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singing the praises of
the scuttled
the banned
and those who have
just given up

Hope is precious and great joy is found in living

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

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

Walk lightly and remain yourself, above the fray. →StaniStani  09:20, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

Thank you, it helps to open my shop again. - I sang the words last year, here, helping. The blue colour is also of significance to me. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:28, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

shop open --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:43, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

Yay  :-)     — 74.192.84.101 (talk) 03:16, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

Hello Sweet Woman.

Hope you and yours are doing well. Hugs always, — Ched :  ?  15:08, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

With you appearing, I am better, compared to the sadness on top. Believe it or not, there is more peace now in infobox topics ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:36, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for great work on the structure and sources of Bach's Mass in B minor!

I don't know the best way or place to write to you to thank you. (There is a heart icon that links to a way to send appreciation, but I don't understand it.) So, this is where I am thanking you for all the work on the sources of the movements of the mass, etc. After making a few edits today, I saw the history and see all you have done to create (I think) and improve this page. Thanks!! A Bach-lover...David Couch (talk) 08:34, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

Thank you. My promised article. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:43, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

This picture

There is a photo in this article. https://de.wikipedia.org/Pieter_Claesz Is that there to illustrate a point or it is jut a joke? --Hafspajen (talk) 13:16, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

Which one in de:Pieter Claesz? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:19, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

Looks like a joke to me. Question on talk. Ask "Was hat das Bild ... mit dem Künstler zu tun?" --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:22, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

That appears to be a modern wine bottle. Sca (talk) 14:39, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

... and a photography anyway, of 16xx? ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:41, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

I see it's been deleted by one Michael Bednarek as a Witz. Sca (talk) 14:46, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

Thank you, Michael! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:48, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

Thank you from me too. Sca said I should remove it, but if somebody wanted to conversate with me about it, my German conversation would mostly confused people. I might have said weird thing so them - like slafen sie Deutsch and such-. My German friens always laugh about my German. Not the English, though. Actually I speak English much better than write. Hafspajen (talk) 14:50, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

I wish, I wish ...Misplaced Pages free from the Evil... Martin, come and help. Hafspajen (talk) 11:03, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

... if not Martin, I shall. — | Gareth Griffith-Jones |The WelshBuzzard| — 18:03, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for offering! Free from evil is good, something good is better: read BWV 22, comment the FAC but of course only if you like it ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:08, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

I do like it, and have seen from its history how involved you were. Great work! — | Gareth Griffith-Jones |The WelshBuzzard| — 18:18, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

• Gareth Griffith-Jones - thanks. Hafspajen (talk) 15:21, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

Messiah (Handel)

Hi Gerda, I am quite sure a correct link was made in this article and I explained here. You might want to double check yourself. Thanks. Mdd (talk) 15:55, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

Yes, sorry, I thought it had been linked before, my mistake. - I was confused by two links to the same person, and it's very good to have him linked in the bibliography also. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:58, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

Ok, thanks again. -- Mdd (talk)

The "best of" Bruckner's motets

Dear Gerda,

On his webpage Kleine Kirchenmusikwerke CD set John Berky is promoting Hans Roelofs' "best of" Bruckner's motets.

Hans provided me with this 3 CD set two months ago. It contains recordings of all items of Band 21 of the Gesamtausgabe, except the sketches Nos. 42 (Kyrie g-Moll (Fragment) - WAB 140) and 43 (Kyrie Es-Dur (Fragment) - WAB 139), for which no recording is available. I enjoy it very much.

Best regards, --Réginald alias Meneerke bloem (To reply) 19:55, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

If you (or any other one) are interested to get a copy of this valuable CD set, do not hesitate to contact John Berky. --Réginald alias Meneerke bloem (To reply) 14:17, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Spanish Hill

Thank you for your review of my DYK nomination! I appreciate your time and consideration. If you'd like to read more about Spanish Hill, I found a very interesting website online from a historian local to the area (Deb Twigg; she was also mentioned in the article). Spanish Hill. I wanted to include a little bit of fun information regarding "7 foot tall horned Indian skeletons" found in the area, but I couldn't justify its inclusion, since they weren't found on the hill specifically, but in the general vicinity. Anyway, thanks again for reviewing my hook, and for all your other great work at DYK and elsewhere.-RHM22 (talk) 19:01, 6 January 2015 (UTC) P.s., I see your point about the etymology being in the lede section, but I feel like it might be important information for visitors (all three of them) who might be looking for that specific information, although I did shorten that sentence to reduce its prominence.-RHM22 (talk) 19:04, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for coming over. Name in lead: just a question about weight, perhaps add more other facts there also. I like that the hook doesn't mention a place^ ;) - Best reading I can offer right now is BWV 22 (FAC open), --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:09, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

That looks like an interesting article! I'll take a good look at it and at the FAC when I get a chance later tonight.-RHM22 (talk) 21:06, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

Music

	The Musical sing Award
	The Musical singing Award Hafspajen (talk) 22:47, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

Nice response to singing the praises of the outcasts ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:56, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

I guess you soon have to put Sagaciousphil ‎ on that list. Hafspajen (talk) 00:14, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

A well-deserved barnstar

		The Barnstar of Integrity
		Gerda, for your ceaseless efforts across the project to recognize and encourage civility, goodwill, and all manner of useful contributions -- and just generally to foster a collegial and warm atmosphere -- I hope you will accept this barnstar. I had considered giving you the Random Acts of Kindness star or the PumpkinSky Prize, but (unsurprisingly) I find they've already been awarded, so I've settled on this option, fresh and just as appropriate as it is. All my best. Snow talk 03:34, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

The "notorious infoboxes criminal" accepts with delight! I was planning to write on Geh aus, mein Herz, und suche Freud today (my mom's favourite song on her birthday) which is about seeking joy, - now joy just comes ;) - Thank you, made my day! (I still plan to expand the article, it's not too obvious anyway that it's about actively seeking joy when you don't see any.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:45, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

Well, geteilte Freude ist doppelte Freude, as the old chestnut goes -- and it's always nice in particular to share it with someone who so exemplifies that perspective. But regardless of the source, I hope the day brings you more joy still.  :) Snow talk 10:47, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

Enjoyable hike so far! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:41, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Te Deum (Jenkins)

On 9 January 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Te Deum (Jenkins), which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Karl Jenkins conducted the premiere of his Te Deum, "a joyous, theatrical piece", in the European Capital of Culture of 2008, Liverpool? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Te Deum (Jenkins). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Harrias 12:02, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Piano Sonata Hob. XVI/20

On 10 January 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Piano Sonata Hob. XVI/20, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Joseph Haydn's keyboard sonata in C minor has been called his Appassionata? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Harrias 12:02, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

Roth and Fowles, epitaphs and graves

Hi Gerda. Do you remember what I said here? I took a long time to upload that image for the Ernst Roth article. Now I've finally managed to do the same for the Leonard N. Fowles article. It being a musical subject and both having epitaphs related to that, I thought you might appreciate a note about this. On another note, I mentioned decay of graves in that comment back in January 2014, and you can see for yourself the difference in the condition of the graves if you look at the articles: William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood, Ernst Roth, Francis Francis (writer), Herbert Edgar Weston, Frederick James Camm, Leonard N. Fowles, Laurence Oliphant (author), Joseph Jackson Howard, Edward Stanley Gibbons. Carcharoth (talk) 10:06, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

Thank you! - Brief, on vacation, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:18, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

Hilfe bitte

Hi Gerda! Since you're German, I was wondering if I could call on you for a bit of help? I just created the article for Günter Lamprecht, a great actor from your country. I mostly used a translated version of the German article, but obviously the translation can be gobbledegook at times. Do you think you could take a look, see if I understood correctly, and maybe add anything I missed? The stuff about him being involved in a shooting was particularly confusing. Cheers (and thanks again for the support with Hoffman, which has just passed - hooray!) --Loeba (talk) 14:37, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

How on earth was Günter Lamprecht missing!! A very familiar face of German cinema!♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:45, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

I'm currently making my way through Berlin Alexanderplatz and absolutely love him in it, so it only felt right to create his article. He doesn't have many other notable roles, it seems, but it's still strange no-one had done it before. --Loeba (talk) 15:10, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

I know him from the masterpiece Das Boot, but I could have sworn I've seen him in a number of other films. His face is almost as familiar as Prochnow's!♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:28, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

Thank you!

and Happy New Year! I have returned to my page after an absence of several months in which I have moved from Australia to UK. Such a nice surprise to return and discover that I was valued as precious!

Amandajm (talk) 18:11, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

Emil

Emil Rau - lots of pics - no article. Hafspajen (talk) 20:13, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

• We can sing songs or play cards...or somebody can tell a story...or we can plan things...
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• 
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We can sing songs, - I do so on vacation, - start in a sandbox, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:38, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, seen enough, - VERY SLOW line where I am, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:02, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

YES, dear. Hafspajen (talk) 21:21, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

In a sandbox? Hafspajen (talk) 15:20, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

Yes, good idea. Back, btw, but a lot of work not done, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:30, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

Piccy

Well I know who took this photo at least ... :) DBaK (talk) 21:22, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

DYK nomination Symphonic Prelude (Bruckner)

Dear Gerda,

I have amended the concerned paragraph as follows:

"... not everyone became convinced that the piece was originated by Bruckner and so the "controversial" piece remained rarely performed. The original orchestration was performed first ...".

OK so? --Réginald alias Meneerke bloem (To reply) 09:20, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

I like it but we will see what the good reviewer says. I watch the nom, no need to repeat here, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:31, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

DYK for St. Cecilia Mass

On 13 January 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article St. Cecilia Mass, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Camille Saint-Saëns commented after the premiere of the St. Cecilia Mass by Charles Gounod that "at first one was dazzled, then charmed, then conquered"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/St. Cecilia Mass. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 16:28, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

(whistle- imagine the sound file)

	Nightingale Award
	For the singing, feeding and cheering you do, at-tending to all of us, birds of many feathers. Wuerzele (talk) 09:11, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

"... die hochbegabte Nachtigall / ergötzt und füllt mit ihrem Schall / Berg, Hügel, Tal und Felder" - thank you, delighful composition! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:40, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

Gerda

	Gerda for Gerda
	Gerda this is a Gerda for you. Hafspajen (talk) 19:25, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

Thank you ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:16, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Herr Gott, dich loben wir

On 15 January 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Herr Gott, dich loben wir, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Luther's German Te Deum, "Herr Gott, dich loben wir", was set by Bach in cantatas for New Year's Day and by Mendelssohn to celebrate the millennium of the German Reich? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Herr Gott, dich loben wir. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 20:30, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

Konservatorium Wien

Hello. I recognized your revert to this article after I moved it to another name. Well, It is a bit strange if the name of all the other main articles of the Austrian conservatories are written in English except this article of Konservatorium Wien. The Vienna Conservatory is already confused with the Konservatorium Wien here in Austria in our real life. So where is the problem to leave the article moved to the English name? Opo Chano (talk) 12:35, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

I asked at Classical music, please go there also. The problem is confusion which happens in translation, when conservatory and academy are used for three different organizations. We should not invent English names, but use names from reliable sources. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:45, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

Ok, understood. Opo Chano (talk) 12:50, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

Theodora

Hi Gerda - just spent an hour searching for a piece of music I heard a fragment of on the radio û it turned out to be "As with rosy steps the morn". Perhaps I should have asked you first and saved myself some time!

Hope you're well
 pablo 14:08, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

Well, thanks, - thanks for thinking of me, and no, I would not have known. I heard Theodora, second half, because people left who found the church too cold ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:14, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Symphonic Prelude (Bruckner)

On 16 January 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Symphonic Prelude (Bruckner), which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that the Symphonic Prelude was first performed in 1981 as a work by Gustav Mahler and in 1997 as a work by Anton Bruckner? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Symphonic Prelude (Bruckner). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 20:59, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

User:Gerda Arendt/Davenbelle

What exactly is User:Gerda Arendt/Davenbelle? Obviously you're not banned. Oiyarbepsy (talk) 17:35, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

Obviously that is not my user page. Why do you change other users' pages and ask them questions about them? - In a good mood, I answer that he took my lead image and made an admirable entry: "I'm a new user on Misplaced Pages. I'm proceeding cautiously, but will carefully consider and comments or criticism that comes my way" which I take care to remember. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:22, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

ps: better redirect a user page to the talk instead of the other way round, because others may want to add to the talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:25, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Today's featured article/February 7, 2015

I'd consider it a favor if we could go with "Twelve". The AmEng dictionaries I use all capitalize it (AHD, M-W, Random House), and the BrEng dictionaries (oxforddictionaries.com, SOED), and I think it's important to follow the higher-quality sources. Having said that: I'm not looking to establish a precedent that I get to decide usage because of my hat. I've made a proposal to the other two TFA coords that we look to pull in more volunteers and get more feedback on decisions. But until I can get that going, I think I'll make Bencherlite less nervous if we follow modern usage, and I also think that following the dictionaries is the decision that a group is most likely to settle on, when we start making these decisions as a group. - Dank (push to talk) 01:45, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

I just made one more tweak, adding inline attribution to the quote per WP:INTEXT. - Dank (push to talk) 03:35, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

It would be my second article where the spelling contradicts the majority of sources used for the article. I am on voluntary 1RR. At least in this case it doesn't contradict Bach ;) Favour enough? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:25, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

As for the attribution, it reads a bit as if the complete sentence is "his" (opinion), but it's only the description including "operatic", - no doubt a fact that some elements set the standard. I wonder how to express that there are yearly cycles of Leipzig church cantatas to come, for those who don't know. At least a link? Will work on Thomaskantor, hopefully today, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:08, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks kindly. Added your link, twelve -> Twelve. - Dank (push to talk) 13:44, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

Just saw your edit to the "frame" sentence. The more we fiddle with this, the more I become convinced that we'll be better off without that sentence ... it just raises way more questions in readers' minds than it answers, which is one of the main things to avoid in a TFA paragraph. May I delete the sentence? - Dank (push to talk) 15:07, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

It's about a key point of the whole cantata: that the early work has elements of the many (cantatas) and great (Passions) works to come. I expect that even readers who don't know what a cantata is, may have heard that Bach wrote the St Matthew Passion. I am a DYK person, - raising questions that make readers click. Rephrase without the quote? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:54, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

We can't put quoted material on the Main Page without quote marks, Gerda. Can you rephrase in your own words? - Dank (push to talk) 18:57, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

Thats what I did, I can't change the terms chorale, recitative and aria, but switched their order and made them plural instead of singular, could say "bible quotation" instead of "bible text", if that helps, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:54, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

I realy don't know

when, just guessing. Adam got the flue. Have to ask him. Hafspajen (talk) 13:48, 21 January 2015 (UTC) But if yours was promoted 9 January - then 4 to 11 would be a god guess. Hafspajen (talk) 13:50, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

I think it should say something like "since the last edition", to be more flexible, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:52, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

Fräulein

Hi - I've attempted to add an infobox to our Bezauberndes Fräulein, but it's come out looking pretty basic. Would you be able to take a look and patch up my work - I'm doing quite a few translations and would like to put a sensible infobox onto them! Thanks so much. Cricketgirl (talk) 16:36, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

Glad you liked it! I know nothing of the DYK process so I'll leave that to you whenever you have time. :) Getting started on the next translation. Enjoy your evening! Cricketgirl (talk) 18:49, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

We need refs first! I will do the rest then, with pleasure --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:23, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks :) Cricketgirl (talk) 20:55, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

Peter Feuchtwanger

Gerda, when you get a chance it would be great if you could translate the German wiki article on the composer and pianist de:Peter Feuchtwanger. Hope you are well. Best.4meter4 (talk) 03:14, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

One happy editor

Dear Gerda, - I want to thank you, so much, for naming me an "awesome Wikipedian" for my work on the Mark Satin biography, and for giving me my day! As you may know, the article was "Today's featured article" on the Main Page that day, and I (with others' help) have had to spend all my Misplaced Pages time since then digging out from under various malicious edits and inappropriate edits. Receiving the award when I did made these last 10 days much more bearable for me.

I would love to put news of the award on my talk page! I've done so in the text, but I would prefer doing so with a Userbox, particularly if it has that gorgeous blue sapphire on it. Is there one? I'll watch this space for your reply. - Babel41 (talk) 04:21, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

There is a box, further down on the awards list, created by the earlier givers. There is no one with the sapphire, - the square box would not match the designer's ideas. Create something?

I dropped the "their own day" because that was true only the first year, and I don't like "his or her" anyway ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:19, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

Yes, and "their own day" may be too, um, precious to boot. But I love the box above and as you'll see, I simply linked the "Awesome Wikipedian" phrase in it to the PumpkinSky Prize page, which appears to go from 2012 right up to the present. I hope that's not stepping on any toes. - Babel41 (talk) 06:53, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

Thank you, good idea. I made it an inline link. We'll see about the toes ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:01, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

Hi

I'm so glad to see you still around Gerda, and still promoting kindness and love. Every day you share your gift of life, of music, of thought, of acceptance, of tolerance, and of love. I know you are born of the great country of Germany, and in many ways I share that heritage. I was born and raised in the US; but I thought I might share this with you because the whole idea makes me think of you:

— Ched :  ?  05:33, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

my gift to you. — Ched :  ?  05:44, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

User:Ched
Born	1957 (age 67–68)
Other names	User:Chedzilla

Thank you, Ched. - Is this what you requested? (And what I hesitate to put on your user page, afraid of another round of arb enforcement) - I found no parameter for gender=male in {{infobox person}}.

"This little light of mine" was regularly sung at a Sunday Gospel Brunch, by a gospel group lead by an enormous woman (enormous both in body and spirit), and the restaurant guests, children only in the first verse, - thanks for bringing back lovely memories!

Je suis - I follow the one who quoted "The only real nation is humanity", pictured on top and (because I sometimes change) here, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:07, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

• Yep - exactly what I wanted. Thank you very much Gerda. I will have a look at articles soon. — Ched :  ?  17:42, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
  • Hey Ched, where you been? Good to see you. - Dank (push to talk) 17:56, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

Response!

Greta: I am delighted to be considered an Awesome Wikipedian. Thank you very much! Pendright (talk) 18:37, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

You're awesome!

	You're awesome!
	In appreciation. Hawkeye7 (talk) 07:22, 24 January 2015 (UTC)