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Thanks for all that. I'm sure this will come in useful. Ac@osr 10:49, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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I can't help but notice all the work you're putting into the Fall articles. Good choice! And thanks for filling in the gaps. Flowerparty☀ 18:18, 25 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the heads-up on Benbecula's AfD. I do realize that Prhizzm's lack of a full-length release is a negative, but it is hard to see how lacking a touring schedule is really detrimental to an electronic act's notability. While there certainly are those electronic acts that tour, and even tour regularly, there are a great many that do not tour at all, or just play a show now and then. The genre sometimes makes live music impossible or unfeasible.  OZLAWYER  talk  22:07, 21 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

When will this end? When does the deletion process end? I've had a page deleted before but I never thought THIS one was going to be suspect.

thanks for the kind words! as i said, i am ever vigilant.  ;) i haven't added "the cell" to the proper discography yet, but i will do as soon as i have a little more information. since it was a 90 minute concert (were you there?), i can't quite believe it's only one disc. but as you probably already know, ear/rational music has it listed at the corwood single-disc price. i can't wait to hear this one! (and i have "santos" on order now, by the way...)

I can't get the infobox to work on Merzbild Schwet; I copied an existing inforbox over and even went back to the original template but without success. I can't work out what's wrong with it....

Hm, terribly sorry, but nobody in the IRC channel at this hour can figure out what's wrong with it. ^_^;; Please post at the help desk to get a wider viewership from more experienced editors. Sorry for the trouble, and good luck. Luna Santin 10:31, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I found the problem, just a '}' instead of a ']'. Fixed now.--Commander Keane 11:02, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for getting back to me on this - very helpful. And good work on all the Fall stuff, by the way... Cheers, Sam Clark 08:56, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I saw your comments in the recent AfD discussion of the Volume magazine album articles, and was hoping you might be able to add something to those articles. I don't have any of them (other than a couple TEX, one TA, and Wasted), so most of what's in those articles is pretty much out of AMG and discogs.com, and needs lots of help. :) — Wwagner 22:20, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, great work on the Lea Cummings article- what a guy! I'm starting work on one for Ruaraidh Sanachan/Nackt Insecten as he totally deserves one too. Keep it up! Scott! 17:30, 18 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I thank you for your comments about The Beatles trivia article. andreasegde 21:10, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Because of your input on previous music AfDs, I was hoping you would take a look at this article and provide your thoughts on whether or not it meets WP:MUSIC its latest AfD. PT ^(s-s-s-s) 00:25, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There seems to be very little collected material, anywhere, discussing Britain's 80s tape scene. Time for an article? I'd do it but I hardly know where to begin - even what to call it.

I got your comment about notability. I'd guess that Richard Youngs, Neil campbell and (not sure but say it anyway) Chumbawamba all started off in the tape scene, so I'd guess it has historic value. Totnesmartin 20:40, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. The article on Volcanic Tongue could really use your help. Thanks! Leo44 (talk) 12:38, 23 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OK, great. Leo44 (talk) 09:46, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, sure, that sounds like a good solution. Herostratus 03:19, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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this is non from shadowhuntaz, in regards to the deleting of the shadow huntaz tag contesting the fact we are not notable. i believe we are notable because we complete albums in a non traditional fashion by using the internets, instant messengers applications and FTP's to be a collaborative force and by doing this we break the confines of the internet and the music is press on wax records and cds by establish labels worldwide and sold in chain and indie stores, as well as digitally distributed mp3's. we did not invent this method but we mark the era of this new way to create music using the internet to bring artist together globally like never before. Record deals are to be found online simply put. -non@shadowhuntaz.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 169.232.232.44 (talk) 09:27, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• I didn't tag the article for deletion, I removed the tag as I felt it was in error. In fact, I think I actually did the original article...Ac@osr 18:13, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You are correct - he will revert if we persuade him, see Talk. Cheers sparkl_!sm ^talk 17:10, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Could you chip a helpful remark? Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/A Band Cheers. Totnesmartin (talk) 10:26, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I just saw your userpage snipe. I guess you went sour on the wiki experience. Can't say I blame you, but I think you do democracy a disservice by dragging it down to this level. Nobody holds up the "Democratic" Republic of the Congo as an indictment against universal suffrage ;) Flowerparty^☀ 10:58, 15 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Truthfully, I went sour on it quite some time ago, I just hadn't externalised it. I've been doing little more than checking my watchlist for a good length of time, just making little updates and trying to work around editing disputes (ie Jandek's identity, the name and fate of The Mighty Fall's first drummer etc).Ac@osr (talk) 16:36, 15 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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• Hey readers, strange incident - the image in question is only orphaned because the person posting the above message orphaned it. Glad I stopped being active now if this is standard... Ac@osr (talk) 12:25, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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