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== today ==
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== 2020 · illumination, enlightenment and vision ==
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=== A barnstar for you! - thanks in 2019, visions in 2020 ===
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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Happy New Year, Gerda Arendt! You are receiving this barnstar because, according to , you were the '''#3 most thanked Wikipedian of 2019''', with '''1418 entries''' in ] during 2019. Congratulations, and, well, ''thank you'' for your contributions! {{smiley}} Cheers to 2020. ] (]) 01:12, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
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: Thank you, ], that's nice, just a statistical number, but nice, especially concluding ''']'''. I thank those who thanked me, - it always feels good to receive this little token of one's work being noticed and even liked. I'll transfer the barnstar to project ] for which I work. We had three topics in 2019 which are ongoing, and you can help (you all, I mean, member or not) to work on them:
:* ] which come from stub (]) to GA (]). Thanks to ], ] and many more!
:* ] by ] who is probably my most prolific "thanks-giver".
:* ], with the goal to have them appear in the Recent deaths section whare - sadly - ] and ] are as I write this. Thanks to ], ], ] and many more.


=== archives ===
: What really counts for me are written thanks is prose such as those from ] and ].
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: Let's make ''']''', together! Article for today ]. Happy editing in 2020! --] (]) 08:18, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
:: Awesome! Another interesting statistical number: according to a , you were also last year's most thankful Wikipedian, with 4246 uses of the thank tool in 2019. If you meant for 2019 to be your year of thanks, you certainly achieved it. {{smiley}} ] (]) 01:43, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
::: You read my mind that I was more interested in giving than receiving ;) - Of course it's also just a number, - I regard the clicks as a lazy expression of thanks, and count more what I do in ].
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I hope that ] will be as successful as the ]:


] · ] · ] · ] · ] · ] · ] · ] · ] · ] · ] · ] · ] · ] · ] · ] · ] · ]
... that ] return (... banned, blocked for no good reason, just given up ...)


== 2025 talk ==
... that edit-warring is replaced by discussion - I am on voluntary 1RR

... that people realise when they dominate a discussion too much - I try to stick to 2 comments

... that infoboxes added in good faith (now or in the past) are not regarded as vandalism

... that we'll live up to the legacy of ], in article creation (] and ] coming to mind), reviewing the work of others, willingness to seek compromise, and respectful attitude

... or in summary: that good faith and IAR are applied more generally, - just look at ] and "go on with life, have a laugh, don't get too upset over this".
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::: I may add to this list later - this is just a spontaneous wishlist. --] (]) 08:06, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
::: ps: The (missed) Rambling Man is with us again! --] (]) 17:16, 10 January 2020 (UTC) and the (missed) Begoon at least edited his user page. --] (]) 19:35, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

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::::Please let me offer my best wishes to you for the year 2020. May all your whishes and aspirations be fulfilled and many thanks for being so patient with heavy cases such as me. In other terms, thanks for being here, so helpful and ready to spare you time to help other users. On my part, I'll try to advance from inept to less inept. Respectfully yours, ] (]) 08:56, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
::::: love-ly, thank you! - just began "]" on my grandparents' wedding anniversary, composed for 2 January 1735, - and more articles about light to come ;) --] (]) 19:12, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
:::: As ] said, "]".&nbsp;]&#124;] 21:35, 21 January 2020 (UTC)

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=== 222,222 ===

Congratulations! ] (]) 01:31, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

: in 2020, the things you see ;) - thank you for copy-editing, must be a high number of repeated mistakes! --] (]) 07:18, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

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: kiss of Justice and Peace --] (]) 12:18, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
::Nearly 5,000 clicks! Great job on the hook! And the image is beautiful. ] (]) 14:22, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
::: thank you, - you wrote the most interesting part of it: that the famous kiss may be a misunderstanding ;) --] (]) 14:24, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

== Jesu meine Freude ==

Thanks for the reminding me of BWV227. BHG should certainly "Trotz dem alten Drachen" :-) ''']''' <small>(])</small> 09:11, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
: ], defy the old dragon, and fear on top ("und der Furcht dazu") --] (]) 09:34, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
: the section back then was ] --] (]) 09:44, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
* ---> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5Df7f_BLU8 --] (]) 17:07, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
*: Thank you, but . --] (]) 18:33, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

== You're the sweetest ==

] You always make me smile, thank you for your nice words of encouragement.
I brought you some `Atayef cos baklava is too mainstream ] (]) 12:57, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

: This is so especially sweet, thank you, ]! How did you know that I just typed {{diff|User talk:Worm That Turned|938485178|938481727|a comment that said "Sad." twice}}? Perfect timing! --] (]) 14:10, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

:: I am sorry for that. Looks like I'm missing out on a lot of Wikidrama. Anyway, I hope WP treats you nicely and you don't consider quitting ever again. ] (]) 10:45, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
::: As I said there: I stubbornly stay ;) --] (]) 10:49, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

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The first in 2020 topic '''Beethoven''', and second in '''psalms''', for a pic of the composer from that year see above. --] (]) 12:53, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

== precious ==

Hi Gerda, Thankyou for my Precious birthday card, which I always enjoy receiving!! You must be kept fairly busy now that you have found so many deserving recipients, trying to think up things to say to everybody. My Quaker upbringing taps me on the shoulder to warn against taking too much notice of birthdays, but I permit myself a moment of satisfaction and just remember my first edit back in 2006 when (as I now notice) I was passing myself off under another alias. I trust all is well with you? Kind regards, ] (]) 22:05, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
: Thank you for another lovely note, ]! Actually, I take less time for Precious these days, passing no longer every day but only when I see a new name. The birthdays are almost automated, preparing a time after me. I work on ], - everybody welcome to help: look at ], see a name whose article is not yet in good shape, change that, and then she or he (just look above) will be mentioned on our Main page, giving them the attention their achievements deserve. My ] (wishes - flowers - music) is linked on top, and my visions for 2020 will stay for the year. The motto of vision is derived from project , "eliminate avoidable blindness", did you know? It's also a Beethoven year. --] (]) 06:49, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
::"Deaths in 2020" is a bit ominous. I remember there were three real old rustic fellows who always used to sit together in a pub ]. After the first of them died, somebody put a little brass nameplate on the ] where he used to sit. When the second one died, the same thing happened. Then both the nameplates disappeared, because the third man came in with a screwdriver and took them off, saying "It will be me next!" I looked at the article this morning, and February 10 was (at that moment) still invitingly, enticingly, alluringly, menacingly BLANK: but to judge by all the precedents, the resident's list will be full up by tonight. I do not like such chilly hospitality: makes one think of the Wirtshaus in the '']'', but I intend to plod on a little further yet, crows, icicles, organ-grinders and all - "]"! Very best wishes, ] (]) 09:46, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
::: The title isn't by me ;) - ], la soave fanciulla ... - so the hospitaliy of throughing out dead and unreliable sources, searching for better ones, with in my head. Will go outside before doing more. --] (]) 10:16, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

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The architect just celebrated 100! I took one of the images, but not the lead ... - --] (]) 12:14, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

== A hello ==

Just popping in to leave a greeting. First, thanks for all your excellent work on the wiki. I appreciate all the encouragement you've given me. --] (]) 00:44, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
: ], thank you, great helper! I remember how you made the very beginning easy for me! --] (]) 07:47, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

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Good morning! Other than Bach, Beethoven is my favorite classical composer. The first time I heard 'Moonlight Sonata' was when I was eight years old when my Mom played it on our piano. It touched my heart deeply. God bless. -- ] (]) 04:43, 22 February 2020 (UTC)
: Thank you, ]! Rather similar memories: at age 10, I began piano lessons, and one of the first records my mother bought contained ], performed by ]. I played ] rather soon, and it became my father's favourite, played on all his birthdays. I learned the first movement of the sonata in self-study, but wouldn't manage the third which impresses me the deepest. - I chenged the header, - ]! Memories of singing ] and ] date back to age 12. --] (]) 07:07, 22 February 2020 (UTC) 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.
==DYK for Verleih uns Frieden (Mendelssohn)==
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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.
== DYK for Alte Liebe ==


'''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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ALte Liebe - old love. In the book, a couple married during the German student movement. - In memory of Käthe, married in the 1970s. Part of my February flowers. --] (]) 07:20, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
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: So I found this photo of the authors together. It's not very good, but is it better than none? Also for the ] article? --] (]) 16:08, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
:: Yes!! thank you! - We have a rather good one of her but I found it unfair to use for the joint venture. --] (]) 16:14, 28 February 2020 (UTC)


== Infobox book == == From 2024 ==
=== Women in Red January 2025 ===


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I am helping with ]. I do not want to italicize the IB title but cannot resolve the problem. There is a parameter to force it but it doesn't seem to work. Any ideas? Otherwise I will ask on the template's talk page. The idea here is that the English title is an informal one and should not be italicized. ] (]) 22:52, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
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: Good idea to ask on the template talk. It should not have the title italic, when the article title is not, per the parameter. Never had that problem, sorry. --] (]) 23:22, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
: Perhaps ] would know? - We don't talk about the article title style - which works - but the title in the infobox itself. --] (]) 23:26, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
:: I have a solution, but it will need consensus to change the main infobox template. --] (]) 02:41, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
::: Thank you, both! - see also ], - and once we are there can we also install a parameter Image_upright? ... which actually should be in every infobox with an image. - Rossini's birthday today, a rare thing ;) --] (]) 07:14, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
::: ] and all: once in wishlist mood, for ], I copy a template, and manually change the user name, the image size and the years. I like to do that, because it's moments of remembering that I/we are thankful for a user's contribs. However, for fewer typing errors and life after me - returning from a funeral ... - I could imagine to call a template with a year as the only parameter, which fetches the basepagename and adjusts the imagesize accordingly, 1 year 0.2, 2 - 0.25, 3 - 0,3 ... - so far we have eight, and need to find a way for 10 and beyond to not get much larger ;) - --] (]) 07:52, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
{{User QAIbox/auto|years=Eight}}
:::: I've made ] that you can use like this: <code><nowiki>{{User QAIbox/auto|years=Four}}</nowiki></code>. You give the number of years as a capitalised word. It scales up to ten years, but stays at <code>upright=0.65</code> for anything beyond nine years. It should still accept the other parameters as well, but you shouldn't need them for Precious Anniversary. If you get a chance to test it (maybe just preview it on some pages) and it's okay, perhaps you can add a little documentation to ], indicating how you'd like to see it used? --] (]) 20:27, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
::::: That's lovely, thank you! --] (]) 20:31, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
::::: ... and used, and modified here to eight, because that's what it is for me know, thanks to ]. --] (]) 08:16, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
::::: ], I was pleased all the time, but fail to find the right id (in the list) for ], - seems to be something about capital or not. - Help? --] (]) 09:03, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
:::::: I'm not really sure what problem you've run into. If you remember, we only made the sizing to go from one to nine years, and let ten and more all be at the same large size. The template works fine with sixteen years: <code><nowiki>{{User QAIbox/auto|years=Sixteen}}</nowiki></code>, but its size is no bigger than for ten years. Capitals make no difference to the template. --] (]) 16:50, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
::::::: ], I tried to describe. The id in the table, for a user's entry, has to be equal to basepagename in the template, or the link from the years doesn't go to the right position. I managed for all so far since we use the template but not for pablo_X (or Pablo_X), and don't know what my mistake is. It's eight years for him, - he was recommended to me by ] for his eighth anniversary of editing. I remember as if it was yesterday. and liked all encounters with pablo, from that first on, sadly becoming more and more rare. Just look at his present talk page. --] (]) 19:45, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
:::::::: Okay, found it. Pablo X likes to style themselves as "pablo X". But the template uses <nowiki>{{BASEPAGENAME}}</nowiki> to pick up the name and make a link to the id in the table at ], and their BASEPAGENAME is actually "Pablo X". Because links to anchors are case-sensitive (and the id creates an anchor), the link generated (]) didn't have an id (anchor) in the table that matched. I've just changed the id in the table from "pablo_X" to "Pablo_X" (their real name). The anchor now matches the link and it works as intended. It looks like you need to make sure that values for id in the table match the actual BASEPAGENAME (which almost certainly begins with a capital). Cheers --] (]) 20:28, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
::::::::: Thank you for confirming that. I was sure I had tried that as well, but shouldn't be too sure. Thank you! --] (]) 20:31, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
::::::::::Wow, I never knew that you were such a . You've been behind everything, haven't you? lol ~ ]] 15:02, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

== A kitten for you! ==

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war das erste - und netteste - was du jemals über mich gesagt hast, Gerda. Es wird sehr geschätzt. Danke.

] (]) 02:17, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

: Welcom to the cabal of the outcast, some of whom were not treated fairly by arbcom. ''After'' I joined the group, I understood the whole thing better when I read ] by a missed friend. ("... it has the force of a religious decree or legal mandate. Disregard the commandments herein at your peril", and I still ] writing that.) - You know my questionaires for candidates, and twice said you don't understand my question (which were always about fair treatment), which told me you were nor ready yet for the cabal ;) - ] said "No foul, play on", and I hope you will listen and keep playing, ] and with us. --] (]) 07:22, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

== A cup of coffee and a thank you ==

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: Thank you, makes me happy! --] (]) 14:35, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
::You're very welcome! And I've noticed that you're a fan of music. Here's one of my favorite singer's album. It comes from ]. I hope you enjoy it and thanks again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbIYPYBiejM&list=PL_GEgJYfgrhdbRRAQDPBf1TsNMiwXfYNI ] (]) 14:45, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
::: Powerful stuff, and ] cleverly packaged ;) --] (]) 14:59, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
::::I'll take a listen to it! I do like Bach's music. ] (]) 15:24, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

:::::I hope you are staying safe and isolated. It isn't classical, but my sister sent to me and I thought it was awesome. People are so amazingly creative and can find so many ways to stay in touch. Made me smile in a time when there isn't a lot to smile about. ] (]) 20:44, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

:::::: It made me smile although I can't see it in my country, as an error message informs me. I am known for ], DYK? --] (]) 20:54, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
:::::::I am so sorry. It is a group of studio musicians performing as a choir via cell phone. I am sorry you cannot hear it, but I am glad it made you smile. Stay strong, stay away from others. ] (]) 21:18, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

==DYK for Jessye Norman==
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: I feel blessed, having heard her in person at ]. --] (]) 07:14, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

==Request==
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Planning on taking the ] article to PR in 14 days, and would be very appreciative if you could take a look, given how helpful you have been in the past. Have a strong connection to the building; lived (in a hovel) for two years literally 2 minutes walk from it as a student, and for the last 20 years the Gobnait window works for me in about a million ways. My best friend was married there in 2005. Anyway, if you get a chance. ] (]) 21:56, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

: Thank you, ], for an irresistible invitation. Once someone said to me "whatever works for you" and how true that is. The ] was 2 minutes away from where I lived as a student, and I visited frequently. Back then, we sang St. Matthew Passion one year, and St. John Passion the other. This year, It would have been Matthew again, see above. What works for me is the song of defiance, also see above, which I sang even before, in ]. GA nom failed. Lyrics so suitable to these times: "weg mit allen Schätzen" - away with all treasures - and he composes weg, weg, weg, weg ... - but "ich steh hier und singe" - here I stand and sing. (I used it in defiance of arbcom already, as you probably know, and I ].) - What keeps me busy is making articles decent of ] - many. I haven't looked today yet. Then, I'll turn to that wonderful image, please be patient. --] (]) 05:54, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

: I looked now - only ''looked'', and it's another one with many pictures which make placement tricky. --] (]) 09:25, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

(more in the archive)

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: One of them is '''Beati quorum via integra est'''. - Difficult to translate, the tricky word being "integra" which is not easy in both English and German, - looking for an adjective related to integrity, for the way, which is the way of living, not just walking. --] (]) 06:18, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
: We sang it last ]. --] (]) 08:46, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
:: I found this about it: “I am always delighted when I hear sung the words from a psalm, “Beati quorum via integra est” – blessed are they whose way is “whole”. “Integra” is full of resonances: uncorrupt, integrated, wholesome, complete. Yet perhaps our splendour, if humanity has any, ultimately lies in the split in our nature, and how we handle it...“ . His Latin may be better than his wisdom, but if I were you I should use his translation. ] (]) 02:30, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
::: Thank you, taken. Now I'd also be interested in the meaning in Hebrew. ]? --] (]) 05:51, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
::::The Hebrew word, תְמִֽימֵי־דָ֑רֶךְ, can be literally read as "pure in the way." ] 23:57, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
::::: That sounds great, but would need some explanation for me. I like a positive word like "pure", compared to "blameless", "undefiled", and also to the frequent "perfect", because nobody is ... - The recordings sounds pure ;) - ], I think some of this should go to Psalm 119, even if we can't quote the whole long thing. --] (]) 06:19, 9 April 2020 (UTC)
::::::The Hebrew word תְמִֽימֵי means as {{u|Moonraker}} says "wholesome", also "straightforward", "sincere". "Purehearted" would work. ] (]) 18:16, 9 April 2020 (UTC)
:::::::I had better add that the word “via” has most of the meanings of “way”, and in this psalm it plainly doesn’t mean something you stand on! So the word way might as well be kept. It’s a matter of which other word to use for the metaphor, and wholesome may be better than whole. ] (]) 19:21, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

== On infoboxes ==

Gerda, are you not ]? ((I'm thinking of ]). I should not like to see you getting into any trouble. Best--] (]) 12:23, 10 April 2020 (UTC)
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=== Gerda's dream ===
:: ... has expired in 2015 - I wonder when the new times begin when those boxes are treated nothing special, like tables and images, - it could be now, imagine ;) ... imagine how much editors' time could go to something more useful than debate if something meant to help readers (and could be opted out if not wanted) is permitted to help or not. - ps, and see my New year's intentions on top: I normally try to stick to 2 comments voluntarily, in ANY discussion, because it's more polite to other participants (and - selfish - it limits my waste of time). - Today's topic: ], DYK? --] (]) 12:51, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

:::I think you are wise - I will try in future to limit myself to two comments as well. Hope you are keeping well - I am finding lockdown very tedious. Best--] (]) 15:20, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

::::: I answered below. and gave it a Passion header. For the infoboxes, I ]. --] (]) 06:08, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

=== St John Passion 2020, in defiance ===
:::: Thank you ;) - Normally, ], instead, I sang along in the St John Passion from Bach's burial place in the Thomaskirche, and sometimes cried. Exceptional tenor who took ALL roles, with keyboard (switching harpsichord and organ) and percussion. They left out some arias. Great moments! (... such as "kreuzige" hissed to drums, and "es ist vollbracht" first as Jesus, then an octave lower than in the alto aria, and at its end high, as if uplifted ...) - --] (]) 18:09, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

:::: A header for it: Passion trotz(t) Pandemie, which is hard to translate. Suggestions welcome. Trotz (defiance) is a key word in ] (which I quoted after the arb case, to connect to the beginning). --] (]) 06:08, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

==DYK for Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts (Purcell)==
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: ]. We sang it ], and put the secrets of our hearts into it, "spare us, Lord!" ... --] (]) 07:02, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
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== Precious ==

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: Thank you, ], blushing to a colour like the strawberries below, and mostly: welcome back!! - You may have noticed (look for the Yogo above) that I try to prepare the award for a time after me, and you are most welcome - as some others do already, and everybody is invited to - to pass the award. We sometimes have two one day, and miss days, - doesn't matter ;) - It's good ''for me'' to do first thing in the morning: to look around for the many reasons to be thankful. --] (]) 06:28, 18 April 2020 (UTC)


=== Your ] nomination of ] ===
==DYK for Le Concert Spirituel==
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=== ] ===
- Concert spirituel translates to Geistliches Konzert, or spiritual concert - remembering ] who conducted much uplifting music, but said after a service with choral music, asked what he liked best: the unison singing of ]. --] (]) 07:16, 23 April 2020 (UTC)


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
==DYK for Haroun and the Sea of Stories (opera)==
: 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)
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=== Graham87 ===
==DYK for Credo (Penderecki)==
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... that Krzysztof Penderecki inserted at the end of his ], from ], "Haec dies, quam fecit Dominus ..." (This is the day, which the Lord has made: Let us rejoice and be glad in it.)?
:Only just noticed you had done this. Impressed, its a fantastic piece of work. ] (]) 21:51, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
:: Thank you! As said just below, my way to honour a great composer! - I have the Chapel on my radar, don't give up hope ;) --] (]) 21:56, 3 May 2020 (UTC)


Did you read ]? With one of your photos: ]. I've already sent him encouraging words. ] (]) 11:16, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
=== A barnstar for you! ===
: 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)


== 2025 ==
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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)


=== Thanks in 2024 ===
: Thank you. That was the intention, to honour the composer, - I feel understood. When I can't improve a composer to where I want him I write about a composition. In this case, I didn't know when I started how close that would get me to the topics of death and life, so prominent for Easter. He quoted from ] and ], creating something new anchored in tradition. --] (]) 11:09, 28 April 2020 (UTC)


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: Thank you, blushing. I took the liberty of enlarging the pic, because while I ], it may have been too small for others. --] (]) 22:58, 2 May 2020 (UTC)


:Giving is better than receiving. Happy New Year. ] (]) 20:56, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
::Good idea. I did think that the image was a bit small, but it was almost 1am when I posted it and I was too tired to think of doing that! In my opinion, the Mass in B Minor is one of the most wonderful pieces of music in the world (if you can call that huge work a "piece of music"!). I have been privileged to perform it twice with my choir, and I think our choir director is considering it for the spring of 2022 again. I am very much an amateur chorist, but am fortunate to be part of a rather good choir. I hope we'll get back to rehearsing and performing again in August, but who knows... --'']'' <small>] ]</small> 13:11, 3 May 2020 (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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::: ], I agree about it's magnificence. Sung unforgettably in a concert for Peace ], at the ], again unforgettably ] the day before the Iraq war ultimatum (you should have heard us sing Dona nobis pacem!!!), and last in 2013, my perspective pictured in my work of love, ], ]. Dona nobis pacem, - same music as Gratias, very meaningful. --] (]) 22:10, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
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== New compilation of cello music from Venice ==
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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)
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: 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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=== A thank you ===
== ITN recognition for ] ==
What I actually came to say was, thank you for what you do. Another recently deceased musician, and more hard work from you to get their biography into shape. Besides what you write on music generally. And caring too. I know you thank many others, and I am not sure you get the thanks you deserve in return. --] (]) 15:08, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
: Thank you, ], that's nice. If you look at the top, you'll see that I'm the third-most-thanked person on the project, and I doubt that I deserve that ;) - I'm working on ], and - while the reason to look is sad - it's quite rewarding. --] (]) 21:10, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
: Another funny number: 50k articles on the watchlist --] (]) 20:31, 20 May 2020 (UTC)


==DYK for Hans Herbert Jöris==
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Did you know that Hans Herbert Jöris conducted the first church concert I ever heard, with a ]? - ]. --] (]) 06:47, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

=== A kitten for you! ===

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Might I offer you ''another'' kitten?

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: yes but not left, she should look "in" ;) - ] on my mind today, not passion hymns. --] (]) 09:54, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

::Well, me and the kitten can help with the , at the very least! ] 10:03, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

::: Great especially since I will be outside for most of the day. Another DYK going to come up shortly, - sometimes nothing for days, and then two on one ;) - thank you and the kitten for watchful eyes! --] (]) 10:06, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

::::Of course. It is my pleasure. {{smiley}} ] 10:10, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

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I wrote the article in memory of , with whom I saw ] in Frankfurt. I should have written his article. --] (]) 06:42, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

Prächtig!† ] 10:34, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

== ITN recognition for ] ==

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==A birthday==
Happy birthday? ] 05:13, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
: not mine today (but close) - want ]? - Today is the birthday of one with the river Rhine. --] (]) 05:20, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
::Cool, sounds primordial. ] 05:42, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
::: What can you do in restricted times? I'm on my way to make the meetings real, in portions, a hike to that meadow, another around ], a bike tour along the Rhine from ] and another to the ], a lunch overlooking the Rhine in ], and church services happened already, more hikes and even organ concerts are planned, and for me, that's even better than seeing them all the same day as 2 decades ago. It helps to live in a blessed area where others come for vacation. --] (]) 06:23, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

::::(Belated apologies.) That sounds absolutely serene. Petting a chipmunk is also nice. Anyway, ''A very merry ] to you! To you!'' ] 01:30, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
::::: Happy petting that happy chipmunk! - Thank you for the wishes, coming a good day, 20 years OTD that the ] sang at ], as part the ], and I was permitted to take photos during their rehearsal, - such wonderful and still vivid memories of walking around in a great building filled with unbelievable harmony. I wanted to make a box above but perhaps better to keep it down here, modestly. What I did was begin the years with their sounds, DYK? Look above for Chanticleer. - This year, a cellist - subject of my first article here, and I never wanted to write any other, only there was ] ... - wants to play for me and my guests, as many birthdays before, which is more tricky to arrange. My favourite church (pictured above) is too small (36 people right now), ] holding 100 but too resonant (looking forward to an organ concert there on Saturday, which was planned for March), - perhaps I'll ask Unionskirche ... - Would you like to tell me a place and a song for my virtual sing-along? --] (]) 07:11, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

::::: I found the 2000 program, - first half sacred music by ], ], ] and ], and then music by ], ], ], ], ], and spirituals. We were taken by the black voice of Eric Alatorre, who retired only last year, as I found out today. --] (]) 18:45, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

== Tous des mercis beaucoups, dear Gerda A.! ==

Dear lovely Gerda A.!

You have warmed my soul.

I'm going through an unexpected health unpleasantness at the moment (fortunately ]; just ]) and I don't have any more of the words in any of my fumbling languages to thank you sufficiently for this truly appreciated and even more unexpected recognition.

YOU are the precious one!

--JDL.

''']''' '']'' 20:00, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

: thank you, so nice of you to come over inspite of health trouble, - best wishes to overcome it! - ... and yes, just call me Gerda, - nice to have found you, Juliet --] (]) 20:05, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

== 💎💎💎 ==
Gerda ~
: I’ve been meaning to stop by here to tell you how much your presence is appreciated. (You beat me to it by mere hours with your “like”, which is also very much appreciated). I can’t actually imagine being so selfless and warm-hearted that I would spend my time investigating others’ good actions, and create little gifts 🎁 for fellow editors that highlight and celebrate what they’ve done right, like you do. You give out 💎 when really you are the true gem around here, my dear. 💕 <b style="text-shadow:7px 7px 8px #B8B8B8">]]]</b> 02:51, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
: ], thank you - blushing - for a beautiful gift, wrapped preciously, however, I explained on this page more than once that it's quite selfish ;) --] (]) 07:54, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
::Oh did I forget to add: ...and humble too. ;) <b style="text-shadow:7px 7px 8px #B8B8B8">]]]</b>


==DYK for Meine engen Grenzen==
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== ITN recognition for ] ==
=== Happy First Edit Day! ===
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Have a very happy first edit anniversary!


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::: Thank you, - I remember well, first article deleted within minutes, but then I received great help, first by ], then Michael Bednarek (see above), LilHelpa (see just above), ], and ] (in the order of appearance). Thank you! (If I think I missed you, let me know, right here. )-] (]) 05:20, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

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:::::: Thank you, more detail above ;) --] (]) 09:40, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

=== Today's Wikipedian 10 years ago ===

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Thank you for your many years as one of Misplaced Pages's shining stars. Your exemplary work is greatly appreciated! ]&nbsp;<span style="color:blue">•</span>&nbsp;] 07:15, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
: Thank you, blushing. --] (]) 07:16, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
:Congratulation! ] (]) 08:22, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
:: Thank you, and even more for updating ]! A nice gift: ] are a featured topic now!! We can't thank ] enough for being such an inspiration, still! DYK, today is also his day of Today's Wikipedian 10 years ago ;) - Thank you, ], for the initiative to honour him. ], letting you know for the FLN above. --] (]) 13:58, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

=== Bon anniversaire. ===

I got a .

So I hope you are well, and you can't say I forgot. {{smiley}}

Take care.

<span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;color:#004d80;"> ]</span> 19:01, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
: How lovely to see you "alive". 'cause missing the dead is bad enough. --] (]) 19:07, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

== A barnstar for you! ==

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: Thank you, blushing a bit. Did you see 3RR above? I enjoy the softer tones ;) - DId you know that ] was the lead violinist for ]? I didn't , and keep learning? --] (]) 21:02, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
::No I didn't - that's very interesting. I'm actually currently burning through the discography of another great British band: The Kinks. ~ ]] 02:05, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

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My third article was ], and someone thanked me for the DYK, and I remember ;) --] (]) 06:07, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

:{{ping|Gerda Arendt}} Congrats! 🤣 ] (]) 14:08, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

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Note to self and ], with thanks, in memory of Brian. See ] and ]. --] (]) 06:43, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

:Congratulations! One more feather for you highly decorated cap.--] (]) 09:24, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
:: Thank you, but the crown goes to Brian who wrote the articles listed, and to let his work shine was the only intention. --] (]) 09:32, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

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I remember well. Education of an energetic kind, for kids from many cultural backgrounds to work towards one goal, - a model for us all. --] (]) 08:42, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

== TFA Monteverdi Vespers 1 September ==
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The article is the work of many over many years ... The main inspiration came from ] who wrote the articles about the composer and his operas, and who generously ] he had collected, the greatest honour I received in my ten years here. (])

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=== Congrats ===

On your TFA. I have enjoyed reading it. ] (]) 06:52, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

=== Schadeberg ===

Wow, an FA, DYK and ITN all on the same day would indeed have been a great ] (I wonder if that's been done before?). I understand your disappointment :( I'm really just speculating about why it's not been posted - it could just be a simple oversight and nothing to do with the image talk. There's a ] about that perennial problem.-- ] (]) 17:50, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

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== call for collaboration ==
:::: Thank you for what you did there, ]. Some seem not too have understood the irony of 2090 though ;) - Flowers to come, - I was a bit too tired yesterday. --] (]) 05:29, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

== Appreciation ==
]. Made in Scotland. From Gerdas{{dubious}}]]
Hi there! I hope you don't mind that I nominated your dahlia image as a quality image since it is really awesome! I've just read about infobox thangs but whatever, you're really kind and compassionate and I just wanna give you a virtual embrace for all the "blood", sweat and tears done here (And of course D Y K). Did you know ... that I have an appreciation list on my userpage? Do talk soon :D ]<sup>]</sup> (]) <small>(])</small> 09:16, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
: Thank you, Vincent. You received my everlasting embrace years ago, remember? - Tears were few, when ] died (see Impact, just above), and when '']'' died (top of ], and quote and link therin). --] (]) 09:53, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
::Yea, and I remember looking at Boris's article too, good times. We do love embraces don't we :D ]<sup>]</sup> (]) <small>(])</small> 14:13, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
{{-}}

== Yesterday's horrible news ==

What a huge huge loss. I didn't even know him that well, but I am devastated. ] (]) 08:57, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
: So am I. - We talk about the memory of ], with whom I had good conversations over ten years, - many topics, such as ] (he said: "Sad to see another great music maker gone") and ] which I saw, and he said "Fantastic! What an experience it must have been! Thank you for telling me!". --] (]) 20:52, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

=== Silence ===

While I agree with the sentiments of , I think it's worth quoting a bit of ] : "{{xt|Say something there only if you can say it well and politely, and it helps all concerned, causing no further harm.}}" I have to say that for those who understand what you mean, you're telling them something they already know, and for those who don't (or don't want to), you're just going to antagonise them : "{{xt|none so deaf as those who will not hear}}". Let those who want to ] do so and go about your business improving the encyclopedia; hopefully when the dust is settled around the charred remains of burned-out editors, some may think "you know what, we really should have looked at that picture of a kitten after all". ] ] ] 13:12, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
: You just caused further <s>harm</s> sadness. I replied to a post on your talk, where I had mentioned silence, and (instead of silence) was questioned further. Silence please. I miss a great person. There's ], - hope you like it. --] (]) 18:07, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
: ], please look around. --] (]) 07:36, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
:: I understand it's upsetting to hear that friends, colleagues etc. have died. However, there's a line between being upset and using it as a stick to beat other people with. For example, when I was trying to make the point that the COVID-19 pandemic was putting severe strain on people's mental health, going as far as suicide (and somewhat ironically, I had ] at the forefront of my mind there); however, using someone's death as a device to win an argument on Misplaced Pages is not acceptable and I shouldn't have done it. In the case you mention above, the point Cassianto and others were making is that there is an intractable and seemingly unresolvable dispute that doesn't seem able to resolve itself, and it would be a huge boost for the project for somebody to cut the ] and allow things to progress. But taking a stand on a difficult issue as an admin means you get a target on your back by anyone who doesn't agree with it. I think that's the point Cass was getting at; hoping the issue will go away is the simplest issue, but not necessarily the right one. It's different from ignoring individual drama queens who draw attention to themselves. ] ] ] 09:50, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
::: I see that you misunderstood completely, and lack of good faith is what's missing most in the sad repeated discussions. I mentioned respectful stance towards each other as the cure Jerome lived, and we should follow. I said again and again that I don't want ANYBODY sanctioned, because I think this is exactly the opposite of a respectful look at a user's comments. I am not even IN that argument, have refrained to say support or oppose in the two (and no more!) RfCs of 2020. So what do you mean by "winning" it? (rhetoric question) I disliked taking ''one'' person to AE, yes, for the reasons explained, that was one too many, imho. - I told you my solution about a cutting of the Gordian knot: don't participate, let it dry out. Who cares at the end of the day if a certain article has an infobox, or if it is collapsed? I don't. If we'd all stop to care we were done with the topic. --] (]) 10:33, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
::: - we should write his article --] (]) 10:42, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
:::: I have made a start ]. I'd like to give a fuller reply to the above at some point later today, but for now I'll reference : "{{xt|It takes a lot of courage to stand up to your enemies. It takes even more to stand up to your friends.}}" ] ] ] 11:11, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
::::: I have no enemies, and request everybody thinking I am their enemy to please let's talk about it. I stand up for those new to the discussions "welcomed" is if they were not (two more on Mozart recently, by the way). Sure, some may be not so new, but would it really hurt to treat them as if they were? And that's about all I'd like to see changed, in the spirit described. Is that general enough? - In case you defend your walk to AE, I believe you could find ways to stand up for your friends that don't deliver ''someone else'', potentially innocent, to the of AE. - Could you please let me know that you understand that I used my dead friend as a model, not as a stick? Because that really hurt. --] (]) 11:34, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
:::::: Of course, I'm sorry you were upset about that, and it was not my intention to do so; it's just when I get off-wiki complaints saying "Why can't you do something about Gerda?" (when from my point of view you are a prolific content creator, extremely kind and patient, caring and considerate) then I feel I at least need to spell the issue out so there's awareness of it. I used the quotation above because I'd like to consider you a friend on the project, and as it says, it takes courage to try and resolve an issue involving one of your friends when you think it may upset them. ] ] ] 11:37, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
::::::: So you support my point that there's too little good faith, expressed in offline and online aspersions. Made my day! - I consider you a friend, but telling me I have anything to with a stick and "heads off" wasn't exactly an expression of what I understand as friendship ;) There's a long history of the infobox wars on ], ending (bottom line, and hopefully last line ever) "In 2020, we could realise that we have more productive things to do than waste time in arguments about infobox yes or no." (February 2020) - Could you perhaps coordinate steps in getting there? Get the people together, - and I think you are on speaking terms with all involved? --] (]) 12:48, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
:::::::: I think my point is more that text communication is a difficult mechanism to convey what you actually mean (as opposed to what the other person thinks you mean) and it is too easy for people to misunderstand each other. All I would say is - concentrate on the articles. I see you have got two DYKs on the main page today, as have I. Focus on that. As stated above, I have started ] with a one sentence microstub off a single source; we'll need several more serious quality sources to demonstrate ] or ]; if you've got them, put them and we'll see what we can do. ] ] ] 17:11, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
::::::::: Text communication is difficult. Please go over my New Year's resolution, below the TOC, and tell me if anything is unclear. - I wrote about ] (not counting a FA and a few GAs), and commented (no more, not even taking a side, just commenting a futile waste of time) in 2 RfCs, and you tell me to focus on content, really? --] (]) 19:46, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

It crossed my mind that ] - Jerome's great work - matches my topic of the year - vision - perfectly. --] (]) 05:20, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

It crossed my mind further that perhaps I should not be silent about being just an ''observer'' of the infobox wars (or however they might be called). I was wounded, and had enough, deciding to step away in 2015. - Let's look at the current discussion. It could have been so short. Nominator presents reasoning per the MoS to uncollaps an infobox, asking for ''good'' reasons not to follow the MoS in the specific case. There are no ''good'' (= factual) reasons. So instead, we argue about not so good reasons, on several noticeboards, with rising heat. I try to be silent but sometimes the level of frustration is too high. It's a complete waste of everybody's time. The simple answer to a good proposal could be "Why not?" - The ] is a place for silence. Thank you for watching, made nice stats. --] (]) 07:25, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

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This DYK was worded as a greeting to my friend Jerome Kohl who wrote all we know about Stockhausen and works. It became a tribute ], ]. The piece was played at a concert dedicated to ]. --] (]) 07:36, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

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... that cellist, composer, and conductor ''']'''<br /> was the brother of the famous ],<br /> with whom he played in the ],<br /> but later used pseudonyms to hide the relation? (])

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Thank you, - one of ] ;) --] (]) 05:20, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
:As you did ask for me to keep a look out, I fixed the fact tags. ] ] ] 12:21, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
:: That's excellent, ], thank you! Biking ] to ], a first for me, also excellent. --] (]) 20:34, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
:: I took ], evening, someone leaning out the right window, - perhaps I'll upload it, - of course I believe that mine is better ;) - nice stats for the place of silence, 9.707. Thanks all for interest! --] (]) 07:31, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

==DYK for Klaviermusik mit Orchester==
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== Thank you ==

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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;" | Tod, wo ist dein Stachel, Hölle, wo ist dein Sieg?
|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | For the very interesting article about ] --] (]) 03:47, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
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Thank you, just what I needed. (Funeral 17 September, in Munich, where the memorial is.) Thank you also for excellent copy-editing. The article is the result of many users working together, - I hope they watch here. I couldn't believe - prompted by the death of ] - that he had no article. I love that music, sung ] and ]. --] (]) 06:00, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

== A barnstar for you! ==

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: Thank you, lovely. Thank you for taking advice on board! I gave advice in another case, but the main author didn't listen, and it was deleted. --] (]) 21:45, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

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(people from the sea), in rehearsal --] (]) 12:43, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
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* ] needs attention to appear among the Recent deaths, ]. --] (]) 09:03, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
==DYK nomination of Marina de Gabaráin==
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Latest revision as of 09:04, 8 January 2025

today

my story

Tom Johnson,
a music critic for
The Village Voice in New York City
who coined the concept
minimal music in a 1972 article,
composed The Four-Note Opera,
and the Bonhoeffer Oratorio
in Paris where he lived from 1983.

watch Nine Bells and listen to him

8 January 2025

(from User:Gerda Arendt/Stories)

memory and music

in memoriam
Von guten Mächten
5 January · Tatort service
Marienkirche, Aulhausen
4 January · sing carols

archives

2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2020 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024 · 2025 · blushing

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)

  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

ITN recognition for Dada Masilo

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

ITN recognition for Loretta Di Franco

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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