User:Sortior

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Igor Stravinsky (17 June 1882 – 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor, considered to be one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century. He studied under Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov until his death in 1908. Soon after, Stravinsky met the impresario Sergei Diaghilev, who commissioned the composer to write three ballets for Ballets Russes: The Firebird (1910), Petrushka (1911), and The Rite of Spring (1913), the last of which caused a near-riot at its premiere in Paris. His compositional style varied greatly, being influenced at different times by Russian folklore, neoclassicism, and serialism. His ideas influenced Aaron Copland, Philip Glass, Béla Bartók, and Pierre Boulez, who were all challenged to innovate beyond traditional tonality, rhythm, and form. This photograph of Stravinsky in the early 1920s is from the collection of the American photojournalist George Grantham Bain.Photograph credit: Bain News Service; restored by MyCatIsAChonk

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I finished up the city project, and the orphaned categories...so I am looking for a new project And as always am open to suggestions...

• Category:Shrines
• Category:Sideshow attractions
• Category:Circuses
• Category:College football teams
• Category:Commodity exchanges
• Category:Medical testing equipment
• Category:New York train stations
• Category:Creation stories
• Category:Abolitionists
• Category:State fairs
• Category:Fads

I spend lots of time categorizing...

• Horse racing categorizationCategory:Horse racing
• the world of Category:Circuses is wide open
• Category:College football is a mess
• fix Category:Illinois state highways
• fix Category:European Union member states

• Pictures for LA Class submarinesCategory:Los Angeles class submarines up to Baton Rouge
• standardize state subcategories-- this is on hold for now
• organize US regional culture... right now culture in the US is a mess
• organize the Catholic Church regions of the US especially dioceses
• fix ghost towns
• working on Category:Orphaned categories
• American Civil war is a categorization mess.... I'll work on that too...
• Fix prisons category.... this is a weird one
• Category:United States Navy monitors needs help
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Wiki Syntax
• I have the feeling that oceans, bays, seas et al need categorization...
• work on Category:Battles
• fix Category:Roman archaeological sites
• fix Category:Artillery
• fix Category:Chicago
• make Category:Veterinary medicine

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• Hi! Thanks for uploading the following images: *[[:Image:Decant01.jpg]] *[[:Image:Chäfärzte01.jpg]] I notice it currently doesn't have an [[Wikipedia:Image copyright tags|image copyright tag]]. Could you add one to let us know its [[copyright]] status? (You can use <nowiki>{{gfdl}} if you release it under the [[GNU Free Documentation License]], <nowiki>{{fairuse}} if you claim [[Wikipedia:Fair use|fair use]], etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just ''let me know [[User talk:Sortior|at my talk page]]'' where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Thanks so much. P.S. You can help tag other images at [[User:Yann/Untagged_Images]]. Thanks again.

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