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Happy Birthday
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Just a happy Birthday message to you, Denni, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! |
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-- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 00:03, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] First Edit
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[edit] Those Clouds
Hello from a fellow Edmontonian! I'm wondering if you have a higher resolution copy of Bluesky2.jpg, the cumulushumilis clouds posted on the cumulushumilis article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Abuskell (talk • contribs) 03:37, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] AfD nomination of List of oxymora
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[edit] Third-person interpretation
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[edit] Samantha Smith FAR
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[edit] Crash test dummy FAR
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[edit] Edmonton meetup
Hello - I'm contacting you with this message because you have listed youself in Category:Wikipedians in Edmonton - if you are not actually in Edmonton, I apologize for bothering you; unfortunately, the sort of spamming I'm doing isn't conducive to reading everybody's userpages thoroughly. I am investigating the possibility of creating a Wikipedia meetup in Edmonton for sometime during the spring or summer of 2008. If you're interested, please visit Wikipedia:Meetup/Edmonton, add yourself to the list of interested editors, and watchlist the page. Cheers, Sarcasticidealist (talk) 23:48, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] AfD
Hi. You commented on a previous AfD debate on the article Hattrick. There is a new AfD here. Regards, BastunBaStun not BaTsun 05:29, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] AfD nomination of Darwinian poetry
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