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Scottish culture and music
Thank you, good article editor displaying the book of knowledge with coffee cup stain, for "complex artistic, literary and intellectual movement" articles on Scottish culture and music, such as Romanticism in Scotland and Rock music, for reviews, assessment, taking care of new and recent articles, and for missing, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

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A year ago, you were the 802nd recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:30, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

Bless you Gerda Arendt - I really appreciate that reminder.--SabreBD (talk) 13:32, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

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Thank you for you recent edit of the page English Renaissance. The 1485 battle should either be called "the Battle of Bosworth", or "Bosworth Field". "The Battle of Bosworth Field" is an incorrect, albeit widely used, tautology, as "field" in this context is a mediaeval term meaning battleground. Fillthemill (talk) 19:50, 25 March 2015 (UTC)fillthemill

I think you should probably take that issue to the Battle of Bosworth Field talkpage.--SabreBD (talk) 20:16, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

This is an possible name for Mary Queen of Scots, & I redirected it there. It was clear from the content who was intended DGG ( talk ) 21:16, 27 March 2015 (UTC)

Judging from this edit [1] it may not have been Mary herself that was intended. But its a possible name I guess, so that fine. Thanks.--SabreBD (talk) 21:57, 27 March 2015 (UTC)

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In case you missed. — Yash! ^[talk] 08:52, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

I did. I will try to get through some of this today. Unfortunately I am away for a couple of days, so if it doesn't get done today it will probably have to wait for the weekend.--SabreBD (talk) 08:56, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

No problem at all :) — Yash! ^[talk] 09:01, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

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Hi,

I would appreciate if you manage to find me the page that tells that Ishkur's guide should not be used as a reference. Thanks.

PS: A new contributor uses it. Ftiercel (talk) 18:25, 11 April 2015 (UTC)

I will see what I can do.--SabreBD (talk) 18:39, 11 April 2015 (UTC)

I have made some additions and improvements to the Garage rock article that I think you will really love. I feel that I have done so with the trust that you and Ghmyrtle have placed in me as an editor--and I think you will be satisfied. Of course, if you see anything that could be improved, go right ahead. I made mentions of the changes made, under one of the threads on the talk page of that article. Thanks. Garagepunk66 (talk) 00:57, 12 April 2015 (UTC)

I will take a look, but I am pretty confident it will all be improvements.--SabreBD (talk) 08:10, 12 April 2015 (UTC)

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I see you have been doing sterling work on Restoration (Scotland). As you can see, I have just completed a small clean up, and have some requests.

If you add a short citation please make sure that you give the short citation the same date as the long citation. I have fixed several short citations which had different dates from the long citations. In each case I have set the short to the the long after checking that the date used in the long is the same as that in the World Cat entry for the ISBN. If in fact you used a different edition and the short citation carried the correct year then please adjust the short and long citations to that year and alter the ISBN, publisher etc used inthe long citation.

If you remove text as you did with this Revision of 22:35, 19 April 2015 then if you remove a short citation please either remove the long citation, (unless of course the long citation supports other short citations), or as an alternative move the long citation into the "Further reading" section.

Also the templates {{sfn}} and {{harvnb}} used to generate links for short citations use pp=, but templates such as {{cite book}} used to create long citations use pages=. What can one expect as Wikipedia is a horse designed by a very large ever changing committee (or "Arn't standard wonderful? Ther are so many to choose from.")

--PBS (talk) 12:00, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

Hi. Thanks for that. A couple of things I did not know here, but I am now better informed. I was also planning to come back to the citations and sort out a few problems that remain after a suitable length of time in a darkened room. You may have made the most accurate summary of the difficulties so far seen. I can also honestly say that as bad a job as I might have made of them, the time spent on them outnumbered the time spent writing text by about two to one. All the best.--SabreBD (talk) 16:03, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

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I recently edited this page and named a broader example of bands still touring, I can confirm they are still touring however I'don't know how to cite or add a source. Can't you just find sources for the Killers and Franz Ferdinand and do it yourself, instead of reverting the edit - hardly constructive is it? Plus Interpol are still touring, now there's a thought. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.103.129.15 (talk) 18:56, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Hello!

I noted your reversion to a recent change at the House Music page, and am concerned at the fact that an editor (perhaps one editor, with three different IP addresses and a named account) is still pushing these changes, "flatlisting" and moving pages, etc. I have contacted Binkerstenet about this and he says he will take a look when he has time, and I would be grateful if you might also consider monitoring the situation as I'm uncertain of just what is going on and will be on holiday for the next week. If you are too busy, please don't worry and I'm sorry to have troubled you, but I'm greatly interested in those pages and think they have developed well. I am concerned about unsourced changes.

Best wishes,

(Etheldavis (talk) 21:08, 10 June 2015 (UTC))

Hi. Yes, I am aware the situation, but was keen to avoid an edit war. I am a bit busy tomorrow, but will take a look at it after that. Thanks for reminding me.--SabreBD (talk) 22:08, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Many thanks. As I say, I've also contacted Binksternet who is always very helpful but also rather busy, and it will be good to know that the pages are being cared for while I'm on holiday as so much work from so many editors has gone into them.

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I just saw your quote from The Outlaw Josey Wales on your userpage infobox section. What a great revisionist Western film!OnBeyondZebrax • TALK 12:15, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

It would definitely be in the top ten westerns list. Personally, it would probably be in my top one. It managed to bridge the gap between heroic story driven westerns and the new mud and rags/stylistic stuff of the late 60s and early 70s. That quote also comes in handy quite a lot.--SabreBD (talk) 12:29, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

Hey, I absolutely love the changes in the photo arrangement that you made for the Garage rock article! I am preparing a major expansion of the G.R. article, that will hopefully be ready in the next week or so. It is in the first sandbox on my user page. Right now it is very rough. Due to the difficulty of writing the crazy thing, I am writing the text first, and will then go in and add the citations later this week--but I'm not winging it, I've carefully studied the sources, so it will be thoroughly sourced. I will solicit everyone's feedback, when I'm done. After the expansion, I would love to see if we could get it re-reviewed and see if it could get rated as FA class--that may be a stretch, but I'm sure we could get up to GA or A. By, the way its great having you back over here at the G.R. articles (been missing you--but I understand that you must have been very busy with other Wiki projects). Thanks, Garagepunk66 (talk) 14:40, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Hi Sabrebd- I ain't gonna fight ya on subject-verb agreement in Thin Lizzy, but I would like to say that though the ENVAR you cite implies that British use of plural verb forms with singular nouns is correct in the U.K., I would call it more of a widely accepted affectation than good English. I'll bet if you asked a British English professor (ok, maybe born before 1970) to put his or her hand on the OED and utter the sentence "Parliament are in a kerfuffle over metrication", he/she would hesitate. Eric ^talk 13:11, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

Hi. It's a complex issue, further complicated by American usage as well. Its a bit like the -ise/ize problem. All British English usage is not -ise, for example the English dictionary, but it is generally assumed on Wikipedia that it is.--SabreBD (talk) 15:52, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

The "Ballads" section was a good place for the image. Thanks! Howicus (Did I mess up?) 19:30, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, I appreciate that and hope you can keep finding the pictures.--SabreBD (talk) 20:14, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

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I have just finished the first (and by far biggest) expansion to the G.R. article! I will be adding it in tomorrow. It is on view in my sandbox 1. Garagepunk66 (talk) 05:11, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

OK, I look forward to it. All the best.--SabreBD (talk) 07:28, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

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Would you care to add your opinion here? Thanks. — Confession0791 ^talk 13:17, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

I have added a suite of international sections the Garage Rock article. I think you will like them a lot. Thanks, Garagepunk66 (talk) 03:59, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

I have started a discussion on the Talk Page. If you haven't seen it, then here it is. The Duke was known as Old Nosey, so what is the issue with mentioning it? It's more famous than most of the nicknames listed. What is the matter with the National Army Museum as a reference?Chelisuk (talk) 22:05, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

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Hey, I saw you undid my edit, which removed "File:2000 Year Temperature Comparison.png" from the Little Ice Age article. Could you explain why? I'll plainly state why I removed it: The file is completely misleading due to the terrible big black line problem, and it's been lingering on many Wikipedia articles for 9 years now. I've hated it the first time I saw it, but politics makes it hard to fight those guys(see its talk page), and I don't care enough to do so. I thought I'd at least help by removing it from a single article. To be honest, what's really needed is a new graph getting made(it should be updated anyway, since it's a 9 year old graph), without that stupid black line. However, that would require someone with the knowhow and the interest to actually do that, which I don't have. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ZDoom (talk • contribs) 16:08, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

@ZDoom See Wikipedia:Picture_tutorial#Linking_without_displaying. Nice edit summary, btw. Eric ^talk 17:49, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

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Hi SabreBD, I have proposed a new paragraph for Heavy metal music on gender, race and sexual orientation of heavy metal band members. The paragraph is in the Talk page, where I am seeking advice for improvements to the paragraph, so that it can be developed to the point that editors agree that it can be moved to the article. I am interested in getting your suggestions for improvements. ThanksOnBeyondZebrax • TALK 13:24, 22 August 2015 (UTC)

OK, I have been away for a few days so have missed the discussion. I will take a look. Thanks.--SabreBD (talk) 14:03, 22 August 2015 (UTC)

There's some craziness with a certain user on Heavy Metal Music right now, who seems to be reverting edits with sourced information that are reasonably relevant (also acting a bit passive aggressive on the talk page and not being all that friendly to page additions). If you could help out checking things out, it would be awesome. I'm not sure if the additions should have been removed or not. Multiple users were okay with them on the talk page. Just need additional comment. Vortiene (talk) 20:12, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

Unfortunatley I am very busy in real life just now and never keen to get into a struggle in any case. I see you have also withdrawn from the debate Vortiene and frankly I don't blame you.--SabreBD (talk) 09:53, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

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Sorry but would you please clarify your reasons of "not acceptable"? I think it's totally acceptable to leave just information of history there as this is far less controversial than rankings'. THE (comprising both global main and reputation league tables) doesn't represent all the major rankings we have (ARWU, QS, US News). To me, it's a bit biased to just mention one of them. ^{In dialogue with} Biomedicinal 15:57, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

This needs to be on the talkpage of the article please.--SabreBD (talk) 21:49, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

How is "King of Hip Hop" not a nickname for Eminem when there's so many other "Kings of" in the article? I'm struggling to understand the logic of that rv. Davykamanzi → talk • contribs • alter ego 20:16, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

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What?!--SabreBD (talk) 06:59, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

I noticed you're a member of the R&B and Soul Music WikiProject. Mind helping me with an issue? I want to expand content on the articles Sade (singer) and Sade (band). Specifically, the history of the singer and band before the release of their debut album, Diamond Life (1984). Sade Adu appeared in numerous local newspaper and magazine articles during the period 1981–85, but I can't access them from my residence. Any ideas? Thanks. Mitchumch (talk) 17:14, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

I am not sure what I can do, but I will gladly take a look. Do you know the names of the local publications?--SabreBD (talk) 17:16, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

Magazines - i-D, The Face, Smash Hits, and Record Mirror

Newspapers - any published before 1986.

Thanks. Mitchumch (talk) 18:18, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

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I'll be putting the Garage rock article up for GA review in the next day or so. I'm guessing that everything is ready to roll, but if you see anything that needs to be tidied up or fixed... I might try to get a source for the "needs citation" statement in the revivals section. Down the road I'd like to submit the article for FA review, but I want to add a bunch of things first before it gets to that step. Thanks as always. Garagepunk66 (talk) 03:18, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

OK, good work. I will take a look and see if there is anything that might come up.--SabreBD (talk) 08:41, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for everything, and if it wasn't for your I would not have been able to accomplish this. Garagepunk66 (talk) 00:09, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

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I mustn't edit while wearing boxing gloves. Apologies. Mutt Lunker (talk) 14:53, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

Ha, no problem. I have done a few of those myself, but with me its drugs and alcohol.--SabreBD (talk) 19:14, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

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The Garage rock article just went GA! And, it goes without saying that I owe you a debt of gratitude for all of the work you have done there over the years. Garagepunk66 (talk) 06:38, 26 November 2015 (UTC)

Well done. Congratulations, its a great achievement.--SabreBD (talk) 07:34, 26 November 2015 (UTC)

Thank you so much. It really would not have been possible without your help and mentorship. Garagepunk66 (talk) 08:19, 26 November 2015 (UTC)

Is there a logical reason of why you undid my edits? The page looks so much better with the genres listed the way they are, not with the commas. Kalope (talk) 23:51, 27 November 2015 (UTC)

The one I stated in the first edit summaries, commas are fine and consistent.--SabreBD (talk) 00:24, 28 November 2015 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) I don't think there's any guidance on this, but for what it's worth I think Kalope's edits are a visual improvement - unless there's some technical reason not to support them. Ghmyrtle (talk) 08:19, 28 November 2015 (UTC)

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Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

The article Geography of Scotland in the early modern era you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Geography of Scotland in the early modern era for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Notecardforfree -- Notecardforfree (talk) 23:00, 29 November 2015 (UTC)

Hi Sabrebd -- this is is just a friendly reminder that your GA nomination for Geography of Scotland in the early modern era is very close to passing the review, but there are still a few items that require clarification. It is a very nice article, and I am confident that the revisions will not take too much time. Best, -- Notecardforfree (talk) 18:53, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. Unfortunately I am very busy right now in the real world and will probably need the weekend to address this.--SabreBD (talk) 19:21, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

No problem. I'll be sure to keep the review open through next week. Feel free to let me know if you need more time. Best of luck with everything in the real world! -- Notecardforfree (talk) 19:26, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

Ha, thanks.--SabreBD (talk) 19:52, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

The article Geography of Scotland in the early modern era you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Geography of Scotland in the early modern era for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. -- Notecardforfree (talk) 20:43, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

On behalf of the Military history WikiProject's Coordinators, we would like to extend an invitation to nominate deserving editors for the 2015 Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year awards. The nomination period will run from 7 December to 23:59 13 December, with the election phase running from 14 December to 23:59 21 December. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:05, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

Hey, your talk archive links are broken. At least the 2015 one links to an archive for 2013. By the way, you never answered my question on why you re-added that link to the stupid climate change graph. I think you've been very disrespectful ignoring my message about that (now in autoarchive 9) while responding to others. ZDoom (talk) 12:20, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

Well thanks for pointing both of these things out and seasons greetings.--SabreBD (talk) 17:19, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baklava paul herrin (talk) 14:02, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. I appreciate that.--SabreBD (talk) 17:19, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

I've finished work on a new section to cover the psychedelic aspects of 60s garage--to go into the Garage rock article. It is sitting in in my Sandbox #1. I thought you could take a look at it and give me any needed feedback. I had been intending to find a place in the article to touch on garage's place in the whole 60s experience and the socio-cultural dynamic (I see garage as essentially an ethnographic folk music, so there is an anthropological dimension). It seems that the psychedelic part is the place to put that material. I hope that I am not over-reaching in doing so, but I've found a good source that ties it all together--a study done on the San Jose scene, which takes a lot of the panoramic musio-societal themes discussed in Gilmore's Rolling Stone article--and relates these themes directly to suburban garage rock. And then of course I go on to discuss some of the psychedelic garage bands. Garagepunk66 (talk) 01:16, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

I entered the new section of text into the article. I sincerely hope that you like it. Garagepunk66 (talk) 12:02, 31 December 2015 (UTC)