User talk:Gerda Arendt/2012

Great Dismal Swamp maroons
 * Good article

A new experience: I found the article in the sandbox of PumpkinSky when he was blocked, rescued it with the help of 17 others for Main page history and nominated it for GA.

My contribution to the article: "These groups are very inspirational. As details unfold, we are increasingly able to show how people have the ability, as individuals and communities, to take control of their lives, even under oppressive conditions."

If you want the author to be free to write more articles like that, you can simply sign here, for background see his talk and archives and more here --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:04, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

Welcome!

Hello,, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines for page creation, and may soon be deleted. ... --> Again, welcome! Hell In A Bucket (talk) 13:39, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

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Go Gerda Girl
You do great work and I love it! Don't let Tony get to you. Ihre Arbeit ist grossartig. Weiter schreiben, eien lange Zeit. PS, I really liked the article about the church the communists blew up. BarkingMoon (talk) 11:50, 19 June 2011 (UTC) Sehr geehrte Gerda, I have a watch on your page since a few weeks ago. I approved and moved 167 to holding for June 24.BarkingMoon (talk) 12:11, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:13, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Keine Problem. Koennen Sie ueberpruefen DYK Noel F. Parrish? Danke. BarkingMoon (talk) 12:14, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Later, yes, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:24, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
 * See my talk page. Thanks so much! BarkingMoon (talk) 11:13, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Symbol support vote.svg On 30 December 2011 the article became a GA, thanks to Ched Davis, PumpkinSky and MathewTownsend, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:40, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Oh!
(re: Productive people leaving the project 2011, Khazar)

Dear Gerda, I'm afraid Wikipedia has lost its sense of humour. That's the end result of digitalization: all nuance and shadow - all morality - is ultimately pixillated, and the texture or grain of all thought is becoming black and white, no forgiveness, no redemption, no chiaroscuro, just total accountability and literalism. People have built empires like that before - Not very nice ones. As for the unladylike word, every word I wrote into that article has since been written out - probably for the best. ... I look forward to seeing what Messiah III says, I congratulate you as usual on your productiveness, and wish you the joy of irreverent analogue laughter. :-) yrs, Steven. Eebahgum (talk) 09:52, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

Lo dicono
Truth be told, I'm not sure it is Latin, so much as bastardized somethingorother. Roughly: "Don't let the bastards grind you down."

Oh, well - I'm glad to see you're still here; I'm starting to wonder... -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 07:30, 31 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the translation. Why I am still around, I wonder myself at times, I got very weak when I was screaming. I stay partly because of "not let them". Do you understand German? If not I will translate that, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:47, 31 July 2011 (UTC)


 * I don't, I'm afraid. I see something about weather, but that's as far as I can get.


 * I keep hoping that if enough good content contributors disappear, someone's going to notice the common denominator and actually attempt to do something about it. Not that I'm holding my breath.  I just keep my head down, do my thing, and try to avoid getting hit in the face as much as possible. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 07:52, 31 July 2011 (UTC)


 * It means: there is no bad weather, only inappropriate clothes. Did you read my related essay on despised and rejected where hits in the face are also mentioned? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:01, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I had not seen it, no - funny, though, how appropriate to the situation at hand it is. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 19:23, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Teamwork barnstar

 * Thank you! Teamwork is what I like here and why I still am here. I enjoy teaming with you especially! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:20, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

I will try to help
Hi Gerda, Hope you are well. I don't speak German, so I must rely on a website to translate at times. I use: translate.google.com. In reply to your question on the DYK fire template, "bickering" I believe has the same definition in English - basically "arguing, fighting, etc." Hope that helps .. I will post the other translations where you asked the question. cheers — Ched :  ? 13:48, 5 January 2012 (UTC)


 * on second thought, if the DYK is now going forward, I'll post here: the words you asked about translate to: "unrepentant, incorrigible and impervious to advice" in English.  And you're thoughts are not lost on me. :) — Ched :  ?  13:51, 5 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:45, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

German-English
You asked for an English translation of "uneinsichtig, unbelehrbar und beratungsresistent". Without consulting a dictionary, I translate those words as "uninsightful, unteachable, and resistant to advice", but there may be a more nuanced or idiomatic meaning that I am missing. The single English word that comes to mind to describe that set of characteristics is "pig-headed" (that is probably not an English word you know, but I think it is a word you will enjoy). I also think of the Wikipedia item WP:IDIDNTHEARTHAT.

Your English is much better than my Deutsch, so I am happy when I can help you expand your knowledge. I didn't respond on the page where you asked the question because I think it is a bad idea to continue the argument ("bickering") there. Also, I think it is best to avoid making accusations against people, because that often makes people angry, while failing to help them see the problem. (See Avoid personal remarks.) --Orlady (talk) 14:54, 5 January 2012 (UTC)


 * I certainly enjoyed the new word and your sensible way of handling the case. I just asked words, didn't I? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:00, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Yeah, but "pig-headed" has more negative connotations than "hard-headed" or "stubborn". I will not choose a term to apply to this situation, per one of the above cited policies. Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:20, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Learning, thank you! (Just approved your Aku hook), --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:24, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Alright, thanks! Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:11, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
 * "impervious" rings a bell: "impervious to pain, up to a certain point" (The Fountainhead), --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:26, 8 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Orlady, einsicht is indeed insight or understanding, but in this context uneinsichtig is nearer to "unreasonable". I suggest "unreasonable, incorrigible, and impervious to advice". Pig-headed is good. Moonraker (talk) 09:56, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for more insight, on top of your brilliant idiomatic translation of the 1715 text about the (equal) skills of females to study, see above, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:57, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit
BWV 123, BWV 124, BWV, 13, BWV 97, BWV 111...Ouch! What an overwhelming load of work you're providing me with ; Even Schubert didn't write at that speed!!  Hello Gerda Arendt, LouisAlain has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing! LouisAlain Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message. LouisAlain (talk) 13:19, 21 January 2012 (UTC)


 * But Bach wrote at that speed, smiling back. If you want more work, I was helped - as you probably noticed - to poets Georg Christian Lehms, Christian Keymann and Paul Fleming, DYK? (Last DYK pending.) I recommend that you also look for helpers, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:37, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

--BWV 14, BWV 125, now you're killing me! I'm breathless...LouisAlain (talk) 22:59, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
 * If you survive February there will be a break until Easter, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:54, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

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BWV 1
Hi

Thanks for the corrections about the DVD of the J.S. Bach Foundation.

However, I don't agree with your comment "it's on bach cantatas like the others". This recording, as well as all the other recording in the collection, is part of a very large project: performing all of Bach's vocal work within a time-frame of around 25 years. Moreover, the J.S. Bach Foundation does not only play the music. Every concert (one per month) includes a workshop on the evening's cantata plus a reflection lecture on the text (which are also on the DVD). So it is not just any recording. Someone who would like to learn about the piece, to get to know it really in depth, not just on a musical level, might be interested to know this offer exists.

The website is www.bachstiftung.ch.

Please tell me how to make the most important parts of this info appear in the listing.

Kind regards, Polqay (talk) 14:29, 23 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Thank you. This probably should appear elsewhere, like other projects (Bach Cantata Pilgrimage), let's say on Bach cantata. I don't have much time now. Please feel free to insert it there. But perhaps you want to write an article on Mr. Lutz first and/or the foundation? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:48, 23 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Ok, that's a good idea. May I at least mention after a title that it is a DVD (between brackets) and also add "J.S. Bach Foundation" in the end? This way it can be linked to the article. After the holidays, I might write an article as you suggested. Then I will inform you. Polqay (talk) 15:06, 23 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Go ahead. Did you see that there is a pdf link to follow on the bach-cantatas entry, like for Koopman and Gardiner? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:30, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

Great ideas = Great things
Meine Freundin, anschauen -- hier Pumpkin Sky   talk  19:07, 31 December 2011 (UTC), und auch Jesi's page. Danke fur die Hilfe. Pumpkin Sky  talk  19:14, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Translated, now please you sign that, and then ask Jesi if the translation is formal enough, and you may want to say there, that you prefer communication for KürbisHimmel in German, PumpkinSky in English, or Warum else, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:03, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Herr Gott, dich loben wir, BWV 16
Casliber (talk · contribs) 05:48, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

Happy New Year

 * Thank you, will consider. But first Liebfrauenkirche, Halle (not mine, but nom my idea) for GA, then next Bach cantata for next Sunday, Marius van Altena for DYK, possibly also Georg Christian Lehms (donedone) and Ahasverus Fritsch, also Dieter Thomas Heck. Bad Godesberg is small, what makes the school notable? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:27, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
 * At least one notable alumnus, and if it is a formal school (like a gymnasium-type thing) it may be automatically notable. Only reason I've heard of it is from working on the article on the alumnus. Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:18, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Mondschein, cont.
I am hopping mad at this guy - I guess he's trying to get them all moved one at a time. Tonight he has posted an absurd argument, and I've lost my temper in my reply. Do you know anyone who hasn't yet posted but might join in?

My second question is, admin Danger very obviously did not follow the rules for closing a request without soliciting comment, and I have no idea what to do about that. Milkunderwood (talk) 09:57, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Re "Guess why I cemented the "current" status.": I'm not sure what you mean by this sentence - I would think of "cementing" something as gluing it down, setting it in concrete, making it very difficult to remove or alter. Am I missing something? Milkunderwood (talk) 17:15, 3 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Well, I didn't think too long about the wording. I meant: as I was afraid that the "current" status - first the sonata, then Beethovens title (Sonata quasi una fantasia), THEN that all-too-common misleading nickname - would be changed, I copied it for everyone to see. There is no cement in WP. Michael Bednarek stays away from the discussion (I don't know how many dozens there were already), - I come to understand why. It's like we talk Chinese. I better play the piece now, it helped yesterday. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:23, 3 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the explanation - yes, we might just as well all be talking in Chinese, for all the good it does in getting through to these guys. That's nice that you can play the piece to help relax. Milkunderwood (talk) 17:55, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

I think the lesson here is pretty clear - whenever a similar situation might arise in the future, whoever first notices a bad thing happening would do well to post a warning notice at the project talkpage. I still can't believe Danger is trying to justify her approval of the move on the basis of a 2-to-1 "consensus". Milkunderwood (talk) 19:08, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I played movement 1 and it relaxed me, didn't tackle the others in years, but it's the time for resolutions. But see below, Chopin mentioned. - What I thought about that "consensus" is right under it, - quite ironic that it is on the same page, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:51, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Lede changed with malignant intent - I couldn't undo. Milkunderwood (talk) 21:57, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Hans-Christoph Rademann
Hello! Your submission of Hans-Christoph Rademann at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Eisfbnore talk 14:26, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
 * It grieves me to say it, but I still cannot fathom what the hook is trying to say. I presume you're German; could you please express the gist of the hook to me in that beautiful language? Thanks. --Eisfbnore talk 14:50, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Will get to it later. Do you like Chopin at all?♦ Dr. Blofeld  18:38, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
 * You read my mind again: New Year's resolution op. 27/2. Next red links: Johan van der Meer (at present on the de Hauptseite, today and tomorrow, van Altena was his Evangelist) and Christian Keymann who wrote the chorale for BWV 124, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:26, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Started Peter Harvey (baritone) but the translation needs cleanup.♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:16, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Excellent, more red links in Marius van Altena too!♦ Dr. Blofeld  22:26, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

G. C. Lehms
Many thanks for the DYK nomination! Our man Lehms is actually quite an interesting character. I am afraid I am getting lazy and often don't get around to the DYK page. Moonraker (talk) 20:18, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the pic, I went to add the poetesses title page, but it looks not convincing small size. You don't have to visit the nominations page, I thought you would watch "him" and put the nom on the talk (will take it away once it appears). Perhaps I will add a bit on Bach's cantatas, like times. I took them to his German article, they had just three! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:24, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, I saw the three over there and they gave me the idea of a similar list here. It didn't occur to me to go back to improve it. Greetings, Moonraker (talk) 23:15, 4 January 2012 (UTC)


 * May I suggest this, to give the period flavour? (At the time, English used capitals even more liberally than German)... I have parachuted in "Demonstrating", which is clearly implied. If you prefer, it could also be "[Demonstrating]". Moonraker (talk) 09:10, 6 January 2012 (UTC) Germany's Gallant Poetesses / with Ingenious and Pleasant Samples therefrom; together with an Appendix of those Ladies of Foreign Lands/ who likewise made Themselves known to the Interest of the World by the Beauty of their Poetry, and a Preface. Demonstrating that the Female Gender has no less Skill for Studying / than the Male / Performed by Georg Christian Lehms, Franckfurt am Mayn / To be had from Samuel Tobias Hocker. Printed by Anton Heinscheidt.
 * Wonderful, take it, please, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:15, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Have added. I'm not entirely sure what exactly Lehms and his contemporaries would have considered to be the meaning of Teutschland or Deutschland, but I dare say the word "Germany" in English has the same hidden depths. Moonraker (talk) 09:43, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Hans-Christoph Rademann
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Dresdner Kammerchor
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

I will try to help
Hi Gerda, Hope you are well. I don't speak German, so I must rely on a website to translate at times. I use: translate.google.com. In reply to your question on the DYK fire template, "bickering" I believe has the same definition in English - basically "arguing, fighting, etc." Hope that helps .. I will post the other translations where you asked the question. cheers — Ched :  ? 13:48, 5 January 2012 (UTC)


 * on second thought, if the DYK is now going forward, I'll post here: the words you asked about translate to: "unrepentant, incorrigible and impervious to advice" in English.  And you're thoughts are not lost on me. :) — Ched :  ?  13:51, 5 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:45, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

German-English
You asked for an English translation of "uneinsichtig, unbelehrbar und beratungsresistent". Without consulting a dictionary, I translate those words as "uninsightful, unteachable, and resistant to advice", but there may be a more nuanced or idiomatic meaning that I am missing. The single English word that comes to mind to describe that set of characteristics is "pig-headed" (that is probably not an English word you know, but I think it is a word you will enjoy). I also think of the Wikipedia item WP:IDIDNTHEARTHAT.

Your English is much better than my Deutsch, so I am happy when I can help you expand your knowledge. I didn't respond on the page where you asked the question because I think it is a bad idea to continue the argument ("bickering") there. Also, I think it is best to avoid making accusations against people, because that often makes people angry, while failing to help them see the problem. (See Avoid personal remarks.) --Orlady (talk) 14:54, 5 January 2012 (UTC)


 * I certainly enjoyed the new word and your sensible way of handling the case. I just asked words, didn't I? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:00, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Yeah, but "pig-headed" has more negative connotations than "hard-headed" or "stubborn". I will not choose a term to apply to this situation, per one of the above cited policies. Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:20, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Learning, thank you! (Just approved your Aku hook), --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:24, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Alright, thanks! Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:11, 6 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Orlady, einsicht is indeed insight or understanding, but in this context uneinsichtig is nearer to "unreasonable". I suggest "unreasonable, incorrigible, and impervious to advice". Pig-headed is good. Moonraker (talk) 09:56, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for more insight, on top of your brilliant idiomatic translation of the 1715 text about the (equal) skills of females to study, see above, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:57, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Please do the same for the cantata texts' title, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:09, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Not quite sure which title... is that it? Moonraker (talk) 09:57, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry, little difference, title not of any single cantata (many did that before), but of his volume Das singende Lob Gottes, in einem Jahrgang andächtiger und Gottgefälliger Kirch-Music, my humble attempt "The singing praise of God, in an annual of reverent church music pleasing God", --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:29, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Ah, yes, I realized you meant that just before your reply. My first attempt is "The Hymning of God, in an Annual Volume of devotional Church Music pleasing to God", will that do? (NB, "hymn" means "song of praise".) Moonraker (talk) 10:35, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Beautiful, especially "devotional". Just "hymn", you and I know that it means "song of praise", but will the general reader? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:37, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, I think the general reader's understanding of "hymn" is near enough to the true meaning that there is no problem. (He would probably understand something quite inaccurate from the use of "Teutschland" and "Germany", but there it is, we cannot explain all the the nuances of every word we use! It's always the choice of the least-worst option.) As Robert Frost said, "poetry is what gets lost in translation". Moonraker (talk) 10:52, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen, BWV 123
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:02, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Your DYK nom for Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht, BWV 124
Hi Gerda, I've reviewed your nom at Template:Did you know nominations/Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht, BWV 124 and I have a question about the hook. Could you leave some feedback at the nomination page? Thanks. Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:49, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Etiquette
"Editing another editor's signed talk page comments is generally frowned upon"

I have just had to revert a substantial unsolicited edit apparently made by you to a comment I left on the "Moonlight sonata" Talk page, which I only noticed by chance (no message was left on my own Talk page). I do not understand the reason for inserting this potentially insulting edit rather than making a normal reply.

FYI, I was well aware of the content and the points made in the link you added (when you changed "to my knowledge" to "to my limited knowledge").

Regards, MistyMorn (talk) 22:05, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I am sorry, I had no intention to change your edit, I wanted to make a normal reply but must have messed up something and apologize. I will look and try to fix it, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:53, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm sure it was an honest accident by Gerda. Pumpkin Sky   talk  22:55, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Thank you, Gerda. I've already reverted the offending edit. I am glad to hear it was a mistake, albeit a rather strange one: I've just noticed that it doesn't show up at all when comparing versions (I think this shows the comment you really did intend to post).

Being a skeptic by training I hedged my remarks, saying that the edit was "apparently left by you" (I'm glad I did that). If you're sure you never made that pointed edit, even as an intermediate step meant for your eyes only (in which case, no matter), the mismatch would seem to be more than a mere technical glitch. Which would be a concern... In other words, do you think this could have been a third-party hack? MistyMorn (talk) 23:20, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I don't see what you see and describe as mismatch, but it's late here. I made the edit shown in the comparing versions, changing a typo in what I had written before and adding a comment, but I see the same thing in "a rather strange one". What do I miss? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:31, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Ich auch verstehe nicht. "a rather strange one" merely links to an old version of a page, not a diff, and id just shows two ordinary posts by Gerda. Pumpkin Sky  talk  23:34, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

I have to apologise, Gerda. Mine was a complete misreading. This is something that has happened to me several times lately and is a bit of a worry. Again, my apologies. I am sorry to have wasted your time, caused you concern and messed up your Talk page. I really don't know how to apologise. Sincerely, MistyMorn (talk) 23:47, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
 * No problem, only if I will have to explain why my DYK nomination is late, smile, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:50, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm really really sorry, Gerda. My brain seems to have been doing a bit of unsolicited editing of its own (reading what it thinks it's seen, rather than what's really on the page). On a personal level, this is one of the moments on WP when I wish I could speak face to face to make my feelings clear. My apologies to your friend too. Goodnight, MistyMorn (talk) 00:00, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Don't beat yourself up so much. You made an honest error and apologized. That's all that is needed. No hard feelings. Water under the bridge. Pumpkin Sky   talk  00:07, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Keymann
I've reviewed the Keymann article; it's a bit of a mess. Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:33, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Didn't I tell you that I wanted to add a bit? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:43, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Alright, I deserved that. At least it's not much work left. Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:38, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Giulietta Guicciardi
I did not understand if User:Ktr101 really created the article. There is User:JohnSpecialK as the first in the history of edits. Can you instruct me;) Thanks.Aloysius (talk) 15:39, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for pointing that out, corrected, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:09, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Georg Christian Lehms
The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your note on Mund, Gerda, but sometimes a little poetic license is called for. Trust me. Moonraker (talk) 19:13, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
 * And many thanks again for your help in nominating this. I've never had three picture DYKs in a row before. I must try to do a few more for you. Moonraker (talk) 19:13, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

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What was the article you wanted again?♦ Dr. Blofeld  17:38, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Groningse Bachvereniging (de), on Marius van Altena, look and see how many links turned to blue there already, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:44, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Paul Fleming (poet)
Thanks for your note. I'm just expanding this man, thus discovering the lack of a page for In allen meinen Taten, BWV 97... You have gone so far with the Bach cantatas that a missing longer one comes as a surprise! Moonraker (talk) 22:13, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I go by liturgical year, not size, BWV 13 was a nice coincidence! 97 is listed as "All occasions" - that's a section I rarely look because there are so many others. Thanks for expanding! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:21, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see. I'm struggling to think of a hook for Paul Fleming. Moonraker (talk) 22:57, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I thought of something in the line of ... physician and poet ... Persia and Russia ... lovesongs published after his death.? I'll try now. The influence of Opitz might be mentioned in the article. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:01, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, there's sure to be a better source. I understood it as five years altogether. I'll try to find a more reliable source tomorrow and will add more on Opitz, but must go now, I have an early start tomorrow. Moonraker (talk) 23:39, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I have found some much better sources, and the truth is much more complicated than the present hook suggests. I think you'll find enough now to improve on it. Regards, Moonraker (talk) 20:09, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * The more complicated truth is not easily told in 200 chars, you could suggest an ALT. I tried to link the places a little closer to history. Is there a source for the posthumous publishing of the love-songs? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:37, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Found: "Wer sich der Weisheit ganz ergiebet, der liebet recht und wird geliebet." --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:14, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * That does the trick. He "spent six years of his short life on a diplomatic mission from Holstein to Russia and Persia" is clearly correct, even if a large part of the time was an intermission in Reval. I'll add this to the article, would you like to amend the hook to quote this source instead? Moonraker (talk) 23:22, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * On the other hand, you might like to adopt this to replace the present hook: "...that while the German poet Paul Fleming (pictured) was on a diplomatic mission from Holstein to Persia, his fiancée in Swedish Estonia married another man?" Moonraker (talk) 23:42, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Goodness, In allen meinen Taten has gone blue! Moonraker (talk) 23:48, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * The basics are easy, and "general purpose" can appear anytime. At some point I will expand it. Watch the nom. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:01, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
 * How to incorporate the German online biographies ADN and NDB? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:50, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Indeed, Gerda, good thinking. I hadn't found them... do you have links? Moonraker (talk) 12:37, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
 * They are both templates on de. I don't know if there are equivalents in English or if you have to copy the result. For the German "DNB-Portal" there is the English equivalent "DNB portal" (copy from Fleming and take to wherever it's useful), --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:55, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht, BWV 124
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:02, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Christian Keymann
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:03, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Cantata
Hi Gerda. Re this IP edit, I've warned them for vandalism. It's Catalan for "Viva Barça" (a football club). Best, Voceditenore (talk) 09:39, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you! - You mean, I should have done that, not just revert? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:48, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
 * No, just reverting is fine, especially for something like that. It was just to let you know what they had written. I warned them because warning vandals is a bit of a hobby of mine on Wikipedia. It lets them know that people are watching their edits, and they usually stop acting silly. Of course IPs that are for schools are different, some of them keep it up (lots of different students) until they eventually get thoroughly blocked. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 15:36, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Groningse Bachvereniging
Started, bad is a bad translation and needs a lot of cleanup and a full proof read!♦ Dr. Blofeld  15:49, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Lovely, thanks. I was thinking maybe we ought to create a separate category for Dutch classical music groups and Dutch choirs etc?♦ Dr. Blofeld  22:22, 12 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Go ahead, you know best how to do that. I didn't find one for the faculty and alumni of the Dresden Musikhochschule (Rademann), btw, nor Folkwang University, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:27, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Not Handel, but...
... a lesser composer who flourished in these Isles, Charles Villiers Stanford. I have him up for FAC, and if you have time and inclination to look in and comment I shall be honoured. But I shall perfectly understand if he doesn't appeal. Best wishes. Tim riley (talk) 19:07, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Is it the one who composed "Beati"? That and so he appeal a lot, will look, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:44, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

No criticism intended
I certainly hope you didn't interpret it that way - no one could have foreseen what happened next. It's a lesson for everyone. There are just too many separate things for people to keep constant watch over, and sometimes stuff slips by. You may rephrase (or suggest a rephasing for me to make) if you'd like. I want you to know I very much appreciate your moral support for me throughout this, as well as your always keen comments that go to the heart of the issue. Milkunderwood (talk) 16:36, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you, it's fine. When I posted in the first discussion, I thought I gave my 2 cents and 100 other people would do the same. I rubbed my eyes in disbelief when I realized the move and the participation (or lack of it). Thinking positive: the article is much better than it was before, we have the terrific picture of the title page which says it all if you ask me, we have Giulietta Guicciardi, viewed more than 1200 times already up to yesterday, before she even hit the Main page, we have contacts we didn't have before. I appreciate your language explanations a lot, also your nice remarks above. Let's take it from there, moving forward (no irony intended), --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:26, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Categorizing pairs of people
Hi Gerda. I'm following the recommendations of Categorizing redirects which are straightforward and used throughout the project. It does not make sense to have an article categorized as both Category:Living people and Category:2011 deaths. Since I'm categorizing the redirects, no information is lost and readers browsing through the biographical categories will find both Anna and Bernhard Blume, for instance the top two here. Cheers, Pichpich (talk) 20:18, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
 * How will someone who comes to the Anna and Bernhard Blume article know where to look for the details on the individuals? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:26, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Well all the details are in the article. I haven't removed any info from the article.
 * The article doesn't have Category:Living people any more, the little warning about editing the biography of a living person, although Anna Blume is living. That seems inconsistent. - What should a reader do who wants to find who else is in the cat 1937 births? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:19, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
 * A reader who really wants that will simply type 1937 births in the search box and all is well. That seems like a minor inconvenience compared to having contradictory categories. Pichpich (talk) 23:17, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Taken, and the other question? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:22, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm not following you. What's the other question? Pichpich (talk) 23:25, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
 * (as above) The article doesn't have Category:Living people any more, the little warning about editing the biography of a living person, although Anna Blume is living. That seems inconsistent. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:27, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

That banner concerns article about living people and this is not an article about a living person but an article about a couple of people, one of which is alive. We don't have the BLP banner when people edit The Beatles. Pichpich (talk) 23:41, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I guess their group members have bios of there own. Not Anna Blume. When I created the article (in a rush after he died) I thought about having individual bios, but they were so one, in life and in work, that I didn't. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:49, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Also it should be Bernhard Johannes Blume for birth and death, Bernhard is short as the artist's name, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:29, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I've categorized the redirect corresponding to the most common name. In this case Bernhard Blume. Pichpich (talk) 22:06, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Forgive me, but after weeks of fighting for Beethoven's sonata I am allergic to WP:COMMONNAME, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:19, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Latest pear and purple Yogo sapphire photos
See Talk:Yogo_sapphire. Hope you think they're better, and just in time for the Great Wiki Blackout of jan 2012! Pumpkin Sky  talk  01:05, 18 January 2012 (UTC)
 * What do you mean, "better"? Stunning, extraordinary, brilliant! - Did you know that a recent German stamp series shows a ruby, an emerald and a saphire? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:56, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Marius van Altena
The DYK project (nominate) 08:29, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Johan van der Meer (conductor)
The DYK project (nominate) 08:30, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Dessauer
I started John H. Dessauer and Hans Dessauer.. I laughed so hard when somebody tagged the John H. article for "notability". LOL!!!. I've invited my good friend Rosiestep to work on the John H. article, we could develop that one together.. ♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:32, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks so much. Three of us then, funny edit conflicts. I laugh with you: notability! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:36, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Ja ja, sehr lustig :( Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 11:47, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Date of emigration needs to be found and sourced, no Nazis in power in 1926. "Daraufhin" in the German WP is a VERY vague term. 1936 is in my head, but I also will have to look for a source. - OK, if obituaries say 1929, that is sourced. But so far I understood he could not enter the "family company" (better term please) because of his Jewish ancestors, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:54, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Yes I know. German wikipedia inplied he took over the company in 1936 and left Germany during the Nazi's like 1937 or 1938. However the obituries and book sources say 1929 not 1926. Which is why I changed it to 1929 and it makes sense given his employment record in the states. ♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:48, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Taken. I didn't mean to say 1926, the opposite, "daraufhin" can mean a LONG time after 1926. It's fine to stick with the sources. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:51, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Can you check Friedrich von Keller (diplomat). First part is OK but about half way through it the translation got weird.. That kills two birds with one stone anyway.. Do we have an article on the Stuttgart Academy, if not can you find me a German wiki link? Will tackle some awards later but right now I have some Russian districts to sort out..♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:50, 20 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Just looked at Keller, you are fast, so am I. Which Academy do you mean, the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart is the one I know, with Rademann as the designated chef, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:58, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart, this one I guess, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:11, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Looking at Keller links, I found they had him die in 1938 here (fixed), and that article would need sections, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:27, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks, yeah Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart that's the one. How are we missing such articles, its crazy.♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:16, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Thankyou Gerda, they'd be little without your diligence though.♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:08, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Started the first two but the translation for Berliner Kunstpreis needs sorting out. I left the German text at the bottom for comparison.♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:36, 22 January 2012 (UTC) I know this is a bit off the beaten track but can you help correct Mueang Sing, Laos, sometimes they translate badly, German still has a long way to go. If you can I'll sort out sourcing and improvement and conominate for a DYK and add sources like this. I'll fill in some more links later..♦ Dr. Blofeld  17:31, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Perhaps tomorrow, choir rehearsal tonight Knut Nystedt, improved Horst Janssen and kestnergesellschaft, the latter needs more work, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:36, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Hokay. I would really appreciate it though if you could find time later in the week to translate it as I think I have enough info to compile something decent on this..♦ Dr. Blofeld  18:06, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Hello there Gerda ...


Actually the word putsch was new to me as well. A secret plot to overthrow a government is the easiest way I can put it. Similar I guess to a Coup d'état if you're familiar with that phrase. — Ched :  ? 15:10, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I asked putch, I should have guessed it's Putsch. Thanks for the garment! I will not wear it for our friend's funeral. Please check that article and related ones for English, if you have a moment, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:15, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I will take a look ASAP. I'll also probably ask for your input in a few weeks on the Kimo Williams article.  I know you prefer the classical music, but I don't know any of the music editors here.  Cheers and best. — Ched :  ?  15:23, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen, BWV 13
The DYK project (nominate) 16:15, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit
BWV 123, BWV 124, BWV, 13, BWV 97, BWV 111...Ouch! What an overwhelming load of work you're providing me with ; Even Schubert didn't write at that speed!!  Hello Gerda Arendt, LouisAlain has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing! LouisAlain Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message. LouisAlain (talk) 13:19, 21 January 2012 (UTC)


 * But Bach wrote at that speed, smiling back. If you want more work, I was helped - as you probably noticed - to poets Georg Christian Lehms, Christian Keymann and Paul Fleming, DYK? (Last DYK pending.) I recommend that you also look for helpers, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:37, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Polishing
Thanks, Gerda. Coming from you, that means a lot to me as I admire your work! Hope we can have a go at it on others as time permits. Cheers, --Rosiestep (talk) 16:14, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

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 * We need to have an article (not a DAB) on Missa solemnis in general, as Missa brevis, eventually I will take care of it, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:19, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Guido Dessauer
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Hallelujah
You placed two requests for citations on Hallelujah (Messiah Part II #44). Did you see the request on the talk for a separate article on the Hallelujah? BECAUSE it is so often performed by itself, and people don't know it is part of Messiah. For the "brilliant" please look up D major, the key of trumpet celebration, quote: "In the Baroque period, D major was regarded as "the key of glory"". Then remove the tags, please. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:46, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
 * It seems you've already removed the tags. I won't re-add them if you are so passionate about it. But I did know that one was part of the other. Stifle (talk) 15:43, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Paul Fleming (poet)
Best Wishes from me and the wiki. Thanks Victuallers (talk) 16:02, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

SLA
Hallo Gerda, wie stelle ich denn hier einen Schnelllöschantrag für eine verschobene Seite? User:Symposiarch/Germain Metternich BG--Symposiarch (talk) 21:51, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Meinst du Template:Db? Oben auf die Seite, mit Begründung. - Danke für die Jahrhundert-Korrektur! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:00, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Ja genau das meine ich. Gute n8--Symposiarch (talk) 22:02, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Gute n8? Ganz guy. Oder, man kann ein Admin-Freund zu fragen->User:Amalthea. Und er ist ein Deutscher ;-)  Pumpkin Sky   talk  23:37, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

DYK for In allen meinen Taten, BWV 97
Orlady (talk) 16:03, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Much enjoyed the article, having followed the DYK link today. Your JSB work is invaluable, and I salute you! Tim riley (talk) 20:07, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Groningse Bachvereniging
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:02, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit, BWV 111
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:04, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

interwiki to better list
I'm baffled by and its summary at List of cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach. Why? -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 07:28, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
 * From de: List of Bach cantatas, dates still need fixing, was too tired then ... --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:32, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

A request
Gerda, could you possibly find the time to review the nomination of Daisy Burrell for me? DYK is getting terribly slow! Greetings, Moonraker (talk) 23:11, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

nom BWV 14
Hi Gerda--left you a question. Drmies (talk) 02:26, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
 * 2 questions answered there, the day of the premiere is today, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:17, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Article request
Gerda, if you get a chance it would be great if you could create an article on the Theater des Westens in Berlin (also known as the Berlin Volksoper). The German wiki has a substantial article at de:Theater des Westens already. There are also already articles in several other languages.4meter4 (talk) 02:45, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I will do a stub, after some things on my list, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:34, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg
Hello! Your submission of Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yazan (talk) 13:00, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

I started Bruno Bruni (artist), can you address the works section? Any articles you particularly want at present?♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:02, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks, will look after a little more on BWV 84. See above for a wanted red link. I would like a review for BWV 125 for 2 Feb. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:05, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

I started Bruno Bruni (artist), can you address the works section? Any articles you particularly want at present?♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:02, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks, will look after a little more on BWV 84. See above for a wanted red link. I would like a review for BWV 125 for 2 Feb. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:05, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I forgot about the text attribution thing, sorry about that.♦ Dr. Blofeld  18:48, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

If you have can you check the translation of Heinz Neumann (politician). My version excluded a lot of seemingly important stuff which wouldn't translate well!♦ Dr. Blofeld  13:59, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

You're such a great editor Gerda. Thankyou!♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:28, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I passed it for polishing to Marrante who created Wittorf affair and knows the history, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:34, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Friedrich von Keller (diplomat)
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

BWV 125
Alles klar. Could you please look at Ida Adams and Houp La! for me? (The song is cool, at the foot of both pages you can follow a link to it on YouTube.) Moonraker (talk) 06:33, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Many thanks! Moonraker (talk) 17:38, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Marienkirche
Marienkirche in English is St Mary's Church, whereas Liebfrauenkirche in English (as the disambiguation page says) is Church of Our Lady. They are not always the same, even though they are both dedicated to the Virgin Mary, because Protestants would not use the term Our Lady; this is a Roman Catholic term. The Marienkirche in Lubeck, which I wanted to link to, is under St Mary's Church, Lubeck. It is not called Liebfrauenkirche. Deb (talk) 13:26, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
 * As I said, in translation, Marienkirche (Lübeck). Liebfrauen does NOT translate to Our Lady, but "of the dear Mary", no "our", no "Lady". It is frequently used for German Protestant churches. Please look at the Liebfrauenkirche, Halle, which is ALSO called Marienkirche, ALSO, Marktkirche, and officially Marktkirche Unser Lieben Frauen, - but never St. Mary's unless by tourists. Interesting that English adds a "Saint" which is not there in German, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:42, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Interesting, but I note the introduction says "The Marktkirche Unser Lieben Frauen ("Market Church of Our Dear Lady") in the city of Halle, Saxony-Anhalt was built between 1529 and 1554 and is the most recent of its medieval churches. In German, its official name is shortened to Liebfrauenkirche but it is also referred to as Marienkirche (St. Mary's Church) and the Marktkirche (Market Church)." Clearly, "Frau" means "lady" and not "Mary". I would not have made the change if the two were synonymous, but they are not. Deb (talk) 13:50, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Interesting how you can say Liebfrauen and Marien are no synonyms. "Unsere liebe Frau" is a polite way to say Maria, never any other lady, that's what I call a synonym, but I may have a language problem here. Perhaps have a look at a German list of Marienkirche, which is the most general term, rather on top: Liebfrauenkirche or (shortened) Frauenkirche. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:23, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
 * But I notice that they have a separate de:Liste von Frauenkirchen, which seems to confirm that not all such churches are known by both names. Deb (talk) 20:45, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Right, it's not that easy. Some are known only by one name, such as the Münchner Frauenkirche or the Frauenkirche Dresden. But the "Lady" is always Mary. The church in Halle, where Handel received organ lessons, was known as Liebfrauenkirche at Bach's time, and now rather as Marktkiche, to make it more complicated. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:03, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I understand your point, but I am not saying that Mary and Our Lady are not the same. I am saying that not all churches named for Our Lady are also named for Mary, and not all churches called Frauenkirche or Liebfrauenkirche are also called Marienkirche. Deb (talk) 22:02, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Konservatorium/Konservatoriums
Hallo, Gerda. "Konservatorium" as a plural when writing in English is gramatically very strange. Please tell me: where did you find the information for the plural of German words when writing in English? Konservatorium is not a latin word but has been completely integrated into the German language, where the plural is Konservatorien. I'm not sure what should be used here but Konservatorium to me sounds singular. Konservatoriums would be the most logical solution. One could also use the German plural Konservatorien which to me, as a fluent speaker of German, sounds fine. To a non-speaker of German, however, it might be unacceptable. Thanks. --Ebrownless (talk) 01:00, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
 * How about conservatories? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:49, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit, BWV 14
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:03, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 125
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Brotherly devotion
Very glad to see you so happy about that success. We had a good afternoon, as my Daisy Burrell, which you reviewed, took centre stage as soon as your cantata retired. But Lord, now lettest Thou thy servant not depart in peace, as no one has commented yet on Roy Royston and Little Nellie Kelly - would you take a look, please? Blessings, Moonraker (talk) 03:01, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg
The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Bazon Brock
Started..♦ Dr. Blofeld  18:17, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Orfeocookie
Gerda - As I'll be traveling for the next 3 days, I've mentioned you to a newbie (User talk:Rosiestep) as I wanted him to have another user talk page resource and your expertise in Bach cantatas has commonality with his interests. Hope this is ok. --Rosiestep (talk) 06:00, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, thank you, a welcome distraction from AN threads and copyvio investigation, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:24, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Christopher Werner
Ping.--Doug Coldwell talk 20:02, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Muang Sing
The DYK project (nominate) 00:04, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Nice Koekjes--They Bake Themselves


Buster7 has given you a Nice Koekjes which promote fellowship, goodwill and WikiLove. Anyone that supports Chet is A#1 in my book. Hopefully this koekjes has made your day better. You can spread the good flavor of Nice Koekjes around Wiki World by giving someone else one. Maybe to a friend or, better yet, to someone you have had disagreements with in the past. Nice Biscuits are very tasty and have been known to be so NICE, they will even bake themselves. Smoeklijk!! Lekker!! Enjoy!! Buster Seven   Talk 


 * Thank you! What a nice surprise! I just added FACTS to Talk:PumpkinSky, The alleged PumpkinSky copyvio, can really need something sweet, did you read my mind? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:54, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Lost operas
Hi, Gerda. I have moved Monteverdi's lost operas from Peer review to FAC, should you wish to add further comments. Brianboulton (talk) 12:26, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke, BWV 84
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:02, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Hans Dessauer
The DYK project (nominate) 00:04, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK for John H. Dessauer
The DYK project (nominate) 00:05, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Theater des Westens
Hello! Your submission of Theater des Westens at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know!

The article is fine for DYK, it just needs a few more inline citations. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:11, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for reminding me, I completely forgot that I had nominated that article (not to loose the deadline) over some things mentioned above. Nice distraction! I found one good ref and will look for more, possibly changing the hook, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:53, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Leichtgesinnte Flattergeister, BWV 181
Hello! Your submission of Leichtgesinnte Flattergeister, BWV 181 at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! • Just a tiny question.... M AN d ARAX •  XAЯA b ИA M  23:55, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Just one more thing. Do you prefer that it appear on 12 February (to balance out those Abraham Lincoln hooks), or would any date between the 11th and 17th really be equally desirable? M AN d ARAX  •  XAЯA b ИA M  00:23, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Answered there, thanks for asking! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:11, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Thankyou
Dear Gerda,

Your message and stone, with its numinous depths, is highly esteemed as being received from a friend whose insights have illuminated Wikipedia (and will I hope continue to do so). Was ruht dort schlummernd ... Was strahlt mir dort entgegen? The gift is the betokening of the giver. I am honoured!

I think the pixel point is revealed when looking at the article on portamento. I need not explain to you that portamento is a quicksilver principle which sings life through melodic phrasing, making the transitions between notes sustained, or supported on breath, and flexible in tone: and is not at all the same thing as a musical 'slur', which is a specific ornament. True portamento does not compromise the pitch or duration of the notes, but assembles them like gems on a thread. But the thread has little meaning in the digital explanation of the melodic line, unless one brings in the idea of slurring. And so the breath, the emotional intelligence, the performer, the soul is airbrushed out of reality. That's the swan-song of the old world to the new. Lots of love, Eebahgum (talk) 08:33, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for reply! I have restricted it... ;-) yrs Steven Eebahgum (talk) 16:30, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Parody (music)
Hi Gerda!

Do you know more about the peculiar use of "parody" instead of contrafactum by much Bach scholarship? I sketched a lede that can still be seen at the bottom of Talk:Parody music. Sparafucil (talk) 02:00, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
 * It's Parodie in German, never heard the Latin term, will look later. I typicaly don't use it but say something like: "used as a base", "derived from", for those who don't know either term, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:16, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Leichtgesinnte Flattergeister, BWV 181
The DYK project (nominate) 16:42, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Bazon Brock
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:13, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Mille grazie
Although perhaps I should be changing my username...look what my choir is going to be singing next month. I'm absurdly excited, of course. :-) -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 14:58, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Go ahead, get that citation tag off the Requiem! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:46, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Thank you.
That touched me deeply, especially the choice of image.--Wehwalt (talk) 12:54, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Your response really made me cry, - needed relief, thank you. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:59, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
 * There are too many people here that think contributions excuse conduct, and that clever language, so desired in articles, is to be applauded on talk pages even if insulting regardless of the effect on the recipient. That is wrong.--Wehwalt (talk) 13:13, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

Mozart and Messiah
Hello, Gerda. An editor has added a large amount of stuff about Mozart's versions in Messiah. If you have time, please look in and see if you think it should remain in the main text or (my preference) be taken into a footnote. Tim riley (talk) 18:31, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
 * You decide, I would leave it, sheds some light on the small forces Mozart used, choir of 12, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:55, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Theater des Westens
Orlady (talk) 20:32, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

Re: Yogo sapphire
Wow! Thanks so much, Gerda! Graham 87 12:47, 18 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately, I probably won't be able to read through it tonight. I'm working on my own article at the moment, yet another one about a Paralympian, and I also have a radio program to listen to. Graham 87 09:53, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Writing that article wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. So I've had a little play in your sandbox. I think its ironic that I'm playing in what is known in the German Wikipedia as the Spielwiese (or playground), considering the unfortunate turn of events that befell the subject of the article that I just wrote. But I have a warped sense of humour, so don't mind me. :-) Graham 87 11:29, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
 * The turn of events that befell the writer of the sandbox article can also only be taken with a grand portion of irony and humour. Thanks for helping, wish you could see this picture: the sun rising over a line of weeds to a sky in pumpkin colour, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:36, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

For a true gem of a person ...

 * At times when things seem most bitter on our project, your kindness, goodness, and wonderfully loving heart for all people, should be a true inspiration to us all. You remind us that what matters in the end, is how we treat our fellow human beings.  Your pure unbridled compassion for your fellow editors (i.e. real people) is a true wonder to behold.  Would that we could all view the world with such kindness and love.  Thank you ever so much for giving us the ultimate example of how we should be treating each other Gerda. — Ched :  ?  15:58, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Amen, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:02, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Translation
Gerda, can you check the information in this source and see that the article on Adolf Benda has what is important written correctly?♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:21, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott, BWV 127
Casliber (talk · contribs) 13:47, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

My Sapphire
I love it. Thank you so much, Gerda! It was so kind of you and means a lot to me. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 18:20, 19 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Mine too! You are one of the nicest people on wikipedia! Thanks ever so much!  Montanabw (talk) 20:09, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Ein Saphir, das is' doch viel schöner als ein barnstar. Sehr sehr schön. Vielen Dank! In ictu oculi (talk) 01:21, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

PS I wonder if you could take a look at William Hiseland? Moonraker (talk) 01:15, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Oh! again
(re:, see also Khazar 2011, the best are leaving, Mbz1, Facts and good will, Living people)

[Dear Gerda, I'm afraid Wikipedia has lost its sense of humour. That's the end result of digitalization: all nuance and shadow - all morality - is ultimately pixillated, and the texture or grain of all thought is becoming black and white, no forgiveness, no redemption, no chiaroscuro, just total accountability and literalism. ... yrs, Steven. Eebahgum (talk) 09:52, 22 July 2011 (UTC)]
 * Pardon me for intruding, half a year later. I join the many who are aware of the dysfunctional side of WP, as well as the lack of any systematic discussion, other than brief asides like this. I hope that someday, all the best editors will get together and plan some real improvements to WP policies so as to reduce the incidence of partisanship and the crushing of the spirit of good people who just happen to have a thinner skin than some of the other editors or admins. (David Spector/talk) 01:38, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

More

 * Thank you! That's my favourite, did you know? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:17, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Lonesomehurst Cabin
The DYK project (nominate) 23:32, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK followup
Hi, Gerda ... I archived the section of my talk that you started because "other" input was sidetracking our conversation, but I wanted to make sure you saw my response to your last post there ... I was uncertain if you were hoping I would re-engage on that review, I don't think it would be helpful for me to do so considering the history, and I wanted to be sure you didn't think I was ignoring you. I do appreciate all the work you've done to keep Khazar's legacy of work going, especially considering his/her health concerns. Regards, Sandy Georgia (Talk) 20:41, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for asking, no, I didn't expect you to re-engage. Looking at User:Khazar/DYK, some of our "problems" seem so small, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:52, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

Musical style
Thanks for sharing your latest article! Reading it makes me realize that although the Graham Waterhouse article gives a lot about instrumentation, there's nothing there about his musical style. The description of "Chinese Whispers" ("a phrase changing almost imperceptibly as it passes from part to part") seems like maybe Reichian minimalism, is that accurate or do I misunderstand? cmadler (talk) 13:06, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Good question. No minimalism, this is for this piece only. See thoughts, perhaps you can word something? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:15, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Chinese Whispers (Waterhouse)
The DYK project (nominate) 10:54, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Aalener Jazzfest
Hi Gerda, can you check the translation for this. Anything you want started?♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:06, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Will look in a while. For a collection of my red links see my user. I followed your example and installed a warning on top: high voltage, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:47, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Looked, added 2 external links, perhaps good for a ref or 2, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:05, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks!♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:34, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

What do you think of Biermann-Ratjen-Medaille (Biermann-Ratjen-Medaille)? I am organizing my red links to tell "from scratch" from "de". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:49, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
 * de:Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:57, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

Yes
Thanks! Yes: I Do! I Do! Serialiswomen (talk) 14:45, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

Hello
Thank you for responding so kindly to my casual remark at MF-talk. I have noticed also that you truly care about the issues you raise and about improving the encyclopedia. I consider that to be a fundamental basis for mutual understanding. Geometry guy 23:55, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

Giggling
(Heeheehee) I am amused that now "the" issue isn't about CCI after all, oh no, now it's something else! (snort!) That made me snort coffee out my nose! ;-)  Montanabw (talk) 18:00, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

50 DYK Nomination Medal

 * Thank you, but it's actually not work but my pleasure to make things known that I stand for (thank you, [Wehwalt, for that wording!). I keep a list of the nominated articles on my user page, --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] (talk) 07:12, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
 * There are so many stories about so many things out there that have been overlooked. Articles are stories, when they are done right (which you do).--Wehwalt (talk) 21:33, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Hey, just noticed that you had one of these! Thanks so much for filling Wikipedia with quality content--and for being you! Khazar2 (talk) 01:53, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Pilgrim and precious
Thank you! That's very kind. :) María ( yllo submarine ) 15:51, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

Can I please ask a favour?
I have Christa Reinig waiting to be in Did You Know on International Women's Day and the reviewer said the article needed a copyedit for staying too close to the sources in wording. I can't see anything to change and all the sources are in German, so could I ask for your pair of fresh eyes on it? (I'd also obviously appreciate knowing if you find any inaccuracies.) The one thing I may change is the statement in the lead paragraph about her independence - that is a toned down version of what the de.wikipedia article says, and it would suit my sources better just to emphasise her use of irony and black humour. If you do have time to take a look, thanks in advance. Yngvadottir (talk) 16:50, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I will look, but not tonight. Would you perhaps look at the lead of the Great Dismal Swamp maroons, there's room for improvement, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:01, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for looking, and also for calling in Marrante, who I see has made a couple of tweaks. I do have the Bremen Prize and her taking advantage of it to leave for the West in the text, but I'll see about making the other changes. (I usually avoid translating book titles unless English-language sources have made a point about the translated meaning, as here in the case of Entmannung - for one thing there is surprising variation in English renderings of foreign titles, for another it's hard to reproduce word play or allusion. I suspect that Müßigkeit ist aller Liebe Anfang alludes to what in Engklish is usually stated as, "Idleness is the root of all evil"?) But I note that neither of you appears to have noticed any excessive echoing of the sources, which is the concern the reviewer had. Hopefully Nikkimaria will agree and not pull it out of prep while I am offline! As I said at the review, I can't see anything overly close either, hence asking for fresh eyes. Thanks. . . . And I have now had time to go through Great Dismal Swamp maroons; I didn't want to mess with the lead paragraph without examining the whole article. I did wind up making some changes there, but I also did some reordering, rephrasing, and Americanizing in the body of the article. I note that your DYK reviewer also made some changes; I hope our changes are additive rather than at cross purposes. Yngvadottir (talk) 19:56, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you! If seven obituaries have their wording, it's really tough to find a different one :) - Go ahead, ask Nikkimaria now. Did you see for what Bozeman Carnegie Library was pulled from the Main page? And did you see the picture of a PumpkinSky, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:16, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Translations of titles are suggested in source #1: (1975; The Heavenly and the Earthly Geometry) (1976; Un-manning/Emasculation) (1979; Idleness is the Root of all Love), the latter as you thought. - Also as you thought: "I was distressed when Rlevse left. I still find it hard to believe BarkingMoon is the same person." Thank you, see also, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:52, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Great Dismal Swamp maroons
Hello! Your submission of Great Dismal Swamp maroons at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Ishtar456 (talk) 14:23, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I was going to ask you to re-word the first sentence as I suggested, but someone else reworded it before I could, but I did not love what they did, so I did it the way I suggested. Please check it out and make sure nothing was omitted.  There are a lot of edit conflict gliches going on today so mistakes are being made.  Take care and good luck. --Ishtar456 (talk) 19:57, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Is there a more elegant way to say "in what is today Virginia and North Carolina". I am also not yet happy with "told on the story of the maroons in her novel", but don't know the book. The hero is a maroon, and it's anti-slavery. Improvement welcome. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:24, 3 March 2012 (UTC)


 * yeah : "in Virginia and North Carolina". They have been there for a really long time and that is what they were back then so the wording bothered me too, but I did not want to mess around too much with you story.  The other should be "told the story of." just a typo I think. I will go back and make the changes.  Take Care, --Ishtar456 (talk) 21:25, 3 March 2012 (UTC)


 * I've fiddled with it some too. With Native American history, saying "the place we call such-and-such today" is a big deal, ;-) but as Virginia and NC existed by the time the maroons lived there, it's less of an issue here.   Montanabw (talk) 21:34, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
 * It is starting to shape up nicely. --Ishtar456 (talk) 21:49, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I tweaked the categories, as requested. That's down about where I used to go to school, funnily enough. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 14:53, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

Cherry Impact event barnstar

 * Thank you, made my day! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:02, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Well deserved :) In ictu oculi (talk) 15:38, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
 * My eyes ... where's my sunglasses. :-) — Ched : <font style="color:#FFFFFF;background:#0000fa;"> ? 15:41, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I tried to make it as cherry as possible when I created that one, but I have modified it for those who may have issues with its brightness. Dreadstar  ☥   17:25, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
 * All praise to Ling.Nut for creating it, and Jennavecia (aka LaraLove) for inspiring it as first recipient! Those were the days... :) Geometry guy 21:35, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Inspiring! Thanks, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:39, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Oh, yes, Ling.Nut is awesome, I just love that image! I remember those days fondly...seems to be a totally different environment now....so rare to find such wonderful editors like Gerda....! Dreadstar ☥   22:24, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Beautiful creations continue, there is hope, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:28, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Every editor who contributes with the goal of improving the encyclopedia is part of that beauty and shines in it. That does not necessarily mean they are sufficiently competent, comprehending, or accepting to do so in the longer term. Editing Wikipedia is not easy, and not everyone can deal with the stresses and conflicts that arise. There is a long list and history of excellent editors who faced that difficulty: some of those editors became appreciated more, some did not, and some were ultimately banned. Geometry guy 01:27, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
 * "... we'll never know the true story", --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:05, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Re: Great Dismal Swamp maroons
Hi Gerda, the article sounds great now! I've tweaked it here and there. Graham 87 14:24, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Gotthold Schwarz
Started.♦ Dr. Blofeld  13:35, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

Good job, also Sebastian Weigle.♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:34, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

Not German, but Piccolo Teatro (Milan) might interest you, could go for a 3-way DYK if Rosie also wants to help expand!.♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:21, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
 * It does, but Weigle first, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:30, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Standing Strong

 * Thank you!
 * [[Jesu, meine Freude|

Tobe, Welt, und springe]],
 * Ich steh hier und singe" (Rage, world, ... I stand here and sing)
 * (For page stalkers: PS - post script - precious support - PumpkinSky
 * Khazar: in comparison to his DYK other "problems" seem smaller)
 * "These groups are very inspirational. As details unfold, we are increasingly able to show how people have the ability, as individuals and communities, to take control of their lives, even under oppressive conditions."
 * --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:15, 6 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Indeed. I must say, Bach composed quite a few great works (and nice lyrics). Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:30, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, he did. Not by Bach, do you remember that we (you and I and PumpkinSky) met over He was despised? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:59, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Oh, he was there too? I seem to have forgotten, sorry. I do remember meeting you and us having a disagreement about the amount of citations needed :-p Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:15, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
 * He was the first reviewer (see link "... we'll never know the true story" under the cherry pic above), you finished it assuming A LOT of good faith, - good teamwork! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:30, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Siegfried Rapp
Hello! Your submission of Siegfried Rapp at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 13:02, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thanks for the lovely gem and your kind words. Yoninah (talk) 22:07, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Giulietta Guicciardi
Thanks from me and the wiki Victuallers (talk) 00:02, 8 March 2012 (UTC)


 * I'd be surprised if you are awake, Gerda, but there's a question about this hook on Main Page/Errors. --Orlady (talk) 05:19, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Happy International Women's Day

 * Indeed Gerda. Thanks for all you do here.  The Interior  (Talk) 16:33, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Like the picture! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:36, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Siegfried Rapp
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:03, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Cronin
I added what I can find, if it just scrapes length for DYK maybe a hook on him being the childhood friend of the later president?♦ Dr. Blofeld  19:06, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Great Dismal Swamp maroons
Orlady (talk) 04:13, 10 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Congrats!--Wehwalt (talk) 10:45, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
 * 11:09, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

Coverage of German topics
Liebe Gerda, das ist sehr nett von dir! I tend to just beaver away in the background translating away, so it's nice to know someone occasionally notices! Mit freundlichen Grüßen. --Bermicourt (talk) 08:05, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you! If you like the story as I do tell the author, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:32, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Re:Precious
Gerda, it's a real honor to be receiving such praise from someone who is such a good contributor herself. If educated readers find my articles in any way interesting and clarifying, I am happy knowing that I do my share. Thank you, many times thank you. Dahn (talk) 23:27, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Based on the novel Push by Sapphire?
Thanks for the WikiLove, it's very appreciated. I try to review DYK articles as a primer for future article growth, especially if I feel there's the beginnings of a future GA in there; I guess it also doesn't hurt that I generally work an article to GA-readiness before I bring it to DYK. I like to think of the DYK review as the first step towards articles going that direction. Also, yes, poetry, though not as much this year as previous years. Still working towards putting a collection together some day. GRAPPLE  X  09:09, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
 * To the question: no, I don't know the novel, I am "pushing" a rare sapphire (GA), if you will. Talking about GA possibilities, what do you think of the maroons above, from the same author? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:15, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Have only given it a cursory look but it seems about ready. If it is nominated, ping me and I'll give it a review to save it waiting around too long. GRAPPLE   X  09:18, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

The Sapphire article is already GA, it's an FA run we are contemplating. But we need a good map. Maroons are close to GA, IMHO. Maybe run it up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes. ;-)  Montanabw (talk) 15:35, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

David Edward Cronin
I added a few - on to the other, now.

Sorry I haven't been quite so omnipresent of late - I become awfully ADD at weekends. And this particular weekend especially, as it was the first nice one we've had in a few months. I had the chance to enjoy a lovely walk yesterday and the day before. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 13:57, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
 * (ec) Same, enjoyed skiing, so missed the theatre. Thanks for adding all these cats, very impressive. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:03, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I also piped a link - Williamsburg was Williamsburg, Virginia. Where I went to college, actually...funny how these things keep showing up. :-) -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 13:59, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

Cronin didn't make it I see. I squeezed Piccolo into Template:Did you know nominations/Enzo Petito, Teatro San Ferdinando, Piccolo Teatro (Milan) but I don't think you added any content to it, or did you?♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:06, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
 * (ec) Good, I was only going to nominate, was travelling (see above), fine when it's done. Cronin to come, 2 more days possible, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:12, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I added one category al teatro, but otherwise it seems fine - I can't think of any others which it might take. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 14:10, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Oo skiing, lovely. Where?♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:38, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Here, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:34, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

uh, a tree for you

 * I do, I love trees! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:59, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

Thank you so much!
Hi Gerda. Thank you for all your help with the Bermuda fish chowder DYK. Our work is on the main page.

(And you say that your English is limited? Stuff and nonsense. Your your en.wikipedia.org contributions puts 99.94% of en.wp English native speaker contributors to shame.)


 * Sweet dessert for the hot chowder, thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:24, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

de-wiki query
Hi Gerda. I was browsing German Wikipedia and noticed a picture I had uploaded to Commons is being used in an article there. The picture was for a video game article I wrote here a couple of years ago, and it gave me the idea that perhaps that article could be translated into German and added to de-wiki. Would you have the time and interest to help me with that? I'm not familiar with their inclusion policies; do you think it would meet their notability criteria? 28bytes (talk) 22:37, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I will look and ask and take time! The painter of the maroons' picture had an article "de" before "en". Quite happy that the maroons just passed GA! (My first GA nom ever! And probably one of the fastest ever!) Pic: reminds me that I want to upload a vacation pic of Kitzsteinhorn, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:45, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you! And congratulations on your first GA! I was very pleased to get my first GA a couple of weeks ago, so I can relate to your excitement. There have been a couple of small articles I started here that were first on de-wiki (Robert Ponger, Lucien Musset), so I figure perhaps I can return the favor. :) 28bytes (talk) 23:02, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
 * My first GA nom. As you know I didn't write the article, I only included the quote that I placed on top of this page. - I will look at yours after sleeping, it's past midnight here ... --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:09, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

I looked and found this, do you think the game could be included? There is a section Homebrew. Other games are obviously notable enough to have an article, + many red links. How about this (Sonstiges)? You could establish a sandbox (Benutzer:28bytes/Spielwiese) or a user page, let me know. For the actual article, it first takes an "Import" from en, de is very strict about copyright, and if an editor fails to do so, as the translator of Dearborn River High Bridge, the history gets imported afterwards. Looking forward to the game, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:59, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks Gerda, I will first see what I can learn about the importing process. 28bytes (talk) 06:38, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I think it's not necessary as it's your own article. But I asked anyway, interested myself, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:11, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
 * It was imported, go play! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:34, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
 * The import process is pretty straightforward, it seems! Before I proceed with the duck game I think I'll do another import request with a smaller article I wrote... this will let me "test the waters" of their inclusion criteria before investing too much time in the translation. 28bytes (talk) 18:41, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
 * You request at Wikipedia:Importwünsche, specifying from where to where. The rest - the import, marking (Vorlage:Importartikel) as an imported work, commenting cats and interwiki, is done by an admin, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:47, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I made another request there earlier today, and have been working to translate it: de:Benutzer:28bytes/Move Like This. I'm sure my attempts at German are quite embarrassing, but if you have the time and inclination to fix any of the more egregious syntax errors in the bits I've translated so far, I'd certainly be grateful for the help! 28bytes (talk) 21:58, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Good! Keep going! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:16, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi Gerda - I saw your fixes, thank you! I think I have translated as much as I can; if you can take another look it shouldn't be long before I can move it to article space (I hope)! Thanks again! 28bytes (talk) 04:41, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I tried, look. Perhaps contact someone familiar with band language, for example I have the feeling that Tour might be a better term than Tournee, - compare similar articles. - It looks like an article for their Main page, Schon gewusst? They take 2 a day, and you have 30 days from the day of appearing to nominate! I nominated the bridge. When I nominated both the en author and the de translator were blocked :) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:00, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Would you like to nominate it for me? The hook I used for the English version was "Did you know that despite telling a reporter in 1997 that he would "never" reunite with The Cars, singer Ric Ocasek relented in 2010 to record Move Like This, the band's first studio album in 23 years?" Perhaps something similar would be possible? Do you think it's ready to move to article space? 28bytes (talk) 21:57, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Looks good to me. Links? Let it settle a few days, then I will nominate. Someone just improved the pic for the bridge, #22 in the waiting list, they go more or less top to bottom, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:05, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks Gerda. I will let you move it when you're ready; apparently I don't have enough edits there to move it myself. What links are you looking for? 28bytes (talk) 22:12, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I set one on The Cars, any others? Will move now, move like this, like this move, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:33, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks again! I think The Cars is the only one. Ric Ocasek's article appears to list his solo albums only, not his Cars albums. I thought there might be an article for the producer, but there's not (although there are some links to where it should be). 28bytes (talk) 23:15, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Werner Schuster (politician)
The DYK project (nominate) 07:41, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Reducing the Clutter
I noticed all the awards and trophies and other gifts laying around your talk page and thought, perhaps, it might be nice to have a place to put all of them. ```<em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:black">Buster Seven  <em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:black"> Talk  11:17, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the place. I will use it when the fight is over. What you call clutter is my shield. Thanks for your support :) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:28, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I thought about it again: it's more like the warm clothes I need for chilly weather. Some time ago I was bold and said let's get dressed for cold stormy weather for a while, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:23, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for your feedback on Spanish conquest of Guatemala, the article has just been promoted. As always, it has come out of the review process in better shape than it went into it. All the best, Simon Burchell (talk) 16:22, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Re: Precious
Thank you so much, Gerda! Happy St. Patrick's Day to you, too! Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 16:52, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you! My pleasure, for a change: „Keep on Knocking“, „Sad Song“, „Free“, „Drag on Forever“, „Just What I Needed“ - just what I needed, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:26, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Yay! Another fan of The Cars!   Montanabw (talk) 19:37, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

GA nom
What is the GA nom? Did you make a Dahn DYK list or something?♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:56, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
 * GA on top, PFHLai entered Dahn to the DYK list, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:27, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Started Marktkirche, Wiesbaden but the translation needs proof reading!♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:10, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
 * will look, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:13, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
 * also Edgar Krapp...♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:48, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
 * first did most of the dabs meaning Hanover, not user talk so far ... --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:01, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
 * linked Marktkirche WI, not much more time today, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:47, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
 * also started Carl Boos, another translation needing checking! That's enough for now! We could do a double hook for Boos and his church I guess♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:35, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Let's make it two DYK, I would know three hooks for the church already without him. But the church needs more referencing first. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:34, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Looks good! i was considering adding an infobox but wasn't sure if Protestant churches had a special colour box or something. If you can work it out we can add one!♦ Dr. Blofeld  19:57, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I nominated the church with an organist. You can take the architect with the highest ... building and an outside pic. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:00, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Thank You
Thank you for the complements. Bgwhite (talk) 04:33, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Gotthold Schwarz
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Just like On Kawara...
I Am Still Alive. Will talk to you soon. Thanks again for all your help! --Shirt58 (talk) 12:26, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Danke!
Hi Gerda, I just wanted to say thanks for adding my DYK for Willi Kraus to the appropriate places here and here which saved me having to do so. Please keep up the good work on DYK, your nominations are really interesting! Jared Preston (talk) 21:12, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Danke! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:16, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Adding: thank you for appreciating one of my daily exercises, DYK Germany. The others are DYK Opera and my prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:33, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Precious
Thank you! I've never had one of those gems before! Sorry I've been too busy to respond until now. Best wishes. -- Klein zach  23:16, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Read the article, updated yesterday by dramatic news, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:27, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Re: Missa
Done and done. Graham 87 00:28, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:25, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Sebastian Weigle
Orlady (talk) 08:03, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Biermann-Ratjen-Medaille
Started but the translation needs finishing!♦ Dr. Blofeld  10:33, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
 * simplified a bit. Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:24, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Started Monteverdi..♦ Dr. Blofeld  19:38, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks
Very kind of you to notice my work on English and Welsh churches etc. I'd certainly agree with Peter Vardy's comment that "The churches of course are graced by your excellent articles on church music, especially the Bach cantatas." BencherliteTalk 20:06, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Agnus Dei (Barber)
Very impressive! I've been through it and made a few corrections. I have no experience in technical writing about choral music, though, so I suggest you get a second opinion on "after the supporting chord has changed to a tension" unless you're certain it's correct. Cheers, Rothorpe (talk) 00:48, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I will, was going to have someone look at the Adagio anyway, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:15, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

Good, and thank you for your kind adjectives. Glad you approve. Rothorpe (talk) 16:30, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

Did you know: Three Pieces for Solo Cello (Waterhouse)
Hello! Your submission of Three Pieces for Solo Cello (Waterhouse) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Bmclaughlin9 (talk) 02:00, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

Did you know: Marktkirche, Wiesbaden
Hello! Your submission of Marktkirche, Wiesbaden at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know!

Sorry to be the same person working on a second of your nominations, but yours are far more interesting that just about everything else nominated. Bmclaughlin9 (talk) 02:30, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you for that comment! (seen only after I replied) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:13, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

DYK for David Edward Cronin
The DYK project (nominate) 02:29, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

Schiersteiner Kantorei
Started, bottom paragraph a bit muddled though! Also Martin Lutz and Goethe-Plakette des Landes Hessen.♦ Dr. Blofeld  18:25, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

Do you like this? I'm trying to learn Gavotte and Albeniz's Torre Bermeja on the classical guitar, Torre Bermeja keeps giving me a headache to I keep going back to Gavotte!♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:28, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

B flat minor, the natural minor of D flat major are my favourite keys. I can play a bit of Dave Brubecks's piano tribute to Chopin which is in B flat minor. Chopin's Raindrop and Liszt's Consolation both in D flat major sound wonderful and I can play a bit of them. But I'm a guitarist mainly, wish I could play them like Horowitz though! I suppose A flat major and E flat major are also favourite keys for their "pretty" qualities. Most of the Bach pieces for guitar are in E minor or E major! Then again so are most Spanish classical guitar pieces too!! Do you like Scarlatti by any chance?♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:50, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

Mmm Frankfurt Conservatoire of Music, what could this refer to?♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:42, 26 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium, where Clara Schumann was a teacher and Frank Stähle director (if the writer knew), otherwise Hochschule für Musik Frankfurt. And yes, I like Scarlatti, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:55, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

Out of curiosity do you not like the romantic composers? I like both baroque and romantic but I know people who hate Chopin and Liszt! ♦ Dr. Blofeld  09:21, 27 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Every once in a while I tell you that Chopin's op 27 no 2 is one of the pieces of the year (Beethoven's the other) ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:32, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

I like Yundi Li's performance of it.♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:40, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

I'd forgotten I'd created it!♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:21, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the pic of Christophoruskirche! I started Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra BTW..♦ Dr. Blofeld  09:51, 28 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Taken at concert with Andreas Scholl, Rheingau Musik Festival, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:56, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the Bach education
Hi Gerda, I wanted to thank you for all of the Bach information I've learned from you. I was thinking about you while I was at a concert, and I made a little personal DYK that I thought might amuse you.... M AN d ARAX •  XAЯA b ИA M  20:49, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
 * It does, especially since the one and only article I wanted to write on Wikipedia was filling the red link for a cellist, who composed for Solo Cello, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:55, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for writing that one and so many other articles. I've revealed the surprise behind my "DYK" on my talk page. M AN d ARAX  •  XAЯA b ИA M  00:08, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi again. I reviewed Template:Did you know nominations/Alles, was von Gott geboren, BWV 80a, and there's one minor thing to take care of. Also, please check if my ALT is acceptable; don't hesitate to edit or replace it. M AN d ARAX  •  XAЯA b ИA M  21:32, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

re: your request

 * Sorry, I'm taking another break form reviewing. I got a nom pulled off the front page.  When that happens I know I have to take a break.  I am going to finish the ones I started, but I am not taking on any new ones right now.--Ishtar456 (talk) 14:27, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Ah, you made me laugh, but I am afraid that was not the problem THIS time. Look what the nom said to me after I tried like heck to get it reviewed (that remark came AFTER I decided to take a break).  I can't find it on the nomination page any more so I do not know what happened to it.  But I will tell you, I will not review anything from that person again.  Thanks for the laugh.  If we don't laugh about it, what is the alternative?--Ishtar456 (talk) 20:09, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Mine: you don't have to review, just look, - one of my pictures. You want to laugh once more, see, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:37, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
 * fantastic pic! I cannot figure out that other thing though.  I hate those long dispute things.  That makes me want to throw the computer across the room. --Ishtar456 (talk) 23:31, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I finally got it, after I signed off this morning. Bitter laugh, indeed.--Ishtar456 (talk) 11:45, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

Kurhaus of Wiesbaden
Looks it. Started it, but the translation in a lot of it needs major cleanup!♦ Dr. Blofeld  10:01, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

The others are named Kurhaus of... see [[Kurhaus. Maybe move the other pages too then?♦ Dr. Blofeld

The "of" version has few links, more "(city)" like de, may move next week, really more urgent things right now ... --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:15, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Sourced and nominated the Kurhaus at the last minute! What articles do you want started? ♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:25, 3 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Great, the Kurhaus! Nikolaus Decius, Sebald Heyden Sebald Heyden, Adam Reusner Adam Reusner, see Passion below, approved to appear on Good Friday, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:29, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Started Nikolaus Decius. Others to follow tomorrow. Guten nacht!♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:21, 3 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Thank you, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:29, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Started Sebald Heyden. The "include regular contact with Hans Sachs and Albrecht Durer." and Passion O section is weird though, translation might need checking. Most of it though is material I wrote myself.♦ Dr. Blofeld  10:23, 4 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Excellent! (What de says about the hymn is nonsense.) See if you still recognize what you wrote ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:07, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Adam Reusner also needs proof reading in parts..♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:41, 4 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Great! Can't make sense of the last line, commented. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:56, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Reusner should list a few, don't have time right now or would do it, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:01, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

I'll ask Hebrides to do a dab. I also started Salomon Schweigger, a red link in the Reusner article. If you could proof read that within the next few days I would be deeply grateful. That's plenty for now!♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:37, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Schweigger also, please. Yes, plenty precious support again! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:05, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Wow, dat was quick! Thanks! Its a pity the categories are so generic on German wiki though. I had fancied looking for some medeival German biographies but they are all categorized very generically which doesn't make browsing that good, although I gather the reason behind it is because they thought the opposite and it more convenient. If they had like Category:13th-century German people or something.. ♦ Dr. Blofeld  13:05, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Rosie started Wilhelm Sauer last night. I translated from German wiki. Can you proof read and fix the German in the table when you can? I think there's a quite a lot to write then!!♦ Dr. Blofeld  15:55, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Can you think of anything to go in Category:Music textbooks?♦ Dr. Blofeld  18:16, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Re: Passion
Hi Gerda, this is a tricky problem! I'd say that creating extra columns would be the best approach, accessibility-wise. Graham 87 10:13, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I will first prepare BWV 145 for Easter, then propose something in user space, I would like to get rid of lipstick ;) (Thank you for ce! You can continue with Christophoruskirche, Schierstein, perhaps even un-comment some of what I left for later, after Bach that is.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:31, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm no expert at accessability matters, but I think the choice of background colours in St Matthew Passion structure mainly complies with the contrast requirements at WP:COLOR, There are some exceptions, I think: 1) the red link for Sebald Heyden at NBA 29 and silimar at NBA 32; 2) the green link (when seen with User:Anomie/linkclassifier.css) for Johann Rist at NBA 40. The latter can simply be avoided by using Johann von Rist; the former by linking to de:Sebald Heyden and de:Adam Reusner. Another option would be to turn the background colour to white for all links in the coloured rows:
 * {| class="wikitable"

!colspan="10" style="text-align:center"|Part I !NBA!!BWV!!colspan="2" |Form!!Key!!Time!!Beginning of text!!Instrumentation!!Source!!Incipit
 * colspan=10|…
 * -style="background-color:#fedbca"
 * 3||3||colspan="2" |Chorale||B minor||4/4||Herzliebster Jesu||2Ft 2Ob 2Vn Va Bc||Johann Heermann, 1630||BWV 244 Incipit Nr. 3 Herzliebster Jesu.svg
 * colspan=10|…
 * }
 * Not very pretty, but highly readable. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 12:03, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
 * }
 * Not very pretty, but highly readable. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 12:03, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the approach. Repeating the question:
 * Passion

My preparation for the Holy Week was a translation of a table of the movements of Bach's St Matthew Passion, found on de. Now a friend noticed about the background colours: "Using colour that way isn't a good approach; it's lost on the blind and on things like Google, causes difficulties for people with various forms of colour blindness or a need for best contrast due to other vision issues, and it messes up the edit box something fierce. Black, white, and grey is goodness. Lurid colours are for advertising (cf lipstick)". I would like to change it, what's your advice? I would like to change to something showing very clearly where choir I, II, "both" and "both in unison" are active, four different modes that means. This includes the soloists, for Bach there was soprano I, soprano II etc. Perhaps two columns, connected where both? The movements with "both in unison" should stand out most. Something else I would like to show more clearly is where a chorale is present, whether as a cantus firmus, a chorale fantasia, in an aria or a four-part setting. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:43, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

The best way of avoiding the red links is to turn them blue ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:12, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I was aware of the question from your and Graham87's talk page. To my eyes, there are no lipstick colours in the table. I noticed some small infelicities and offered my thoughts. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 12:29, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I didn't see to what extent they answer the question about the blind, - how would screenreader read this table? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:32, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
 * So far I left the colours but showed more clerly (I hope) where Ch I and Ch II are active, single, combined and unison. I am not happy with movements where a third group is present, 1 and 45a, ideas welcome. The red links will disappear until Friday, thanks, Dr. Blofeld, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:01, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I slept over it and inserted a third column for everything connected to the Gospel. One exception: the cantus firmus in the opening, but that has a different colour. Thoughts? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:06, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
 * The extra column sounds good. I've just copyedited Christophoruskirche, Schierstein. Graham 87 14:05, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I asked the (German) author to do inline citations for DYK, I don't know what's where, or would do it myself, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:08, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Hi Gerda-- Sorry, somehow I'm missing the context of your post to my talkpage. Today is Maundy Thursday? Anyway, have a happy Easter. Milkunderwood (talk) 23:53, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Karfreitag is a good day for singing. Milkunderwood (talk) 00:18, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
 * We always do, even have a page in English on the web, also mentioning "He was despised", Andreas Scholl sang it for us last year, when I needed it most (look for "rejected"), --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:00, 6 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks, awesome! Graham 87 12:47, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:04, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Wilhelm Sauer
Hi Gerda - Isn't it amazing that we didn't have an article on Wilhelm Sauer on the en wikipedia? Just amazes me. I spent some time this morning listening to Bach excerpts played on one of his organs and it was a wonderful experience. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:41, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, thank you, I looked yesterday! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:27, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Can you translate the comments in the table when you can? I♦ Dr. Blofeld  09:08, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Later today, yes, not now, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:12, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Sorry if I gave you a headache yesterday!!♦ Dr. Blofeld  09:40, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
 * You didn't! It was fun! But today it's family time. Will look now, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:00, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Frohe Ostern!♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:43, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Easter permitting can you think of a hook for Adam Reusner? Maybe source the fifth stanza part being in the St Mathew Passion?♦ Dr. Blofeld  18:28, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Good idea: it's one of the oldest chorales (1533) in the St Matthew, take Vermont translation as source (just returned from singing in Easter Vigil, tomorrow Mozart Mass), --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:47, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

How was your Mozart Mass?♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:05, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Good, high spirits, he was just 17 when he composed it, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:23, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Mmm, the most 17 year olds can come up with these days is eh, um Baby... How times have changed!♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:06, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Sapphire
Dear Gerda, thank you for the wonderful sapphire you awarded to me. In real life I prefer Bombay Sapphire to be remunerate myself, but I will have to wait until Easter holidays. I wish you and your family happy Easter.--Symposiarch (talk) 13:15, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for St Matthew Passion structure
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 07:48, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

re: Passion?
Hi, not sure what your comment on my talk page meant, but okay. I'm afraid that religious gobbledygook is rather lost on a heathen such as myself. ;) María ( yllo submarine ) 13:23, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Perhaps Barber's Agnus Dei is more to your liking, the DYK review suggested to mention sexual passion ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:54, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Agnus Dei (Barber)
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 16:03, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Talkback
Drmies (talk) 03:15, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Re:precious
You're welcome and thank you. The C of E. God Save The Queen! (talk)

Für dich
Please allow me to present you with this small Aachener Poschweck as a token of regard... Moonraker (talk) 12:45, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Lecker, danke! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:48, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

PumpkinSky
re:User talk:Raul654

So we don't clog up Raul's talk page discussing things between us, I came here. The person who "owns" the PumpkinSky account is the same person that was behind the the Rlevse account. In other words, they are the same person, by his admission. After nearly two months, it's not likely that an admin will just wander by the account page and randomly unblock without a request. Given PumpkinSky's treatment of Raul during the Request for Comment on WP:FAC, Raul is not a likely candidate to unblock the account. In any case, PS/Rlevse will have to want to come back. That person messed up on many levels, and the close paraphrasing is only one part of the story. To come back, PumpkinSky will have to deal with the baggage from his Rlevse account days.  Imzadi 1979  →   13:23, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Do I get right that Rlevse left in 2010, and PumpkinSky started in July 2011? Raul is not a likely candidate, sure, but everybody seems involved or afraid, right? Coming back and dealing with the baggage would be better for the project than trying a clean start, right? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:32, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
 * That sounds like the timeline, yes. I agree with you, but this person has to want to come back under the community's rules. You get either a clean start, or the right to vanish, not both, and he did both. He RTV-ed the Rlevse account and then came back as a clean start under the PumpkinSky account. Either way, let him decide if and when it's time to come back; he doesn't need someone lobbying on his behalf if he has no interest in coming back.  Imzadi 1979  →   19:02, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
 * May I ask if you are familiar with the fact that there were several AN discussions already, all with the not so surprising result of no consensus, one including the line that I framed on my user page. I am interested in a solution that serve the interest of the readers. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:02, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I am aware, but as I said, until that editor expresses a willingness to come back, and he expresses a willingness to deal with the baggage that comes along with it, there is nothing to do, case closed.  Imzadi 1979  →   21:29, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Kurhaus, Wiesbaden
Orlady (talk) 16:02, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Can you check the translation of Flurgönder and Weckewerk when you are free. Hope you're not a vegetarian otherwise it might upset your stomach! ♦ Dr. Blofeld  17:08, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Talkback
<small style="white-space:nowrap;border:1px solid #900;padding:1px;"> Neutralhomer •  Talk  • 17:43, 8 April 2012 (UTC) 17:43, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Agnus Dei (Barber)
Very impressive! I've been through it and made a few corrections. I have no experience in technical writing about choral music, though, so I suggest you get a second opinion on "after the supporting chord has changed to a tension" unless you're certain it's correct. Cheers, Rothorpe (talk) 00:48, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I will, was going to have someone look at the Adagio anyway, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:15, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

Good, and thank you for your kind adjectives. Glad you approve. Rothorpe (talk) 16:30, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

Did your know: Marktkirche, Wiesbaden
Hello! Your submission of Marktkirche, Wiesbaden at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know!

Sorry to be the same person working on a second of your nominations, but yours are far more interesting that just about everything else nominated. Bmclaughlin9 (talk) 02:30, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you for that comment! (seen only after I replied) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:13, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

I was skeptical of the entire DYK process and its possible benefits, but I finally got one of my nominations in place and it got almost 5,000 hits! I am now a convert. Bmclaughlin9 (talk) 21:39, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for David Edward Cronin
The DYK project (nominate) 02:29, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the Bach education
Hi Gerda, I wanted to thank you for all of the Bach information I've learned from you. I was thinking about you while I was at a concert, and I made a little personal DYK that I thought might amuse you.... M AN d ARAX •  XAЯA b ИA M  20:49, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
 * It does, especially since the one and only article I wanted to write on Wikipedia was filling the red link for a cellist, who composed for Solo Cello, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:55, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for writing that one and so many other articles. I've revealed the surprise behind my "DYK" on my talk page. M AN d ARAX  •  XAЯA b ИA M  00:08, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi again. I reviewed Template:Did you know nominations/Alles, was von Gott geboren, BWV 80a, and there's one minor thing to take care of. Also, please check if my ALT is acceptable; don't hesitate to edit or replace it. M AN d ARAX  •  XAЯA b ИA M  21:32, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

re: your request

 * Sorry, I'm taking another break form reviewing. I got a nom pulled off the front page.  When that happens I know I have to take a break.  I am going to finish the ones I started, but I am not taking on any new ones right now.--Ishtar456 (talk) 14:27, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Ah, you made me laugh, but I am afraid that was not the problem THIS time. Look what the nom said to me after I tried like heck to get it reviewed (that remark came AFTER I decided to take a break).  I can't find it on the nomination page any more so I do not know what happened to it.  But I will tell you, I will not review anything from that person again.  Thanks for the laugh.  If we don't laugh about it, what is the alternative?--Ishtar456 (talk) 20:09, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Mine: you don't have to review, just look, - one of my pictures. You want to laugh once more, see, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:37, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
 * fantastic pic! I cannot figure out that other thing though.  I hate those long dispute things.  That makes me want to throw the computer across the room. --Ishtar456 (talk) 23:31, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I finally got it, after I signed off this morning. Bitter laugh, indeed.--Ishtar456 (talk) 11:45, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:04, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Sapphire
Dear Gerda, thank you for the wonderful sapphire you awarded to me. In real life I prefer Bombay Sapphire to be remunerate myself, but I will have to wait until Easter holidays. I wish you and your family happy Easter.--Symposiarch (talk) 13:15, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for St Matthew Passion structure
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 07:48, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

re: Passion?
Hi, not sure what your comment on my talk page meant, but okay. I'm afraid that religious gobbledygook is rather lost on a heathen such as myself. ;) María ( yllo submarine ) 13:23, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Perhaps Barber's Agnus Dei is more to your liking, the DYK review suggested to mention sexual passion ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:54, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Agnus Dei (Barber)
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 16:03, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Kurhaus, Wiesbaden
Orlady (talk) 16:02, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Can you check the translation of Flurgönder and Weckewerk when you are free. Hope you're not a vegetarian otherwise it might upset your stomach! ♦ Dr. Blofeld  17:08, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
 * done --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:53, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, eh the translation for Osterbrunnen is pretty bad!♦ Dr. Blofeld  13:14, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
 * The term? What do you suggest? I didn't even try to translate the article, just give some sourced excerpts, tough enough again to find sources, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:17, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I see, you inserted "theory", I didn't care about it at all, nothing sure anyway. What should we do? Off for now, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:21, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Mmm dunno, I would have added to it but most sources are in German, I'll remove it.♦ Dr. Blofeld  15:31, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Ouch, that article needs some work on the translation. I'll put it on my short-term list. Also, there is an obvious connection to Well dressing in England and a more recondite one to the Perchtenlaufen (our article on that fails to connect the tradition to Holda/Perht; the classic study is Viktor Waschnitius, "Perht, Holda und verwandte Gestalten", Sitzungsberichte der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, philosophisch-historische Klasse 174.2 (1913)). Was this to have been part of a multi-article DYK nom, and if so what's the deadline for making it presentable? Yngvadottir (talk) 19:53, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
 * @Yngvadottir, thanks for the offer and the thanks below! @ every reader: did you notice the DYK on Agnus Dei, talking about a "sense of spirituality"? (On my user, hidden). Profound piece, I like the generality of it. Demanding, our conductor said afterwards: "Ich war nicht nur erleichtert, sondern beglückt." (translate?) - We plan a DYK on Osterbrunnen and Osterbaum, I vote for separate, because both have cute pictures, should be soon ;) I would like to get the Brunnen in shape, needs refs (sigh, you know the de problem). We have some fountains our area, but not covered. Am I a reliable source? No need to have some unsupported theory in it, right? There are websites of bus tours, but probably not considered reliable. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:58, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Reporting that I've brushed up the translation at Osterbrunnen and added the See also for the English custom (I should also search for customs of seasonal well decoration elsewhere; I imagine they exist). I now have to go afk for several hours; the article needs a paragraph on the largely discredited theories of pre-Christian/medieval origins and connection to the spring well-cleaning tradition; the German article covers the main names and points in detail, so I'll add something when I next have leisure (late tonight or more likely tomorrow morning Pacific time). Mentioning this in case you want to reconsider it for DYK submission. Yngvadottir (talk) 21:03, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your improvements. Can you say "for Easter" if it starts on Good Friday (some places Palm Suday) and ends 2 weeks after Easter (some places even later)? I still think Fränkische Schweiz should appear, because most sources are in German, and readers might not make the connection, what do you think? "generally artificial" - I am not sure if I know what generally means. The theories about origins seem largely unconfirmed and dubious, but you might convince me that it is not so ;)
 * Fast note on my way out ... the German article lede makes pretty clear it's done just before Easter Sunday (they in fact say there, usually Easter Saturday) as an Easter celebration; doesn't matter that it's then left up after Easter. They emphasize that they consider the early origin theories unpersuasive, hence they should only be mentioned briefly in the English article, but they devote so much space to them, and say they are all over the web, I think they should be mentioned in our article. (And as I said, well decoration as a whole relates to the Perchtenlaufen; our article on that draws on very limited sources, so I will look up Waschnitius and see what else I can find on Google Books). English Wikipedia has decided to use Franconian Switzerland, for whatever reason - but the German term is given there. (That's also presumably what appears at the articles on the individual settlements mentioned in the article?) Gotta go, sorry. Literature search when I have time. Yngvadottir (talk) 21:45, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks, helped, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:51, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

OK ... first, I went through the article and changed "fountain" to "well" as the primary translation. They both translate Brunnen, but to be a fountain in English it has to have water spurting, either as in a "drinking fountain" (most of US: water fountain; regional: bubbler) or as in an ornamental fountain. All or most of these are clearly wells, where you sink the bucket into the water, or wells with pumps, where you pump to get the water to come out of the spout. I then added a section on possible origins based on the research I just did. The connection to the Perchtenlaufen is too tenuous to be worth mentioning - the schiachen Perhten jump over the village well, and the Perchtenlaufen is traditionally at Pentecost, but that's only connected if you buy the "remnant of ancient reverence for wells" hypothesis. As for that, I found tremendous amounts of 19th-century discussion of well decoration in Germany at varying times of spring and summer (Pentecost, May Eve, Midsummer, as well as Maundy Thursday and other Easter dates; I may have also seen one in January); one report is in fact 18th-century (1728) - that one speaks of Pentecost and the 5th Sunday after Easter. The Poppernroder or Poppenroder Brunnenfest appears to have been particularly famous, and there is a generally high incidence of Thuringian reports. (I found one 1951 report from East Germany of the traditional well celebration continuing there; the local church was trying to make it more religious than the government liked: here.) I found and put in the article one instance in which this was not decoration only with garlands of vegetation, but also with eggs. In short, Weinhold (who needs an article here, so I redlinked him) was not alone in seeing it as a remnant of ancient customs, nor in emphasizing Thuringia. And this is also the background for the German Wikipedia article connecting Osterbrunnen with the cleaning out of the wells in the spring. But if any scholar has explicitly written about how the specifically Franconian tradition of decorating wells with eggs for Easter arose out of that background, apparently in the early 20th century and apparently after other German well dressing traditions had faded, I didn't find it. So I merely summarized, and I hope that way it isn't synthesis or overemphasis. (I suspect we are also missing relevant articles on well decorating in other European countries. Weinhold mentions Alsatia and Bohemia; there are surely other places where wells are decorated in the spring, or in the summer as in England. In Eastern Europe in particular, perhaps? But I haven't found any to add to the See also. Yngvadottir (talk) 19:10, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you, exquisit, far more depth than appeared at the surface. I inquired about fountain vs well and understood that well is rather something you drop a bucket in, whereas fountain has a spout. The wells I know our area have a spout but are not mentioned in literature ;) In the pictured ones you can't see, hidden under the decoration. So taken. I remember one source talking about the effort of dressing it together as a community collaboration, if I find it I will add that aspect. I mentioned you in the nom ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:21, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Glad it makes sense to you. Some of the wells are village pumps, but that's still not counted as a fountain in English. I know that many in cities are in fact fountains, but this appears to be a village custom. Yngvadottir (talk) 19:44, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

How would you call an English article covering the Saalfelder Ostereierbaum in the more general surroundings of the tradition of hanging easter eggs on trees, bushes and branches, Osterbaum? Eierbaum? (one source) Easter egg tree? (another source) - Ostereierbaum looks unspeakable in English ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:45, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Saalfeld Easter egg tree, something like this: The Saalfeld Easter egg tree is a tree decorated with eggs for Easter in Saalfeld . . . is how I would do it, since I see there isn't an Osterbaum article to put parenthetically after "tree decorated with eggs for Easter". Yngvadottir (talk) 22:06, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Talkback
<small style="white-space:nowrap;border:1px solid #900;padding:1px;"> Neutralhomer •  Talk  • 17:43, 8 April 2012 (UTC) 17:43, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Groet
Vrolijk Pasen, Gerda! Drmies (talk) 22:50, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks
for the congratulations! I'm still in shock. Thanks also for the link - I hadn't known about Osterbäume. . . and I hadn't realized PumpkinSky was still sticking his head in on his talkpage. I'm glad he wants to return and hope a way to make it possible can be found by those who are better diplomats than I. I hope you had a happy Easter and that the singing all went well. I honored Eostre on the full moon, your Good Friday :-) Yngvadottir (talk) 19:53, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Three Pieces for Solo Cello (Waterhouse)
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:47, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Ich lebe, mein Herze, zu deinem Ergötzen, BWV 145
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:48, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

About Vladimir Horbowski
Hi Gerda! Herr Professor Google and I worked on this a bit. I can't make head or tail of the third paragraph, and I can't find the big Langenscheidt en-de/de-en dictionary that I usually use for these kinds of things. Help!--Shirt58 (talk) 14:41, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Spice
Thank you Gerda for the lovely words. Sometimes one can feel very alone on Wikipedia and alone in what one thinks this place should be. Its nice to know there are others with the same kind of view. The best batter needs lots of different kinds of spices to make the best spice cake. Without any one of the spices the cake loses some subtle but integral aspect of its spice cakeness. :O) And I love sapphires-the blue of the sky reflected on the beloved ocean.(olive (talk) 16:37, 11 April 2012 (UTC)).


 * Ah, the sapphire... Pumpkin Sky. When will PS come back one wonders.(olive (talk) 02:50, 13 April 2012 (UTC))


 * I am not surprised he doesn't want to come back to this, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:26, 13 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks Gerda. I didn't see that discussion. Wikipedia can be a very, very difficult place. But PS has friends who can help make it a decent place to work. The narrative developed around this editor is just that, mostly story and less about reality. We human beings love stories, don't we. I hope we can tell the real story eventually making sure it doesn't cause pain to anyone rather than making sure it does, as happened.(olive (talk) 20:47, 13 April 2012 (UTC))


 * If you have time, start on top of this page and follow a few links, including "... we will never know the true story". That was a wise statement, not by a friend. I just created a new article, Wikipedia Reformation, quoting from there "We have to start somewhere." --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:56, 13 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks I will.... I worked on the Grace Sherwood article with Rlevse and others so was very aware of the series of events on this issue, saw how an editor who made the same kind of editing mistakes many if not all do at some points in their careers and with years of service to this encyclopedia was,( I dunno, there are words for it but I don't want to raise any more discussion on the issue at this point) attacked as if the mistakes he'd made had been deliberate. I've never seen anything to date on this encyclopedia instantly explode as that issue did. There will be I hope a time and fair forum to deal with that issue. I have lots to say when that happens.(olive (talk) 21:19, 13 April 2012 (UTC))


 * Oops! I see you said article.(olive (talk) 22:11, 13 April 2012 (UTC))

Grand Veymont
Hi Gerda. Did you want me to look at the DYK proposal, per your link, or the article itself? --Bermicourt (talk) 18:05, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
 * The article, for mountain specific wording I would not know, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:01, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I approved it, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:27, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Osterbrunnen
Hello! Your submission of Osterbrunnen at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Djembayz (talk) 16:22, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * AMEN to that! Gerda is one of the kindest, most decent people I've ever met. In this case, wiki-met, not met in person, though I'd love to do that one day. Pumpkin Sky  talk  11:37, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you, yes, please, all of it! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:41, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

`Amran
Hallo! Can you check the German translation of this? Any requests in particular for articles?♦ Dr. Blofeld  17:12, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, "and the old medical centre has been transformed into a small public hospital" I added myself from the source, its not from German wikipedia, the part about the Chinese road is though!♦ Dr. Blofeld  07:57, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Good! Did you see the eggs above? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:59, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Eggs? Where?♦ Dr. Blofeld  15:48, 14 April 2012 (UTC)


 * top of this page, - I surfaced from the swamp, you can go ahead and fill the two poets for BWV 67 ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:21, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * AMEN to that! Gerda is one of the kindest, most decent people I've ever met. In this case, wiki-met, not met in person, though I'd love to do that one day. Pumpkin Sky  talk  11:37, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you, yes, please, all of it! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:41, 15 April 2012 (UTC)


 * — Ched : <font style="color:#FFFFFF;background:#0000fa;"> ? 00:37, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

BWV 67
Suggestions:
 * change "The prescribed readings for the Sunday were" to "The prescribed readings for that Sunday were"
 * rest looks good

And I love the hook! Pumpkin Sky  talk

Re: Easter eggs
Thanks! Wow, that tree sounds beautiful! It must take so much work to make it. Graham 87 14:02, 15 April 2012 (UTC)


 * They would go beautifully together! Graham 87 12:42, 19 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Making Main page, enjoy! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:45, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

The Rosetta Stone Barnstar
Thank you, my pleasure, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:52, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you for expressing your support for me in the Sanddunes Sunrise thread and/or participating in the Easter Egg Tree thread. Peace to everyone. Pumpkin Sky  talk  00:53, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Why thank you
And 20,000 eggs to you in return. Apologies for not being a more present communicator; alas, things have been very, very, very busy over the past few weeks, and I'm still trying to figure out what kind of a breather I can manage to get. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 05:26, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank you!
I appreciate your words, Gerda. Thank you very much. It's hard to contribute for Wikipedia, since there are more and more... err... "unnecessary" editors around. But it's always good to meet people like you. Cheers, --Lecen (talk) 16:25, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
 * You are very welcome, literally! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:26, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * I truly enjoyed a change in musical style and movement, was deeply impressed by the group's reverence for a deceased member, and liked the titles, especially the album title. Looking forward to more moves together, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:21, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Martin Lutz
Orlady (talk) 00:06, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Christophoruskirche, Schierstein
Orlady (talk) 00:07, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

a slight
a "slight" used in the way you saw it means an "insult". Pointing out a perceived wrong. Hope that helps. — Ched : <font style="color:#FFFFFF;background:#0000fa;"> ? 17:22, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
 * slightly ;) seems a strong word, should I store it next to German-English, where it says Avoid personal remarks? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:44, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
 * LOL - very good play on words. Actually my perception is that used that way (as an insult) it is actually less mean than an insult.  Sort of if I met someone and I responded like this:

— Ched : <font style="color:#FFFFFF;background:#0000fa;"> ? 23:49, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
 * told them they were ugly and didn't want to know them (insult)
 * just didn't shake their hand (a slight)

DYK for Sebald Heyden
Casliber (talk · contribs) 17:06, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Switching hooks
I made the switch between Queues 3 and 4. I hope nobody objects; I switched it for a UK-topic hook to keep the same balance between US and non-US. Yngvadottir (talk) 18:48, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:50, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I enjoy the balance of eggs, peace and General relativity ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:35, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Easter egg tree
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:35, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Wow, that tree!!!♦ Dr. Blofeld  10:30, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

LOL, why do you reply on Ser Amantio's talk page, not mine?♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:39, 19 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Because in my list he comes before you, + you saw it already ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:45, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
 * 7102 hits Pumpkin Sky  talk  01:53, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ, BWV 67
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:38, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Ausgezeichnet zwei mal! Pumpkin Sky  talk  09:50, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Excellent work - congratulations on both! :-) -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 13:53, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
 * The Easter Egg tree is particularly lovely. Nice work. Khazar2 (talk) 14:06, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I think many don't understand my role in the Easter egg tree article. Pumpkin Sky   talk  20:45, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
 * They should read, clearly says "nominated" above, and there is the link to the unusual nomination of a blocked user's article ;) - Also I wonder if the pleasure of some readers would be the same knowing who wrote it ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:55, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Your talk got more hits than mine, makes me think "they" knew that you wrote it, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:36, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Höchster, schau in Gnaden an
Gerdna, I came across Harnoncourt/Leonhardt recording in my collection, having not heard the movement for many years. I can't work out the macro-form, which seems to be in a number of blocks of repetition. Tony  (talk)  10:22, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I've downloaded the Bach Gesellschaft score, complete with those wretched soprano clefs. Hunting through now. Tony   (talk)  10:31, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Christen, ätzet diesen Tag, BWV 63, this one? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:44, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Yeah, last movement. Gorgeous choral writing. It's kind of ABA, but on a more local level, I'm trying to make sense of the structural alternations between blocks of tone colour and musical ideas. Tony   (talk)  04:55, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Did you know that you were recommended to me for the Bach cantatas? Go ahead, add such things to the articles, sourced of course ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:45, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Dieter Thomas Heck
Jetzt gib's Heck hier: User:PumpkinSky/Dieter Thomas Heck
 * Danke. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:31, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Schiersteiner Kantorei
Endlich geprüft. If you could see to the two small issues on the talk page there, I'd be happy to clear it. Choess (talk) 00:34, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

Vier ernste Gesänge
Thanks for creating Vier ernste Gesänge, Gerda. When you add in the notable recordings, please include that by Kathleen Ferrier, whose centenary tomorrow 22 April (today, my time) I'll be celebrating by playing all of her recordings I have in my collection, including the Alto Rhapsody, the Vier ernste Gesange, and others. Cheers. -- ♬ <font face="Papyrus">Jack of Oz  ♬ <font face="Papyrus">[your turn]  21:05, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Did you know why I wrote it? I started recordings with three favourites, her, DFD and Gerhaher, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:43, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Ich bin ein guter Hirt, BWV 85
Materialscientist (talk) 08:03, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Hoo rah! Gerda has another lead DYK. Pumpkin Sky  talk  10:46, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I enjoy that one a lot, the picture was not taken last year but this time, patience, you know, and I feel so honoured to make history with Kathleen Ferrier on her 100th birthday! I asked, though, why the Main page reader gets much more info about her as a cancer victim than as one of the best singers ever, seriously ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:50, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Compare A centenary tribute to an iconic singer, Kathleen Ferrier --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:05, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

Rabbits in the arts
Hi. I had a request to translate this. Can you proof read it? I have a feeling though a lot of it is original research.♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:39, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I would always be concerned about WP:OR. OTOH, the German Wikipedia is (by reputation) generally way more concerned and particularly stringent about WP:RS. There were sources listed, and I have put them at the bottom of the article in the original German.  <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 22:26, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
 * (ec) Started but tired, see below. Nikolaus Simrock missing, Nikolaus Simrock, publisher of Brahms, see above, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:27, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
 * A bit more done, Michael Bednarek did more! Missing also Das Millionenspiel, Das Millionenspiel, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:45, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

Will start later..♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:46, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
 * its not that Mr Thirteen, a lot of text is usually easily referenced, but what I'm saying is that the article mostly seems to be an analysis of the images shown rather than sourcable.11:48, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

Started Simrock, but rough as a soup in a pot.. hehe BLP AFD!! No rush (obviously the AFD with end soon enough) with the proof reading. Once that's done I'll try to source and improve it.. ♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:04, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

Tempus clausum
Tempus clausum dedicated to Gerda Arendt...--Symposiarch (talk) 21:50, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Danke! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:17, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

Rabbits in the arts
Dr. Blofeld referred me to you. I am asking for you to please take a look. I have tried to put into rough English the google translation of the German article. I am sure that I have made errors, and it needs an interpretation by someone who speaks German. When you are able, kindly take a gander. Thank you. <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 22:04, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I started, changed some, commented some that I don't understand, but am to tired right now for more, will have limited time tomorrow. Perhaps ask on WP:DE, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:19, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I will ask. There is no urgency, however. I had tried this before (without putting in the text from the article) without success. So take the rest of the night off. It willbe there tomorrow or the day after. Bitte. <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 22:22, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I went to WP:DE, but that is WP:Disruptive Editing. So I am guessing that is not what you meant. <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 22:42, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Oh! You are so right ;) Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Germany - see also P:DE, find Easter eggs ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:31, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I wonder about the article title, Hase is Hare, Rabbit is Kaninchen, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:46, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I've tried to tidy this up a bit but I am rather concerned about the translation of Hase as either rabbit or hare. Maybe rabbit is OK in most cases but in relation to hunting, the hare is often more correct. Maybe we need more expert help here. There are certainly many other English-language sources which could be used to enhance the article. For a start, look at this. - Ipigott (talk) 10:45, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

Yeah there's an unfortunate distinct lack of German translators on here, its unfair to expect the prolific ones to do all of the translating and proof reading. The foundation should be contacting German language schools asking for assistance!♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:46, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Maybe we could start by having a Wikimedia drive on multilingualism. A fair amount was achieved recently on all things female during Women's Month. Today (23 April) is in fact UNESCO's World Book Day and this year it focuses on translation. Couldn't we build up some kind of cooperation for coming years including a list of Wikipedians willing to translate or adapt articles between different languages? Perhaps you know how to launch such a drive? - Ipigott (talk) 14:21, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

I think the key to such universal knowledge is translation. And at present we are grossly underachieving in the translation front. I think we should organize something with especially German, French and Spanish language schools...♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:47, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
 * If you want to work with schools or universities, then the obvious target would be language schools in the English-speaking countries. Unlike interpreters, translators of written material seldom work comfortably translating into a foreign language. So we really need to encourage more English-speaking students of foreign languages to take part. Equally, we could try to encourage English-speakers living abroad to play a more active role. But I'm not too sure how we can find them. Perhaps we could start with lists like this one? - Ipigott (talk) 18:14, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

Help needed
Hi,

I need your advice. There is an which I am not cetain is properly licenced and really free. Will you please be so kind to let me know on my talk page what do you think about it?--Antidiskriminator (talk) 22:05, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
 * It looks properly licensed (free to share) to me, but perhaps raise the question at WT:DYK, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:16, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 07:05, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Salomon Schweigger
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:04, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Mounted Boy Scout Troop 290
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:06, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Das Millionenspiel
Started, roughly. Needs a lot of checking.♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:11, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Tried. Exciting if we get it sourced! - Samuel Rodigast Samuel Rodigast --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:48, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank you
You are a nice person. Sorry it took me so long to say. PanydThe muffin is not subtle 21:39, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Juppentracht
See File:Juppentracht_08a.JPG. What does "Jupp" mean here? I know Bregenz is a town in northwest Austria. Pumpkin Sky  talk  00:38, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Juppe is the name here (!) for the Tracht (en? traditional outfit) of females in Bregenz. Otherwise, Jupp is a short form of Joseph, like Joe. Cute pic! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:06, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

Question
Is this article written by Anna Blume, your friend, or is there a different art critic with the same name? Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:37, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
 * BTW, you may not want to click through to any images. Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:37, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I don't know. I can ask. She is not an art critic, and not fluent in English, so I guess not the same. BTW, too late ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:04, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
 * But she writes about photography, right? Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:12, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes. I remember that we worked hard on translating their thoughts for an exhibition in Omaha, back in the 1990s. I only know of her writing on their own work, and signing it together. Bazon Brock often wrote on their work, who spoke at his funeral, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:18, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Alright, so the source looks reliable but I won't link her unless we're sure. Thanks. Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:38, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Schiersteiner Kantorei
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:04, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

Self publishers
Hi, FYI, at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Wikipedia_reliability a drive to slow down self-published book references is getting started. Would you like to join that project? Membership is free. History2007 (talk) 21:24, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for asking, feel too busy + behind on my to-do-list to start more, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:27, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

Vier ernste Gesänge II
Hi. Sorry to bother you but I see you contributed a lot to Vier ernste Gesänge. Having read the article I'm intrigued and wanting to get a recording - I hate to ask a cheeky question but which would you recommend? I'm very tempted to just assume Fischer-Dieskau, and I can certainly get him easily on iTunes, but I wondered if there's someone else I should consider, please? Sorry sorry sorry - I know it's a terrible thing to do to you! Thanks and best wishes DBaK (talk) 12:01, 26 April 2012 (UTC)


 * I shouldn't butt in, but can I say your top 3 recordings should be: (1) Kathleen Ferrier, (2) Kathleen Ferrier, and (3) Kathleen Ferrier.
 * Fischer-Dieskau will never be on my list of favourite singers, so I'm automatically biased, but I just don't get what people hear in him. To me, his voice always sounds forced and unsteady, and not pleasant to listen to at all.  Sorry if that steps on your toes, Gerda, but someone had to say it.  --  ♬ <font face="Papyrus">Jack of Oz  ♬ <font face="Papyrus">[your turn]  12:16, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * A agree! Kathleen Ferrier! I don't know if you realised that she would have turned 100 last Sunday. There is an excellent article on her, it was the featured article that day, but unfortunately the "blurb" on the Main page didn't show her qualities, - If you prefer a male voice try Christian Gerhaher. - The article on the songs lacks a section on music, Jack, do you hear me? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:25, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Oh yes, I was keenly aware of her 100th birthday. --  ♬ <font face="Papyrus">Jack of Oz  ♬ <font face="Papyrus">[your turn]  12:46, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Not you, you. (I mean the question about the birthday was for the other, the question about writing the music par for you.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:51, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I chose to ignore that. :)  --  ♬ <font face="Papyrus">Jack of Oz  ♬ <font face="Papyrus">[your turn]  12:57, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Now hang one just a goshdarned cottonpicking moment here... (and thank you for the responses) - isn't it meant to be a Blokey Voice Song rather than a Girly Voice Song? I'm quite confused. I've just read "Written for a low voice, they were also transcribed for high voice," and I realize that I don't know if this means "Written for a blokey voice, they were also transcribed for girly voice," OR does it perhaps mean it more in pairs, like: "Written for baritone-or-alto, they were also transcribed for soprano-or-tenor"? In other words, is Ferrier singing it "original" or however you'd like to put it? I have absolutely nothing against Ferrier, I should add - I'm just interested in knowing whether her doing it constitutes an arrangement, or is an original-ish performance. And yes, I could and probably should go and look it up but I'm hoping you two are faster and more reliable than my doing so! :) Thanks and best wishes DBaK (talk) 13:14, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I should add that I have absolutely nothing against arrangements. It's just that if I am buying one recording, I would rather start with the one that would have surprised the composer least! :) DBaK (talk) 13:16, 26 April 2012 (UTC) (I mean, once he'd got over CDs or iTunes or whatever ...)
 * Sorry, being German I have trouble with words such as blokey, but you got it right, original low voice is high bass/baritone/contralto, high voice is tenor/soprano. Ferrier sings original, so do Fischer-Dieskau and Gerhaher. The songs are human, nothing specifically female or male, different from Frauenliebe und -leben or Winterreise. Still Ferrier! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:35, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I also don't know "knackered". But the other two ... look at archive 2012 for the Great Dismal Swamp. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:38, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Ah yes, thank you, and sorry about my silly language. That - the high/low thing - being the case, I will definitely start with Ferrier. "Knackered" - hmm, long story, not sure I can think of a German equivalent. For now, I wouldn't use it when talking English to the Queen, your granny, or a bishop. For a start. :) Thanks and best wishes DBaK (talk) 14:12, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * "Knackered" means "dead tired" (in the sense of todmüde), but as it is based on the word "knackers", meaning a rather delicate part of the male anatomy, it carries a lot of baggage. We could say "verdammt müde", but that isn't vulgar enough. We almost need to work in gefickt. Moonraker (talk) 02:42, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks! The importance of being ernest, delicately related then to my recent DYK nom, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:11, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Moonraker's contribution is very helpful. It's certainly on the "verdammt müde" spectrum but coarser .. but not too coarse. You might not say it to the Queen but I bet Prince Philip says it, if you see what I mean. I have no idea why I am babbling on about royalty. None. Also, there is an interesting resonance, or confusion, or something, in that the "knacker's yard" is where broken down horses end up. I assume the testicular connection (ouch) is in there too in some way but it's almost like a separate thing (or maybe is, I wouldn't know) ... it certainly adds an overlay to its use in "exhausted in a certain negative but almost jokey way". And I guess you'd realized that the K is pronounced the same as it is in "knight" "knitting" and "knotted"? This seems to be a BrE use, not an AmE one, though my American friends love it. I don't know about other English variants. I should probably shut up now. Best wishes DBaK (talk) 07:17, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: Our article Knacker - in places - captures some, but not all, of how the word works for me. Oh, and it used to cause hilarity in music lessons that a precursor of the timps had a similarly, ah, resonant name ... But I really really should probably shut up now. DBaK (talk) 07:29, 27 April 2012 (UTC)


 * And finally: I got the Ferrier. THANK YOU. It is absolutely wonderful. Just stunning. A top recommendation - I am in your debt. Cheers DBaK (talk) 07:19, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 08:07, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Go Gerda! Pumpkin Sky   talk  11:26, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
 * In the end of that cantata you hear "Weicht, ihr Trauergeister" (withdraw, you mourning spirits"), your improvement of the translation welcome, as always! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:34, 29 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Congratulations on the good showing at DYK this weekend :-D And thanks for noticing that Immensee (film) had got so many page views - that was unexpected! Seeing that article has also prompted someone to make an article on the novella, which is awesome. So I'm all squee-ey :-) (And had better dive back into the Frankenburger Würfelspiel before the non-wiki distractions start up again. The thing turns out to have had several scholarly discussions devoted to it . . . in English! Yngvadottir (talk) 15:36, 29 April 2012 (UTC) . . . Oh wow, I hadn't realized you'd given me a credit on Osterbrunnen! Thanks! Yngvadottir (talk) 16:12, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Osterbrunnen
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 16:03, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Nikolaus Simrock
Gerda, since you were the one who initially pointed out the problem with this DYK nomination, and since you are listed as one of the article's creators/expanders in the nomination, I'm coming to you for help, since Dr. Blofeld has been unresponsive to my requests.

While I have pointed out problems with the article that require fixing, the only responses have been to the hook issues. No edits have been made to the article to address the problems that still exist in the article, especially the impression that Simrock himself published Brahms, and the Schumann claim with a cite that doesn't support it (as best I can tell). I simply can't pass the article with the errors I've pointed out, and as the sources are in German, it would be impractical for me to attempt to find others myself. It seems a shame to have the DYK nomination fail under these circumstances. I'm not in a hurry on this, as the nomination was only submitted two days ago. BlueMoonset (talk) 13:05, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for asking. If you have patience we can work on it but I have other issues this week. I practically asked for the article because of Brahms, and I copy-edited it, that's all I know about it. I believe there should be a separate article on the publishing house, and said so. I didn't know Nikolaus was nominated until I saw it by chance, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:17, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Anyway, this 2-day-old nomination shouldn't be terribly urgent, when there are many much older noms sitting on the noms page needing reviewer attention. --Orlady (talk) 13:31, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
 * No it shouldn't be, Orlady, but the nom was ticked within an hour or so of posting and in a prep area not long after that. If Gerda hadn't mentioned the problem in WT:DYK, it would have been in a queue by now. This is only the second nom I've ever pulled back from a prep area (though the second in two days, which says something about the kind of reviewer attention of late). Gerda, as I said above, I'm quite happy to wait as long as you need. I'm going to respond with the slash tick this time; perhaps that will get him to sit up and notice. I have my own projects to work on. BlueMoonset (talk) 13:48, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I share your concern about how quickly that hook got approved and moved to prep -- and how others have been approved "too quickly" lately. I've been thinking that we need an admonition to prep-area builders and admins to do more double-checking -- particularly when the approver is not an experienced reviewer or the hook was approved very recently. --Orlady (talk) 14:01, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Gerda, would a stub on Simrock Verlag be useful? I doubt I could get it to 1500 characters, but it might make a hook with more context possible? There is a German article on the successor company that still exists: Ahn & Simrock Bühnen- und Musikverlag. There is apparently this: "Nächster Leiter des Hauses war sein Neffe Hans Simrock (1861- 1910), der 1904 eine Niederlassung in der Verlegerstadt Leipzig gründete, wo er 1907 auch den traditionsreichen Musikverlag Bartolf Senff ankaufte." in this book - and that link shows me what looks like an article on the publisher, which helps defend against assertions of lack of notability. But I can only see snippets. So I suspect I can make a barebones history of the company - who ran it when and in which city - and you music mavens can add a selected list of its publications. (There's also sad stuff about the dispersal of the Simrock archive, which has probably caused less to be written about the publisher than would have been otherwise.) Yngvadottir (talk) 15:26, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
 * A stub would be useful, if you ask me, could also be Simrock (publisher). At present the user has to know or find out if Nikolaus or Fritz published something, that's asking too much, the stub should help to clarify that ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:14, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm thinking it may get moved a few times. Musikverlag N. Simrock appears to have been its official name for a while. Will get to it after plugging in a few more nuggets about the Würfelspiel play; however I also have considerable gardening to do this morning, argh. Yngvadottir (talk) 16:56, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
 * It was created in the former redirect N. Simrock, thanks! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:04, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, I found it when I finally got a bit of time today, and have been teasing out the chain of acquisitions. So it's now longer and has more refs. More work still possible on that but I have to go afk for several hours soon. Yngvadottir (talk) 20:48, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Gerda, just so you know: while ALT6 has been approved, an ALT7 has been proposed. You should go back and make your wishes known as to the next step. BlueMoonset (talk) 23:01, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I took ALT7 as a good joke. Funny enough, I mentioned today to my brother who is a double bass player that we will get to mention Dittersdorf (a double bass player who composed "The" double bass concerto, did you know?). We laughed a lot, but Mr. Simrock seems so serious ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:09, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Even if you think it's a joke, the reviewer who comes along may be confused. I'd definitely chime in and state that you want ALT6; that way, there's no ambiguity going forward. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 23:16, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

A soothing cup of tea

 * Thank you, have good faith in you, too, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:01, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

I am not sure if you'll appreciate it, but would like to add my appreciation as well. I am happy that we could have this discussion and that the nomination was not a purely technical affair (as was changing "which" to "whom" in the nomination); weighing fundamental values should never be taken lightly or done routinely... L.tak (talk) 22:19, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I do appreciate it. You may have seen (on my user) that I borrowed a statement "we need to consider regularly whether our view/approach to an issue brings out the best of humanity or not" and think we made progress in the discussion. I still feel the article name is not precise (and may attract the "wrong" viewers) but so is language. I still think a DYK could have waited until the verdict (I do not mention concerts in articles and DYK until afterwards), but that's my POV, I left the discussion. - It's my choice of pic for the DYK set, such is life ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:34, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
 * We might have found eachother in holding it until after the verdict (my initial objections were just technical), but I was afraid (ok, irritated) it would get under scrutiny again when moved back to the nom-page rather than a holding area; but I have the feeling now, that moving it to a nom page was not exactly your intention... Saw "your image" in Prep 2 indeed. Ironical... L.tak (talk) 22:58, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Vier ernste Gesänge
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 00:04, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Horst von der Goltz
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 00:03, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Es ist euch gut, daß ich hingehe, BWV 108
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 08:02, 6 May 2012 (UTC)


 * I am constantly staggered by the quantity and quality of your contributions on the Bach cantatas (and much else besides). – Brava! Tim riley (talk) 16:24, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you - and Bach! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:52, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Nikolaus Simrock
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 00:03, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Dieter Thomas Heck
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Let me know when you want to contribute to DYK with me again.♦ Dr. Blofeld  09:10, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Busy in RL, will do next Bach cantata BWV 87, there will be red links ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:03, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Jörg Pleva, Wolfgang Menge (de) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:26, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
 * stub Heinrich Müller (theologian), --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:49, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

Das Millionenspiel
Hi Gerda, I reviewed Das Millionenspiel and found referencing problems. I fixed one paragraph, and more may be fixable when Der Spiegel get their server back online. But I also think it could do with more than just the two cited sources. Letting you know, I know you're busy off-wiki, and I will check back from time to time (and try Der Spiegel again later). Yngvadottir (talk) 20:07, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I am busy as well, no rush, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:17, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Requiem (Delius)
Hello! Your submission of Requiem (Delius) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Daniel Case (talk) 06:14, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Ursula Schröder-Feinen
Hello! Your submission of Ursula Schröder-Feinen at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! LauraHale (talk) 11:15, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

Thank you
Vielen vielen Dank for your very kind comments. They are greatly appreciated. (I would continue auf Deutsch but like me it's getting ein Bißchen alt und rostig these days.) I try not to let the D, B and K parts of my username gain too much ascendancy but it does get close sometimes ... I've been around here a long time (very much longer than you'd think looking at my account) and I have days where I really do not know why I still visit this site at all. Your nice note has just converted this into one of the OTHER sort! :) With thanks and best wishes, DBaK (talk) 08:16, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
 * PS Still enjoying the Ferrier, thanks! Oh, and I got a gig in recently to play in the Bruckner Mass No 2 (Em), which I've never done before, so naturally I had to get the score and a recording ... oh my goodness! :)
 * We sang that Mass here in 1981, unforgettable. What do you play? - expanding BWV 43 for Ascension, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:27, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Ooo how lovely - both doing the Bruckner ... and the work on BWV 43. You do realize I'm going to have to go and listen to it now, don't you? Tsk! :) DBaK (talk) 14:38, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm emailing you. :) DBaK (talk) 14:39, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Requiem (Delius)
Yngvadottir (talk) 00:05, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten in meinem Namen, BWV 87
Carabinieri (talk) 08:03, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

Another thank you
Thank you for reviewing the DYK nom for Timber Creek, Northern Territory -- and polishing some rough corners on the article that I failed to fix. Your dedication is appreciated! --Orlady (talk) 14:43, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I like to collaborate ;) (typo in the edit summary, so typical ...) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:48, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Ursula Schröder-Feinen
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 09:47, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Junghänel
Hi. I added a bit, although the German translation from his biography needs checking/wikilinking..♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:11, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I added a bit more and linked, but removed two dead links (to be found on de). Long enough for DYK now ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:21, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I make Cantus Cölln a redirect. More "red links" further up, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:02, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

I don't think its a long enough expansion or is it for DYK?♦ Dr. Blofeld  10:29, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Right, started as 374, we need a bit more (can look tomorrow), or you could make Cantus Cölln an article ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:22, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Excellent, spose I will try to blue link some of the red links in it in the coming week!♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:45, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
 * That would be great, namely the singers are wanted for the Bach cantatas also, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:48, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Das Millionenspiel
Casliber (talk · contribs) 09:04, 17 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the co-credit! I didn't really deserve that, just for reviewing and fixing :-) --Yngvadottir (talk) 12:00, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
 * You investigated, brought in more aspects, made it so much better, credit is in order as a token of thanks! Next: Lux Aurumque, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:10, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen, BWV 43
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:47, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Blakeney Chapel
My pleasure. One advantage of so little being known for sure is that the article is short enough for people to read! <b style="font-family:chiller; color:red;"> Jimfbleak - </b> talk to me?  12:00, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
He was never my favourite singer, but when I heard the news last night, I listened to his recording of "Ich habe genug". Vale. -- ♬ <font face="Papyrus">Jack of Oz  ♬ <font face="Papyrus">[your turn]  00:05, 19 May 2012 (UTC)


 * I spent many, many hours learning Schubert lieder using Fischer-Dieskau's recordings for guidance. R.I.P. -- Ssilvers (talk) 21:03, 19 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Great, both! We listened to Es ist genug one day before, and heard Schwanengesang today on radio, and the Falstaff final fugue, conducted by Bernstein, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:12, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
 * DFD was already on my user, with the Reger Requiem, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:15, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Sie werden euch in den Bann tun, BWV 44
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the shiny jewel! -- Ssilvers (talk) 21:04, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

Re:
Thanks a lot! I have a lot of fun doing it. --♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 12:34, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Abdul Samay Hamed
Gerda, you did a little work on this DYK back in February, before it accidentally disappeared. There are still some issues; is this something you want to continue working on? I though I'd let you know it had been resurrected. BlueMoonset (talk) 18:33, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I looked - forgot all about it - but rephrasing is not what I can do well, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:46, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Myself and others have made several edits. Pumpkin Sky   talk  23:18, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks to all! Happy Pentecost, s. choir in Idstein, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:15, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

Thank you :-)
It's been a while since I've received a compliment. From the looks of things you've received quite a few compliments yourself :-)  Serendi <sup style="color:#bb0000;">pod  ous  18:32, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

Messiah (Handel)
Hi, Gerda. I saw that Handel was yours and took on helping it along. I'm not quite done, but am working on it now. Note that I found a 'lost' reference in there; the Ruth Smith one. It was lost due to duplicate named refs. Cheers, Br&#39;er Rabbit (talk) 06:14, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks! But I was included in the nomination (only) for taking out things, considered helpful ;) Taken out to "He was despised" and 3 other articles, so I don't know about that ref, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:24, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I'll look at that, too. The ref was an unambiguous fix, so I'm not worried about it. Cheers, Br&#39;er Rabbit (talk) 06:27, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I am so happy that the number of despised ones around here was reduced recently ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:38, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I finished the links down to the sources; it all worked fine. I double check that the rendered footnotes match; this catches my mistakes. There are a bunch of sources that are still inline; those need names before they can be moved to the actual sources section. A job for a later pass. I'll look Part II, now.
 * Raul's drama will prolly amp-up when he gets Sandy back in the ring, but I'm not worried about it. I'll be using that scrollbar technique from User:Alarbus again. It will work with most any picture and text as long as the colours can be set to have good contrast. Cheers, Br&#39;er Rabbit (talk) 06:51, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Br&#39;er Rabbit (talk) 07:35, 28 May 2012 (UTC)


 * I'm unwatching Messiah; it's another 'stuck' article. Br&#39;er Rabbit (talk) 09:56, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Did you know that I requested it for Good Friday? Would have been good with Agnus Dei. Will try again next year, now I know the correct way to do it ;)
 * I think I did see that, but wasn't thinking of it; PS restored my work. Maybe you want to talk to Tim about it, however I'll not waste my time. He has a bit of nerve calling me on civilities when he's really doing the owner-thing. Br&#39;er Rabbit (talk) 12:08, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Ich liebe den Höchsten von ganzem Gemüte, BWV 174
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:03, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Lux Aurumque
{{DYKbotdo 16:02, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

Messiah
Thanks for the message. I am familiar with that system of citation, and I find it very difficult to work with and counterintuitive. I think that it nearly guarantees that newcomers to Wikipedia will not be able to find or work with the citations. I think that you friend's spreading this citation style in the encyclopedia will even cause many experienced editors to quit the project. A very, very bad idea. It doesn't "declutter" the text, it *hides* the refs from most readers. I also greatly dislike the citation templates, except for the book template. Again, they are highly technical and make it more difficult to work with the citations, for example, to add information into them. All the best! -- Ssilvers (talk) 14:46, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I have recently done a sources spot-check for an FAC article that used this citation method and it was very difficult indeed to take the back-bearings to check which statements related to which reference. Not, I allow, a conclusive argument against the method, but another reason for disliking it. Tim riley (talk) 16:03, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I explained my POV before here, you are free to have yours ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:08, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. Thanks for your good humor and flexibility here.  -- Ssilvers (talk) 04:14, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Konrad Junghänel
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:04, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

Sorry I was too late to fill in those red links, i've had a lot to sort out on here! Give me a few days and I'll resume collaborating hopefully!♦ Dr. Blofeld  18:35, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
 * No problem, I like it any time, busy myself, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:00, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

Karl Krolow translated, but the medals and links need proof reading and some of the remaining German in the works. Will help out with sourcing later, now i'm resuming with my Spanish village sourcing...♦ Dr. Blofeld  13:24, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
 * That was fast! Thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:26, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

I've sourced it. Can you check the venues for Jazz Fest Wien?♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:35, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
 * done, more red links now ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:27, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
 * for Krolow in English, translation of titles, perhaps more (translator ...):
 * On Account of
 * What'll We Do With This Life?
 * Foreign Bodies
 * Invisible Hands
 * On Account of - details
 * link
 * Poems Against Death --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:00, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Anton Sistermans
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:04, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for !voting

 * Thank you for the unique flower and personal words! Don't be humbled, I served my own interests, increasing the number of good admins by one, you ;) Our exceptional concert was good! I will add a pic of the performance, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:34, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

DYK for O heilges Geist- und Wasserbad, BWV 165
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

fr:O heilges Geist- und Wasserbad
No later than this morning I finished that cantata and now you come with O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 20 ! Oh Lord, when will my torment come to an end??? And I see there are at least over 40 other cantatas to take care of... Some users have deserted Wiki for less than that Tschüss... LouisAlain (talk) 21:28, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
 * To torment you further: there are many more than 40 that need attention in English. For example BWV 20 was blue, so I had to expand it times five. You don't have to translate, certainly not all of it, - smiling back. - Just yesterday I showed your last smile to a friend who is a choral conductor, made her smile! Two heavy cantatas to come, I am also thinking of Chorale cantata (Bach), his are so special. Thanks for being with me! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:29, 8 June 2012 (UTC)


 * ...e grazie mille per la intervenzione con "O heilges Geist- und Wasserbad", sono davvero male con HTML, LouisAlain (talk) 23:28, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

Tochter aus Elysium
Janine Jansen plays Béla Bartók's Romanian Folk Dances while people are talking, cuddling, eating, and then are drawn into the music. --Shirt58 (talk) 16:15, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for the barnstar and kind words
Cla68 (talk) 06:06, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
 * My pleasure! Did you know that the gem itself is up for FA (not by me)? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:10, 4 June 2012 (UTC)

My thanks as well - an unexpected and much appreciated kindness. By the way, I enjoy your Bach cantata articles too. Ruhrfisch <sub style="color:green;">&gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 03:35, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for the recognition
Much appreciated. I like to improve articles. I also like reading about composers and learning more about music (my favorite type is Baroque music). I'm glad to help improve Wikipedia.--FeanorStar7 (talk) 11:02, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Great! I happened to have initiated Stefano Bernardi, then a red link, and like to watch how it was improved in collaboration ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:21, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

Hessentag
Hey, can you proof read this?♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:56, 9 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Just in time for today's closing parade! I linked it, possibilities for referencing, did you know ;) - couldn't believe that our local parish was the only article with a link in place! We got money to perform Haydn's Die Schöpfung, two choirs and period instruments in location shown above, we could not have afforded that without Hessentag money ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:46, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

Mmm, can't find much in google books, can you find anything on the web on it?♦ Dr. Blofeld  09:19, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I will look. You could look up a few of those famous performers (linked), mention them and use the refs from there. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:30, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
 * today, 1.2 million visitors for the last one
 * hr several
 * fr lots of pics
 * 8 June FAZ
 * 6 June FAZ
 * These latest reports likely have some general (ref) info also, but are at least good for ext links ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:52, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

Started Cyriakus Schneegass, translation not great.♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:55, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks, will look but later, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:04, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

DYK Award
Thanks! You should know that I've been working towards #50 ever since I saw your medal for 200 DYKs. And now I see you have over 300 DYKs! You're amazing! Yoninah (talk) 14:51, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Bach was ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:54, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

DYK for O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 20
Yngvadottir (talk) 08:03, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

DYK Carl Lachmund issue
Hello! Your submission of Carl Lachmund at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Maile66 (talk) 20:07, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

Achtung, fertig, los!
See User_talk:Montanabw Pumpkin Sky   talk  23:13, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

The Rosetta Barnstar
Herzlichen Dank für das Geschenk! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:54, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Es war mir ein Vergnügen. Pumpkin Sky   talk  09:58, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Mir auch, vor allem Horst ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:58, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
 * <Chedzilla Sieht für Google translate> ... and likes the "like" tweak. Chedzilla (talk) 14:14, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Montanabw (talk) 16:57, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia Help Survey
Hi there, my name's Peter Coombe and I'm a Wikimedia Community Fellow working on a project to improve Wikipedia's help system. At the moment I'm trying to learn more about how people use and find the current help pages. If you could help by filling out this brief survey about your experiences, I'd be very grateful. It should take less than 10 minutes, and your responses will not be tied to your username in any way.

Thank you for your time,

the wub (talk) 18:11, 14 June 2012 (UTC) (Delivered using Global message delivery)

Re: precious
Thanks :) Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk ) 00:46, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

University of Freiburg Faculty of Biology
Starting on this. Would you like to DYK it? Pumpkin Sky  talk  13:16, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
 * done, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:25, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
 * YOu said after I finish ;-) I should finish sometime today. Pumpkin Sky  talk  14:12, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Done, starting on next one. Pumpkin Sky  talk  21:07, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks! The next one: I found out only now that she just died on my day. See Germanisms like "Mrs." Will look also but avoid ec, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:17, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Done with that one too. Pumpkin Sky  talk  22:04, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Impressed! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:08, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Carl Lachmund
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:03, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

German language school organization
Hallo Gerda. Wie geht es Ihnen? As you know the lack of German contributors translating from German wikipedia into English on wikipedia is a major problem as many German articles of good quality which should be put into English. We need numbers. I was thinking of gathering together a work group of WP:Germany or even starting a wiki language schools translation project in which we could compile the addresses of language schools and contact them and request that they participate in translating German articles into english for practice or something? I think there is something more we could be doing to increase the number of German to English translators on here.♦ Dr. Blofeld  10:34, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Guten Morgen Doktor Blofeld. What do you think of the numbers of people translating en to de? There are a lot of informative articles on de, the big problem I have with working de to en is that referencing on de sucks bigtime. Pumpkin Sky  talk  11:37, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Guten Morgen Herr Pumpkin of the Sky. Dunno, but German wikipedia is more likely to be better sourced than the other wikipedias!♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:09, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
 * That's not saying much because de sourcing is horrendous. Pumpkin Sky   talk  12:16, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Maroons auf de
I thought Great Dismal Swamp maroons was already auf de wiki. Gibt's oder nicht? Pumpkin Sky  talk  11:20, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Gibt's noch nicht, but their painter David Edward Cronin and his "school", both with the pic, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:29, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Hmm. Ich muss an etwas anderes gedacht haben. Jetzt gibt's User:PumpkinSky/Gerda's To Do List For Psky mit link hier: User talk:PumpkinSky. Pumpkin Sky  talk  11:34, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Das vielleicht: Dearborn River High Bridge? Danke für die Liste ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:59, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
 * If we use Importwünsche do we have to translate it in 5 days to get it to SG? Pumpkin Sky   talk  16:58, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
 * You import to your Benutzer, translate and polish there, move, and still have 30 days from the day of move ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:05, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks ...
... for your DYK nomination and your edits to the article on Margarete Mitscherlich. I found it hard to believe we did not have an article about her in English Wikipedia. I very much hope it will be accepted for DYK so as to make her better known within our community.--Aschmidt (talk) 19:53, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I felt the same, and some more could be said about Alexander Mitscherlich ;) She would profit from more links. - I just met a lady who sang in choir with Helmut Kahlhöfer, another legend, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:02, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I've already begun writing about Alexander Mitscherlich offline, but I feel I could use some more details before I copy it into the article. I'll probably copy my text there tomorrow. The Mitscherlich's articles in de.wp could also use some brushing-up...--Aschmidt (talk) 23:42, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Sounds great. My time is limited for the next days, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:47, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
 * See Alexander Mitscherlich (psychologist). ;) --Aschmidt (talk) 09:39, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Full Service: ... the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:05, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Uhh.... I give you credit with DYKmake, not PumpkinSky. I read your post on the author's page. --George Ho (talk) 18:28, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you then for being generous and kind ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:30, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

Transfiguration Church in Kovalyovo
Thanks for copyediting the article.--Ymblanter (talk) 19:42, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
 * You are welcome, it's part of reviewing for me, I just left a few questions in the review, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:45, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

Did de importwunsch please check
Pls see https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Importw%C3%BCnsche and check I did it correctly. Requested the maroons one first. Danke. Pumpkin Sky  talk  20:37, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Looks good to me, watch it ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:44, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

Meaning of Kreuzstab
Might you have a comment on what I wrote at Talk:Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56#Meaning of ? The exegesis in our article appears to be based on page 582 of Richard D. P. Jones' translation and revision of Dürr's Johann Sebastian Bach: Die Kantaten. Do you have access to the original German text? I'm curious if this interpretation is due to Dürr, or added by Jones. --Lambiam 23:37, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

Olaf

 * on de Benutzer_Diskussion:Olaf_Studt#Bitte_sehen_Sie...  Pumpkin Sky   talk  01:51, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Hessentag
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:02, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Great job!♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:50, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you! A "real gem" of an article, also a "really useful" one ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:22, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
 * ps: this teamwork in article improvement IS, there should be more, I am ready ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:17, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Chorale cantata (Bach)
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:04, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

Manfred von Richthofen (General)
Gerda, Thank you very much for your input to this article. I started this article as I thought it would be worthwhile and the General was a person of interest - not just for his namesake, but also his adoptive son. The bulk of the article is translated from the German wiki. Unfortunately, I have been unable to find any better sources for this - the best online source that I have seen is the Viser one, but apparently this is not a good enough source. Searching for "Manfred von Richthofen" is problematic as the Red Baron predominates all results. I am not in a possition to continue with this (lack of sources being the main problem), certainly not to be able to get it to DYK standard. Hamish59 (talk) 08:37, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

Cyriacus Schneegass
I've responded to you at WT:DYK - is it actually Caspar Creuziger or the other Caspar Cruciger (the article currently has the latter, but it goes to a disambiguation page). More importantly, I can't find the hook fact on the cited webpage to check. Can you supply a cite that verifies it (and makes clear it was Caspar the Elder, whose article is at Caspar Creuziger), and then I'll change it before I have to end this at-work editing session? --Yngvadottir (talk) 12:17, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Update - I saw the second source you'd added while I was educating myself, and I've now made the change. But the link in the article needs to be switched from the disambiguation page to the Creuziger page. --Yngvadottir (talk) 12:51, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
 * (ec) Very observant, he came under several names, the source says (bolding by me) "Die Reihe dieser Nachlaßveröffentlichungen endete mit Briefen hervorragender Männer der Reformationszeit an den Großvater seiner Gattin: einmal mit den „XVI. selectiores vereque theologicae clarorum virorum … ad D. Frid. Myconium, magni nominis Theologum, conscriptae quondam Epistolae“ (Schmalkalden 1593, 4°; Wiederabdruck bei Tenzel a. a. O., S. 85 bis 107), einem jetzt höchst seltenen Buche, das je einen Brief Luther’s, Justus Menius’, Joh. Marcellus’ von Königsberg, Matthäus Ratzeberger’s, Caspar Cruciger’s, Joh. Lange’s und Aegidius Mechler’s, sowie vier Briefe Melanchthon’s und fünf Basilius Monner’s enthält", so Caspar Cruciger der Ältere, best: Caspar Cruciger, hope that helps, sorry for the confusion, - the German article just gives a last name, and I thought the Bach poetess (his daughter) ;) - thanks for the change, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:56, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Cyriakus Schneegass
Casliber (talkcontribs) 18:46, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

WOOF
Hey <b style="font-family:'Tempus Sans ITC'"> — <b style="color:#956e37">Puppy of Dog The Teddy Bear</b> •<b style="color:#956e37">WOOF</b> •</b> 19:08, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Don't believe in miracles, rely on them. Mascha Kaléko --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:07, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

Bach tourism!
Gerda, next northern spring, I may overcome my distaste for 24-hour economy-class flight and visit Europe. The core would be to hang around Thomaskirche, Leipzig (which I visited in the DDR in 1977), and to go to Arnstadt, Einsenach, Weimar, etc.

Do you have any suggestions, and are there websites devoted to Bach tourism? Tony  (talk)  07:03, 24 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Great idea! Perhaps I should join you ;) Sorry, so far I was only in Thomaskirche twice listening to the Thomanerchor, Motette and a service. For Motette (something like Evensong) you have to come early, standing in line is worth it, service is about as good music - that's all my first-hand experience. There must be tours concentrating on Bach, you will find something. Eisenach, btw. - Did you see that I started Chorale cantata (Bach)? It will grow. Need to polish BWV 7 a bit before Main page appearance ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:12, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Thx. OK, I'll look at those articles. Tony   (talk)  07:15, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for good questions, tried to answer, then had to go, there's real life ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:12, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Opening movement of 7 is an old favourite. The way the choir creeps in each time. Memorable movement. Tony   (talk)  11:57, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, BWV 7
Yngvadottir (talk) 09:30, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Uwe Schulten-Baumer
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 17:16, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

Interwiki
Dear Gerda Arendt !

Did you know that you can use interwiki links such as de:User:Gerda Arendt to link Wikipedia user pages in different languages, too ?

Best regards --Membeth (talk) 19:44, 25 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Yes ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:55, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Pretty!
Thanks for the note. Well, that would be nice: I will keep a look out for it. All that stuff is quite mysterious to me (WP FAs and GAs and stuff I mean, not pretty gems, though come to think of it they are too) but it's interesting when things show up that strike a chord (oho) with me. For example one of my cornet-playing friends recently had an excellent bird photo featured on the front page, which gave me a real "shock of recognition" moment when I saw his name! Have a good day, cheers, DBaK (talk) 07:20, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
 * It is a good day! Did you know that you can do something to see the things you want to see on the Main page? (I didn't until yesterday.) You can support articles, even say which pic you prefer! - Surprise recognition: If you look de, what do you see? Woodhouse House (pictured today, no pic tomorrow), seemed familiar ;) (Actually, when I saw that someone had translated it, I nominated it myself.) No surprise: same author and photographer ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:07, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Oh yes! Excellent, thanks. :) DBaK (talk) 13:16, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Excellent --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:00, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

Category up for deletion
Hi Gerda, I'm just swooping in for a moment. A category I created because I felt it was sorely needed is now up for deletion. I made a small attempt to explain and defend it, but the trend seems to be "off with its binary!" I do think it should be kept, but am not willing to beat my head into a brick wall over it. I wasn't going to bother you with it, but decided today to let you know, in case you would like to weigh in. Categories for discussion/Log/2012 June 18. Marrante (talk) 19:41, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi! First: good to hear you, missed you! Second: categories - whatever kind - are not my "thing", sorry. I see two options, in case it gets deleted, which looks likely after the discussion: you write a list of those (remember the list of deaths at the Berlin Wall, the list of stutterers?), or you keep the cat as a red link, standing out, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:10, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the suggestion. If I ever decide to write another article, I'll think about doing this, too. Cheers! Marrante (talk) 05:09, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the nice note about the TFA article. It was my first time to take an article all the way to FA status and then get it on the main page so I am pretty proud of that. Hope you liked the article. Cheers. Remember (talk) 12:32, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I do! I never reached that high, but got involved in two FA, writing Messiah structure and other supporting ones for Messiah, and the pictured one, to appear as TFA on 30 June, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:38, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Manfred von Richthofen (general)
Yngvadottir (talk) 16:02, 27 June 2012 (UTC)


 * I'm glad to see the Manfred von Richthofens made it to the Main Page :-) But I hadb't realised you'd given me a credit. Eep! Thanks :-) Yngvadottir (talk) 16:13, 27 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Did I? I don't remember, but you deserve it, you rescued it from failing! - I wonder why yours is a nom credit, why I don't see it in the history, and why Br'er Rabbit, who is in the history for fixing the refs didn't get credit? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:24, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * That is really excellent news! Hamish59 (talk) 17:25, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Fixed :-) Crisco 1492 forgot a credit - and George Ho added one for me later :-) Yngvadottir (talk) 18:13, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks! George Ho is very good in such surprises ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:26, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

Marienkirche, Neubrandenburg
Hello Gerda. You might be interested in this article, just written by a new editor. Unfortunately it was not referenced and although I have added one or two sources, it looks as if most of the text was based on info at the Finnish site www.terasinfo.fi. Unfortunately, following a change in ownership, it is no longer accessible. Anyway, I thought I should give you the chance of enhancing the article if you wish. - Ipigott (talk) 14:05, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Interested, yes, work in July ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:42, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Looked, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:28, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

Paco de Lucia live in Wiesbaden tonight.I'd kill to see him!!♦ Dr. Blofeld  10:05, 29 June 2012 (UTC)


 * No. Don't kill, I mean. Just get over. It's not in Wiesbaden, it's open air in Johannisberg, you walk by and can still hear some. I may do that ;) - Did you see my (own) latest pic of the Kurhaus Wiesbaden, Rheingau Musik Festival turning 25? Br'er Rabbit improved it. Btw, the photographer of the pic in the box there is a bass in my Wiesbaden choir, and their webmaster, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:20, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

Ooo that's nice! Yeah you should definitely walk by, he's amazing.♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:49, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

Gerda. Can you proof read Agneta Matthes. Its a biggy, FA on German wiki and I spot loads of translation hiccups. Perhaps you could do it gradually? ♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:16, 29 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Started, needs MUCH more ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:41, 1 July 2012 (UTC)


 * To the request: as said above, in July. - Busy with a biggy, TFA of tomorrow to de, at least a bit. - To the "kill": THANKS!!! Amazing! I didn't actually see them, but heard them from as close as possible, warm night, exciting music, especially when it got soft and broken, - a great experience! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:15, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

Yeah I knew you'd be amazed. He really is the best guitarist in the world in my opinion and a lot of the famous rock players agree. Mark Knopfler once said "I thought I could play the guitar before I saw Paco de Lucia".♦ Dr. Blofeld  08:35, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Yogo de
I did not know this was in artikel space auf de. It's import was turned down so I put it in benutzer space. I've been working on maroons in benutzer space. Pumpkin Sky  talk  00:36, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
 * It wasn't in article space until midnight, I wanted today's date ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:10, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Must be your day today, your favourite sapphire is on the main page!♦ Dr. Blofeld  08:37, 30 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Yes, to make history with a Bach cantata tanslated as "An open mind", DYK? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:50, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Ach, jetzt verstehe ich. Kein problem. Yogo muss auf Schon gewusst sein.10:36, 30 June 2012 (UTC) Pumpkin Sky  talk
 * Wohl kaum, born after midnight, I wanted today's date and stayed up late ;) - This will go to Schon Gewusst?, likely higher, but needs work, vocabulary etc, stress on "begonnen"! This is just the beginning, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:28, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Ein ungefärbt Gemüte, BWV 24
Thanks from the DYK team. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:03, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Re: Today
Indeed! I noticed that ... it's awesome! Graham 87 14:22, 30 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Good to see! Khazar2 (talk) 18:28, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Today

 * I worked with Pumpkin Sky on an article and this tone of fun and collaboration was what I remembered most. The storm that followed was beyond my comprehension, when a simple notice in a helpful voice would have saved much time and hurt. It is a great credit to him and to those who worked with him that once again Wikipedia sees a picture of what it could and should be, and a picture is worth a thousand words. Thanks Gerda for your kindness and hard work, and you desire and great efforts to push Wikipedia to its best.(olive (talk) 15:16, 30 June 2012 (UTC))
 * you say it, thank you --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:20, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
 * You know who needs to read Olive's post.

Maroons auf de
Maroons auf de in Benutzer is formatted, refs converted, ready for uberzetzung. Pumpkin Sky  talk  21:12, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Go ahead, three biggy projects in line before I can turn to that one ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:16, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Today's weather
Why thank you. :-) I wish I could say the same - alas, we have been out of power for close to two days thanks to a monster storm that blew through on Friday night.  I'm at the library right now...it's been utter madness. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 18:10, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
 * This is the one. There are large trees down in the vicinity of my house, and power is out for most of the region. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 18:13, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

1620
The 1620 date in that article is unreferenced :-( Secretlondon (talk) 06:18, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Margarete Mitscherlich-Nielsen
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:04, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Alexander Mitscherlich (psychologist)
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:04, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

re GAN Unionskirche, Idstein
Hi,

I've made some comments at Talk:Unionskirche, Idstein/GA1. I'm confused about the topic of the article and would like to hear your views.

Best wishes,

MathewTownsend (talk) 23:24, 4 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Just answered there, watching, thanks for rewiewing! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:31, 4 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi, Gerda. Thanks for asking me to look at the article.  The church, its furnishings, decoration and, especially the paintings, are fascinating, and nothing like anything we have in the UK.  I'm not surprised that you would like to get the article to GA (especially as you have been there and taken those rather good photographs).  But I do tend to agree with some of the reviewer's concerns.  As I understand it, the term "church" usually means either a building, with its history, architecture, furnishings, etc., or a body of worshipping people.  So IMO these are basically crucial items to be included in a GA; a GA does not have to be comprehensive (that's for FA), but it does not have to be broad.  I do not think that the content, as it stands is broad enough for the article's title.
 * So, what to do? I see two possible options: either make the article broader, or change its title to, say, "Paintings of the Unionskirche, Idstein".  For the former I would suggest section headings such as "History", "Architecture", "Paintings", and "Present day" (in the last you can include the concerts).  And you don't say whether the church is still in active use for worship or not; IMO that is a vital piece of information.  For the architecture section you don't have to be an expert on the subject (I'm certainly not), but you need a good source with a detailed description from which you can abstract the major points.  If you go for the "Paintings" option, I would suggest again a "History" section, then even more detail than you have given, and maybe an "appraisal" section giving more context: such things as whether such paintings are common in the region; how they fit in with other art of the period — that sort of thing.  But don't be discouraged it looks like a fascinating building worthy of a GA.  Best wishes and good luck.  --Peter I. Vardy (talk) 10:18, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for looking! Please look again, I inserted more details from the source called "monument", the official description of "Denkmalpflege". Even more could be done, but I see two problems: some of the terms used I don't even know in German, and I don't know to what extent the details are interesting. - Structuring is a good idea, thanks! - I thought "parish church" in the first line says that it is used as a church, no? - I like to stick with -kirche (=church) in the title, rather than paintings, it's a living place, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:48, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, it's not up to me, as I am not the reviewer (I don't do reviews anyway, just write articles). Personally, I should still like an Architecture section.  Don't worry if you don't know all the technical terms (I certainly don't).  Simple things like it has a nave, a chancel, aisles, a steeple, what looks like a gallery (and those plaques on the front with texts(?)), the barley-sugar columns at the sides of the altar, is that a font (with four sections?), the elaborate pulpit with sounding board, those oval windows in the clerestory that seem to intrude into the roof of the aisle, etc. And a parish church (suggest wikilink it anyway) may be active, or redundant.  Does it hold services, or is it just a music hall?  Those are some of the things that intrigue me.  Preferably see what the reviewer says — that's what really matters, not what I think.  Cheers. --Peter I. Vardy (talk) 14:37, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry, you are wrong, it matters to me what YOU say! (The reviewer put it on hold, we can improve.) If a say "church of the ... parish", does that say it's an active congregation, services held? The plaques: "Brüstungen mit (sich auf das Amt des jeweils dort sitzenden Standes beziehenden) Spruchschilden und ornamentaler Bemalung von Jost Bickart, Mainz. (Herrschafts-, Rats-, Sekretär-, Gerichts-, Vorsteher-, Bürgerstuhl.)" The Bible quotations refer to the position of the people who sit there regularly: chairs for government, council, secretary, jurisdiction, ?, citizen. How to say that? "Brüstungen"? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:49, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

(indent) Those plaques are more fascinating than I originally thought. OK, you asked for it!. But it's only my personal opinion, not necessarily what WP demands. For a start we cannot make assumptions, such as "If I say ..." No, you have to spell it out; the "ordinary" reader of WP cannot make such assumptions. So where would I go? I have managed to get four church articles through the GA process, and you may (or may not) like to use these as models. They are this, this, this, and this (that they are all dedicated to St Mary is a pure coincidence!). So, as I said above, I would recommend as sections "History", "Architecture", and "Present Day" (or something like this) with, in the case of your article, an additional section specifically on the paintings (as they are so special). The Present day section would spell out that it is an active parish church, with details of its services, and anything else it does for the people in its parish (that's what churches are primarily for), and then say that because of its organ (and maybe its acoustics?) it is used as a venue for concerts, etc. The reviewer may agree (or not); why not ask him? Whatever the outcome, this is a fascinating article, and I have enjoyed learning about the church. You have done good work on it, and it is already well worthy of the high standards expected in WP. --Peter I. Vardy (talk) 17:46, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I looked at your excellent examples and borrowed some ;) Thanks for pointing out what churches are for! As for the present day activities: the Gemeinde has a rather detailed own website with many events and groups, I feel that whoever wants to find a service might look there, no? - The church is not "my church", but hopefully I will be able to sing there in choir (they are open for guest singers) "my" first Beethoven 9th Symphony on 9/9, "Freude, schöner Götterfunken", --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:01, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry but I had to fail the article. Way too much work is required to get it to GA and progress in a favorable direction doesn't seem to be happening. The main sections should be History and Architecture. There shouldn't be six sections under "History". There's no continuity. Please look at the examples that Peter and I both gave you. If you want to write an article on a church, I suggest you follow Peter's advice above. Best wishes, MathewTownsend (talk) 23:46, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks, replied there, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:48, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
 * p.s. you can renominate the article at any time. I'd suggest getting it together first, as during GA review is not the place to totally reformat and rewrite the article. But you can renominate it right now if you wish. MathewTownsend (talk) 23:55, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:33, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes
"The heavens declare the glory of God." Simply wonderful. Pumpkin Sky  talk  11:15, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
 * OH, and when you smooth the translation of the Karasiak draft, we can move it to de main space. Pumpkin Sky  talk  11:18, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
 * After Yogo Saphir and Unionskirche ;) - I shared images and gave green light to our friend --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:24, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

Precious
Thanks, Gerda! Hamish59 (talk) 12:04, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

Cosima Wagner
Thank you for your messages of goodwill during what has been a difficult time recently. I have kept going as far as I can, and have now nominated Cosima at WP:FAC. I'd welcome any comments you may have, substantial or minor (keeping the umlauts under control would be a good start!). Best wishes, Brianboulton (talk) 13:41, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
 * see above, after Yogo Saphir and Unionskirche, but before Karasiak, I promised you sooner, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:55, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for University of Freiburg Faculty of Biology
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:04, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
Thank you for being awesome!

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 * Like it, hope it will get along with the Puppy of Dog The Teddy Bear --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:05, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

Muckaty Station
Hi Gerda. I know you took an interest in some of my work on Indigenous Australians; thank you. I have placed an article of relevance, Muckaty Station, as a Featured Article Candidate. Review page is here: Featured article candidates/Muckaty Station/archive1. I would welcome comments and criticisms of the article. Cheers, hamiltonstone (talk) 04:27, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

Laufener Hütte
In "Laufener Hütte" (artikel auf de wiki), is Laufener a family name or what? Hütte could be translated as hut or lodge but it's way too big to be a hut in English so I think lodge is a better translation, though perhaps less literal. Was denkst du? I need to translate this article into en simply because the photo is so stunningly beautiful. It was the main page photo on Commons today. Pumpkin Sky  talk  23:21, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Or perhaps "shelter" for Hütte? Pumpkin Sky   talk  23:34, 10 July 2012 (UTC)...Cabin, cottage? Hmm.  Pumpkin Sky   talk  23:40, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
 * See Tennengebirge. THey list several of these and consistently use "hut". Pumpkin Sky  talk  23:46, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Link to Alpine club hut, there readers can find out that a hut is not a hut. Laufen Hut is named after the location Laufen (Salzach), in German you can add "-er" to show derivation from a place name, would be Yogoer Saphir that way, thank goodness it isn't, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:49, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
 * ps: did you see that Yogo sapphire was viewed 100,060 times the last 30 days? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:19, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes I saw the hit count. That's great. You're going great on de for Yogo too!! I see you found my sandbox 2 on the hut. Danke sehr! Pumpkin Sky  talk  10:03, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
 * So it looks like: 1) This is right on the border of Bayern und Osterreich? and 2) it's barely inside Bayern, on the German side? and 3) this is self-service not, not managed daily by anyone? Pumpkin Sky   talk  10:08, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Uh. HMM..looks like in Austria, but named after a town in Germany? Must be right on the border and barely in Austria. Hmm. Pumpkin Sky  talk  10:11, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
 * The names are often not showing where it is, but which club built it and/or runs it. There is Hildesheimer Hütte in Austria, built by the Hildesheim club, for example. Bermicourt is the expert. - Back to geology: there is a mentioning of "etched" in it that I can't solve, "geätzt" is not it, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:51, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
 * kupferstechen?? Pumpkin Sky  talk  20:17, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
 * no kupferstechen some millions of years ago underground ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:20, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
 * do you understand this answer? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:05, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Moved article to User:PumpkinSky/Laufen Hut. Invited Bermicourt to help. Pumpkin Sky  talk  20:29, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Best translations for Zugänge and Übergänge? Pumpkin Sky   talk  22:17, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
 * don't know if there are special terms for hiking trails, "connections"? I would look up similar articles, search for "hut" and "alpine", --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:21, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I understand that Zugang means how to get there from the valley, Übergang where you get over the mountains, still don't know the terms, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:36, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Found: Approaches and Crossings, makes sense, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:38, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Danke. Pumpkin Sky   talk  22:53, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Done with the rough. Can you check the translations? ALso, it could use more refs and prose, barely hits 1500k prose. Pumpkin Sky  talk  23:51, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Smoothed a bit. Fritzerkogel - double nom? if not some info from the mountain about the area? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:18, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Ganz klar. Bestimmt doppel nom. Anfang heute nach. Pumpkin Sky   talk  09:59, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
 * heute noch oder heute nacht? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:01, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I meant to type a t. but am doing import now. Pumpkin Sky   talk  16:49, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
 * In Fritzerkogel, I can't figure out what Schrofenflanken and Südabbrüche mean. Pumpkin Sky   talk  21:47, 12 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Never heard. "Südabbrüche" appears frequently in de, literally "broken off to the south", rock fallen due to weather, no idea about English term, suggest to retain original and provide explanation. Schrofenflanken worse, I heard Bergflanke being used for a steep section, google finds Schrofenflanken a lot (including your user!), hope the experts know it, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:22, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Bernius
Musica Fiata and Hofkapelle Stuttgart might interest you. The latter needs proof reading.♦ Dr. Blofeld  13:19, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your efforts! Will nominate Bernius, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:21, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Also started Festival Europäische Kirchenmusik. Thanks! And I had to add the final bluelink Clytus Gottwald! That's enough for now hey!♦ Dr. Blofeld  13:49, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes!!! Thanks for now, but some day Marcel Couraud please, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:20, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
 * nominated (I remember the concert), --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:34, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Marcel Couraud needs proof reading.♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:46, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you! First step done, will look closer later, first polish Gottwald, interesting! I heard that Rückert song on radio once but didn't get the composer's name then, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:58, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Wow, that was quick! Thanks!♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:03, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, I don't like what I call the Agneta Matthes effect ;) - What's this: "As a musicologist, he edited numerous scholarly catalog of music manuscripts." - no idea what it means, confess: not even in German. Can you find more on his musicological work? Details on his website. Enough for DYK, will nominate and leave him for now, no ec ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:30, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

No idea sorry, I didn't write it. Stubbed a red link for Lena Lootens, Dutch?♦ Dr. Blofeld  13:28, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you! (I know that you didn't write it, probably not even the German writer knew what s/he was saying. Therefore I would like some details to replace that nonsense of a summary.) Gottwald nominated anyway ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:32, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Whenever you feel like it: SWR Vokalensemble, + the red links of Rheingau Musik Festival ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:57, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Bach Orchestra Stuttgart and SWR Vokalensemble started.♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:57, 12 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Thank you! Looking at the history of the SWR Vokalensemble, it seems like it "evolved" from the Südfunk-Chor when the stations were merged in 1998. Or are they are a "subset" of a larger group? How to paraphrase "evolved"? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:37, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Looking at the Bach ensembles' website, the name seems debatable, Bachchor Stuttgart seems closest to their own "bachchor_stuttgart", and choir comes first, orchestra second, - will look deeper - later, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:45, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Bach Choir in Stuttgart for a change
 * Bachchor und Bachorchester Stuttgart supporter
 * Bachchor Stuttgart concert choirs
 * Bachchor Stuttgart
 * I guess I move it ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:39, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I looked closer and see - no surprise - they are not the same. Stuttgarter Bachchor founded in 1954?, Bachchor Stuttgart in 2000. Can't tell yet if one is the successor of the other, will be careful ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:00, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for translation that big article on the Dutch entrepreneur BTW!♦ Dr. Blofeld  15:03, 14 July 2012 (UTC) Can you check Elisa Aaltola?♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:39, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
 * did what I could - the German doesn't know which Wittgenstein ... - all a bit strange, have a look, no more today ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:00, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. Red links blued.♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:30, 16 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Now THAT was fast ;) thank you, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:36, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome. Thanks for expanding the award article! Can you proof Tasitolu for me?♦ Dr. Blofeld  17:47, 16 July 2012 (UTC)


 * done, interesting, how do you find such topics? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:27, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Thankyou!♦ Dr. Blofeld  18:42, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Can you check Gazimursky Zavod? This time, deepest Siberia! Won't pester you for another 24 hours anyway hehe unless you call upon me to blue link!♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:35, 16 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Found deepest Siberia kind of dry ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:50, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! Well yeah, Russian rural settlements tend to be pretty boring to write, but they need writing all the same! ♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:15, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Eugène Revillout short but sweet needs checking.♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:35, 17 July 2012 (UTC)


 * A job to my liking! Demotic en covers the script, de has one article on that, one on the language. ? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:47, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Dunno!♦ Dr. Blofeld  15:14, 17 July 2012 (UTC)


 * easy: en we can link to the script because the language is not there (yet) ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:17, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Howz dat?♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:11, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
 * recherche ;) working on it, no ce please, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:12, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Blue linked Wiener Taschenoper in one of your articles, can you flesh it out a bit?♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:46, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Alpine Pass Route
How much overlap with Alpine Pass Route and Alpine Route? Pumpkin Sky  talk  23:38, 14 July 2012 (UTC)


 * None, the Pass Route is one specific named crossing of the Alps (with a few deviations), Alpine route (!) is a general descriptions of what such a route is, who maintains it, what the climber needs (Trittsicherheit, Schwindelfreiheit), examples, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:13, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Alpine route
Hallo Gerda, gute Frage! It seems to me that an "Alpine Route" is the proper name of a tightly defined type of mountain trail, at least in Austria. The Swiss appear to have a similar definition: the "Alpinwanderweg". Both are types of "alpine route", "alpine trail" or "alpine path" - all three terms seem to be possible. I think I would go with "alpine route" and mention in the lede that the other terms are used. I would then mention the specific definitions in different countries, perhaps under country headings if there is enough to say about them. How does that sound? Gruß. --Bermicourt (talk) 13:17, 15 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Hört sich gut an, or, as the Swiss would say, "tönt gut". My approach is similar, take it from Alpine route in history (just a few links) to the more specific Route. But I think the Rockies etc should be mentioned, no? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:24, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Triple DYK nom
All three are in main space now. Triple nom at DYK under 16 July. Both of you get credit for all three too. Tweaks to article and nom welcome. Pumpkin Sky  talk  01:08, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I was still thinking about a hook and what articles to review ;)
 * I also wanted to dedicate Laufen Hut to Ched, a shelter in darking time, I do it here, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:17, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I like alt 2 and the alternate, cropped image better. I have left a further review/comment. Donner60 (talk) 20:18, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Anthony & Joseph Paratore
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:03, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Agneta Matthes & Agneta Park
Hi. Can you provide an additional comment on Template:Did you know nominations/Agneta Matthes & Agneta Park to include a status update for the review? Did it pass or not? Review appears to be incomplete. Thanks. --LauraHale (talk) 03:22, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks again
Thanks for your kind words about Ganoga Lake. Now I just have to find time to write more articles ;-) Ruhrfisch <sub style="color:green;">&gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 16:58, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for wiki birthday greeting and kind words. The review was a pleasure. Donner60 (talk) 19:26, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Stubs
Created a few more blue links in the articles. Thanks for the expansion!♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:52, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. Where's the red links?♦ Dr. Blofeld  13:52, 19 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Too busy for more red links ;) Peter Rundel and ensemble recherche could be stuffed up with the things you find when you follow the links to them, Zappa, for example, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:57, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Tomorrow, or later after I've had a break!♦ Dr. Blofeld  18:50, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Started Hilde Rössel-Majdan and Peter Ablinger. Will expand the other tomorrow.♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:13, 19 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:16, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Clytus Gottwald
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:02, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you for your kindness and for spreading cheer. I only had time for a quick look at WP this morning, and yet I have felt awesome all day!-- Kubigula (talk) 03:50, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you! If you want to read great answers like this, go spread it, there is no limit to cheer ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:29, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Indeed, a positive attitude and a friendly spirit goes a massive way on this website.♦ Dr. Blofeld  10:44, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
 * You are part of it ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:54, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Made a good start on Helene Wildbrunn. Translation needs checking on Ludwig Güttler, rough as a bag of spanners at present..♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:32, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Güttler is now presentable, created tons of more redlinks ;) needs sourcing, but will look at the other first, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:33, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Great! i have two ancient Nubian sites needing checking Amara, Nubia, Askut. The latter hardly needs anything I think although "magazines" obviously is an error LOL.♦ Dr. Blofeld  15:32, 20 July 2012 (UTC) Thanks. Check out the colour of the water on Khoun Kong Leng Lake!♦ Dr. Blofeld  10:56, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Stunning! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:26, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

I bought a Cambodia/Laos DK eyewitness book for my sister for her birthday. I looked for one a few years back but they didn't have one, only Vietnam and Thailand. Unfortunately the other guides like Lonely planet and Insight Guides don't have the pretty pictures. Tourism is taking off in Cambodia and Laos now so obviously the demand was there to produce the book in 2011. The entire book is full of such images. It is aesthetically the most stunning country I've ever seen (although Bhutan comes close) and there are a lot of beautiful countries. I've put in a request in the commons to upload his photostream here with over 300 free images of Laos. As I'm wrapping the book up as a gift later I'm making use of it today to produce some stubs! Luckily google books has scans of quite a lot of it and similar books. Amazing really how much info has become available in the last 6 years. I remember looking about 2008 and frustratingly finding practically nothing about Laos, now the info available is starting to get staggering revealing a gaping hole in wiki knowledge! I'll try to get myself a copy sometime.♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:55, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Can you check Hoholau?♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:23, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

discussion

 * - diff of your comment


 * - Hi - please provide a diff so we can resolve this - thanks - You  really  can  17:31, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for asking, nothing to resolve, I am over it, just wanted to find out if you remember. If not, hint, ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:20, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Hm - ok - I am happy we are resolved - I fully support and encourage all your contributions to the en wiki project - thank you - You  really  can  20:27, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
 * thank you --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:47, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

German Translation
Could you have a look at Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer for me? If so, could you do some translation fixes if there are any required, please? Translated from Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer. Also, Ackerstraße, from Ackerstraße. ⇒ T A  P  21:47, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Interesting topic, I looked a bit. Building is not my topic, I don't know the proper English terms, perhaps ask at Project:Germany. I would move Chapel of Reconciliation to Chapel of Reconciliation, Berlin or Kapelle der Versöhnung, Berlin, - there must be more than one. Looking at the List of deaths might also be useful. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:02, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Sure, OK! I'll hopefully try and go through Liste der Straßen und Plätze in Berlin-Mitte, if I can, then try and translate the list *eek*. ⇒ T A  P  22:05, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Please look at the red links on my user, I have already more projects than I can handle, don't expect too much ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:11, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Hey, Gerda is busy enough with her articles and mine! Altes Stadthaus, Berlin passed GA which I believe you contributed to?♦ Dr. Blofeld  08:53, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Yep, she did! 4.5% of the edits. ⇒ T A  P  08:55, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Congratulation. But note B is still in German for some reason..♦ Dr. Blofeld  08:58, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks you! Note B is a quote, what it means is in the body. I linked the Gedenkstätte in the List of deaths, please look where else it should be linked, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:53, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you, I should wear it ;) - Read my de:user, what I am interested in is internationality, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:07, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Amended. Howz that?♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:32, 22 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Magnificent! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:33, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Well deserved. But note I gave her a Rosetta star a few weeks ago, look above. Gerda deserves both! Pumpkin Sky   talk  12:35, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
 * You deserve that, too, you two, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:40, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

You know you can simply paste in google book urls to here and click load and it will make thwm for you? That's why I always turn to google books first. If you want to know how to program it into your itinery to check google books and ref maker let me know and I'll tell you. I find it invaluable, in fact I'd be lost without it!♦ Dr. Blofeld  15:36, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Not interested?♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:38, 23 July 2012 (UTC)


 * what do you mean, not interested? busy, tired ... happy that you do the books part ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:46, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

I was offering to show you how to programme google books and ref maker links into your itinary to help you with sourcing articles. It allows me to source articles very quickly, thought it might be useful for you too that's all. No worries if not.♦ Dr. Blofeld  09:03, 24 July 2012 (UTC)


 * For the (busy) time being, can you do the book parts, I do web, - when things calm down I will happily learn new tricks ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:07, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

Intihuatana
Hi Gerda. I read your note and am unsure what's the best thing to do at this time: remerge, or rename the Písac one. I think someone other than me needs to make the decision as I don't want to muddy it. Time for a family outing. --Rosiestep (talk) 20:54, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
 * It depends on whether there will be other Intihuatanas in the near future (then leave as is), or the Machu Picchu one will be the only one (the merge), --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:03, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

I initially agreed with Gerda that a split perhaps was unnecessary. However, in looking in google books I see a lot of general references to it as being the name of stones across Latin America so I think Rosie was right to split.♦ Dr. Blofeld  09:05, 24 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Then next question: is it called "Pisac I". in sources? If not, it should be moved. I'm just the reviewer, shouldn't do too much, or you may need a second one ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:09, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

Well, it could be merged of course as it would place no demands on length, but it would need to make perfectly clear if it is talking generally or about the specific Machu Picchu stone. My intention as I say was to create an article about the Machu Picchu stone.♦ Dr. Blofeld  09:21, 24 July 2012 (UTC)


 * I wasn't clear enough: keep it two articles! But if the stone in M.P. isn't called "P. I." in the sources (!), WE should not call it that way and should move that article from "P. I." to "I., P." - exact red link in the nom, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:27, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

Dunno, I thought there was only one P. I. LOL.♦ Dr. Blofeld  09:32, 24 July 2012 (UTC)


 * LOL. Go look at the sources then, I am not even half way through my watch list ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:34, 24 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Hey Gerda. Thanks for the approve! Rosiestep (talk) 14:26, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Frieder Bernius
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:03, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Laufen Hut, Fritzerkogel, Alpine route; Finding five QPQs?
I see this DYK is still on the nomination page. I thought it was apparent but I now wonder whether you may need to state again that you accept alt 2 and the photo. I think my statement of approval is definite enough but I could repeat that if it seems unclear. On the other hand, perhaps there is just a backlog of main DYKs with photos. I have not noticed how long a DYK with photo takes to move along; the ones I have done so far have been without photos.

I have not seen a reference to a list or method to discover whether a self-nominator has five DYKs or whether that person needs to do a QPQ. Is there a way to find out or does a commenter simply note the QPQ is missing and that the DYK should not be promoted until a QPQ is done and wait for a response? Donner60 (talk) 07:05, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for asking, but don't worry, preps are filled from the older nominations first, all seems fine. - I find the number of DYKs on a user's talk page (or its history). Only if I see more than five there I would make the comment, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:13, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the fast reply. I suppose I should have thought of that. I had looked back at my own pages a few days ago for the few reviews I have done so I could keep track of them going forward. Thanks for putting me on track. I must admit I had become reluctant to look at DYKs without mention of QPQ because I thought I would have to raise a question about which I should know the answer. Donner60 (talk) 07:37, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
 * It's in prep now, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:32, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Great. I checked user contributions on a DYK and found that despite over 11,000 edits, the user did not have a DYK nomination to date. I reviewed the nomination. I wish I had made some nominations from some of the earlier articles that I had written. I think I would have had some good hooks. On the other hand, despite some persons' thoughts about Wikipedia already filling up with most of the interesting and important articles, I would venture to guess that there are still millions of notable subjects and biographies to be included. Donner60 (talk) 21:05, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I agree. - I had the good luck (in retrospect) that my first article was deleted, and the one who helped my to recover it nominated it for DYK, to my complete surprise. One approach to get something to be known on the Main page once it's too late to nominate it, is to nominate something related, current example: the alto singer with a Bach cantata (that I couldn't expand 5*), earlier example Dieter Thomas Heck and the list of stutterers. Perhaps you can get some of your older articles "on" like that, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:16, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Brucknerized
I mentioned earlier that I had a job in to do Mass No. 2 (Bruckner) coming up. Well, it came up - yesterday morning in St Bride's Church. Small but excellent and powerful choir, very good MD (your basic no-nonsense clued-up church music pro, and nice with it!) and the Mass was woven in liturgically as part of the service, not just zapped in as entertainment. (I have no serious objection to the latter but I do like doing music more in situ sometimes too!) The whole morning was absolute bliss. Oh and we played some nice bits of (mostly) Johann Christoph Pezel before and after, just to make sure that no-one was planning to doze too much ... A lovely gig. Cheers DBaK (talk) 08:17, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
 * That sounds blissful, thanks for sharing! We sing masses mostly in services, and we sing them almost exclusively in services, the only exceptions being the ones that seem too "great" for a service, Mozart's (2008) and the B-minor (2013!!!) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:32, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Fantastic, lucky you! :) DBaK (talk) 08:39, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Indeed, I feel blessed. I sang the B minor half a life ago here, and then crossed the Atlantic twice to sing it. A friend wants to do that for our performance, opposite direction. - Did you notice that I mentioned a certain instrument on top here? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:26, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you! We should sing more ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:19, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Ensemble recherche
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:02, 24 July 2012 (UTC) LOL yes, if you've seen You Only Live Twice (film) you'll know the likeness is uncanny which had a painted green volcano retractable roof posing as a green lake LOL!! Started Niki Reiser.♦ Dr. Blofeld  17:25, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

Also Preis der deutschen Filmkritik.♦ Dr. Blofeld  17:51, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Reiser bio done, need a break!! - Should do more on ensemble recherche first, that appeared sooner than I thought (you could add to the awards section that so far was only in the lead, hint), + need to finish BWV 178 for DYK, no more today ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:18, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

That's alright, its too hot and stuffy here today to work too hard..♦ Dr. Blofeld  18:55, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
 * back after a hike, sun like above, sky less pumpkin ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:21, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

Hope you don't get hay fever! Can you proof A Year Ago in Winter, potentially it could be a double hook with Reiser. Also Jörg Hacker. That'll do for now eh!♦ Dr. Blofeld  08:29, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
 * tour was nice! Güttler is next objective, needs to be nominated today - and sourced first. Then improve recherche and BWV 179, then I will look, - yes, enough for the week ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:45, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Looked at the movie, plot was very funny, probably still is funny. I dropped the Criticism section for the time being, even more funny. I don't get the ideas even in German. Will turn to Hacker now, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:12, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
 * For a Niki Reiser hook, I rather think of Alles auf Zucker!, it's more fun. I asked for help for the Criticism section of the serious one, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:52, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

CM Buch
pleased to be touched by you...--Symposiarch (talk) 08:12, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you, my pleasure, an important lady, added here. - I wonder about a translation for the Wirtschaftsweisen, economy gurus? - Will you nominate her for DYK? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:21, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I will be very busy the next days and I am not so familiar with DYK as you are.--Symposiarch (talk) 20:26, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I will think about it then, just nominated Ludwig Güttler last minute, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:30, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Laufen Hut
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:03, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Fritzerkogel
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:03, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Alpine route
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:04, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

Laufen Hut, Fritzerkogel and Alpine route
Hi Gerda, thank you for including me as a DYK contributor to the above articles. I don't feel I deserve it, but was only too glad to be able to help. Well done on getting them through anyway. Take care. --Bermicourt (talk) 11:11, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Our pleasure, we like teamwork on quality ;)
 * ps: PumpkinSky nominated, but I would have done the same, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:23, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Tasitolu
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:03, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that surprise! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:30, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Shouldn't be a surprise, you proofed it! Thankyou!♦ Dr. Blofeld  15:08, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
 * But I forgot that I did ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:14, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Worth reading
Coming here for the first time, I like your "recommended reading" - both discussions and articles - on top! - Thank you for changing to support 28bytes from neutral, after reading. - Why did 28bytes unblock PumpkinSky? For part of the answer see here (perhaps a discussion I should recommend), quote "You are probably aware that the admin who blocked PumpkinSky said "there are a thousand other admins to overturn the block if it's unwarranted." 999 of those would be afraid to do so, right?" --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:36, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks : )
 * I sometimes wistfully think that if everyone read (and followed) those, Wikipedia would be a much better place : )
 * As for the rlevse stuff, I was following how things were going back then. There were many discussions over many different pages, noticeboards and talk pages. Yes, in the end, I think someone would be needed to cut the gordian knot, but I'm not thrilled at the when, and to a lesser extent the who. "there's always another admin". - jc37 14:20, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I didn't know any who wasn't involved. - I confess I was thrilled ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:25, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
 * thinking further: if there is a risk involved (and many thought it was), isn't it nobler to take it rather than leave it to "another"? For good reading try this ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:17, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Fair point, however when it comes to the community, I tend to (though very slightly) err on the side of protecting the project. Not a reference to that situation necessarily, just in general. So in that case, I think a touch more care addressing the community's concerns, as well as least a little more time passing would have been better. No, we're never going to make everyone happy, but I think it was possible for the community to have been happier. Or at least more comfortable with things.


 * Plus, though I do think it was a fair case of IAR, I'd have preferred if someone else did it. And I'll share a secret with you, I was very tempted to unblock him myself (though with some criteria), but decided that it best if I mostly stayed out of it - I had supported the block, and wasn't precisely sure of my footing. But eventually, if I had felt more comfortable doing so (from a personal perspective, and from looking at the discussions at that point), I think I probably would have cited IAR and done so. So I'm not opposed to the unblock, I just think it could have been handled better. Water under the bridge : )  - jc37 14:57, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Hilde Rössel-Majdan
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:04, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

My turn to be surprised, I forgot about this article too!♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:05, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Can you check Sabrakamani and Aburni.♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:48, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

State Palaces, Castles and Gardens of Saxony
Moin Gerda, I've inserted the German names as you recommended. The word Schloss is tricky. Most Brits/Germans translate it as "castle", but that is usually wrong as you rightly suggest. A castle implies a building, usually medieval, that was fortified against attack. The German equivalent is Burg. In my opinion, we should only translate Schloss as "castle" if it was originally fortified like Celle Castle, but later converted. Otherwise it should be "palace" if it was the residence of royalty or upper nobility (dukes), or "XXX House" if it is just a manor house or stately home.

I assume the evangelisch means "protestant", but like "evangelical" it also has overtones in English, so I don't know what the best translation would be. I've used "evangelical" but only to conform to existing Wiki practice. Still, it keeps us busy! Tschüüsss! --Bermicourt (talk) 18:28, 27 July 2012 (UTC)


 * (Did I mention that was born in Celle? Probably.) It's Protestant, capital ;) - yes, busy and happy --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:14, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Solti and your kind remarks
Your note on my talk page is greatly valued, and I am most grateful. Your regular encouragement of your colleagues is something the rest of us should emulate more. Bless you! Tim riley (talk) 16:46, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Agneta Matthes
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:04, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Wiener Taschenoper
Hello! Your submission of Wiener Taschenoper at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! LauraHale (talk) 02:38, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks...
... for the sapphire! "Awesome" seems a bit strong, but I do what I can to help. (Actually, I was wondering whether a discography might be worth adding to the Hilde R-M article?)  Best wishes. --
 * Phaedriel, now long gone, invented the term "Awesome Wikipedian" and everyone just kept using it. Pumpkin Sky   talk  00:16, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Excellent, thanks.♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:34, 1 August 2012 (UTC)


 * So do I now, first "Precious" and then "awesome", --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:42, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

CORE contest
See Cas's comment on his talk about Franz Kafka. I've listed us here: The Core Contest/Entries Pumpkin Sky   talk  18:15, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Should de:Felice Bauer get to en: or some details included in his article? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:33, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Bauer-good find can you translate it real quick? You could do it in minutes, it'd take me too long. DYK it! See Cas's suggestions on the CORE page. Can you work whatever you want in the body? I'll start with proper ref formatting. Yes, we have all of August, Aussie time. Pumpkin Sky   talk  23:02, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Will translate, but will take time. Her own article then, right? I saw the suggestions, watching that page, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:06, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Details in Kafka article would be good. And you can start Bauer now, not wait a day, hehe. Pumpkin Sky  talk  23:07, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
 * It would be no good now, 1am here. - Could you answer the thread above? "Awesome Wikipedian". Who invented the term, Phadriel or you? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:20, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält, BWV 178
Materialscientist (talk) 00:10, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Gem
Thank you, Gerda! Your kindness is precious :) Vladimir  (talk) 15:22, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Helene Wildbrunn
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:03, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Well done!♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:37, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Thank you!
Thank you very much for the award for Poppy, im am overjoyed and so please, thanks! — M.Mario  (T/C) 16:52, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Precious award
Thank you : )
 * User_talk:Jc37

Just out of curiosity, was there anything in particular that you had in mind? - jc37 13:21, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, your support of 28bytes and our exchange above, Worth reading, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:04, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Wiener Taschenoper
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:04, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK Felice
Wo ist der DYK fuer Felice? Pumpkin Sky  talk  20:53, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Didn't I put it under goals? It's not nominated yet, want to add a bit and need to do a review. But I can imagine a quirky hook "Did you know that 100 years ago ... ;) Also I would like a 3 August time stamp (not Aussie time), do you remember why? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:45, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
 * No I don't remember. Pumpkin Sky   talk  22:03, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
 * hint: made my day ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:07, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Gerda Arendt - Aug 03 ;-) Pumpkin Sky   talk  23:42, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you again ;) I am in the excellent company of Brianboulton that same day, did you know? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:04, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Felice is now nominated, I reviewed Sweet Life to celebrate, "Sweet Life paints a picture of nightmarish disillusionment ..." --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:23, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

Thanks
for the kind words <b style="font-family:chiller; color:red;"> Jimfbleak - </b> talk to me?  07:08, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Balthasar Kindermann
Hello! Your submission of Balthasar Kindermann at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Gilderien Chat&#124;List of good deeds 10:33, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen
Hi Gerda, could you check Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen and make the necessary changes as you see fit. The Norwegian stub is all wrong and maybe you know something about this story. I can't find a reference for his wedding at the Fossli Tourist Hotel either. Thanks, Krenakarore  TK 16:44, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I looked, nice! I don't know if well-wishers is the best term for Gratulanten, and I have no idea was the very last sentence is supposed to say. Help? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:25, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Great ! It was the term I found in the reference so I used it. It might be "Congratulations," as translated, although I don't think it fits well. But you decide which is best. Grieg gave the title with which it was published (1897) a year after he wrote the piece (1896). Should we change category 1897 to 1896 ? Krenakarore  TK 20:37, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I asked for a native speaker to translate the people who come to congratulate. The book mentioned in the last sentence is not that guest book then? - You can add questions there, I watch and some others, hopefully someone comes to reply when I am not "on", --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:48, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Hmmm, now I get it. No, it's Book VIII, Op. 65 of Lyric Pieces, finished in the Fossli Hotel. Maybe you could tell them apart by changing that sentence a bit. Thanks a lot Gerda, you've been wonderful. Bye bye ! Krenakarore TK 21:25, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I tried, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:11, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

Hey
I was wondering if you could help me with something. I've just expanded the lead for List of number-one R&B singles of 2009 (U.S.) and it says it's not 5x expanded, I was wondering if you could tell me how far off I am of being 5x expanded please? <font color ="blue" face= "Aharoni">Aaron  &bull; You Da   One 17:17, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, will be tough, the version of 6 July had already 869 char of prose, you are now at 1707. What I would do is write an article on one of the songs and mention the list. It will get attention.--Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:02, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
 * List items do not count as prose. Pumpkin Sky   talk  19:06, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for telling us, author of List of stutterers ;) In the above, I considered only the prose, not the list items, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:14, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I won't be able to make it 5x, at least not with relevant information. Thanks anyway though! <font color ="blue" face= "Aharoni">Aaron  &bull; You Da   One 20:53, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
 * That's what I thought, seriously consider - as suggested above - to write about something new and mention the list with a link, as for example Dieter Thomas Heck with the list mentioned above, - it was clicked, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:03, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I've done DYK's for about 6 other lists. Not sure what you mean by writing an article on one of the songs and mention the list? That doesn't expand the lead of List of number-one R&B singles of 2009 (U.S.). <font color ="blue" face= "Aharoni">Aaron  &bull; You Da   One 21:10, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
 * See Talk:Dieter_Thomas_Heck and look at the DYK hook there. List of stutters was linked into the word stuttered and the list got 1125 hits when the Heck DYK ran on the main page. That's more than most get when they're the primary article of a DYK hook. Pumpkin Sky  talk  02:19, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

MOS and German names
Need some advice on how to handle a German name in an article. Hope you can help. The name in question is Leonie von Meusebach-Zesch. She was a doctor, and that's how her last name was on her business card, and on her tombstone. When writing about her in an article, after the first mention by her entire name, the Manual of Style says to refer to the individual by the last name. In this case, would it be "von Meusebach-Zesch" throughout the article, or would it be "Meusebach-Zesch" without the von? Thanks for helping, if you can. Maile66 (talk) 01:57, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Tricky. Certainly no "Dr." in the text. I wrote about Tatiana von Metternich-Winneburg and felt so uneasy about treating that noble lady (whom I would address not by name but as "Durchlaucht") to a simple last name that I used "she" for most of the article. I would drop the "von" also, because that lower case word is not easily recognised as part of the name. We say Beethoven, not van Beethoven. In the TvM case, I might have said simply Metternich, as that was the name she used as an author and artist. - This is my view, others my see it differently ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:29, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you. This helps. At least I can drop the "von" without worrying. In this particular case, Leonie and her mother used their last name in the same way.  Nobody else in the family seems to have agreed on anything about the name.  Creative history, to say the least.  But you've helped. Maile66 (talk) 12:04, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
 * To make things more complicated, I just encountered Iris ter Schiphorst, her article says ter Schiphorst throughout, even with a lower case at the beginning of a sentence, but I sorted her in S, who would look for her under t or for Beethoven under v? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:08, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I can seriously understand this. The Meusebach part of Leonie's name came from her grandfather.  In Germany, he was von Meusebach.  He dropped the von when he emigrated. His daughter, Leonie's mother, added it back in upper case and hyphenated it with her husband's last name.  As far as anything I find, she and the children left the husband, perhaps divorced. But she kept the name. Her descendants refer to the mother's "von" in upper case, but Leonie's in lower case. When they decided to publish her memoirs 70-some years after her death, the prose in the book has it as I mentioned in the first sentence of this section. But the book cover and online bibliographical searches, list her as Leonie von Zesch.  Her actual business card, and the gravestone, have her entire name in all upper case. The town where Leonie was born has written a review of the memoirs, referring to her by all of the above - they couldn't figure it out, either. Needless to say, there is a great deal of confusion out there when Leonie is listed anywhere.  I've also noticed that interesting practice among emigrants to America, of totally inventing a new name that had nothing to do with the original - so half of their life you would be referring to them by one name, and the second half of their life, they had an Americanized identity. Maile66 (talk) 12:23, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
 * That sounds different. You might almost use the new all capital name as "the name", as in English of course I say Schoenberg, because that's what Schönberg used after immigration. I guess explain all this in the article at the beginning, and once established use something easy to handle ;) + plenty of redirects, for people who look for different names, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:28, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
 * When I say all upper case, I meant "VON MEUSEBACH-ZESCH", as opposed to "Von Meusebach-Zesch". The cap on the "von" goes both ways, depending.
 * I see. I thought of Max van Egmond vs. Patrick Van Goethem, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:31, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
 * ps: dealing with Felice Bauer, better known under that name than her different married name, I explained that she is best known by her first name ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:30, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I had Friedrich Armand Strubberg, where he started using a different name, possibly for less than honorable reasons. I had actually been writing on this person with what information I'd found, which gave his ancestry as being a descendant of Swedish royalty. Someone on the German Wikipedia caught that and had information that the royal connection was an invention of Strubberg's, not factual Maile66 (talk) 12:49, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
 * It might be a good idea, regarding the lady, to use the name SHE used at a given time in her biography, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:31, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
 * ps: Horst von der Goltz, another invented name, no nobility ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:34, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

Neustädter Kirche, Erlangen
Ha you asked for it by moving to a dab! Can you proof? Thanks♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:33, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I started already a bit, but am still busy with the other one, then comes Kafka ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:36, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Do me a favour: see what links in German and find out if it has an English equivalent, no knowledge of German required. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:42, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
 * wanted Milan Richter (de ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:08, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

Hieronimo Sartorio translated, red link removal♦ Dr. Blofeld  13:38, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
 * thanks, will look, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:39, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

Just saw you request for Milan Richter too! Cheers.♦ Dr. Blofeld  13:45, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
 * thanks for that, one after the other, - we need a dab Sartorio instead of a redirect to the composer, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:04, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Balthasar Kindermann
Allen3 talk 16:07, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Thank you
Gerda, thank you very much for your kind words and for the recognition of my work in WP. They mean a lot to me, although I am not particularly active recently in the English WP. Cheers from the island of Lefkada!--Yannismarou (talk) 16:53, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Ludwig Güttler
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 21:22, 5 August 2012 (UTC) 08:03, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Nice article Gerda! Pumpkin Sky  talk  13:51, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Another co-production with Dr. Blofeld, and more to come, see above. For once, I refrained from mentioning the Rheingau Musik Festival in the hook. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:55, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

I'm sure Guttler was a villain in Casino Royale!♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:22, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
 * see how important the umlaut is ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:24, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

Ottla Kafka (de:Ottla Kafka) would be welcome here, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:45, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Felice Bauer
Hello! Your submission of Felice Bauer at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Secretlondon (talk) 09:03, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I visited this nomination and passed it, based on your changes to the article and my checking of the sources.
 * I wonder if any of the images of Felice are in the public domain. The websites that use them list copyrights, but I wonder if they have actually passed into the public domain. I don't think we'd want to use them for DYK, but it would be nice to illustrate the article. Do you have any insights on this?
 * I also wonder why I found the Seubert reference so difficult to read. When I found the German slow going, I decided to try Google Translate, but the Google version was hilariously incomprehensible, so I went back to the German. Is there something identifiable about Seubert's style that would make it unusually hard to read? --Orlady (talk) 14:53, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Pictures: PumpkinSky inquired, not too good news, because we don't know the photographer's life data. But everybody clicking a few sources will find one. - Seubert: some people think the more complicated the writing style, the better, - he seems to be one of them ;) Unfortunately, some de:WP-writers belong in the same category, then we get Agneta Matthes etc. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:43, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the insights! --Orlady (talk) 20:32, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

Questia
Sign up.♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:14, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

Started Ottla Kafka..♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:17, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:25, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

Martin Petzold started.♦ Dr. Blofeld  10:31, 10 August 2012 (UTC)


 * thanks - I am 3 behind, right? need to translate BWV 46 to German also, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:32, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

Yeah I was going to do a couple but I didn't want to overburden you!♦ Dr. Blofeld  10:53, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

Ave atque vale
I am sending this note to Wikipedians with whom I have most closely collaborated over the last six years or so. After pondering hard during a month's wiki-break in July I have sadly decided to withdraw fully from contributing. I have been worn down by continual carping, sniping and belittling from a wearisome few (you know the sort of people I refer to); the joy has gone out of taking part in this wonderful enterprise. I should be more resilient, but alas it's finally got to me.

Working with you has been a pleasure and a privilege: I count myself fortunate to have had such colleagues. My warmest wishes go with you for the future. I shall be happy to do any research, copy-editing, fact-checking etc you may ever feel inclined to ask me to do – but safely offline.

With my very best wishes, Tim. (Tim riley (talk) 15:59, 10 August 2012 (UTC))


 * What can I say? I tried your talk, remembering "our" Messiah. Your legacy will stay, watch it, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:23, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

Article class rating
Hello Gerda! Hope you remember me :)... I was hoping that as a mentor, could you please let me know how I could apply for a Good Article status for the article on "Impulse Control Disorder". I actually recently elaborated it, and as this is for a class that's ending soon, I was reallt hoping I could understand how to apply for it. Sorry for the bugging... but I would really appreciate your help Gerda! Regards Zoono92 (talk) 00:25, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I forgot, also I am not the right one to help to GA status, and I'm too busy, look above. I recommend Grapple X. Nominating is easy, you just fill a template and place it on the article talk, see, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:46, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
 * It's Okay Gerda, I understand :) I think i'll try to find out more, but thank you for the steps :) Zoono92 (talk) 07:00, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I recommend you follow the link above ("see"), find out in which group your article belongs, place the template on your article's talk, - nothing to lose ;) I did it twice, one successful, one not, you can look at the discussions, - and you can always try, even again, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:31, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

Für Gerda und Dr. Blofeld

 * EINS: siehe Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know
 * ZWEI: siehe Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know, I gave us all credit. I just made a bunch of edits and nom'd it. That's two new articles from the "KAFKA DRIVE".
 * DREI: siehe listed at CORE Drive Pumpkin Sky   talk  02:23, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
 * thank you for all, nom Ottla and being bold, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:04, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

Where were we Gerda, what have you nommed or not edited yet? You want anything new?♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:12, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I think I edited all now, but found that I was too late to nom Milan Richter (the four others yes). Do you see what I see here? Of the four red links, Genius is not on de, Der Jude is Der Jude (1916–1928) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:54, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

Will look this evening. BTW I've officially resigned from nominating DYKs myself but would still like to work with you if you can nom. I find the niggling petty comments which I see quite frequently all over DYK which seem to make things unnecessarily difficult for DYK contributors offputting, its as if we actually owe wikipedia something.♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:20, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
 * works fine for me, off for now, take it easy ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:25, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

Its a pity that it takes at least a month nowadays to go through and then there's still petty comments coming in. I forget about the articles by then, don't know about you. I think DYK would be better off showcasing the articles within a five day period for longer. Anyway it won't affect our collaborations as you did the nomming anyway and I like working with you too much for that! Best.♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:35, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

The nomming and review process is OK but having to wait a whole month is still too long.♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:05, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

Der Jude (magazine).♦ Dr. Blofeld  18:50, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Started Neue Rundschau.♦ Dr. Blofeld  19:22, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

Thank you! Very helpful! Are inline citations possible. Collection of famous authors? Do you know when the latter was changed from Die neue Rundschau to Neue Rundschau? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:22, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Done. Thanks for that! Started Prager Presse.♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:31, 21 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Great! - (thanks for what? question open) - will look later, out for a while, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:43, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

For proof reading! Oskar Bie also needs checking.♦ Dr. Blofeld  13:06, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Die Weißen Blätter♦ Dr. Blofeld  19:21, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Started Berliner Börsen-Courier.♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:44, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Niki Reiser
Orlady (talk) 08:04, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Felice Bauer
Yngvadottir (talk) 08:02, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

A link for you
beautiful — Ched : ?  13:02, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
 * indeed, thanks for sharing amazing grace, can't have too much of it --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:04, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Claudia-Maria Buch
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:03, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

Reply
Hello, Gerda. How are you? I saw his reply to me when I first approached him. He had asked to warn him when the article passed. It has. BTW, thank you very much for your message of congratulation. It was very kind of you. Cheers, --Lecen (talk) 14:16, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
 * thanks, messages crossed, congratulations on the FA! I just provided the link that may help you, - the pic question mentioned was resolved, btw, - how I am? doing too much in politics, too little in content, wishing it was the opposite, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:20, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I know what you mean. I wish I had more time to work here but real life doens't allow. I wish yo ugood luck, though. --Lecen (talk) 14:33, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Girolamo Sartorio
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:02, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you, I enjoy it! Thank you for supporting Amazing Grace, we can't have enough of that ;) Some day I would like to see Messiah as TFA, on which I helped Brian and Tim, He was despised and Amen, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:32, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Translation please
Are you suggesting that the editor who puts out such beautiful pages as Crucifixion and Last Judgement diptych doesn't do content? I'm a little confused. Could you translate for me please? Thanks. Truthkeeper (talk) 21:11, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry, you misunderstood, I love his articles on paintings, and he knows it. I just wish that instead of certain other threads that I have a hard time to follow, he would do MORE content. - Thanks for watching, - to improve Lord of the Flies together seems an excellent idea, thank you! As you may know I am busy with Kafka, but there is September, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:21, 19 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Quite honestly I think an new article a week (always more than a micro-stub) from someone who only edits on weekends and often only a single day on the weekends is a staggering amount of content. But that's my opinion. Truthkeeper (talk) 21:41, 19 August 2012 (UTC)


 * It's great, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:43, 19 August 2012 (UTC)


 * It is great. Probably not a great idea though to suggest that someone who contributes so much content contribute even more. It's a little demeaning to be honest. Truthkeeper (talk) 22:18, 19 August 2012 (UTC)


 * He seems to have understood ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:22, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Bergregal
Hi Gerda, is Bergregal a possible candidate for a DYK? I thought the hook could be "The Bergregal was one of those regalia, or privileges, that originally constituted the sovereign rights of the king." Was denkst du? --Bermicourt (talk) 07:56, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, will look closer. More refs would be nice (or the placing of not so well sourced facts in the middle of a paragraph ;) The hook needs something more attractive than just the explanation - which is needed, though, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:06, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your comments, which I have actioned as part of a general clean up. I had to laugh about "the powers of one court were greater that those of the other mountain" as well - I must have missed that! I can't easily add any more references as this is a translation. I'm working on another hook. --Bermicourt (talk) 10:56, 21 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Hurray! I've just clocked up 50,000 live edits and 3,000 created articles! Sorry I just had to share that with someone who I knew might vaguely get it! --Bermicourt (talk) 20:13, 21 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Great! I told you that you are an awesome Wikipedian (10 March), --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:31, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Did you know that today is the third anniversary of my first DYK? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:51, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

Your request for rollback
Hi Gerda Arendt. After reviewing your eligibility for rollback, I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback: If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see New admin school/Rollback (even though you're not an admin). I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing! Wehwalt (talk) 21:56, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Getting rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle.
 * Rollback should be used to revert clear cases of vandalism only, and not good faith edits.
 * Rollback should never be used to edit war.
 * If abused, rollback rights can be revoked.
 * Use common sense.


 * Thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:58, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Neustädter Kirche, Hannover
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:02, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Ottla Kafka
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:02, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

Hehe can you proof Ragnhildur Helgadóttir, it got rather Decembery!♦ Dr. Blofeld  09:52, 24 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Actually, I have 2 moar things to do before I can turn to it, - don't give me work on Thursdays ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:54, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

Now I know why Gerda "does" like Thursdays.♦ Dr. Blofeld  10:06, 24 August 2012 (UTC)


 * I like them for being mostly off ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:08, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

LOL.♦ Dr. Blofeld  10:09, 24 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Did you know that the above - in collaboration with you and PumpkinSky - is my DYK #333? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:11, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

Shhpooky eh?♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:13, 24 August 2012 (UTC)


 * not as much as all the Decembre and Diesel in the translation, - please find the correct terms for her party and posts in government, add 40 chars and inline citation, then we have another DYK, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:34, 24 August 2012 (UTC)


 * If she really is the same person who ran the marathon in 1970 that should be mentioned and would make a good hook, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:54, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

Marathon, eh? I've added sources, you might find a little bit more for DYK.♦ Dr. Blofeld  19:10, 24 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Marathon: see links to her. It's a list, I didn't check sources. DYK: I would like to nominate Neue Rundschau, has to be tomorrow the latest. Also Kreile, later. We set an internal deadline of tomorrow for Kafka, also BWV 193 needs translation until tomorrow. Marathon ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:28, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

Started The Zürau Aphorisms.♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:00, 25 August 2012 (UTC)

Oops sorry I added an infobox and image, hadn't relaised you had started on it, sorry if there is a CE!♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:07, 25 August 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Danke für die Überraschung! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:47, 25 August 2012 (UTC)

Bitte schoen!!! Dear Gerda Arent: I see you are a great admire of J.S.Bach -which means you are a classic music lover! I see you have done tremendous job here -- great!! I am experiencing some problems with user: Azurfrog, he acts like a KING, he is an administrator on French Wiki. I am trying to create article about one classical concert pianist, however he is consistently opposing, disregarding my research and secondary sources provided. Now, I think he is trying to put down articles about this pianist from Deutsch and English versions which was already created many years ago, he put's his comments on talk pages as I see recently. I just saw this Now I am convinced, as user: Dr. Blofeld told me: "there are quite a few nasty,... belligerent people on wikipedia you'll come across. Most of us veterans tend to take their comments with a pinch of salt and focus on the positive and good content and ignore it all". I would appreciate if you put some wise comments there. Thanks! Helen-Heller (talk) 01:51, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Ihr Tore zu Zion, BWV 193
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:02, 25 August 2012 (UTC)

The Zürau Aphorisms
Nom'd for DYK. ALTs and improvement welcome. YOu and Dr. B have credit too. Pumpkin Sky  talk  16:06, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
 * You are fast! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:10, 25 August 2012 (UTC)

Indeed, well done!♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:23, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
 * approved! - any talk about DYK being slow? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:38, 25 August 2012 (UTC)

Well it may well not hit the front page until September 25, so..♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:56, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
 * never mind, he wrote in 1917, no rush, thanks for starting it, - did you see that there are 3 more red links in the template of his works? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:16, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Heilige Kuh! That may be a record DYK approval. I've seen them fast before but that might be a record. Pumpkin Sky   talk  21:03, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
 * not my record, that was back in 2009, Cecil Aronowitz, I nominated it, had breakfast, found it in prep, - perhaps you did that then ;) -, possibly he also holds a record for being the only viola player on the Main page, I remember a nice comment from a viola player then, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:16, 25 August 2012 (UTC)

Well, if every DYK nom and review was as easy as that I most certainly would not be complaining... Started Poseidon (short story)♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:23, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
 * (ec) fast again, thanks for Poseidon (short story), you know 2 left: My Neighbor (short story) (de), Advocates (short story) (de), --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:31, 25 August 2012 (UTC)

Ha you read my mind, was about to ask for the links!♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:32, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
 * sure - will look tomorrow, probably there is de Wikisource, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:35, 25 August 2012 (UTC)


 * I'm not critical of DYK in terms of its producivity, I'm one of its heaviest contributors, you know that, but I am of the opinion that a week maximum is a reasonable time to review and feature on the main page and that at times the tone of certain reviewers is almost as if they're doing all they can to prevent it from being approved and seem to make thinks more problematic that they need be. You get a mixed bag, some swift easy reviews but in my own personal experience I get quite a lot of niggling comments which I often really don't think it worth addressing. The impression I get from some of the DYK reviewers is as if I owe them and wikipedia something, maybe that's just my own experience but I'm being honest. Template:Did you know nominations/Toti Soler for example.. ♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:32, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
 * That's human nature, especially when things are up to one person out of a large pool. GA is the same way. Pumpkin Sky   talk  11:00, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
 * True. But quite a few of the regular reviewers like Bluemoonset etc tend to make life difficult for DYK creators on a regular basis. There are a handful of reviewers other people have also identified as being awkward and putting them off contributing. There has to be a balance between wanting to improve DYK standards and simply becoming irksome and off-putting with the tone and extent of the comments. I see Pumpkin Sky you've in fact rewarded Bluemoonset for his hard work so there's no use arguing my opinion to you! Anyway... ♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:03, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I found BlueMoonset always reasonable, arguing in the interest of facts, not person, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:27, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I concur with Blofeld. However, my most recent DYK got through in two days. However, I once had one which took 10 days to go through after the original tick.. Template:Did you know nominations/Foxley Wood took even longer.. After getting ticked, some things even take a while to get into a prep area.. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 15:33, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I think it's normal. If I want something a certain day I say so and get it, twice an article for a friend who died on the day of the funeral, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:38, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

Must have been the "Seems nice" isn't an adequate review, either." comment which irked me. I didn't appreciate the tone of it.♦  Dr. Blofeld  13:32, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
 * "Seems nice" doesn't sound proficient to me, I could live with "is nice", but perhaps I lack language finesse ;) - Would you find inline citations for the Börsen-Courier? Needs nomination today, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:41, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

I reviewed an article and said that it "seems fine", no major problems detected. I check over the criteria and then simply state whether it is ready or not. Tell me Gerda, do you think DYK is anything less than perfect? Is there anything you can find fault with? ♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:05, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I don't have the time to look for faults ;) - paper nominated, now Kafka's story, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:15, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, I like to keep a positive outlook also! But I'm also well aware of wikipedia's flaws (well what I perceive and what demotivates me as an editor at times) and mostly try to ignore them. Perhaps your outlook might rub off on Malleus... I'll work on removing the red links from the Franz Kafka article first. Oskar Pollak..♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:22, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

Short!.♦ Dr. Blofeld  18:46, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
 * sorry, too short ;) Bohemia (historical paper) is the one we need for Kafka. I could imagine to handle both in one article, what do you think? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:23, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

2 in 1, cool. I think newspaper though is better than paper in disamb. Bohemia (newspaper)♦ Dr. Blofeld  19:24, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
 * (ec) not ideal for the interwiki, but as the one is a successor of the other in a way, why not - one click less for readers, - I did something like it for Bach's connected cantatas BWV 193 and 193a. - Yes, newspaper, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:31, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
 * You could persuade them on German wiki to merge of course too.♦ Dr. Blofeld  19:32, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Needed: German Karl-Ferdinands-Universität - not the Charles, we always learn, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:09, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

Scary, I was just looking at that on de wiki! Can you find a source or two for Oskar Pollak, can't find anything in google books.♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:28, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Kreile first ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:32, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

Ooh an image. How nice. Started Karl-Ferdinands-Universität, I'm assuming that it was the German branch of the Charles University of Prague or something and "existed as a separate entity" as they both date to 1348. I'll leave you to edit Kreile anyway for now!♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:43, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Image not by me - no end: Brahmspreis, an easy one, just people ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:38, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Done, although the names need checking. I started the other red links and redirected the other in the Kreile article. It might need an article in its own right. Anyway that's enough for now, don't want to drown you!♦ Dr. Blofeld  13:56, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you, for prompt delivery and consideration. As long as I am asking I am above water ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:58, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

De nada, thanks. Brahm-Preis or Brahms-Preis? its red linked in the Kreile article.♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:55, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
 * corrected - now I ask myself if the German university should be reduced to 1882-1945, not to have the rest twice ??? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:43, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

You could move it to (1882-1945) on the end maybe. Also started Sächsische Akademie der Künste and Matthias Rößler. Thanks for the copyediting!♦ Dr. Blofeld  18:44, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Will start a new batch once Rößler has been checked and I source it, always worry about BLPs!♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:59, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
 * see below, Hubert is dead ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:06, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Matthias Rößler is alive! Thanks, I've sourced it now. I've started the remaining two Kafka stories; I've hidden the German text at the bottom, might make it easier to proof read then? Congrats on the GA for Kafka BTW, if you want me to look at it and try to improve it further before FA let me know.. ♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:28, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
 * It's up for peer review, everybody welcome, you especially! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:53, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks, started another red link in Kafka, Ernst Kaiser (author).♦ Dr. Blofeld  17:23, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

Kulubnarti, Kulubnarti church
Hi Gerda - QPQx2 done. Thx, --Rosiestep (talk) 18:23, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
 * approved ;) - assuming you are happy with the ALT, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:26, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

Awesome Wikipedian award
Sorry Gerda, I've only just understood the kind comment you made recently underneath Dr Blofeld's barnstar. Anyway thank you so much for your forbearance and encouragement. You are a blessing! Mit freundlichen Grüßen. --Bermicourt (talk) 20:47, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Herzlichen Dank! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:55, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

BWV 193 and 193a
Thanks for your message. I don't think I'm writing well tonight, and the double subject is more difficult than I thought. -Thoughtfortheday (talk) 21:22, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
 * No problem, I drop that comparison line, and you can look again tomorrow, - The Day (of the first performance) was yesterday anyway ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:31, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

Red link for Bach
Konrad Hubert (de:Konrad Hubert) ;)

Done.♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:31, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
 * thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:52, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

de: Victor Bruns, Klaus Martin Ziegler, International Festival for Vocal Music „a cappella“ ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:07, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

Done, although couldn't find International Festival for Vocal Music "a cappella" on de wiki by googling.♦ Dr. Blofeld  10:37, 30 August 2012 (UTC)


 * thanks, fast! perhaps that's not the final name, these came from interwiki-links on articles on my watchlist I want to replace by the real thing, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:42, 30 August 2012 (UTC)


 * The extra buttons work a treat. I just click the line of buttons which now appear in the toolbar and the framework is in place, only minor adjustments needed. Translation process still the same though. It is more convenient for me to leave the text hidden ready for you to proof?♦ Dr. Blofeld  10:55, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the hint! - You don't have to leave the German, I need to go over to the German anyway because of the links in German, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:05, 30 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Hokay that's fine. Started Hochschule für Kirchenmusik Heidelberg also, let me know when you want more.♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:43, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Tomorrow 2 p.m. Wiki time when Kafka is over ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:45, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

someone thought Mark Edwards (harpsichordist) is not notable, this in English might help him, or at least a subset on the competitions in organ and harpsichord, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:05, 3 September 2012 (UTC)


 * The harpsichordist "survived" but it's still an orphan, the competition would still be good ;) - any more sources for Victor Bruns? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:43, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

Franz Kafka
Hi Gerda, I just wanted to drop a thank you for the nudge to read this article. "Thank you". I had seen mention of it, but only just now began to have a look at the topic. I will read through it in more detail when I get back to wiki (probably tonight), but on first glance I think it's a wonderful article. I would think it's very likely a candidate for FAP (I'm using that term as Featured Article Process rather than the historic "protection"). It's a new topic for me, so I'm not sure how much help I could be - but I'll keep an eye open as I read through it all. If I spot anything I think may help - I'll certainly feel welcome to contribute. Thanks again for everything (far too many things to mention in one posting on a talk page. :)). Best - —   <font style="color:#000080;">Ched <font style="color:#FF0000;">ZILLA  17:13, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Neue Rundschau
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

CORE entries
Can you and Blofeld add to the list of article created during the CORE effort due to the "KAFKA DRIVE"? Many are there but I have not been able to keep up with all the article creation you've been doing. great job! Pumpkin Sky  talk  02:20, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, but only AFTER I looked at them, there are at least 2 new ones this morning ;) What do you think about the university he went to, should it stay a separate article (as on de) or be merged? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:41, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Final version of Kafka for CORE posted at The Core Contest/Entries. I don't plan to make more changes before the deadline. If anyone does, please update the link I just make. Thanks and great work! Pumpkin Sky   talk  10:00, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Didn't you say 10 ;) - I am working on the table, will likely change then. I linked the years where Kafka is mentioned in "19xx in literature", Betrachtung is not yet there but deserves it, should it be 1912 (print) or 1913 (cover)? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:03, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

WP:GER DYK

 * Thank you! Trying to keep the German DYK running ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:26, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

translations.
Hi Gerda, Hope you're doing well today. I had a question asked on my talk page, and I didn't know the answer. (here). Could you offer any insight into what's proper for translations please? Thank you. —  <font style="color:#000080;">Ched <font style="color:#FF0000;">ZILLA  18:26, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

131
Thanks for the message. I hope to do some more work on this cantata. Which other cantata articles are you happy with? I need to have a look at some models, particularly as regards scoring. -Thoughtfortheday (talk) 14:49, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
 * On my user page you find a list of the numbers, the more recent, the more a model - 76 best as a Good Article ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:42, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your tip about scoring. I'm not really up to speed on debates about "one voice to a part" and that sort of thing, so really I ought to do some reading b4 I edit more. -Thoughtfortheday (talk) 17:29, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the very nice recognition. I know I mostly edit articles that very few people read, so it's nice when someone notices! Acdixon (talk · contribs) 17:51, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

Giorgi Latsabidze on French Wiki
Dear Gerda Arendt:

I need to ask you a friendly advise, please confirm if those bellow can be counted as a secondary reliable sources. I will provide more but I need to first know and make sure I understand. I tried to create a french version of the article about georgian pianist Giorgi Latsabidze -but french folks are opposing. I would appreciate if you can guide me right in this, since you seem to have a great experience in this and you are a classic music lover! Here are sources, I need to know if they can be useful:

1, 2, 3, 4 5, 6

More: 1, 2, 3

I would appreciate your help! Much regards, Helen-Heller (talk) 15:58, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Please be patient, I won't have much time this weekend, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:02, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

Thank you! No problem. Just get to me back whenever you grab a chance to view my sources! I appreciate your consideration! Helen-Heller (talk) 23:53, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I looked now:
 * 1 yes, 2 no, 3 doesn't add much, 4 excellent! 5 no 6 yes (perhaps external link)
 * 1 don't find him, do you have a link to an article? 2 excellent 3 not the greatest paper, but useful for a quote about his playing, - good luck! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:30, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks so much! I have added those sources that you recommended on his English and German pages. Please have a look and see if you want to edit anything there and there. Thanks so much! Regards, Helen-Heller (talk) 05:12, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Precious question
Just curious about what the diff from my page has to do with Moni's writing about literature. Seems a bit strange to me. Explanation? Truthkeeper (talk) 16:10, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

To clarify, and apologies for the terseness above (was doing more than one thing at once): in my view it would better to honor Moni with a link to the very well-written and important To Kill a Mockingbird than to a minor rant from my talk which in the grand scheme of things is inconsequential. Today is bitter-sweet for me because although Moni and I were not "wiki friends" per se, she was an editor with enormous talent, integrity, wit, and incisive insight. I'm happy to see her work showcased while simultaneously saddened to know that the project has lost such an editor. Because of that, I'd like to ask you to remove the link to my talk from the Precious box and replace with the link to TKAM for which she rightly deserves some credit. I'd very much appreciate it if you were to do so; I know that you understand how it is to feel saddened when someone you respect and admire is gone from the project. Truthkeeper (talk) 20:00, 31 August 2012 (UTC)


 * I was off for a while as you will have noticed. I read in the diff "I've used To Kill a Mockingbird, (Moni wrote it ...), as a template for most of my lit pieces" and thought that was a good short way to express that her writing still serves as a model, and it includes the link to the article for which you asked. If you think it needs more explanation go ahead and add it there, please - there is no limit to amazing grace, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:35, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for The Zürau Aphorisms
Yngvadottir (talk) 00:03, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

Rite soundfile
Would it be possible for you briefly to revisit Peer review/The Rite of Spring/archive1, and give me your views on the value of the soundfile included in the music section? See my note at te end of the peer review; I am in two minds as to whether this file (12 seconds of mechanically-produced bassoon solo) is truly helpful to the reader, especially those unfamiliar with the music. I would welcome your opinion. Brianboulton (talk) 12:25, 2 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 33
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:03, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

Kafka's stories
Hi Gerda. WP Novels covers all fiction; novels, novellas, short stories, and short story collections (see the lead of WikiProject Novels), while WP Books covers non-fiction (bios, autobios, science texts, history, etc). The lead of WP Books basically says what it doesn't cover, now that I look at it, so I might have to expand it, as it seems a bit inadequate. <font face="AR Cena" color="black">I <font face="AR Cena" color="black">Never <font face="AR Cena" color="black">Cry 16:27, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks, helped, if it's correct that all of Kafka's works go to novel, book or not, as all singers go to opera, they sing opera or not ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:34, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
 * There's a task force for short stories and collections associated with WP Novels, but I've never used it, as I have enough trouble remembering all the WP Russia taskforces when I'm assessing those articles. <font face="AR Cena" color="black">I <font face="AR Cena" color="black">Never <font face="AR Cena" color="black">Cry 17:02, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

Chrisye
Hi Gerda,

I noticed that you removed the image I added to the Chrisye blurb, stating that there had been a discussion that resulted in consensus against using the image. Would you be willing to provide me with a link to that discussion?

Neelix (talk) 02:56, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
 * done, your talk, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:18, 4 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi Gerda,


 * Thanks for providing me with the link and for letting me know that I've made a name for myself.


 * Neelix (talk) 12:53, 4 September 2012 (UTC)


 * I like the singer's signature you picked, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:15, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

"Awesome Wikipedian" award
Thank you for the recognition! I feel honoured! Deryck C. 16:52, 4 September 2012 (UTC)


 * PS. While I still have your attention, may I invite you to Wikimania 2013?
 * PPS. Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes... modern British style :) Deryck C. 16:56, 4 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the invitation, now I feel honoured! Sadly, the music is not available in my country, but I use imagination ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:02, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

MAfestival Brugge
Started.♦ Dr. Blofeld  18:22, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
 * added ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:08, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Franz Lehrndorfer and Goethe-Gesellschaft.♦ Dr. Blofeld  13:22, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Theobald Schrems, Georg Jann and Hansi Niese need proofing.♦ Dr. Blofeld  17:13, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

The Rite and other matters
First, to let you know that The Rite of Spring, which you recently helped improve via the peer review, has now been nominated at FAC. Any further observations will be welcome there. I have followed the PR consensus, and removed the substandard soundfile; it is possible that this decision will be challenged, but we shall see.

Secondly, I can't thank you enough for letting me know about the Monteverdi's lost operas TFA in such good time. Thanks to you I was able to replace a confused and inadequate blurb with something much better. I've no idea when I will be officially told - probably 59 minutes before the day; the moral is, I think, to keep a watchful eye on the TFA queue page. Brianboulton (talk) 22:22, 4 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Good moral ;) the bot is down, there will be no official notice, TFA is a do-it-yourself process, and I like it! Fell free to improve other blurb i the preview as well, the project will thank you. I am traveling but will then support "The Rite" ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:01, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Citing translators
Gerda, by an odd coincidence I'd made a frame grab for an article that I think you'll enjoy. See The Bell Laboratory Science Series. The film was done by Frank Capra, no less, who produced several significant science films in the 1950s.

In general, I credit translators, although the <tt>cite</tt> template doesn't support this very well. As extreme examples, each recent translation of Schiller's Don Carlos is actually an adaptation of the original, and each of the translators deserves explicit credit. Some of them don't read German well, but they do know how to write plays. I worked on the list of English translations in that article.

Of course, crude translations should probably remain anonymous. That's the editor's judgment call. For the bach-cantatas.com citation in the Roderich Kreile article, my impression is that Oron adapted the German Wikipedia article and the English language notice from kreuzchor.de to create his article. So if I were citing him at all, I'd probably name him. I haven't carefully compared his article with the originals. Best regards, Eric (Easchiff (talk) 00:39, 5 September 2012 (UTC))
 * Thanks, will look into it. Oron does a great job but I hesitate to mention him 1000 or so times ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:58, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Myxogastria
Gerda, as far as I can tell you only had the one issue with this nomination, which I believe has been fixed. But in case there was something else, can I ask you to take a quick look and approve or add more commentary, as appropriate? Too, if you approve it, that means I will be able to promote it; if I approve it, then I'd have a conflict of interest. Thanks! BlueMoonset (talk) 22:15, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Konrad Huber
You may look at this document and this one (though it is a bit indirectly related to him) to make the article much more comprehensive. Tomorrow I will also search for it using JSTOR, etc. Sorry, I have not looked at the hook yet, but whenever I am available I will look at it. Egeymi (talk) 18:25, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

Thank you
Hi!Gerda Arendt, Thank you very much for the award on the first day of my return to wiki editing after health break of one year. I very much appreciate your gesture.-- Nvvchar . 18:43, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
 * We missed you and welcome your return! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:57, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thanks for your kind words! Unfortunately I haven't had time to edit Wikipedia in quite a while, but I hope to get back into it as soon as I can. But it's good to see one of my older articles Sebastian Shaw (actor) is getting such kind words and attention! —  Hun ter   Ka  hn  04:06, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Talkback
Courcelles 17:22, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Re: DYK stub?
Duly noted. I'll at least keep an eye out for Opera ones on the remaining ones. I figure the couple that actually are stubs would be changed in short order, I don't mind the change there as long as the other 3,000 are fixed. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 03:03, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Awesome again! Thanks for the clean-up! ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:15, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Jack1956
Thanks for your kind message - it is much appreciated. We all work away here and usually we don't get noticed until we do something wrong. It is nice that some one is noticing the good things also. Jack1956 (talk) 10:14, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Duvensee paddle
Sehr interessant. I started a DYK review. Pumpkin Sky  talk  19:34, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Ja, danke, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:50, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Thank you
Hi!Gerda Arendt, Thank you very much for the award on the first day of my return to wiki editing after health break of one year. I very much appreciate your gesture.-- Nvvchar . 18:43, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
 * We missed you and welcome your return! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:57, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

Now NVV has returned I've decided to continue with DYK, but will still be on the lookout for excessive reviews..♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:40, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I like that ;) Hans Thamm --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:02, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Hans Thamm, I hid a paragraph which has allegations of child abuse though, better wait until it can be sourced. BTW have a listen to this when you have time. I think its a masterpiece. ♦ Dr. Blofeld  13:16, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
 * (ec) Thank you. Some time ago, that was THE topic in all institutions dealing with young people. He is dead. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:20, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the copyedits. Started Philipp Dessauer, pretty rough though.♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:25, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you, mind-reader - just a few hours ago I said that I worked on several Dessauer articles but Philipp was missing ;) - To Thamm: the de article said the the suspicion was not substantiated. I think there's no reason to mention it in a heading and then say that. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:30, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I get it from my dad. I do it frequently. But he's pretty much a psychic, but wouldn't admit it.♦ Dr. Blofeld  08:26, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Did you read Bachwoche Ansbach? (sometimes called "Ansbach Bach festival" - but it has a name) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:30, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Francesco Stancaro beckons. I've put the ADB article in User:Dr. Blofeld/Translation sandbox. Can you proof it for me. I think it has some content I can add further to Stancaro. I'll naturally credit you in the DYK nom which if Nvv and Rosie get on board should be quite a collaboration. I'll start Bachwoche Ansbach for you now..♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:16, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I looked at Stancaro, ran into an edit conflict, hope I didn't mess it up. A few general things: locations of birth and death are not wanted in the lead (don't know why but that's how it is), "Reformed" always capital if a church. "Evangelical" is hardly ever the correct translation of "Evangelisch", "Protestant" is better. - Good reading. Any help with understanding the Latin book titles? Without an idea, it's hard to grasp what they disputed. Will look at the others now, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:54, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
 * In the sandbox, could you point out which sections you think add? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:57, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

Specifically the Elector Joachim II of Brandenburg violence part, and "The tone in which he treated like his opponent" to his death in 1574 section I think, the other info, not so much. It seems to have information on conflicts these men had.♦ Dr. Blofeld  13:37, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
 * looked at that section --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:58, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks! If you can decipher anything else useful can you add it to the Stancaro aricle and just add after it. Started Lothar Mohn. Had to upload photo in the commons! Now as I listen to Yo Yo Ma playing Bach in the background I move onto some Bulgarian reservoir! ♦  Dr. Blofeld  14:14, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thanks for your kind words! Unfortunately I haven't had time to edit Wikipedia in quite a while, but I hope to get back into it as soon as I can. But it's good to see one of my older articles Sebastian Shaw (actor) is getting such kind words and attention! —  Hun ter   Ka  hn  04:06, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Re: DYK stub?
Duly noted. I'll at least keep an eye out for Opera ones on the remaining ones. I figure the couple that actually are stubs would be changed in short order, I don't mind the change there as long as the other 3,000 are fixed. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 03:03, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Awesome again! Thanks for the clean-up! ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:15, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Jack1956
Thanks for your kind message - it is much appreciated. We all work away here and usually we don't get noticed until we do something wrong. It is nice that some one is noticing the good things also. Jack1956 (talk) 10:14, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Duvensee paddle
Sehr interessant. I started a DYK review. Pumpkin Sky  talk  19:34, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Ja, danke, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:50, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I changed a bit, hope I didn't mess it up, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:03, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Roderich Kreile
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Ragnhildur Helgadóttir
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:03, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your help on that. Are you interested in collaborating with me on a long term goal to get J. S. Bach to FA status? Or at least a GA. Do you have any biographies on him? I bet the info available is staggering and it might have to be split and into decades and condensed in the main article. I think it would be a worthy project... Let me know what you think.♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:16, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I almost forgot the lady. Bach GA is a worthy project, my time at present VERY limited, now Kafka for FA, please have a look at the Peer review. - To do a Bach cantata a week, an extra soprano as just now when 5*expanding is not working, - that would be enough. But at present I also have the goal of seeing one of my choirs on the Main page both de and en on 3 October, en is not yet written ;) - so: long term and help, yes, nothing soon. (Idea: splitting in decades doesn't make too much sense, rather locations.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:25, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

Well, it would be very demanding yes to get him to FA but he's obviously a core article. Started Ernst Petzold.♦ Dr. Blofeld  13:25, 12 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Probably there will be CORE again next year? - Please: every time a translation program gives you Evangelical for Evangelisch, be suspicious ;) - Can you find sources for the Bachwoche Ansbach? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:35, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Will source this evening, thanks for your Petzold edits.♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:07, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for starting him, interesting guy, high functions, can you word that in the lead? I am not sure about Diakonie. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:12, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Most peculiar, Diaconia is a most old-fashioned word and its surprising it is the subject of an association.♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:26, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Very commonly used in German, "Diakonie" Protestant, "Caritas" Catholic, helping poor, handicapped etc - any idea what the equivalent would be? Charity? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:30, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Charity I'd say. Bachwoche Ansbach refs added. Can you link the buildings, I'll clear the red links probably tomorrow. In fact I could invite Nvvchar and Rosie to add a summary of the venues to the article and create individual articles on the buildings and create a multi DYK with the festival and all of the buildings..The official site has a summary of all of the venues.♦ Dr. Blofeld  17:08, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Sounds great! There's a synagogue also, right? - Samuel Rodigast, looking at Sunday in a week ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:36, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
 * ps: I know Andreas Bomba a bit, used to sing in one of my choirs, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:39, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Interesting! Started both, St. Gumbertus abbey/church looks a very nice building, look forward to working on that one. Thanks for the C/E. Do you speak Swedish then? Started Petra Morath-Pusinelli which was red linked in the Reger-Chor. ♦  Dr. Blofeld  18:06, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Carolyn Sampson/BWV 51. What is the problem? Where is the DYK nom? I hope the Pusinelli article it is wanted, it was red linked. If you know the people it cold potentially be awkward, but you seme to know a lot of the people I've started previously anyway.. ♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:01, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
 * You find the nom if you look up the links to both soprano and cantata. The cantata is not wanted in the hook, I will reply, no problem. - Petra: how to mention that she was notable already Morath, then Morath-Pusinelli, because she married violinist Holger Pusinelli who was our concert master for The Creation in 2002. They are not married anymore but she keeps the name. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:32, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Could you find/duplicate sources for the Windsbacher Knabenchor? You will have to do the Ansbach Bach nom, I will travel on the weekend ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:20, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Could you source Lehrndorfer more, see WT:DYK? I opened one external link as a ref, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:03, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Tomorrow maybe, I'm tired and not at all enthusiastic about wikipedia today..♦ Dr. Blofeld  15:12, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Will you nominate Bachwoche over the weekend? I am linking ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:14, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, probably Sunday after the building articles have been started.♦ Dr. Blofeld  15:35, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Great! Just don't count on me over the weekend, see above ;)
 * I'm unlikely to be much busier than you on here but I'll do what I can.♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:22, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

Hokay I've started Residenz Ansbach, Theater Ansbach, St. Johannis Church ‎ and St. Gumbertus Church. Can you proof when you can. I'll nom this evening to meet the deadline but the set will need considerable work over the next few days.♦ Dr. Blofeld  17:23, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I looked at the Residenz, it's long enough for DYK but needs refs. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:56, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I looked at Theater, will do later, seem less related to Bachwoche, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:02, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks. nommed. Need assistance with QPQ and articles over the next few days though!♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:39, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I would have liked a shorter name for the nom ;) - I am too tired to look closer but still believe that Schloss and Residenz are just different names for the same thing, or what would the de equivalent for the Schloss be? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:45, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Don't worry about it, so long as Nvv is credited as he added to it I think.♦ Dr. Blofeld  10:46, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * What he added I had to remove as explained (not knowing where it came from, but now I looked), --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:03, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Aw, give him the credit, he did try! I've cancelled the 5-article nom. But I'd rather nominate the three articles together once done. Bear with me, still have the Madrid stuff I need to source and then I'll get around to the Ansbach buildings. The Phallic article has exhausted me but I think its now near GA level!♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:57, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * You just got email ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:00, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * How cute was Monty? Those eyes! What's the plan with the Ansbach venues then?♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:10, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
 * The venues: I did what I could, they can go, I have plenty of other work, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:44, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
 * You did good, yes lets just put them behind us now. Let me know when you want another article.♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:52, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Martin Petzold
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 08:05, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

Help with DYK nomination
Hello Gerda Arendt, I hope you will forgive me for asking for your help, but I have noticed that you have experience in nominating classical music articles for DYK. I have just finished a major expansion of the article about Frederik Magle (mostly by translating the Danish article), and using this tool I see that the "Prose size" has been increased a little more than five-fold, thus meeting the requirements for DYK, I think? But when I look at the nomination process it looks very daunting, so if you would be interested in helping me with it I would be grateful. If you don't have the time or inclination of course I will fully respect that as well. Sincerely, --Danmuz (talk) 16:12, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I am interested and had a quick look, excellent expansion of 14 September. Think of a good statement, try to understand what you find clicking on "nominate ..." under the DYK section on the Main page. I will be back on Monday, there is time. You can go ahead and assemble the "Template" (from "nominate"), it doesn't have to be final, you can always edit. When you are pleased, you can submit it on top of the 14 September section on the nominations. Just compare to others, it's really not difficult. If you need help sooner, ask PumpkinsSky who has more years of experience on DYK ;) Have fun, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:21, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the advice! I will try to follow it and begin to assemble the template if I can, and then talk to you again on Monday :) Have a great weekend! --Danmuz (talk) 16:27, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I've nominated the article here. Almost without mistakes, I hope :-) --Danmuz (talk) 19:28, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Looks good. Suggestions: I prefer to not have the subject as a genitive, as in the original hook. The alternative have a leading: "ALT1:", and it's too long (the shorter and to the point the better), --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:51, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks. On second thought I realized the hooks weren't so good, so I've replaced them with a better one, I think. As there had been no review or comments yet (except by you here), I hope replacing the old hooks was alright? if not I can of course re-instate the former hooks. --Danmuz (talk) 05:33, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Yes, replacing was right for the reason given. I will look after my morning routine, DYK Portal:Germany (done), DYK opera (working on it), Precious (two, because I missed yesterday), --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:40, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * That's a cute hook but please help the reviewer to find the fact in the Danish source. (The composer's website is good as support but not independent.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:32, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Of course, but there's a problem. The url in the ref does not actually mention the bone, but is rather a listing of the radio program (on Danmarks Radio) where the work was broadcast. I can remember I heard that program back then and remember with certainty that they talked about the femur, but I can't remember any details, just that it at least supports the short mention I've added to the article and the hook (basically that he did require a femur and it was played on at the concert). But the problem is the radio program is not online, so the reviewer would have to contact DR to get a confirmation. Does the source for DYK hooks have to be available online? --Danmuz (talk) 07:55, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * No, it can be offline and accepted AFG. But would there be something else that can be sourced more easily? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:01, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately I couldn't find anything online. It would be a shame not to use that hook, but I'm not sure I can find a more easily confirmed source :( --Danmuz (talk) 08:11, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Then I suggest you try it. If you can't a convince a reviewer you can always suggest a different hook later. It just happened to me, by the time the questions about the original hook were gone, it was outdated ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:18, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the help! I'll take the chance then. I've removed the url from the ref, so the reviewer won't go search for the bone there, but added a little more detail about the program instead. --Danmuz (talk) 08:39, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Good! Just keep watching the nom. It may take a while until a reviewer comes along because it's a long articles related to a foreign language ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:47, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

Hurray!! The article has been reviewed and promoted and will go into the queue soon it seems. I want to thank you very much for your help. It gave me the confidence to go ahead and nominate and then helped me improve the nomination. Cheers, --Danmuz (talk) 06:11, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you, means a lot to me, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:14, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Berliner Börsen-Courier
Yngvadottir (talk) 00:04, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir, BWV 131
Hello! Your submission of Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir, BWV 131 at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yazan (talk) 11:07, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

A refreshing beverage

 * feels good, thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:05, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * The coolest drink in the world involves lemon, limes and ice! Have you ever tried eating limes? On a hot summer's day, sliced limes in ice, what a colour!. ♦  Dr. Blofeld  21:10, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Victor Bruns
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:03, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

TFA discussions
Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests - I would have gone there without your comment but you prompted me to start the discussion today rather than later in the week! BencherliteTalk 09:08, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you, will join ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:10, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

Continuing the TFA topic, just a reminder that the TFA instructions do say "If you are not one of the article's primary editors, it is generally considered polite to notify the primary editors on their user talk pages of the TFA nomination or (if they are no longer active) to add a message to the article talk page." I can't see that you've been doing this, although I may have overlooked your notifications when looking at your contributions. Hopefully the desirability of primary editors being notified about TFAR additions is self-evident. On another point, I'll be interested to see what if any reaction there is to you scheduling the white stork article in the absence of both Raul and Dabomb.... Regards, BencherliteTalk 11:57, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you for making the bird look less silly ;) You could schedule one for 24 Sep. - I informed authors about appearance as soon as a TFA was scheduled for as long as the Ucucha bot was down. Did you watch the discussion about Amazing Grace, author not wanting her FA to appear? I can do without that, have four more articles to translate (see below), then will travel for some days, - it's lack of time also. I suggest that everybody interested in TFAR watch the page, - when I suggest I link to that article in the edit notice ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:16, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
 * If you don't like that part of the instructions, then why not start a discussion at WT:TFAR about removing it? There have been many complaints in the past about "drive-by" nominations, which is what that part of the instructions is designed to tackle. I saw the "Amazing Grace" discussion though didn't get involved, but the reasoning behind early notification applies to (for example) the editor who knows that there's a new source or two that ought to be added to the article, or who would prefer a more appropriate scheduling date than the one suggested. Notification only when the article is put in the TFA queue is a bit late in both cases. BencherliteTalk 13:01, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Taken, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:08, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Notified three ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:20, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Danke schön! BencherliteTalk 13:28, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Eine Bitte: would you schedule #4 on 24 Sep? (I proposed it so don't want to schedule it myself. Also we would look better as an emergency crew, not a new single - you name it ...) We want a week in advance and are several days behind, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:49, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

I don't think there's any reason for you or for the article's primary author to get too upset about this; nothing was said to criticise the article or its content, let alone its reference structure (!), it was just that the timing of the suggestion wasn't thought to be the best. I've left a note of explanation at the user talk page in question, as you might spot from your watchlist, and I suspect that's all that's required. But I still think it's better to left the primary author(s) know ASAP, rather than leave them in ignorance of the nomination. Regards, BencherliteTalk 13:06, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Not upset (if I understand the meaning of that word right): I didn't like that here I told a user that a certain article was mentioned on a certain page, and then not a trace of that article was left on that page, I felt like I had promised too much. Thanks for the notification, and in later notes to users I worded more cautiously. I am traveling, "on" only at times, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:39, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

German translation
Would you mind taking a look at Altes Stadthaus, Bonn for me? Thanks! :) Thine Antique Pen (talk) 17:09, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
 * After Bach BWV 27, tomorrow, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:07, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Now that day is almost over - RL, no Bach yet, a few days of travel, patience please, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:02, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

Red links in WI
Chor von St. Bonifatius has red links, most also in German, but some only here, August Wiltberger, Peter Griesbacher, Friedrich Zehm, the Frankfurt cathedral organist Andreas Boltz, the church in Görlitz St. Jakobus, Görlitz (de), --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:59, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

„“♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:02, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Impressed, before looking! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:04, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Allgemeiner Cäcilien-Verband für Deutschland, will need a name, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:23, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, done.♦ Dr. Blofeld  13:18, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you, - no more until Tuesday, please, will travel, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:32, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

Hey you linked it!♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:28, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Sure, that's where I found it missing ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:00, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Indeed its my motto on here. Bgwhite take note.♦ Dr. Blofeld  09:13, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Andreas Boltz is ready for nom. If you have a moment of the next few days, patience of course..♦ Dr. Blofeld  06:22, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Great, thank you! Small world: the other day (9-9, before singing the 9th) a soprano friend told me that her daughter has an excellent position now as assistant to the organist of the Frankfurt cathedral, - only in editing did I realize she spoke about Boltz. I will find a different hook ;) Personal: he will play in the the second performance of the new Mawby Missa solemnis, but that's too early to say, 3 Nov, and likely unsourced, didn't look yet. The other conductors of the choir are red, but also in German, Günther Nierle and Peter Kempin, the latter more notable, melodies in hymnal, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:31, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Nice one. Let me know when you want those articles. I hope you don't mind but I've restored part of the intro as I think the lead should summarize his main positions.♦ Dr. Blofeld  07:23, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I wanted to point out the ONE thing of interest to a non-German reader, it is is only "main position", + Classical music and Opera have short leads everywhere, but as you like it. - When: 3 October is the day of the premiere, Boltz nominated (who will play the second performance, after Michiels, cathedral organist in Bruges). The German Wikipedia thinks the choir is not notable ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:30, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
 * ps: plenty of red links in Boltz ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:32, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Hokay, will do later. Do you want to DYK any of the others I started above?♦ Dr. Blofeld  07:39, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Zehm possible, if referenced more, same for Allgemeiner Cäcilien-Verband für Deutschland, - will you do the Ansbach venues? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:42, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

Already nommed.♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:19, 21 September 2012 (UTC) Started Günther Nierle, couldn't find anything decent on Peter.♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:37, 22 September 2012 (UTC) Gerda, can you check the translation of User:Dr. Blofeld/Honiara, the German wiki text is at the bottom.♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:54, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you for Nierle! Kempin is in the same Limburg source. Zelter-Plakette. Will see when I get to the translation, traveling, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:25, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Cheers Gerda, happy travels! Started Zelter-Plakette but its pretty rough.. Hochschule für Musik Würzburg, Günther Kaunzinger, no more for now if you're travelling!♦ Dr. Blofeld  07:02, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Konrad Hubert
Hello! Your submission of Konrad Hubert at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yazan (talk) 05:22, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Very minor issue; the fact that he's a reformer theologian, needs an inline citation. Yazan (talk) 05:22, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

100th anniversary of the St Boniface Choir
We have English writers who are just as challenging. Thomas Browne was an early offender... "And since death must be the Lucina of life, and even Pagans could doubt, whether thus to live were to die; since our longest sun sets at right descensions, and makes but winter arches, and therefore it cannot be long before we lie down in darkness, and have our light in ashes; since the brother of death daily haunts us with dying mementoes, and time that grows old in itself, bids us hope no long duration; — diuturnity is a dream and folly of expectation."

As with all such writers, the meaning is hard even for natives to seize. I am struggling with the German you sent me, but how about this? "The artistic events recorded since 1929 stand now as a magnificent testimony to the very lively part played by the choir and its leadership in the general religious, liturgical, and church-music life and in the common cultural landscape of this period." Moonraker (talk) 20:27, 19 September 2012 (UTC) (NB anniversary is usually given two Ns)
 * Thank you so much for your lively part played! My "n"-key is harder than the others ... - believe it or not, it's 150 years, I remember the celebrations of 125, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:05, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
 * All the same, Diuturnity is a Dream and Folly of Expectation... especially when it comes to keyboards. Moonraker (talk) 14:16, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

Giorgi Latsabidze
Dear Gerald Arendt:

I notice there is a deletion requested by somebody on the Giorgi Latsabidze's article. I see there is a lot of work have been done before, sources are also quite enough in my opinion. Would you be kind to help in preserving this article please? I found quite good sources here which I am happy to provide. I personal don't think that it should be considered for deletion even though there might my some sources missing. Here I found some more which I think could be used in support.


 * http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572809
 * http://www.naxos.com/person/Giorgi_Latsabidze/177453.htm
 * http://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/konzerte/calendar/details/9341/
 * http://www.mdt.co.uk/waghalter-ignatz-violin-concerto-rhapsodie-philharmonic-orchestra-alexander-walker-naxos.html
 * http://www.sjss.org.uk/events/ignatz-waghalter
 * http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/productions/james-turnbull-oboe-craig-white-piano-irmina-trynkos-violin-giorgi-latsabidze-p

I appreciate! Helen-Heller (talk) 15:29, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi Gerald: thanks for comment. I would appreciate if you can make some editorial changes in Latsabidze's if you get some chance. I am on the same opinion as you think. Pianist who plays in Wigmore Hall, Berliner Philharmonie -- is already notable! See if you can touch up some sentences in the article and make it sound more encyclopedic. You got a great skills of doing it based on your experience in wiki. Many thanks, Helen-Heller (talk) 17:56, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

Patience, I'll look into it within the next few days. ♦ Dr. Blofeld  18:42, 21 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks Dr. Blofeld. I tried to fix several sources, removed old ones which were not useful, added some new ones, made minor corrections, however, I am sure you will do much better job than I. Thanks! Helen-Heller (talk) 00:51, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Klaus Martin Ziegler
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Konrad Hubert
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:02, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Franz Lehrndorfer
Yngvadottir (talk) 08:03, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir, BWV 131
Orlady (talk) 00:02, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Brockway Mountain Drive
Please withdraw the nomination as I have plans for it for a specific date. In the future, I would suggest that you consult with the main editors of articles before putting something at TFA to see if they had any plans. I have a whole list of future dates for Michigan highway TFAs.  Imzadi 1979  →   15:16, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
 * May 13, 2013—Michigan State Trunkline Highway System—the centennial of the system's creation, it would be an excellent choice once I get the article through FAC.
 * July 12, 2013—M-185 (Michigan highway)—the 80th anniversary of this unique highway's creation.
 * October 14, 2013—Brockway Mountain Drive—the 80th anniversary of the roadway's opening.
 * October 13, 2014—Capitol Loop—the 25th anniversary of this highway's creation.
 * taken, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:59, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I have removed them from your group's list. You did not suggest them, I did. Please don't ever do something like that again. It comes across as though you're claiming credit for my planned nominations by listing "GA", aka yourself, in the "suggest" column. The proper venue to offer suggestions and nominations for future TFAs is WP:TFA and its associated pages, and I don't like the implication that there's another group trying to schedule suggestions in a parallel process that isn't publicized. The fact that the group is mostly the same cabal of editors that raised such a fuss at the RfC over TFA/FAC/FAR almost a year ago doesn't bode well for appearances either. Please, leave me out of it, either directly, or indirectly by nominating articles where I've been the active editor or FAC nominator, thank you.  Imzadi 1979  →   23:33, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Also, unless Raul appointed you a TFA Delegate without notifying anyone in the community of that decision, you should not be scheduling TFAs, as you did here. The community has endorse Raul's authority in these matters, and it's not for you, nor any other group, to usurp that authority without a RfC to change procedure.  Imzadi 1979  →   00:10, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Also taken, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 00:11, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Red links in WI
Chor von St. Bonifatius has red links, most also in German, but some only here, August Wiltberger, Peter Griesbacher, Friedrich Zehm, the Frankfurt cathedral organist Andreas Boltz, the church in Görlitz St. Jakobus, Görlitz (de), --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:59, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

„“♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:02, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Impressed, before looking! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:04, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Allgemeiner Cäcilien-Verband für Deutschland, will need a name, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:23, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, done.♦ Dr. Blofeld  13:18, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you, - no more until Tuesday, please, will travel, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:32, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

Hey you linked it!♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:28, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Sure, that's where I found it missing ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:00, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Indeed its my motto on here. Bgwhite take note.♦ Dr. Blofeld  09:13, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Andreas Boltz is ready for nom. If you have a moment of the next few days, patience of course..♦ Dr. Blofeld  06:22, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Great, thank you! Small world: the other day (9-9, before singing the 9th) a soprano friend told me that her daughter has an excellent position now as assistant to the organist of the Frankfurt cathedral, - only in editing did I realize she spoke about Boltz. I will find a different hook ;) Personal: he will play in the the second performance of the new Mawby Missa solemnis, but that's too early to say, 3 Nov, and likely unsourced, didn't look yet. The other conductors of the choir are red, but also in German, Günther Nierle and Peter Kempin, the latter more notable, melodies in hymnal, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:31, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Nice one. Let me know when you want those articles. I hope you don't mind but I've restored part of the intro as I think the lead should summarize his main positions.♦ Dr. Blofeld  07:23, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I wanted to point out the ONE thing of interest to a non-German reader, it is is only "main position", + Classical music and Opera have short leads everywhere, but as you like it. - When: 3 October is the day of the premiere, Boltz nominated (who will play the second performance, after Michiels, cathedral organist in Bruges). The German Wikipedia thinks the choir is not notable ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:30, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
 * ps: plenty of red links in Boltz ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:32, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Hokay, will do later. Do you want to DYK any of the others I started above?♦ Dr. Blofeld  07:39, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Zehm possible, if referenced more, same for Allgemeiner Cäcilien-Verband für Deutschland, - will you do the Ansbach venues? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:42, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

Already nommed.♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:19, 21 September 2012 (UTC) Started Günther Nierle, couldn't find anything decent on Peter.♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:37, 22 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Thank you for Nierle! Kempin is in the same Limburg source. Zelter-Plakette. Will see when I get to the translation, traveling, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:25, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Cheers Gerda, happy travels! Started Zelter-Plakette but its pretty rough.. Hochschule für Musik Würzburg, Günther Kaunzinger, no more for now if you're travelling!♦ Dr. Blofeld  07:02, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Back, yes, hiking was excellent. Looked at Kaunzinger (living), Hochschule needs to wait. Wanted: Zehm sources, for nom today the latest, + Le Laudi (de:Le Laudi di San Francesco d’Assisi), full name only as redirect, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:54, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Sounds like fun. Can you check the sport section of Honiara?♦ Dr. Blofeld  15:49, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Not right now, it occured to me today (!) that I wanted to write and nominate a cantata for St. Michael's - 29 Sept. We also have a rehearsal tonight. Possibly tomorrow. Can you source the last two more, Kaunzinger and MH Würzburg (both good for DYK)? Würzburg could have a list of notable students/teachers, many links! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:55, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I've started Kurt Suttner, that'll do for now then. Honiara sport section only has two sentences needing checking I think, no rush though.♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:15, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Checking changes to Boltz, a sprinter from creation to the Main page ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:18, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I was going to say, almost too quick, now that's rare!!♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:19, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Someone's first review, deserves praise ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:22, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Sourced Günther Kaunzinger but the bottom paragraph translation needs checking again its a little awkward. Go ahead and nom once ready if you wish.♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:46, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Wiki morale is low today...♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:48, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Kaunzinger nom done, morale high: this (below) "sneakily scheduling TFAs in the hopes that Raul/Dabomb won't notice" is so hilarious, right under "Defender of the Wiki". Normally I archive such things asap, but why not make others smile ;) - did you see that I had a DYK approved before the article (BWB 130) was written? - Precious!
 * ps: the sports section in Honaria looks good to me, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:29, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, Hochschule für Musik Würzburg needs a lot for DYK though, shall we pass on that one?♦ Dr. Blofeld  15:45, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
 * agree, perhaps mention it with someone, but for Kaunzinger I found America more interesting, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:51, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

Stiftsbasilika Waldsassen started.♦ Dr. Blofeld  17:19, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

100th anniversary of the St Boniface Choir
We have English writers who are just as challenging. Thomas Browne was an early offender... "And since death must be the Lucina of life, and even Pagans could doubt, whether thus to live were to die; since our longest sun sets at right descensions, and makes but winter arches, and therefore it cannot be long before we lie down in darkness, and have our light in ashes; since the brother of death daily haunts us with dying mementoes, and time that grows old in itself, bids us hope no long duration; — diuturnity is a dream and folly of expectation."

As with all such writers, the meaning is hard even for natives to seize. I am struggling with the German you sent me, but how about this? "The artistic events recorded since 1929 stand now as a magnificent testimony to the very lively part played by the choir and its leadership in the general religious, liturgical, and church-music life and in the common cultural landscape of this period." Moonraker (talk) 20:27, 19 September 2012 (UTC) (NB anniversary is usually given two Ns)
 * Thank you so much for your lively part played! My "n"-key is harder than the others ... - believe it or not, it's 150 years, I remember the celebrations of 125, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:05, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
 * All the same, Diuturnity is a Dream and Folly of Expectation... especially when it comes to keyboards. Moonraker (talk) 14:16, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Hans Thamm
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:03, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Kafka copying

 * See User_talk:Moonriddengirl Pumpkin Sky   talk  23:30, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

latsabidze sources
Dear G.A.: In Giorgi Latsabidze, I fixed some sources, put in right formatting (I think), made some minor corrections, can do more if you would give me more suggestions, if you have a moment of the next few days, patience of course is mine...! Would appreciate as always! Cheers, Helen-Heller (talk) 08:45, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I will look later, but am quite busy, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:59, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Hello Gerda: I see you put back unreliable source tags, (despite the fact that another editor has removed it before), I respect your opinion. I personally think there are enough reliable sources there, however your opinion is well regarded! Maybe there must be a reason why you put those tags back and I don't understand. Would you explain please? (new to all this, as you see learning..) Thanks a lot! Helen-Heller (talk) 23:59, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Andreas Boltz
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:04, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you! (I missed one, do you have a star with four points?) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:59, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

"Structure not wanted?"
I'd removed the paragraph break, he readded it, and I wasn't going to fight with him about it, so I just left it. Thanks for tidying up the blurb at Phallus indusiatus and sorry if you felt you were getting caught in the crossfire. This related discussion might also interest you... or you might want to steer clear, your choice! Regards and very best wishes, BencherliteTalk 23:04, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for pointing that out, I saw it and kind of answered in the other thread. I don't feel caught, don't worry. I would still like to find a way not to see a German king associated with "gross", but it's 1:12 where I live, no more ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:17, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
 * . BencherliteTalk 23:51, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Hopefully Dabomb will deal with it before it goes on the MP. --Rschen7754 23:54, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm sure he will, if he selects it - but that just makes more work for him, which is unfair. Alternatively, he'll ignore the nomination which might be unfair on the article. Either way, who wins from what's happening at TFAR at the moment?  BencherliteTalk 23:58, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
 * The problem is that Raul is taking a wikibreak, and some users don't respect his authority anyway and are taking advantage. FAC and FAR are still running quite fine since there's multiple delegates who can deal with disruption, but at TFA it's only Dabomb against everyone else, and he's busy IRL too. (But thankfully he came back when I alerted him by email, or we would have had complete anarchy when we ran out of scheduled TFAs). --Rschen7754 00:14, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
 * That's not a problem; the wiki runs fine wo. Wiki's are not about “authoritah” they are about collaborations and merit. Br'er Rabbit (talk) 00:32, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
 * On Wikipedia, I don't believe in authority for the sake of authority, or structure for the sake of structure. However, in this case structure is needed, or we'll get people scheduling their own FAs as TFAs, or scheduling a whole bunch of similar articles in a consecutive row, or scheduling articles that are clearly not ready, etc. That is why there is a FA director and delegate here, to make sure that these concerns are addressed.
 * If you think that the TFA system should be trashed and redone from the ground up, then I would suggest starting a RFC and going about it the proper way, because after all, the community chose to have the current system. Either that, or stick with what we have. So in other words, either put up with it, or form a consensus to get things changed. But this "middle-ground" passive-aggressive behavior I see from multiple parties of making snide remarks against Raul, changing the TFA rules without consensus, sneakily scheduling TFAs in the hopes that Raul/Dabomb won't notice, etc. is disruptive. It needs to stop, and it needs to stop now. Raul hasn't been perfect, either, but that doesn't excuse the other side. I will not hesitate to bring further action/attention to this matter if necessary. --Rschen7754 08:28, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
 * These tweaks to formats are no big deal unless you choose to make them so, which is unhelpful. I've quit a lot of experience with web formatting and page design; example. And the blurbs can be re-tweak post scheduling. I've no real issue with Dabomb; he selects some interesting articles. I'm not “against” him. Br'er Rabbit (talk) 00:32, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
 * waking up to an interesting thread: we lived in anarchy for a month now, the result is the archive of September, I like what Dabomb scheduled, Lynching and Lettuce, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:05, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Situation for the last several weeks strikes me as an example of where consensus is demonstrated to work and proof no one is indispensable. If one person is getting overwhelmed, the answer is to have other talented people share the work.  The wrong answer is to try and make it a small domain where one person after another gets burned out because they are trying to keep too much control of everything.  TFA requires many eyes and many hands on deck.   Montanabw (talk) 17:17, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, BWV 130
Hello! Your submission of Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, BWV 130 at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yazan (talk) 08:26, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

Jacob the Liar
(Already answered in the DYK entry, copying it here just in case it interests you in general): I use the English name in the title, rather than Jakob der Lügner. And it was the first picture from the GDR to enter the (West) Berlin Festival, as well as the only to be nominated for an Oscar in the U.S. Bahavd Gita (talk) 16:50, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, I am interested, thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:22, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

k --> c
disk --> disc - Thank you! --Bullenwächter (talk) 17:58, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks
Thank you for the kind words on my talk, they are much appreciated. And thanks for the quotes on Kafka; unfortunately (and to my slight shame), my German is non-existent, so I would appreciate a translation there! Sarastro1 (talk) 16:16, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
 * PumpkinSky has the book for two of them in English, he's probably best to handle it, he's good in German, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:19, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, BWV 130
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

Heribert Calleen
Thanks for nomming.♦ Dr. Blofeld  13:05, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that one, - could you find sources for Le Laudi? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:09, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I couldn't no.♦ Dr. Blofeld  13:20, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
 * It's ok, I reduced Calleen a bit, no idea where those flowery descriptions of his style come from, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:26, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Ludwig Gies also.♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:17, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Too long to do it well, need to go, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:15, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Back, but still many other projects, Heimito von Doderer-Literaturpreis missing, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:48, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Started, we have a critic on my talk page... I'm planning on promoting Ludwig Gies to GA... ♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:55, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for sorting the ones I started last night. Nommed Ludwig Gies. I included you on the end as you did help, that OK?♦ Dr. Blofeld  09:52, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Very kind, I will look again to deserve it. Wasn't the eagle also in Bonn earlier? - Busy with the B minor Mass, - here we brought it on the Main page, and the article is - you name it, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:09, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Dunno but I do know that eagle is one of the political icons of Germany.♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:37, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Exactly. Bonn housed the parliament for a long time, I guess the bird was longer in Bonn than in Berlin, depending on when it was made, just finished the new table, but need a break ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:45, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
 * ps: Zerfaß and Beringer deserve DYK, did you see the question for the Asbach nom? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:08, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Nope:can't even remember creating an Asbach now! Did you mean Bachwoche Ansbach?♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:14, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Asbach Uralt ;) no, sorry, my n-key doesn't work well, I meant YOUR nom for the venues, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:20, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Can you link my nom, can't find it??♦ Dr. Blofeld  15:54, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
 * yes. What I do: give a short (!) name and put the link on the article talk until it appeared. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:03, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Official site should prove it.. Started Schloßborn. Heard of it?♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:25, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I think it's just formality, mention in every place article, with that inline citation behind it. Will leave soon for the dress rehearsal of the top of my user, had a great evening with the composer yesterday, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:41, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
 * ps: Schloßborn is in walking distance, a longer walk ;) and our conductor lives in Heftrich, make it redirect, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:46, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
 * So many missing small towns and villages, and to think we have articles on local tiny hamlets.. Started David Denicke, did he do something Bach related? ♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:56, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Looks like some of the Glashütten article could be merged, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:38, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
 * ps: looks like I would not be interested in all these details about coat of arms etc, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:54, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Yeah I agree. Do what you can anyway..♦ Dr. Blofeld  22:08, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I did what I was willing to do, - not thinking that the description of playground figures is encyclopedic ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:19, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Reiner Stach
I've started a translation and EN article about Reiner Stach at User:PumpkinSky/Reiner Stach. Feel free to edit it directly if you'd like to help. Pumpkin Sky  talk  15:06, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Günther Kaunzinger
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:03, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

Piano Sonata
I wonder why you created redirect Sonata No. 14 in C Sharp Minor? Wouldn't tell the Opus number more than the key? (Not to mention the composer.) And if the key, why not standard "C-sharp minor"? The key is not part of a title, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:42, 26 September 2012 (UTC)


 * I'm not an expert on how classical music is referenced, but it was on the requested article list, which means that somebody somewhere tried to look it up by that name. Instead of making an article, I just redirected to the one already here. <font style="font-family:Courier;font-size:15px;"> Sesame honey  tart  19:16, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Understand. Please keep an eye on that redirect, no link should go to it. A sonata without instrument and composer is rather useless ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:37, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Ach, lieben Christen, seid getrost, BWV 114
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:03, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Zelter-Plakette
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:05, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Bachwoche Ansbach
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:02, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Hi again:)
Hi, Gerda: I know you are busy, still awaiting for your reply. Do you think you can give me a short notice as to what needs to be done to get rid of these tags:, {{Unreliable sources|date=September 2012}] in this article... because you put it back after user Mark Arsten has taken it out. It's been edited heavily since these were added. Just trow me a line please. Cheers Helen-Heller (talk) 23:19, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Congratulations choir on 150 years of existence!

 * Singing thank you! (The new Mass actually ends on "Gratias", of "Deo gratias".) Come over to the Frankfurt cathedral on 3 Nov if you miss today, or next time we sing Le Laudi ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:25, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

A bit further than your average walk! Right, time we did something to improve categories on here. I created Berner Bach-Chor and started Category:Swiss choirs. Are there any more which should go in there, is there a German category equivalent? I say we should create categories for things like German classical musical ensembles, Choirs dedicated to J.S. Bach etc. We ought to have a category connecting all of the Bach choirs together. What do you think?♦ Dr. Blofeld  08:18, 3 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Good ideas! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:21, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

What would be the best name though Category:Bach choirs? Also we need a Category:German choir directors or whatever as I've started a lot on choir leaders and Category:German classical music ensembles? Naming sound good? I'll need your help finding the articles though.♦ Dr. Blofeld  09:34, 3 October 2012 (UTC)


 * We have Category:Choral conductors and Category:Classical music groups, they might be split for nationality, but I don't care - not even on our national holiday ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:47, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Can you populate Category:Bach music ensembles, Category:Bach conductors, Category:Bach choirs, Category:Bach festivals and Category:Bach musicians? Need your expertise on routing out existing articles to add these categories to. Also Category:Bach singers might be useful.♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:01, 3 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Under "musicians" (a very general term) you could have "conductors", "singers", "organists" ("ensemble" would be a very ambiguous term, some mean only chamber, some mean any group), you name it, - some people would fit in more than one, - You can go along my articles, on user and its archive, you will find many. I will not work but sing today, rather soon ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:17, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
 * ps: if you want plenty of work, look at the "recordings" sections of Bach cantatas, starting BWV 1 and at the discographies of his major works, Mass in B minor discography, St Matthew Passion discography, St John Passion discography, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:23, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Chor von St. Bonifatius
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:02, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Gabriel Dessauer
In fairness, if people followed the MOS to begin with, it wouldn't be an issue. Regards, GiantSnowman 11:03, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Look at my recent articles, and my corrections to those of others, - you see that I try ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:15, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Haha, yes, well done :) GiantSnowman 15:55, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

Stach's Kafka trilogy
My copy of The Decisive Years has arrived. I'm starting reading it tonight. Apparently the next one, Years of Realization is translated into English but not available for sale yet in English. The last one hasn't even been written in German yet. Pumpkin Sky  talk  22:23, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
 * This says Stach lives in Hamburg, not Berlin. Can you find out when he moved from one to the other? Pumpkin Sky   talk  22:29, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Core Contest!

 * Thank you, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:44, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
 * (ec) Congrats! How about we use the money to buy a Kafka (Stach) bio and donate to a library? Pumpkin Sky   talk  15:46, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Excellent idea! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:48, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Great job! Binksternet (talk) 15:50, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
 * My congratulations, too. I can see how much work & devotions has gone into bringing this article to its present standard and in my view, the prize is well deserved. Brianboulton (talk) 21:40, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you, that means a lot! The article will grow, PumpkinSky just got a new biography ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:52, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia
Hi Gerda. Thanks for your advice with St Mary's Church, Longfleet and your comments at Halle, Saxony-Anhalt. I'd appreciate your views on Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia which appears a bit more tricky. --Bermicourt (talk) 16:59, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Reiner Stach
Casliber (talk) 00:05, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Residenz Ansbach and others.
I am not able to follow the comment by reviewer below our hook of the above three articles. Can you kindly look into it and clarify. please. Thanks.-- Nvvchar . 05:35, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
 * What I saw last was the reviewer requesting that the hook fact (venue of the Bachwoche Ansbach) is mentioned in all three articles with an inline citation right behind it. This is normal formality. Sorry, I have no more time right now, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:35, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

TFA nominations
I noticed at WT:DYK you mentioned seeking out featured articles that have not appeared and nominating them. I seem to have found one that fits well: Age of Mythology. From what I can best estimate its point total for a nomination would be +2 for age (promoted in 2007), +2 for timing (released October 30, 2002), and +2 for importance, but I have no idea how it would factor in with main page representation. I would nominate it myself (there seem to be none for October 30th) but I have absolutely zero idea how this whole system works in general having never done it before. Would you be willing to nominate it or help me through the process of doing so? Thanks, Ks0stm  (T•C•G•E) 17:06, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I will look at it and request it tomorrow, if it looks good to me. (I did more than some people like today already.) You can also do it yourself, nominate here (2 places), just follow the examples, you don't need to calculate points ay more, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:34, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

TFA thanks
Thanks for the notice; I'd actually seen it pop up on my watchlist when it was move-protected, and I'm already having a look at it. On a related point, I've taken George Headley off the TFA pending page as Bosanquet is up, and I'd quite like to request a date-related cricket article in January. Although I think that it is impossible to have too much cricket, not everyone agrees with me! Sarastro1 (talk) 20:36, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

TFA
thanks for the pintail heads-up, Gerda, I'd better see if it needs a polish <b style="font-family:chiller; color:red;"> Jimfbleak - </b> talk to me?  05:47, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

Translation
Could you check my translation of User:Thine Antique Pen/Altes Stadthaus, Dortmund from de:Altes Stadthaus (Dortmund)? Its not perfect, and will probably need extra attention. I have also added a bit to achieve DYK length. Thanks! Thine Antique Pen (talk) 19:46, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
 * My time is limited, I looked a bit and made the de-connection. "Altes Rathaus" means "Das alte Rathaus", the article is implied, therefore I dropped the English one. Do me a favour, don't translate Friedensplatz and others. We don't translate Times Square to Zeitenplatz ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:05, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Hmm, OK. If I ever need you to check something, it'll be in my userspace, so I will give you as much time as you wish to edit it. Thanks. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 14:48, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

Kafka at FAC
See Featured article candidates/Franz Kafka/archive1. It's come a long way, been hard, and been fun. Enjoy this final leg of the journey. Pumpkin Sky  talk  22:27, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I do, thanks for the initiative ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:35, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
 * BB's talk page is calling you. cough cough Pumpkin Sky   talk  22:39, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
 * WP:WBFAN does list her for that. I will update. Pumpkin Sky   talk  22:41, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Please see the FAC page. Crisco has a question I think you can help with. I just posted what I know at this time and think you can help here. It's at the bottom of his section right now and about annual reports and his job at the insurance bureau. Pumpkin Sky  talk  14:25, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Gerda, pls answe this question: Danke  Pumpkin Sky   talk  00:40, 8 October 2012 (UTC)...You may want to look at other things from this round too.  Pumpkin Sky   talk  01:03, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I will look, but am traveling, very limited time, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:12, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Ludwig Gies
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:02, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

Started Erich Barke..♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:11, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

I'm guessing you're busy at the moment! Do you mind if I call you Gerdaress? It is so fitting!♦ Dr. Blofeld  07:16, 9 October 2012 (UTC)


 * I asked something like that of a person once, and her reply was, "I prefer Goddess..." LOL!


 * I am different, call me Gerda if you can ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:08, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

Struggling to find info on Barke!♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:27, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Non-free content policy and guidelines
I understand that you are trying to showcase a variety of images at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Opera, but please do not continue placing non-free images anywhere except for actual articles. Such use is a clear violation of point number 9 of our policy concerning the use of non-free images. VernoWhitney (talk) 20:44, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

Help needed with nominations
Would you be up for reviewing any of the following nominations? Your assistance would be much appreciated. Prioryman (talk) 07:52, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Flat Bastion Magazine
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Main Guard
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Nun's Well, Gibraltar
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Rosia Water Tanks
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Royal Gibraltar Yacht Club
 * Template:Did you know nominations/The Rock Hotel
 * Not right now, sorry, see above, I am behind on several topics, - look at Kafka open questions, - answers need reading! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:00, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Carolyn Sampson
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:02, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Schloßborn
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

Schloßborn
The article is not fully supported by citations. The citation, as written, is not verifiable. I wouldn't have the least idea where to go to verify it. It should never have passed WP:DYK. --LauraHale (talk) 08:54, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I am talking only about the location. You can look at google maps or whatever to verify that. - The other facts: the typical problem with translations from German - no inline citations, you have to find them, and some you don't find. I go for AGF then. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:03, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

Old doggy
Gerda can you do me a favor it only involves translation of snippets:


 * Can you translate this from Die auss to sein Name.


 * And this and telling me what you can translate from the snippets provided and what page number, its Pages 206-8 and page 336 I think. You may have to enter Abutiu into the search in the box on the left lower down to view the snippets.♦  Dr. Blofeld  17:12, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

Tibet during the Ming Dynasty
Why thank you. That was a very nice compliment. Unfortunately I don't really edit Wikipedia anymore since I am a Peace Corps volunteer serving overseas. No time for it at all! Plus I only have a horribly slow internet connection in my village (in the middle of Kyrgyzstan, that is). Cheers. Pericles of Athens <font color="#0000CD">Talk 17:28, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Le Laudi
Dear Gerda, this needs your attention. It's been stuck for about a week, and I've proposed a couple of ALT hooks that I hope you'll find reasonable. I hope we can get this unstuck and moving toward the front page. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 22:36, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

Wong Kim Ark TFA nom
Hi. I'm excited to see United States v. Wong Kim Ark make TFA, but I've got an observation about the blurb. When I nominated this article (my first TFA nom, BTW), I pared down the blurb (possibly by too much) in order to be sure it was below the 1,200-character limit (including all markup). I see a sentence was added to my original proposal, about unsuccessful attempts to restrict birthright US citizenship since Wong Kim Ark — and I think this addition is a good thing — but the added text makes reference to the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment without any preceding specific mention of this clause (compare the blurb to the lead of the article). I think I would change "the citizenship language of the Fourteenth Amendment" to "the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment" (with wikilink as shown), so that the later mention of "the Citizenship Clause itself" is clearer. Is it OK if I make this change to the blurb myself? Or do I need to have you or other people who work at TFA do this for me? — Rich wales 15:53, 13 October 2012 (UTC)


 * I went ahead and made a couple of small changes at Today's featured article/October 19, 2012. Hopefully these will be OK.  —  Rich wales 22:22, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Friedrich Zehm
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:02, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Stiftsbasilika Waldsassen
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

Need some help with German
Hi Gerda. I've been expanding Hellmut G. Haasis and need some help with English translations of two of his book titles:


 * Den Hitler jag' ich in die Luft: Der Attentäter Georg Elser This one is in normal German
 * Em Chrischdian sei Leich This one is in Swabian German

Best, Voceditenore (talk) 17:21, 14 October 2012 (UTC)


 * My approach:
 * This Hitler, I'll blow him in the air: The assassin G.E. (lit: chase)
 * A Christian's corpse
 * but a fellow editor would say: don't translate titles that are not published in English, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:52, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks Gerda! I don't put the translations in italics (as if they were published in translation), but I think in this case the reader needs some sort of indication of what the titles mean, especially since there seem to virtually no sources on Haasis in English :(. Best, Jean
 * I feel the same, that's why I was told ... ;) I will be gone for most of the day but will look at the article later, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:47, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

Have you taken over TFA?
Hi,

I noticed that when I wanted to nominate an article for TFA, United States v. Wong Kim Ark you took over as if I hadn't nominated it. Are you in charge now? MathewTownsend (talk) 22:34, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I don't understand your question. I cleared the request after Dabomb scheduled it and gave the author a hint. (The bot doing that seems not to work.) Clean-up work, I do what I can. I was in a rush and didn't even see that you nominated, it was a good proposal, scheduled before I had time to support! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:54, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
 * so you paid no attention to the fact that I was in communication with the author, asked the author if it was alright to nominate it etc.? You posted on the author's page right below my post. The author scheduled it because I suggested it. But then you just took over. I'll ask Dabomb whose in charge, because you taking over disturbed me, when I had already contacted the author. Do you have the authority to take over when I had initiated it? MathewTownsend (talk) 22:59, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Uhhh . . . Is this argument really necessary? :-) —  Rich wales 23:06, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Ermmm... I think you need to check the edit history, Mathew. RichWales nominated it at TFAR and then Dabomb, not Gerda, scheduled the article. Gerda tidied up afterwards on the TFAR page by removing the now-selected article (something I have often done) and Gerda then notified Richwales that the nomination was successful because the bot that should do that isn't always reliable.  Gerda has done nothing wrong here at all and by no stretch of the imagination has she "taken over" here. BencherliteTalk 23:10, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Do you deny that I suggested the article to Richwales, and posted the blurb on her his page? And that she he said it was a good idea but that she he would nominate it to get the extra point?   MathewTownsend (talk) 23:39, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
 * p.s. there is the appearance that Gerta "takes over". That's how I felt, as I had suggested the article, done the blurb etc. MathewTownsend (talk) 23:43, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm a little confused here. Let me just make clear (in case it matters to anybody) that this was my first TFA experience, and that I had no prior knowledge of who is/was "in charge" of the process.  (And BTW, Mathew, I am a "he".)  —  Rich wales 23:49, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

I just want to be clear, per this diff, that I contacted Richwales with the suggestion, gave Richwales the blurb write up and was in contact with Richwales, when Gerta took over. She's not a delegate and has no special powers. MathewTownsend (talk) 23:53, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Well done you for getting Richwales to nominate and for helping with the blurb, a nice touch. But... Gerda did not need delegate "powers" to remove a successful nomination from the TFAR page or to tell Richwales that it had been selected by Dabomb, and as she didn't do anything else with regard to this nomination I really don't know why you're making such a big deal of this or think that she was usurping the place of Dabomb in any way whatsoever. BencherliteTalk 00:06, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
 * waking up to this, rubbing my eyes:
 * If you ask me,nobody should be "in charge" of TFA, it should be a collaborative process.
 * In DYK, nominators get credit. In yesterday's TFA, nominations were not even wanted.
 * Today, the process is changing, please read the discussions, for example "Do we still need points" - and, as you experienced, you don't. Thank you for being part of the process. Perhaps suggest that the nominations get archived, it has not been done so far, - I am just the cleaning lady of TFA - said so above, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:32, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

Thank you very much Bencherlite! I guess all I wanted was a little credit for that TFA of United States v. Wong Kim Ark. When Gerda rushed over to Richwales page, posting right under my posts with the "news" of the scheduling, it seemed to me that she was saying she was responsible for the nomination being scheduled, considering I had ready involved Richwales. My apologies to Gerdt if her taking over seems a tad to much to me when I was the one that initiated the nomination/scheduling of the TFA and my role was clear. Agree that it's better if TFA be collaborative, but it can't be if one person takes over and the roles of others are obscured. Best wishes, MathewTownsend (talk) 14:14, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Mathew, please correct the spelling of my name above, twice. - I am sorry that I rushed, I am sorry that TFA nominations get you (any you) no credit. It's quite a thankless job to help on TFA, you are very welcome to help if you don't mind that ;) - see also "consolation" below, we spoke before about my blackest day - today is #3, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:21, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!
I was told so (see my user), like to share it ;) Did you see that your last film made it to the stats? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:38, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

Barnstar
Thank you very much :) It is much appreciated. Could you sign it so it archives correctly? Thanks -- Gilderien Chat&#124;List of good deeds 16:10, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

Kafka promotion
I have only just noticed this (obsessed with my own small preoccupations). Double honour - first CORE, now FA. Warm congrats to you and your conom for a first-class addition to the encyclopedia. Brianboulton (talk) 23:17, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you, you great help in getting the article there! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:35, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Congrats on the FA! Well Done, Ma'am! :) - <small style="white-space:nowrap;border:1px solid #900;padding:1px;"> Neutralhomer  •  Talk  • 05:48, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you, appreciate consolation, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:03, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
 * You're Welcome and no problem. Jack was a good editor, he didn't deserve an indef-block and a ban.  He did deserve to be punished (a week, two at the most), but beyond that it was all overkill. - <small style="white-space:nowrap;border:1px solid #900;padding:1px;"> Neutralhomer  •  Talk  • 06:39, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
 * see also (my talk, in Lent 2012) "He who speaks a word of consolation is a traitor" ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:43, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

Br'er Rabbit's page
Curious as to the the thought process with the deletion of content on Br'er Rabbit user talk ? I was about to argue for deletion of his user pages on AN but you've removed the list. Nobody Ent 11:48, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
 * It's in the history, the talk page is for messages TO Br'er Rabbit. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:10, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
 * ps: User pages should contain information for readers. It's questionable if the user owns them - especially this user who detests ownership of articles ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:14, 16 October 2012 (UTC)


 * It's also for messages FROM Br'er Rabbit; as he is not talk page blocked, shouldn't it be up to him to manage the page? Nobody Ent 19:35, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Do you know what scuttle means? (I asked so before.) Do you know that the account is locked? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:59, 16 October 2012 (UTC)


 * (e/c) The user doesn't "own" the talkpage, but unquestionably he has a better right than any other single user (in this case, you, Gerda) to manage it. Also, that list had been posted by me. (I reposted Jack's original list, which had been removed by a passing admin because it was a block-evading sock post.) You didn't consider deferring to me on its presence/absence? Not that I'm in any way more magnificent than you, but I had given the re-posting some thought. As for "information for readers", it surely was that. Why send Nobody Ent, a reader, on a quest through the History? But I suppose none of it matters much any longer, and I know you always aim to do the right thing. Bishonen &#124; talk 20:21, 16 October 2012 (UTC).
 * Please let's distinguish the user pages and the talk. You deleted the user pages on his request, I tried to keep the talk "übersichtlich" (concentrated?). I made my last edit (revert myself) on his request, I misunderstand quite often, in this case "bah". - I will do no more of my "own" ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:33, 16 October 2012 (UTC)


 * ? Huh? What? We are distinguishing userpage and usertalk page, at least Nobody Ent and I are. I was talking about the talkpage above, nothing else. I talked about that because your removal of content on the talkpage was the subject NE came to discuss here. That I deleted Jack's userpages has nothing whatever to do with anything I said above, it's a completely different matter.
 * I said that I often misunderstand. You and I referred to the talk, but Nobody Ent referred to the deleted user pages, and I think THEY contain valuable information for the reader. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:56, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
 * As for scuttle: if that's a bona fide question, the verb scuttle means "destroy, annihilate", especially "by order of the commander, rather than by enemy action" (Wiktionary), but in a double sense. I suppose you've looked the page Jack referred to, Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow? To scuttle an account means to deliberately destroy the password, so that one can no longer access the account. Not such an uncommon action. I assume Jack's reference to the scuttling of a whole fleet implied that he had scuttled his whole fleet of accounts. :-( That would account for his use of a new sock, Br'er Bear, to post on his own talkpage. He presumably no longer had access to the Br'er Rabbit account. P.S. Feel free to use German words to me, I can decode 'em if there aren't too many in a row. ;-) Bishonen &#124; talk 20:45, 16 October 2012 (UTC).
 * As for scuttle, there's a link, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:56, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I saw the link. You ask the same question in two places, yes. Does the link mean it's a rhetorical question? Fine, just ignore my answer, then. Bishonen &#124; talk 21:02, 16 October 2012 (UTC).
 * The better link. I knew scuttled before (Mourning becomes ...) - but your answer is great for others, thank you, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:18, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

Hellmut G. Haasis (again)
Hi Gerda, me again. I went ahead an nominated this for DYK. We'll see what happens. In the end, I used title translation very sparingly. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 07:14, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Good! Not so many opera DYK recently, I still haven't looked, see above, but will ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:23, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I think you archived or accidentally deleted the other post. . Anyhow, now that I've finished with the clown historian, I'll get to work on some potential opera DYKs. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 08:20, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I archived the other post - the links to my talk archives are on top - felt like cleaning up yesterday, it was refreshing ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:27, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
 * That reminds me, my talk page needs archiving too. I think I'll go do that before starting on the sopranos :) Best, Voceditenore (talk) 08:34, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Altes Stadthaus, Dortmund
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:02, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

Hi
LOVE the edit notice. :) —  <font style="color:#000080;">Ched <font style="color:#FF0000;">ZILLA  16:01, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
 * So do I ;) - As I never read MOS and the like, I didn't know until yesterday how it works, then I asked the expert, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:41, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
 * who says on his "beyond mountains there are mountains" --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:20, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
 * WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF <b style="font-family:'Tempus Sans ITC'"> — <b style="color:#956e37">Puppy of Dog The Teddy Bear</b> • <b style="color:#956e37">WOOF</b> •</b> 22:22, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
 * understanding creature ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:26, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

Need Your Opinion on Something
Which of these climate charts look better? This one or this one? I perfer the former as it is less tacky, has more information and is easier to read. The latter is the standard one to use. What do you think? - <small style="white-space:nowrap;border:1px solid #900;padding:1px;"> Neutralhomer •  Talk  • 22:24, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I prefer the former also. Perhaps ask RexxS, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:28, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Okie Dokie, will do. :) Thanks! :) - <small style="white-space:nowrap;border:1px solid #900;padding:1px;"> Neutralhomer  •  Talk  • 22:29, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Updated the Stephens City page with the new climate chart box. What do you think? - <small style="white-space:nowrap;border:1px solid #900;padding:1px;"> Neutralhomer  •  Talk  • 02:23, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
 * It's a good table, but I am not so interested in numbers ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:06, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
 * ps: What do you think of my table? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:11, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Where? On the Stephens City page or somewhere else? - <small style="white-space:nowrap;border:1px solid #900;padding:1px;"> Neutralhomer  •  Talk  • 05:17, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
 * forgot to link ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:20, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Wow! Very impressive! :)  Now that took some time and patience to create.  Well done! :) - <small style="white-space:nowrap;border:1px solid #900;padding:1px;"> Neutralhomer  •  Talk  • 05:32, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Look again ;) that was not my creation but a translation from German. I admire the time and patience of my helper ;) - for a table I did myself, see here, Chorale cantata (Bach), --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:38, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

For Jack, that was something he ate, slept, breathed, was code. Nonetheless, it is still great work and shows how good of an editor he truly was. :) On yours, it is still quite awesome.  I would see if any of the Chorale Cantatas are in the Evangelical Lutheran Worship (the hymnal for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. We use alot of Bach as sending songs, and I have noticed they have the "ELW" (for "Evangelical Lutheran Worship") beside them. Maybe you can incorporate some of Bach in the Evangelical Lutheran Worship article or even the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America article. - <small style="white-space:nowrap;border:1px solid #900;padding:1px;"> Neutralhomer •  Talk  • 06:15, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
 * His name is not Jack ;) - I realize I forgot something, again, - on the other topics: I am behind on many of my own ideas, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:19, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
 * ps: someone mentioned self-destruction as if wiki-personalities were equal to self ;) - I am confident that he rather found his self by destructing the personalities, which indeed he did himself, not a ban, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:23, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I always called him Jack (after his Jack Merridew account), so when he switched to the Br'er Rabbit one, the Jack name (for me anyway) stuck. :) Don't worry, I am behind on a ton of my ideas, but I am hoping to catch up one day. :)  Yeah, I think Jack did what he set out to do here and left on his own accord. :) - <small style="white-space:nowrap;border:1px solid #900;padding:1px;"> Neutralhomer  •  Talk  • 06:26, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
 * "Jack" was before my time here, I got to know and like him as Alarbus, see Reformation top of on my user, actually a thread you also took part in ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:31, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I knew the Reformation cause I am Lutheran. If I wasn't, I probably wouldn't have known was it was. :)  The power of going to church, it taught me a new word. :) - <small style="white-space:nowrap;border:1px solid #900;padding:1px;"> Neutralhomer  •  Talk  • 06:39, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Help with a Pending Changes question on the German Wikipedia
Hi Gerda, I'm wondering if you can help ... We had an important question come up on a Pending Changes talk page: do Google searches show the unreviewed or the reviewed version of a page? It was suggested that it would be a good idea to know how it works on the German Wikipedia, so I asked here. Unfortunately, my German is terrible, so if I've made any mistakes, or what I'm asking isn't clear in German, it would be great if you'd correct it. - Dank (push to talk) 16:38, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
 * You did well ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:13, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Then I got lucky :) No answers though yet :( - Dank (push to talk) 02:09, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Ian Fleming TFA
Gerda, just a quick note to say thank you for letting me know about the pending appearence of Fleming on the main page. Thank goodness we got the article to FA in time for Bond's 50th anniversary in film. All the best! --  Cassianto <sup style="font-family:Papyrus;">Talk   02:55, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I said above that it is a thankless job to be the cleaning lady of TFA, you proved me wrong - thank you, made my day (again)! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:04, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Residenz Ansbach
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:02, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for St. Gumbertus, Ansbach
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:03, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for St. Johannis, Ansbach
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:03, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Danie Mellor, if you have a moment
Hi Gerda, I'm hoping to take the above article, on an Australian urban Indigenous artist, to FAC soon. If you have a moment, I'd be grateful for any comments or edits there. Regards, hamiltonstone (talk) 12:03, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I am interested but don't have that moment right now, I hope later, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:37, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK Barke
It can wait until you add the information to the article Djflem (talk) 06:48, 20 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for waiting, my mind is away, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:31, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Karl-Friedrich Beringer
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:01, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

May I ask you a question?
As a non-English female unit of work you're a particularly valuable resource, so if you don't mind I have a question for you. Some years ago I was teaching a course in the Netherlands, and at one point I said something like "of course you could do that, but it wouldn't be fair". I was met by blank looks, and the discussion that followed was very interesting. Basically what I was told is that there's no equivalent in Dutch for the English word "fair" in the way that we use it, to mean even-handed. So I'm wondering if that's true, if it's a uniquely Dutch thing, or if it represents some kind of a cultural divide. Malleus Fatuorum 06:47, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
 * You are probably right, in German we use "fair" for fair, and we use "unfair" a lot, there seems no exact equivalent, "gerecht" (just) is not the same. - I am no reliable resource, admire pablo ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:56, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
 * That's exactly the way the discussion went. For an English person, justice and fairness aren't synonymous. Malleus Fatuorum 08:20, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

You're our resident expert Gerda, I beg to differ! I vaguely remember actually my old German teacher giving a lesson on untranslatable words..☠ Count de Blofeld  07:52, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen, BWV 49
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:08, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Question for Ya
Since you are friends with everyone (it seems), do you know if Drmies is gone? He kinda alluded to being "inactive", I sent him an email, but didn't get a response. He is my mentor after my block, so I kinda have to know if he is or isn't, so I can rush and find a new one real fast. - <small style="white-space:nowrap;border:1px solid #900;padding:1px;"> Neutralhomer •  Talk  • 09:28, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Define "gone". He is one on a list that you find on the bottom of my user (search for "left"), people whom I admire because they withdraw their service to the project as it is right now. I told you why I don't do the same. Drmies is a wonderful friend with a great boy. - For the time being - they all have the condition of the present ArbCom - ask me questions you would ask your mentor ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:44, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Okie Dokie, I will mark you down as my new mentor. :) I hope Drmies comes back one day, he definitely is a good editor.  We are losing far too many good editors of late and it really sucks. :( - <small style="white-space:nowrap;border:1px solid #900;padding:1px;"> Neutralhomer  •  Talk  • 10:03, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Did you look at the list? We are losing them for reasons. - I have no idea what a mentor's responsibilities are but will "try my very best", --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:07, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I knew Drmies (in particular) had something to do with ArbCom, Malleus and Jclemens, but that place gives me a migraine when I try to read it. I did look at the list though.  There have been more editors than just that who have left (but not about ArbCom or Jclemens.
 * Don't worry, I have no idea what a mentor does either. :) - <small style="white-space:nowrap;border:1px solid #900;padding:1px;"> Neutralhomer •  Talk  • 10:16, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf: Ernesti
You are nearly there, but I would suggest "the blessed Sir Professor and Rector Ernesti" could be turned around to "the blessed Rector, Professor Ernesti". On Jesu Juva, see what Jack Botelho says here (text coloured pale green). Moonraker (talk) 10:11, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you! - hoping for the Spirit's help, in the above and in general, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:59, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Le Laudi
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:03, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Frankfurter Kantorei
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:03, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Johann Heinrich Ernesti started.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  07:32, 26 October 2012 (UTC)
 * great! will look later, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:18, 26 October 2012 (UTC)
 * if you can add a few sources, you can bold him in the DYK for BWV 226, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:03, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

Stephen Crane
Why was the article chosen when consensus was against it at TFAR? And "should" you what? María ( yllo submarine ) 12:29, 26 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Don't ask me. See above, I am (only) the cleaning lady of TFA (doing the announcements that the bot doesn't manage to perform, for example). Ask the one who chose, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:32, 26 October 2012 (UTC)
 * ps: regarding your second question, I placed my announcement under the header "I am sorry", and asked if I should be sorry (about the interesting scheduling to have the man a day after his birthday), - personally, I like the scheduling because it's a friend's 50th birthday, and I prefer literature as TFA to a battleship ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:36, 26 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, your preference for literature TFAs is quite evident. Your cryptic messages, however, are often not. María ( yllo  submarine ) 12:45, 26 October 2012 (UTC)
 * If I was less cryptic I would be banned ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:52, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

The Mandarax Barnstar of Excellence

 * Thank you! - I was tempted to say "Blushing", but every time I say so the user is gone a week later, I don't want to miss you also ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:19, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
 * ps: I would like to share this award with my br'er Rabbit, the incarnation of selfless service to this project ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:15, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Your not saying it seems to have worked – it's been a week and I'm still here! I just finished my latest article (my first in a long time). It's about an artist who was born and raised in Germany and was very interested in music. For some reason, that made me think of you....  M AN d ARAX  •  XAЯA b ИA M  22:01, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I didn't say it, as much as I was tempted! - Thanks for staying with me, and for the article! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:25, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Mass DYK
Are you still interested in pursuing the Mass in B minor structure DYK? Abyssal (talk) 15:21, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I think of the Mass a lot, rehearsing it every week, and I promised a good article, working on the single movements and their relationship. But due to other commitments here and in real life, the expansion will not be anytime soon. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:27, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild, BWV 79
The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

nice edit notice ;)

 * http://wikipediocracy.com/
 * http://wikipediocracy.com/2012/10/31/tis-the-season-to-be-banning-at-wikipedia/


 * Mads Lange

A Halloween present from Wikipediocracy on my eighth anniversary. Best wishes. Mads Lange (talk) 09:28, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

<div style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; background-color: #ddd; border: 5px solid #ddd; box-shadow: 0.1em 0.1em 0.5em rgba(0,0,0,0.75); border-radius: 0.5em;"><p style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0;">'tis the season
 * nice comment, peace maker - I pass free treats today, Reformation, even the Bach cantata got a pumpkin + I like sharing, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:32, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

Ah Wikipediocracy, the website which thinks I'm in Gibraltar raking in thousands of dollars and running a sock account pretending to be a user name Anne from Chicago with two kids. Mmm.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  23:05, 1 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Snorting coffee out my nose! (SCOMN) LOL!  Of course, just surfing coffee shops, without leaving town, I can have IPs claiming I geolocate anywhere from Nampa, Idaho to Salt Lake City!  LOL!   Montanabw (talk) 23:15, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for your efforts
Its very kind to attempt to answer questions for TownLake and perhaps both enlighten and shed light on the situation. I'm sorry for the response you received. You didn't deserve that. At some point It might be worth while to lay out the series of events that led to where we are now. I am reluctant to say good bye to another good editor, because of the layers of inaccurate information that have been piled onto a false base. Hugs.(olive (talk) 03:31, 1 November 2012 (UTC))
 * Thanks for YOUR effort. The answer is amusing. When I have time (not now, traveling) I will clarify what I can. It's not so easy because, as you will remember, even Will Beback stated "We will never know the true story" ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:56, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I tried now, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:20, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

"There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe"
You mentioned this article on my talk page earlier. The reason I did a bit of work on it was partly because it was pretty poor, but more selfishly I wanted to start an article on the topic of concealed shoes, and I didn't it want it to be immediately tagged as an orphan; I hate those tags. I've emailed Northampton Museum asking if someone from there could take a look at the article, and it would be good if you and/or your talk-page stalkers could have a quick look through as well, to see if there's anything that could do with a bit more explanation. I'm not asking for any kind kind of formal review, just a quick eyeball to see if there's anything obviously missing, or that doesn't make sense.

Cheers! (Yes, I've had a couple of glasses of wine, and perhaps you'll join me. I find it helps the creative juices to flow. ;-) ) George Ponderevo (talk) 19:31, 1 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Thank you, will look but not soon, want to get Fauré's Requiem to presentable until the composer appears as TFA on 4 November, translate a Bach cantata to German until Saturday and Der Handschuh asap, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:43, 1 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Would you like me to take a look as well? Malleus Fatuorum 19:56, 1 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Sure, all of them ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:58, 1 November 2012 (UTC)


 * OK, later. Have to warn you though that I'm not really a Wikipedian, have never been a Wikipedian, and I scare away women, children and new editors. Allegedly. But I'll try and be gentle. Malleus Fatuorum 20:03, 1 November 2012 (UTC)


 * matching my Category:Wikipedians who are not part of The Community --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:13, 1 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Mally, you left out small animals and ... (wait for it) ... trolls!   Montanabw (talk) 23:17, 1 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for Requiem improvements! What do you think of a separate list for the notes, and templates for the bibliography? Like Kafka, for example. - I have rehearsal tonight, to repeat the new Missa solemnis tomorrow at the Frankfurt Cathedral, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:43, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

Dots
Well, "Did you know..." has been like that, without a space, on the main page since 23 February 2004 without apparent problem, and it was "more..." (without a space) at the end of the TFA blurb from Today's featured article/February 22, 2004 (the first TFA subpage) onwards (as far as I can see), so why the sudden complaint about a missing space / the need for "..." in the first place? BencherliteTalk 23:16, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I don't think English requires the space for the elipses, although I don't see the need for the elipses in this particular case. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:17, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I learned from Mandarax that (only) if you abbreviate part of a word, there's no space. Confess that I didn't look close enough at the old style, - now that I do: it looks wrong, but I'm not the expert ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:25, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Part of a word or sentence? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:52, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Part of word: no space, part of expression of new word(s): space, that's what I understood, and it makes sense to me. Back to the example, NOTHING is missing in "Read the full article", so why dots at all? Going further: why not "Read the article"? I didn't follow the discussion, why not "Read more"? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:44, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Read the full discussion... BencherliteTalk 07:23, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the offer, sorry, I couldn't care less ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:24, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Well I'm glad I wasted my time finding the link for you, then. Don't ask questions if you can't be bothered to read the answer. BencherliteTalk 07:27, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry about the waste of your time. - Who is Mason? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:30, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

Question re Kafka stories
Moved here. I'm pressed for time and will explain as soon as I can. Thanks. Truthkeeper (talk) 13:26, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
 * time limited (but not wasted) as well, just look around above ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:33, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Rhapsodie Macabre
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:02, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

Please delete
Gerda, I would like this to go away. My thoughts are absolutely irrelevant. Had they been taken seriously the PR wouldn't have been abruptly closed, the first round of thoughts ignored and on and on. I've had a miserable 12 months on Wikipedia, I complain to a single friend, I don't make lists of people I miss, I don't try to rewrite "narratives". But honestly, I really can't take this hypocrisy anymore. Something has to give and I think you've just seen a whole tier of content editor throw up their hands and walk away. Please find someone else to figure out what needs to be done there. This much I can say; there are problems. But not mine to fix; not anymore. Truthkeeper (talk) 23:42, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry if I misunderstood, my English is limited. I added a few replies, please have a look. If you think a solution is hopeless please delete yourself. I confess that I don't understand "something has to give", nor "rewrite narratives". I would like to learn. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:54, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Okay, I will use simple non-idiomatic phrases. For me ist's all ganz schrecklich hier. Almost one year ago, on a day I was quietly working on an article, I had a run in with Alarbus - an editor I did not know. That quickly grew and grew and some time later he used TCO's report about FAC editors as a weapon to put-down (erniedrig?) me. It did not stop there - people took sides. And it continues on and on. In the last year we have lost many good content editors who choose not to take sides, who choose not be part of this division.  "Something has to give" means that it's too hard - ganz schwierig - and too heavy. Some will break. To rewrite a narrative means that one person has one story (Geschichte) and other people different stories. A good story is the one that is true. My advice would be let things drop for a while. We have seen too much Schmerz. Können Sie dass verstehen? Apologies for the terrible German. Truthkeeper (talk) 14:52, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm holding nothing, - nothing holds me ;) - but I would still like the terms Erzählung and Geschichte - as essential to his work - appear in Kafka. Your help in phrasing is welcome!
 * ps: yes, I understand having seen Schmerz, WP:Great Dismal Swamp, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:10, 4 November 2012 (UTC)


 * I really don't understand the link to the swamp. Regarding Kafka, I sent Jstor articles to PumpkinSky that can be used. The only way to do it correctly is to follow the sources instead of leading the sources. I'm giving up with all of this now. Truthkeeper (talk) 16:49, 5 November 2012 (UTC)


 * never mind the link, just: I understand suffering, seeing victims all around, PumpkinSky being one of them, so you have to deal with me regarding Kafka. The fact that his short works are of the genre Erzählung in German hardly needs a source, to my understanding, like the grass is green, but I may be wrong. - Please tell me what I said when about Ceoil, according to Crisco's talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:57, 5 November 2012 (UTC)


 * I'm curious: why are you keeping on this page blurbs and discussions that took place a long time ago and are now archived? When people post to one page, they don't expect to see it all being kept elsewhere once archived. What's the purpose of the page? Truthkeeper (talk) 00:40, 9 November 2012 (UTC)


 * The purpose of QAI:TFA is to keep for later use prepared blurbs that were on TFAR but were not accepted. TFAR is not archived, to my knowledge. One discussion is kept as an example, as the title says, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 00:50, 9 November 2012 (UTC)


 * What exactly is the point of keeping a discussion? And futhermore, keeping a discussion that was, shall we say, somewhat heated? Does it not perpetuate things that are best left alone? Who makes this decision? Truthkeeper (talk) 00:55, 9 November 2012 (UTC)


 * The discussion is dear to my heart because it contains the farewell of a friend - I knew only later --Gerda Arendt (talk) 01:08, 9 November 2012 (UTC)


 * I think it would be more appropriate, if you want to keep the discussion, to copy it to a text file on your own computer. There's no reason to keep it in WP space on an indexed page. The discussion is finished and now gone from TFAR - where it occurred. This tends to mislead. The problem is that this particular conversation has a remark the was revdeled - so it's not as it was and lost sense once that happened. It was a comment I asked to have oversighted, and honestly would prefer not to see this conversation hanging around in WP space. Truthkeeper (talk) 01:30, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
 * As you wish, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:29, 9 November 2012 (UTC)




 * Thank you I appreciate it. Linking discussions I've been part of, as you've done today on Dabomb's page, is not really helpful. Perhaps also add an {noindex} tag to the page the Crane discussion has been moved to? I would like it to be clear that I had nothing to do with Jack's departure - like you, I didn't know about it until after it happened. And I haven't forgotten that I attempted to build a bridge which I will get back to when time permits. Nor have I forgotten about helping with Kafka but haven't had time for research. I sent a source to PumpkinSky that perhaps can be used for that section - but re-reading it today it says clearly he wrote short stories and only 8 of them. Anyway, I hope we can move forward in a more friendly spirit. Here's a pic - pretty and sad. I like it. Truthkeeper (talk) 15:08, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the picture and the bridge-building. Quote: "My name is not Jack." (same discussion, better no link?). PumpkinSky has not edited since this. I don't know about noindex, please apply it yourself, no problem ;) There's a discussion on Dr. Blofeld's talk you may be interested in (avoiding a link, you will find my name several times on the page.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:33, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit, BWV 115
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:02, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Requiem (Fauré)
I saw from Tim's talkpage that you are interested in developing the Requiem article. Depending on how quickly you want to do it, I have a fair amount of source information and can help if required, though not just yet. Brianboulton (talk) 23:47, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Appreciated! I want to do a bit more - with the help of Tim's sources - until Saturday when we will sing it again, but there is no time limit for improvements ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:56, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I inserted 3 sources and got the link on my user, but am not sure how to insert the JSTOR links properly, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:23, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Weather
Any time. Supposed to be more tomorrow - perhaps even the first snow of the season. Pity I have to be out and about in it. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 07:27, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen
Jack of Oz has timely raised a concern about the title used here on the article's talk page. Don't know what to do. Could you please Gerda ? Krenakarore TK 20:36, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
 * As much as I like him, we will never agree on that topic, I tried to stay out of it, because I have very little time this month. Compare my comments about "The Rite of Spring" (FAC), feel free to use the arguments for the real name, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:48, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Erich Barke
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

To the lovely Gerda, I wanted to inform you of, what looks like another sad departure. I thought maybe you could offer a few words of encouragement to the editor to coax him back as this is a big loss for WP. Hope your well! --  Cassianto <sup style="font-family:Papyrus;">Talk   16:59, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Look for my name on his talk, I was among the first to say something ;)
 * In email, I had mused about a Category:Wikipedians who take the liberty to stay, because - things being as they are - it seems almost indecent to do so. Coax PumpkinSky if you can, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:52, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
 * "Look for my name on his talk, I was among the first to say something" - oh yes, so you were sorry for missing you. I just wish there was something I could do.  What with our dear colleague  leaving, and now Dr. B, this kind of loss is becoming all to frequent.  --   Cassianto <sup style="font-family:Papyrus;">Talk   21:04, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Look for Tim above ;) - or here, and add. Today's Precious went to the next one I noticed retiring, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:54, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

Kafka
In fact, I'am translating this featured article into Vietnamese on vi.wiki. Could I ask you some questions about details that I don't understand well? Josephk (talk) 09:22, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Wonderful! You can ask, but some parts I don't understand myself ;) You may want to translate some of the list Franz Kafka works first, a work in progress (not wanted in a FA) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:30, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Actually, I just wanted to correct the name (from "The Trial" to "The Judgment"). Thanks for reminding me the request!Josephk (talk) 11:16, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you. I share your feelings - as you can read in the box on top of this page (when BarkingMoon left I screamed), and - looking for my name - on his talk, and - looking for his name - on my user. Today is Sunday, I will concentrate on CONTENT - the reason I am here, in Category:Wikipedians who take the liberty to stay, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:36, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Gerda, to be honest, you are an awesome wikipedian! Really!!!!! Please, never leave!!!!!! Huge respect to you! Helen-Heller (talk) 16:44, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Wohl dem, der sich auf seinen Gott, BWV 139
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

Points
(the following discussion was moved to WT:TFAR, please add there, not here) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:47, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

Hi Gerda, I see you've added a point each for the December 1 nominations but can you please calculate according to all the points: when promoted; whether widely covered; based on the primary contributor's recent TFAs; and degree of representation. Thanks. Truthkeeper (talk) 22:01, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Repeating: I don't do point math. I calculated one support each, my own ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:06, 11 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Why don't you follow the system that's been in place for a long time? Consensus is the mechanism we use on WP to make decisions, and there hasn't been consensus to overturn the point system. I'm busy elsewhere and don't want to have to do it for you. If you nominate, you should be prepared to calculate the points. It's really that simple. You might not agree with it, but it's how do things here. At least in theory. Truthkeeper (talk) 22:10, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Because of this question, I don't see consensus for points --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:19, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Do you see consensus there? Perhaps I should bring it up there. What I see right now is confusion because some, such as yourself, don't use points and others do. Obviously some pages are no-brainers such as Betelguese, but when two are at the same time, then how do you propose we choose? I see that Brian has kindly removed the other which leaves only the princess, but these situations will occur again and it's nice to have a system that works. If you think this system doesn't, perhaps propose one that does? Truthkeeper (talk) 22:24, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Gerda, your defence seems to be "its beyond me". Thats fine, but dont berate others if thats the case. Ceoil (talk) 22:35, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
 * (ec) done, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:37, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
 * What is the function of the page you've linked to? What confused me is that there was a request in the queue, and then another request was added. I have great respect for Brian and don't like to upset him; have done so repeatedly now. Equally I have great respect for Maria and also opposed there. It would be helpful to look a little more closely to prevent these things from happening. Personally I don't bother nominating there and leave it to the delegates. Truthkeeper (talk) 22:53, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
 * The page should explain itself, please let me know what isn't clear. - I don't see Brian upset here. - The explorer was added to pending requests by Sven Manguard after the princess. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:10, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I dont think any of us look well here. We squabbled on an FA of Brian's, one of the kmost helpful and gracious editors you could hope to meet. It was not a good time to take it up. This ends now. Ceoil (talk) 23:18, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

Brian didn't seem bothered at all, and clearly put a stop to the flurry of polar expedition nominations this year - which someone had to do - and Truthkeeper88 could have removed the nomination herself, as Gerda did. Why leave all the work to the clearly overworked delegate? Calculating the "points" are a nightmare; Truthkeeper88 could have done it but didn't. Why not? Leave all that calculating to Dabomb? What looks bad is everyone backing out and refusing to chip in, IMO. MathewTownsend (talk) 00:59, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Okay, got it. Thanks. Truthkeeper (talk) 01:08, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry Mathew, but you are missing the point. Ceoil (talk) 01:37, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Mathew, I simply swung through and looked at the nominations last night or at some point. I asked Gerda a simple question to which no answer is forthcoming. She wrote "pending requests" on the Brazilian article and I saw a completely different one on the pending requests. Since I didn't nominate the onus isn't on me to calculate points. It's very unfortunate that Brian got caught up in this, but the truth is, it's not the first time it's happened. Gerda says above she doesn't use math or points, yet it's a system long established by consensus and so why are we now throwing it away? At any rate, it's probably better for you to post these remarks on TFA talk so we can hash it out there. I suspect this will happen again, and keep in mind that already one request for arbitration has been opened in regards to TFA. If the problems are continuing by proxy, which is what it appears to me, then we'll be going through this again and again. Bottom line: nominator calculates points as you see the others doing. I hope that answers your questions about why I haven't. Truthkeeper (talk) 01:49, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
 * waking up, mildly astonished, trying to clarify: pending requests are in a transcluded box - UNTIL they are requested. Everybody is free to enter to pending, everybody is free to nominate from there, everybody is free to calculate points at that point, I don't because they serve a function ONLY when there is "competition" about a specific date, I think it's a waste of time for the regular nomination. I said this on the TFA talk and am ready to repeat it there. The list WP:QAI/TFA is open to suggestions for any time in any style, from just mentioning an article for a date to a blurb suggestion, - if that is not clear on the page please let me know. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:30, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf, BWV 226
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Johann Heinrich Ernesti
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

TFAR again
You added an 11th nomination. As you didn't bother calculating points for either Brown or Bachelot, despite there being no consensus to do away with points, I simply removed the 11th nomination rather than work out for you which one was the greater priority (or, indeed, if both scored more highly than two others on the page) and readded Bachelot to the pending chart. Regards, BencherliteTalk 11:16, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
 * You know that we have 10 noms there because scheduling is behind, right? Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:50, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, but what's the rush to add nominations now for early December? Another day or two won't hurt their chances. You've got mail, by the way. BencherliteTalk 09:17, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
 * No rush, but you know that I would like scheduling a week or two in advance, there should be some time before for peaceful discussion. I mentioned that I trust you ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:52, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

Happy Thanksgiving!
Thank you. It would be happier with not so many friends missed, I must say, perhaps consider to greet those also, Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:02, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Good Idea. I don't know many of them but will strive to 'get-er-done' by Turkey day. ```<em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:black">Buster Seven  <em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:black"> Talk  19:19, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Perhaps look at the history and take the last ones first, some of them "the five pillars of Wikipedia" ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:20, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

Fancy a t-shirt?
I think your work on the Bach cantatas deserves something in return.--Peter cohen (talk) 23:33, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I figured, it fitted the second time, - I like to imagine! No real things please, I prefer music, my awesome Wikipedian of 18 April 2012 ;) - off to improve today's BWV 26 --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:26, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
 * that done, adding "suggestive of a world of chaos and foolishness", I'll apply br'erly referencing to the other one for this Sunday, BWV 60 ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:18, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Prefer music? Well I thought I would remember you anyway. I'm not sure that I thanked you for the awesome Wikipedian. So I'll say thank you here.--Peter cohen (talk) 12:24, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Exquisite "remember me"! - How did you like my Totentanz-DYK? I found the connectiom to Rhapsodie Macabre quite amusing ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 02:05, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
 * You appear to have a theme there with the death dances. And the link to the Wikipediocracy article about grave-dancing too. You'll have to watch out or some people will decided that you are not one of them.--Peter cohen (talk) 20:31, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I am not, see? Or here? Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:22, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig, BWV 26
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:07, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanksgiving request
Hi. I saw you seem to have taken the lead in the "precious"/"awesome" contributor recognition. I don't remember where exactly, but I saw The Blade of the Northern Lights was among them, and think he is and was one of the most deserving people I've encountered a lot recently. Anyway, from over at the Christianity material, three editors come to mind to me as being maybe deserving. I would appreciate it if you perhaps considered them for the award as well. I think it would probably mean more to them coming from the "regular" presenter, as well. Anyway, Anyway, I would appreciate it if you were to perhaps review what you see of them to determine whether you agree with me that they deserve such recognition. Thank you very much for taking on this role. John Carter (talk) 21:32, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
 * User:Jeffro77 - has done more than just about anyone I know to try to improve and maintain the hugely problematic articles relating to the media-shy Jehovah's Witnesses for a number of years, for several years now. I know some editors who are JW's have less high opinions of him, but in my own admittedly intermittent involvement in that subject, I cannot remember ever even thinking his conclusions were not as neutral and rational as they can be given the nature of the content.
 * User:History2007 is maybe one of the best editors, and most knowledgable editors, I can remember who has dealt with Christianity. period.
 * User:Mannanan51 has recently been asked, as per his talk page, to be included in the Wikimedia Foundation newsletter. I can't remember ever seeing anyone associated with Christianity related content receiving such a request. I myself haven't been involved there much lately, but am more than a bit stunned that it has received such high regard from the Foundation itself.
 * Thank you for your thoughts! Please look up the list, you will see that 1) History2007 received the award, 2) you are free to pass it yourself if you don't want to wait for me to get to your suggestions ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 01:54, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Oppose II
You archived a question without an answer (I added more links to archives in the repeat):

":Would you join us in trying to win PumpkinSky to editing again? (Same link. We lost Dr. Blofeld because someone was simply given the bits back after 4 years. Not without irony) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:14, 13 November 2012 (UTC)"

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 03:51, 21 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the note. My apologies for initially missing (not seeing) the question (not sure how that happened).
 * (I didn't re-paste the archives (besides the question) as we both have seen them now.)
 * As for the answer, no.
 * He's not blocked, and apparently no longer banned.
 * If he chooses to leave, we should respect that. I've placed friendly notes on "retired" or "on extended wikibreak" editors over the years. And though it may be well-meant it tends to not change the situation. Editors in good standing are free to choose to help out or not at their discretion.
 * You took no for answer here, perhaps you might consider doing so in this case as well. I'll leave that choice to you, of course. - jc37 18:57, 21 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Thank you for answering! The question changed - as you know by some reading - to simply missed or not. The PumpkinSky Prize of yesterday went to someone who saw no risk, today's - in new design for Thanksgiving - to someone who even espected more understanding because of past experiences. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:39, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Likely well-deserved. My experience of User:Acalamari is that of a helpful, friendly editor : ) - jc37 09:10, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
 * No need to say "likely", only a click or two away what Acalamari deserved it for. - I hope you also can take no for an answer, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:01, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

Your gift
Thank you Gerda Arendt, I really appreciate the "Precious" gift! :) That was a nice surprise to see after logging in. I also didn't realize that I'd earnt the "Awesome Wikipedian" award three times before! :D Thanks for the appreciation, and Happy Thanksgiving. Best. Acalamari 09:10, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

TFA
I do indeed. That's great. Harrison49 (talk) 20:12, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

Mera sings Bach
Halo! Familiar with Yoshikazu Mera? :) Just noticed a bizarre rename move. In ictu oculi (talk) 16:28, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Can you handle it? Website not found ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:34, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Move done --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:36, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Ah it was you, well done ! :) In ictu oculi (talk) 17:10, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Move was someone else nice. Would you find the latest website, - I have no more time right now, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:34, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

Hi there.
I noticed your comment on the Arb discussion page and wanted to reply. I did indeed understand what you were saying in your original post, and understood the points you were trying to get across. MY comment, or request was simply my response to him in regards to "he admitted it". I wanted to see some sort of proof, a link of some sort where anyone could draw that conclusion. I still have not seen a logical link to anything remotely suggesting what was accused, but it looks at this point as though there ISN'T one. But then again, I knew that all along. So I just wanted to let you know that I did understand what you were saying. I was just replying to HIM (or her if that's the case). — Ched : ?  18:24, 24 November 2012 (UTC)


 * I think I understand. Nobody I know would admit "myriads" ;) - Just replied on your talk, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:30, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

Precious
Thank you very much. Very kind of you. Harrison49 (talk) 21:09, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

Cosima
...has been nominated for TFA 24 December. I am working on the prose. Brianboulton (talk) 23:10, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Es reißet euch ein schrecklich Ende, BWV 90
Orlady (talk) 08:02, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

Message
Thank you, dear Gerda. What a very pleasing message to get on my tentative return to diesen heil'gen Hallen. I'm looking forward to helping you and Wehwalt with Fauré's Requiem. Tim riley (talk) 20:11, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
 * You read my mind for the Fauré! - We sang Bernardi for 2 choirs today, choir I with strings, choir II with winds, a great experience! - But "heil'ge Hallen"? Or do you mean "kennt man die Rache nicht" (you don't know/seek revenge)? - I took you off our sad list ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:19, 25 November 2012 (UTC)


 * How about a Nazi composer? Franz Philipp just fell in my lap today. I translated the text from the German wiki but it'll need some sourcing before DYK--I think it could be a fun one, with a hook maybe about replacing those numbers. Drmies (talk) 03:32, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Seems like a good idea, but the Requiem should also grow this week, before Advent, and the Bach cantatas for the last two Sundays after Trinity (which don't happen this year) should get to br'erly referencing standard. I am also concerned about the arb election, with a friend running ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:06, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
 * ps: I can't write an elaborate Voters' guide, dealing comprehensively with a long past, so just give you the correlation of candidate names with coming to my attention as awesome Wikipedians, worthy of Precious, in chronological order:
 * 26 February
 * 29 March
 * 19 April
 * 22 April
 * 13 May
 * 14 June
 * 4 August
 * 19 October
 * 25 November
 * --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:54, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

List of Bach cantatas
I left a message on the talk page of the article for 4 days indicating the changes I was proposing to make before I did anything. No one said anything. No one commented. Now after I've been through the article you raise an objection. Thank you so much. Anyway, I reversed the article the state it was before I touched it, i.e. November 21. Several things are wrong: timpani are not winds, winds is meaningless you want brass, lutes are not keyboard instruments, the supposed "key" column is in fact the column for the continuo instrument, the term chamber cantata (or sonata etc.) is more commun in English, French, Italian, etc. (check the pages), etc. but it's exactly the way you left it. I'll know in the future to stay away from any page you've had a hand in. Signed: Basemetal00 ( write to me here) 22:41, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I think you are a bit too fast. Thanks for your help! - My watch list is large, I was on vacation, other concers are on my mind: sorry I overlooked the talk page announcement. - I never heard the term chamber cantata, but am willing to learn. - keyboard means a solo instrument, bc is a group of instruments, not only keyboard, - I took that from German, but perhaps it could be clarified? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:12, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Ok, I was a bit too fast. Sorry. I live on Belgian, not U.S., time and it was (and still is) late. Regarding the continuo I'll look around to see exactly what the proper usage is. But surely the 2 lutes of Cantata BWV 198 can never turn into keyboard instruments no matter what they do. Regarding "chamber" vs "secular", "church" vs "sacred", etc. both are used but I do find "chamber" and "church" more common or, if not, more idiomatic, and most certainly shorter (2 syllables vs. 3 that's a 33% saving, 1 syllable vs 2 that's a 50% saving) and rolling off the tongue more pleasantly. Take a look for instance at this article that uses both article "Cantata" in Britannica Online "Johann Hasse, a German pupil of Scarlatti, took the chamber cantata to Dresden" next to "Secular cantatas were also common in Bach’s day (e.g., his Coffee and Peasant cantatas) and afterward". It doesn't matter anyway. There are more important things in this life than a perfect Wikipedia article. Signed: Basemetal00 ( write to me here) 00:30, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Ok, so was I, I live in Germany, it was late for me also ;) - I see the opposites Church vs. Chamber to speak about the location, Sacred vs. Secular to speak about the content. Chamber directs me toward Chamber music, and for some secular ones that is not true, also I started to use Church for those within the liturgical year, opposed to Sacred for others such as Town council, funeral and wedding (church service). and opposed to secular as wedding entertainment. - BC is a group (for some organ bassoon cello bass, for others harpsichord cello), - it's not keyboard, and I don't know enough about the function of those lutes. I am only the translator, questions to content better go to Wikiwal as a main contributor, who speaks English. - We had discussions about the colours not helpful to the visually impaired, so I eliminated them from St Matthew Passion structure. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:59, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Oh. My. God. You took the color codes outta the structure table for Matthäus-Passion! Forgive me, but this is insane. And I don't see anything in the discussion that could make me change my mind. The colored version was so much easier to navigate. Why on earth should information that's not available to visually impaired people be taken out when it is useful to other people? Add to compensate for what the visually impaired can't access, but don't take out features. What kind of logic is that? By this same logic we should take out all text from Wikipedia, because illiterate people can't use it, and leave only graphics, pictures, video and audio. But wait! No! We should eliminate audio. Not useful to deaf people. And graphics and pictures. Useless to blind people. And video. Pointless to those who are both deaf and blind. Pleaaase! Try not to do that to the German version! Signed: Basemetal00 ( write to me here) 21:08, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I do nothing to the German version. I was mourning as you can see in the discussions ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:17, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Who said the continuo group only consisted of a keyboard instrument? I replaced "key" with "continuo" as I thought that column was referring to the continuo group as a whole and had been mislabelled, especially since someone put the lutes of BWV 198 under "b.c." in the abbreviations table! The "key" column in the cantata table is not meant for the use of the keyboard in the continuo group. That column is meant, which I didn't understand at first, for cases where the instruments mentioned (harpsichord, organ, or the 2 lutes of BWV 198) play obbligato parts. What I misconstrued and had to work to figure out, can easily be misconstrued by others. Why should readers have to do work to figure out things, or if they don't, remain on a wrong impression? The "key" column should be renamed "obbligato harpsichord, organ or lute" for their benefit or the misperception will persist. You don't know enough about those lutes but you know they are keyboard instruments and will keep them under "key". I don't know whether to laugh or cry. There are others issues which I'll post on the talk page for whomever'd like to take a shot. And then I'll be done, for life is short. Signed: Basemetal00 ( write to me here) 00:00, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Fauré Requiem
Hi, Gerda. I've added my draft as you suggested. You will see that I have not followed the existing reference format: this is from ignorance rather than malice. The new style of referencing gets me in a proper tangle, but by all means amend what I have done. I have added a section on recordings. With a view to warding off drive-by additions of people's own personal favourites I have emphasised that these are recommendations from well-known musical publications. Tim riley (talk) 14:09, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the content and recordings! I am a beginner in referencing myself, we will see. - I am in the process of writing a bit on the correlation between text and music, please make it English, provide sources wherever applicable (I use the music), and expand by what you know about the use of instruments. - It's great to live the music once more! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:23, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Noticed that the formatting for sources is inconsistent, personally I prefer the sfn type notes as it means you don't have to bunch refs, it does it automatically, not sure what Tim thinks? ♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  22:42, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I understand he is open. I have another problem, see below, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:48, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Arrggh, Wiki Paranoia, a clinical disease, especially where images and BLPs are concerned.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  22:57, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

File:PearY6Bv.jpg
Just want to make you aware that the gem that you used for several "Recognition of Merits" awards has been deleted. Might want to go through and switch them out with something else. Take Care...<small style="white-space:nowrap;border:1px solid #900;padding:1px;"> Neutralhomer •  Talk  • 22:18, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
 * You could use File:43pearYogoSapphire.jpg as it is the same image of the same stone, just under a different name. You can find other versions of the same image (different lighting, etc.) in the Summary section. - <small style="white-space:nowrap;border:1px solid #900;padding:1px;"> Neutralhomer  •  Talk  • 22:24, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
 * (ec): I noticed, replaced it on the list, sad, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:26, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, if you find a version you like, I can go through and switch them all out on the different talk pages. - <small style="white-space:nowrap;border:1px solid #900;padding:1px;"> Neutralhomer •  Talk  • 22:37, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the offer. I suggest the one on top of Yogo sapphire, File:Yogo2783 Close crop.JPG, hoping that will stay, edit summary for the change "missing PunpkinSky". Will you take the even months, I take the uneven? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:44, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Sure, dinner just arrived so I will be a couple, but I have the evens. Just link me to the calendar you have the names posted on. :)  I should be done with dinner in about 20 minutes. - <small style="white-space:nowrap;border:1px solid #900;padding:1px;"> Neutralhomer  •  Talk  • 22:50, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Thinking again: once we touch them, we can change to the new design. It needs adjustment of pic size, User:Bibliomaniac15/Today/Archive has design and calender. I might fall asleep soon ... --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:55, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

Feeling better: only renamed File:Cornflower blue Yogo sapphire.jpg, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:59, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
 * OK, back. Starting on the even months now. :) - <small style="white-space:nowrap;border:1px solid #900;padding:1px;"> Neutralhomer  •  Talk  • 23:21, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
 * There are a lot of instances where the file name needs to be changed, so I am enlisting a user with AWB to help. :) - <small style="white-space:nowrap;border:1px solid #900;padding:1px;"> Neutralhomer •  Talk  • 00:17, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Excellent idea! - I did November and a few extra thanksgivings. You deserve one! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 00:23, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Give User:Moe Epsilon mine, he did most of the work. :) He took care of the user pages, subpages and other non-talk pages.  He is going to let CommonsDelinkerBot take care of the talk pages to avoid the "New Messages" banner. - <small style="white-space:nowrap;border:1px solid #900;padding:1px;"> Neutralhomer  •  Talk  • 02:02, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

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 * Thank you both so much! While I award Awesome Wikipedian only once for any user - some got four anyway, some from you ;) - the little thanksgiving can be applied generously, I will do! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:08, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
 * ps: here is a sample, with a nod to the designer --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:14, 28 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Love the upgrade. You have inspired me. --LilHelpa (talk) 14:26, 28 November 2012 (UTC)


 * I find it truly interesting that LilHelpa has affirmed inspiration from observing your conduct! Like I said moments ago, before seeing this post, "I suggest that you embrace your gift." My <font color="#FF4500;">76 Strat  (talk) 14:28, 4 December 2012 (UTC)


 * I noticed and embraced, inspired ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:04, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

thanks!~
I enjoyed writing those articles VERY MUCH, and especially the collaboration with others as the articles became more substantive! And other articles as well. I'll be in Germany later in the winter, and hope to pick up some interesting tidbits and photos to include, especially regarding the Battle of Ostrach ... maybe some other things. :) And I have to finish helping someone with a couple of other projects as well as my own dissertation. Cheers. auntieruth (talk) 16:18, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

Requests
Done, hope you had a nice holiday in Flamenco land!♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  13:57, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, thank you, very much so, especially in Segóbriga (Segobriga) and at the cliffs of Barbate, Flamenco in Sevilla with dinner and in Cadiz on the stage of the Gran Teatro Falla! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:26, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

Hi Gerda
I could have easily sent you an email, but I wanted to say this out in public. I wanted to say thank you so very much for being who you are. There are many people in the world, and every so often I get the chance to meet one that is really special. You are. You are one of the most amazing people I have ever had the chance to meet. Thank you for being you. — Ched : ?  09:09, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Ched, thank you, - blushing again. I said above that every time someone makes me blush here the one is gone in a week. But I am not afraid concerning you, - because Wikipedia doesn't essentially matter, and you will be with me even if you would leave here. But better stay ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:06, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Schwingt freudig euch empor, BWV 36
The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

I have been honored
I am so happy to have been moved to create and publish my highest honor and for finally seeing an honoree that unequivocally qualified to receive it. What a joy it has been to observe the conduct cited in publishing this award. My joy is compounded by being the person moved to see the inspired awe, and the vessel chosen to set it before my eyes; opened to see by grace alone. Very sincerely, My <font color="#FF4500;">76 Strat  (talk) 11:01, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I am sincerely moved and honored. Did you notice that I supported you, saying that you can express something simply? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:19, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Interestingly enough, I did not realize that you were endeavoring to affirm that point, until just now. You are truly a vessel of God's will, whether you knew it or not! No one can choose to serve in such capacity, but instead they are chosen. This alone is sufficient reason, that you command awe. I suggest that you embrace your gift; for you are powerless to close the door that no one could open. The fact that the door is now open, is very awe inspiring, for anyone who knew, by faith, that one day it would be. And much, much, more-so, for anyone capable to see, that it is now open. Sincerely, My <font color="#FF4500;">76 Strat  (talk) 14:16, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I embrace you thoughts that match Soar joyfully aloft much better than my mood when I felt called to write it because it was the time, and seeming particularly aloft in contrast to a recent down-to-earth edit summary of yours that I enjoyed ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:46, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I did want to ensure that you didn't miss my comment a few threads above. I'll spare you the deep relevance, which is more for my benefit; being shown that I was correct; a reward for knowing I was correct, without being shown. Anyway I did want to make sure you noticed that comment as well. Cheers,  My <font color="#FF4500;">76 Strat  (talk) 16:56, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

The above is lovely comment. I fixed the Verlag/Classical interwiki, you may want to check. I also wonder if you have any input on Category:Choral compositions by language? Before I go further. In ictu oculi (talk) 15:15, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
 * What about works such as Rutter's Requiem, mixing English in the Latin? And every Mass, with a bit of Greek for a start? I am not a cats person, agreeing with a user who has in his edit notice "The only real nation is humanity". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:46, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Congrats, Gerda!  Montanabw (talk) 22:34, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

Freedom of speech = New WikiProject
I've recently gone ahead and created WP:WikiProject Freedom of speech. If you're interested, here are some easy things you can do: Thank you for your interest in Freedom of speech, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 17:21, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
 * WP:WikiProject Freedom of speech
 * 1) List yourself as a participant in the WikiProject, by adding your username here: WikiProject_Freedom_of_speech.
 * 2) Add userbox User Freedom of speech to your userpage, which lists you as a member of the WikiProject.
 * 3) Tag relevant talk pages of articles and other relevant pages using WikiProject Freedom of speech.
 * 4) Join in discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Freedom of speech.
 * 5) Notify others you think might be interested in Freedom of speech to join the WikiProject.
 * Thank you for the invitation, good topic, I will watch, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:22, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

Christoph Nichelmann
Hi, Gerda. I was just polishing the English of this. Does "Royal Chapel" stand for Königliche Kapelle? In English, "Royal Chapel" is a building, but I'm not sure whether Königliche Kapelle is a building or a group of musicians. In any event, perhaps it deserves its own article? Moonraker (talk) 11:01, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Kapelle is ambiguous, remember the Hindemith Kurkapelle, musicians in this case. I will look it up in the German sources and mention in the article, could be "Hofkapelle" or something Baroque, then please work your magic again ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:06, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Here's your challenge: Marpurg source "so ergieng der hohe Befehl Sr. Königl. Maj. des Königs von Preussen an ihn, sich nach Berlin zurück zu begeben, weil Höchst Dieselben ihn in Dero Musik aufzunehmen, und zu der Composition zu gebrauchen, genädigst gesonnen wären". The later source has "Operncapelle". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:13, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
 * "Operncapelle" must surely be "operatic ensemble" rather than "opera chapel". In English, a chapel is not just a building but specifically a religious building. For now, in the Christoph Nichelmann article I suggest making it "Royal Ensemble" rather than "Royal Chapel"? Moonraker (talk) 11:21, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you! How would you say "Opernorchester"? "Staatskapelle" as in Dresden and other cities even today? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:24, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I have looked into this a little. When "Staatskapelle" is translated, it usually seems to come out as "State Orchestra", but more often it stays as "Staatskapelle". Much the same seems to be true of "Opernorchester" and "Opera Orchestra". Moonraker (talk) 12:00, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Christoph Nichelmann
The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for taking care of that one. Gerda I was thinking of creating categories like Category:Compositions in B-flat minor as I think it would be really useful. What do you think?♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  13:05, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
 * yes, thinking of Bach's prelude WTI that the choir OREYA sang, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:12, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Started.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  17:51, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Schwingt freudig euch empor, BWV 36
The article Schwingt freudig euch empor, BWV 36 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Schwingt freudig euch empor, BWV 36 for comments about the article. Well done! Tomcat (7) 21:11, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you, also for edit help! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:16, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

About Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Hello again Gerda. Could possibly look at this article? This kammerorchester is possibly more notable than for its commissioned work, Philip Glass's Symphony No. 3.

Listening to Glass's Symphonies 2 and 3 right now. On Naxos, of course. --Shirt58 (talk) 12:24, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Not a BLP ;) - a great, relevant orchestra, many links, both German name and English name. Created a redirect and will look again later, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:37, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you!--Shirt58 (talk) 10:44, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Klaus Hofmann
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:02, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Winter Wonderland

 * Happy Holidays. ```<em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:black">Buster Seven  <em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:black"> Talk  15:17, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you! The picture has a very personal touch since I was there. The message also - I am thinking how to solve in serenity the conflict I feel between me and someone who didn't answer my questions. I miss the one who said Peace the most (daily for years) around here. - I collected my personal memories, see a link from my user, and will decorate there for Christmas, feel free to look again when the time comes, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:29, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

please feel free to ask
so you say on top. I was so free, you didn't answer. For related thoughts, peace and serenity, please look at Winter Wonderland --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:27, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
 * You're right. I didn't.
 * I was tempted to not respond to this. But when I read the message you linked to, I decided to, if merely to clarify. If you are referring to me, I feel no sense of "conflict" with you gerda. - jc37 12:47, 13 December 2012 (UTC).
 * Fine for you. - Perhaps my wording is too strong, that happens. I praised you for making us read more, and recommended reading to you, above, and by now also in my edit notice. I praised you for opposing the Main stream regarding Br'er Rabbit. I feel "conflict" (or however you would call it better) since you said "Let's leave PS alone". I asked questions about the respect for editors as living persons, for me the first prerequisite to be an arbitrator, you didn't answer. (Others did.) As said before, I will not leave PumpkinSky alone. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:12, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Thank you!
Thanks so much, Gerda, for the wiki appreciation. You are very kind. : ) TimidGuy (talk) 14:47, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Peace music
Hey Gerda, I wonder if you would mind casting a glance at this article? Do you see anything obviously missing that should be added? Nikkimaria (talk) 00:57, 14 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Just wonderful, starting with the title you gave it here! Tears in my eyes, I feel something melting, "witness to our spirit, courage and readiness to fight. Listen". That quote might stand out more. Some ref numbers are not sorted. Gallina might be Galina? (minor stuff). Any chance to get Peace into the lead? - I miss PumpkinSky --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:04, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Right about Galina, though the source got it wrong. Replied to you at the nom, thanks for reviewing! Nikkimaria (talk) 14:28, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

Thank you
This is such an honour. Thank you so much. :) -- smaro jit  <sup style="color:green;">(buzz me)  13:37, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

women's empowerment
Please see Besides, context is everything. MathewTownsend (talk) 16:00, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the search. - I don't believe in "everything" ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:14, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
 * well, I think because you misspelled "women's empowerment" as "women's empowerpent" the results you got were wrong. Although "woman empowerment" may be used in a few articles, that doesn't make it correct English. I'm hoping we're seeking to use the English language correctly on the English wikipedia. :) MathewTownsend (talk) 16:20, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
 * No one is using "woman empowerment", Mathew. It's "women empowerment". -- smaro jit  <sup style="color:green;">(buzz me)  16:22, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Search for "women empowerment" gets little and mostly goes to "women's empowerment". And "Empowerment of Women". MathewTownsend (talk) 16:33, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
 * The article Empowerment itself has multiple usage of "women empowerment". And anyway, did you look at the source link yet? -- smaro jit  <sup style="color:green;">(buzz me)  16:35, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
 * (ec) let's forgive typos, even if Wikipedia has been described as unforgiving ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:37, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Yeah, Woman/Women/Women's are particularly tricky terms for those whose native language isn't English. Witness Ewha Womans University, for example. But, in this case, I'd go with "empowerment of women". Mark Arsten (talk) 20:08, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you, Mark! - (Returned from rehearsal: "Verbannet die Klage" - ban complaining) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:39, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks Smarojit for taking my advice on the "empowerment of women" issue!  MathewTownsend (talk) 13:44, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you! Not all is well, but plenty, look around on my talk and see yourself, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:36, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

Many Thanks Gerda
I wish to say thanks Gerda for your contribution to clarify my issue with Toccata Quarta. This editor was removing whatever I was doing almost 10 minutes later without wait to end all the contributions. For example, I am writing now another article for Vahktang Kakhidze which obviosuly will be "redlinking" until its approval. But if I wish to continue contribute with works of Kakhidze in other articles this editor probably will remove it claiming the WATF which is obviosly waiting for approval. Thanks again.Wkmsclg (talk) 10:04, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I don't see the big picture, but ask you to rather wait and discuss. There is nothing wrong with a red link. I don't know what you mean by approval. I suggest you introduce the new composer(s) on the talk of Project:Classical music and ask for help. My first article was a composer, and I learned by being reverted. - I suggest to continue on your talk, it's less "crowded" ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:13, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you! BWV 40 is nominated. Believe it or not: I even added an infobox, to be discussed, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:49, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

Infobox is good but it creates a big gap at the top. I'd ask User:Plastikspork to fix it.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  12:08, 17 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Not on my browser, - let's concentrate the discussion on Classical, link above, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:14, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

Hehe, Category:Compositions in A minor and Eminor once created can be posted on lots of Bach articles.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  13:49, 18 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Thank you! Piano Sonata No. 11 (Mozart) is in A major, but the famous alla turca is (mostly) in A minor, how do we do that? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:15, 18 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Add both?♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  15:29, 18 December 2012 (UTC)


 * The second is no more than a redirect, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:32, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

Ich weiß, daß mein Erlöser lebt, BWV 160 last two links are dead.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  13:18, 19 December 2012 (UTC)


 * I just fixed it, actually 4 links dead for those that are not by Bach, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:22, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Human rights movement
Gerda, I wanted to let you know that discussion was finally starting up again on this article, which you reviewed earlier. This is a courtesy notification, in case you hadn't noticed; the section on the WT:DYK page about the article and it being pulled from the queue was just archived, so I can't put a pointer there. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:27, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I watched it all and thought that - after my review didn't consider whether the content was covered by a different article - I better stay away, as much as I like the topic, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:02, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

Lo dicono a Signa
I never realized Trittico made DYK. Although I did use it as an excuse to create ...

Funny you should mention the weather, because it's rotten again today. Foggy and unpleasant. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 14:58, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Trittico didn't make DYK, I make them (up) for opera, a mixture of "on this day" and things I really think people should know ;) - Gianni Schicchi is a FA, though. - How do you like my red cat? - Search for Peace on this page, you'll find peace music! (Just returned from rehearsal: "Angels' Carol", "Joy to the World") --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:28, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Ah. We're working on The Messiah right now...should have it ready in time for Easter.  (Doing the Mozart edition - it makes a change, no?) -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 14:57, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Who is we? Your choir? Do you mean Messiah? (no "The"!) Mozart makes a big change! The article should be TFA on 13 March. Look at Messiah structure for "no The" ;) - and "he was despised", always true (but I will drop it from the top of my talk for Christmas) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:04, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Edda Göring
Gerda, is this something you'd feel comfortable checking? Espresso Addict is concerned about a number of controversial statements in this BLP, which needs someone who knows German to see whether they are good representations of the original material. (It was reviewed by a first- or second-time DYK reviewer, who wouldn't have been familiar with these issues.) If not, do you have any suggestions about someone who could do a good job of making that determination? Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 18:43, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
 * replied there, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:45, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks
Thank you so much for your kindness and support. I am back or back-ish or something, and determined to try and take it easy and not go into carpet-fressing-mode (or throwing-teddy-in-corner, or computer-out-of-window, mode) quite so readily. Due to your radical intervention, I will have you know, I simply had  (yes, literally forced) to go off and buy BWV 40 even though it has those strange, curved non-trumpets in it. It's jolly good (pity about the trumpets but hey), thank you. On the other hand I keep listening to my BWV 76/77/78 recording and worrying that something sounds a little out of tune somewhere, which seems very improbable, so it's perhaps my ears, my perceptions or my understanding of temperaments instead ... hmmmph! :) thanks again DBaK (talk) 10:56, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the good news of the day ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:38, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks. And yes, I saw that - stopped me in my tracks a bit, to be honest. Cheers DBaK (talk) 11:47, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Did you our see our promising forum of yesterday also? - I felt like screaming only the first time, never as bitter again, - but disillusioned every time --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:57, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
 * No, I hadn't realized what was happening at all. I stayed away from almost everything I usually look at, and did a little bit of largely-unrelated editing (and one thing sort-of connected with work), trying to regain some perspective. So this was all a bit of a surprise when I came back today. :( Best wishes DBaK (talk) 12:27, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
 * My suggestion is to keep the forum there, keep discussing topics, - my page is too crowded ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:35, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Yup! :) DBaK (talk) 13:13, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

Greetings
Yes Gerda, season's greetings!! And LOL, I didn't know Brian had such a good sense of humour!! ♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld


 * Thank you, both, my pleasure (which delegate, the one who works or the one who says no and doesn't speak a language I understand?) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:04, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

Markus Marquardt.. No more for now..♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  17:08, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

Danke Frau Arendt. Ich habe eine schwester ich keine brüder. Zu verstehen? Trying to remember some German I learned a long time ago in school. I remember something about a campingplatz whatever that is.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  13:12, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Still Gerda, please ;) Ich habe eine Schwester und einen Bruder, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:24, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

Your Gerdaress is the best name, but Gerda it is..♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  17:59, 21 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Amused, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:00, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

Merry Christmas
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 * Thank you for poppin in! - I have too many good friends and people I disagree with to send them all a "'tis the season" greeting (see above, for people and "season"), but will decorate my user page on 24 December, you (y'all) are invited, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:39, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

The pianist's name has been changed
Hello my friend :) I just wanted to ask you maybe you know how to change name in the article. He changed his name to Latso, I guess it would be appropriate to change the name on the page as well? I tried, but I don't really know how to do that. Would appreciate your assistance! All the best, Sausa (talk) 06:03, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I moved the article to the new name. Now please see under "tools" on the left side (once you are in his article) what links to the old article and make the changes in those articles. I have no time for the clean-up ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:59, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot dear Gerda!! Frohe Weinachten! Sausa (talk) 10:12, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

Today's feature article request discussion on Worlds End State Park
Did you post the wrong revision? I cannot find the discussion. SYSS Mouse (talk) 16:34, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I linked to the deletion (they don't archive), you simply go back from there to the previous edits, - the discussion was about the other article, the edit summary introduced the wonderful thought of the State Park, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:39, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

Seasons Greetings
Wishing you very happy Christmas, and very happy and prosperous New Year 2013.-- Nvvchar . 03:48, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you, same to you, glad to have you with us again! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:04, 23 December 2012 (UTC)


 * “the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.” “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” Joyeuses Noël !--Symposiarch (talk) 10:54, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Did you know that I wrote Messiah Part I and II and III? - Thank you, same to you. Can you listen in Wiesbaden, today excerpt from Bach's Weihnachtsoratorium, candlelight, free admission (celebrating 150 years), 4 pm (more on my user)? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:59, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
 * No, I did not know. But these words are for me a core message of Christmas. Unfortunately I read your answer too late to come.--Symposiarch (talk) 22:31, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
 * We will repeat in the service on Christmas Day, 11am, "verbannet die Klage", ban complaining, I tell myself often ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:37, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

Panetone!
Hi Gerda. Very best Christmas best wishes to you and yours. xxx Pete aka --Shirt58 (talk) 12:47, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

Grazie, delicious! Enjoy Christmas, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:10, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

Merry Christmas (2)
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Spread the cheer by adding to their talk page with a friendly message.


 * This is the answer to the line on my user, thank you so much! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:14, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

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 * ps: thank you for taking care of the pic name change for Precious. I miss the photographer who said Peace to awesome Wikipedians some hundred times, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:06, 24 December 2012 (UTC)
 * It's not a problem. :) Regards, — Moe   Epsilon  01:03, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
 * You mean the change? No, that was a blessing. - You mean saying Peace? No, I guess. - You mean missing people? I think it is a problem that we seem to lose the best. You can click on Peace to express that in a simple way, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:01, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Mery Christmas
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Merry Christmas - 2012
Christmas Greetings. Kierzek (talk) 14:38, 24 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I hate to do this, but... non-free image removed. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:16, 24 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I saw and enjoyed it, no problem, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:20, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

thanks!
Thanks for not only your precious but continually for your work on opera (and probably other things I don't know about). You were so keen at coming to a nice DYK statemetn for David Chan - thanks very much! -- kosboot (talk) 14:51, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!
Thank you for your personal wishes! The cantatas are coming along nicely, one will be on DYK on 26 Dec, one on 30, singing is great, see my user, missing (several) people is hard, but a helpful line in singing Bach is now "verbannet die Klage" - ban complaining, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:09, 24 December 2012 (UTC)
 * That sounds like an idea. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:10, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Das Christ-Elflein
Gatoclass 00:02, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

Merry Xmas
Is fun, - on my way to sing again "ban complaining" (see my user, y'll) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:52, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

He was surprised. With gifts of gold, myrrh, and frankenstein. LOL, have a great Christmas!♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  17:04, 25 December 2012 (UTC)


 * I was surprised that a red link off my user was filled but not by you, - there is a poet red in BWV 40, DYK tomorrow, "Seid froh, dieweil", another stanza from the same hymn, was used in Christmas Oratorio ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:18, 25 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I was just dropping by to see what another Australian was saying about Christmas, and saw the redlink.
 * Christmas lunch here tends to feature seafood, but not for me this year. Out of the twelve of my family I was with, ten were vegetarians. We ate under the shade of gum-trees at a near-by park.
 * Later, my 12-year old nephew found a slater. "They're crustaceans, specifically isopods", I said.  My 4-year old niece heard this and asked hopefully, "icy poles?" :-) --Shirt58 (talk) 00:25, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes, BWV 40
( X! ·  talk )  · @099  · 12:02, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

Non-English text
Season's greetings,

Please note my recent edits to Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes, BWV 40; I've added lang, with relevant two-letter language codes. (Also used in this paragraph, for quick reference.) Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:23, 26 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you, will do next time, - seasoned music on my user, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:25, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

Messiah TFA dates
Hi Gerda. The Dublin premiere was 13 April not March, and the year was 1742 not 1743. So I think that the 170th anniversary of the London premiere, 23 March 2013, is our best bet for a date-related TFA. Failing that, Good Friday (29 March 2013) is a possibility, though Messiah is not generally regarded as an Easter work, not in the UK anyway. Brianboulton (talk) 17:41, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you, math is not what I do best, - I like 23 March then, because certainly it's not (only) Easter (just a short recitative) nor (only) Christmas (at least 7 movements), but the premiere was a Lenten concert, the longest section is the Passion in 10 movements, and the longest single movement its He was despised, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:26, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn, BWV 152
Gerda, I just promoted this from the special occasion holding area into Prep 3 as the lead hook; it will run starting at 13:00 local time (12:00 UTC). There was a problem: the hook was 205 characters, not counting "(pictured)" (216 total), which was just too long. After consideration, I dropped the word "dialogue" from "dialogue cantata": it was a link to Bach cantatas, but the piping "dialogue cantata" there didn't work well because there is no such thing mentioned in the article. (I did add a piped link for "Bach" at the beginning; there are just too many Bachs not to.)

The reason I'm writing is that if you have a different preference to getting the hook down below 200 characters—it's 196 now if you ignore "pictured"—I'm happy to entertain them. One possibility is to also remove mention of "Jesus and the Soul". Another is to remove the BWV number from the cantata title, which saves nine characters including comma and spaces. Please let me know! BlueMoonset (talk) 22:36, 27 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the alert, I tried a different piped link. If that's not so good, we might drop "colourful and" from the quote and concentrate on "delicate", --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:49, 27 December 2012 (UTC)


 * I honestly don't see how you can pipe "dialogue" to "Bach cantata": they're two completely different things, and the dialogue is only from a part of the cantata. It seems a shame to lose the "colourful and delicate" contrast, but I'm going to remove "colourful and" in preference to your recent change. I also made very minor wording changes which I think are clearer. BlueMoonset (talk) 00:52, 28 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Trying again, I phrased "dialogue cantata" (it's a term), dropped "solo", shortened "between" to "of", restored "colourful", and think it should be acceptable now. The BWV number is essential, look at BWV 61 vs. 62 and BWV 20 and 60, it's the only distinction between otherwise equal titles, and serves almost like a logo. Also: I thought the article name itself is not counted, wrong? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:44, 28 December 2012 (UTC)


 * I think the new wording works, and I can understand your desire to include the BWV number for the logo reason, even though I don't think it's necessary unless it's the only way to disambiguate between two identically named cantatas—your average reader isn't going to know what the number means or how they work. (Is there another "Triff auf"?) The article name always counts toward the 200 max; it's only in multi-article hooks that the article links beyond the first don't count. As for "dialogue cantata", it may be a phrase, but it isn't one elucidated by the piped link, so I've again revised the link so it's only on "cantata". BlueMoonset (talk) 15:26, 28 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for thinking. If I had time now, I would write an article or at least paragraph on Dialogue cantata. "BWV" - it's not needed for disambiguation, but is (after about three years of seeing it weekly) the one known symbol in the bulk of German ;) - I have no time, there's the next one waiting for expansion until 1 January, and real life, - therefore I will drop cantata, for flow, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:19, 28 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Gerda, thanks. I hope we have arrived at the point where no further changes will be made to that hook. (I had to do a minor edit around 1714 in its new place.) BlueMoonset (talk) 18:04, 28 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your patience and diligence, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:09, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!
Started Kaspar Füger, looks pretty much OK.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  09:56, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for both! (without irony) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:30, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

De nada! BTW what is a Kreuzkantor?♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  10:32, 29 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Kreuzkantor, in analogy to Thomaskantor, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:35, 29 December 2012 (UTC)


 * I see. I started Jasper Johannsen, name sounds more Danish than German. Don't know if you have anything more on him.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  10:45, 29 December 2012 (UTC)


 * What I have, is no more time today, but guests ;) - Can you find out, if "Seid froh, dieweil" (Be glad, because) is the name of Füger's hymn or just one of the stanzas? On BWV 40. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:43, 29 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Dunno, but you've done a great job on it! If you want to get any more up to GA let me know and I'll be glad to assist. ♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  12:07, 29 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Guests on their way home - GA for GA: I always get the idea when it was difficult to get the 5+ expansion. This time I didn't go for it, but nominated BWV 41 with M. Coin (needs a review), found only today that I never finished BWV 152 for tomorrow, will add a bit now ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:56, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Edda G
Yes, indeed. Turning the blank pages! Moonraker (talk) 20:04, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn, BWV 152
( X! ·  talk )  · @954  · 12:02, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Hi Gerda
A question: apart from Pagliacci, are there any other operas featuring clowns? Am struggling a bit with a quiz and this possibly falls within your area of expertise! Hope you are well and enjoying the festivities. <span style="font-family:monospace, monospace;">pablo 18:18, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
 * No other clown comes to my mind, jester Rigoletto is different, perhaps ask Project:Opera? - Our fine Christmas music is on my user, look for "ban complaining" ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:38, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I think Rigoletto is right (what with the filicide and all). It's section 3 of this if you fancy having a look. <span style="font-family:monospace, monospace;">pablo 21:58, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
 * preceding Falstaff and Forza del destino, - the latter could also be a redirect to AN, like Great Dismal Swamp ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:11, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Ah - I had Falstaff, but thanks for the other one. I also have Trovatore, Otello, Macbeth(?) and Traviata but my opera knowledge is weak! <span style="font-family:monospace, monospace;">pablo 22:19, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
 * 4 Simone Boccanegra, 5 Trovatore, 6 Nabucco, 7 Otello, 8 Un ballo in maschera, 9 Ernani 10 Traviata (I used WP for one) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:34, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

← Awesome, thanks! The annoying thing about this quiz is the wording, so many things ring a bell, but hunting them down is tricky. <span style="font-family:monospace, monospace;">pablo 23:01, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks, this was fun! - Did you know that I make up a daily opera DYK? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:07, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Hi Gerda,
I'm really enjoying all the great music for the holiday season - thank you for all your work in such a beautiful topic. I hope you and all your family have a wonderful time over this season. Hugs to all. — Ched : ?  17:02, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you, Ched, feels good! Same to you, thinking "Joy to the world" - we sang that on Christmas Eve, in English, in Germany, - peace, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:11, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Hello and have a good one
Hi Gerda, or indeed Aye Oop, Lass. (I'm in Yorkshire Mode, but do not know why. Please feel free to reply in Bavarian ...)

Just a note to wish you the very best for 2013 and to thank you for all your kindness and wisdom. I've had a busy Winter Seasonal Period (it gets a bit frantic for, ahem, Players Of A Certain Instrument, as you know) but I now have a bit of a break though there's a nice BWV243 coming up in January. (Not, thank goodness, 243a for which I would prefer to be in the audience!)

I am sure a certain Prussian Professorin would still love you to pop in and say hello sometime ... but she can keep, there's no hurry :)

Have a great Year Beginning Celebration Module (or, like, whatever ...)

with my very best, DBaK (talk) 18:26, 31 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Lovely, thank you! Same to you, like! Did you see the instruments mentioned on top of this page, all the time? And viola d'amore was pictured on the Main page yesterday ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:12, 31 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Oh yes! Lovely! :) DBaK (talk) 20:20, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Have a great 2013 Your Gerdaress!♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  15:33, 1 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks, same! It started nicely, hiking uphill and looking down on our village's fireworks. You both, please look at BWV 41, mentioned on top, it's for today, it's with the straight instruments, and it has a red link ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:46, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Googled it, couldn't find anything on him..♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  19:48, 1 January 2013 (UTC)


 * the usual suspect --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:51, 1 January 2013 (UTC)


 * BWV 41 - oh yes, nice!!  So, I am currently listening to Suzuki/BCJ performing it - wonderful stuff, thank you for the heads-up. I don't think I have ever played it but I need anyway to brush up on the, er, Extreme Tools and Techniques as I have a Magnificat coming up, so I will have a look at this too, Yummy! :) DBaK (talk) 13:35, 3 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Thank you for improvements there! Magnificent disillusion, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:39, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

Deutscher Musikpreis.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  12:42, 4 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:46, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
 * ps: Echo is a different one, can you fix that? ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:56, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Did you know ...
 * ... that "supremely talented" Christophe Coin was conductor and cellist in recording Bach's ten cantatas with violoncello piccolo, including the chorale cantata Jesu, nun sei gepreiset, BWV 41, for New Year's Day?
 * ... that the Annunciation to the shepherds (pictured) in Handel's Messiah, Part I, is the only scene from a Gospel in the oratorio?
 * ... that Markus Flaig brought Handel's darkness and great light to St. Martin, Idstein?
 * ... that Bach has a trumpet tell God's glory in cantata Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76Symbol support vote.svg, but oboe d'amore and viola da gamba express "brotherly devotion"?
 * 7 July 2011


 * a year later I dedicated my first GA to


 * who made the cantata a lead DYK and left


 * for lack of br'erly devotion.