User talk:Ashley Pomeroy/Pre-2011
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This is my talk page. I frown on fools, and I am unimpressed by cute names. Bear in mind that Wikipedia is right near the top of Google's search returns for "cancer", "circumcision" etc, and that your edits can affect real people in the real world. -Ashley Pomeroy 17:54, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
In response to your comment left on the UKA Press talk page:
Dear Mr Pomeroy.
I find it a great pity that you are of the opinion that UKA Press is being ‘bigged up’. If you are familiar with the publishing world (which it appears you are not), you would understand that far from needing to be ‘bigged up’ most publishers (and I include the small, independent presses here) have more than enough submissions to cope with and, in fact, would rather be ‘played down’. Indeed, frequently more than 90% of submissions are rejected as being unsuitable for one reason or another.
I fail to see your problem with this article. It has been sitting on WIKIPEDIA happy and undisturbed since 2006. This followed a discussion after which it was decided to ‘keep’ the article as it met with all Wiki’s criteria.
You say you are ‘staggered by the incompetence of linking directly to the Amazon listing for a book published by a competing publisher…’ (I assume you are referring here to "The Kommandant's Mistress") Surely this link would indicate, however, that the article is impartial, rather than ‘bigging up’ the publisher, as you so ungrammatically put it. If, however, you object so strongly, surely it would not have been too much of a problem to have suggested politely that this was infra dig on WIKI or even, perish the thought, removed it yourself, with the requisite explanation.
Perhaps you should take a leaf from your own userpage : ‘…and there are people who spend their time inserting or removing dozens of templates and tags…’
Furthermore, I put it to you that with authors such as Kevin Brownlow (who has just been awarded an Honorary Academy Award, along with Francis Ford Coppola et al), Peter Hopkinson, Judith Wills on their books, your ‘bigging up’ comment becomes rather laughable. Please take a minute or two to research these people and those they are associated with.
One final point. I have spent hundreds of hours writing, correcting and editing articles for WIKIPEDIA, on many different subjects, as well as donating, so am somewhat offended at your insinuation that I am trying to ‘big up’ anything.
You may be (as you seem to think you are) Wikipedia’s best editor, but your manners certainly leave much to be desired.
With very best regards for a prosperous New Year.
AndreaUKA (talk) 15:40, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
I'm not going to be an aggressive moron like the people before. I will, however, tell you that you are severely hyper-defensive, and thus aggressive. Also, your grammar in the above paragraph was at the level of a fifth-grader (e.g. "I cannot take you serious.")
The above quotation should read: "I cannot take you seriously."
Also, your edits to the article on the Korg MicroKorg were pointless, and irritating. It is quite dubious that you even own the product. As a MicroKorg owner, and friend of several key individuals at Korg USA, I find your behavior a bit childish, both in reference to the MicroKorg article and to the statement you made above. While an incomplete list of notable users is provided on Korg's Japanese website, most individuals find it refreshing (as most artists refuse to provide a list of gear used) that a (generally speaking) comprehensive list of artists using a product is provided. You could call it "point of inspiration". You are truly an embodiment of all ignorance presented on any Wikimedia (the parent of Wikipedia) project. -Jonpaulusa 16:54, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
- You tried to sign that explicitly as "anonymous". That's because you're still learning how to use Wikipedia. The substance of this debate stems from my decision to remove a large "the following artists use this instrument" list from Wikipedia's article on the Korg microKORG, as per this diff. I have replaced the list with a concise paragraph that mentions a few key musicians. It could still be improved, e.g by explaining why it is notable that those artists use a microKORG, preferably with quotes and references, as in the following example:
- "Liam Howlett of The Prodigy used a microKORG extensively on the band's 2004 album Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned. In an interview for Korg's official website, Howlett said that "The microKORG is wicked. You've only got to put it on big speakers to hear the depth it's got. It's got so much power for a little keyboard.""
- If you could flesh out the rest of the list, in the same way, that would be superb. Your extensive contacts at Korg USA could prove very useful, although remember that Wikipedia forbids original research. It's a better way to write an encyclopaedia than this:
- - The Prodigy uses a microKORG.
- - The Stiletto Formal uses a microKORG.
- - These Arms Are Snakes uses several microKORGs.
- Etc
- And so forth. That's not including the Myspace artists with a handful of hits, and instances where the instrument is pointed out in videos, in the studio etc (and "Nick Cornwell of Efflixi wants a MicroKORG", which is the kind of nonsense a list like that attracts). -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 20:25, 6 December 2007 (UTC)