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Just a picky copyediting comment:

"one of the few (paintings) that the legendarily distractable Leonardo da Vinci completed in his lifetime," might suggest that da Vinci completed some paintings after his lifetime. I doubt that's what the author intended to say. Also, my spellchecker suggests "distractible". Smallbones_(smalltalk) 13:54, 31 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That second sentence about the ISIS article HAS to be re-written, since as written it states Obama executed Foley! Orange Mike | Talk 14:11, 31 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That sentence bothered me; thanks for pointing it out. Serendi ^pod ous 15:52, 31 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"Rock music, pretty much by definition, includes an electric guitar, bass guitar and drums": so much for Little Richard! I guess that's why he fired Hendrix—he didn't want to "go rock"! Curly Turkey ⚞¡gobble!⚟ 00:04, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Let's be honest. "Rock music" is a perennially difficult item to define. :-) Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 02:15, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I thought something else was wrong with Stephen Hawking. How is he still alive?— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 15:51, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
To editor Serendipodous: Glad to see you back to work. Your writing is appreciated. Chris Troutman (talk) 03:25, 3 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]