User talk:Viennese Waltz/Archive 3

Bush crush

Thank you d'Artagnan of Austria, a marvellous pic of what looks like me checking the phone for mobile non-reception. (Or is that me in the distance sloping around the rock sighing for more action?) A happy and undaunted 2009 to you too cher d'A d'A. Into the leather and epees at the ready when you are mon ami  :) Julia Rossi (talk) 11:22, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

PS forgot to ask, did I miss anything? Are you all in one piece? =) Jules 11:33, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Good to hear. Thank you for the lovely image of Christmas-y Wien in winter, : ) Julia Rossi (talk) 21:43, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

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Re:Dot Spot

Kind richard, what did I do? Julia Rossi (talk) 08:48, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Well-spotted you! It went over my head because I think of other people as being preternaturally technically clever, then on archiving I thought, what if...? :)) haha. Clever richard, Julia Rossi (talk) 08:59, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

In honour of this, a caption for today's POD could read, "Richard, I see you sp/dotted them all!" ; ) Jules 09:04, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

that's why I enjoy satire (not you?) – swish-on... Julia Rossi (talk) 09:27, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

tl:dr

Salut Reeshar, tl:dr is "too long didn't read" because I had little time to work my way through the contents, only skimming them. An apology if they were irrelevant in that case. Mais, you are the roi of brevity! = )) Julia Rossi (talk) 21:39, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Sweet time

Thanks so much Richard, it's truly beautiful like the thoughts. And yours is in case it disappears...

Conversely, Salman Rushdie received his first fatwa on this day, 1989. ♥ :)

Awww. Touché.

You have fame!

Charles Aznavour

To any source for contact info for Charles Aznavour

I'm 76 years old, and a big Charles Aznavour fan. I'm also a big Tony Bennett fan, my one Big Life desire, before I'm no longer in good health, or one of these great entertainers is unable to perform, I would go anywhere in the world, (beg, borrow, somehow make it work) to see a performance that Charles Aznavour and Tony Bennett perform together.

I've made this request in dozens of potential sites, and never received any reply, (negative or positive). I have no where to go from here. I would like either to hear from the Aznavour team, or receive some information that would allow me a direct link to ask the Aznavour, or Bennett team if this proposal is possible.

My reason for selecting Tony Bennett for this Entertainment Block Buster, I was born in San Francisco, I was a Police Officer for 25 1/2 years, now retired and living in Montana, I did, leave my Heart in San Francisco. My connection with Charles Aznavour is when I was in the service in the 50's, in France, where I first heard him sing, ( not live,sad to say) but I was hooked. I can not think of any show I would rather see in my life time.

Respecfully requested

Robert Sleadd

Inspector (ret) San Francisco, Police Dept

Hello. Did you check out this page: Charles Aznavour ... or this website: www.c-aznavour.com ...? Thanks. (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 02:07, 23 February 2009 (UTC))

Joseph, did you actually check those links before you provided them to see whether they would help answer the OP's question? I can't believe you did, because if you had done, you would have seen that neither of them include contact details for the singer, which is presumably what the OP is asking for. To the OP: you would need to contact either Aznavour's or Bennett's management, details of which I do not have. To be honest, though, it's unlikely that the event you describe will happen unless both parties are already committed to it from some other reputable entertainment industry source. They're not going to organize a concert just based on a suggestion from an ordinary person, no matter how good of an idea it is. If you really want this event to take place, your best bet would be to front the money yourself. --Richardrj ^{talk email} 06:48, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Hello. The above appeared on a recent Ref Desk, and I never had the time to respond to you until just now. Let me explain. When I read the OP's question ... I got the impression that he was not all that familiar with Wikipedia. He stated that he was 76 years old ... he did not sign his post with a User Name ... and the general format / style of writing (i.e., he signed the post as if it were a letter). For these reasons, I got the impression that he was very unfamiliar with what Wikipedia is and how it operates exactly. Thus, I assumed that he did not know we would have an article about that singer. This is why I sent him the Wikipedia link about the singer. I did, in fact, do a very quick glance at that article. I noticed within the article that it said that the singer had done a "farewell tour" back in 2006 or so. So, I wanted to the OP to read that article and to see that info, as well. Which, at least partially, would answer his questions about Aznavour and Bennett getting together for a concert ... (assuming that the Wikipedia information about a "farewell tour" was accurate). No, I did not see -- nor did I look for -- the contact information that the OP was looking for. But, I thought that I was pointing him in the right direction and that these links might prove helpful to him. So, I wanted to reply back to your question above ... which asked me "Joseph, did you actually check those links before you provided them to see whether they would help answer the OP's question? I can't believe you did, because if you had done, you would have seen that neither of them include contact details for the singer, which is presumably what the OP is asking for.". So, that is how and why my response came about. I was trying to help the OP and nudge him in the right direction. Thanks. (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 06:11, 2 March 2009 (UTC))

Hi. I never heard back from you on this (above) issue. I am closing out this topic on my Talk Page. Thanks. (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 01:28, 19 April 2009 (UTC))

particle matter

(copied for reference purposes from RD/M)

One possibility would be PM (particle matter). Assuming that you still live in Vienna, this site [1] lists the measurements of PM10 at various locations. Compared to other emissions / pollutants (CO2, SO2, NO2 and Ozone) they seem a bit poor, but there are no separate measurements for PM2.5. The article on particulates has some data on the health effects. --Cookatoo.ergo.ZooM (talk) 15:00, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Brakes sometimes give off acrid fumes when they overheat, as do electric motors. Was there a "hot" smell associated with the event? DuncanHill (talk) 15:33, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Your recent posting on the RD

My God, you have my sympathy. What are some of those people talking about? It is unbelievable that those regular editors should treat you like some sort of unknown quantity. I had always (through experience) given your opinion great credence and I'm at a loss to explain how the others have become so officious about a perfectly reasonable question. Richard Avery (talk) 16:02, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Likewise. This ridiculous process you've gone through is precisely what I'm working at trying to prevent. Its easy to provide answers to your question without providing advice, and it seems thats happened. If only everyone could get over themselves and realise this. Oh well... battle on 'til the DGAF threshold is reached! Mattopaedia ^{Have a yarn} 01:54, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Hyperbole

It was hyperbole not only quantitatively, but qualitatively. The mere act of specifying a figure was hyperbolic, because it was a figure no one could know with any degree of certainty, and therefore no one could take the remark literally. I am certainly not prepared to tell you what percentage of films are about how white men see themselves. My literal meaning was something like "White males continue to exert a disproportionate influence in Hollywood," a sentiment so banal and so obvious that it demanded to be couched in ironic terms. Hence the hyperbolic suggestion that virtually all films would meet the questioner's specifications. There are times when one wishes to be a smartass. I have since consulted my friend, an eminent Hollywoodologist, and he informs me that only 87.4% of films are about how white men see themselves. LANTZY^TALK 18:21, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Of course, we're really asking two questions: (1) Is Hollywood dominated by males? (2) Is Hollywood dominated by whites? In both cases I would answer unreservedly in the affirmative. The fact that women and minorities (racial, sexual, and otherwise) have occasionally been the subjects of films has not changed the fact that they remain on the margins of Hollywood. Consider the fact that women seldom star in films, and if they do, they are women with large breasts, no body fat, and faces conforming to a particular aesthetic. The fact that "strong female characters" invariably conform to men's sexual fantasies suggests that the interests of men are foremost in the producers' minds. And why shouldn't they be? Men make more money, after all. Also note that although there are a handful of black stars, there are very few black starlets, because producers fear that white heterosexual males will be turned off by them. Then you have films predominantly featuring black casts, generally comedies, of which the oeuvre of Tyler Perry is the epitome. These are genre pictures, produced for black audiences, little different from the race films of yore. Hispanics, Asians, Desis, Native Americans, and other groups are so starved for cinematic attention that it is a major event for them when a mainstream Hollywood film is produced with their culture in mind: consider the Desi excitement over Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle. Consider the fact that films about non-whites seldom do without a white protagonist (e.g. Tom Cruise in The Last Samurai and Matthew Broderick in Glory). In their essay The Beautiful American: Fictions of the White Messiah in Hollywood Movies, Hernán Vera and Andrew M. Gordon elaborate on this tendency:

Hollywood films are replete with the self-serving fantasy of entirely altruistic white men, alienated heroes who are often misfits within their own society and are even mocked and rejected until they become leaders of a rejected group. Like Ben Cameron in Birth of a Nation, they find themselves by sacrificing themselves to liberate the oppressed. White messiahs are overwhelmingly male; women seldom qualify for this exalted status. often the natives treat the white outsider like visiting royalty or a god, instantly worshipped. This is presumed to be expected, no less than he deserves [...] The image of the white messiah is ubiquitous in recent American action-adventure movies, especially hit series such as Die Hard, Superman, Batman, Indiana Jones, Rocky, Rambo, Terminator, Alien, and Men in Black. Such films typically concern a white hero or superhero (only in Alien or Terminator is it a heroine) who triumphs despite impossible odds against arch villains and saves the city, the nation, or the world. [...] This is a powerful cultural myth because it presents whites with pleasing images of themselves as saviors rather than oppressors of those other races. The adventure of a white messiah is an ideal vehicle for propaganda movies. The messiah fantasies are essentially grandiose, exhibitionistic, and self-serving. In the white mind, the racial other does not exist on its own terms but only as what the psychiatrist Heinz Kohut (1971) calls "a selfobject," bound up with the white self. [...] First, the ideal white self is constructed as powerful, handsome, brave, cordial, kind, firm, and generous: a natural-born leader. Other races exist as dependent, faithful followers to bolster the grandiose white self-image. And second, in many of these movies, there is a split in the white self that can be resolved only through violence. The sincere fictions encoded in these movies enable the white self to live with itself and to absolve the guilt of racism by portraying the white as noble and self-sacrificing on behalf of other races.

As examples they analyze Stargate, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, The Man Who Would Be King, City of Joy, The Green Berets, and Three Kings. The essay is published in the book White Out: The Continuing Significance of Racism by Ashley W. Doane and Eduardo Bonilla-Silva. You might find it interesting. You might also consider perusing some blogs by black people and feminists (and indeed black feminists), for whom movies and popular culture are common topics of discussion. LANTZY^TALK 19:32, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

If you'll forgive a rebuke, 'academic discourse' would seem a convenient catch-all for whatever ideas disrupt the view you've settled on. If one scrupulously avoids contact with feminists, queer theorists, Afrocentrists, and other purveyors of academic hocus-pocus, one's worldview is likely to remain relatively unclouded by evidence of the misogyny, homophobia, racism, and general prejudice that fly under the radar of popular culture. To a white male, and to many a white female, academia often feels like a bath in one's own filth, but that doesn't mean all its produce is poison fruit. Such an attitude is frankly reminiscent of the Marxist's denunciation of 'bourgeois thought', that a remark may be rendered toxic by the mouth that speaks it, that a theory is useless if it addresses problems one does not personally experience, that an idea is offensive because it fails to treat one's ego with the deference to which it is accustomed.

But you asked me to stop wallowing in generalities, so let's return to the matter at hand: Of the top-grossing films of 2008, nine starred white actors. One, Hancock, starred Will Smith, an actor whose profitability is predicated on his appeal to white audiences. So much for race. Now for misogyny. You asked, 'Do those films depict either lived white experience, or lived male experience?' You answered, quite correctly, that they do not. What they do depict is more interesting: they depict men's fantasies. They certainly don't concern themselves with women's fantasies. Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of James Bond, but the series is pure male fantasy. Obviously it's undergone radical transformations, just as audiences have reconstituted and updated their own misogyny: Bond can no longer actually rape a woman onscreen, but his spirit is the same. The evolution of the Bond girl is in fact a splendid illustration of the evolution of misogyny in cinema. Originally a helpless imbecile, little more than a prop to be dragged around by the hair and fucked just before the credits roll, she has slowly evolved into a violent (and therefore 'strong') sidekick who nevertheless adheres rigidly to the prevailing criteria of 'what men want' - she is young, thin, clear-skinned, busty, etc. She is every bit as silent as her predecessors, but whereas their silence was the result of vapidity, hers is a sign of stoicism, a scar of psychological trauma, or a shorthand for general bad-assedness. It is not that action films have become less misogynistic. Misogyny has merely become more sophisticated. And Hollywood continues to defer to it. If James Bond is truly "what every man wants to be", then the Bond girl is what men want women to be. In both cases, it is the tastes of men that are catered to. Similar arguments could be made about every action film on that list.

You point out that one of the top-grossing films is Mamma Mia, a 'chick flick par excellence'. Personally I would attribute its success purely to the popularity of ABBA, since it is a god-awful movie, incoherent, ridiculous, campy, and Pierce Brosnan can't sing to save his life. But the fact that chick flicks are produced and even turn a profit doesn't prove that women aren't marginalized. On the contrary, the fact that the female market has been collapsed into a single genre, of which a single example managed to worm its way onto a top-ten list otherwise dominated by male-oriented films, suggests precisely the opposite. We speak of "chick flicks" but not of "guy flicks" because it goes without saying that most films are designed to appeal to men. Kung Fu Panda, Madagascar 2, and WALL-E are children's films, whose appeal works quite differently, so I think they're irrelevant to the dicussion. At any rate, I can't think of anything to say about them (as remarkable as that may sound). I thank you for this opportunity for discussion, which I'm enjoying very much. I regarded it as obvious, even self-evident, that white males were the dominant force in Hollywood, and it's always refreshing and healthy to encounter an opposing viewpoint. LANTZY^TALK 06:41, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Peter Hammill chart placing

Hello. yes, I have a copy of the book - the content is also available online - here. Regards.--Michig (talk) 09:07, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Yes!

Hello Richard, yes a break, but not too far. Thanks for the tip – will fix it just for you, :). PS funny joke really, guess it depends on pov of Britishers. Could be why I don't get many American jokes and am enjoying Lead Balloon currently. Anecdotally, my favourite party joke is one no Australians seem to laugh at, but Americans do! Will only tell if you insist 8-) Julia Rossi (talk) 09:06, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Do you mean The Apprentice with Trump or the franchise? It's like a steroidal Dilbert. Sadism is alive in corporations. The joke to follow is best told aloud, not read and you need a stooge (er, willing participant) to work with. You tell them to ask you two questions: "What do you do for a living?" and "What's the hardest thing about it?" You answer firstly, "I'm a stand-up comedian." Then before they get through the second question, you jump in with the word, "Timing!" (Best done when they're paying attention.) Good luck trying it out, :)) Then there's the Country music joke... But maybe it's your turn now? I'll be back tomorrow evening, enjoy the weekend mon ami :) Julia Rossi (talk) 11:30, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Leonard Cohen

My pleasure! Glad to see you noticed so quickly.

Off-topic RD discussion

I have removed this discussion for being off-topic speculation that reads like a defense of the "right" to personal attacks. You don't have to use a person/groups preferred term of address, but that is no justification for using slurs or other derogatory speech. If you feel this removal was in error, feel free to reinstate your comment. Thanks. – 74  17:51, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

au contraire

In case you didn't know, "au contraire" means "on the contrary". In other words, it means that the previous statement is incorrect. I stated that IMDB lists upcoming film release dates and future showtimes, but the showtimes are limited because theaters rarely have a schedule more than a week into the future. You stated "au contraire". What is incorrect? Are you claiming that IMDB does not have a list of upcoming films and release dates? You you claiming that IMDB does not list showtimes? Are you claiming that theaters regularly have a schedule longer than a week into the future? Or... did you simply misread my statement and slap "au contraire" on it? -- kainaw™ 22:47, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Removal of a response from the RefDesk

I removed a question, and some responses from the RefDesk, and your response was among them. Any discussion of my action may happen here. I'm just informing you as a courtesy, and hope you don't mind (in my opinion your response was appropriate, but it might have been confusing if I had left it there without context). --Scray (talk) 23:25, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Viennese Waltz. You have new messages at Talk:Rip-off Britain.
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I've rewritten the Rip-off Britain page and left some comments on the talk page. You may wish to take a look. SimonTrew (talk) 18:48, 22 April 2009 (UTC) SimonTrew (talk) 18:48, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, Just Wondering

How did you find out that it was RB3362? Do you have them yourself? Do you know someone who has them? Did you go through the whole inventory and examined the glasses?68.148.130.72 (talk) 16:44, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Swans update

That ref you've just added has made my day! Lugnuts (talk) 12:37, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Sadly never got to see them :( although I've seen Michael Gira do a couple of acoustic shows and saw Jarboe with Neurosis a couple of years ago. If Led Zep can reform... Lugnuts (talk) 13:24, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Comments re Whitehouse

Hi. I've answered your comment about links on the Whitehouse page. Let me emphasize that my issue is that the nature of the external links is not encyclopedic as Wiki defines them. I do a lot of anti-vandalism work, and, checking, I was very impressed with your contributions, such as this one: [2]. Let's focus on what Whitehouse needs as an official site in External links? Regards, Piano non troppo (talk) 12:07, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Why do you hate Steven Wells

I read on the Register that you hate Steven Wells, Philadelphia soccer, and the Sons of Ben and I wish you would change your mind. :( 69.253.207.9 (talk) 12:50, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Lucy Jordon / Jordan

Hi. Saw that my change was deleted in the article. What's the deal there? It was done in good faith as I work as an old music dealer and saw that the spelling of the title was wrong in the Wiki entry against the Dr. Hook and Marianne Faithfull records we have in stock? I was only trying to maintain accuracy in the Wikipedia entry.

Kindes regards, Charlie Dryden —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.2.100.246 (talk) 14:11, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Looking for actor's name in Taking Woodstock

Thank you for finding that answer! Nick Graves (talk) 00:07, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Two brothers question

Richard, thanks for going with me on the RD, there are some unpleasant people around. Looking at Baseball Bugs page seems to show I'm not the first he's upset. best, Rich Avery —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.4.186.107 (talk) 21:39, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

It takes a lot of guts for an IP address to talk about a registered editor behind his back. →Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 08:11, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Oh, and if you're talking about the various quotes from disgruntled editors, keep in mind that all of those guys were eventually indef'd. >:) →Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 08:27, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Yellow Chicks Falling From The Sky?

You've been in Japan too long, mate. --KageTora - SPQW - (影虎) (talk) 05:14, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Homework question

I thought homework questions were against the rules. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 13:22, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

So put it back. But if you answer it, be sure to "justify your answer". ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 12:49, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Since you don't think it was my place to delete it, then it's certainly your place to put it back. I don't care that much either way. I just thought homework questions were against the rules. "Justify your answer"? Taken straight from the teacher's instructions without even an attempt at making it look like an original question. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 13:26, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Delete your post

Sorry, there was an edit conflict. I thought I had kept all changes except my own. Did you restore it already or did you want me to?

Sorry about that, purely a technical mistake. Si Trew (talk) 10:40, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

I've restored it, I hope in the right place. Si Trew (talk) 10:43, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs

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Ref Desk timetable

I'm sorry you felt shot down over the Detentions etc. thread at the Ref. Desk. I'm just letting you know that thread is all behind a Hidden template now. Happy editing. Cuddlyable3 (talk) 22:22, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Re: Villach

It's the "Gasthaus Krapfenbacher", the exact address is apparently Peraustraße 39 (Google Maps seems to confirm this, as I remember it being in that location) - it's across the street from a pinkish church near a bridge over the Drau - if you take the exit "Villach - Faaker See" on the A2 Autobahn it should lead you almost right to it. I remember paying 90 euros per night for three people. Rimush (talk) 15:51, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Glad to have been able to help. Rimush (talk) 16:56, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Syntax for category link

Thanks for the tip. Mediawiki syntax is sure insane sometimes, huh? (Oddly, I'm actually working right now on a project about a different kind of syntactic insanity). I think that what's going on with the history is that I made two related edits just over 24 hours apart, and the previous edit has fallen onto the previous page in the revision history, even though it looks like they should be right next to each other. Paul (Stansifer) 17:29, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

The informal approach

Just do what you think is best and take no notice [3]. Regards  Giacomo  12:46, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Leonard Cohen / Scientology

I believe he did dabble, in the very early days (late '60s). It wasn't unusual at the time, the spirit of the age was adventurous with such Aquarian pursuits, and Scientology hadn't yet acquired its later reputation. Famous Blue Raincoat even makes a passing reference to it. I can't cite any of this (I just listen to him, I'm not a biographer), but it might warrant some investigation. Andy Dingley (talk) 08:50, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

You are now a Reviewer

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Name change

Hi, thanks for answering my question about a red-carded goalie. I see you've recently changed your user name. When that happens, your old user name ceases to exist and so may be created by someone else. To protect against that happening, you should re-create it yourself as a quasi-sockpuppet of your new identity. You should also make at least one edit with it so it can't be usurped. It can be as innocuous an edit as something in its own user space, for example, but don't let the edit get deleted. (Or if it does get deleted, make another one.) +Angr 15:43, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

UN

Hi, I was just wondering what recent press reports you were referring to here? :) ╟─TreasuryTag►duumvirate─╢ 12:47, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

From the OP from the reference desk

Thanks for helping answer my mystery song question. If I knew more about stuff, I would answer people's questions, but I am not knowledgeable in most obscure subjects. So instead I drop my Q's on the ref desk here. Besides, my reason for asking humans on Wikipedia, of all things, is: 1: I don't have text messaging capability to ask those SMS question lines (242 242, etc.) and 2: Asking people gets you a more direct answer. I noticed you said you don't mind answering those questions. I won't take advantage of that, but I salute you, I suppose. Thanks! 98.240.190.197 (talk) 13:08, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Nomination of The Ballad of Lucy Jordan for deletion

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Sting

Sorry - not sure how that happened! Fiddling around with an edit conflict, I think.... Ghmyrtle (talk) 09:15, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Magic song

Hmm, weird, I didn't get an edit conflict or anything. Sorry, I've reverted my answer. Adam Bishop (talk) 14:21, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

resource request

Hi Viennese Waltz,

I've scanned and uploaded the article you requested at Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange/Resource Request. You can find a link to it on that page. Best, GabrielF (talk) 00:50, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

Re your question on the ref desk:

I own a Pentax K-7 and a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50. As we live in the same city, I would have no problem lending the equipment to you. I also own a tripod, which may come in handy. --Cookatoo.ergo.ZooM (talk) 12:30, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

MESSAGE

Look. I didn't know that it was not okay for me to delete your post. I deleted your post because I understood your post. Did you remember watching the movie called Frequency? When Frank goes to the Nightclub, Detective Jack Sheppard knocks out Frank. Jack's none other than a killer. When Detective Satch finds Frank's license at a crime scene, Satch has to take Frank to the Police Station. Inside the Interrogation Room, does Frank tell Satch that he got knocked out by Jack in a Nightclub? How come Satch refuses to interrogate Jack?(Sean Archer123 (talk) 09:37, 20 September 2011 (UTC)).

RD Removal

Hello VW, with respect to this edit of yours, please open a thread at WT:RD explaining your rationale for removing the remark (which hopefully is not going to include racism) and/or notify BB directly on his talk page. Do not simply restore the talk thread which I removed, you are making the removal fully on your own at this point, so you can start a thread of your own. Thanks & regards. Franamax (talk) 16:24, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Gladly. This has been done. --Viennese Waltz 16:31, 4 April 2012 (UTC)