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== today ==
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You do great work and I love it! Don't let Tony get to you. Ihre Arbeit ist grossartig. Weiter schreiben, eien lange Zeit. PS, I really liked the article about the church the communists blew up. ] (]) 11:50, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
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Sehr geehrte Gerda, I have a watch on your page since a few weeks ago. I approved and moved 167 to holding for June 24.] (]) 12:11, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
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::Keine Problem. Koennen Sie ueberpruefen DYK ]? Danke. ] (]) 12:14, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
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:::Later, yes, --] (]) 12:24, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
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::::See my talk page. Thanks so much! ] (]) 11:13, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
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We move from ] to ], with new calendar pictures and new music. The topic of Bach's chorale cantatas will keep me busy until 25 March, and then I want to focus on performances more generally, in history and in my experience. You can follow my daily stories, {{tl|User Gerda Arendt/Top|}}, often with an image and something to listen to: let's stay inspired and connected. --] (]) 05:57, 1 January 2025 (UTC)


] points at issues where I need help, such as reviews. Ongoing efforts regard locations that played a role in my life, ], music heard and sung, composers, gardens. Watch my user page for articles, done in collaboration. Compare ] for the amazing number of users who began and expanded articles. Thanks also to reviewers, and I do plan to review more and write less, and in writing, focus more on quality than the little daily article.
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2025 calender pics and musical events ], and the 2025 diary of my own pictures of places, songs, food, flowers ... ], - just watch those lists if you are interested.
=== Cherry Impact event barnstar ===


'''My talk goes like this''': on top there's the ] related to the day. Below are three or more boxes, often one for people remembered and others for musical experiences, performing or listening. In these boxes, topics related to the top story and topics featured on the Main page appear bold. Right here you see the ] with songs of the month, typically related to meetings with ]. I archive from time. --] (]) 06:25, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
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|style="vertical-align: top; color:#ffd700; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | '''I hereby award Gerda Arendt this Cherry Impact Event Award for the global impact your incredibly delightful sweetness and extraordinary talent brings to all of us!'''
. <font color = ffd700> &ndash; ] <small>]</font> </small> 07:01:00, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
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=== Standing Strong === == From 2024 ==
=== Women in Red January 2025 ===


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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | I saw this image and thought of you and all you've done to help PS and Khazar. You are a bastion of refuge when the storm clouds come in, and I for one would like to thank you. Don't worry about people talking behind your back - as they say, "sticks and stones". ] (]) 11:13, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
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=== uh, a ''tree'' for you ===

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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Hi, Gerda. I was editing ], and it has this nice tree photo from the "Komani neighborhood", so I figured it should be seen more. Enjoy. ] (]) 15:55, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
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:I do, I love trees! --] (]) 15:59, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

=== A barnstar for you! ===

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:Thank you! My pleasure, for a change: „Keep on Knocking“, „Sad Song“, „Free“, „Drag on Forever“, „Just What I Needed“ - just what I needed, --] (]) 19:26, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

=== The Mandarax Barnstar of Excellence ===

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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | I am pleased to award this '''MBE''' to you in recognition of your outstanding work on Misplaced Pages. Your numerous DYKs have achieved the noble goal of highlighting culture on the Main Page. Your work with other users is exemplary, and you're one of the nicest Wikipedians, always supporting and encouraging other users. Thanks for all of your superb contributions! ]&nbsp;<span style="color:blue">•</span>&nbsp;] 19:14, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
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:Thank you! - I was tempted to say "Blushing", but every time I say so the user is gone a week later, I don't want to miss you also ;) --] (]) 19:19, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
:ps: I would like to share this award with my ], the incarnation of selfless service to this project ;) --] (]) 09:15, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
::Your not saying it seems to have worked – it's been a week and I'm still here! I just finished my latest article (my first in a long time). It's about an ] who was born and raised in Germany and was very interested in music. For ''some'' reason, that made me think of you.... ]&nbsp;<span style="color:blue">•</span>&nbsp;] 22:01, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
:::I didn't say it, as much as I was tempted! - Thanks for staying with me, and for the article! --] (]) 23:25, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

:::: Knock on wood, as I blushed as well recently ;) ] is still facing extinction while the Mans parking was guided so well to DYK by our fairy maiden - Glückauf ] (]) 10:23, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
:::::You found #1, I blushed three more times, --] (]) 10:25, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

=== First ever Wiki Angel Award ===

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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | Gerda, es macht mich glücklich, dir den ersten Wiki Angel Award geben. Du bist ein true Wiki Angel und feine Dame.] ] 18:13, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
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=== Your ] nomination of ] ===
* This is awesome ... wish I would have thought of it. :) — <small><span class="nowrap" style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:1px;"><b>]</b> : ]</span></small> 18:26, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
The article ] you nominated as a ] has been placed on hold ]. The article is close to meeting the ], but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See ] and ]&nbsp;for issues which need to be addressed. <!-- Template:GANotice result=hold --> <!-- Template:GANotice --> <small>Message delivered by ], on behalf of ]</small> -- ] (]) 00:24, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
::Thank you!!! (blushing again, see above) --] (]) 18:32, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
: ], thank you for the thorough review. I understand that in order to make Bach's chorale cantatas a good topic, this cantata - as part of it - has to be a good article, and I am willing to put work into it to make it so. However, right now I'm working simultaneously on several others with the same goal, and they require less work. I see me getting to serious changes for BWV 8 after the others, which will be in February. (The only one written later, BWV 1, is already a FA.) I'll make small changes now, perhaps today, but will then have to ask if the nom should remain open for longer or be closed and started over when I'm ready. Y'all: any help with this one and the others - making changes or reviewing - is welcome, see above, ]. --] (]) 08:06, 29 December 2024 (UTC)


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Gerda, I was asked to help on this because it failed draft review. I added a few sources, but thought maybe you would like to take this on as it is about a hymn composer. Best.] (]) 03:57, 29 December 2024 (UTC
... with a pretty picture, but I'm lazy so instead you'll have to settle for text" Barnstar
: I am interested, and thank you for thinking of me, but I have a few things I want to handle first, - just look above. --] (]) 07:57, 29 December 2024 (UTC)


=== Graham87 ===
Hi Gerda,


Did you read ]? With one of your photos: ]. I've already sent him encouraging words. ] (]) 11:16, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
I saw your note on my talk page. Thanks for the kind words, and for being so refreshingly pleasant and un-bitter all the time. An inspiration to us all. I'm sure I'll see you around eventually, but probably won't be for a while yet. Enjoying my time away. Cheers. --] (]) 20:56, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
:I enjoy refreshing apparitions, also I am in a good mood, after singing ] for more than two hours, --] (]) 21:08, 24 June 2013 (UTC) : I had no time, thank you for pointing at it. I don't see a photo though. - Ah, in the overview, playing Haydn on ] piano --] (]) 13:07, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
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A Halloween present from ] on my eighth anniversary. Best wishes. ] (]) 09:28, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

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:nice comment, peace maker - I pass free treats today, Reformation, even the ] got a pumpkin + ], --] (]) 09:32, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
::] GA ;) --] (]) 22:44, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

== Some baklava for you! ==

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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | I'm not by there very often, but today I saw the recent kerfluffle at AN/I and thought you could use some sweets. Lest you think this is all selfless, though, I brought a second fork. Care to split it? -- ] (]) 02:33, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
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Thank you, sweet of you, - I would share with ] first if his doctors allow. Day by day I hope the thread autoarchives (havn't looked today), - I am sure his doctors allow no stress ;) . Did you see the list of 18 discussions "drowning" a project? - Everybody who takes an unbiased look is welcome to share the baklava! --] (]) 10:58, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

==Infobox request==
Work your magic, if you have a few minutes: ].--] (]) 23:55, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
:Done. Did you know that Simeon is among ]? --] (]) 10:41, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

== Infoboxes clarification request archived ==

Hi Gerda, the infoboxes clarification request in which you were named as a party has been closed and ]. The Committee clarified that acting on behalf of a restricted user to breach a restriction is ] and so is not permitted. For the Arbitration Committee, ''']''' (] • ] • ]) 00:39, 30 October 2013 (UTC)
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], which is ] says {{tq|"Wikipedians in turn are not permitted to post or edit material at the direction of a banned editor (sometimes called proxy editing or proxying) '''unless they are able to show that the changes are either verifiable or productive and they have independent reasons for making such edits'''"}} (my emphasis). <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">]</span> (<span class="nickname">Pigsonthewing</span>); ]; ]</span> 11:38, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

==DYK for Jahrhundertring==
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Really glad to see this cultural milestone make it into the encyclopedia and onto the front page too. Well done! ] (]) 03:19, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
:Thank you, see ] :) --] (]) 08:51, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

== nothing secret here ==

Hello Gerda, nice to meet you. Are you really the Notorious Infoboxen WikiCriminal that has been terrorizing the music articles? :-) &nbsp; As you can see from my first posting on AGK's talkpage, up above the duromac thing, I am *also* a notorious wikiCriminal. Or at least, notoriously silly (AGK blocked me -- then later unblocked me -- when they mistook one of my not-all-that-funny jokes over on the Bishzilla talkpage).
{{collapse top | But then I'm a friend of ], also no real name but heart and reason.}}
But my ''actual'' question for you is this -- I did not really understand your reply to me.

:: ''(watching) Simply thank you! (I would use the button, but it doesn't work for IP. Also there's nothing secret here.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:06, 13 November 2013 (UTC)''

Well, okay, I understood the watchlist part, and the thank-you part. You are surely welcome. <bows>

But what button and what secret thing are you referring to? I do login as an IP, of course (you can call me 74 if you like), but ] has registered a pseudonym; they are the one submitting the article, not me. Maybe the link to the 'secret' thing in my message was was confusing -- it is just a ] character, one of many not-very-notable-toys which has a long article in mainspace, badly in need of cleanup, and short on reliable sources. The pokeman-article is '''not''' related to the Duromac thing, directly, I was just using it as a metaphorical example of how wimpy our deletionist-standards are when something is 'popular' to some degree in the english-speaking-world. ] (]) 14:05, 13 November 2013 (UTC)

:74, nice to meet you! (Feels like ], no real name ;) - But then I'm a friend of ], also no real name but heart and reason.) - First: yes, I am the terrorizing witch, only nobody told me so far what that terror is, I see no evidence, hear only echoes of former wars. You enter a battleground: you are a warrior, - easy. ]: after gracing seven Schubert masses with an infobox I continued with Mozart, interesting story followed ;) - Now to your question: between registered users, there's a function where you simply click a button for an edit and have thanked the editor who made it, and it's more or less secret between the two. Sometimes I use it where I would not do it in public ;) - I wanted to thank you for your diligent research and the way to present it, I watch ] since ], ], - the former was more fun ;) --] (]) 16:22, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
:: Appreciate your thank-you, kind and gracious humanoid. 74 does count as a name of sorts; think of it as a ]. :-) &nbsp; Since I am an outsider, and have only heard rumors of the Dread Infoboxen Wars, you should take my nutshell explanation with a ] of salt...
:: &nbsp; The story seems to be, that some editors who are very particular about *appearances* (the visual layout of the article and the style of how wikipedia appears to the readership) ended up annoyed at infoboxen *generally* as too data-oriented or too formal or too something, long before your arrival. So, when you came along with your wikithusiasm for spreading tightly-summarized knowledge, these visually-oriented editors mistook your love of the readership, with a ]! <gasp> Personally, I never read the infoboxen, except in articles about chemicals, in which case I often *only* read the infobox-data. There is a new project, called WikiData, that has the potential to satisfy both yourself (e.g. there can be wikidata that the composer was born in YYYY that is easily accessible to readers *without* necessarily changing the page-layout) and the visually-oriented style-conscious editors; it is still in beta phase, and seeing the shape of what it will become is difficult at this point, but I have high hopes.
:: &nbsp; Anyways, what it boils down to, is an *artistic* argument about aesthetics: does the page LOOK COOLER without the infoboxen, or with the infoboxen? As with any argument about looking fashionable, there is always going to be more heat than light, more noise than signal, and so on. The arbcom decision to make infoboxen illegal, and you a notorious wikiCriminal, was a deeply flawed pragmatically-motivated attempt to keep talkpage decorum, to end the endless aesthetically-motivated edit-wars, and in general decide the fashion-question by fiat. The '''problem''' is that they ended up compromising our deepest principle, the encyclopedia anyone can edit, which boils down to Liberty. (The second, unstated, half of the principle was also run over with a tank: Liberty and wikiJustice for all.)

:: You can see the same kind of respect-my-authoritah problems elsewhere, with the ever-growing list of Arbitrarily Enforced Discretionary Sanction topics (which will soon cover half of mainspace), the ever-growing list of semi-protected pages (the encyclopedia only ] Contributors can edit), and in so many other ways. The rising authoritarianism is deadly to wikipedia... growth in active editor-count ceased years ago, and has been steadily declining since. WMF has proven they are unable to help us, so we have to solve this one ourselves. Part of the *motivation* for draconian pragmatic arbcom decisions that violate the-encyclopedia-anyone-can-edit, is purely and simply that no arbcom member, no admin, and few semi-admins-using-twinkle-huggle-stiki-reviewer-rollbacker-etc '''can spare the time''' to follow the five pillars. They are busy-busy, rushing from fire to fire, and there are no reinforcements coming, whilst the readership grows and grows and grows.

:: &nbsp; This busy-busy crap leads to brusqueness, template-spam on user talkpages, ban-hammer first then let somebody else sort out the bodies, and most damagingly to aristocratic cliques and an us-versus-them caste-system wikiCulture. Worst of all, it is a vicious cycle where we shoot ourselves in the foot, every single day: nobody spares the time to be nice to beginners, so they leave, wikipedia is no damn fun. That means we'll *never* get reinforcements, we'll *never* be less busy-busy, we'll *always* suffer from steadily declining ].
:: &nbsp; Okay, enough whining: I am quite sure the problems can be fixed. We need to have a vast influx of new blood, and the only way to do that is by making wikipedia fun again. I am forming a not-a-cabal, which will rule the wikiverse with the iron fist of friendlyism, and force wikipedians to enjoy themselves here whether they like it or not. You are cordially invited to join. :-) &nbsp; The not-a-cabal runs on a shoestring at the moment, holding brief meetings in the back alleys of the wikiverse on various user-talkpages, plus some of our agents have infiltrated the staid and prestigious halls of the ]... but with any luck soon the not-a-cabal agents (colloquially known as ] nazis) will be everywhere.
:: &nbsp; Our goal is simple: steady inexorable growth of editors that contribute at least 5+edits/month, from the current 31k-and-falling figure today, to one million for enWiki. The trick is to make sure they are 99% Good Eggs, which means we have to assume that at least 1% of humanity is basically good -- enWiki has a couple-few hundred million uniques per month in terms of readership, at the moment. My core assertion, and key assumption, is simply that way more than 31k of those people are Real Contributors; if we want them to stay, all we have to do, is simply to keep from driving them away.
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:: We get literally 1000 new editors every month! Problem is, we lose 1050 editors, every month; that *must* stop. Thanks for listening, and thanks for improving wikipedia. p.s. Upgrades, unofficial tutorial, and the 'official' helpdocs, too. ] (]) 13:21, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

:::Thank you for sharing elucidation! The infobox story ], did you know? --] (]) 15:39, 21 November 2013 (UTC)

==Infobox==
Thank you for your cogent arguments on infoboxes for ''all'' biographies, so the "look and feel" of Misplaced Pages extends to all people. The arguments against them for certain classes of people is just silly. I love the way you have collected their specious arguments. --] (]) 23:55, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
:Thank you, it's nice to feel understood ;) - did you vote? - ], the candidates speaking for themselves, --] (]) 00:02, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

{{collapse top | tale of the ironing lady}}
Gerda, apropos of ], why don't you simply add the parameter <code>needs-infobox = yes</code> to the {{tl|WikiProject Biography}} template on the talk page? It will put it directly into a category, where many more editors will see it, and it is more, shall we say, "straightforward" than . ] (]) 19:03, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

:I tried straightforward, {{diff|User talk:Newyorkbrad|582827350|582825231|here}} and {{diff|User talk:Roger Davies|583510030|583495087|here}}, - and your way might get someone in trouble without a warning, no? --] (]) 19:27, 8 December 2013 (UTC)
:ps: the {{diff|User talk:74.192.84.101|583889019|583870970|most straightforward story}} of where helping can get you is here, --] (]) 22:07, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

::Placing an article in ] is not, in my view, requesting proxy editing on your behalf (or more specifically Andy Mabbett's behalf in this case). It is simply stating a fact, "this article has no infobox". Any editor can act on it (or not) without "getting into trouble" after evaluating the article and without reference to the specific editor who added the article to the category. That is ''much'' more in keeping with both the spirit and the letter of your ArbCom restriction and subsequent clarification than going to an individual editor's page, giving them a ], and then following it up by informing them that you are looking for someone to make a proxy edit for you if they are "unafraid of arbcom sanctions". ] (]) 11:41, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

::: Thank you for pointing out the possibility of the talk page request which I didn't know. I would like to use it a lot, but who am I to say "needs an infobox", ever? I was told again and again that it's a content decision by the "principal author". I didn't mark the straightforward approach you mention above as humour, sorry, I thought it was obvious, - my only weapon in the battle against absurdity ;) - Who created ]? The one who formatted a machine translation? --] (]) 11:50, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
::::''"I would like to use it a lot, but who am I to say 'needs an infobox', ever?"'' I'm not following your reasoning at all, Gerda. Or perhaps you meant that humourously? Every time you suggest an infobox on an article talk page complete with a fully filled-in model for someone else to add (as you did at ], ], ], ], etc. etc.) you are saying the article needs an infobox. There's no difference between that and simply adding the "needs-infobox" parameter to a project banner instead. As for who created ], it was the person who made the red link turn blue by adding, formatting, and referencing a machine translation of the equivalent German Misplaced Pages article, i.e. . Best, ] (]) 13:39, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
:::::No. Possibly I have a language difficulty. "Needs" means - at least for me - a different thing than "I suggest". I believe that every article would we be better with an infobox, but to my (admittedly failing) memory I never said that an article needs one. - Failing memory: I remembered working on the Bruns article so well that I failed to check the history. - I stopped pointing out my restrictions on article talk pages: what would our readers think? - I suggested infoboxes for Andy more than for myself because I believe that his restriction - not to add infoboxes to his own articles as if he was in conflict with himself - is absurd. - On a hike, I thought that humour also helps a bit to ], --] (]) 14:33, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
::::::The clear ] to the reader of someone "suggesting" the addition of an infobox to an article and pasting a complete mock-up of it on the talk page is that in their view the article should have it. Otherwise, why on earth would they suggest one? On the other hand, the <code>needs-infobox = yes</code> parameter actually displays on the talk page as:
::::::'"An appropriate infobox '''may''' need to be added to this article."
::::::There is no essential difference between the two in terms of their implicature or in terms of the ] they encode, i.e. an indirect request for action. Trust me, I wrote a textbook for beginners on ] ]. Best, ] (]) 18:33, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
:::::::], thank you for clarifying and teaching! I would not have imagined that a parameter "needs an infobox" would translate to "may need to be added", which is more careful. But it's still not what I would say. No article "needs" an infobox. I show by an infobox on the talk page that '''in my view''' an article would be better with one, and I spare another user the time to design it. - I will try your approach on ], but first need to add substance to the article, - and I need to learn this language better ;) --] (]) 08:32, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

*Listeners/readers don't simply translate words into their literal meaning when interpreting language and acting on it. They make inferences as to what the speaker/writer <u>intended</u> by their utterance. Scenario: You walk into the kitchen where Signora Voceditenore is doing the weekly ironing. You have a wrinkled shirt in your hand and you'd like her to iron it for you because your landlord has forbidden you to use an iron yourself. You could say any of the following (in descending degrees of politeness/indirectness), but they would <u>all</u> be interpreted by the Signora as you basically requesting her to iron the shirt:
#I think this shirt would look better if it were ironed.
#I'm looking for someone to iron this shirt.
#I suggest ironing this shirt.
#This shirt needs to be ironed.
#Iron this shirt!
:The Signora will do one of two things. She will either iron the shirt or refuse to iron it, but she won't have misinterpreted your intention. There will be several factors which will influence her decision to comply. How you phrased the request is probably the least of them. ] ] (]) 13:15, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
::Nice scene! I play the role of the Signora now: I would iron the shirt if the request addressed me personally: "Can you please iron this shirt? I would do it myself but I am not allowed to ... You could help me.", and I might be quite deaf to the above ;) - Unfortunately, the parallel doesn't work, because on an article talk, I don't like to talk about my shameful "not allowed" (now it says even "ban"), and I can't address someone personally. When I say "I am looking for someone", I don't mean a specific person. - Please check the singer, there's more now. I will look for better sourcing for the recordings, copied from the Spanish Misplaced Pages. --] (]) 13:51, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
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== Thanks again! ==

Thanks much, Gerda, for the reprise of your award. It's refreshing and encouraging to encounter some kindness amidst the bellicosity, irrationality, and bigotry that I frequently encounter. ] (]) 12:02, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

== Hope is precious and great joy is found in living ==

Thank you for the sapphire—cornflower blue is a color of some significance to me.
In the maelstrom that Misplaced Pages can sometimes be, remember these words from ]:

Wem der große Wurf gelungen,
Eines Freundes Freund zu sein,
Wer ein holdes Weib errungen,
Mische seinen Jubel ein!
Ja, wer auch nur eine Seele
Sein nennt auf dem Erdenrund!
Und wer's nie gekonnt, der stehle
Weinend sich aus diesem Bund!

Walk lightly and remain yourself, above the fray. <font color="red">&rarr;</font>''''']]''''' 09:20, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
:Thank you, it helps to . - I sang the words last year, ], helping. The blue colour is also ]. --] (]) 09:28, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
:shop open --] (]) 12:43, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
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Yay :-) &nbsp; &nbsp; &mdash; ] (]) 03:16, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

== A barnstar for you! ==

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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Your efforts in creating and translating articles, here and elsewhere, is greatly appreciated. Thank you Gerda. ] (]) 20:47, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
{{font|size=17px|Hi {{BASEPAGENAME}}, Best wishes that the new year brings peace, good health and happiness.<br /> Thank you for what you do for the encyclopedia and this community. And a special thanks for sharing music and your lovely photos with me throughout the year.}}<br /><br />
{{font|size=13px|Image: New Year's Eve Foxfires at the Changing Tree, Oji, Utagawa Hiroshige, woodcut, 1857}}<br />
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: Thank you, still working on the last cantata for 2024, - will probably come over tomorrow with a photo or more tomorrow, to continue sharing. You can probably guess that the new calendar pics will be at ]--] (]) 15:23, 31 December 2024 (UTC)


== A barnstar for you! == === Thanks in 2024 ===
and a ]....]]
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:Thank you, both, you excellent writing team, - guess what, I even started attacked a ] today, or should I say four? --] (]) 21:37, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
:::*Magnificat, Magnificat, Magnificat, anima mea Dominum, Magnificat Magnificat Magnificat anima mea! ] (]) 00:53, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
::::*magnificent, --] (]) 08:56, 22 January 2014 (UTC)


== A barnstar for you! ==

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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | To you, Gerda Arendt, for your unswerving dedication to improving this wonderful 💕, and for encouraging clear thinking among your fellow editors. ] ] 07:39, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
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:"encouraging clear thinking", - I am actually crying now, thank you. - It will go in the selection "blushing", above. I remember winning an argument by "facts and myth", that was two years ago. --] (]) 07:46, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
::Well, you definitely make me think, and your comments restrain my tendencies to rush to judgment. And restraint is something worthy to be cultivated, don't you think? ] ] 08:12, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
:::I keep trying to encourage clear thinking (without having been able to word it that well), - Eric is ] ;) --] (]) 08:33, 14 February 2014 (UTC)

== Thank you ==

]
Thank you Gerda for your continued kindness and support. You are a super-duper Wikipedian and I'm proud to be working beside you!

<span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS,sans -serif"> — ] • ] • </span> 22:04, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
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:My pleasure! --] (]) 22:34, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

==The 100 DYK Nomination Medal==
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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | Gerda, to mark this new milestone. "Light as a flight of tumbling birds was the dipping and soaring of her syllables." ] (]) 00:06, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
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:Congratulations, Gerda! <font face="copperplate gothic light">] (])</font> 01:36, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

::HOORAY! Way to go! ]<sup>]</sup> 03:47, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

::: thank you, in light flight, --] (]) 07:19, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Well done!♦ ] 11:04, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
::Congratulations. Oh, my gosh. You were really working. I think I am at my 5th... ] (]) 12:25, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
:::I think you read that wrong, it's for nominations for others, something I am really proud of ;) --] (]) 12:31, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
::No, I meant what i said {{smiley}} ] (]) 12:49, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
:::You meant you are at your 5th nomination for someone else? --] (]) 12:51, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

== Cannot find your musician ==
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] blows his horn (1911) by ], from ''Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods'' by ]]]
Dear Gerda. Good morning! Thank you for <s>correcting</s> removing my indent.<br /><u>Re-</u> ''"- Again a musician who's article I wrote died, see my user page. - "'' you will have to lead me to the name, please. Much searching to no avail. <strong>— &#124; ] &#124;<small>]</small>]&#124; —</strong> 11:00, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
:Ah, I see, I cleaned my user page for Lent, no cantata music then ;) - and ] came , --] (]) 11:13, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
::Thanks. English and 83. I had been anticipating a younger person. <strong>— &#124; ] &#124;<small>]</small>]&#124; —</strong> 11:20, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

::: Some of the others were English and old also, (in the order of creation:) ], ], ], ], ], and this is not counting those whom I created because they died, --] (]) 12:15, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

::::Hello Gerda/Gareth. Am unable to find any date for Anna's marriage to ]. But apparently they met at ] where they then lived until the end of their lives. ] (]) 12:31, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
:::::Good evening {{U|Martinevans123|Martin}} Odd that,isn't it? <strong>— &#124; ] &#124;<small>]</small>]&#124; —</strong> 22:59, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
::::::...well, no, that sounds pretty normal for old "]". ] (]) 23:03, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
:::::::Hmm. Seems we cannot keep one of ], ], out of this thread. <strong>— &#124; ] &#124;<small>]</small>]&#124; —</strong> 23:19, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
::::::::::Wait a minute. My predecessors made ] not opera. ] (]) 00:13, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

Waking up to a horn call: thank you, blowers! "Weiche, Wotan, weiche", as ] explains, means: "'Be careful, Wotan, be careful.' She then bears him eight daughters." - Please look at the discussion on Dick's talk and tell me what you think of it (and the image). (In real life, I have a friend called Dick who plays horn.) --] (]) 08:00, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
:Am I being dense?{{mdash}}Who is "Dick"?<br />(]) Blowers is my nickname for {{wink}} <strong>— &#124; ] &#124;<small>]</small>]&#124; —</strong> 10:18, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
::What is dense? (in this sense) - There's a link with Dick above (the one "very brave, very strong, very handsome, very stupid", even pictured), and a discussion on the talk. I had a lot of fun discussing, but it's possibly what got me the reputation of "battleground". What do you think? --] (]) 11:46, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
:::Sorry, I mean slow-witted. I thought you were referring to {{U|Martinevans123|Martin's "Dick the Ring"}} above! <strong>— &#124; ] &#124;<small>]</small>]&#124; —</strong> 12:41, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
::::You must be really slow-witted, because yes I was, not to him, to his Dick (to make things worse, trying to stay serious), --] (]) 12:46, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
:::::... and to make matters worse, it was I who posted the '' picture'' yesterday ... {{wink}} <strong>— &#124; ] &#124;<small>]</small>]&#124; —</strong> 12:52, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
::::::Thank you! Back to the my question: How do you like the discussion? - I am looking for someone brave (or stupid) to add an infobox to ] (]), because it's creator whom I would normally ask is absent (you saw his memory on top of the page - link from "just", the cemetery article was written with Paco in mind), --] (]) 13:07, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
:::::::I understand fully.<br />I enjoyed the reading the discussion.<br />I have noticed that more often than not, the two adjectives combine to read ''... for someone brave AND stupid to ...''<br />Do you have anyone in mind, I wonder('''?''') <strong>— &#124; ] &#124;<small>]</small>]&#124; —</strong> 13:22, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
::::::::You mean in mind for category "brave and stupid"? No. None of my esteemed page watchers. Brave? No, not in mind, but we will see. Did you know ]? ... dropping glove among the ], --] (]) 13:31, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

Done. - Next glove, same history (absent friend started, I continued and completely forgot): ], infobox and warning on the talk, --] (]) 22:55, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
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== FA congratulations ==

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Just a quick note to congratulate you on the promotion of ] to FA status recently. I know you know all about ] and ], so this is just a reminder to use them as and when suits you. Many thanks. ]] 10:27, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
:: Thank you, your comment makes me even prouder! Date for this one: the centenary of the first performance is 20 May, but it was written for Pentecost, performed on various dates whenever that was. It would make more sense to me to have it on Pentecost, 8 June, nothing pending yet. What do you think? --] (]) 10:38, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
::: Sounds good. We might have a religious weekend with ] the previous day to mark the new bishop's enthronement. ]] 10:55, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
:May I add my warm congratulations, dear Gerda? Excellent news, and thoroughly merited. ] (]) 10:29, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
:: Thank you, Tim, for support in general and diligent spotchecks, unafraid of German, in particular, --] (]) 10:38, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
Can I add my congrats to the above? A thoroughly deserved and welcome addition to our FAs! - ] (]) 09:57, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
:Sure, thank you for good ideas in the peer review, --] (]) 10:21, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

== An award for you! ==

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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | A hearty congratulations on promoting ], your first solo effort and success at FA. It's lovely to see and I'm glad to see your hard work has paid off!! Hope to see many more at FAC. ♦ ] 10:34, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
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:Thank you! Thank you for the award (but could we have the young Bach image from the article, even if disputed?)! Thank you also for a GA review that thawed a ]. I plan more, but slowly so, always telling another section of his life, certainly ], his second in Leipzig, for June 2015. Or should I try ], test piece for Leipzig, in between? --] (]) 10:48, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
::{{like}} ]<sup>]</sup> 02:35, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

Granted! A long term goal could be to get all of the articles up to GA at least. I'm planning a similar thing with Academy Award winning films. Haha although there's rather a LOT of cantatas to do... Maybe 5-10 GAs and 3 FAs would be a better short term goal.. Happy to review any of them, although I might have to ask you to review a few of mine!♦ ] 12:17, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

: Thank you, refreshing. I didn't count the GAs, several, including the two mentioned above. More long term: one of the chorale cantatas (second cycle, perhaps ]), then ] from the third cycle, ], ]. Short term: improve ] and ]. Another small goal: have consistent infoboxes for the articles for which I was the major contributor, missing in ] (discussed ]), I need help. (I don't know if I will live to see a long-term goal achived: a consistent appearance for the readers.) As for reviewing in return: I happily read and comment in PR and FAC (see ]), but leave GA to others. --] (]) 13:30, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

And my long term related goal could be to blue link all the red links in the cantata articles :-]♦ ] 14:11, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

: That would be a never-ending task, because once they grow there will be more. Did you see that I "blued" three myself for this one, two publishers and a hymn? A list of all the hymns that Bach used, as cantata movements or chorale preludes, might be another goal, - with many red links first. --] (]) 14:22, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

::I hadn't noticed, nope. Well, I don't think we'll ''ever'' run out of topics to write about on here...♦ ] 18:50, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

::: Not ''ever'', agreed. I added the fact that Bach composed cantatas in Weimar to his article, - it wasn't mentioned so far. --] (]) 18:58, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

== ] for ] ==

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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | Congratulations! You have been awarded the ] for your work from beginning to end on ''']'''. ] <small>(] / ] / ] / ] / ])</small> 14:55, 13 March 2014 (UTC)
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:Thank you! --] (]) 14:58, 13 March 2014 (UTC)
::Jauchzet, frohlocket! Loud cheers. ] (]) 21:28, 13 March 2014 (UTC)
::::Hooray! ]<sup>]</sup> 18:15, 14 March 2014 (UTC)

:::I wanted to thank everyone in the great team to achieve this individually, but do it here, going on vacation, with sporadic access, - take care! --] (]) 23:21, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

Congrats on getting this article through FA and a well-deserved FOUR award...just to let you know, you can put a little top icon for FA, GA, and Four on your user page by posting somewhere on your user page:
* For the FA star: <nowiki>{{FA user topicon|article_name=Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten! BWV 172|date=13 March 2014|icon_nr=1}}</nowiki>
* For the FOUR award: <nowiki>{{Top icon|imagename=Four Award.svg|wikilink=Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten! BWV 172|description=This user earned a Four Award for work on Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten! BWV 172.|icon_nr=1}}</nowiki>
Just don't forget to change the "icon_nr=" parameter as needed. Good Job, Gerda. I very much enjoy your continued work on the Bach Werke and other musical gems.--] (]) 22:04, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

: Thank you! I will have one top icon, ] in the group "who have just given up", - all FAs are mentioned below, some in the infobox ;) --] (]) 04:54, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

== re Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties ==

Thank you for your kind words about '']''.

I'm not really participating much these days at DYK stuff, so I'll respectfully defer to the community about that.

Yes, I nominated ] to TFAR, I think it's most educational for our readers in light of recent films '']'' and of course '']''.

Thanks again for your kind encouragement of my quality improvement projects,

&mdash; ''']''' (]) 22:37, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

:Thank you. DYK activity or not, some people think if someone said something negative about another living person, that is a fact that ], especially if it fills the news, --] (]) 05:17, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

=== BWV 172 ===

Thank you for the lovely note and I am sorry for my slow response: I'm a bit snowed under. I will try to have a look at ] but I am not sure I am equal to the job!

You realize I'm going to have to go off and listen to 172 now, don't you? Thank you! :)

In other news, (a) have you seen ]? It claims to have been inspired by Zweig. We enjoyed it! and (b) just to boast, my brass band was playing outside ] yesterday for the women priests 20Y thing - it was fantastic!

Cheers ] (]) 18:43, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

:Thank you, love all of it, sorry, didn't see Budapest Hotel, but remember staying in ], --] (]) 18:46, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
:ps: attended evensong in St. Paul's, thought of it writing ], - BWV 172: three trumpets & timpani, no strings, unusual! --] (]) 18:49, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
::Unusual but fabulous! :) ] (]) 18:52, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
:::Erm - NO strings?? I am worried that I have missed the point here. I'm just listening and it's v nice but I hear fiddles. (Suzuki vol. 7) Please enlighten me ] (]) 19:01, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
::::Only movement 3. There's a table with scoring in the article, is that comprehensible? --] (]) 19:13, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
:::::AHA! I was too impatient listening. Yes, the table is fine thanks and so is no. 3! :) Lovely. ] (]) 19:19, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
::::::] performed it in 2000, along with ], bassist was a brother of ] ;) --] (]) 19:25, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
:::::::Lucky you! What a gorgeous piece, eh? With a mixture of shame and delight I admit I didn't know it - which is terrible, but great! I've listened to it a LOT since last night. Did you hear AS on R3 the other night? He was great and they played some stuff in which he sang low - which was a surprise, and worked pretty well. I'd still rather he stayed Up There but this was interesting to hear too. ] (]) 09:18, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
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== Structure of compositions ==

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Hello, Gerda! I've read both ] and ] and was about to do the same with ]. Do you think I should create a new article or should I embed a wikitable in Canto Ostinato? I'm already doing some tests at ]. ] (]) 22:05, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
:You can embed it without the article getting too long, and you are in no conflict with yourself ;) - For The Creation, I created jumping back and forth from one article to the other. There are more, ] and ]. The last has the most advanced table, thanks to ], --] (]) 22:16, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
:: The table is ] is indeed very good. I don't think my table is going to get that complex at all. Thank you. :) ] (]) 22:59, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
:::It's because the piece is indeed very good and complex ;) - Working on ], --] (]) 23:18, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
::::That looks awesomely complex. Congratulations. :) ] (]) 00:12, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
:::::That's the beginning (based on German, so far I didn't do much), my Lenten project, no cantatas during Lent, did you know? - Different question: what do you think of {{diff|Polish Requiem|597019704|596987919|this}}? --] (]) 07:10, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
::::::I honestly thought that decision was unwarranted when I first read it. Did he give you any kind of explanation? I don't know how the Arbitration Committee functions. ] (]) 09:01, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
:::::::The arbitration committee functions like this: people disagree on a topic, let's say infoboxes. Arbitration tries to diminish the conflict, in this case they found the easy solution to restrict two very active contributors in the field, ] and me. Andy can't add any infobox, I can add one only to articles which I created. Let's better not discuss if these restrictions make any sense, or help our readers. They sure help protecting articles from infoboxes, up to a certain point. I had honestly forgotten that I had not "created" - in the strict sense the arbitrators understand - ]. (I was the main contributor, back in 2010.) You are not restricted ;) --] (]) 09:20, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
::::::::I can reinstate it later in the day, don't worry about that. :) However, I don't know what to do if it gets taken down again. ] (]) 10:03, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
:::::::::Then it'd be a matter to coming to a consensus on the talk page—if it's a classical page, though, the consensus could possible show up from "nowhere" to ensure the consensus stays on one side, though that doesn't ''always'' for them (see ]). ]&nbsp;(]) 10:47, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
::::::::: (ec) No, don't do that, you would be ] ;) - no, just add a short infobox to every article YOU create, simply "composer (pictured if possible) / genre / time of composition", giving readers an idea at a glance that some strange Hungarian or Polish title is a composition (could be a book, play, you name it) of a certain time, --] (]) 10:56, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
::::::::: ps: Some think that classical music is against infoboxes, that is wrong. There are editors who believe that biographies should be without them (typical argument: we won't box Bach, - as if his spirit was damaged if we mentioned his data of birth and death). Compositions, however, have had infoboxes at least since 2007, not much contention there. Look at my latest FA (just above) and all the structure articles (guess why I had to write them as separate articles), --] (]) 13:23, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
:::::::::: I can add them, but it usually takes me more time IRL than it should. Is there a tool (a form-like tool, maybe?) to add them more easily? ] (]) 13:23, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
::::::::::: Once you have one for a composer, with his image, copy from one work to the next. More formally: {{tl|infobox musical composition}}, with some basic parameters on top, complete below. Keep it simple ;) <small>(I am not restricted to add parameters to an existing infobox.)</small> --] (]) 13:41, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
:::::::::::: Perfect, I will try to add infoboxes not only in new articles, but also in some others that I've created but in which I haven't placed an infobox yet. Please, be patient with me and chastise me if you ever need to. Thank you very very much, Gerda! ] (]) 00:18, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
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::::::::::::: The one thing I learned on Misplaced Pages was patience ;) --] (]) 00:24, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

==Thanks for your efforts!==
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:Interesting, - I thought I got all the credit that I deserve, from infoboxes criminal and battlefield warrior to angel and excellence (just open "blushing" above). But thank you! --] (]) 15:33, 31 March 2014 (UTC)


:Giving is better than receiving. Happy New Year. ] (]) 20:56, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
== ] ==
:: Thank you, great helper all around, for example the latest RD for which I had no time due to real life! - I wonder about the ratio of (lazy) click-thanks to real typed thank-you notes, and hope that I can offer more of the latter kind. --] (]) 21:00, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
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Hi Gerda, there's a question over at ] on which you may be able to advise, although I realise it's not really your kind of ! ] (]) 19:43, 31 March 2014 (UTC)


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: Hardness - both sound and personal - is fine as a translation, they found that ;) --] (]) 20:27, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
== Your ] nomination of ] ==
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== New compilation of cello music from Venice ==
::Yes I think they did. Surprised we have no article yet for ]! ] (]) 21:06, 31 March 2014 (UTC)


Good morning Gerda, have you already seen ? Some composers such as Rita Stroh already have WP articles, but there might be more in this compilation from Venice. - Best wishes for a great New Year. ] (]) 08:19, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
:::... '']''?? In our papers today: ! ] (]) 21:40, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
: Thank you, interesting! I'm behind with some topics that are related to anniversaries, but then - in a few months - I'll look! --(forgot to sign yesterday) ] (]) 11:19, 5 January 2025 (UTC)


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:::: better ], working on St John. They blew up the Paulinerkirche, see above, what do we expect? Respect? - How would you describe the difference between hard and tough? --] (]) 21:45, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
== ITN recognition for ] ==


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:::::: Blobel came up in Paulinerkirche already, - the Bach talk was highly active a year ago, a friend left, ], sad, --] (]) 21:56, 31 March 2014 (UTC)


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== ITN recognition for ] ==
:::::::: Really. Reading it again: a lot of truth. And only ]. - But there's the ], --] (]) 22:06, 31 March 2014 (UTC)


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== Your ] nomination of ] ==
:::::::::: That's the mass we'll sing for Easter,- how did you know. We - the group pictured in my infobox. (Did you know who cropped the image for me?) --] (]) 22:23, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
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== ITN recognition for ] ==
:::::::::::Haha. Wow, just the alignment of ], I guess! But do ] ... ] (]) 22:30, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
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: no, ] comes to mind, and ], --] (]) 20:32, 4 April 2014 (UTC)


== call for collaboration ==
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:::::Thank you, also for the exquisite cake. (moved beautiful image, - no image under a header for me please, even if ], and no more sighs, you saw "he who speaks a word of consolation" on my user page) --] (]) 06:28, 5 April 2014 (UTC)


::*Why no images under a header, little angel? ] (]) 13:14, 5 April 2014 (UTC) * {{y}} ] needs attention to appear among the Recent deaths, ]. --] (]) 09:03, 8 January 2025 (UTC)


== ITN recognition for ] ==
::::Formally: it was in the ], perhaps still is, makes sense to me: after a heading, the reader's eye is used to find text from left to right, doesn't "want" to travel to the right for the start. To see the difference: compare any of ] to the last one, --] (]) 13:32, 5 April 2014 (UTC)


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==DYK for St John Passion structure==
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Excellent work, future FA, mark my words!!♦ ] 20:00, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

== Reviewing ColonelHenry's articles ==

I see you are . Please, please ensure that you verify that the reference sources actually say what is attributed to them; this is one of the key problems already identified, that the content of the article does not match the reference sources. ] (]) 14:07, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
: I am done for now, I checked the articles I know well, translated one of them today and have other things to do. --] (]) 14:10, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
] and ] I passed for GA. I looked into most of the sources and thought they were fine. It comes as a great shock that CH would do anything disruptive. I'd be very surprised if after all of his articles were checked that they were all hoaxes. ♦ ] 05:53, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
: ] is a great article, on a red link by me ;) - also a great title, --] (]) 06:03, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
: ps: the first time "disruptive" was applied to me, I felt honoured. (I don't remember what it was, perhaps scheduling TFA, - I did that once.) - Did you know there's ]? I think it was also ] pointing out that disruption is good for creating something new. Generally; I am rather ] than those who protect a status quo as if it was something sacred, --] (]) 06:15, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
: my memory worked: it was not the TFA scheduling (which was uneventful, thanks to Bencherlite's help, in the memorable time of anarchy after Raul had left), but an early Opera discussion, when I had added (in the process of developing {{tl|infobox opera}}) an infobox to an actual opera to try it out, ]? (I love the last example of the template, with the "self portrait" of a famous editor) --] (]) 21:07, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

==TFA==
Thank you. I'm working on ] at the moment, but the rail is next in line (plenty of time before next April!) <font face="chiller"><font color="red"><b>] - </b></font></font><font face="arial"><font color="green">]</font></font> 06:52, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
: Touching. Matches the DYK author so well, who some think didn't even exist. I wrote ] when ], sadly one of my most useful articles, - see just above, to the memory ... --] (]) 06:58, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

==DYK for Karl Ludwig Gerok==
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==Invisible Rail==
Thanks, I've just found a major article on breeding too <font face="chiller"><font color="red"><b>] - </b></font></font><font face="arial"><font color="green">]</font></font> 11:22, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
: Lovely, - ] discussing birds, and language, back then ;) --] (]) 11:49, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

== Thanks for the thanks, Ch. 2 ==
Thank you, ], for your very kind words on my talk page.

Yesterday I was reading with interest about the cathedral in Hildesheim, and was amazed at the story of its legendary 1,000-year-old rose bush. Perhaps that would make a DYK nomination? ] (]) 13:29, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
:Both articles were made for the purpose (see ]) and appeared ] the last two days ;) --] (]) 13:33, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
:::''Oh!'' Where was I on May 10? Nice work.
:::My sister in Colorado was worried about her roses due to a late-spring snowstorm, so yesterday I sent her a link to ] and said, "I think there's hope for your roses." A pic she took of one of them a couple years ago can be seen here. ] (]) 14:31, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
::::Tell ], who translated, - I only looked for refs ;) --] (]) 14:35, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
:::::{{done}} ] (]) 15:12, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
:::::: Your rose, ] and ] would love it. You will find some from our area there, --] (]) 15:18, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
:::::::::I see a lot of dogs. ] (]) 00:15, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
:::::That one, I say is a ], and if the snowstorm comes just put a common paperbag ower them, {{U|Sca}} and they will be just fine. Tea-roses are a bit delicate, but it worth growing them since they are so gorgious. ] (]) 17:46, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
::::: Gerda sells her contribution short! Glad that you enjoyed the article and glad to have been part of bringing it to you! I hope the wilted roses regrew. ] (]) 20:36, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
:::::: I came across the next ] but will return to ], "Ich steh hier und singe" ;) --] (]) 20:42, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
:::::::''Wahrscheinlich kannst du nicht anders.'' <small>(Joke)</small> ] (]) 23:03, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
:::::::: {{diff|User talk:Gerda Arendt|572452077|572422854|Ich kann nicht anders}} ;) --] (]) 00:01, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

== Too kind ==

Thank you so much Gerda - you are too kind. I am blushing. :) ] (]) 20:03, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

== Help ==
]
This is almost ready. ]... Bur remember, when clear, you post it... OK, I need help. Because this reviewing makes me desperate. ] it is abourt thr German Saxons in Transylvania. But I am pretty nervous to give a green tick. Mainly because of the scandals with the DYKs lately, and I am not too knowledgeable about about DYK or the the content. Could you please step in as a co-reviewer, or single, I need help. Looks interesting, but makes me nervous, the hook, too-please...
Do you realise that they are seven articles to check? And people were making a lot of fuss about my refs, noew I am using thee monkey, <nowiki>.<ref>{{cite web|url=|title=|publisher=|accessdate=}}</ref></nowiki> but this I don't know anything about.
<nowiki><ref> at the UNESCO site</ref></nowiki>

Isn't this the bare URL people cry about? And {{U|Sagaciousphil‎}} is not here nowadays.. looks like it. {{U|Sca}}? Any interest in this? Feels like it would need more the one person, maybe two, three, four..
] (]) 15:09, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

: I told you what to do, no? (and that I have little time for this, - you can request another reviewer by using the red icon, you would still have done your review). Remember: not even two articles in one hook, let alone seven! and not such a boring hook! --] (]) 16:22, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
:Replied there as well, and see they are determined ... --] (]) 16:50, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

::Sigh. Thank you. I did the rev. for only one church, Biertan, and I said that I think it should be split. But if he wants that giant hook with severn churches.. How am I supposed to show that I do not agree with hook with the 7 churches? ] (]) 17:00, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
]
::: It's all fine. When I wrote the above I had not seen how determined they are. You did what you could, count that as a review - it is one - and mark with the red icon that more is needed, and nobody can expect you to do seven. --] (]) 17:10, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

:Hm, I didn't realize what a scandal I'd provoked. Sorry about that.
:As for ], I came to this via philately. During the League of Nations mandate, Saar issued a number of series of ] stamps that are quite expensive today, including one . Then, of course, there's the fact that such a deadly explosion usually gets included in an encyclopedia. So if you find the time and inclination, I think it would make for a nice (but sobering) article. - ] <small><sup>]</sup></small> 19:21, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
]
::No scandal, no need to be sorry ;) (But may be I don't understand "scandal".) - Just our taste for a hook is different, and yours is nothing compared to that on all the provinces of ] (some two-digit number, it didn't make it, and would have been extremely boring.) - I don't have extra time right now, too many of my own plans that I don't get to.. What do you think of proposing on project Germany? --] (]) 19:29, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

::OH, my God, is that blue thing an approved thing? I thoufght it was the green one...? I really am a new begginer. ] (]) 14:02, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

::: No God needed for simple learning: green is for all online citations your language, the other is an approval for all kinds of AGF, offline or a language you don't know. --] (]) 14:05, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
:::OOps, then no green for that one. ] (]) 14:49, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
:::*Now, how very green I am. ] (]) 14:59, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

::::: "My ], when I was green in judgment, cold in blood", --] (]) 21:38, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
:::::*Almost ready. Will you have it now or to next date? If you want that now, you can have it soon. ] (]) 20:11, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
::::::* The best day for the tree would be Easter 2015, the best day for a Remember not stub would be today, because it's on the German Main page ;) --] (]) 20:21, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
:::::::::*Well, then. ] (]) 20:33, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
::::::Sorry, button jump. ] (]) 15:23, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
::::::: No problem ;) --] (]) 15:25, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
::*]... ] (]) 01:08, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

== Thank you for the Sapphire ==

Hello, Gerda,

Thank you for the sapphire. If someone had awarded it, or something similar, to me along the way, I might have been encouraged to remain.

] (]) 16:32, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

:It's never too late for courage ;) - unless you die. Two women died recently, otherwise it's mostly men who don't have enough courage to stay, ]? --] (]) 16:38, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

==''Gothic''==
Have you seen the lavishly illustrated ''Gotik'' book, ed'd by Rolf Toman? I think you'd find it interesting. (I have the English trans. )) ] (]) 14:30, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

: Thanks for the hint, no, not yet. ] deserves an article, --] (]) 21:34, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

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==Invisible rail==
Missed your query, it's ''Trommelralle'' in German <font face="chiller"><font color="red"><b>] - </b></font></font><font face="arial"><font color="green">]</font></font> 05:18, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
: Thank you, - not for 1 April, then ;) - I guess I'll translate sooner, in my attempt to get the work of missed editors to German (]). At present on their Main page: ], --] (]) 05:47, 18 May 2014 (UTC)

==DYK nomination of Jesu, meine Freude==
] Hello! Your submission of ] at the ] has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath ''']''' and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! <!--Template:DYKproblem--> ] (]) 19:58, 18 May 2014 (UTC)

== The 500 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal ==


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==DYK nomination of Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott==
] Hello! Your submission of ] at the ] has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath ''']''' and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! <!--Template:DYKproblem--> ] ] 11:31, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

== ] ==

I see you noticed my edit to ]. I was listening to a recording by Hoffmann, and realized I didn't know anything about him. Come to find out, neither does Misplaced Pages (ok, Misplaced Pages knows a *little* about him). He wrote a Magnificat that was misattributed to J.S. Bach for most of the 19th-century (as BWV Anh. 21) if the liner notes of the CD (Pro-Arte CDD 185) are to be believed. Misplaced Pages doesn't mention this mis-attribution anywhere, either. Does researching this further appeal to you at all? If so, I'd love to collaborate with you on it (the composer and/or the work). Wishing you all the best! ] (]) 13:57, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
: It appeals, but I have to deal with a few other things first, see above ;) - "Bist du bei mir" not being by Bach but by Stölzel was one of the things I helped cleaning up, --] (]) 14:15, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
::Ok, thanks, and I perfectly understand. I'm going to create a stub on Hoffmann. If it pleases you to use your touch and turn it into something beautiful later, that would be wonderful. An article on the composition mistaken for Bach's, at a later point, will await your (or someone else's) imagination. All the best, and thank you again. ] (]) 16:09, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

== I have been clearing out the dross in my googlemail account... ==

...when I found I had messages unanswered from you. You have mail. ] (]) 14:31, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

== sigh ==

].. now what kind of article is this... And.. ] ] (]) 11:56, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

==]==
Hi, all I was saying was that we have to list the same DYK review criteria for all nominated articles. "New enough" and "sourcing checked by GA reviewer" are not enough. There's also "long enough", "at least 1 inline cite per paragraph", "no close paraphrasing", "hook ref verified and cited inline", and "QPQ done". GA and DYK reviews are not the same; we recently found close paraphrasing in a different GA nom. Best, ] (]) 21:17, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

: Please compare my other reviews (40+ this year on my user page), for example ]: I say what's missing (almost always, very few pass without such a comment) but not everything that's there. Now I could go and copy the above to the review, - would that really change anything? --] (]) 21:31, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
::I've just been noticing lately that BlueMoonset and others are asking for more detailed reviews so we know that everything's checked. I know it's a hassle, but it's a one-line formula that I can rattle off in my sleep: ''New enough, long enough, well referenced, no close paraphrasing seen, hook ref verified and cited inline, QPQ done. Good to go.'' ] (]) 21:44, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
:::Thanks. You deserve a barnstar for patience and good humor. ] (]) 21:58, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

== Checked. ==
]
Come, Holey Ghost, God and Lord, av ]. It say about the same thing, but does not take up the German and the English variations. But Swedish are not that interested in such things. ] (]) 18:30, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
: Thanks for checking. When was it translated to Swedish, by whom, title, when published, by whom? --] (]) 19:08, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
The "Psalm" (hymn) was translated to Swedish in 1567 (no author given) and was revamped 1816 by ].<ref> Oscar Lövgren , ''Psalm- och sånglexikon'' Luther, Martin, (1964), sp. 400</ref> It was reworked again 1983 by ] for the ]. (The Swedish hymnal from 1986)
The words from 1695 are (in translation):
:''Kom Helge Ande Herre Gudh''
:''Upfyll medh tine nåde godh''
:''The Christtrognas hierta hugh och siil;''(this is really old Swedish...)
] (]) 23:06, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

: Thank you, very helpful! It's also really old German, ], --] (]) 06:45, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
::So, you like it {{smiley}}? ] (]) 12:53, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
:::I like you checking, and the result, - have time til Pentecost to add ;) - you are an angel, dyk? Sad that PumpkinSky doesn't hand out Angel barnstars any more, you deserve one! "]" will hopefully be on the Main page, later today, but I'm off for now. --] (]) 13:01, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

==DYK for Jesu, meine Freude==
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}}<!-- Template:UpdatedDYKNom --> ] (] '''·''' ]) 14:13, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

== A kitten for you! ==

]
Just a note to thank you for your kind and unexpected words. Comments like those make it a lot easier to get through a session on Misplaced Pages.

] (]) 18:10, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
<br style="clear: both;"/>
: Thank you for brightening my day further! - The above DYK helped also, making my stance (Ich steh hier und singe = I stand here and sing) known to those who missed it ], - ] ;) --] (]) 20:37, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

== A barnstar for you! ==

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Latest revision as of 21:15, 9 January 2025

today

my story

Jean-Michel Defaye,
a pianist, arranger and conductor
known for his collaboration with poet
and singer-songwriter Léo Ferré,
composed pieces for trombone and piano
in the style of composers
from Vivaldi to Stravinsky.
watch
9 January 2025

(from User:Gerda Arendt/Stories)

memory and music

in memoriam
Mozart: de morte transire ad vitam
5 January · Tatort service
Marienkirche, Aulhausen
4 December 2024 · opera
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

archives

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2025 talk

story · music · places
Die Fliege

We move from 2024 to 2025, with new calendar pictures and new music. The topic of Bach's chorale cantatas will keep me busy until 25 March, and then I want to focus on performances more generally, in history and in my experience. You can follow my daily stories, {{User Gerda Arendt/Top}}, often with an image and something to listen to: let's stay inspired and connected. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:57, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

#call for collaboration points at issues where I need help, such as reviews. Ongoing efforts regard locations that played a role in my life, recent deaths, music heard and sung, composers, gardens. Watch my user page for articles, done in collaboration. Compare 2024 for the amazing number of users who began and expanded articles. Thanks also to reviewers, and I do plan to review more and write less, and in writing, focus more on quality than the little daily article.

2025 calender pics and musical events begin here, and the 2025 diary of my own pictures of places, songs, food, flowers ... will come here, - just watch those lists if you are interested.

My talk goes like this: on top there's the "story" related to the day. Below are three or more boxes, often one for people remembered and others for musical experiences, performing or listening. In these boxes, topics related to the top story and topics featured on the Main page appear bold. Right here you see the image of the month with songs of the month, typically related to meetings with friends who gave them to me. I archive from time. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:25, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

From 2024

Women in Red January 2025

--Lajmmoore (talk 17:49, 28 December 2024 (UTC) via MassMessaging

Your GA nomination of Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben, BWV 8

The article Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben, BWV 8 you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben, BWV 8 and Talk:Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben, BWV 8/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Aza24 -- Aza24 (talk) 00:24, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

Aza24, thank you for the thorough review. I understand that in order to make Bach's chorale cantatas a good topic, this cantata - as part of it - has to be a good article, and I am willing to put work into it to make it so. However, right now I'm working simultaneously on several others with the same goal, and they require less work. I see me getting to serious changes for BWV 8 after the others, which will be in February. (The only one written later, BWV 1, is already a FA.) I'll make small changes now, perhaps today, but will then have to ask if the nom should remain open for longer or be closed and started over when I'm ready. Y'all: any help with this one and the others - making changes or reviewing - is welcome, see above, #calling for collaboration. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:06, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

Draft:William Owen (composer)

Gerda, I was asked to help on this because it failed draft review. I added a few sources, but thought maybe you would like to take this on as it is about a hymn composer. Best.4meter4 (talk) 03:57, 29 December 2024 (UTC

I am interested, and thank you for thinking of me, but I have a few things I want to handle first, - just look above. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:57, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

Graham87

Did you read Misplaced Pages:Wikipedia_Signpost/2024-12-24/Opinion? With one of your photos: Misplaced Pages:Wikipedia_Signpost. I've already sent him encouraging words. Grimes2 (talk) 11:16, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

I had no time, thank you for pointing at it. I don't see a photo though. - Ah, in the overview, playing Haydn on Welte-Mignon piano --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:07, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

2025

 Have a happy New Year filled with light!

Hi Gerda Arendt, Best wishes that the new year brings peace, good health and happiness.
Thank you for what you do for the encyclopedia and this community. And a special thanks for sharing music and your lovely photos with me throughout the year.

Image: New Year's Eve Foxfires at the Changing Tree, Oji, Utagawa Hiroshige, woodcut, 1857

Netherzone (talk) 15:07, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, still working on the last cantata for 2024, - will probably come over tomorrow with a photo or more tomorrow, to continue sharing. You can probably guess that the new calendar pics will be at User:Gerda Arendt/Images 2025--Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:23, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

Thanks in 2024

The Special Barnstar
Happy New Year, Gerda Arendt! In 2024, other editors thanked you 1604 times using the thanks tool on the English Misplaced Pages. This made you the #3 most thanked Wikipedian in 2024. You were also the #2 most thankful Wikipedian in 2024, having used the thanks tool 2777 times. Congratulations and, well, thank you for all that you do for Misplaced Pages. Here's to 2025! Mz7 (talk) 19:23, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
Giving is better than receiving. Happy New Year. Grimes2 (talk) 20:56, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
Thank you, great helper all around, for example the latest RD for which I had no time due to real life! - I wonder about the ratio of (lazy) click-thanks to real typed thank-you notes, and hope that I can offer more of the latter kind. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:00, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Zwei Gesänge, Op. 1 (Schoenberg)

The article Zwei Gesänge, Op. 1 (Schoenberg) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Zwei Gesänge, Op. 1 (Schoenberg) for comments about the article, and Talk:Zwei Gesänge, Op. 1 (Schoenberg)/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of AirshipJungleman29 -- AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 15:01, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

New compilation of cello music from Venice

Good morning Gerda, have you already seen this article? Some composers such as Rita Stroh already have WP articles, but there might be more in this compilation from Venice. - Best wishes for a great New Year. Munfarid1 (talk) 08:19, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Thank you, interesting! I'm behind with some topics that are related to anniversaries, but then - in a few months - I'll look! --(forgot to sign yesterday) Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:19, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Wilhelm Brückner (luthier)

On 4 January 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Wilhelm Brückner (luthier), which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Tone 13:19, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Articles of people who recently died have been a focus from 2019. in 2025, they have been a daily topic, both on the Main page were Helmut Schlesinger appeared from 31 January until 5 January, but also in the daily little articles, with the one exception of a Sunday. Not all of them made it to Main page appearance, but were at least improved. Storye book is great in finding images, MONTENSEM in polishing composers' articles, Thriley in translating to begin articles for people with red links, Grimes2 all around helpful in finding and exploiting references, and several excellent in posting (just look belpw). Anybody can review!

  1. Wilhelm Brückner (luthier) - Tone 4 Jan
  2. Dada Masilo - Masem 5 Jan
  3. Loretta Di Franco - Masem 5 Jan
  4. Tom Johnson - Spencer 6 Jan
  5. Jean-Michel Defaye - Stephen 8 Jan

ITN recognition for Dada Masilo

On 5 January 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Dada Masilo, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Masem (t) 13:31, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

— Masem (t) 13:31, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Loretta Di Franco

On 5 January 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Loretta Di Franco, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Masem (t) 13:32, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

— Masem (t) 13:32, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Alexander Goehr

The article Alexander Goehr you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Alexander Goehr and Talk:Alexander Goehr/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Simongraham -- Simongraham (talk) 13:42, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Tom Johnson (composer)

On 6 January 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Tom Johnson (composer), which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Spencer 21:38, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut, BWV 113

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call for collaboration

ITN recognition for Jean-Michel Defaye

On 8 January 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Jean-Michel Defaye, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 22:35, 8 January 2025 (UTC)