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prawns & cameroon

bof. It seems quicker to remove something than to add it. :( . I put the picture near the first sentence about prawn in the article... you remove it, explaining it is not adequate as first picture. Ok. I take care of your edit... put it on the second sentence about prawns. (Repetition denotes importance of this fact for cameroon article... I have no doubt that you, like a good small soldier, will remove one sentence now). You remove it for another reason... :( Do you want to initiate an edit war? No thanks! Please note that this is not a simple picture of prawn. it is a prawn form wouri estuary, that mean an illustration of the subject. But i do not know why i spend my time here... Chacun chez soi et les vaches seront bien gardées. Tatoute 09:07, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

I posted on Talk:Cameroon why I removed the picture. If you wish to discuss whether the picture belongs or not, please go there. Il n'y a pas de problème! :) — Brian (talk) 11:24, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

ok. Tatoute 11:50, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

WAF

Brian, I'd appreciate any input you could provide here with regard to this. I don't think this change has consensus (at least not with me). Instead of reverting, I commented there so that we can establish consensus on this. I'm currently making the round to "canvass" for some input and since I value your opinion, I decided to notify you alongside several other more or less regular contributors to WT:WAF. — [ aldebaer⁠] 23:27, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

regarding articles on cameroon

Hi Brian

(I don't know if I'm totally breaking the rules on wikipedia by doing this, as I'm not familiar with all the protocols etc. So apologies in the event that I am.)

My name is Luke Mosse and I'm a musician based in Bristol, UK. I'm about to start a PhD at SOAS in London in ethnomusicology.

I'm getting in touch because I'm currently organising this project:

www.wimwam.net

which is basically a documentary project showcasing percussionists who are based in Bristol. You can find out all about the project by having a look on the website, in particular if you have a look at the 'artists' page you'll see some of the percussionists that are involved.

One of our guys, Alphonse, is from Cameroon and plays Balafon.

As part of opening the site up and making it a bit more interesting, I'm inviting people from all over to write articles for the blogs section. I can see that you've posted quite a few articles already on wikipedia on the subject of Cameroon and it's music, I was wondering if you'd be interested in submitting something for our website. Obviously as it's not an encyclopedia, you could write something with a bit more of a personal slant and more of an opinion.

If you've got any piece that you think would be appropriate or you'd like to write one, then hit me back with your ideas and I'll respond ASAP. I'm flexible as to what I put up there, but really the aim is stuff that's accessible and informative, and useful for people who want to find out more about Cameroon.

Let me know if it's something that appeals,

Best wishes

Luke Mosse. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lukemosse (talk • contribs) 11:18, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Revert on Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Could you explain this revert? It's a duplicate of ref 34 with an invalid accessdate. Pagrashtak 17:03, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Oops; should be fixed now. The problem was that the article's web references were not formatted the same way as the book references. The article is set up with short-form footnotes followed by long-form references in bibliography order (alpha by author where available, then alpha by title when not). Now the web refs should follow the same formatting as the others. Thanks for the note. — Brian (talk) 21:53, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Why force the reader to take the extra step? Contrast The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages where I cite books as you do, but one-shot refs are listed directly in the Notes section. Pagrashtak 19:23, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Because to me, the full-form references in the "Notes" section are an imposing wall of text. My eyes glaze over looking at them. I'd much rather have small, easily digestible notes followed by meaty, full-form references in alphabetical order. I realize it's just a personal preference, but it mirrors actual scholarly literature, and I don't think it's any more or less useful than the Zelda article you point out. :) — Brian (talk) 22:01, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Well, it doesn't make much difference in the end, as long as the references are available. If you had twenty references of that nature, I'd feel more strongly about it. I'm glad to see you maintaining your articles so well; I'm always noticing you reverting and tweaking Donkey Kong (video game). I see you don't have a featured article medal, although you deserve one, so please take this:

		The Featured Article Medal
		For the contribution of several featured articles, such as Donkey Kong (video game), as well as diligence in their maintenance, I hereby award BrianSmithson the Featured Article Medal. Pagrashtak 14:10, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

WAF

Over the last days, User:G.A.S and me have been working on a careful rewording of the intro, which we are now jointly proposing here. Since you've been recently active on WT:WAF, I think the proposal may be of interest to you and we both would appreciate your input. Also, {{BASEPAGENAME}}, please forgive the timesaving templated wording. — aldebaer⁠ 20:22, 29 September 2007 (UTC)