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Interpersonal communication does not work when messages are left on individual users' talk pages rather than threaded, especially when a third party wishes to read or reply.

Being a "bear of very little brain", I get easily confused when trying to follow conversations that bounce back and forth, so I've decided to try the convention that many others seem to use, aggregation of messages on either your talk page or my talk page. If the conversation is about an article I will try to aggregate on the article's talk page.

• If the conversation is on your talk page or an article talk page, I will watch it.
• If the conversation is on my talk page or an article talk page and I think that you may not be watching it, I will link to it in a note on your talk page, or in the edit summary of an empty edit. But if you start a thread here, please watch it.

I may mess up, don't worry, I'll find it eventually. Ping me if you really need to.

please note this is a personal preference rather than a matter of site policy

January music

story · music · places

Happy new year 2025, opened with trumpet fanfares that first sounded OTD in 1725 (as the Main page has). - I saw a lovely opera by Rimsky-Korsakov, - see here. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:41, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

Happy New Year! John (talk) 20:47, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

Did you listen to the music? (Take the last movement if you have little time, but the yt not the lilypond). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:57, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

Not yet. Home tomorrow. Will try then. John (talk) 00:22, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen, BWV 123, my story today 300 years after the first performance, is up for GAN. Dada Masilo will be my story tomorrow. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:23, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

Lovely! Keep up the good work. John (talk) 23:18, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

I try ;) - My story today is about a composer who influenced music history also by writing. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:03, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Fascinating. I had never heard of him. John (talk) 17:50, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

same for me --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:20, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Happy birthday! I'm at a birthday celebration ;) - enjoy! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:34, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

back home - today a violinist from Turkey, Ayla Erduran, whom you can watch playing Schubert chamber music --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:57, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

Thank you! - Today, pictured on the Main page, Tosca, in memory of her first appearance on stage OTD in 1900, and of principal author Brian Boulton. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:47, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

Lake Michigan Monster

hey, it has been a while since I have done major work on Lake Michigan Monster. I am thinking of putting it up for FA nomination, however I wanted to run by you first to see if all the prose is the high quality it needs to be and if there are parts I should work on. Paleface Jack (talk) 22:04, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

Looks pretty good to me. What does Ceoil think? John (talk) 22:33, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

He has not been on the past week or so and has not replied to a chat I sent. I guess we will have to wait and see.--Paleface Jack (talk) 23:13, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

+rollback

Hi John, as a former administrator and thus obviously also a former rollbacker, you won't need the following information. But getting a permission (and granting it, admittedly) would only be half as enjoyable (to me, admittedly) without the message I customized for this purpose. So I absolutely have to. Feel free to remove it and welcome back! ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:27, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi John,

After reviewing your request, I have added your account to the rollback group. Keep in mind these things when using rollback:

• Getting rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle.
• Users should be informed (or warned) after their edits have been reverted. If warnings repeatedly don't help, WP:ANI is the default place to go. In cases of very clear ongoing intentional damage to the encyclopedia, WP:AIV can be used.
• Reverting someone's edits may confuse or upset them. Whenever other users message you on your talk page, please take the time to respond to their concerns; accountability is important. For most users who message you, the tone and quality of your answer will permanently influence their opinion about Misplaced Pages in general.
• Because the plain default rollback link does not provide any explanatory edit summary, it must not be used to revert good faith contributions, even if these contributions are disruptive. Take the time to write a proper summary whenever you're dealing with a lack of neutrality or verifiability; a short explanation like "]" or "]" is helpful.
• Rollback may never be used to edit war, which you'll notice to be surprisingly tempting in genuine content disputes. Please especially keep the three-revert rule in mind. If you see others edit warring, please file a report at WP:ANEW. The most helpful essay I've ever seen is WP:DISCFAIL; it is especially important for those who review content regularly.
• If you encounter private information or threats of physical harm during your patrols, please quickly use Special:EmailUser/Oversight or Special:EmailUser/Emergency; ideally bookmark these pages now. See WP:OS and WP:EMERGENCY for details. If you're regularly patrolling recent changes, you will need both contacts sooner or later, and you'll be happy about the bookmarks.

To try rollback for the first time, you may like to make an edit to WP:Sandbox, and another one, and another one, and then revert the row with one click. I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into trouble or have any questions about rollback. Thank you for your time and work in cleaning up Misplaced Pages. Happy editing!

Best regards,
~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:27, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

Ooooh! Rollback. How very exciting! Martinevans123 (talk) 22:31, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

Oh heh! I didn't know that's a thing. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:38, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

Yes, now we can all see why users positively flock to become editors of good standing and/or lapsed Admins. Yay! Martinevans123 (talk) 22:46, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

• Many thanks, ToBeFree and thanks for the really nice message and carefully crafted template. John (talk) 00:24, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday! Hi John! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy birthday! Enjoy this special day! DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 05:42, 11 January 2025 (UTC)