User talk:7&6=thirteen/Archive 18

Hurley, Wisconsin
Hurley WI entries under "Notable People." Why are continually deleting the entries for both John R. Sturgul and Paul A. Sturgul? You are only deleting those entries. They are legitimately notable people from Hurley. The source for John's entry is https://www.mtu.edu and Paul's entry is https://nelf.org I am perplexed by your action  Do you have some animus against distinguished Professor John Sturgul and well-respected Elder Law attorney Paul Sturgul? ==

for Nikkimaria NorthernHistorian1 (talk) 23:40, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
 * What would you like me to do? 7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 00:29, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
 * User:NorthernHistorian1 You need to create an article on Dominic Gentile. Green Bay Packers coach.    There are lots of sources for him, as I indicated in our article. And others you think are notable. 7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 14:59, 24 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Restore the Hurley notables you have deleted. I have provided you with sources for Prof. John R. Sturgul and Elder Law Attorney Paul A. Sturgul. Thank you. NorthernHistorian1 (talk) 19:56, 24 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I suggest you create articles for them, and then put them back. I don't have a dog in this fight.  7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 19:58, 24 December 2022 (UTC)
 * What is your source for your statement that only individuals who have wiki entries about them are entitled to be listed under notable people. There are countless people listed as notables in wiki entries who do not have wiki articles.   I gave you the sources for both Professor  John Sturgul and Elder Law Attorney Paul Sturgul.  If you have deleted them and the other notables, please restore them. Thank you! NorthernHistorian1 (talk) 23:32, 24 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I did not make the statement you attribute to me. Not my position.  I agree with you.
 * I am not reverting your edits. In fact, I tried to put your additions back into the article.  They need citations at least (and then you get to argue about "notability.")
 * Happy holidays. 7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 13:45, 25 December 2022 (UTC)

December music
We sang Charpentier's delightful Messe de minuit pour Noël today, which was on DYK yesterday, - a first for me, pictured, - enjoy the season! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:46, 25 December 2022 (UTC)

Today, pictured, the soprano of our choral concert of the year. More in the context: User talk:Gerda Arendt, in case of interest. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:22, 26 December 2022 (UTC)

Critical thinking.
I've seen critical thinking described as "the ability to tell when your sources are garbage".

2501 rats killed within a 7-hour period would be one rat every ten seconds, for seven hours, nonstop. Are you assuming that there was some sort of conveyor belt dumping live rats into the dog's mouth to be killed, and then whisking their little corpses away?

And if we assume that each rat was half a pound, which is on the small side for adult rats, that would be over twelve hundred pounds of rat corpses.

We went through this on the Rat Terrier article a few years ago. Let's not do it again on the Ratter (dog) article. DS (talk) 22:27, 24 December 2022 (UTC)
 * The source says what it says. That you don't like it carries no weight.  WP:Verifiability not WP:Truth.  You cast aspersions without any source. Ipse dixit doesn't trump WP:Verifiability.  <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 00:53, 25 December 2022 (UTC)
 * 2501 rats per:


 * RAT TERRIER BREED PROFILE Continental Kennel Club
 * Continental Kennel Club; Rat Terrier savearescue.org;
 * Standards National Rat Terrier Association
 * HISTORY OF THE RAT TERRIER rat attack of North Carolina.

And we have some specifics of the event in the following:

Most rat hunting is done with dogs, commonly with varieties of terriers that catch and kill the vermin. The human hunter’s job: flush the rats from cover. The rat hunting record for that method supposedly occurred in England in the 1820’s, when a rat terrier killed an incredible 2,501 rats in seven hours in a barn infested with the rodents. The dog was the renowned Billy, whose career was legendary. I haven’t found contemporary records of the 2,501 rat killing, but they may exist. Most of his records are for killing 100 rats in a rat pit against the clock. Billy’s best was 100 rats in 5 1/2 minutes. I haven’t seen any records for human hunters killing rats. ..

As further context, we can watch or read the following:

1. rat catching with farm dogs about 250 rats part 1 rats fail

2. Rat Terrier “Exterminator dog” per the AKC.

3. Robertson, Elizabeth, D.V.M. (April 21, 2021) The Best Dog Breeds for Killing Rats National Canine Research Association of America

4. Amazing Rat Catching With Farm Dogs Kill About 500 Rats!

5. Ratting Dogs: Dogs, Not Cats, Are the Ultimate Rat Hunters! “Ratting dogs or ratter dog breeds are glorious. It’s funny that cats get all of the attention for being rat killers when, in reality, the terriers are absolute killing machines.”

6. Rat Terrier savearescue.org

This ought to end your Tilting at windmills for today. <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 16:41, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

Happy New Year, 7&#38;6&#61;thirteen!
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Daily Dozen Doughnut Company
What's the difference between a Doughnut hole and a Rat Hole? Hard to tell sometimes. Makes me glad that I can't participate in this Shit hole (and time sink of a discussion.  <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 22:19, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Indeed, the discussion continues here.
 * Awful result. Not just a normal doughnut or coffee shop.  Is a cultural icon and feature.  A landmark and tourist destination, rather like Café du Monde in New Orleans.  That article exists and properly so.  Memorable experiences. I remember going to both of these places; and they are an essential part of the ambience of the places. <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 13:45, 2 January 2023 (UTC)


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Edgar Cayce
Just wanted to stop by and briefly say thank you for your work over there. I keep an eye on the page to try and keep the worst of the woo away, but I think you've made more substantive improvements. Cheers. Dumuzid (talk) 15:17, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Just tidying up.  Although the old article's format here has little in common with the current article.  Kind of changes nobody (usually) notices.  Except I have been pointlessly hassled about WP:CITEVAR on a couple of occasions. Some old dogs can't learn new tricks.  Cheers.  <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 15:21, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

Notice of noticeboard discussion
There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is User:7&6=thirteen and Doug Coldwell content: Topic ban consideration. Thank you. — Sandy Georgia (Talk)  16:19, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I have replied there. "First they came for the ..." And soon they'll be coming for you.  The purge marches on.  <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 16:46, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

January 2023
<div class="user-block" style="padding: 5px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; border: 1px solid #a9a9a9; background-color: #ffefd5; min-height: 40px"> You have been blocked from editing for a period of 72 hours for editing against community consensus and battleground behaviour. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page:. TonyBallioni (talk) 23:12, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

Please listen 13
Thirteen, It's been a while since we communicated here because our paths haven't crossed in regards to editing but I still have your talk page watchlisted from then. I so appreciate the efforts we have made in the past on article retention/improvement, especially in the case of those related to Indigenous topics. I have known you to be a very passionate editor but also compassionate as a person. I don't know what the results in the AN discussion are going to be but I urge you to use this block as time to recenter and refocus your efforts on constructive editing. Trying to preserve the efforts of someone that has broken community trust is not a noble cause and not worth your time, even if that editor was or is a friend. It's not worth losing you as an editor. Please consider this as you reflect during this pause. There are efforts and causes worth discussing, supporting and even defending. Defending your friend in discussions is one thing but reverting and actively disrupting other editors in their efforts to safeguard the encyclopedia and remove copyright violations can and very likely will get you banned. Please allow the investigation and purging of copyright violations to go on undisrupted further by your actions. -- A Rose Wolf  15:27, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

Bailing
7&6=thirteen, Your not bailing out are you?  scope_creep Talk  09:04, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I am silenced. Consensus is controlling.  Other editors have made the message clear. Let them do whatever.
 * Haven't decided yet. Maybe.
 * Not up to me. If it weren't for the honor, I'd just as soon pass on being ridden out of town on a rail.
 * I am fatigued and disheartened. Further editing is questionable, since apparently anything I do will be misinterpreted. It is a big encyclopedia, but I am under the microscope. Will see how punitive and hostile this plays out.  <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 11:26, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

A 'fast trial'
The hostility that has cropped up at AN is striking. I would completely vow to stop being involved with any "Coldwell" articles. Let them all be torpedoed. I bow before the will of the crowd. I still think it is a bad idea for wikipedia (and unjustified and a flawed process) but recognize there is nothing I can do to impede your progress or will. So carry on. Conformity of this thought should not be a precondition of my editing here. Bad policy. All I have done is improved articles. The DYK block makes no sense. I haven't been involved in Coldwell DYKs in years. The more recent ones were articles that were at ARS that I improved (with on line sources) that I saved from deletion and that were vetted and approved through the normal DYK  reviews. I managed to take ca. 30 of them from AFD to the front page. I fitting monument to AFDs that were ill advised. Some of those deletionists are now gleefully participating at the AN. I was long ago topic banned from ARS and AFDs, and I've respected the ban, however ill advised it may have been. It used to be that getting a DYK was an 'attaboy.' Now it's a 'gotcha.'  To those who are doing DYKs, forewarned is forearmed. Guilt by association is no reason to block me. You have blocked my editing, even as the AN is now transformed into a site block. Which will assure that I will be blocked. Duct taping the defendant's mouth assures a 'fast trial' if not a fair one. To be sure, there is nothing that they will choose to hear that will make a difference. No one has the cajones to stand up to the mob. I have no defenders. You've made up your minds, without regard to evidence, proof of infraction or proportionality of penalty. Judgment is made; only execution awaits. You will do what you choose to do. So own it and live with the consequences. My good work means nothing in this debate. I can't even  retire. Oh well! 15 years and ca. 150k of edits. The purge continues.

I hope the project does well. I have always shared its value.

So long! Sincerely 7&6=thirteen
 * A new level of accusation and paranoia — here. Not only "guilty by association."  The downward spiral continues.  I am not Doug Coldwell. You should be ashamed.  But if you repeat the lies often enough, the truth won't mattter.  <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 16:54, 1 February 2023 (UTC)


 * I've worked with you in the past and respected you before. I speak only for myself here when I say that this martyrdom complex is unbecoming of you, at least unbecoming of the editor I used to know. I urge you to take a moment to step back and look at the situation objectively and aa bit more dispassionately.
 * As for books and other offline/print sources, they're still quite acceptable. Unless a book is self-published, it is perfectly acceptable for use here. That has not changed. The issue instead is that Doug Coldwell has been found to have either falsified citations to print sources, plagiarized print sources (either through outright copying or close paraphrasing) or he has cited content to print sources that can't be verified within those sources. Based on that history, all of his edits are subject to additional scrutiny. While you or I may benefit from good faith when we our edits include print sources, his edits no longer qualify for that benefit. In short, one could say that Doug's reputation has been destroyed here by his own hand because he's been found to be a fraud. Because he was extended the benefit of the doubt on print sources, the numerous issues went unchecked for a long time, but they're still issues. His edit count, his DYK or GA count... they don't matter because at the end of the day, he still broke our rules and abused our trust.
 * As I mentioned in my comments at ANI, loyalty to a friend is commendable, but in this case, he's not longer deserving of your loyalty. In fact, in your attempts to defend him, you've obstructed necessary processes that require close scrutiny of his edits for actual, real-world legal reasons, namely the investigation into copyright violations. So you're faced with a choice: stop defending the indefensible and stop objecting necessary processes, or be shown the door. I can't make that choice for you, but the screen above is unbecoming of the editor I once knew.  Imzadi 1979  →   17:36, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
 * User:Imzadi1979 If you had bothered to read what I wrote above, you would be aware that I've given up entirely on User:Doug Coldwell and his articles.  I have never met or spoken with Coldwell.  I am not Doug Coldwell.  But I can't and won't swim against the tide. I am unhappy with the direction of Wikipedia. But I am not in charge, and bow down to you and the community's judgement.  (Orthodoxy of mind ought not to be required; it ought to be enough that I conform.  You have my word on it.  My promise is my bond.)
 * And I've been designated for special attention and treatment. This has been going on for years.  Even paranoids can have enemies.  This is not copacetic.
 * The "obstruction" was minimal (article improvement isn't "obstruction") and won't recur. I've given up on the articles, too.  Flush 'em. It's Wikipedia's loss; and I have no skin in this game.  And the penalty Draconian.  This was no way to proceed; and I deserved better.
 * I have the liberty of speaking my mind before the chop. I have nothing further to say. <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 17:48, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Hostiliity continues, and misrepresents the WP:Tban history.
 * But closed minds brook no retort. <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 18:45, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
 * 7&6=thirteen, I was one of the first ones to come here and offer some calming advice. I believe you are an amazing editor and still have so much to offer the encyclopedia. I can't defend your actions in the attempts to clean up copyrighted material, however, I can defend you as an editor, what you have done and what I believe you are capable of continuing to do. When you say to trust your word as your bond I can relate. I trust your word to not get involved any further in the DC's copyright situation. I also want it noted that I commend your loyalty to your friends even if I believe it to be misguided. The friendships we form here can be very strong, especially due to the collaborative nature of Wikipedia. The hardest thing for us to do is submit to the fact that our friendships should never trump community consensus. My life is about colors and musical notes. I see them everywhere and in everything. You are colors and musical notes. I am colors and musical notes. All of nature is colors and musical notes. I fall in love with the diversity that I see and hear in this community and that inevitably endears some Songs to me but all Songs are precious, unique and valuable. Yours is no less and I trust you at your word. I trust the Song I hear and the Colors I see. -- A Rose Wolf  14:18, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

The record
There are those who say that I am out of step with them and where wikipedia should be. I disagree. And I submit that I was right

Other wikipedia participants here do keep and maintain lists of the articles they got deleted. A body count, so to speak. They get to do that and no one tells them they are wrong.

The purpose of posting at WP:ARS (now blocked) and my participation in editing articles, is exemplified by the following:


 * My way or the highway ARS posting


 * Fit in or Fuck Off ARS posting


 * The Wants (band) ARS posting AFD


 * Legal Advisor (Poland) ARS postingAFD


 * Daniel Sillman AFD

ARS posting AFD
 * List of Settlements in Bedfordshire by population


 * Ian Marsh (writer) AFD


 * Mike Tinney ARS posting AFD


 * Clop (erotic fan art) ARS posting AFD

ARS posting ARS posting posting Silly retaliation Maybe it means Article Rescue Squadron? [sarcasm] Dronebogus (talk) 04:05, 11 November 2021 (UTC) Why this article? Why NOW? And why again? This is a continuation of the just closed nomination And Dronebogus has now provided an explanation for his overwrought actions. Streisand effect. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 09:55, 11 November 2021 (UTC) Stop with your paranoid conspiracy theorist nonsense. Yes, I was making fun of your group for Molon labe-ing over this silly school article, but I also think there’s legitimate issues with notability and over-reliance on old AfD consensuses. Do you have nothing more productive to do than run the wiki around ranting about me? Even Andrew and Lightburst have cooled it a little after their tbans, and DF has participated in several AfDs (including this one) without stirring up drama. Why can’t you do the same? Not every AfD needs to be a battleground. Dronebogus (talk) 10:05, 11 November 2021 (UTC) If this closes as no consensus because of their obstructing nonsense again you should just renominate it. --Adamant1 (talk) 10:48, 11 November 2021 (UTC) I’ll be taking them to ANI again first so they don’t immediately do it again. Dronebogus (talk) 10:52, 11 November 2021 (UTC) nWho are you taking to ANI and for what reason? NemesisAT (talk) 16:32, 11 November 2021 (UTC) ARS posting
 * ARS public school the retaliatory strike

ARS posting ARS posting ARS posting ARS posting
 * Various demographic articles


 * Robert Spinosa ARS posting


 * Daniel Sillman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Daniel_Sillman


 * Uranian ARS posting AFD


 * List of Conflict by duration Draft; Little Big Time ARS posting AFD

AFD 7 edits
 * Rob Roy McGregor Rob Roy McGregoir ARS posting


 * Vesey Alfred Davoren Vesey Alfred Davornen ARS posting AFD 99 edits


 * Seed counting machine ARS posting AFD 57 edits

AFD
 * Armament of the Iowa-class battleship ARS posting

ARS posting See the extended discussion which is buried. AFD 85 edits [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Article_Rescue_Squadron_%E2%80%93_Rescue_list&oldid=1051958333Bib John Dinosaur (See MZ Tourist comments – continuing and irrelevant atttack on ARS)Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Wikipedia:Article_Rescue_Squadron_is_getting_problematic Parallel discussion
 * Big John (dinosaur)


 * Cherman Shaik ARS posting


 * Mac Ross (admiral)


 * List of living Medal of Honor Recipents AFD


 * Lubi-lubi I had put in sources years before AFD

I am frankly shocked, Mztourist, in another AFD on another genuinely notable namesake, didn't you claim that nomination was supported by precedent to delete all articles on namesakes? You failed to acknowledge there had been a procedural keep on a mass deletion. In the interests of civility and collegiality, I urge you to be open and transparent, in every discussion. Geo Swan (talk) 23:52, 29 January 2021 (UTC) Keep Nominators who do not make a genuinely meaningful effort to comply with BEFORE let down the entire project. Please, if you ever consider nominating another article, be more careful. Geo Swan (talk) 23:27, 29 January 2021 102 edits
 * John C. England AFD See the comment by MZTourist


 * William W. Creamer

AFD Shelby Gem factor. Now a Good Article.
 * Shelby Gem Factory DYK


 * Kristoffer Domeij AFD DYK 149 edits

220 articles or thereabouts. I know about WP:AGF and apply it. But if you believe they did WP:Before in this process, I’ve got a bridge to sell you.
 * Edward Henry Allen AFD and mass deletion by User:Lettler and User;MZtourist

at the article’s talk page.]
 * Bolt (cloth) AFD 150 edits Note this discussion: “Which info about bolts (fabric) would you wish to see in an article about (fabric) rolls? off topic wallpaper stuff could go into its own article, if necessary. (Also, "perjorative"? Are you a member of Project ARSehole too. It would explain a lot.) -Roxy the inedible dog . wooF” 15:43, 29 December 2020 (UTC) This was discussed at length [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Bolt_(cloth)

AFD AFD “another User:Lettler special. Keep As a matter of housekeeping, I would note that this is there is a previous nomination for deletion that just went down the tubes. This is the second nomination. This fact is being knowingly suppressed – on this and many articles. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edward Henry Allen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/John_C._England Keep per WP:POINT. This article has been worked on by numerous editors to the point that it has appeared on the main page. It is therefore generally acceptable as an adornment to the encyclopedia per our policy WP:IAR. The nomination is based on WP:SOLDIER but that is an essay and so has no official standing and the current RfC Template:Did you know nominations/Tom Rees (British soldier) Discussion at DYK
 * Tom Rees (airman) & Harold John Ellison Tom Rees (airman) ARS listing


 * Gun serial number Gun serial number ARS listingAFD 91 edits DYK


 * List of tallest buildings in Augusta Georgia ARS listing AFD


 * 86 (term) AFD

DYK ARS listing See Mztourist’s comment here Harry F. Bauer, George M. Campbell, Maurice D. Jester Rescue listing
 * Hamilton McWhorter III, William Mahlong Davis, Harry F. Bauer, George M. Campbell and Maurice D. Jester


 * Hamilton McWhorter III AFD DYK 117 edits


 * Richard Haine AFD DYK28 edits

AFD nDYK 59 edits
 * Long face syndrome


 * Crooked BilletnAFD DYK 159 edits


 * Derrick Morris AFD DYK 120 edits


 * World record egg AFD DYK 103 edits


 * Candida blankii AFD DYK 124 edits


 * Daniella van Graas AFD DYK 121 edits


 * A. D. Kenamond AFD


 * Elizabeth L. Gardner AFD DYK 138 edits

70 edits
 * Bachelor Lake (Brown County, Minnesota) AFD


 * Maira Khan AFD


 * John Tiedtke John Tiedtke (2nd nomination) AFD talk DYK 117 edits


 * S.W. Randall Toyes and Giftes AFD DYK 113 edits


 * Benno Bikes AFD DYK 75 edits


 * Cecil Edwards and Democracy Manifest video AFD DYK 93 edits


 * Albanese Candy AFD AFD 2ND nomination See User:Higking’s remarks.DYK 38 edits

Updated DYK query.svg	On 17 July 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Andy Auld (Royal Navy officer), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that during the Falklands War, Royal Navy officer Andy Auld helped make operational the Sea Harrier, a short take-off and vertical landing jet fighter? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while onC
 * Andy Auld (Royal Navy officer) Speedy deletion DYK for Andy Auld (Royal Navy officer)
 * American athlete strikes talk DYK 21 edits


 * Mercy dog Merger discussion DYK 72 edits


 * Tom's Ice Cream Bowl AFD 111 edits


 * Thomas J. Bray AFD DYK 96 edits


 * Performance (textiles) AFD DYK 166 edits


 * Arabeyes AFD


 * Frank Masters AFD

DYK 110 edits at the article 73 edits at the DYK
 * Nebraska v. One 1970 2-Door Sedan Rambler (Gremlin) Talk

DYK 116 edits
 * Church of All Saints, Houghton Regis proposed for deletIon. March 23, 2022 I ran across this on User:Dr. Blofelds page.

''So who was right and who was wrong? Should all those AFDs now be revisited?''

I stand by that record. Get rid of me if that suits you. <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 14:29, 2 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Your footnote 1 seems to make the argument that Doug used library books; that text cited to an offline source such as a book is not unsourced; and that therefore it is wrong to remove material Doug added that is cited to a book. Is that an accurate summary?  I agree Doug almost certainly did get those books from the library; I see no reason to doubt that.  I support removal of his contributions from his GAs.  My argument (and I think that of many others) is that we have ample evidence that his use of those sources was not in compliance with policy -- failed source-text integrity, copyvios, and close paraphrasing are all very frequent problems with his work -- and given the volume of his contributions it is impossible to go through and verify each source against the article text, so we have to remove his contributions on the presumption that his work was not compliant with policy.  Which part of that do you disagree with?  As far as I can tell, you disagree with the assertion that we should presume contributions of his that we haven't examined are also non-compliant.  Is that correct? Mike Christie (talk - contribs -  library) 15:26, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the note. He used them, I believe.  He would often hector me about sources and encourage me to use inter library loans.  I did some of that, but it is very time consuming and cumbersome.
 * I am not defending him or his articles. I am not arguing the merits of the decisions to do whatever it is you feel justified in doing.  That horse has left the barn.
 * And any caviling with it will hasten my exit from Wikipedia. Anything I write here (including this) will be interpreted adversely to me. You are free to believe what you want, find what you want, and do it, too.
 * Thanks for the opportunity to comment. But no thanks anyway. <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 16:25, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I can't speak for anyone else commenting at AN, but for myself I am looking for an understanding that if the community decides that someone's contributions are inherently unreliable, then we -- which includes you -- should not hinder the removal of those contributions. As far as I can see you don't agree that Doug's contributions are unreliable, despite the community decision that they are, and you believe that his contributions should be protected despite the community's decision that they are unreliable.  That position is directly in conflict with community policy.  I'll think about it some more, but if you're not prepared to state your opinion in a way that makes it clear you agree with policy on unreliable contributions, I will have a hard time opposing the CBAN.  Like some other commenters there I would like to find a way to oppose because it's clear you do great work much of the time and have been and could continue to be an asset to the community. Mike Christie (talk - contribs -  library) 17:11, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
 * contribs Thank you for your kind words.
 * I always use reliable sources for what I put into an article. Recognize that I do not necessarily go through and check the existing sourcing of every article to which I contribute.  I have only done a couple of good article reviews, and I haven't submitted any that I recall.  Obviously, that is a different problem.  I do review sources if I am reviewing a DYK.  I've done many of those  If there are "unreliable" sources then they should either be eliminated or clarified (opposing viewpoints, for example).  Copyright violations are not acceptable.  When I became aware of a problem, I fix it, not just tag it.  (See my user page.) But if they exist and I find them, I try to change wording and express the thought in my own way.  If there is quote, I put it in quotation marks and attribute it.  Understand that "fair use" and "close paraphrasing" are matters of judgment.  YMMV.  My history shows I understand, recognize and apply those.
 * I am not opining on any of your specific judgments or decisions about Doug Coldwell or his articles. That decision is made.  It is final. Your questions about my state of mind are irrelevant. Hypothetical questions are sending me on a Fool's errand; it will change nothing.
 * As far as I am concerned, the community has spoken. And I have been run through the ringer, and internalized the message.  This probably means that my RFA is doomed.  {Gallow's humor — just kidding}.  More to the point, imputed guilt by association is wrong.  I can't undo my prior edits.  I meant no disrespect, and was trying to help.  But I am out of the way entirely on that issue.  If that fails to persuade you, I apologize.
 * Follow the facts. Work for the good of the encyclopedia.  That is my goal, and I assume we all share that.  WP:AGF is not just a slogan.  Best regards.  <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 18:34, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

AN thread closed
Hi, 7&6=thirteen. I have closed the AN thread about you without consensus to siteban, but with the following topic-bans: Please see my full closing statement for further comments, and please let me know if you have any questions about the scope of these sanctions. Thanks. -- Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 04:22, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

Charles Gratiot
I know you mean well, but the situation with the content regarding Gratiot Avenue in that article is getting a little crazy from my perspective. I get that someone removed it originally because the road's named after the fort, not him directly, but that means the road's named after him indirectly by one degree of abstraction. You want the road mentioned there, and I agree based on my work writing about it.

However, I think it looks a bit silly to have five citations after a two-sentence paragraph. Usually anything over two consecutive citations looks bad. Honestly, I've seen situations like that described as "desperate to make a point" or such. Trust me, I've been there, adding multiple citations to a sentence in the M-185 article to prove a point that it's a "motorless highway" or such in the face of someone determined to remove it. I saw the light and pared it down so that it was appropriate.

If that were the whole situation though, that would still look off. But you have that explanatory note there that leads to a seven-sentence paragraph that has eight footnotes to seven sources. I'm not saying that the idea of the note is bad, per se, but it needs to be trimmed. It's getting a bit far afield for an article about Gratiot the man. You don't need any mention of L'Enfant and Washington, DC, at all, and you probably don't need any mention of Woodward and Detroit's wide avenues because Gratiot Avenue would have connected into the city someplace regardless of the city's street plan. Realistically, the last bit of the note should be integrated into the body of the article to say that the road was named for the fort, which was in turned named for the man. With a little editing, you get a compact explanation of this facet of Gratiot's enduring legacy.

As a quick side note, Gratiot, Wisconsin, doesn't belong in the article at all if it's named for Henry and not Charles. Put that in Henry's article, not Charles' because it's not Charles' legacy.

Now, I've trimmed that section down again because it's turned into a coatrack to pile on sourcing. You have Dr. Barnett's book citation and Farmer's book citation to back that the road is named for the fort and therefore also for the man. That's enough to warrant including the roadway in the article. If anyone disputes that, I'll support its inclusion. I won't support writing a miniature article on Gratiot Avenue there when we already have articles about it.  Imzadi 1979  →   17:06, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
 * User:Imzadi1979 You don't need my permission.  And no explanation is necessary, but I appreciate the sentiment.  I think Gratiot Avenue and the other places should be mentioned in the article.  I was unhappy when it was wiped out.
 * You did eliminate quite a bit of material from here.
 * So, okay. I don't own it.  And I'm done with the article.
 * FWIW, I think this belongs on the article's talk page, not here.
 * Happy editing. Best to you.  <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 21:43, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Copying this to the article talk page. <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 22:09, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
 * No, this is something for us, here. I tried to trim back the unneeded content once while respecting your desire to have it mentioned in the article once. That's why I specifically commented here to explain myself, to you. Copying comments made to you, for you, to a public forum without context distorts them. You couldn't even use the copied from template so others would know that the "you" to whom I referred was a specific editor.
 * As for the one comment about the dead link. Well, it wasn't really dead. However, it was a link to the top level of a news website without the name of the article or a date on when the site was accessed. That's not a useful citation, doesn't validate that at one time it could have been used to verify things. That would be like me putting in a footnote to The New York Times, no date/page/etc. How do you verify something to that? In short, you don't, meaning we need a citation there to replace it.  Imzadi 1979  →   23:38, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I didn't add anything to an article. I did post that it was copied.  Posting it there "did service" and eradicating it didn't, although you disagree. Since I had posted it, that (meaning my talk page) would seem to be the source. IMO.  I didn't think that it needed to be templated; but you may be right. Sorry to have irritated you.
 * We could argue over whether it was a dead link or not. It doesn't work any longer.  If that is an important distinction, indulge and fix it.
 * Again. As I said, the ball is in your court. I was not criticizing anything you have done. I merely thought other persons who want to edit that page should be aware. Do your best.  Cheers.  <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 01:09, 20 February 2023 (UTC)

February songs
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) 17:50, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

today: two women whose birthday we celebrate today, 99 and 90! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:21, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

Only warning: topic bans and "broadly construed"
Hi, 7&6=thirteen,

Your recent edits necessitate a clarification on two related fronts:
 * Regarding, your ArbCom TBAN is from . It is not from just participating in the AfD process, and looking at the final decision in WP:ARBXFD it's clear that ArbCom did not intend it to be, as some editors did get TBANs just from participation. The sanction is about deletion discussions as a topic.
 * Regarding, your community TBAN includes . To be very very clear, this includes comments such as the one you made to Wasted Time R, not just participation in formal discussions like a GAR.

If you have any questions about the scope of the ArbCom TBAN, you can ask the Committee at WP:A/R/CA; if you have any questions about the scope of the community sanction, you can ask me or, if I am unavailable, ask at WP:AN. But what's important here is that these sanctions are all broadly construed. There are not exceptions for "Just a quick comment on someoene's usertalk". You are not allowed to comment on these topics anywhere on the English Wikipedia.

We are at, truly, the end of the road here. Three consecutive edits violating two different TBANs very much strains AGF, and honestly the only reason I'm not blocking is because I think if I did block it would have to be indef, and I want to be crystal clear on applicable policy before reaching that point. So, again, these sanctions are to be construed broadly. This is the only warning you are going to get regarding this, and the ArbCom sanction portion of it will be logged. (There is no log of warnings for community sanction violations.) I don't want to block you, but if you continue making comments like these I will not have another option.

-- Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 14:52, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I was not disparaging anyone. Sorry that you saw it that way.  I will stay away.  The thought police are in control.
 * Delist all the articles. I am not standing in any one's way.  I don't care any more.  Your efforts will proceed per the will of the editors.  I bow before them.
 * My sole point was that providing "notice" of your actions and the delisting is a futile gesture. It was not aimed at anyone.  But if you want to take the contrary position, that is your privilege.
 * But I will never edit on User: Doug Caldwell's page again.  So have at it.  Or give it a rest. WP:Dead horse <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 15:04, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
 * And yet, after 's explicit instruction above, you responded at Talk:Doug Coldwell. This is very unpleasant work; there is no need to make it harder. Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  15:14, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Let's just end this here, please. I've never before blocked someone for an edit where they said they were walking away, but Sandy is right, 7&6, your above edit is mostly TBAN violations. Please just walk away, 7&6. Please stop talking about Coldwell, even to say you're done talking about Coldwell. The only relevant ban exception is for if you are appealing the ban or requesting clarification, and that does not apply here. (And even there, editors are expected to not further the dispute.) --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 15:23, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Please note that if you want clarification on your ArbCom topic ban the place to go is WP:ARCA (Tamzin linked to a different Arbitration page above). Barkeep49 (talk) 15:26, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Understood. He is a nontopic to me.  Happy editing.   <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 15:34, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Good article reassessment/Milam Building/1
7&6, my apologies for misreading the history on this article when I first nominated it at GAR, and thinking it was a missed WP:DCGAR. I realized after the fact that it was actually your GA (or a collaboration between the two of you ???), and that means I should have notified you. I have been conversing with about how to resolve this dilemma. It sounds like Tamzin is willing to make some accommodations if you want to work on the GAR (in which case I would step back, unwatch, and let others take over). The parts that were DC content that pertained to the contributor copyright investigation have already been identified, and my further participation isn't needed, should you want to step in and find a way with Tamzin that you can do that. Sandy Georgia (Talk)  07:03, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I am not going there. Surely you jest.  <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 13:18, 5 March 2023 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:58, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Again. X 8 <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 14:15, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the translation ref for Antje Vollmer! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:31, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

Lighthouse Magazine January 1999
Hi,

I'm currently trying to improve Devils Island Light and was curious about the "further reading" listed on the article contained within the January 1999 issue of Lighthouse Magazine. I couldn't find a digital version of this online, so before I went ahead and ordered a backissue of the magazine, I thought I'd check with you and see if you had it. Thanks! Patr2016 (talk) 21:59, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Patr2016 Sorry, but that addition to the article was 14 years ago.  I don't remember any of this.  I don't have it, and can't reconstruct it.
 * At the time, was in the process of improving vast numbers of lighthouse articles.  That effort was cut short by our esteemed editors, who did not like a template I was adding to lighthouse articles with sources.  It was saving me a lot of time.  They ran me up a flag pole and hung me out to dry over lighthouse articles.   They get to do that.  Their power and their right.
 * But since I am a volunteer here, I nipped the effort off. My privilege.  Their loss.
 * No doubt that was TMIH. But the damage continues.
 * I wish you well. Happy editing! <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 22:09, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Patr2016 I did tweak the sources and the text. Hope that helps.  <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 23:54, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

April 2023
<div class="user-block uw-block" style="padding: 5px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; border: 1px solid #a9a9a9; background-color: #ffefd5; min-height: 40px"> You have been blocked from editing for a period of 2 weeks for violating your community-imposed topic ban, as you did at Joseph Dart. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page:. -- Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 19:56, 25 April 2023 (UTC) I appreciate that above you've apologized for restoring the previously-removed source, but the wording of your TBAN is very clear in referring to all content pages that Doug Coldwell has significantly contributed to—obviously applicable—and you've already received the customary single warning for early boundary-testing on a TBAN. In light of the apology, I've made this a bit shorter than I might have otherwise, but at a certain point there isn't room for further warnings. -- | Tamzin ]] [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 19:58, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
 * User:Tamzin Understood.  I was wrong.  Sorry.  <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 20:07, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

Your edits to Joseph Dart
Are these   not a bright line violation of your topic ban from "all issues relating to [Doug] Coldwell, broadly construed"? This is a page Doug created and significantly edited. Why are you editing this article? Also bringing this to the attention of. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 13:47, 25 April 2023 (UTC)


 * I'm not out to get you, and I know you replying might technically violate the TBAN too. Figured that was worth mentioning. But please stop editing that article any further. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 13:49, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

Your DC-related topic ban
After edit conflict:
 * Joseph Dart
 * Good article reassessment/Joseph Dart/1
 * Administrators%27 noticeboard/Archive349
 * User_talk:7%266%3Dthirteen/Archive 18

7&6, I was unconcerned when you began adding Wikilinks, making minor copyedits, and such to Joseph Dart, a Coldwell GA now at good article review, because my understanding was that had granted leeway as long as you did not veer into re-introducing problems caused by DC. But here you have explicitly re-introduced a source that had already been removed and discussed at the GAR as not a reliable source. See. And that has already proven to be a difficult GAR, as the nominator has also had a hard time recognizing the content problems. I am concerned that you have let the boundaries placed on you re editing DC content slide, and additionally that you didn't seem to have digested what was already discussed on the GAR when you re-introduced this source. DC's poor use of sources is what led to these problems just as much as copyvio did. Sandy Georgia (Talk)  13:58, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I am sorry. I thought I made improvements to the sourcing. I thought that was a well-sourced citation. I was unware that it had been in the article before and that it had been removed.
 * But you disagree. 'nuf said.
 * I did not mean to transgress. Thank you for the reminder. Carry on.  <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 18:02, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I did not digest, and in fact did not read, the GAR page. It is something I avoided.  You folks do whatever you want to do. <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 23:52, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Christopher W. Shaw
BorgQueen (talk) 00:02, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks. That's #30 from AFD to DYk.  And I did not participate in the AFD discussion or the DYK nomination.  <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 01:46, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

Upper Peninsula
I think your reversion of my edit is mistaken—the four places I removed were not sourced and did not have blue links. -- <b style="color: #be0032;">Jprg1966</b> <sup style="color: #003366;">(talk) 00:56, 2 June 2023 (UTC)

Notable landmark
<b style="color: #be0032;">Jprg1966</b>: It is one of the largest known stone arch bridges in Michigan. Stone arch bridges, e.g., Indian Lake Road Stone Arch Bridge, are a relatively rarity in Michigan. I gave up starting articles when they took away my access to WP:DYK.<BR> It merits an article, but I choose not to be that horse. I also choose not to edit war over its inclusion here. You pays your money you takes your chances. Actions have consequences. Arbitrary actions get a cold shoulder from me. <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 14:56, 5 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Stan, I've considered you a good editor, but you're rapidly taking yourself down an unproductive road. You're better than this whining on talk pages. If you think the bridge warrants an article, the only thing stopping you from creating it is you. Period. End of story.
 * Now, if you want to protest a community decision by way of not creating new articles, that is your right. However, I think you're a better person than the one you're presenting. Comments like the ones on Talk:Upper Peninsula of Michigan do not help any efforts at collaboration. In fact, they actively hurt your cause by driving away editors who might be interested. They're starting to drive me away, and I tried removing them as a favor to you so that you could restart that thread from a more productive angle.
 * I've tried to engage you in a spirit of friendship before to help you be the productive editor I know you can be. This is the last olive branch, Stan. Such conduct of yours is beneath the version of you I met virtually on here years ago.
 * Please take a break from editing if that's what you need to do. Please come back ready to collaborate and be productive. If you can't do that, then, well, please don't come back. If you continue, you'll lose the last remaining friends that you may have here.  Imzadi 1979  →   17:54, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Fix the article. And stop your bullying behavior.  You reap what you sow; which does not exist in isolation. <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 18:39, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm not quite sure what's going on here, but as a person who got blocked recently themselves, I'd just like to say that blocks are a way to learn from your mistakes and improve. Everyone is not going to agree with everything, but you won't know if you don't at least take the first step. When I was expanding the tornado articles when I first started on Wikipedia, my inexperience got the better of me at times and I made some careless mistakes due to being too rigid. What I've learned to do is adapt to the changes that are occurring, especially since I'm trying to make changes myself. However, sometimes you just got to take it upon yourself to do things. If you want to make what you think is a constructive edit, make it; if you want to start an article that you think should be started, make it. Don't let your past mistakes define you and just find ways to improve for the future. There is so much more out there than WP:DYK. Find something you like and run with it, but don't be afraid to take advice from others. Chess  Eric  01:18, 6 June 2023 (UTC)

Pun Plamondon
Hi @7&6=thirteen, in this edit you added text from here which is under copyright. So I ask of you to either put it in quotation marks (") or remove it. Thanks Nobody  ( talk ) 07:17, 16 June 2023 (UTC)
 * User:1AmNobody24 You overlooked the next edit that changed the placement to a footnote and put it in quotes. Perhaps these crossed in the mail. <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 11:55, 16 June 2023 (UTC)
 * @7&6=thirteen From what I see, that edit only added the text as a quote into the footnote but did not change the existing text into a quote. This means without checking the reference you don't know that it's a quote. Nobody  ( talk ) 12:02, 16 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Sorry. Editing foul up by me.  Removed the text in the body.  <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 12:12, 16 June 2023 (UTC)
 * No problem, it happens sometimes. I've gone ahead and requested RevDel for the edits where the text was in. Thanks for getting this cleared up. Nobody  ( talk ) 12:16, 16 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Mistakes happen. Human error. That's why they put delete keys on computers.  Revdel is an excellent idea. <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 15:26, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

June songs
Your remaining friend Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:52, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

11 June or: Music not only by Bach --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:03, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

Today's story is about a singer whom I saw twice, not Wagner and Strauss, but Bach and Weill. - Vacation pics! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:59, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

Today: a woman caught by the iron curtain, yesterday: the Mass in B minor, heard in concert, and three musical videos are out, and the rest of the vacation pics is now there. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:30, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

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Draft, Bill Carmody
Hi! I see you are a member of WikiProject Law. I am seeking feedback on a draft I created about trial attorney Bill Carmody, of Susman Godfrey, who has been profiled in the press several times because of the size and prominence of his cases. I have explained more here: User talk:Backyard116/sandbox/Bill Carmody/Seeking feedback. He’s a personal connection of mine, so impartial advice on notability and neutral point of view would be greatly appreciated. Backyard116 (talk) 15:31, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

Construction, Reconstruction
The other day I went through and rebuilt the DYK HoF. One of the things that stuck out in my mind was the Yoninah tribute we put together, so I added a new page to the HOF. One thing, I can only remember the Frank Sinatra set done a few years ago. Have there been others? If so, I'd love to know. --evrik (talk) 15:40, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

July music
Great music (in June, I'm behind: three great RMF concerts)! - Last Saturday, a friend played for us at her birthday party, on four instruments including baryton, with family (granddaughters!) and colleagues, from Renaissance to Haydn. - My story today is very personal: the DYK appeared on Wikipedia's 15th birthday, and describes a concert I sang. I was requested to translate the bio into German for a memorial concert ... - see background, and we talked about life and death. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:08, 12 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you. What a wonderful personal tidbit.  Your good vibes are welcome.  <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 17:30, 12 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the related barnstar! So here's more: on today's Main page, you can find a cantata that Bach first performed 300 years ago, and an iconic saxophonist from East Germany. Also: a bit about the history of QAI on my talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:22, 18 July 2023 (UTC)
 * While today's DYK highlights Santiago on his day, I did my modest share with my story today, describing what I just experienced, pictured. I began the article of the woman in green. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:56, 25 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Today Jahrhundertring, and I'm listening to Götterdämmerung from the Bayreuth Festival, close to the scene pictured, - the image is also on the article talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:37, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

Draft review
Hello! Seeing that you've been involved with reviewing new articles and frequent Michigan topics, I wanted to see if you could review this draft. Thank you! WMrapids (talk) 22:48, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

A windows tip that will make your life better and even help in Wikipedia editing.
A friend of mine pointed out that if you press the Windows symbol and the letter H you can dictate in to your text boxes and documents,

This includes Corel WordPerfect too. And you can edit in Wikipedia or e-mails. I just dictated this sentence.

A google search yielded other enhancements and commands for dictating:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-speech-recognition-commands-9d25ef36-994d-f367-a81a-a326160128c7

Learned something new today. Hope it helps. Pass it on and pay it forward. <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 15:39, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

August music
Today's music is played by my brother's orchestra, conducted by two very young men on their way up, - the picture was taken shortly after the invasion of Ukraine began, - more detail on my talk. Images reached the day of the Tenebrae concert mentioned in July. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:56, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

My story today - a first - isn't about an article by me, but one I reviewed for DYK, see here. I like all: topic, "hook", connected article (a GA on its way towards FA), image and the music "in the background". I just returned from a weekend of weddings, so also like the spirit ;) - Pics to come, I promise one cake, the other was too large! Good music, and better even in the concert ending the second day, - Goldberg Variations theme for an encore, after Dohnányi Serenade. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:04, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

Again not by me: today's story - with the triumph of music over military - is uplifting! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:14, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Now: picture of heart-shaped cake(s) uploaded! - Today's story is about a tenor, - why his roles are not linked on the Main page remains a mystery to me. Today is also the birthday of the Bayreuth Festival. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:26, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

One more day uploaded, with another wedding cake - I couldn't resist. Today's story is about the Inkpot Madonna who returned to "her place" 9 years ago, and also has aspects of early learning, remember? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:10, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

Today is the anniversary of the premiere of Götterdämmerung. Berit Lindholm sang its final scene in concert at the Royal Festival Hall in London, only four years after her stage debut in a Mozart opera in Stockholm. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:18, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

Today, my focus is on Renata Scotto, after days of updating. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:16, 20 August 2023 (UTC)

Today is Debussy's birthday. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:23, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

This too shall pass. - Ten years ago on 28 August, I heard a symphony, with a heavy heart because of the pending decision in WP:ARBINFOBOX, and not worried about my future here but Andy's. - It passed, and I could write the DYK about calling to dance, not battle, and Andy could write the DYK mentioning about peace and reconciliation, - look. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:56, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:45, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

September music
Today's story is about a great pianist with an unusual career, taking off when he was 50. It's the wedding anniversary of Clara and Robert Schumann, but I was too late with our gift. Just for fun: when do you think did Mrs. and Mr. Schumann get their infoboxes, and by whom? (The answer can be found here, but please think first.) -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:41, 12 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Did you meet Raymond Arritt, another of my "heroes" here? - He still helps me, five years after he died, per what he said in my darkest time on Wikipedia (placed in my edit-notice as a reminder), and by teh rulez. - Latest pics from a weekend in Berlin (one more day to come). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:09, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Didn't know of him. Thanks for the note and mentioning him. We're a dying breed.  Extirpation expected. <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 16:43, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes. My story today is The Company of Heaven ("company" with a double meaning, but angelic company in the end). - No new pictures yet, it's a week with concert or opera every night! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:16, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

October music
My story today is sad but great. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:22, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

A few more pics, and see my talk for what we sang today, and what Tabea Zimmermann played (today's story): I heard it, and it's on YouTube. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:27, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

More pics, and today's story is on a birthday, and the real DYK was already on that birthday --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:41, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Today, it's a place that inspired me, musings if you have time. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:26, 20 October 2023 (UTC)