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== today ==
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== 2020 · illumination, enlightenment and vision ==
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... that ] wrote the text and music for<br /> ''''']''''', a choral piece for Christmas,<br /> using the Latin "]" as a refrain?

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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.

: What really counts for me are written thanks is prose such as those from ] and ].
: 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 ...)

... 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 changed the header, - ]! Memories of singing ] and ] date back to age 12. --] (]) 07:07, 22 February 2020 (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 ==

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)
: 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)

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

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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)

== Thank you! ==

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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)

::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)

::: ], 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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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?

] 09:51, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

: 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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==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)

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=== Happy First Edit Day! ===
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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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=== Today's Wikipedian 10 years ago ===

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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)

Maybe one day you could do the same for '']''? I think the ''Beatus Vir Primo'' is the best walking bass in musical history (fight me!). When we were rehearsing this, our conductor was ill one day so we had Robert Hollingworth dep for him. The band for the performance included the English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble, and I am still friendly with some of them now, since my friend Catherine often books them for the concerts I do with her. ''']''' <small>(] - ])</small> 07:52, 21 September 2020 (UTC)
: I wrote ''Selva'', but would rather take the Brahms Requiem to FA. Struggling with ], since 2012, and ] (which I find even more defiant than the Brahms) right now. --] (]) 07:57, 21 September 2020 (UTC)
: ], what do you think about the thread a bit above, named ] (which was much longer, archived), or - similar topic on ARCA which I revived today because I believe we really need to call a war ended that ended long ago, only some overlooked that. --] (]) 09:33, 21 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)

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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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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)

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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)
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(people from the sea), in rehearsal --] (]) 12:43, 15 September 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)
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] 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.
=== Some recognition ===
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: music in my ears ;) - thank you, enjoying the birthday celebrations for a man with a tough life and the death he wanted - --] (]) 21:58, 8 October 2020 (UTC)


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.
==You're very clever==
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I must say you're very clever to be able to align the pictures nicely without Br'er Rabbit or RexxS helping. I always make futile attempts and then end up asking RexxS. Very envious of your skills! ] ], 09:36, 14 October 2020 (UTC).
:PS, yikes, I see a picture of Darwinbish on this page. Hope she hasn't been bothering you! ] ], 09:36, 14 October 2020 (UTC).
::Gerda has an adequate supply of apples, so fret ye not. ] ] ] 10:08, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
:: (ec) Darwinbish has <s>stolen</s> grabbed some apples, but I have a large supply. All my technical cleverness comes from the two you mentioned, and Alakzi who showed me how to have pics in one line as ]. Thanks to them as long as I can remember, - one banned, one ill, one given up! Look above, RexxS made me a neat template to remember Precious by just changing the number of years celebrated, imagine! (If I'd organise the dates, that might even run without me.) Feel free to use the ], modeled after the popcorn Br'er ], eighth anniversary now as he mentioned then. --] (]) 10:13, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
::: I would also say that although good editors leave the project, if you look around carefully, you'll see new editors coming up through the ranks and starting to contribute more, like zmbro. Let's show our appreciation for those as well. ] ] ] 10:16, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
:::: Thank you, I like hints for Precious. (I also like others to pass Precious, - no need to wait for me.) I think I do my share of appreciating newcomers, greeting red links on my watchlist, and passing Precious for a first DYK. --] (]) 10:21, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
:::: I stole my cutest infobox opera from the 2013 arb workshop pages, image by Br'er, title idea by ] who also was instrumental in creating the template with ], facts somewhat updated. I think we just reached kind of peace there, - imagine (that I {{diff|Misplaced Pages:Templates for discussion/Holding cell|983279482||was invited to restore "my" infoboxes}}). All operas by Rossini have an infobox now, not only ]. Much room for improvements: more appropriate images, for example, and many composers not yet improved. --] (]) 10:42, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
:::: ps: 1201 transclusions of the template as of now, but I guess 1 is what you see here ;) --] (]) 10:45, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
::::: I thought the image on the right was the result of putting the wrong sort of dash in an FA candidate. ] ] ] 11:01, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
:::::: Highly suitable. ] probably thinks the same about ref details. Thanks for helping her with the flowcharts. --] (]) 11:05, 14 October 2020 (UTC)


'''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)
== A kitten for you! ==


== From 2024 ==
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=== Women in Red January 2025 ===
Just for being you and everything you do here. Danke für alles.
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:{{Buttinsky}} Can I second and third this? Vielen Dank meine freund - for being who you are that inspires us all to be better than we are. ] (]) 20:12, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
: Such a cutie! Thank you, also for not having to miss you, as some mentioned in the thread above, and many not mentioned. Br'er didn't like left pics, DYK? --] (]) 13:24, 14 October 2020 (UTC)


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=== Your ] nomination of ] ===
Fitting to remember this persona non grata on the day I remember that eight years ago, this community banned my friend ]: creative, productive, helpful, witty, charming, a great photographer, a free spirit, miraculous, who said "wikis are not about authoritah they are about collaborations and merit." in September 2012. (You read that in my edit notice, didn't you?) I debated with myself then if I could still be a member of such community.
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)
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: ], 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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] crumbs as she speaks'' :] ] has stolen your stroopwafels! The stroopwafels made her ] and she'd like to give you a great big hug for leaving them where she could reach them. Spread the ] by giving her some more baked goods, unless you want her ] to pay you a visit! ] '']'' 12:48, 20 May 2012 (UTC).
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Here I am, still ]. Darwinbish has stolen the apples. --] (]) 08:46, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

== Dutch composers ==

Thanks to a beloved friend I have sung music by ], ], ], ],
] (in the church where he was organist), and probably others, especially if you count Flanders as part of Netherlands (hello ] and ]!). Who's your favourite Dutch composer of the last 100 years? Do you sing in a choir (or did you, prior to The Event?)

Have you ever heard ro sung Josquin's ''Nymphes des Bois'' (déploration de la mort de Johannes Ockeghem)? It is astonishing. Or Vic Nees' ''Magnificat''? ''']''' <small>(] - ])</small> 22:39, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

: Thank you for asking, - for choirs check the infobox on my user page, for more detail of compositions click on "memories" there, several Flemish, - I wrote about Jules van Nuffel's ]. I'm tired right now, past midnight here. --] (]) 22:47, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

:I have to butt in with how much I adore ''Nymphes des Bois'' – part of a popular Medieval/Rennaisance tradition of writing laments when great masters died (see by Andrieu for Machaut, or by Byrd for Tallis for other famous examples). If you're interested, has a list on the page 31. ] (]) 22:57, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
::{{u|Aza24}}, like! Thanks. Aslo mentions Ockeghem's ''Mort, tu as navré de ton dart'', which I have also performed. ''']''' <small>(] - ])</small> 07:19, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

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As a matter of personal interest, why are you using strings of colons and asterisks in your replies? Why don't you just run a string of colons and end it with an asterisk? ] (]) 15:46, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
: For accessibility, compare essay cited on top of ], by ]. --] (]) 18:08, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

== Stalking precious ==
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Hi Gerda, I ] who I think deserved it and did what I think is the necessary paperwork - hope that's okay. ] ] ] 12:15, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
: I just thanked you for that when I noticed. I always try to write a third line, for a more symmetric look of the image. When I translated an early model for the designer, however, it was also too short ;) - Great minds ... - we wrote 2466 almost simultaneously. I fixed "mine" to 2467. --] (]) 12:32, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
:: Okay, main point is you agree the Precious in this instance was a good idea, right? ] ] ] 12:36, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
::: yes, I do ;) - did you notice that on top, I have two friends pictured whose birthday is today? She plays bass, he plays cello. --] (]) 12:52, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
:::::<small>"She plays bass, he plays cello" - invoked for me - ''Daddy sang bass, Momma sang tenor"''. 🤠 I remember receiving my first Precious and how uplifting it was for me - one of the little things that have a huge impact. You're a special lady, Gerda. ] ] ] 11:44, 3 November 2020 (UTC)</small>
:::::: cute! - I also remember my first, then called awesome, 3 August 2010, shared day with Brian (imagine!). 31 October the same year, ] left over a copyvio discussion (of the TFA about a "witch"), returned without saying so, so left again over an RfA with socking accusations, - that's some of the reasons why ] is AKA the cabal of the outcast. Feel free to join if you feel you belong there. Will bring you monthly flowers, - that's all. --] (]) 11:51, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
:::: I just realised that ] would have turned 76 today .... I'll go and find a ] and fetch the carving knives from the kitchen drawer.... interesting factoid, Emerson was influenced by the Scottish group ], who were in turn named after ] (or was it the other way round?) ] ] ] 12:56, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
::::: great! - ] - St. Martin just a few days from now - did you see ? --] (]) 13:02, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
::::: ps: planning to make ecumene/] my 2021 topic - you heard it here the first time - perhaps to be called unity? See ]. --] (]) 13:11, 2 November 2020 (UTC)--] (]) 13:04, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
:::::: <small> ] ] ] 13:08, 2 November 2020 (UTC) </small>
::::::: just received by ], - ], {{diff|Percy Grainger|579193399|576187019|remember}}? - Something for ] as well, I'm sure, music and compromise. --] (]) 22:18, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
::::::::{{u|Gerda Arendt}}, an under-appreciated composer, probably because he wrote a lot of what is sniffily termed "light music". Brian Kay used to play his compositions fairly often on Radio 3, I recall. ''']''' <small>(] - ])</small> 21:07, 3 November 2020 (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
: ... not without irony, and as it happens DYK #1500 after #1 was about the composer whose birthday was a few days ago, a day before the piece was planned to be played. He also wrote ], ]: "He recalls a hike which he took, age nine, with his father ]. In 1972, when the ]ist taught for one year at ], they crossed the ] from the ] to the ], on the ] and the ]." - ] - Did you know that he wanted to call the variations ''Väriäschons'', as a German might pronounce the English? --] (]) 07:09, 7 November 2020 (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. --] (]) 07:57, 29 December 2024 (UTC)


=== Graham87 ===
: Inviting ] and ] to the party, who know relatives, and ] who helped me with ], - back from deletion and to DYK.


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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: grinning a bit --] (]) 10:03, 7 November 2020 (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 ]--] (]) 15:23, 31 December 2024 (UTC)


=== Thanks in 2024 ===


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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | Happy New Year, Gerda Arendt! In 2024, other editors thanked you using the ] 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 . Congratulations and, well, ''thank you'' for all that you do for Misplaced Pages. Here's to 2025! ] (]) 19:23, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
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:I remember when I was starting to add up DYKs I noticed you had over 400, and thought, "Will I ever get there?" Now I have over 400 and you have ... 1500! You'll always be the front-runner! Congratulations! ] (]) 21:57, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
:: Thank you, - it's due to three things: 1) eagerness to share topics I'm interested in, 2) ] constantly providing people I never heard of (or so I think and later find out I heard that voice but forgot her name), 3) being tired of infobox discussions, the determination to write simple short articles where nobody will discuss the topic, - and right, the last time was January 2018, ], remember? (... which therefore didn't go to DYK). Thank you for all the wording help, and next psalm will be ]. - ] became tired at 1666, - we'll see how I long I last, - writing more GAs instead would be nice. --] (]) 22:13, 7 November 2020 (UTC)


:Giving is better than receiving. Happy New Year. ] (]) 20:56, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
== Christian Flor again ==
:: 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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== New compilation of cello music from Venice ==


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)
Hi Gerda, I thought the Flor article might contain all the German which I attempted to translate, and found in doing so that I had made the elementary misreading of 'Lieder' for 'leider!' (sic). This changes the sense significantly, because Rist is saying that he is concerned with the ''Wideraufrichtung'' of the fallen Christenthum - alas! (leider!) - rather than the revival of merely the (Songs) of Christenthum - quite a different scale of challenge, one might think! I apologize for my former inaccuracy. "Re-edification" was a popular English usage for the setting-up-anew of the church in the 17th century, with resonances of OT Zachariah, and makes a fair equivalence for Wideraufrichtung (again-setting-up-rightly). oops, ] (]) 07:15, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
: ], thank you, and no problem with mistakes, I make them all the time. Best probably if you change the article. In modern German, it's Wiederaufrichtung, wieder=again, wider=against, - a similar trap as Lied=song vs. Leid=sorrow. I noticed that the English in the article is longer than the German, and found no time yet to find the rest. Busy with ]. --] (]) 07:47, 14 November 2020 (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)
: Thank you for having done all that before I asked! --] (]) 08:18, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
::Thanks, at any rate it makes better sense now. What a very convoluted way they had of expressing themselves. Haha! ] (]) 08:40, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
::: You said that succinctly ;) --] (]) 08:42, 14 November 2020 (UTC)


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: Hello {{diff|User:No Great Shaker|987791316|987179865|Roy}}, I am sorry to hear that. I thought {{diff|User talk:No Great Shaker|988814536|988814165|this sounded promising}}. I came to celebrate an anniversary today, and now have to deal with another disappointment, and another helper lost. Isn't it enough that dear people die? ... and good people die (see just above)? Yesterday; I met someone who ] for three years. We'll see. I decided against quitting in 2012, DYK? - I know the feeling, but stubbornly stay. I'll give you Die Fliege (look below the beeches) for your time away. Best wishes for private happiness, and read ], please. --] (]) 08:29, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
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=== Flowers for the Elderly ===
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All the best, <b style="font:1.3em/1em Trebuchet MS;letter-spacing:-0.07em">]]</b> 22:48, 16 November 2020 (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> -- ] (]) 18:25, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
: That's great news! --] (]) 07:56, 17 November 2020 (UTC)


== About ArbCom elections == == call for collaboration ==
You didn't tell me that there was a shortage of candidates for ArbCom. -- ] (]) 03:32, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
: I didn't know. Actually, my trust in arbitration is limited, so I believe fewer arbitrators who really ''look'' may be better than what I saw: one, superficially looking, said that an editor who uncollapsed an infobox (which I had created, even) should be banned for battleground behaviour, and - worse - none of the colleagues intervened, so none of those checked it out. Well, according to the ], arbitration will never admit they made a mistake. "Criticizing the decision after it has been made is pointless." - Go, y'all who feel capable of looking, and nominate yourself. ] is much easier than ]. --] (]) 07:56, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
:: OK, now I understand what you meant by "look" -- to actually investigate the matter. (The latest American jargon for that is "deep dive". Or so I gather.) Anyway, several more have volunteered, so I don't need to feel duty-bound to run this year. Maybe another year if I ever figure out the secret to running a successful campaign. Take care. -- ] (]) 00:29, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
::: Thank you, - well no, I didn't ask to dive deep, just look. Not every edit that begins on top with an infobox that wasn't at the position in the previous edit means an infobox was added. In the case in question, it was only moved from an unusual position, and uncollapsed. It doesn't take deep diving, just looking at a diff to the end, and not superficially staying at the top, and think you've seen it all, and tell your colleagues your interpretation of said diff, and none of them checks! Just by the mercy of one of them, who also didn't check but said he didn't want to see a good content editor banned with his voice making the difference, my friend wasn't banned. Just to explain my limited trust in arbitration ;) - It's over, but to see candidates still believing the wise restrictions in said case helped towards peace makes me smile. - So arbs, please look, just look carefully. --] (]) 07:11, 18 November 2020 (UTC)


* {{y}} ] needs attention to appear among the Recent deaths, ]. --] (]) 09:03, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
=== ArbCom question follow-ups ===


== ITN recognition for ] ==
Hi Gerda, I know this is a pain, but at the pre-election RfC this year, we added a new rule that prevents editors from posting {{tq|Analysis of candidates, questions or answers}} on questions to candidate pages (see ]). Because of this, I've moved some of your follow-up discussion with Barkeep49 and SMcCandlish to ] and ], respectively. Sorry for messing with your comments. All the best, ] (]) 19:49, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
: ], do what you have to but how was there any ''analysis'' of a candidate? I don't do that, at least I try not analyze and judge. I explained above what makes me smile, but it's nothing personal. --] (]) 20:38, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
::It seems to me that the new rule wants to move the Q&A pages in the direction of "just Q&A", with room only for very brief "thank you"s and "good answer"s, but anything more substantive should go on a different discussion page. I do see where you are coming from, though, and this will be something that SQL, GeneralNotability, and I will need to ruminate on over the next few weeks regarding how strictly we want to interpret this new rule in the interest of the project. ] (]) 22:24, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
::: Thank you for explaining. I have written my collection of answers from 2013, and one thing I intentionally avoided was analyzing. At times I even said if you want that look what others offer. In the two cases moved, there was not even a follow-up ''question'', just more background, one invited by a candidate who said he met the topic in 2019, - lucky person ;) --] (]) 22:53, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
::: If you want to look closer at "My wish for arbitration is to look at things closely and without prejudice, no more", {{diff|Misplaced Pages:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2020/Candidates/SMcCandlish/Questions|989315368||look}}. --] (]) 07:45, 21 November 2020 (UTC)


== Fall ==

For some time, starting at look-down in March, I've had weekly bouts of fainting. Medics have diagnosed weak anaemia, treatable by folic acid. I had three months of treatment, but lost balance today injuring myself on my jagged digital spinet. Poetic justice probably, since I've been uploading images of spinets from Commons ... But still shaken.

I think you noticed my upload for the "alleluja" on BWV 140/1. I listened and watched Ton Koopman & co performing BWV 140 with Marcel Ponseele performing the 1st oboe—quite impressive. Have you ever sung that? ] (]) 12:43, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
: Ooooh. Best for your health!!! Yes, one of ], especially that jazzy alto entrance. --] (]) 13:43, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

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: Inviting ], again, now for ] on top, singing the praises of great collaboration by nominator ], ] who found recordings and refs, ] who cleaned refs, ] who found the pic, and those doing the regular cleanup for DYK articles, and concerned about Women in Red. --] (]) 18:46, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
::Fabulous! Well done and thanks to you all{{snd}}I am delighted to see this. I just popped in and did a couple of minor tweaks. As you know, I am in no hurry to out myself here, preferring to be grumpily anonymous, but I was amused to see that I had had more than a minor hand in one of the references used there. It also reminded me that I really, ''really'' ought to own a copy of her biography, and I have now ordered it. Too significant to not have, I feel. With all good wishes ] (]) 20:59, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
::: Thank you, - I couldn't believe she had no article. --] (]) 07:45, 21 November 2020 (UTC)
:::: Yes, and {{tq|I couldn't believe she had no article}}{{snd}}quite! I shall keep an eye on it and hope for more in the future. There is no doubt in my mind about the gender discrimination. ] (]) 13:19, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

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=== Poetry layout ===

Yes, absolutely it could! But I just feel that you tend ''not'' to include the punctuation like that, on the (perhaps spurious) grounds that its place is sort-of taken by the slash. I am not, however, willing to pick up my musket over this, and you have done this work a lot more than I, and I am too lazy, ill and knackered to look for evidence to support my case, so I think I will just stfu now, as the young people so charmingly put it! Cheers ] (]) 21:42, 21 November 2020 (UTC)
: I'm not one of the young people - just replaced the pic of the disillusioned author by a youthful one but keep it here, - so what's stfu? Will think about layout more, but promised poetry for ], and have already 2 more tasks before getting there. --] (]) 21:47, 21 November 2020 (UTC)
:: No worries, and I am ashamed to say that it stands for Shut The F*** Up! ] (]) 21:53, 21 November 2020 (UTC)
::: listen to Wie der Hirsch schreit (Mendelssohn) --] (]) 23:20, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

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== Donizetti ==

I think that if you're going to remove {{tl|Donizetti operas}} from articles before the deletion discussion is over (which I think is a poor choice) you should at least provide an accurate edit summary indicating what you're doing. This only caught my attention because you removed it from ] but your edit summary indicated you were simply changing the image. That's discourteous at best. There are others where you are using it as an opportunity to remove the template and add an infobox. It seems at times that you enjoy stoking the fires of the infobox issue. --] ] 04:26, 22 November 2020 (UTC)
: ], several short replies. Today is the day we ], please look around. Today is Benjamin Britten's birthday, look just above or on top. It's always the day of St Cecilia, patron saint of music, and I always try to honour that, - a little annual crusade of mine. Today I received , a video entitled Sehnsucht (''longing'' is a weak translation), also related to the thought of missed people, for this Sunday. I'm not in the mood to "enjoy", sorry, and I see no fire about {{tl|infobox opera}}, used in all major (]) operas.
: For context, see ], and ]. What would be your answer to the latter? - I was lazy when I added infobox opera to Donizetti's masterworks in 2015, and so a few were stil left over, including this one strange thing about an opera that was never performed. I remembered that the principle author(s) dont like infoboxes, and acted in respect, but saw no reason - and have to type out edit summaries, and spoke about laziness before - to make notice of that particular personal respect. Sometimes I {{diff|Misplaced Pages:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2020/Candidates/SMcCandlish/Questions|989315368||do write long edit summaries}}. BB stands for me for Benjamin Britten and for Brian Boulton, and all of Brian's ] have infoboxes, compare ]. I follow a great example. --] (]) 09:23, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

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today

my story

Librettist Gerhard Müller
and composer Georg Katzer
(10 January 1935 – 7 May 2019)
wrote
Antigone oder die Stadt
in East Germany,
but it premiered
at the Komische Oper Berlin
only after reunification.
watch

19 August 2019

(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

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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)

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ITN recognition for Loretta Di Franco

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— 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

The article Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut, BWV 113 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:Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut, BWV 113 and Talk:Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut, BWV 113/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Kyle Peake -- Kyle Peake (talk) 18:25, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

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)