User talk:Claude T

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ChristmasSongbook.net

Clever idea to point to the mirror site at the Wayback Machine! —Carlos (talk) 11:35, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

Hi, Carlos. Max has been the first at this, before me. Hundred of broken links aren't broken anymore BUT: 1. Should we download the files then upload them on CPDL (remember that, for Christofer R. Baker, only .GIF were shown - we have to insert gifs into blank pages, then generate PDFs - heavy work). 2. Regarding simoneolivieri.altervista.org, the site also didn't disappear but perhaps its owner withdrew files for some reason. Who are we to make those files reappear without his consent? ;-) Claude (talk) 11:52, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

1. As long as we have the Wayback Machine, I don't think this will be necessary. 2. Well, considering that Simone hasn't made any specific request to have his works withdrawn from CPDL, I think that yes, we are in our right to make every effort in order to keep his works available to the public. :^) —Carlos (talk) 12:36, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

Bad news concerning freesheetmusic: even though the site has been mirrored, most of the files have not. :(   Claude Goudimel is an exception (maybe waiting for another Claude to rescue him, lol). —Carlos (talk) 15:14, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

I think Claude rescued also other composers of this site about 15 minutes ago: most of the files can be reached, isn't it? ;-) See Johann Walter's Ein feste Burg. Claude (talk) 15:22, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

Hmmm did you try to click on the pdf link? —Carlos (talk) 15:36, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

Ah, deception. I proceed over other sites anyway. Claude (talk) 15:41, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

Good news: some specific files can be recovered at archive.org using another wayback date. See Ein feste Burg (Johann Walter) ;-) Claude (talk) 11:33, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

Hey, great find! :)) —Carlos (talk) 12:21, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

Reply by: Chucktalk Giffen♫ 16:06, 5 November 2015 (UTC)  Help  Claude, I fixed a botched RepaceText invocation, replacing {{website|xmassongbook.net}} with {{website|xmassongbook}}. I'm mentioning this now, in case you didn't catch the mistake.

O, yes Chuck, I saw yesterday that my change didn't work. And saw your correction during my rehearsal of Haydn. Didn't took time to thank you. Now, it's done! ;-) Claude (talk) 16:12, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

Recovering broken links

This seems exceptionally clever, Claude!
Jamesgibb (talk) 22:44, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, James. It's time to think to donate something to archive.org. And I'm not against funding also my past work a little in some way. ;-) Claude (talk) 07:05, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

I wrote to Manfred Hößl, Frédéric Debons (immediate answer) and Adrian Cuello (no answer). I'm tired. Who'll write to Philip Legge, speaking of his bunch of broken links, like here? Claude (talk) 11:34, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

IMSLP versus the Wayback Machine

Hi Claude! As you probably know, the contents of the WIMA website were merged into IMSLP a couple of years ago. Links that point to the old website are not really broken, unless the edition was not imported into IMSLP for some reason. Taking Morirò, cor mio (Mogens Pedersøn) as an example, the files could be easily located at imslp:Madrigali a cinque voci, Libro 1 (Pedersøn, Mogens). Linking to the old WIMA website at the Wayback Machine is a valid alternative, but linking to IMSLP guarantees that the user will download the most up-to-date version of that file. It's up to you. Regards, —Carlos (talk) 12:41, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

How could a user know that, searching 'Moriro, etc', then seeing on the list that such title can't be read on the page shown after our link, it has to click elsewhere, on other tabs, words, etc. Which number of clicks do you think is a maximum to say it's not a broken link. Why didn't you (or any other admin) correct these 'not-broken-but-marked-as-broken' links, since years? Hmm? Claude (talk) 13:03, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

Hey Claude, take it easy. I'm not saying that what you did is wrong. I totally agree that after WIMA's merger into IMSLP it's now harder to find the works. But if one is going to fix things, what is the best alternative? That's what I'd like to discuss. I have myself corrected several WIMA links to point to the proper IMSLP page. Depending on the copyright license used on WIMA, copying their files locally would be yet another alternative. —Carlos (talk) 14:17, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

I just meant that no, "the files could" NOT "be easily located at"... Just reverted my edit to show everybody how easy it was. What is the link to the 'partbook format'? Claude (talk) 15:06, 10 November 2015 (UTC)