[WikiEN-l] {{spoiler}} {{infoboxrequired}} and the root of the problem

[Marc Riddell]

> On Wed, 16 May 2007 11:53:09 -0500, "Charlotte Webb"
> <charlottethewebb at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Offhand I would suggest that being a pianist is trivial compared to
>> being a prime minister of Poland. However, the latter infobox should
>> remain.

on 5/16/07 5:20 PM, Guy Chapman aka JzG at guy.chapman at spamcop.net wrote:
> 
> Charlotte, in my view you'd be wrong.  Paderewski was hugely and
> internationally famous as a pianist, whereas his fame as a Prime
> Minister of Poland is largely limited to Poland - and the popularity
> which saw him elected was founded in part on his pianism anyway.
> 
> Seriously, I have 78s of Paderewski which were treasured possessions
> of my parents.

Guy,

Wonderful! I am a collector also, and the Paderewski recordings are among
the most treasured. History does, and always will, remember him as an artist
first!

Marc Riddell