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The time has come

Kind words from nice people
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.
It is time for me to step back from editing. It has been an extraordinary 16+ years. My thanks to everyone who has helped, shown kindness and shared so much during my time here. To you (as well as to those who will be happy to see me leave) I wish you well as you continue on with the Misplaced Pages experiment. I will probably pop back in from time to time but any posts made here will not get answered in a timely fashion. I also know that things may change down the road. Cheers to one and all and happy editing whenever possible :-) MarnetteD\|Talk 21:17, 1 January 2022 (UTC) In the immortal words of DA "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish" mmmm fish :-P MarnetteD\|Talk 21:31, 1 January 2022 (UTC) Here's one song to Never Forget, M. Starkiryu64 (talk) 22:13, 1 January 2022 (UTC) I completely missed this until now. Vaya con Dios, MarnetteD, I'm really sad you're leaving, but glad you're doing what you want to do. Here's to things changing down the road. --Floquenbeam (talk) 16:40, 6 January 2022 (UTC) MarnetteD has left? :-( I'll miss you. Bishonen \| tålk 16:48, 6 January 2022 (UTC). What a shame! One of the nicest editors here. You will be greatly missed. Martinevans123 (talk) 16:56, 6 January 2022 (UTC) But you know what they say.... "when an old wiki editor leaves the crease, you never know...." Oh no. You'll be sadly missed. Doug Weller talk 18:01, 6 January 2022 (UTC) Oppose: I'm going to have to open up an ANI filing. We'll see about this! I hope you'll check in on us from time to time, and that life treats you well! DonIago (talk) 18:11, 6 January 2022 (UTC) Saddened to see this, but many thanks for all you've done during your time here! DanCherek (talk) 18:44, 6 January 2022 (UTC) Oh this is really bad news. Thank you for your help, advice and support over the years. Hope to stay in touch. You will be much missed here. Very best wishes, David, David J Johnson (talk) 19:02, 6 January 2022 (UTC) Take care, friend. Hope to see you back sooner rather than later. El_C 00:09, 7 January 2022 (UTC) Sorry to hear this. All the best. Johnuniq (talk) 00:56, 7 January 2022 (UTC) Thank you Starkiryu64, Floq, Bishonen, Martinevans123, Doug Weller, Doniago, DanCherek, David J Johnson, El_C and Johnuniq for your kind messages. It has been a privilege editing alongside each of you over the years. I'm finally getting a chance to see my stack of films released by the Criterion Collection and Kino Lorber :-) I am a sucker for their half price sales so my library had gotten kinda large. Best wishes to each of you! MarnetteD\|Talk 23:38, 7 January 2022 (UTC) You too, MarnetteD. You are the reason why my days are a little bit better. Have a jolly good retirment. Starkiryu64 (talk) 00:47, 8 January 2022 (UTC) I've only just seen this. Your kind notes have kept me sane over the years and will be missed - please visit often! -- Jezebel's Ponyo 23:43, 7 January 2022 (UTC) Thanks Ponyo. I'm glad to have helped :-) Best regards. MarnetteD\|Talk 23:46, 7 January 2022 (UTC) 16+ years of getting paid nothing but beans is quite impressive, not many will stay for that long :) May your retirement be stress-free and full of relaxation. Thank you for all you've done here. I've learned a lot from you. Sro23 (talk) 00:50, 10 January 2022 (UTC) Beans? You've been getting beans Sro23 :-) Were they coffee or pinto - heehee. Thanks for the compliment and for all you work here as well. Best regards. MarnetteD\|Talk 21:52, 14 January 2022 (UTC) Oh, no! You have been one of my role models, MarnetteD. Sending you thank yous for everything I learned from your wisdom. Enjoy your retirement, may it be filled with beauty! Netherzone (talk) 02:29, 15 January 2022 (UTC) Thank you Netherzone. I had several nice editors who taught me how things worked in my time here so I am glad to have passed some of them on to you. I really appreciate your kind message. Cheers. MarnetteD\|Talk 17:35, 21 January 2022 (UTC) Goodbye I'm sorry to see you go, but I understand your reasons. Thank you for all your kindness! It was great knowing you and I wish you the best! --A.S. Brown (talk) 00:20, 5 June 2022 (UTC) Thanks for your kind words A.S. Brown. Seems I can't quite get away completely just yet but I am headed in that direction. I wisah you all the very best in return on wiki and even more so in real life. Cheers. MarnetteD\|Talk 03:49, 11 June 2022 (UTC) Thank you so much! Best wishes! --A.S. Brown (talk) 08:11, 11 June 2022‎ (UTC) Goodbye, MarnetteD. BattleshipMan (talk) 14:24, 18 June 2022 (UTC) Thank you BattleshipMan and best regards. MarnetteD\|Talk 17:35, 21 June 2022 (UTC) I've just seen this. I am sad to see you leave. Thank you for our wikiship, for a lack of a better word, and I wish you the best of luck with your life (: Callmemirela 🍁 15:35, 20 June 2022 (UTC) Thank you so much Callmemirela. For the moment I still pop in once or twice a week and am delighted to see your message. Wikiship is a great word for the kind and good people like yourself that I've met over the years. Whether on wiki or in my dreams I am so fortunate to have shared time with you. Best wishes to you on wikiP and, even more so, in real life!! MarnetteD\|Talk 17:42, 21 June 2022 (UTC) You have a "retired" notice on this page, yet still continue to make edits. Does it mean you changed your mind and just forgot to take that down? If not and you plan on leaving, then farewell and I'll definitely miss you. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 04:12, 3 July 2022 (UTC) Thanks for your note SNUGGUMS. Turns out I do drop in every couple days so I've updated my message. It is going to come to an end at some point though. Best regards!! MarnetteD\|Talk 04:24, 3 July 2022 (UTC) My pleasure, and I'm sure you'll make the most of your time here while it lasts. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 19:17, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

Kind words from nice people

The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.

It is time for me to step back from editing. It has been an extraordinary 16+ years. My thanks to everyone who has helped, shown kindness and shared so much during my time here. To you (as well as to those who will be happy to see me leave) I wish you well as you continue on with the Misplaced Pages experiment. I will probably pop back in from time to time but any posts made here will not get answered in a timely fashion. I also know that things may change down the road. Cheers to one and all and happy editing whenever possible :-) MarnetteD|Talk 21:17, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

In the immortal words of DA "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish" mmmm fish :-P MarnetteD|Talk 21:31, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

Here's one song to Never Forget, M. Starkiryu64 (talk) 22:13, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
I completely missed this until now. Vaya con Dios, MarnetteD, I'm really sad you're leaving, but glad you're doing what you want to do. Here's to things changing down the road. --Floquenbeam (talk) 16:40, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
MarnetteD has left? :-( I'll miss you. Bishonen | tålk 16:48, 6 January 2022 (UTC).
What a shame! One of the nicest editors here. You will be greatly missed. Martinevans123 (talk) 16:56, 6 January 2022 (UTC) But you know what they say.... "when an old wiki editor leaves the crease, you never know...."
Oh no. You'll be sadly missed. Doug Weller talk 18:01, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
Oppose: I'm going to have to open up an ANI filing. We'll see about this! I hope you'll check in on us from time to time, and that life treats you well! DonIago (talk) 18:11, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
Saddened to see this, but many thanks for all you've done during your time here! DanCherek (talk) 18:44, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
Oh this is really bad news. Thank you for your help, advice and support over the years. Hope to stay in touch. You will be much missed here. Very best wishes, David, David J Johnson (talk) 19:02, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
Take care, friend. Hope to see you back sooner rather than later. El_C 00:09, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
Sorry to hear this. All the best. Johnuniq (talk) 00:56, 7 January 2022 (UTC)

Thank you Starkiryu64, Floq, Bishonen, Martinevans123, Doug Weller, Doniago, DanCherek, David J Johnson, El_C and Johnuniq for your kind messages. It has been a privilege editing alongside each of you over the years. I'm finally getting a chance to see my stack of films released by the Criterion Collection and Kino Lorber :-) I am a sucker for their half price sales so my library had gotten kinda large. Best wishes to each of you! MarnetteD|Talk 23:38, 7 January 2022 (UTC)

You too, MarnetteD. You are the reason why my days are a little bit better. Have a jolly good retirment. Starkiryu64 (talk) 00:47, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

I've only just seen this. Your kind notes have kept me sane over the years and will be missed - please visit often! -- Jezebel's Ponyo 23:43, 7 January 2022 (UTC)

Thanks Ponyo. I'm glad to have helped :-) Best regards. MarnetteD|Talk 23:46, 7 January 2022 (UTC)

16+ years of getting paid nothing but beans is quite impressive, not many will stay for that long :) May your retirement be stress-free and full of relaxation. Thank you for all you've done here. I've learned a lot from you. Sro23 (talk) 00:50, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

Beans? You've been getting beans Sro23 :-) Were they coffee or pinto - heehee. Thanks for the compliment and for all you work here as well. Best regards. MarnetteD|Talk 21:52, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

Oh, no! You have been one of my role models, MarnetteD. Sending you thank yous for everything I learned from your wisdom. Enjoy your retirement, may it be filled with beauty! Netherzone (talk) 02:29, 15 January 2022 (UTC)

Thank you Netherzone. I had several nice editors who taught me how things worked in my time here so I am glad to have passed some of them on to you. I really appreciate your kind message. Cheers. MarnetteD|Talk 17:35, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

Goodbye

I'm sorry to see you go, but I understand your reasons. Thank you for all your kindness! It was great knowing you and I wish you the best! --A.S. Brown (talk) 00:20, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for your kind words A.S. Brown. Seems I can't quite get away completely just yet but I am headed in that direction. I wisah you all the very best in return on wiki and even more so in real life. Cheers. MarnetteD|Talk 03:49, 11 June 2022 (UTC)

Thank you so much! Best wishes! --A.S. Brown (talk) 08:11, 11 June 2022‎ (UTC)

Goodbye, MarnetteD. BattleshipMan (talk) 14:24, 18 June 2022 (UTC)

Thank you BattleshipMan and best regards. MarnetteD|Talk 17:35, 21 June 2022 (UTC)

I've just seen this. I am sad to see you leave. Thank you for our wikiship, for a lack of a better word, and I wish you the best of luck with your life (: Callmemirela 🍁 15:35, 20 June 2022 (UTC)

Thank you so much Callmemirela. For the moment I still pop in once or twice a week and am delighted to see your message. Wikiship is a great word for the kind and good people like yourself that I've met over the years. Whether on wiki or in my dreams I am so fortunate to have shared time with you. Best wishes to you on wikiP and, even more so, in real life!! MarnetteD|Talk 17:42, 21 June 2022 (UTC)

You have a "retired" notice on this page, yet still continue to make edits. Does it mean you changed your mind and just forgot to take that down? If not and you plan on leaving, then farewell and I'll definitely miss you. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 04:12, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for your note SNUGGUMS. Turns out I do drop in every couple days so I've updated my message. It is going to come to an end at some point though. Best regards!! MarnetteD|Talk 04:24, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

My pleasure, and I'm sure you'll make the most of your time here while it lasts. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 19:17, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

January music

January songs
happy new year

There was an opera world premiere in Frankfurt but I'm happily on vacation -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:58, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

Thamks Gerda Arendt. I hope you are having a wonderful vacay :-) MarnetteD|Talk 22:25, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

I do! - Check out pics (click on songs), but I'm 3 days behind. Will try to add another day right now. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:27, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

Today: my last DYK about a opera singer, background: User talk:Storye book#Elena Manistina, or: why Tchaikovsky's The Enchantress isn't on the Main page. - A must-see opera, only: we rarely get a chance, the performance I saw was only the second production in Germany. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:32, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

The pics are wonderful Gerda Arendt. Much learning for me at both links in the second post which I always appreciate. Fingers crossed that The Enchantress shows up on one of the streaming services one day. I got to see Christmas Eve (opera) on OperaVision last month so there is much hope for experiencing other little performed works in the future. Cheers.MarnetteD|Talk 02:33, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

Some more pics added, and a Bach cantata was on DYK 10 years ago --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:50, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

and now the rest - Melitta Muszely died, RIP - the other story is 10 years old OTD ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:07, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

Thank you Gerda Arendt. RIP indeed. I have come to appreciate those who teach music as much as those who perform it. The gift they give to the young is as important as that given to me as an audience member - if not more so. I have been following Joyce DiDanato's EDEN program through her posts on Instagram. Best wishes. MarnetteD|Talk 18:19, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

Best wishes

It was great working with you, and I'll miss you as I had into semi-retirment.

Right now, I'm just to wrap up a lot of things around here that I meant to do like the Danzig crisis. It was great working with you, and I hope you are enjoying your retirement. Best wishes! 兔年快乐！--A.S. Brown (talk) 06:04, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for this message A.S. Brown and it is not a bother at all :-) My word life does have twists and turns doesn't it? Things are moving in a different direction than when we first met. I hope it continues to do so! I have been spending time traveling through different film directors works. Last year included Federico Fellini, Agnes Varda and Wong Kar-wai. I'm about half way through Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz (miniseries). Next up will be this massive collection of Ingmar Bergman's films. It has been an honor to edit alongside you here at the 'pedia. I am humbled and grateful for the time you have taken to share your life's journey with me. Please feel free to email me if you are so inclined - though, of course, there is no obligation to do so. Best wishes to you now and always. MarnetteD|Talk 23:33, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

Your welcome! I'm feeling more than a little sad because the encyclopedia has my refuge, where I go to create something beautiful and informative, and I'm already cut back on my contributions.

That sounds a most interesting collection of films. Lots of striking images, intimate moments, searing drama and fantastical visions. I don't mean to sound like a snob, but is nice to write to somebody who can appreciate the finer aspects of culture. It has been a long time since I encountered anybody cultured, and it is so nice to know you. You one of the best people I met during my time here. E Having said that much, I'm true that I have met you and your friendship is well worth all these battles with the ill-informed people. I'll think I will take up your offer on an email. Your support and kindness is greatly appreciated here. I hope all is well and best wishes! --A.S. Brown (talk) 08:27, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

Apologies for the belated (very) reply A.S. Brown. I do appreciate the time and effort you've taken to write this. I have learned so much from this message. It breaks my heart to read of the things that happened to you all those years ago. As much as I wish I could there is nothing I can do to take away that pain. What I can say is that your work here has improved various WikiP articles immensely. There are people who you will never meet who will learn and benefit from what you have written. Many, many thanks. Best regards. MarnetteD|Talk 20:04, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

Thank you so much. Please forgive any errors as I am deadly sick with the flu right now and not feeling very good at all. I've had a hard life, though it is interesting in a perverse sort of way, but time only moves in one direction, and all one can do is try to make things better. Thank you for all your kindness, which is greatly appreciated. It is people like you who make Wikiepedia a great place.It has been a great pleasure working with you and I wish you the best.--A.S. Brown (talk) 06:07, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

February songs

February songs

my daily stories

yesterday's cantata, 300 years later --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:20, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for the link and for the lovely pic Gerda Arendt. MarnetteD|Talk 19:55, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

today a book, Alte Liebe, for Valentine --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:46, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

... and today the regional festival - DYK of 13 years ago ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:18, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

My story on 24 February is about Artemy Vedel (TFA by Amitchell235), and I made a suggestion for more peace, - what do you think? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:27, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Roald Dahl

And this is what happens if you mess with Roald Dahl's works. ♦IanMacM♦ 13:04, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

That is fabulous Ianmacm Thanks for dropping it off and for brining a smile to my weekend :-) MarnetteD|Talk 19:19, 25 February 2023 (UTC)