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Thanks, SamHolt6 I appreciate the welcome!

I took part in yesterday's Aberdeen editathon with Sara Thomas where we got great guidance, but I will check out those links too

Watty62 (talk) 08:58, 18 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi SamHolt6

I've been adding more to this page - William_Dove_Paterson- an info box, a photo, some genealogical details.

The Ref list which you tidied has got messed up again. In particular a spurious reference has cropped up (18 Shea Realty corporation) which has nothing to do with this article.

How can I remove that and tidy the refs in the way you did before? Any pointers?

Thanks

Watty62 (talk) 13:51, 22 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It seems you removed the spurious reference yourself. You can see here what SamHolt6 did; he replaced the repeated full citations by name and page number, with the full citation now given only once in the "References" section. Huon (talk) 22:16, 22 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Watty62: hi again. I have clean up the new references you added to the article, but I can point you in the right direction. My suggestion would be to read WP:REFHELP, as it contains some valuable pointers. As far as the William Dove Paterson article is concerned, I have renamed the "Notes" and "References" into "References" and "Works Cited", respectively. Now when you cite an additional source, it should be filed under the "References" subheading and probably wont need any changes. Again, welcome to the project and good luck with your future editing! SamHolt6 (talk) 01:15, 23 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The Silver Screen in the Silver City

Well hello again! Just stopping by to say hi, and glad to see that the references issue is sorted, many thanks to the helpful editors above. I'm really glad that the day went well, and I'm sure we'll be in touch soon! Lirazelf (talk) 19:48, 29 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you so much, stwalkerster - I really appreciate your quick action and helpful guidance! Watty62 (talk) 09:33, 4 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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I saw your edit and self-revert on Martina Chukwuma-Ezike, and found my way to {{s-aca}} where, helpfully, the example is a Scottish Uni rector, so I nicked the code from there and tweaked as necessary. I remembered seeing {{s-incumbent}} which simplifies the "after" box, and got it sorted (just {{s-inc}} would do). I think you missed out the {{s-start}}, which may have caused problem? PamD 20:56, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Pam. Thanks. Yes - I screwed it up last night, and was too tired to work out what had gone wrong. I thought I'd come back to it today. So, I got a nice surprise to see you'd fixed it! Thanks very much! Ian. Watty62 (talk) 08:59, 16 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks very much.

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Henry Martin as an authority on jazz compositions

I noted your use of Charlie Parker, Composer as the source for listing such recorded Charlie Parker improvisations as "Kim" as compositions. Henry Martin's view of what constitutes a composition is admittedly idiosyncratic, where he writes in the Introduction to this book:

I argue that because of features of characteristic of jazz, certain Parker creations, and by extension similar creations of all jazz musicians, should be thought of as compositions despite lacking features generally considered necessary. [emphasis added]

This is Humpty Dumpty's view, likewise idiosyncratic and equally tendentious:

'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.'
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If you hew to them, why not take every jazz improvisation on every chorus of every recording as a composition, worthy of inclusion? Why limit it to Parker's admittedly brilliant flights? Where does this logic halt? Why not include (among countless others) tenor saxophonist Ben Webster's famous and oft-repeated (inexactly, to be sure) chorus on Duke Ellington's "Cotton Tail" as a contrafact of I Got Rhythm, as is Cotton Tail itself? That would certainly be Wikipedia's longest article, duplicating virtually the entire jazz discography -- multiplied by the number soloists (or even of choruses) per recording. Larry Koenigsberg (talk) 21:55, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Larry. Merry Christmas.

Having read your comments, I have to say that I tend to agree. What's the article in question? If you provide a link (as I can't seem to find it) I will look at this afresh. Thanks Watty62 (talk) 17:38, 28 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Watty62 Further, Henry Martin's notion of an improvisation (even by an improviser as brilliant as Parker) as a composition is a Fringe Theory that should not be used as a reference. (I only learned of this constraint today.) Larry Koenigsberg (talk) 23:51, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Secondhand Songs

Please join us on Talk:List of jazz contrafacts; there's a serious issue of whether or not Secondhand Songs is a reliable source, given that it's user-generated. --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇} 15:49, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ok - I see it now. I'll join there. Watty62 (talk) 16:10, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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