User talk:Gerda Arendt/2024

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my story today:

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

Happy New Year 2024

Bach composed Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht, BWV 134a, as a congratulatory cantata for the court of Köthen, first performed on New Year's Day 1719.

14 July 2010

Lobpreiset all zu dieser Zeit 

Happy New Year 2024

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

7 April 2021 A little child, a little lamb, on a backdrop of war and death: hoping for more peace in 2024! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:38, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

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

2024 · the anniversary of Bach's chorale cantatas
2024 is the anniversary of the Achtliederbuch, the first Lutheran hymnal of 500 years ago, and - possibly related - Bach's cycle of Chorale cantatas 300 years ago. His works and the chorales on which they are based will be a focus for 2024. Ongoing are locations that played a role in my life, recent deaths, music heard and sung, composers, gardens. Watch my user page for articles, done in collaboration. Compare 2023 for the amazing number of users who began and expanded articles. Thanks also to reviewers, and I do plan to review more and write less, and in writing, focus more on quality than the little daily article.

2024 talk begins at, 2024 calender pics and musical events begin here, and the 2024 diary of my own pictures of places, songs, food, flowers ... will come here, - just watch those lists if you are interested.

My talk goes like this: on top there's the top story related to the day. Right here you see the image of the month with songs of the month, typically related to meetings with friends who gave them to me. Below are three boxes, often one for people remembered and two for musical experiences, performing or listening. In these boxes, topics related to the top story and topics featured on the Main page appear bold. I archive from time. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:35, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Have a happy New Year, Gerda!
 The Corvette ZR1 is wishing you a Happy New Year! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year! The 🏎 Corvette 🏍 ZR1(The Garage) 23:54, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you, and a good peaceful 2024 also to you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:42, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Belated seasons greetings; great contribution
Belated Christmas greetings and happy new year. I have not sent my usual greetings this season. Coordinator work, preparing a talk for January 2 and real life have me quite busy. I just took better notice of User:Gerda Arendt/Stories. As always, this is another great contribution to the project by you. Donner60 (talk) 22:29, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you, Donner60, and all the best for 2024! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:42, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Happy New Year

 * Thank you for coming over, Ealdgyth, - please take my card from below, in hope of enlightenment. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:38, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Happy New Year 2024!

 * Thank you again, Raju! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:38, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Gerda Arendt!


Happy New Year! Gerda Arendt, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.

Abishe (talk) 20:40, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Abishe (talk) 20:40, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you, Abishe, - my card is below. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:13, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Happy New Year!
Dear Gerda, I apologize for not replying to your thoughtful messages. December is usually a busy month for me; this one has been even more so, much of it because of my own doing! But I wanted to let you know that I did read them and that it means very much to me that you took the trouble to think of me, despite my occasional irascibility. (Within me the patrimony of my hot-blooded Italian forebears are ever in conflict with the expressive austerity of my Basque ancestors!) Thank you for everything that you do on here. My sincerest wishes to you for good health and much joy in 2024! :) —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 21:43, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your personal expression, and have a good curry time in 2024 - brief, off to the village fireworks to come. I just finished my pics of 2023, and it was a good harvest, in the end of many Christmas trees, angels, high water and a flaming sky. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:38, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

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

Happy New Year!

 * Thank you for the personal greeting, and it's all my pleasure, MyCatIsAChonk. Igor and I. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:02, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

My 31 December card


Happy New Year 2024

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

7 April 2021

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

Your GA nomination of Stephen Gould (tenor)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Stephen Gould (tenor) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of MyCatIsAChonk -- MyCatIsAChonk (talk) 14:22, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Mentoring FAC
Hello @Gerda Arendt I am looking to bring the article Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Featured article status. I was wondering if you could act as my mentor. The article is about a member of the British royal family who was sent to Germany to take a title in his youth and later became involved in the Nazi regime. I don't think royal or political history is what you usually work on but I thought as you are from Germany you might be more familiar with the subject than some of the other possible mentors. Thanks, Llewee (talk) 17:53, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I'll happily look (but not immediately), but then probably will recommend a peer review also. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:27, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you, Rosie, that's very original and touching! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:42, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Catalogue of Works of Carl Friedrich Abel
Z1720 (talk) 00:03, 5 January 2024 (UTC)


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



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

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

ITN recognition for Hermann Baumann (musician)
Thank you, PFHLai, for the first of the year. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:31, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
 * 1) Hermann Baumann (musician) - PFHLai (talk) 01:00, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

A thought
Johann Heinrich Walchs funeral march would make a page worth having. Moonraker (talk) 01:05, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Good idea, give it a start. I'd copy from some other march or an overture, my favourite being Ouvertüre zum "Fliegenden Holländer", wie sie eine schlechte Kurkapelle morgens um 7 am Brunnen vom Blatt spielt. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:31, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Macht hoch die Tür
The article Macht hoch die Tür you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Macht hoch die Tür and Talk:Macht hoch die Tür/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Schminnte -- Schminnte (talk) 03:01, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:50, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Nomination of Zion, auf, werde licht for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Zion, auf, werde licht is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Zion, auf, werde licht until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished. Fram (talk) 08:59, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

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

DYK for Ryland Davies
RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Rachmaninoff
Dear Gerda, A few days ago I posted a complaint at Talk:Sergei Rachmaninoff, but now I'm not at all sure that my complaint is valid in terms of WP policies. If you get a chance, would you mind looking at it, and then the article Sergei Rachmaninoff to see if you agree with me that the non-factual opinions on Rachmaninoff's compositions cited from Max Harrison's book are inappropriate. If you do agree that at least some such opinions are inappropriate, I would have no idea which ones might be acceptable or over the line, or what could be rephrased somehow (I do not have or know Harrison's book) as opposed to their simply being removed. (And I'm sure that your talk page has watchers, who might want to chime in.) Many thanks for any help. Milkunderwood (talk) 00:41, 10 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I have many things open right now, and don't know R. well, - perhaps take this to the article talk, or project composers. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:34, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

DYK?
Hello dear one, History of Christianity has finally made it through to GA, and I was wondering - as you have so much experience writing DYK? hooks - if you could help give me an idea of what might be a good one for this article? I am completely without ideas.

Oh, and do you know anything about how to take an article to A-class? I read their instructions, added the A-class current thing and nothing dropped down like they said it would. I was thinking "A" might be a better next step than going straight to FA - which I dearly want this article to be - but want very much to be fully prepared for this time. I want all my little duckies in a perfectly straight row... Jenhawk777 (talk) 19:11, 10 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I'll look but have little time, - can you give a vague idea. Also: my hooks are typically not wanted at DYK. - I know nothing about A class, and recommend you go to peer review (which takes patience, but you can always end it), then FA. Congratulations: GA for such a broad topic is a remarkable achievement! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:29, 10 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Have done the peer review thing 3 times in prepping for GA, so maybe, but maybe not. IDK. You're busy, it's okay. No worries. Thanx for the congrats. Jenhawk777 (talk) 04:57, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Jen, I am sorry, we missed it. I don't know why I thought of it this morning, but it's weeks too late. For the next DYK, better ask User:AirshipJungleman29 who knows the current DYK trends. - As for peer review, you could close it if you like, or a bot will do that after a month. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:39, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
 * , one step ahead of you ;) &#126;~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 19:44, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you for that relief! Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:46, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Okay, what just happened? Jenhawk777 (talk) 21:28, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I thought I had missed nominating, and AJ sent the relief that while I missed, you didn't. It got reviewed and approved, as you probably know. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:37, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

Notice
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.  Naruto love hinata 5 (talk · contributions) 23:45, 10 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Gerda, perhaps if you started out every hook with "Did you know ... that Narutolovehinata5 is very important ... and also [insert hook here]. --Floquenbeam (talk) 00:10, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Seconding @Netherzone here. I didn't see the post in time to oppose vehemently. But I love what you bring to all areas, especially talk pages since that's where I frequently see you @Gerda Arendt. Thanks for always sharing your passions with us. Star   Mississippi  17:59, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

I offer you my deepest apologies Gerda
Hello Gerda. I would just want you to know that I am very sorry for the ANI discussion I started earlier. I had been having some real-life stress lately and it felt like it may have affected my feelings on-wiki. I'm very sorry for the attitude I have shown you over the past few weeks. I very much appreciate your efforts on Wikipedia and your dedication to the project even if we disagree on many things, and I just want to let you know that despite everything that has happened you are still an editor I admire and respect. You are a net positive to DYK and while we may disagree on views, what we can agree on is that your articles are very informative and a net good to the project. Again, I am sorry for what I have done. Rest assured that regardless of our differences I support your efforts on Wikipedia to improve our coverage on classical music and Germany.  Naruto love hinata 5 (talk · contributions) 02:46, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I woke up thinking Joy to the world. I tried to bring joy, it's turned into trivia, and I'm accused of bad faith. Travelling now, no time to even look. Before looking, I can't tell if I can accept apologies, which may may be tomorrow. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:52, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Narutolovehinata5, still today, I'm on a train, the train has a connection (all things that can't be taken for granted): apologies for attitude accepted, but I hope that it really will change, because I felt it becoming a danger to diversity of information and freedom of speech. For those unfamiliar with the situation: we escalated over the hook for Kihwan Sim, which was replaced in prep against my protest. That hook should not run, it's a triviality said about a living person who deserves merit for specific achievements. - I looked at the thread and found some gems of support there that I will place in my "blushing" cabinet, - thank you, all! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:19, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
 * This is not an indictment of Naruto but like others on the AN/I thread I have found that Wikipedia seems to have become more hostile. I suppose one could surmise at least somewhat that it is born out of necessity. We appear to live at a time where I feel my thoughts on life and the way I wish to live life are going the way of faeries and dragons. Nobody cares, love is fleeting, and civility and affording basic human respect are more centered on your position in relation to mine rather than the fact you are a fellow human being. The cruelty is not AN/I or Naruto's position. The cruelty is everything that has led up to it. People are becoming less nice and we are told it is normal, discussions less civil but we are told to accept it. Where is the empathy?
 * Gerda, you are a blessing and so precious, my friend. I said it after we first met and I maintain that yours is one the brightest lights I have been so fortunate to meet here. Keep singing, keep shining, keep being you. -- A Rose Wolf  13:52, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

The Medal for Joy

 * THIS! Gerda you are a beloved contributor, who first encouraged me to submit a DYK and taught me how the process worked by your kind words, "watch what I do". I've learned so much from you over the years about patience, diplomacy, and of course I appreciate how you generously spread joy, music, food, and nature within this community, and the global community. And personally, you have educated this old-skool rock-n-roller about opera and classical music general. You rock, girl! Thank you, precious! Netherzone (talk) 03:19, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

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

DYK for Kihwan Sim
Aoidh (talk) 00:02, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

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

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


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

The Main Page Barnstar

 * Thank you, and don't be upset please about something that seems to clarify things. Thank you for the barnstar and the recognition - much appreciated! - I brought more than 90 names to the News section of the Main page, many more than DYK, and experience much more collegial reviewing in that field. - You can comment in the matter, and more productively than in WP:Great Dismal Swamp: check out my user page and look for articles nominated for DYK, and review or comment there. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:50, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Draft:Caspar Richter
Happy New Year Gerda! I was so happy to see our hook on Christmas Eve. Thank you again so much for your help.

Here is another draft I made: Draft:Caspar Richter. I would appreciate any of your help. The anneversary of his death is coming up, but I am not sure there is enough time for it to make it to DYK for that day. All the best, Thriley (talk) 00:04, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

I also created a draft for the Draft:Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um das Land Wien, which Richter received. Thriley (talk) 00:37, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm interested, but with limited time. Can you expand soon? I can look on Tuesday (if nobody dies who needs fast attention). It would be time enough then, but a nomination should not be made much later. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:30, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Wednesday --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:31, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

Women composers rising
According to Bachtrack women composers and conductors are rising: https://cdn.bachtrack.com/files/350970-Annual%20classical%20music%20statistics%202023.pdf Grimes2 (talk) 19:30, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
 * thank you, good news --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:30, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Wie liegt die Stadt so wüst
Isabelle Belato 🏳‍🌈 00:02, 15 January 2024 (UTC) A piece we sang in 1999, to end a century of violence. My story today. I like recordings, 1951 with the original performers and 2020 Windsbacher Knabenchor, with explanations (in German). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:04, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Thomas Fritzsch
Isabelle Belato 🏳‍🌈 00:02, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Stephen Gould (tenor)
The article Stephen Gould (tenor) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Stephen Gould (tenor) for comments about the article, and Talk:Stephen Gould (tenor)/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has never appeared on the Main Page as a "Did you know" item, and has not appeared within the last year either as "Today's featured article", or as a bold link under "In the news" or in the "On this day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear at DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On this day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of MyCatIsAChonk -- MyCatIsAChonk (talk) 00:03, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

DYK for St. Joseph, Wedding
Isabelle Belato 🏳‍🌈 00:02, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

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

DYK for Vivi Vassileva
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DYK for St. Martin, Oestrich
—Ganesha811 (talk) 00:02, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Shalom chaverim
—Ganesha811 (talk) 00:03, 25 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Noto_Emoji_Oreo_1f917.svgNoto_Emoji_Pie_1f33b.svg ~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:52, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Anna Nekhames
Z1720 (talk) 12:02, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

27 January
Birthday of Mozart and our conductor: --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:20, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

Women in Red February 2024
--Lajmmoore (talk 20:09, 28 January 2024 (UTC) via MassMessaging

DYK nomination of Caspar Richter
Hello! Your submission of Caspar Richter at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! 4meter4 (talk) 20:16, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
 * replied there --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:53, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

Notice of neutral point of view noticeboard discussion
There is currently a discussion at Neutral point of view/Noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Jenhawk777 (talk) 21:02, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I have no idea how I have been involved in that issue - on vacation, no time to investigate or help. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:49, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Beata Szałwińska
Nominated for AfD on pl wiki. Our article is not great. But I think you are much better placed to comment on whether she is notable? <sub style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;">Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 12:02, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Noted, but no time today or tomorrow. Very unusual article. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:34, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I still had no time but keep hoping! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:39, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Stephen Gould (tenor)
—Ganesha811 (talk) 02:08, 7 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Finally, good to see him at DYK! MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) <small style="font-size:66%;">(also not me) <small style="font-size:45%;">(still no) 11:53, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
 * yes, thank you for noticing --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:58, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

Seiji Ozawa
RD? – Sca (talk) 16:18, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
 * sad - thank you for letting me know --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:21, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

Kathleen Ferrier
Per your request, I've got this listed as the April 22 TFA. No need to do anything. Let me know if there's anything I can do. - Dank (push to talk) 15:07, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I thank you. We missed her for the 109th birthday, and the 110th, - 111 is great. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:45, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

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

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

Cheers!! DBaK (talk) 19:56, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Cheers back, listening right now to an opera by the Handel guy (Poro) which Telemann presented as Cleofida in Hamburg in 1732 adding marches he must have enjoyed writing. German recitatives. Never heard. Delightful. - You don't have to come to my page as long you have "story" in a box by me ;) - Our Bach endeavour will be three cantatas!!! 5 May, - come over, plenty of trumpets in BWV 11 ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:23, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

12 years
Dear Gerda, thanks for your greeting, which I warmly reciprocate. I have stepped back from wp for the past few months, partly because of pressures at home (caring for supercentenarian mother). But you rightly diagnose the local cause of inactivity and I will strive to take your precious advice to heart. Thanks for noticing, and very best wishes for 2024. So sorry about Seiji Ozawa. Eebahgum (talk) 14:04, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you! - I thank Ozawa personally two (mostly) unforgettable matinees in Tanglewood (where children under 5 were not welcome for the concerts, but the dress rehearsals), of Haydn's Die Schöpfung, choir all in white and singing from memory, "Und eine neue Welt" (And a new world) of unearthly lightness, and a Mozart piano concerto with Mitsuko Uchida (forgot which, forgot rest of the program) when all the birds under the roof of the Shed began chirping when the piano entered, and remember how she smiled. - I thank Christoph Eschenbach for a great Verdi Requiem at the same place, and could do so in person after a concert of Bruckner's Sixths, saying that I liked it very much (and it had been 12 years earlier), and he smiled and said "Ich auch". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:19, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Uchida held us breathless at Snape Maltings a few years ago with a solo concert of the three final Beethoven sonatas. It seems somehow improper to comment on such a comprehensively personal and dynamically brilliant exposition, but we certainly felt the warmth of the pedalling building the whole conception. It was terrific Beethoven! Your mention of the chirping birds reminds me of an open air evening concert in the Forum in Rome back in 1977 - it was Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, and every time the horns came in, all the wild cats that live in the Forum responded by yowling together in a loud chorus after a moment's delay. Whether they liked it or not I don't know, but it touched something in their souls, for the effect came back a couple of times as if it had been written into Sonata Form. Happy cats! Eebahgum (talk) 01:27, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

Thank you!
Just making sure someone remembers to thank *you* for all your work on editor retention, all your new articles and DYKs, and your general good cheer and Excellent work. We love having you here. Stay cool. jengod (talk) 16:14, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you, jengod, feels good! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:35, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
Dear Gerda, it's such a pleasure to hear from you -- a most welcome antidote to the ambitions, rivalries, and animosities ubiquitous at Wikipedia as elsewhere in this human-inhabited world. Nihil novi (talk) 07:13, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Such a nice thing to read when waking up! If you want to hear from me monthly, join WP:QAI, and if you want to hear from me daily use User Gerda Arendt/Top (which is easier). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:52, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Tamara Milashkina
—Ganesha811 (talk) 00:02, 20 February 2024 (UTC) My story was different, mentioning the Music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:

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

18 January 2024 --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:17, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

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


 * Moving Grimes2 (talk) 16:20, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks for this treat! (How is it that you know what I like?) Viriditas (talk) 19:10, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
 * You like what I like. Thank you for coming over. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:51, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Thankyou for the Tchaikowsky "Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt" (Nyet, tolko tot menya). You were lucky to hear such a performance live. I like the old Melodiya version by Sergei Lemeshev (his alluring measure and sweetness) but of course quite a different affair to your singer's noble account. Why is it (language aside) that Tchaikowsky's setting never really feels like Goethe? Is it Russian pessimism colliding with echt German Welt-angst? Do the Russian lyrics really render the same words? In the English versions, "None but the desolate" beats "None but the lonely heart", but both are entirely inadequate: you don't get that resonance of the desolate individual such as you also have in "Wer nie sein Brot mit Thränen aß..."Eebahgum (talk) 13:02, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
 * (I saw her on stage but with completely different music, and as Suzuki, Cherubino and Paolo.) I can't tell for the Russian, but know that some German words and probably concepts have no true expression in English, and "Sehnsucht" is one of them. Music, however, is much more internationally understood. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:31, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
 * These came in response to my message:


 * The image, taken on a cemetery last year after the funeral of a distant but dear family member, commemorates today, with thanks for their achievements, four subjects mentioned on the Main page and Vami_IV, a friend here. Listen to music by Tchaikovsky (an article where one of the four is pictured), sung by today's subject (whose performance on stage I enjoyed two days ago).
 * Yesterday I learned that a friend suddenly died; we both belonged to a group that traveled once a year for decades, and I remember her vivid talk last summer, same voice and sparkle as when we met. Her song for me was Take the "A" Train, sung by Ella Fitzgerald. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:38, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
 * The image pictures hope. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:38, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Seele, vergiß sie nicht --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:41, 23 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Today is her birthday. Once we went to St. Stephan together, after meeting for good food. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:07, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you for all the work you do on Wikipedia, from ITN to all your contributions to various topics such as churches, women, and German articles. It is hard workers like you that help to improve the project, and are an inspiration to many who want to also continually improve the project as well. Cheers, atque supra! Fakescientist8000 17:36, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
 * It is a pleasure to expand knowledge, and double so when recognized, - thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:27, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you, blushing, - I try, look above. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:40, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

Women in Red March 2024
--Lajmmoore (talk 20:22, 25 February 2024 (UTC) via MassMessaging

St. Stephan, Mainz
Deine Story heute ist interessant, der Artikel ist aber leider in lausigem Zustand. Da müsste jemand ran. Grimes2 (talk) 10:53, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
 * The article is from 2006, before I even joined, and needs improvement. See above for why I picked it, in memory of a friend whose birthday is today. I once wrote a hook mentioning the church, but she was indifferent to the music mentioned, so this is better. I would have written a similar hook. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:12, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Ryland Davies
The article Ryland Davies you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Ryland Davies for comments about the article, and Talk:Ryland Davies/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Utopes -- Utopes (talk) 19:41, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you, Utopes. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:19, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

For your reading
Hope all is well! A brief article on the very first Chinese woman mathematics PhD, who got it from München: Xu Ruiyun. Cheers, -- The Lonely Pather (talk) 18:57, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you - I read too little. Will go to München on Sunday. My story today plays in München, with music. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:18, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

29 February 2024
is a rare birthday: <div style="margin: auto; max-width:60em; box-shadow: 0.1em 0.1em 0.5em rgba( 192, 192, 192, 0.75 ); border-radius: 1em; border: 1px solid #a7d7f9; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0.5em 1em 1em; color: black;" class="ui-helper-clearfix"> Gioachino Rossini (born 29 February 1792) scored the last of his "sins of old age", the ''Petite messe solennelle, for twelve singers, two pianos, and harmonium. listen When Heather Phillips made her European debut in Rossini's Bianca e Falliero, her nuanced coloraturas served to portray Bianca's development. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:02, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

new section
please continue to leave messages at my talk page where you are always welcome. I may not respond every time but I do follow the links. Your messages are uplifting and encouraging. You are PRECIOUS to me. -- A Rose Wolf  18:32, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I love that, thank you for the unexpected visit: I thought you were gone for weeks --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:37, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I can never tell. I may be able to log in for days in a row and then be away for weeks. I was off for a week and came back for several days and was gone again for several more recently. I will have to take a couple of weeks in March at the very least. -- A Rose Wolf  18:49, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

March flowers
The flowers photographed last year on the island of Madeira became a symbol for missing Vami_IV. They are connected to another stay on the island. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:43, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Caspar Richter
Z1720 (talk) 00:02, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

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

Did you know that Felix Aprahamian used to show people a tree just round the corner from here, on which Poulenc had had a wee? It's in his obit. According to my in-laws, Aprahamian sometimes used to jokingly propose that the tree should have a memorial plaque ... DBaK (talk) 09:42, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
 * No I didn't know ;) - today's story is about Jo Vincent who appeared with Kathleen Perrier and Peter Pears in Britten's Spring Symphony. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:03, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

RD?
Aribert Reimann (March 4, 1936 – March 13, 2024) – Sca (talk) 16:01, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
 * yes, sad, see my user page - little time though, on vacation - help wanted to get awards sourced --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:04, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Johann Strauss Theater
Gerda, we could use an article on the Johann Strauss Theater (see de:Johann Strauß-Theater; Johann Strauss Theater is how English language sources spell it). If you could help translate this article from the German wiki to English that would be great. Thanks.4meter4 (talk) 19:11, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I'll put it on my list. At least three recent death articles will come first. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:30, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

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

Inferno
Hi, I did a little digging on the translation with the blacklisted domain. It appears to be a derivative work of copyrighted content (faz.net), as faz is paywalled and has a valid copyright notice at the bottom of their site. I understand the translation's utility and cannot find an alternate translation. Teller appears to have done the translation without the proper attribution (i.e, it identifies faz as the source but has no other indication that they have the right to do so). And I don't think the translation would work under a fair-use claim. This is the crux of the issue with Teller- spam and copyright violations, and this is why it was blacklisted. Jip Orlando (talk) 15:45, 19 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you, understand, - will know that next time (I hope). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:56, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Cecelia Hall (mezzo-soprano)
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Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Hello @Gerda Arendt, just notifying you that the article is now being reviewed for featured status (See Featured article candidates/Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha/archive1) Llewee (talk) 22:21, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Kelsey Lauritano
&spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 00:03, 26 March 2024 (UTC)


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

DYK for Florian Ludwig
&spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 12:02, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

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

Easter
Any ideas for Easter hooks? Lightburst (talk) 23:20, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you for asking. No, sorry, not this year. I have four nominations for people who recently died, two are open, - that kept me busy. What I wanted was Bach's St John Passion for OTD tomorrow, first performed on Good Friday 1724, but I was reverted claiming that OTD can't go by feast but only by date, so it would have to be 7 April. Impossible. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:27, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

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

look and listen · look forward

22 May 2020 I remember listening to the performance live, early in the lockdown, the festival cancelled when it had be scheduled to be performed ... He has it in #2 in his media, preceded by Tristis est anima mea. - He will sing Bach with us in May, Ascension Oratorio. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:18, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

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

Easter Sunday
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24 April 2011

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

DYK for Karsten Januschke
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

Women in Red April 2024
--Lajmmoore (talk 19:42, 30 March 2024 (UTC) via MassMessaging

Spam
Please don't spam my talk page, and those of dozens of others editors. Tercer (talk) 22:10, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I hope I will remember that you don't want to be thanked. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:11, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
 * That's what the thank button is for. Tercer (talk) 05:17, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Judith Hemmendinger
This article was created and brought to DYK by Yoninah. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:24, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Ladislav Burlas
Z1720 (talk) 12:02, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Tilmann Köhler
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

New account
I noticed that you recently marked my old account as retired. This is my new account. My old userpage now redirects to my new one. I decided that it would be best for me to ultimately remain part of this website. Thank you for all of the good work you do here. Scorpions1325 (talk) 00:25, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
 * That's great news, thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:40, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Precious award
You added some kind of award on to my talk page. Would you explain what the award is and why I would wish to continue to have it on my talk page? -- Cimon Avaro&#59; on a pogostick. (talk) 15:40, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I added a reminder of an award. There's a link, - perhaps that helps. Just revert if it's not good for you. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:14, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

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

Do you have an external relationship with the composer Graham Waterhouse? If you do, please follow the steps outlined at WP:DISCLOSE for all related pages you have previously created or edited. &#126;~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 11:26, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I am a personal friend, and was asked by the arbitration committee to say so. I did that on the biography talk page. I created the biography filling a red link in 2009. The arbitrator said nothing of other pages, or I misunderstood. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:52, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Adding: I read the steps outlined. There's a template. I added the template to the biography and the list of compositions. I doubt that many people will read any of the compositions without also checking the composer (before or after). What are related pages. A person to whom he dedicated a piece? Musicians with whom his father played, in the premiere of Britten's War Requiem? Those were my first articles in 2009. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:09, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Tried to help and add the template to the top box but feel free to revert if not needed. FWIW, I believe you have edited the article objectively and neutrally. I realize that Having a COI is separate from being biased and I appreciate the steps you are taking to declare a COI. I think it is a beautiful article and I enjoyed reading it. -- A Rose Wolf  16:22, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your response. The template is not for readers, but for your fellow editors, and as such, it is best practice to place it on any page that is closely associated with him (Der Handschuh (Waterhouse), Celtic Voices and Hale Bopp, Birkenlicht), but no, I think pages such as Emanuel Hurwitz or Andrew Szydlo are too far away.
 * A follow-up, if I may: has your "personal friendship" ever become a professional relationship? for example, have you ever been affiliated with Mr Waterhouse's business in any way, or he with you? &#126;~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 17:55, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
 * No. I have no business. - May I ask what the template on a composition article will tell my fellow editors? Hurwitz and Szydlo were not even created by me, - I only updated. My second article was Siegfried Palm (translated from German, with help from Jerome Kohl), my third Richard Adeney, and my fourth Cecil Aronowitz. My first article was deleted within minutes, and revived with the help by User:Cmadler who knew how important it is to cite awards, and actually went and found sources. He also nominated for DYK, only I didn't like his hook suggestion - what's new? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:18, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes, I am saying that Hurwitz and Szydlo were too unconnected with Mr Waterhouse for you to need to disclose anything. The template on a composition article will show all your fellow editors that you are honest and open about your connections to the subject. It is a question of trust, if you will.
 * One last question, if you don't mind: as you have no connection to Mr Waterhouse's business, you are presumably saying that refers to a different Gerda Arendt ? &#126;~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 18:30, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I made him a website for friendship, and he doesn't use it any more. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:42, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
 * So, just to clarify, when I asked "have you ever been affiliated with Mr Waterhouse's business in any way" and you answered "No", what you actually meant was "Yes, I created the website he used to advertise his work for a dozen years and included references to the DYKs I wrote for him"?
 * But it's fine—it was all "for friendship". Or was it? I seem to find a very similar site hosted on the website. That seems an odd coincidence—but that is all it must be, because "friendship" does not overlap with "Business Consulting", correct? &#126;~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 19:08, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Just to clarify, I am not a business consultant, and the person running the @bc website is a different person who is also a personal friend of Graham. The website is a collection of compositions, concerts, CDs, reviews, informative rather than advertising. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:11, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you, lovely! - I confess that I hoped to see Gerhard Lohfink recognised for recent deaths, - everybody: please see if you could support that, WP:ITNN. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:09, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

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

Seen User talk:Wifione
Hi, you removed a notice from User talk:Wifione mentioning seen, are you User:Wifione?? I do not understand. Thanks, Please feel free to ping/mention -- User4edits (T) 11:09, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * That account is indeffed, - what will notes be good for? I - talk page stalker - have seen it, have decided that it can be deleted without problem, - no need to clutter the talk page further. I removed 2 notices for that user. I do the same for other blocked or retired users, and have been thanked for that ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:16, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Bit odd, as another logic could be what will the removal be good for?  Anyway, Thanks, Please feel free to ping/mention -- User4edits (T) 11:24, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Also, I hope you understand my POV, as when someone "seen" and blanking they would assume that it is done by/behalf of the user concerned. Thanks, Please feel free to ping/mention -- User4edits (T) 11:25, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I saw the removals for User talk:BrownHairedGirl, sometimes several per day. Clutter of the talk, imho. The notice is good if someone reacts and goes to the discussion. If nothing happens it's good for nothing, of for what? - Agreed, ideally I should wait a week for others to see and perhaps react, but I'm sure I'll forget ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:15, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

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

Canvassing
Please do not canvas editors to discussions on infoboxes as you did here and here, or you will be topic banned from infobox discussions. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 19:57, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Rubbing my eyes further: the question wasn't infobox yes or no (which I would see as an infobox discussion), but whether a composer's compositions belong in it. It came to an RfC, and the result was yes. - I try to avoid infobox discussions, waste of time, a ban wouldn't change much. My post to MyCatIsAChonk was an alert to an edit war (not a discussion) a few days before that article (to which he contributed) went to the Main page, and said "watch", - not "take part". My post to Barkeep49 was one in a long series of questions trying to understand where the problem is, and how to be understood. Both users expressed satisfaction with, DYK? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:08, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
 * @ScottishFinnishRadish Frankly, this warning is ridiculous and it's certainly not in good faith. Nemov (talk) 21:06, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Nemov, this is serious AE stuff. - I've been there before, ScottishFinnishRadish. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:25, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
 * There's a few things to address here. First, an infobox discussion isn't solely a discussion about if an infobox should be included in an article. Discussions about how to implement an infobox are also infobox discussions. This is similar to a discussion about pizza could be a discussion about if people want to eat pizza, or what type of pizza they would like to eat. Also, there was no edit war, had reverted the edit you made, and you had already started a discussion. A single revert is not an edit war, but reaching out to someone to ask them to watch an article, even if it was just after a revert without discussion, is canvassing. Even moreso when there is an active discussion on the talk page. Saying "watch" rather than "make an edit supporting me" doesn't provide immunity from canvassing rules. Lastly, the outcome of a discussion also has no bearing on if you violated the canvassing guideline. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 21:59, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Please look a bit deeper into the edit history of the article (Sorry, it is too late, and my memory: the following was Vivaldi.) Yes, Nikkimaria reverted only once, but there were four reverts. - Also: I wrote to many people that day, - canvassing (for me at least) would have meant telling all about this. But no, MyCatIsAChonk, because of the upcoming TFA appearance of Appalachian Spring. That was an alert, and if reaching out to someone to be watchful is canvassing we really don't understand the word the same way. A few days later, and happier, I asked many people how they liked the compromise? Barkeep49, for example, in the same thread as what you linked. - It's past midnight where I live, and it's a funeral day for me, - please excuse me and put things in perspective. For example achieve more compromise. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:46, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure why I'm being pinged. All that I've said is I have no opinion on this and whatever consensus is reached will be good by me. Barkeep49 (talk) 23:43, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Du Hirte Israel, höre, BWV 104
The article Du Hirte Israel, höre, BWV 104 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Du Hirte Israel, höre, BWV 104 for comments about the article, and Talk:Du Hirte Israel, höre, BWV 104/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of MyCatIsAChonk -- MyCatIsAChonk (talk) 11:43, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

"Not dead, but very wet"
Dear Gerda, Thankyou for your several kind and cheerful messages over the past couple of months. In case you are wondering, I have not slipped off this mortal coil, at least not yet, but have for various reasons given myself a rest from wp. For one thing I am terribly busy with my supercentenarian Mum whose daily needs for attention are many - for another, I have a progressing series of ailments of my own, including Parkinson's, which keep me feeling fairly grotty - but, most influentially, since my last editing efforts, I have a sense of complete futility at editing here when confronted with the sort of criticisms and condescension which provoked my last long reply on my talk page. I haven't got the stomach to rise to the bait. However I am still here and still watching. Eebahgum (talk) 08:20, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you, and no, I grant every friend long silences ;) - best wishes for you and your mother! Please keep reading - I provide my daily stories thinking of people like you. I was in the performance mentioned today (with trailer), - in 2018 DYK made that possible, but 2024 is a different troupe. I carry my load of condescension (see above) but it doesn't keep me from proclaiming the miracle that music is. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:28, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

You've got mail
This is indeed not a template, but yes I did email you using old-technology electronic email, like in the good old days! Cheers DBaK (talk) 20:51, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you and enjoyed!! - I discovered a video on William Waterhouse (at the bottom of his article) that you might also like. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:14, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Oh lovely, thank you. Glad you enjoyed. Video: I shall look. Best wishes DBaK (talk) 22:13, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Ah yes v v good video. Lovely footage of Elisabeth. Thank you! DBaK (talk) 18:11, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

A bowl of strawberries for you!

 * Thank you, I try ;) (forgot to sign yesterday) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:20, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
Gerda Arendt, I am always pleased to find these reminders on other editors' talk pages, and now on mine. Thank you for the anniversary. -SusanLesch (talk) 13:42, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you, that's good to know! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:14, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

Women in Red May 2024
--Lajmmoore (talk 06:16, 28 April 2024 (UTC) via MassMessaging

DYK for Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

OTD note
Hi Gerda. Good to see that you're helping rotate OTD items. A note about your edit to May 5: when removing an image, remember to put it back into the staging area, so it can be reused in the future. Also comment out the "(pictured)" text—don't delete it—so editors know in the future that there is an image available for that item. Don't worry, I've made the changes already. Also note this discussion at ERRORS about the image's display text (you had left "A depiction of the Battle of the Wilderness"). Thanks.—Bagumba (talk) 11:15, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)
Today we should all be celebrating the 200th anniversary of the first performance of Beethoven's 9th symphony. Pity we all forgot to mention it on Wikipedia's main page.--Ipigott (talk) 06:52, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
 * It's pictured on the Main page, POD, and mentioned on my User page ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:58, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

FAC mentoring
Hello. I am mentoring for FAC. I've worked hard on the Sarah Geronimo article, and I wanted to be nominated at FAC. Do you mind checking on the article? Also, if there are issues needed to be addressed, please state it here.  Scarlet Violet  (talk • contribs) 13:13, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I am willing to look but have little time this week. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:16, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you
Thank you for caring, but I am not quite sure what you mean. If you refer to erratic posts with edit summaries removed, they don't bother me much. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:53, 7 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Ah! I suppose I overthought what they might've been. I'm glad you're unbothered—better that you're untroubled than the opposite, even if it leaves egg on my face. Hydrangeans (she/her &#124; talk &#124; edits) 06:46, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Please wash the egg away, - I am troubled by the discussion mentioned in the thread below. - Today, however, is a feast day, look on top, and if you have little time, just listen and be happy. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:56, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

The Manual of Style is a contentious topic

 * connected by me --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:56, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

You have recently made edits related to the English Wikipedia Manual of Style and article titles policy. This is a standard message to inform you that the English Wikipedia Manual of Style and article titles policy is a designated contentious topic. This message does not imply that there are any issues with your editing. For more information about the contentious topics system, please see Contentious topics. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 12:29, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
 * ScottishFinnishRadish, could you please tell me one edit that seems to show that I am not aware? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:42, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
 * It's a standard notification. You'll notice I gave that notification to every editor involved in the discussion that you asked me to look at. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 12:44, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
 * That doesn't explain. The discussion is on Talk:Peter Grimes. My topics there had nothing to do with MoS questions. I wondered why a change from Zurich to Zürich (not by me) wasn't simply accepted, and I wondered why we link to Zürich at all instead of Zürich Opera House. Any explanations and clarifications are welcome. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:51, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
 * why a change from Zurich to Zürich (not by me) wasn't simply accepted is a discussion related to the MOS. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 12:56, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
 * How? Zurich is acceptable, and Zürich is acceptable, and Zürich Opera House is better than both, and Zürcher Stadttheater might be best as the historic name at the time. All could go home and do something worth arguing about. No? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:01, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Magdalena Hinterdobler
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 00:03, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

Nomination of Magdalena Hinterdobler for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Magdalena Hinterdobler is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Magdalena Hinterdobler until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished. &#126;~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 00:35, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
 * you are so funny - I'm with company for the weekend, see you on Monday. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:05, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
 * you can see and hear her - singing and talking - here - as I told AJ: should we rely on other people - reviewers, journalists - for evaluating what she really gives to the world? - thanks to all who pointed at that in the discussion! - see you on Monday, unless I have WLAN on he trip back late today --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:58, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
 * There was no WLAN on the trip back. I commented now. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:04, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Aside (nebenbei): Using 'FAZ' for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung is not helpful for all but the most cosmopolitan readers. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 13:31, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you. - I noticed after my comment that the article said Frankfurter Allgemeine, but added Zeitung already. When you come across my "FAZ"s - hundreds, I guess - please feel free to correct, and I'll do the same. (forgot to sign) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:12, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks again for Main page/Errors link
Hi Gerda Arendt, Thanks again for the link to the Main page/Errors page, that you sent me for the article on Joseph Redding earlier this week. I pinged Narutolovehinata5 on the Talk page because I saw that he had reviewed the article for DYK, but I should have realised that there was likely some general function for errors on the main page. I've bookmarked it now in case I see a similar issue in the future. Much appreciated. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 03:55, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Julian Prégardien
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 00:03, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Clara Schumann
1) What is a GA 2) how do I access the footnote template? I’m going out of town and will not be able to make any changes for a while.

T. E. Meeks (talk) 11:34, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Whenever you don't know a Wikipedia abbreviation, you put WP: in front of it: WP:GA. You can just copy from a reference that is similar to yours. In this case, I'll just do the work for you, but next time I hope you can do it yourself. - Happy Pentecost, Germany enjoys two days, and I just returned happily from singing and lunch with a friend. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:57, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Gerda. T. E. Meeks (talk) 12:16, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Liviu Holender
RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 22 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Another singer at DYK, and an excellent one at that! I find the subject of the hook interesting, even if it did require an extensive fight. The anti-opera DYK reviewers are quick to the draw... MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) <small style="font-size:66%;">(also not me) <small style="font-size:45%;">(still no) 01:05, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you! In the end, we have a hook with five composers! The opera by a composer banned by the Nazis appeared with his partner on stage who will sing her songs on 28 May. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:47, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

<div style="margin: auto; max-width:45em; box-shadow: 0.1em 0.1em 0.5em rgba( 192, 192, 192, 0.75 ); border-radius: 1em; border: 1px solid #a7d7f9; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0.5em 1em 1em; color: black;" class="ui-helper-clearfix">

Baritone Liviu Holender chose lieder by five composers whose music was banned by the Nazis —Schreker, Zemlinsky, Mahler, Korngold and Schönberg— for a recital at the Oper Frankfurt.

watch one

Verdi: Messa da Requiem 22 May 1874

22 May 2024 This was the story. I am happy that all six composers mentioned, even the unlinked Verdi, received views around 1k or higher. I believe that it is a myth that our audience isn't interested in such things. Thanks to Mary Mark Ockerbloom who bravely approved the hook.

As it happens, today's story is about singing in defiance ;) - look and listen! - Ten years ago, I worded the hook that appeared OTD, and I quoted from the hymn - together with a pointer to Kafka - already in my response to the 2013 arbitration decision, in the same mood of singing in defiance. I still stand and sing. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:57, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Women in Red June 2024
--Lajmmoore (talk 07:04, 23 May 2024 (UTC) via MassMessaging

Women in Green GA Editathon June 2024 - Going Back in Time
<div style="border: 6px solid #2bbf08; background: #FFF; background-color:#FFFFFF; padding: 1ex 1ex 1ex 1.5ex; margin: 0px 0px 1em 1em; font-size: 99%"> Hello Gerda Arendt:

WikiProject Women in Green is holding a  month-long Good Article Edit-a-thon event in June 2024!

Running from June 1 to 30, 2024, WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) is hosting a Good Article (GA) edit-a-thon event with the theme Going Back in Time! All experience levels welcome. Never worked on a GA project before? We'll teach you how to get started. Or maybe you're an old hand at GAs – we'd love to have you involved! Participants are invited to work on nominating and/or reviewing GA submissions related to women and women's works (e.g., books, films) during the event period. We hope to collectively cover article subjects from at least 20 centuries by month's end. GA resources and one-on-one support will be provided by experienced GA editors, and participants will have the opportunity to earn a special WiG barnstar for their efforts.

We hope to see you there! &#126;~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 16:18, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
 * AirshipJungleman29, thank you for the invitation. How about Magdalena Hinterdobler, or would it have to be earlier than 21st century? How about Ethel Smyth, contemplated before the invitation, or not because I didn't add much yet to the article? Actually, I'd pursue both without the event, Smyth rather later then. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:18, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

DYK for St. Trinitatis, Wolfenbüttel
Z1720 (talk) 00:02, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

FAC request
@Gerda Arendt I have heard a lot about your accomplishments from other editors and hence did not hesitate to ping you when a reviewer suggested that I seek your assistance for my nomination at FAC. I have pinged you at the FAC discussion page. Hopefully you will look into it and assist me by providing suggestions. Looking forward to your response soon. Regards. MSincccc (talk) 03:16, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you for asking, I'll look, but there a four reviews waiting. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:33, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Samuel Kummer
RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 30 May 2024 (UTC) That hook was short for my idea: <div style="margin: auto; max-width:39em; box-shadow: 0.1em 0.1em 0.5em rgba( 192, 192, 192, 0.75 ); border-radius: 1em; border: 1px solid #a7d7f9; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0.5em 1em 1em; color: black;" class="ui-helper-clearfix">

Samuel Kummer chose for his first recital as the organist of the restored Frauenkirche in Dresden music by Bach, Brahms, Max Reger, Louis Vierne, and himself.

watch him improvising

30 May 2024

Ave verum corpus I had no time to fight the abbreviated version which reads as if he was narrow-minded (only three composers, and all of them German), as if he only followed mainstream, and as if he saw himself among the prominent Bs (Bach Beethoven Brahms). Sad. On my screen, the word "himself" sat alone in an otherwise empty line. Sad. Please watch him playing. If you have more time read about Reger and Vierne. If you have even more time, read the Main page which had another TFA by Vami (that I suggested), two who recently died and Bach's cantata for his first service as Thomaskantor, with him pictured. If you have still more time, see Music, for today's service and procession songs and a fascinating opera. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:51, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

1 June
Today's TFA is Ludwigsburg Palace, written by Vami_IV. I miss lines such as (from the FAC)
 * I gave the lead a can of spinach and it seems to have bulked up pretty good. ... – ♠Vami _IV†♠  18:17, 3 November 2018 (UTC)

The Ludwigsburg Festival begins there today, and looking for a sample, I found the opening concert of 2022, for peace, Oksana Lyniv from Ukraine conducting Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23, with pianist Iddo Bar-Shai from Israel, and Mahler's Fifth Symphony. Better than words. Roses of missing. Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:59, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Magdalena Hinterdobler
The article Magdalena Hinterdobler you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Magdalena Hinterdobler for comments about the article, and Talk:Magdalena Hinterdobler/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of MyCatIsAChonk -- MyCatIsAChonk (talk) 21:04, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Peter Demetz
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 00:03, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Alexander Lang
And that's all I've got time for right now.  Schwede 66  20:16, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

June music post
Hi Gerda, I was about to reply to your June music post on my talk page. But when I view my page, I can't find it anywhere on it! Not sure what's going on here. :o Acalamari 04:01, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I fixed it ;) - This time, I saw it in the bit showing the difference, saw that the preceding character was missing. (Usually I search much longer, and need to try to edit the complete page.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 04:32, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Cecelia Hall (mezzo-soprano)
The article Cecelia Hall (mezzo-soprano) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Cecelia Hall (mezzo-soprano) for comments about the article, and Talk:Cecelia Hall (mezzo-soprano)/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of 750h+ -- 750h+ (talk) 12:03, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Interesting, carefully prepared article. You might be interested in looking through my much shorter Elisabet Strid which I've created in connection with Women in Red's current focus on Women in Music.--Ipigott (talk) 05:43, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you. It became the work of many after a user marked a source as promotional, and its use as unethical (see DYK nom, on the talk, and compare also Daniela Kerck and its nomination). He would probably say the same about Bolshoi. I don't share the view, but didn't have the language to be understood, and the question what in the source would be promotional remained unanswered. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:27, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

Disturbed "friend"
Gerda, you seem to have a disturbed "friend", so I've semiprotected this page and User:Gerda Arendt/blushing for 24 hours. Please let me know if you'd like the protection removed, or extended. Bishonen &#124; tålk 09:44, 16 June 2024 (UTC).
 * Thank you, Bish! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:03, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

Joyce
I get that it goes against good wiki politics to criticize but today there are many messages on talk pages from you saying: "Did you know that after the RfC for Joyce (in which I didn't take part), I thought these infobox wars were over?" which seems to neglect this comment. (Of course the infobox isn't mentioned at all (wisely) in some case, i.e here). Why is the discussion (which was unpleasant, to say the least) being brought before so many people? It's a page you've apparently not edited (though I didn't look through the 2000+ editor so maybe I'm wrong). What does it achieve to use the word "war" about something as trivial as an infobox on a random article on a website? 99.9% of the time I sit on my hands to keep my fingers away from the keyboard. Today I snapped. Victoria (tk) 16:43, 16 June 2024 (UTC)


 * The infobox wars go on and on. I was involved in the composers' RfC and that really hasn't laid to rest the question of infoboxes in articles. — Iadmc  ♫ talk  16:51, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Only because the flames are fanned continually. Today at least two members of the arbitration committee received the post re Joyce. Why, Gerda? Victoria (tk) 16:54, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I am sorry about my bad memory: I see that I made one post that I completely forgot. Should I strike the phrase in brackets which is wrong? I am afraid that it might raise more attention. What do you think? I could put "infobox wars" in quotation marks, if you prefer. I asked the candidates for arbitration year after year what they think about the situation, and they practically say that they see normal editing (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023). I see that it is not. I wish it was as trivial as you say, Victoria. I thought that the "infobox wars" were over when Brian Boulton to FA Percy Grainger. Why was that attempt of a compromise not received as such? It contained the list of Grainger's works. Where did that go? Where that of Robert Schumann which was in place for years. That is my view on "fanning flames". - There were practically no infobox discussions in 2018 and 2019, - can we perhaps return to that blissful state?  - To answer your question, the arbs received the alert in response to their answers in my queries: I believe that the close of the Joyce discussion could be a good model, regardless of how the discussion was, and that was the base for my hope it was over, this - however you call it - waste of time, and damage to editor relations. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:33, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes, there is damage to editor relations. Obviously you consider me as a belligerant in the war which affects many things, among them the fact of having to consider the expedience of wiki politics to even say something. How can a sick woman who is always grouchy even think to speak up to a woman such a you? But, I reject being a belligerant and wish you could simply forget. Forget the dates, forget the specific examples, forget it all, and stop bringing to people's attentions on selected anniversaries. Today I remembered asking for a self block so I wouldn't flame out during the arb case. These are not good memories. Why is one side always wrong? War is real. This is trivial and should be let go. Victoria (tk) 19:14, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I am sad that you say something like "Obviously you consider me as a belligerant ..." - no, I don't, I don't think of any user as belligerant, - but will you believe me? - I removed the complete line you questioned question in all cases without a response, and the wrong clause in brackets where there was a response. I am disappointed that many chances for compromise were missed. Peace? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:25, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
 * A belligerant is the opposite side. If it's a war, then there are sides. I too reject these notions, but ... the constant reminding makes it difficult to reject. Take it from someone who has to deal with subpar circumstances on a daily basis - it's best not to look back and hold grudges. It's best to look forward and always hope for the best in the future. Peace would be nice. Victoria (tk) 19:33, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I hold no grudges. I accept that some users banned me from their talk page, even if I don't understand why. It doesn't have to be a war. I shouldn't be a war. Looking forward, yes, but why not also look at models of compromise and learn from them? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:43, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
 * "grant each other the presumption that we are acting in good faith" is quoted on top for a reason --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:32, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
 * As I said, I'm well aware that it's not politically exedient to say anything & I suppose I can see that someone will chastise me for assuming bad faith. In that case I apologize for posting here. Victoria (tk) 21:45, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
 * It's past midnight here, I don't know words like exedient, and I may still have other language limits, - posting was no mistake, no need to apologize. I apologize for not having considered that Joyce means heavy memories for you, where I just saw a close that looks reasoned to me and seems to have worked for more than a year. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:13, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks
I'm not sure I've ever acknowledged your "Precious Anniversary" notes in my talk page over the years, but thank you for them. I haven't been quite as active around here now as I was in the past, but I have managed to create a few articles... most recently for the latest J. K. Rowling Cormoran Strike novel, The Running Grave. &#42;Dan T.* (talk) 18:24, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you for coming over! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:58, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

What a day…
You're truly a gem, wow! The warmth and generosity you bring to Wikipedia oozes through every interaction I see you're involved, even though we haven't spoken directly. Your encouraging words to others are a beacon that guides and inspires me in this project. Your presence here is a lifeline, truly. Keep shining your light – it's making a difference. Warmest regards, Vanderwaalforces (talk) 20:11, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
 * blushing - thank you, nice to meet you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:14, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Same here! Vanderwaalforces (talk) 20:35, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Pamela Coburn
Hi. I saw you added “Indiana University” to this article. I could not find a ref for this so I removed the cat. Do you recall where that info came from? Semper Fi! FieldMarine (talk) 13:49, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I probably confused a university in Indiana (Category:DePauw University alumni) and the Indiana University. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:58, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks! FieldMarine (talk) 14:20, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Salut!
Hi Gerda :) just letting you know, the link to L'Aube rouge in the 2024 section of your user page now links to a disambiguation since I created L'Aube rouge (novel) and moved the opera to L'Aube rouge (opera). ꧁ Zanahary ꧂ 15:51, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you, and next time you can just correct it there ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:17, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Photos of persons
Dear Gerda, you often thank me when I post new photos, most recently the (only) photo of Joana Mallwitz. I am happy about these small acknowledgements. In fact, it has become almost impossible to get image releases under CC licence from a photographer or even an organisation, such as the various orchestras or concert halls or record companies. Obviously, word has got around that anyone can more or less do what they want with images released in this way. The main obstacle to release is the possibility of commercial use by others. And photographers who might be prepared to release images have recently made this conditional on the persons photographed agreeing to the granting of a licence, e.g. in the case of a photo by Mallwitz and one by Elim Chan, of whom no usable photo exists on WP. Unfortunately, both have the same PR agency and this agency says in a nutshell: No release under CC licence. There is also no professional photo of Christian Thielemann available. It's a tedious business. Of course, if an article has appeared in many languages, I would also like to have several photos. As I said, these days I'm lucky to get just one. Sometimes I edit it to make two or three, as I did with Mallwitz, using different sections or backgrounds: JM. My suggestion to the WP administration would be to prohibit the commercial use of media files on Commons. - Gisbert ツ (talk)  Illustrate Wikipedia ! 16:01, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you, and I agree. Just the last bit won't work, because "free" means "free". I think an agency would be wise to release one good photo, - much better than letting the public image of an artist suffer from a bad one, such as File:Alfredbrendel-cropped.jpg which we had for a long time. See Sara Hershkowitz. I enjoyed Mallwitz conducting three times, Fauré Pénélope and Strauss Salome, both at Oper Frankfurt, and the second (I believe) program at Konzerthaus Berlin, where she gave a pre-concert conversation with a composer, playing piano also to illustrate the music, and I sat second row, - bad angle for a photo ;) - I took one of a poster of her conducting but wasn't sure about licensing and didn't want trouble. I like yours! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:13, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
 * What do you think about the two edited photos of Sara (-->> Engl. and German article)? - Gisbert ツ (talk)  Illustrate Wikipedia !   22:21, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
 * You are really good at it. The one I took was a snapshot ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:27, 20 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Look now the right arm: - Gisbert ツ (talk)  Illustrate Wikipedia !   07:26, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
 * How about hands ;) - She looks dreamy - having sung Strauss songs, - she preferred the other pic. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:42, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Franz Kafka
Hi Gerda! Weird edit to Franz Kafka, huh? As it happens, the edit was also a copy paste from Apache Kafka and likely a copyvio by way of Quora. Almost Kafkaesque. — N eonorange (talk to Phil) (he, they) 16:57, 19 June 2024 (UTC) —

Translation Request?
Hi Gerda, would you be willing to translate these two interviews from German into English for me? If you could email me an English-language transcript, that would be great! (Links: ) If these interviews are unsuitable for citation in a GA, please do not hesitate to tell me.

I am working on improving Uwe Holmer up to good article status and I want to receive some clarification on his earlier life because the only secondary source I found which covers his early life alluded to these interviews. Additionally, if you have any advice for bring this article up to GA status, I would love to hear it! If you are unable to do so, I will find somebody else. Note: I am not going to nominate the article until next month as I'll be out of town for the last week of June and the first week of July. ❤History Theorist❤  03:28, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I looked, and they are rather short, but I'm not a translator, - perhaps ask at project Germany. I also have not enough time for "my" topics this weekend, - I could listen next week and summarize, and look at the article. (Or better July, - I want to bring two women articles to GA during the June drive mentioned further up.) YouTube is not generally regarded as a reliable source, but could be used as external link. Also, we don't know how neutral/open/believable he is about his early life, so while this may remain the only information, we will have to trust him or not. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:27, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I listened now to the first, HistoryTheorist, summary: they liked the comradery in the HJ, singing, sport, games, social equality of "the son of a banker and the son of a workman", overnight outings. He was in group riding mopeds, trained in how the engines work, - last sentence: "Das hat uns schon gefallen". (We already liked that.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:49, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the summary, Gerda. I don't think there's much useful in that interview, so I'm not going to bother myself with using it. ❤History  Theorist❤  17:27, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
 * In the second, he talks about refusing to join the SS in 1944, on his mother's advice, which meant public shame and degrading. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:57, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks Gerda! Feel free to look at the article sometime in July. I'm going to be a bit busy so don't make this your top priority right now. In the meantime; I'll go over the article and make some fixes myself.
 * These interviews explain why I wrote that "he didn't want to join the SS" later removed it due to not being able to easily find a reference. I ended up taking that out at the time, but at least I know where I got it from because I knew I just didn't make that up. Now that I know where it came from, I don't know if I'll re-add the statement. ❤History  Theorist❤  17:25, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Archive?
The talk page is getting huge and unwieldy! Perhaps archive some things? — Iadmc  ♫ talk  09:18, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I archive when I see fit, usually end of the month ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:47, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
 * ok — Iadmc  ♫ talk  09:51, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Daniela Kerck
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 25 June 2024 (UTC) The image in my story is what I happened to see from my seat (in a performance before the festival when Anna Netrebko sang the title role, but sold out of course, and the other was possibly the icier Principessa anyway). Don't miss the video of the trailer: much stronger storytelling than all hook words ;) - Looking at the review may teach you something. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:23, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Tamara Milashkina
The article Tamara Milashkina you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Tamara Milashkina and Talk:Tamara Milashkina/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Viriditas -- Viriditas (talk) 10:05, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

BWV 41
Radio 3 played the gorgeous aria with cello obligato this morning ... I didn't know it! Off down a very pleasurable rabbithole ... DBaK (talk) 19:54, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

Also ...
Amazing family outing last week to see a new play based on Der Brief einer Unbekannten by Christopher Hampton. It was all I could not to shout "hey, this is his niece sat right here!" ... but, ahem, I did not. :) Cheers DBaK (talk) 20:01, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

❤ your work from INDIA
You are a Good Wikipedian, enjoy your time with this kitten..!!🙂

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Women in Red August 2024
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DYK for Zwei Gesänge, Op. 1 (Schoenberg)
RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 1 July 2024 (UTC) The hook was changed to mention at least the title. It's still without any hint at the character of work. Read, listen find out. Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:14, 1 July 2024 (UTC)