User talk:Meg Taylor

Link rot

I have returned temporarily to repair/remove "dead" links in a number of articles. In the two years since I was last here, the links have degraded over time and are in need of maintenance. Meg Ireland 04:20, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

Welcome back

Good to see your name on the recent changes page. Hope you'll participate in the ongoing special election process. And share the knowledge you've gained since 2011.

As you can see, we're still breathing. We shan't give up. Anthony.Sebastian 03:15, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

I'll second that welcome back. Good to see you again. Russell D. Jones 13:42, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

Yes, nice to see you catching those typos. Ro Thorpe 14:39, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

Thank you. Meg Ireland 10:56, 27 July 2013 (UTC)

Question

I think what you do is very helpful. However, I cannot see why, under Mervyn Peake, you have removed the entire list of works. Is there some technical reason? --Martin Wyatt 18:09, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

The list was moved to /Bibliography but I've moved that to /Works. John Stephenson 19:40, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Hello Martin, yes I filed it under Bibliography but Works would have been better. Meg Ireland 23:48, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Regarding Matter (disambiguation)

Meg: If we want a reader to reach Matter (chemistry), which is written from a chemist's perspective, instead of the article Matter, which is written from a physicist's perspective, or to have a choice of either or both, the disambiguation page, Matter (disambiguation), cannot suffice, as Matter does not redirect to Matter (disambiguation). So, if a reader types the word, Matter, in the Go-to-page search box, he or she will reach the article Matter written from a physicist's perspective, and not have a choice between that article and the article, Matter (chemistry).

I do not personally know how to solve that problem. Do you have any ideas? I might choose to change the title of the article, Matter, to something like, Matter (fundamentals), Then create a redirect article, Matter, That redirects to Matter (disambiguation). Perhaps you have a simpler solution. Anthony.Sebastian 20:54, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

Or rename Matter to Matter (physics) and redirect as normal to the disambig page. Russell D. Jones 21:28, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

I think Russell's idea is the best solution. Move Matter to Matter (physics). Meg Ireland 21:42, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

Double to single quotation marks

Hi, Meg, just curious to know why you're doing this. Not that it bothers me, as ' doesn't need the shift key, while " does - perhaps that's the reason? Ro Thorpe 14:11, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

The Oxford encyclopaedias and compendiums of music I have, use single quotes for all song titles. Meg Ireland 23:40, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

Out-of-copyright credits

You may find this useful. Peter Jackson 17:55, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

Hi Peter, I add the credits as they appear on the sleeve, and on the actual records themselves. Martini's name does not appear on the release. While it maybe true it's based on Martini's 'Plaisir d'amour', the question remains for us an encyclopaedists, do we historically revise credits or do we remain faithful to the original publication? I tend to fall into the latter category. Here are the ASCAP credits [1] which make no mention of Martini. And here is the original single release [2]. Meg Ireland 23:40, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

Surely the job of an encyclopaedia is to give a fair picture of the "truth". Record credits for "lifted" tunes usually only mention the original composer if they're still in copyright. We should add that information when it's available. I suspect the list I linked is far from complete. By all means devise some way to indicate that the information isn't given in the original record credits. Peter Jackson 10:03, 11 March 2014 (UTC)