User talk:Michael Scott Cuthbert

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Welcome to the Citizendium! We hope you will contribute boldly and well. Here are pointers for a quick start, and see Getting Started for other helpful "startup" links, our help system and CZ:Home for the top menu of community pages. You can test out editing in the sandbox if you'd like. If you need help to get going, the forum is one option. That's also where we discuss policy and proposals. You can ask any user or the editors for help, too. Just put a note on their "talk" page. Again, welcome and have fun!

Stephen Ewen 02:03, 24 June 2007 (CDT)

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Welcome, new editor! We're very glad you've joined us. Here are pointers for a quick start. Also, when you get a chance, please read The Editor Role. You can look at Getting Started and our help system for other introductory pages. It is also important, for project-wide matters, to join the Citizendium-L (broadcast) mailing list. Announcements are also available via Twitter. You can test out editing in the sandbox if you'd like. If you need help to get going, the forum is one option. That's also where we discuss policy and proposals. You can ask any administrator for help, too. Just put a note on their "talk" page. Again, welcome and thank you! We appreciate your willingness to share your expertise, and we hope to see your edits on Recent changes soon. --Larry Sanger 04:13, 21 July 2007 (CDT)

Tale Ognenovski

Hi Myke! I really think something should be done about that article. Please see my comments on the talk page.

Hope all is well! Matthias Röder 17:22, 13 August 2007 (CDT)

Symphony

Hi Michael, I saw your comments on the talk page on Symphony. How close do you think this is to becoming an approved article? If you think it is ready, I will be glad to help you go through the process of nominating it. --Matt Innis (Talk) 21:26, 25 October 2007 (CDT)/constable

Symphony Approval Nomination

Hi Michael, great news on Symphony! What I need you to do is to add your name to the metadata page under ToA editor = Michael Scott Cuthbert. Then fill in the section for the ToApprove template just like you did for the green one. Once you do that, I will show you some other stuff. --Matt Innis (Talk) 19:49, 28 October 2007 (CDT)

You got it Michael. There is a problem with the template that does not let us finish filling it in, but when we get it fixed, I'll show you how to put the version number in. That other ToApprove template is being phased out (though it might be coming back :) so that is why I took it out. I also updated the instructions to the new template on the Approval instructions. --Matt Innis (Talk) 20:19, 28 October 2007 (CDT)

Thanks; I know this process is still being revised -- please bear with me if I screw things up. I guess that's one good thing about the Editor/Constable separation: I can play the absent-minded professor. :) Michael Scott Cuthbert 20:21, 28 October 2007 (CDT)

Hehe, as long as you don't mind when I mess up :) Not to worry, there is always the 'restore backup' function... (i hope) --Matt Innis (Talk) 20:26, 28 October 2007 (CDT)

Hi Michael, we are getting closer to the approval of Symphony and I notice that here have been two additions since the version that you approved[1]. I also notice that some new subpages have been added. If you are okay with all that, make sure and update the version number that you are satisfied with so I do include the changes that have been made. If not, you don't have to do anything and I'l just approve the version you have directed and the other edits will be ont he draft version. If you have any questions, just drop me a note. Thanks, Matt Innis (Talk) 21:19, 4 November 2007 (CST)

Congratulations on Symphony Approval! There were two edits that were not included because I wasn't sure that you approved them, but they are on the draft version and will be included n any re-approvals unless someone takes them out. --Matt Innis (Talk) 12:30, 7 November 2007 (CST)

Sorry about not getting to them -- I went away for the annual meeting of music historians, and came back totally swamped with real life. I think that the edits improved the article slightly, but they're so minor as to not be so important to have in the approved version. The next approved version will need to deal with the 20th century, which is good enough to approve, but the weakest part of the article. The only substantive change is increasing the number of Stravinsky's symphonies from 3 to 4, but that's all a matter of which semi-symphony we count or don't.

Btw -- the Citizendium article is MUCH better than the WP article on the subject. Since there isn't a defined license for CZ articles yet (the main thing preventing me from making major contributions, btw.) is there a way for this article to be used on other sites yet? Best, Michael Scott Cuthbert 13:43, 8 November 2007 (CST)

Oh, another thing I didn't understand -- I assume that by approving the "cluster" what was approved was the main page, the bio, and the LINKS to the related pages (i.e., approving that these are in face related topics). The related pages themselves are not yet up to the same high level as symphony. I meant to ask about this earlier. Thanks! Michael Scott Cuthbert 13:45, 8 November 2007 (CST)

Hi Michael! Good to hear from you [2]. As far as re-approval, so far there is no set rule. I have seen re-approvals in less than a few days with lots of edits and then I have seen them with very few edits, though they may have been considered important edits. Basically, this is an editorial decision that you can make, provided you did not make any of the content changes (you can make copyedits). If you did make content changes, just gather two other editors and you can nominate it again. And yes, the subpages are included in the cluster of approved articles, though we have not been as concerned about them yet. Notice, though, that they are not protected and there are no draft pages, so you can make changes to them as you see fit. I agree it is a really good article, keep them coming! --D. Matt Innis 21:07, 24 January 2008 (CST)