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July music
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The story is today about the first published composition by Arnold Schönberg which I was blessed to hear. Listen, and perhaps read what Alma Mahler (to-be-Mahler at the time, to be precise, who was present at the first performance) said, and yes that was too much for the Main page ;) -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:24, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
Today's story is about a Bach cantata premiered 300 years ago OTD. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:22, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
3 July is the birthday of Leoš Janáček, and I'm happy I had a meaningful DYK in 2021. It's also the birthday of Franz Kafka, and I uploaded pics from his family's album seen in Berlin. Janáček's infobox has a list of his compositions, like Bach's, Mozart's, Beethoven's. Schumann had one for years, until one featured article writer removed it (and I noticed only after it was too late for a BRD revert and discussion). I am not welcome in the FAC, and another user who noticed was dismissed, but I believe that our readers should not miss a valuable link because one person believes it's a "rotten idea". You may remember that this was mentioned in the Mahler discussion. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:14, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
Libuše Domanínská, the subject of yesterday's story, would have turned 100 today, but I missed that ;) - Overnight, Tamara Milashkina became GA and Lando Bartolini went to the Main page. I made my story about his almost unbelievable career, from Luigi in Il tabarro in Philadelphia in 1968 (with a nod to Liberty) up to Calaf in Turandot in Beijing in 1999 ;) - 4 July is also the birthday of Brian Boulton who was a pioneer of a concise infobox in 2013, including a list of works. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:07, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
Pictured on the Main page: Brian's Mozart family grand tour, my story today, and Mozart related to all three items of music on my talk: our 2023 concert, an opera in a theatre where a Mozart premiere took place, and those remembered, Martti Wallén, a bass, and Liana Isakadze, a violinist from Georgia, (whose article would be better with more details about her music-making). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:54, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
Today's story is about an outstanding violinist from Georgia, which is a sad story in the end. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:42, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
My story today is - because of the anniversary of the premiere OTD in 1782 - about Die Entführung aus dem Serail, opera by Mozart, while yesterday's was - because of the TFA - about Les contes d'Hoffmann, opera by Offenbach, - so 3 times Mozart again if you click on "music" ;) - I am sad to see you go as an arb who understood me - a rare thing - and I wish you progress in the other position. My two stories illustrate the arb matter a bit, explained for Dronebogus, in case of interest. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:31, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
Today's story is about a photographer who took iconic pictures, especially View from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on Manhattan, 9/11, yesterday's was a great mezzo, and on Thursday we watched a sublime ballerina. If that's not enough my talk offers the chamber music from two amazing concerts. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:32, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
Misplaced Pages:Main Page history/2024 July 30b will have a baritone, a violinist, a composer and a Bach cantata, - almost too much, and the composer's article, Wolfgang Rihm, should be better, help wanted. - Plenty of music on my parents anniversary day ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:38, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
A vandal only account
There is a user by Toastyt74 that is a vandal only account I reverted one of their edits and saw their contribs I saw no edit with no vandalism. Felicia (talk) 18:50, 28 July 2024 (UTC)
- Nevermind it has already been taken care of. Felicia (talk) 18:51, 28 July 2024 (UTC)
Growth News, July 2024
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15:08, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
Apologies for repeated pings
Hey Barkeep, sorry about the repeated pings emanating from User talk:Rachel Helps (BYU)#Paid editing on American literature articles. I'm trying to get across a point you made on COIN some years ago, which, in my view, applies to a current situation and so pinged more than once (the second time was probably not necessary). Anyway, just thought I'd let you know. Btw- I've never visited your page and really like the pic of the books. In fact I like it enough that I might copy it, if you don't mind. Do you collect books? Victoria (tk) 14:53, 31 July 2024 (UTC)
- Welcome. The whole Rachel Helps situation has been one I've chosen to stay away from since it popped back up. But I definitely stand by my COIN comments. As for the books by all means use them. They're on commons for a reason. Although funny story - they were nominated for deletion on commons due to copyright concerns about the covers. But in the end some people knew the magic words to explain why it wasn't a copyright concern so I got kept so I happily get to keep it on my userpage. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 15:38, 31 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oh, I would have made my own pic of books in my house. But I'd forgotten about the issue of 3D with books displayed like that. I'll mull it over. Re the BYU issue, ok, thanks. Victoria (tk) 16:03, 31 July 2024 (UTC)
- The good news with taking your own picture is that the saving grace was having a large volume of books on display such that no cover was too distinguishable. I'm guessing that won't be a problem for you :). Barkeep49 (talk) 19:13, 31 July 2024 (UTC)
- I have plenty and even plenty pre-2024 in the public domain. That might fix the copyright issue. For a day when I have nothing else to do :) It's a nifty idea, anyway. Victoria (tk) 19:53, 31 July 2024 (UTC)
- The good news with taking your own picture is that the saving grace was having a large volume of books on display such that no cover was too distinguishable. I'm guessing that won't be a problem for you :). Barkeep49 (talk) 19:13, 31 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oh, I would have made my own pic of books in my house. But I'd forgotten about the issue of 3D with books displayed like that. I'll mull it over. Re the BYU issue, ok, thanks. Victoria (tk) 16:03, 31 July 2024 (UTC)
Recent AE close
Hi Barkeep,
I am looking at closure, and I am mostly in agreement. However, I am struggling a bit to see how there was a rough consensus that “if there is any disruption at AE within the next 12 months any uninvolved administrator may reinstate the topic ban without further consensus”.
In the discussion linked above, I had specifically objected to the imposition of a probation, and Extraordinary Writ appears to have supported lifting the ban with “no probation needed”. You and El_C seemed to favor probation (though El_C also expressed that they were OK to repeal outright). FireFangledFeathers seemed indifferent to the probation requirement, and SFR does not appear to have expressed an opinion one way or the other.
To me, none of the arguments made by participants were obviously stronger on a policy basis, and whether or not to impose probation comes down as a matter of taste and/or discretion. But, in light of the split of admins in the discussion, shouldn’t we say that the discussion resulted in a consensus to accept the appeal and no consensus on imposing probation?
— Red-tailed sock (Red-tailed hawk's nest) 13:37, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
- Just confirming that Red read me right. I don't have an informed opinion on the probation. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 15:16, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
- I read you as opposed, FFF as neutral and EW as neutral. This latter piece was clearly in error. I'll amend the close. Barkeep49 (talk) 20:36, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – August 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2024).
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Arbitration
- The Arbitration Committee appointed the following administrators to the conflict of interest volunteer response team: Bilby, Extraordinary Writ
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minor suggestion
Regarding this edit: perhaps you could modify it to say a "general copyediting pass"? At first glance I thought you were suggesting that someone pass some changes to the arbitration procedures, and couldn't off the top of my head remember what GOCE stood for. isaacl (talk) 06:59, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
August music
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Today I have two "musicians" on the Main page, one is also the topic of my story, watch and listen, - I like today's especially because you see him at work, hear him talk about his work and the result of his work - rare! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:56, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
... and a third, like 22 July but with interview and the music to be played today --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:16, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
Zionism
I would appreciate your guidance on one issue. For the past two months, there has been an ongoing dispute concerning the lead paragraph of Zionism. A group of editors is seeking to redefine Zionism as a movement "aimed at the establishment of a Jewish state through the colonization of a land outside of Europe."
Without getting into the specifics of the content dispute itself, those advocating for this revision claim that there is a consensus supporting their change. However, a significant number of editors have voiced opposition on the talk page across multiple threads, and extensive evidence from other encyclopedias supporting the original phrasing has been presented. Despite this, proponents of the new version continue to re-introduce the disputed wording through edit warring. They argue that the burden of starting a formal RFC falls on those wishing to restore the original text. Given that I am currently under 0RR, what additional steps can we take to resolve this matter? ABHammad (talk) 09:35, 11 August 2024 (UTC)