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my story today:

music and memory[edit]

14 April · opera
13 April · Second Sunday after Easter
in memoriam

2024[edit]

I made two cards for the transition from 2023 to 2024:

Happy New Year 2024

A German theologian wrote
"Vertraut den neuen Wegen"
(Trust the new ways)
to the melody of
Lob Gott getrost mit Singen
(Praise God confidently with singing)
to be sung at a wedding in Eisenach
shortly before the fall of the Wall.

7 April 2021

A little child, a little lamb, on a backdrop of war and death: hoping for more peace in 2024! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:38, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

These were my "stories" on 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2023. If you want to follow a daily sentence throughout the year, use {{User Gerda Arendt/Top}}, and for the calendar pictures and the music of the year, see User:Gerda Arendt/Images 2024. Let's stay inspired and connected. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:18, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

2024 · the anniversary of Bach's chorale cantatas[edit]

April songs
Die Fliege

2024 is the anniversary of the Achtliederbuch, the first Lutheran hymnal of 500 years ago, and - possibly related - Bach's cycle of Chorale cantatas 300 years ago. His works and the chorales on which they are based will be a focus for 2024. Ongoing are 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 2023 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.

2024 talk begins at #Have a happy New Year, Gerda!, 2024 calender pics and musical events begin here, and the 2024 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 boxes, often one for people remembered and two 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) 08:35, 1 January 2024 (UTC) - updated order --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:57, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Have a happy New Year, Gerda![edit]

Belated seasons greetings; great contribution[edit]

Belated Christmas greetings and happy new year. I have not sent my usual greetings this season. Coordinator work, preparing a talk for January 2 and real life have me quite busy. I just took better notice of User:Gerda Arendt/Stories. As always, this is another great contribution to the project by you. Donner60 (talk) 22:29, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Donner60, and all the best for 2024! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:42, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year![edit]

Dear Gerda, I apologize for not replying to your thoughtful messages. December is usually a busy month for me; this one has been even more so, much of it because of my own doing! But I wanted to let you know that I did read them and that it means very much to me that you took the trouble to think of me, despite my occasional irascibility. (Within me the patrimony of my hot-blooded Italian forebears are ever in conflict with the expressive austerity of my Basque ancestors!) Thank you for everything that you do on here. My sincerest wishes to you for good health and much joy in 2024! :) —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 21:43, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your personal expression, and have a good curry time in 2024 - brief, off to the village fireworks to come. I just finished my pics of 2023, and it was a good harvest, in the end of many Christmas trees, angels, high water and a flaming sky. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:38, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Have a wonderful New Year, Gerda![edit]

 A year filled with music and song, food and friends, hiking and nature!

Hi Gerda Arendt, Best wishes that the new year brings peace, prosperity, health and happiness.
Thank you for everything you do for the Wikipedia community, your article improvements,
and bringing people together here.

Image: New Year's Eve Foxfires at the Changing Tree Oji, Utagawa Hiroshige, woodcut, 1857

Netherzone (talk) 00:13, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Netherzone, thank you for a lovely start in the new year, - see my "response" (written before I went to bed).

Happy New Year![edit]

Happy New Year!
Happy New Year from Martha and I! Appalachian Spring was one of many articles you helped me with this year, and I am beyond grateful for the support and time you've given me in my first full year as an editor. Here's to a new year of composers, compositions, and singers! MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 00:43, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the personal greeting, and it's all my pleasure, MyCatIsAChonk. Igor and I. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:02, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Have a good year in 2024[edit]

Make the music and keep up the good work! Cheers, · · · Peter Southwood (talk): 15:04, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Peter, for coming over! Same to you! - I try. What do you think of my question here? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:16, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year and Thank You![edit]

Hi Gerda, Just to wish you a Happy New Year and to say that I'm retiring from Wikipedia after a good innings. Thank you for your encouragement and cheerfulness! I will still be contactable via my talk page and have said I'm happy to answer questions there too. Bless you Bermicourt (talk) 18:50, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, sad to see you go, but do what's best for you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:50, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm considering contributing to German Wikipedia instead, but conscious I'm not a native speaker so will need to up my game! Maybe I'll see you there! :) Bermicourt (talk) 17:15, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Fine, - ping me when you create something to be reviewed. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:36, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you![edit]

The Original Barnstar
I bestow this award to you, Gerda, for being an untiring teacher. Along with creating so many new music articles that the world can enjoy, you also share with me (and others) interesting anecdotes about the music and your life. I really appreciate the learnings from the messages you leave, and as a token of my thanks, this barnstar is for you. Rosiestep (talk) 20:41, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, Rosie, that's very original and touching! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:42, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Catalogue of Works of Carl Friedrich Abel[edit]

On 5 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Catalogue of Works of Carl Friedrich Abel, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the new Catalogue of Works of Carl Friedrich Abel, listing 420 compositions, was introduced at a festival celebrating Abel's tercentenary in Köthen? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Catalogue of Works of Carl Friedrich Abel. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Catalogue of Works of Carl Friedrich Abel).

Z1720 (talk) 00:03, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wonderful to see this on the main page after the wait! MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 17:15, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
About time. Article begun in May, meant to appear with the Abel Fest in June. Then we missed his birthday on 22 December. I wanted it with the image, for various reasons,

The new
Catalogue of Works of Carl Friedrich Abel,
listing 420 compositions,
was introduced
at a festival
celebrating Abel's tercentenary
in Köthen.

5 January 2024

but this is better than nothing. - What do you think of the nom for Anna Nekhames? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:31, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  1. Catalogue of Works of Carl Friedrich Abel 5 Jan
  2. Ryland Davies 9 Jan
  3. Kihwan Sim 12 Jan
  4. Wie liegt die Stadt so wüst 15 Jan
  5. Thomas Fritzsch 16 Jan
  6. St. Joseph, Wedding 20 Jan
  7. Vivi Vassileva 21 Jan
  8. St. Martin, Oestrich 25 Jan
  9. Shalom chaverim 25 Jan
  10. Anna Nekhames 26 Jan
  11. Stephen Gould (tenor) 7 Feb
  12. Tamara Milashkina 20 Feb
  13. Caspar Richter 3 Mar
  14. Cecelia Hall 23 Mar
  15. Kelsey Lauritano 26 Mar
  16. Florian Ludwig 26 Mar
  17. Karsten Januschke 29 Mar
  18. Tilmann Köhler 5 Apr

ITN recognition for Hermann Baumann (musician)[edit]

On 5 January 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Hermann Baumann (musician), 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. PFHLai (talk) 01:00, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, PFHLai, for the first of the year. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:31, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

For more detail see Wikipedia:WikiProject Quality Article Improvement/Recent deaths --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:30, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  1. Hermann Baumann (musician) - PFHLai (talk) 01:00, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
  2. Chris Karrer - Stephen 22:18, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Tamara Milashkina - PFHLai (talk) 23:36, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Romuald Twardowski - Stephen 01:41, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Ewa Podleś - Stephen 00:05, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Gerd Uecker - Stephen 10:28, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Oskar Negt - Stephen 22:41, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Helga Paris - Stephen 22:41, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
  9. Seiji Ozawa - SpencerT•C 05:47, 12 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Alfred Grosser - Ingenuity (talk • contribs) 00:43, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Ladislav Burlas - Stephen 00:00, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Rudolf Jansen - PFHLai (talk) 19:06, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Johanna von Koczian - PFHLai (talk) 20:04, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  14. Ira von Fürstenberg - Stephen 23:31, 24 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  15. Gabriela Grillo - Stephen 08:00, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  16. Françoise Garner - PFHLai (talk) 12:33, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  17. Guy Touvron - PFHLai (talk) 23:59, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  18. Aribert Reimann - Stephen 21:20, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  19. Maurizio Pollini - – robertsky (talk) 02:28, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  20. Peter Eötvös - Tone 10:42, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  21. Günther Leib - PFHLai (talk) 21:26, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  22. Judith Hemmendinger - Stephen 23:47, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  23. Hans Joachim Meyer - Stephen 01:56, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  24. Notker Wolf - PFHLai (talk) 17:28, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  25. Gerhard Lohfink - Stephen 23:14, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  26. Kalevi Kiviniemi - Stephen 23:31, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  27. Michael Boder - PFHLai (talk) 16:02, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  28. Dieter Rexroth
  29. Joe Viera - Amakuru (talk) 11:20, 15 April 2024 (UTC) (14 Apr)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Macht hoch die Tür[edit]

The article Macht hoch die Tür you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Macht hoch die Tür for comments about the article, and Talk:Macht hoch die Tür/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has never appeared on the Main Page as a "Did you know" item, and has not appeared within the last year either as "Today's featured article", or as a bold link under "In the news" or in the "On this day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear at DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On this day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Schminnte -- Schminnte (talk) 22:24, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  1. Macht hoch die Tür - Schminnte (talk) 22:24, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Stephen Gould (tenor) - MyCatIsAChonk (talk) 00:03, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Ryland Davies - Utopes (talk) 19:41, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Du Hirte Israel, höre, BWV 104 - MyCatIsAChonk (talk) 11:43, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Notice[edit]

Information icon There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:45, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Gerda, perhaps if you started out every hook with "Did you know ... that Narutolovehinata5 is very important ... and also [insert hook here]. --Floquenbeam (talk) 00:10, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you![edit]

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For all the wonderful things you do for the encyclopedia, especially for spreading friendship, and for bringing music to the main page with your DYK work there. Thank you for being you! Netherzone (talk) 01:00, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Seconding @Netherzone here. I didn't see the post in time to oppose vehemently. But I love what you bring to all areas, especially talk pages since that's where I frequently see you @Gerda Arendt. Thanks for always sharing your passions with us. Star Mississippi 17:59, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I offer you my deepest apologies Gerda[edit]

Hello Gerda. I would just want you to know that I am very sorry for the ANI discussion I started earlier. I had been having some real-life stress lately and it felt like it may have affected my feelings on-wiki. I'm very sorry for the attitude I have shown you over the past few weeks. I very much appreciate your efforts on Wikipedia and your dedication to the project even if we disagree on many things, and I just want to let you know that despite everything that has happened you are still an editor I admire and respect. You are a net positive to DYK and while we may disagree on views, what we can agree on is that your articles are very informative and a net good to the project. Again, I am sorry for what I have done. Rest assured that regardless of our differences I support your efforts on Wikipedia to improve our coverage on classical music and Germany. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:46, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I woke up thinking Joy to the world. I tried to bring joy, it's turned into trivia, and I'm accused of bad faith. Travelling now, no time to even look. Before looking, I can't tell if I can accept apologies, which may may be tomorrow. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:52, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Narutolovehinata5, still today, I'm on a train, the train has a connection (all things that can't be taken for granted): apologies for attitude accepted, but I hope that it really will change, because I felt it becoming a danger to diversity of information and freedom of speech. For those unfamiliar with the situation: we escalated over the hook for Kihwan Sim, which was replaced in prep against my protest. That hook should not run, it's a triviality said about a living person who deserves merit for specific achievements. - I looked at the thread and found some gems of support there that I will place in my "blushing" cabinet, - thank you, all! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:19, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This is not an indictment of Naruto but like others on the AN/I thread I have found that Wikipedia seems to have become more hostile. I suppose one could surmise at least somewhat that it is born out of necessity. We appear to live at a time where I feel my thoughts on life and the way I wish to live life are going the way of faeries and dragons. Nobody cares, love is fleeting, and civility and affording basic human respect are more centered on your position in relation to mine rather than the fact you are a fellow human being. The cruelty is not AN/I or Naruto's position. The cruelty is everything that has led up to it. People are becoming less nice and we are told it is normal, discussions less civil but we are told to accept it. Where is the empathy?
Gerda, you are a blessing and so precious, my friend. I said it after we first met and I maintain that yours is one the brightest lights I have been so fortunate to meet here. Keep singing, keep shining, keep being you. --ARoseWolf 13:52, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

For a sunbeam on these winter afternoons[edit]

The DYK Barnstar
My small thanks for the large amount of work you do here, Rjjiii (talk) 09:02, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Medal for Joy[edit]

The medal for bringing joy to Wikipedia
The ANI thread was closed by the OP before there could be a formal close by a third party. Reviewing it post-close, I see a strong consensus that you should be awarded a medal for the joy that you bring to Wikipedia. So, here it is - enjoy! And thanks from me personally for all of our past interactions, and all the work you do here. Girth Summit (blether) 19:30, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
THIS! Gerda you are a beloved contributor, who first encouraged me to submit a DYK and taught me how the process worked by your kind words, "watch what I do". I've learned so much from you over the years about patience, diplomacy, and of course I appreciate how you generously spread joy, music, food, and nature within this community, and the global community. And personally, you have educated this old-skool rock-n-roller about opera and classical music general. You rock, girl! Thank you, precious! Netherzone (talk) 03:19, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Upper Bounds[edit]

Hi, Gerda, I hope you will forgive me for overstepping my bounds. They are both positive to infinity & beyond. I look forward to seeing your postings online in the future. You do some amazing things around here :) cheers to the 11th & to 2024! Ktochle (talk) 20:49, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A musical barnstar![edit]

The Music Barnstar
For your hard work on expanding so many articles on musical compositions, hymns, opera and lesser-known singers, and bringing many of them to ITN! Keep up the good work! ChaotıċEnby(t · c) 21:30, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Kihwan Sim[edit]

On 12 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kihwan Sim, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Kihwan Sim, a bass-baritone performer at the Oper Frankfurt, learned to play the tuba during his two years of military service? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kihwan Sim. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Kihwan Sim), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

Aoidh (talk) 00:02, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Kihwan Sim[edit]

Thank you for support, barnstars and recognition. I had a great day with friends and family, and am too tired for individual comments. What brought us here was my DYK nomination for a singer who fascinated me, Template:Did you know nominations/Kihwan Sim, followed by questioning the sourcing for part of the hook together with the suggestion of a completely different hook, WT:DYK#Kihwan Sim. I was away, and didn't see that this new hook, although I objected and explained that I was away, was put in prep. I still object, a) because it says something trivial about him instead of celebrating his achievements, b) because I hate to be held responsible for putting "military" on the Main page. It reached the Main page now. Help?? - I will have no time for Wikipedia today, as yesterday. - For those who believe that our readers are not interested in opera: in the last case of an opera singer, Ryland Davies, more people viewed the opera than the singer. Let's not underestimate our readers, and not censor what we offer them. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 00:11, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Still little time: I told the story today that I wanted to tell, and the Main page still has the story I think tells too little. Thank you for all support, but the most wanted support would be to change that. The approved version is in the nomination, also a modified hook that was taken to prep. Everybody: don't miss to look and listen, Sim and Guggeis in interview, and the French revolution hints ;) - "Se vuol ballare" --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:47, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I totally get your POV and I sympathize, but I think the hook on the main page is quite good. I understand that you think differently. Sometimes when we get really close to a subject, we get a bit of tunnel vision and that's normal. I personally like the idea that we can meet somewhere in the middle. Viriditas (talk) 21:36, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Please don't get me wrong: I don't think it was an impossible hook, but it wasn't what I wanted to tell, - I wanted to talk about the first production of our fascinating new GMD, and the title role would have been the best related topic. What I disliked was that it was thrown in prep without consulting me. Also: the world "military" in the hook is really something I don't get behind. - I wanted to mention the French Revolution, and you may have seen the hints, not only in expressive gestures, but also the French flag colours by constellation of the performers for a moment ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:51, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, that makes sense. I just wanted to let you know that I enjoyed the hook even if you didn't, and that your "worst" hooks are better than my best ones! Viriditas (talk) 22:32, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Main Page Barnstar[edit]

The Main Page Barnstar
Incredibly upset at the recent ANI, both that it existed and that I missed the opportunity to comment in it. However, there's no time limit on giving a barnstar, so better late than never: Gerda, you deserve more barnstars than the WP community could ever pour on you, for both your tireless contributions to the Main Page and article space, but also for indefatigable ability to spread good cheer behind the scenes. Thank you for everything that you do - best wishes,  Frzzl  talk; contribs  12:43, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, and don't be upset please about something that seems to clarify things. Thank you for the barnstar and the recognition - much appreciated! - I brought more than 90 names to the News section of the Main page, many more than DYK, and experience much more collegial reviewing in that field. - You can comment in the matter, and more productively than in WP:Great Dismal Swamp: check out my user page and look for articles nominated for DYK, and review or comment there. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:50, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Wie liegt die Stadt so wüst[edit]

On 15 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Wie liegt die Stadt so wüst, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Wie liegt die Stadt so wüst (How Deserted Lies the City), a motet composed by Rudolf Mauersberger after the bombing of Dresden, was first performed in the destroyed Kreuzkirche (pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Wie liegt die Stadt so wüst. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Wie liegt die Stadt so wüst), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

Isabelle Belato 🏳‍🌈 00:02, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A piece we sang in 1999, to end a century of violence. My story today. I like recordings, 1951 with the original performers and 2020 Windsbacher Knabenchor, with explanations (in German). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:04, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for St. Joseph, Wedding[edit]

On 20 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article St. Joseph, Wedding, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that St. Joseph, a 1909 Catholic church in the Romanesque Revival style in Berlin-Wedding, has served as an interim cathedral since 2018? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/St. Joseph, Wedding. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, St. Joseph, Wedding).

Isabelle Belato 🏳‍🌈 00:02, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cute: today is the birthday of a friend whose wedding was on a 17 September, the day I was at St. Joseph, Wedding, in 2023 and took the two photos in the article - see also more details. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:29, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for St. Martin, Oestrich[edit]

On 25 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article St. Martin, Oestrich, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Late Gothic appearance of the church of St. Martin (interior pictured) in Oestrich was destroyed in the Thirty Years' War and restored only in 1894? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/St. Martin, Oestrich. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, St. Martin, Oestrich), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

—Ganesha811 (talk) 00:02, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Shalom chaverim[edit]

On 25 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Shalom chaverim, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that "Shalom chaverim" ('Peace, friends'), a Hebrew traditional folk song, has been sung at events commemorating the Holocaust and victims of anti-Semitic violence? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Shalom chaverim. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Shalom chaverim).

—Ganesha811 (talk) 00:03, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

🤗🌻 ~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:52, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

27 January[edit]

Birthday of Mozart and our conductor:

20 January · service
in memoriam
26 November 2023 · concert

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:20, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Stephen Gould (tenor)[edit]

On 7 February 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Stephen Gould (tenor), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Stephen Gould performed three roles at the 2022 Bayreuth Festival: Tannhäuser, Siegfried and Tristan, earning him nicknames such as "Iron Man"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Stephen Gould (tenor). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Stephen Gould (tenor)).

—Ganesha811 (talk) 02:08, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Finally, good to see him at DYK! MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 11:53, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
yes, thank you for noticing --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:58, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

BWV 22[edit]

Every time I visit your pages I end up having to learn about a lovely new cantata! Thank you so much for all your work. It's BWV 22 right now – what a gorgeous thing, despite the tragic lack of trumpets.

I have a personally busy time coming up with Bach and some other guy called Handel and some other other guy called Telemann. Should be fun.

Cheers!! DBaK (talk) 19:56, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers back, listening right now to an opera by the Handel guy (Poro) which Telemann presented as Cleofida in Hamburg in 1732 adding marches he must have enjoyed writing. German recitatives. Never heard. Delightful. - You don't have to come to my page as long you have "story" in a box by me ;) - Our Bach endeavour will be three cantatas!!! 5 May, - come over, plenty of trumpets in BWV 11 ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:23, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ITN recognition for Seiji Ozawa[edit]

On 12 February 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Seiji Ozawa, 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. SpencerT•C 05:47, 12 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

12 years[edit]

Dear Gerda, thanks for your greeting, which I warmly reciprocate. I have stepped back from wp for the past few months, partly because of pressures at home (caring for supercentenarian mother). But you rightly diagnose the local cause of inactivity and I will strive to take your precious advice to heart. Thanks for noticing, and very best wishes for 2024. So sorry about Seiji Ozawa. Eebahgum (talk) 14:04, 12 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! - I thank Ozawa personally two (mostly) unforgettable matinees in Tanglewood (where children under 5 were not welcome for the concerts, but the dress rehearsals), of Haydn's Die Schöpfung, choir all in white and singing from memory, "Und eine neue Welt" (And a new world) of unearthly lightness, and a Mozart piano concerto with Mitsuko Uchida (forgot which, forgot rest of the program) when all the birds under the roof of the Shed began chirping when the piano entered, and remember how she smiled. - I thank Christoph Eschenbach for a great Verdi Requiem at the same place, and could do so in person after a concert of Bruckner's Sixths, saying that I liked it very much (and it had been 12 years earlier), and he smiled and said "Ich auch". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:19, 12 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Uchida held us breathless at Snape Maltings a few years ago with a solo concert of the three final Beethoven sonatas. It seems somehow improper to comment on such a comprehensively personal and dynamically brilliant exposition, but we certainly felt the warmth of the pedalling building the whole conception. It was terrific Beethoven! Your mention of the chirping birds reminds me of an open air evening concert in the Forum in Rome back in 1977 - it was Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, and every time the horns came in, all the wild cats that live in the Forum responded by yowling together in a loud chorus after a moment's delay. Whether they liked it or not I don't know, but it touched something in their souls, for the effect came back a couple of times as if it had been written into Sonata Form. Happy cats! Eebahgum (talk) 01:27, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you![edit]

Just making sure someone remembers to thank *you* for all your work on editor retention, all your new articles and DYKs, and your general good cheer and Excellent work. We love having you here. Stay cool. jengod (talk) 16:14, 12 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, jengod, feels good! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:35, 12 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Precious anniversary[edit]

Dear Gerda, it's such a pleasure to hear from you -- a most welcome antidote to the ambitions, rivalries, and animosities ubiquitous at Wikipedia as elsewhere in this human-inhabited world. Nihil novi (talk) 07:13, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Such a nice thing to read when waking up! If you want to hear from me monthly, join WP:QAI, and if you want to hear from me daily use {{User Gerda Arendt/Top}} (which is easier). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:52, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Tamara Milashkina[edit]

On 20 February 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Tamara Milashkina, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Soviet soprano Tamara Milashkina performed alongside her husband Vladimir Atlantov at New York's Metropolitan Opera in 1975? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tamara Milashkina. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Tamara Milashkina), and the hook may be added to the statistics page.

—Ganesha811 (talk) 00:02, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My story was different, mentioning the Music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:

Tamara Milashkina,
the first Soviet Russian soprano trained at La Scala,
portrayed Russian characters
with emotion and authenticity
touring with the Bolshoi Theatre
as Tchaikovsky's Tatyana at the Vienna State Opera
and as Lisa at the Metropolitan Opera.

18 January 2024

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:17, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Listen to my next subject singing Tchaikovsky. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:38, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Moving Grimes2 (talk) 16:20, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for this treat! (How is it that you know what I like?) Viriditas (talk) 19:10, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You like what I like. Thank you for coming over. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:51, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thankyou for the Tchaikowsky "Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt" (Nyet, tolko tot menya). You were lucky to hear such a performance live. I like the old Melodiya version by Sergei Lemeshev (his alluring measure and sweetness) but of course quite a different affair to your singer's noble account. Why is it (language aside) that Tchaikowsky's setting never really feels like Goethe? Is it Russian pessimism colliding with echt German Welt-angst? Do the Russian lyrics really render the same words? In the English versions, "None but the desolate" beats "None but the lonely heart", but both are entirely inadequate: you don't get that resonance of the desolate individual such as you also have in "Wer nie sein Brot mit Thränen aß..."Eebahgum (talk) 13:02, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
(I saw her on stage but with completely different music, and as Suzuki, Cherubino and Paolo.) I can't tell for the Russian, but know that some German words and probably concepts have no true expression in English, and "Sehnsucht" is one of them. Music, however, is much more internationally understood. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:31, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
These came in response to my message:
story · music · places
The image, taken on a cemetery last year after the funeral of a distant but dear family member, commemorates today, with thanks for their achievements, four subjects mentioned on the Main page and Vami_IV, a friend here. Listen to music by Tchaikovsky (an article where one of the four is pictured), sung by today's subject (whose performance on stage I enjoyed two days ago).
Yesterday I learned that a friend suddenly died; we both belonged to a group that traveled once a year for decades, and I remember her vivid talk last summer, same voice and sparkle as when we met. Her song for me was Take the "A" Train, sung by Ella Fitzgerald. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:38, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The image pictures hope. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:38, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Seele, vergiß sie nicht --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:41, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Today is her birthday. Once we went to St. Stephan together, after meeting for good food. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:07, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you[edit]

Thank you for all the work you do on Wikipedia, from ITN to all your contributions to various topics such as churches, women, and German articles. It is hard workers like you that help to improve the project, and are an inspiration to many who want to also continually improve the project as well. Cheers, atque supra! Fakescientist8000 17:36, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It is a pleasure to expand knowledge, and double so when recognized, - thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:27, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you![edit]

The Special Barnstar
For all the preciousness you bring into this world. Chaotıċ Enby (talk · contribs) 21:46, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, blushing, - I try, look above. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:40, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Ryland Davies[edit]

The article Ryland Davies you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Ryland Davies for comments about the article, and Talk:Ryland Davies/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 Utopes -- Utopes (talk) 19:41, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Utopes. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:19, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

For your reading[edit]

Hope all is well! A brief article on the very first Chinese woman mathematics PhD, who got it from München: Xu Ruiyun. Cheers, --The Lonely Pather (talk) 18:57, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you - I read too little. Will go to München on Sunday. My story today plays in München, with music. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:18, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

29 February 2024[edit]

is a rare birthday:

Gioachino Rossini
(born 29 February 1792)
scored the last of his "sins of old age",
the Petite messe solennelle,
for twelve singers, two pianos, and harmonium.
listen
When Heather Phillips
made her European debut
in Rossini's Bianca e Falliero,
her nuanced coloraturas served
to portray Bianca's development.

-- Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:02, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

new section[edit]

please continue to leave messages at my talk page where you are always welcome. I may not respond every time but I do follow the links. Your messages are uplifting and encouraging. You are PRECIOUS to me. --ARoseWolf 18:32, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I love that, thank you for the unexpected visit: I thought you were gone for weeks --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:37, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I can never tell. I may be able to log in for days in a row and then be away for weeks. I was off for a week and came back for several days and was gone again for several more recently. I will have to take a couple of weeks in March at the very least. --ARoseWolf 18:49, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

March flowers[edit]

March songs

The flowers photographed last year on the island of Madeira became a symbol for missing Vami_IV. They are connected to another stay on the island. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:41, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Poulenc[edit]

Ah yes the Sonata for horn, trumpet and trombone – what a delight, and what a hoot for the players. So pleased you mentioned it.

Did you know that Felix Aprahamian used to show people a tree just round the corner from here, on which Poulenc had had a wee? It's in his obit. According to my in-laws, Aprahamian sometimes used to jokingly propose that the tree should have a memorial plaque ... DBaK (talk) 09:42, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No I didn't know ;) - today's story is about Jo Vincent who appeared with Kathleen Perrier and Peter Pears in Britten's Spring Symphony. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:03, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Otilie Suková[edit]

I {{ill}} linked her in Josef Suk (composer) because I wanted to know if Josef Suk (violinist) had known her. (Alas, he hadn't.) I'm planning to introduce a friend to Violin Sonatina (Dvořák), which is evidence that great music doesn't have to be technically challenging. How proud he must have been of his kids! Narky Blert (talk) 16:48, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ITN recognition for Aribert Reimann[edit]

On 19 March 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Aribert Reimann, 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 21:20, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Cecelia Hall (mezzo-soprano)[edit]

On 23 March 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cecelia Hall (mezzo-soprano), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that American mezzo-soprano Cecelia Hall portrayed the lead male role in Mozart's Ascanio in Alba? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Cecelia Hall (mezzo-soprano). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how).

WaggersTALK 00:03, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Kelsey Lauritano[edit]

On 26 March 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kelsey Lauritano, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that when Kelsey Lauritano portrayed Mozart's Cherubino, a reviewer from the FAZ noted her "almost metallic-brittle approach that spreads androgynous infatuation"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kelsey Lauritano. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Kelsey Lauritano).

♠PMC♠ (talk) 00:03, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thought this said "a reviewer from the FAC" at first and I was like huh?? :D DanCherek (talk) 11:48, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ITN recognition for Maurizio Pollini[edit]

On 28 March 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Maurizio Pollini, 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. – robertsky (talk) 02:28, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In appreciation[edit]

The Anti-Flame Barnstar
For not ringing the fire alarm of going to ERRORS for Karsten Januschke. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 15:56, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. - For me, ERRORS is not a hall of flames, but an area where admins with a broader horizon stop by. This is to hope that a certain narrow view in the DYK corner will widen. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:36, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ITN recognition for Günther Leib[edit]

On 28 March 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Günther Leib, 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. PFHLai (talk) 21:26, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Easter[edit]

Any ideas for Easter hooks? Lightburst (talk) 23:20, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for asking. No, sorry, not this year. I have four nominations for people who recently died, two are open, - that kept me busy. What I wanted was Bach's St John Passion for OTD tomorrow, first performed on Good Friday 1724, but I was reverted claiming that OTD can't go by feast but only by date, so it would have to be 7 April. Impossible. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:27, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good Friday[edit]

... that on Good Friday 2020,
Benedikt Kristjánsson
sang all roles in a chamber arrangement of
Bach's St John Passion,
composed for Good Friday 1724,
broadcast live from the composer's burial place.

look and listen · look forward

22 May 2020

I remember listening to the performance live, early in the lockdown, the festival cancelled when it had be scheduled to be performed ... He has it in #2 in his media, preceded by Tristis est anima mea. - He will sing Bach with us in May, Ascension Oratorio. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:18, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I listen now on radio to the St John Passion from the Berliner Philharmonie, with the RIAS Kammerchor, Evangelist beginning, - teaser, broadcast. - I uploaded the images from 17 March, beginning with a "bloody" morning sky and ending with a procession of a figure of Jesus carrying the Cross, with a wind band and drums. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:22, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Easter Sunday[edit]

For Easter 1724,
his first as Thomaskantor in Leipzig,
Johann Sebastian Bach revived
Christ lag in Todes Banden,
(Christ lay in death's bonds)
BWV 4,
a chorale cantata
he had composed in his twenties,
using in all seven movements
the words and tune
of Luther's 1524 Easter chorale.

24 April 2011

listen

Remembering Easter 300 years ago continues: Bach revived for for his first Easter as Thomaskantor in Leipzig a masterpiece from his early career, his first chorale cantata, and how different from those to come a few weeks after this. - Per chance, I received the YouTube link today from the conductor who just uploaded it to mark the occasion. I sang with the Idsteiner Solisten several times but not in that performance. You can follow the music! - I also uploaded more images, from a tropical garden and a famous nearby church. Happy Easter! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:55, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Easter Monday[edit]

The opening chorus of
Bach's cantata
for the Second Day of Easter,
Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen, BWV 66,
first performed in 1724
has been termed
"one of the longest and
most exhilarating of Bach's early works".

25 April 2011

listen

... and the following day, Leipzig could listen to "exhilarating" music which we performed in 2000, with great joy. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:55, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Easter![edit]

Easter Joy
Happy Easter to a fine editor! May you have a kind and joyful Paschaltide! ~ Pbritti (talk) 23:19, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, and also to you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:24, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Re:Precious anniversary[edit]

Dear Gerda Arendt, I wanted to thank you for sharing a reminder of my Precious Anniversary. I still remain grateful for you presenting me with such a thoughtful commemoration on that day. Additionally, I wish you and yours a most Happy Easter! With warm regards, AnupamTalk 23:32, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for coming over, and also to you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:24, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Karsten Januschke[edit]

On 29 March 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Karsten Januschke, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Karsten Januschke's conducting of Offenbach's Die Banditen was described as producing a "lean, dry, [and] delicate" sound with an ensemble of 22 soloists, including 11 tenors? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Karsten Januschke. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Karsten Januschke).

 — Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ITN recognition for Péter Eötvös[edit]

On 30 March 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Péter Eötvös, 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 10:42, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Red April 2024[edit]

Alphabet run S & T | Gender studies | Health

--Lajmmoore (talk 19:42, 30 March 2024 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

ITN recognition for Judith Hemmendinger[edit]

On 31 March 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Judith Hemmendinger, 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 23:47, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This article was created and brought to DYK by Yoninah. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:24, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Ladislav Burlas[edit]

On 3 April 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ladislav Burlas, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Ladislav Burlas, a musicologist at the Slovak Academy of Sciences for almost 40 years, wrote more than 150 works during his career? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ladislav Burlas. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Ladislav Burlas).

Z1720 (talk) 12:02, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ITN recognition for Hans Joachim Meyer[edit]

On 5 April 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Hans Joachim Meyer, 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 01:56, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Tilmann Köhler[edit]

On 5 April 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Tilmann Köhler, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Tilmann Köhler directed Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro in 2023 with playful "serious games" in which the women win by "wit, cleverness and presence of mind"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tilmann Köhler. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Tilmann Köhler).

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

New account[edit]

I noticed that you recently marked my old account as retired. This is my new account. My old userpage now redirects to my new one. I decided that it would be best for me to ultimately remain part of this website. Thank you for all of the good work you do here. Scorpions1325 (talk) 00:25, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's great news, thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:40, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Precious award[edit]

You added some kind of award on to my talk page. Would you explain what the award is and why I would wish to continue to have it on my talk page? -- Cimon Avaro; on a pogostick. (talk) 15:40, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I added a reminder of an award. There's a link, - perhaps that helps. Just revert if it's not good for you. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:14, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A matter of some importance[edit]

While we're here, might as well. I believe the normal advice is to report to higher powers ASAP, but I'll give you a chance.

Do you have an external relationship with the composer Graham Waterhouse? If you do, please follow the steps outlined at WP:DISCLOSE for all related pages you have previously created or edited. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 11:26, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am a personal friend, and was asked by the arbitration committee to say so. I did that on the biography talk page. I created the biography filling a red link in 2009. The arbitrator said nothing of other pages, or I misunderstood. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:52, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Adding: I read the steps outlined. There's a template. I added the template to the biography and the list of compositions. I doubt that many people will read any of the compositions without also checking the composer (before or after). What are related pages. A person to whom he dedicated a piece? Musicians with whom his father played, in the premiere of Britten's War Requiem? Those were my first articles in 2009. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:09, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Tried to help and add the template to the top box but feel free to revert if not needed. FWIW, I believe you have edited the article objectively and neutrally. I realize that Having a COI is separate from being biased and I appreciate the steps you are taking to declare a COI. I think it is a beautiful article and I enjoyed reading it. --ARoseWolf 16:22, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your response. The template is not for readers, but for your fellow editors, and as such, it is best practice to place it on any page that is closely associated with him (Der Handschuh (Waterhouse), Celtic Voices and Hale Bopp, Birkenlicht), but no, I think pages such as Emanuel Hurwitz or Andrew Szydlo are too far away.
A follow-up, if I may: has your "personal friendship" ever become a professional relationship? for example, have you ever been affiliated with Mr Waterhouse's business in any way, or he with you? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 17:55, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No. I have no business. - May I ask what the template on a composition article will tell my fellow editors? Hurwitz and Szydlo were not even created by me, - I only updated. My second article was Siegfried Palm (translated from German, with help from Jerome Kohl), my third Richard Adeney, and my fourth Cecil Aronowitz. My first article was deleted within minutes, and revived with the help by User:Cmadler who knew how important it is to cite awards, and actually went and found sources. He also nominated for DYK, only I didn't like his hook suggestion - what's new? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:18, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I am saying that Hurwitz and Szydlo were too unconnected with Mr Waterhouse for you to need to disclose anything. The template on a composition article will show all your fellow editors that you are honest and open about your connections to the subject. It is a question of trust, if you will.
One last question, if you don't mind: as you have no connection to Mr Waterhouse's business, you are presumably saying that (Redacted) refers to a different Gerda Arendt (Redacted)? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 18:30, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I made him a website for friendship, and he doesn't use it any more. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:42, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
So, just to clarify, when I asked "have you ever been affiliated with Mr Waterhouse's business in any way" and you answered "No", what you actually meant was "Yes, I created the website he used to advertise his work for a dozen years and included references to the DYKs I wrote <link removed> for him"?
But it's fine—it was all "for friendship". Or was it? I seem to find a very similar site <link removed> hosted on the (Redacted) website. That seems an odd coincidence—but that is all it must be, because "friendship" does not overlap with "Business Consulting", correct? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 19:08, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Just to clarify, I am not a business consultant, and the person running the @bc website is a different person who is also a personal friend of Graham. The website is a collection of compositions, concerts, CDs, reviews, informative rather than advertising. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:11, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ITN recognition for Notker Wolf[edit]

On 8 April 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Notker Wolf, 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. PFHLai (talk) 17:28, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you![edit]

The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
There is no such thing as enough praise for how much you contribute to the community on wiki. May you always go to bed smiling and may you always wake rested, for the world is better just for having you in it. — ♠ Ixtal ( T / C ) ⁂ Non nobis solum. ♠ 19:00, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, lovely! - I confess that I hoped to see Gerhard Lohfink recognised for recent deaths, - everybody: please see if you could support that, WP:ITNN#RD: Gerhard Lohfink. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:09, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ITN recognition for Gerhard Lohfink[edit]

On 9 April 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Gerhard Lohfink, 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 23:14, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ITN recognition for Kalevi Kiviniemi[edit]

On 9 April 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Kalevi Kiviniemi, 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 23:31, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

9 April[edit]

in memoriam
7 April · Sunday after Easter
Marienkirche, Aulhausen [de]
30 March · concert

This was the music and memory section on 9 April: arms raised, while Marian Anderson's concert was remembered and Hildegard of Bingen's Physica reflected, - joy to the world! We see the "rock abbot" with his band, a church designed by some of the handicapped using it, and the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine led by the inspiring Oksana Lyniv. Don't miss the Halleluja video ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:18, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Seen User talk:Wifione[edit]

Hi, you removed a notice from User talk:Wifione mentioning seen, are you User:Wifione?? I do not understand. Thanks, Please feel free to ping/mention -- User4edits (T) 11:09, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That account is indeffed, - what will notes be good for? I - talk page stalker - have seen it, have decided that it can be deleted without problem, - no need to clutter the talk page further. I removed 2 notices for that user. I do the same for other blocked or retired users, and have been thanked for that ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:16, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Bit odd, as another logic could be what will the removal be good for? Anyway, Thanks, Please feel free to ping/mention -- User4edits (T) 11:24, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Also, I hope you understand my POV, as when someone "seen" and blanking they would assume that it is done by/behalf of the user concerned. Thanks, Please feel free to ping/mention -- User4edits (T) 11:25, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I saw the removals for User talk:BrownHairedGirl, sometimes several per day. Clutter of the talk, imho. The notice is good if someone reacts and goes to the discussion. If nothing happens it's good for nothing, of for what? - Agreed, ideally I should wait a week for others to see and perhaps react, but I'm sure I'll forget ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:15, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you![edit]

The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
You are a mitzvah! 7&6=thirteen (☎) 14:39, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, I had to look it up, though (while I had met Dobostorte in Budapest). Listening to Marian Anderson's "Tremble" yesterday was a revelation I wanted to share. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:45, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Canvassing[edit]

Please do not canvas editors to discussions on infoboxes as you did here and here, or you will be topic banned from infobox discussions. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 19:57, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rubbing my eyes further: the question wasn't infobox yes or no (which I would see as an infobox discussion), but whether a composer's compositions belong in it. It came to an RfC, and the result was yes. - I try to avoid infobox discussions, waste of time, a ban wouldn't change much. My post to MyCatIsAChonk was an alert to an edit war (not a discussion) a few days before that article (to which he contributed) went to the Main page, and said "watch", - not "take part". My post to Barkeep49 was one in a long series of questions trying to understand where the problem is, and how to be understood. Both users expressed satisfaction with the outcome, DYK? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:08, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@ScottishFinnishRadish Frankly, this warning is ridiculous and it's certainly not in good faith. Nemov (talk) 21:06, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nemov, this is serious AE stuff. - I've been there before, ScottishFinnishRadish. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:25, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There's a few things to address here. First, an infobox discussion isn't solely a discussion about if an infobox should be included in an article. Discussions about how to implement an infobox are also infobox discussions. This is similar to a discussion about pizza could be a discussion about if people want to eat pizza, or what type of pizza they would like to eat. Also, there was no edit war, Nikkimaria had reverted the edit you made, and you had already started a discussion. A single revert is not an edit war, but reaching out to someone to ask them to watch an article, even if it was just after a revert without discussion, is canvassing. Even moreso when there is an active discussion on the talk page. Saying "watch" rather than "make an edit supporting me" doesn't provide immunity from canvassing rules. Lastly, the outcome of a discussion also has no bearing on if you violated the canvassing guideline. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 21:59, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Please look a bit deeper into the edit history of the article (Sorry, it is too late, and my memory: the following was Vivaldi.) Yes, Nikkimaria reverted only once, but there were four reverts. - Also: I wrote to many people that day, - canvassing (for me at least) would have meant telling all about this. But no, MyCatIsAChonk, because of the upcoming TFA appearance of Appalachian Spring. That was an alert, and if reaching out to someone to be watchful is canvassing we really don't understand the word the same way. A few days later, and happier, I asked many people how they liked the compromise? Barkeep49, for example, in the same thread as what you linked. - It's past midnight where I live, and it's a funeral day for me, - please excuse me and put things in perspective. For example achieve more compromise. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:46, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure why I'm being pinged. All that I've said is I have no opinion on this and whatever consensus is reached will be good by me. Barkeep49 (talk) 23:43, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Du Hirte Israel, höre, BWV 104[edit]

The article Du Hirte Israel, höre, BWV 104 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Du Hirte Israel, höre, BWV 104 for comments about the article, and Talk:Du Hirte Israel, höre, BWV 104/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 MyCatIsAChonk -- MyCatIsAChonk (talk) 11:43, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ITN recognition for Michael Boder[edit]

On 13 April 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Michael Boder, 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. PFHLai (talk) 16:02, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ITN recognition for Joe Viera[edit]

On 14 April 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Joe Viera, 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.  — Amakuru (talk) 11:20, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ITN recognition for Dieter Rexroth[edit]

On 15 April 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Dieter Rexroth, 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. PFHLai (talk) 23:30, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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