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Contents
- 1 Hello Gerda!
- 2 DYK for Islossningen i Uleå älv
- 3 A barnstar for you!
- 4 DYK for Frank Stähle
- 5 DYK for Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid, BWV 3
- 6 Quotes
- 7 DYK for Ainsi parla Zarathoustra (Boulez)
- 8 Pierre Boulez
- 9 Siilly question.
- 10 Quite a contrast to much of your surroundings
- 11 Mitchell Christmas Cantata
- 12 (Oh - sorry ... )
- 13 DYK for Bowman v. Monsanto Co.
- 14 User:Pablo X
- 15 DYK for Antonia Fahberg
- 16 Bob Arno
- 17 Nomination for deletion of Template:User talk before you block
- 18 A kitten for you!
- 19 Ping
- 20 DYK for Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn, BWV 23
- 21 BWV 4
- 22 DYK nomination of Concerto for Piano and String Quartet (Busoni)
- 23 GA?
- 24 Fantasia
- 25 DYK for Elisabeth Schärtel
- 26 Art+Feminism DYKs
- 27 Manon
- 28 BWV 10 downloadable resource
- 29 DYK for Hana Blažíková
- 30 Your GA nomination of Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1
- 31 Please...
- 32 DYK for Delores Ziegler
Hello Gerda!
Merry Christmas and a happy new year! I have checked 365 of the articles created by you for typos, please check if my edits are correct. I noticed two more problems, but I am not sure how to fix 'em, would you be so kind to take a look?
- Salve Regina (Latry) contains " It ends like bellsDer letzte Ruf ."
- String quartets (Waterhouse) contains "movement threeOpening of"
Ciao ciao, The Quixotic Potato (talk) 06:06, 30 December 2015 (UTC)
- That is amazing, the checking I mean! Thank you so much! I fixed the first. The second: someone added the sound file of the basis by Lassus, I removed it as misleading,but if wanted it should be clarified that the sound is not what the article is about, just the inspiration. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:05, 30 December 2015 (UTC)
- Thank you, here is a list of the edits I made on articles created by you. Feel free to undo/improve my edits. Have a nice day, The Quixotic Potato (talk) 07:26, 30 December 2015 (UTC)
DYK for Islossningen i Uleå älv
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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The Teamwork Barnstar |
I am very pleased with all your help at Max Deutsch. Great to have you there and so involved and effective. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 22:58, 12 January 2016 (UTC) |
DYK for Frank Stähle
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 15 January 2016 (UTC)
DYK for Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid, BWV 3
— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 12:01, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
Quotes
While searching for quotes I found this gem:
“ | Come back. Even as a shadow, even as a dream. | ” |
— Euripides
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The Quixotic Potato (talk) 17:29, 4 February 2016 (UTC)
- Thank you, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:32, 4 February 2016 (UTC)
- No, thank you, for being 100% human in this computerized world. The Quixotic Potato (talk) 17:57, 4 February 2016 (UTC)
- blushing --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:07, 4 February 2016 (UTC)
- I found this gem: "death, sleep, a journey of departure, peace and consolation are some of the intertwined themes and images" of Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 125, for 2 February. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:13, 4 February 2016 (UTC)
- I remember back when I was so young I wasn't allowed to use the recordplayer and I had to beg my sister (3,5yrs older) or parents to do it for me. I must've heard the Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, Peter and the Wolf and Peer Gynt at least a million times, and I still listen to them regularly. Peer Gynt. Suite No. 1, Op. 46 is probably the saddest music ever, but hauntingly beautiful. My userboxes aren't very informative (although it is true that the Brotherhood of Nod is the only army I support, mainly because it is fictional and because it has an awesome backstory) so I figured I should give some insight into who I am by my choice of quotes. I don't think you'll like all of them, but maybe you'll like some of them. The Quixotic Potato (talk) 08:16, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
- Was Trout Quintet and excerpts from La traviata for me. - I saw Götterdämmerung, conducted by Boulez (see below), - a friend had the ticket which you get only after years of waiting, but didn't care for Chéreau's ideas. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:26, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
- I was working on an addendum for my previous comment, but you have already replied! I have updated my previous comment, see above.
- That is an awesome friend. Ah, Der Ring! Wagner wasn't a fan of Euripides. I love the idea that they actually created an instrument for Der Ring. Of course my musical taste has expanded, but it hasn´t really changed. I still listen to In the Hall of the Mountain King and Rondo alla Turca but these modern versions are very very different! The Quixotic Potato (talk) 09:18, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
- Der Ring: Boulez made rather modern music of it, that was fascinating, different! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:59, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
- Was Trout Quintet and excerpts from La traviata for me. - I saw Götterdämmerung, conducted by Boulez (see below), - a friend had the ticket which you get only after years of waiting, but didn't care for Chéreau's ideas. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:26, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
- I remember back when I was so young I wasn't allowed to use the recordplayer and I had to beg my sister (3,5yrs older) or parents to do it for me. I must've heard the Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, Peter and the Wolf and Peer Gynt at least a million times, and I still listen to them regularly. Peer Gynt. Suite No. 1, Op. 46 is probably the saddest music ever, but hauntingly beautiful. My userboxes aren't very informative (although it is true that the Brotherhood of Nod is the only army I support, mainly because it is fictional and because it has an awesome backstory) so I figured I should give some insight into who I am by my choice of quotes. I don't think you'll like all of them, but maybe you'll like some of them. The Quixotic Potato (talk) 08:16, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
- No, thank you, for being 100% human in this computerized world. The Quixotic Potato (talk) 17:57, 4 February 2016 (UTC)
DYK for Ainsi parla Zarathoustra (Boulez)
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 5 February 2016 (UTC)
Pierre Boulez
I've re-added the infobox. GiantSnowman 06:52, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
- Thank you for trying, but see also. Quote: "Indeed, if the "wars" could begin to end here it would be a great start in a new year!" (written in 2014) On the same page: "Reversions" (trying to change the guidelines) and "A Statistical Note on Infoboxes". Your help is most welcome, but you probably can use your time better ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:28, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
- I was a bit confused about the infobox-situation, but after reading for 5 minutes I decided it is probably best to ignore it. The Quixotic Potato (talk) 10:00, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
- Only 2 more minutes: It's best for your health to ignore it. I often mentioned a friend who told me "ignore ignore ignore". If you add an infobox to Pierre Boulez, that is a bold edit. If you take away an infobox on Laurence Olivier that has been there for years, that is improving the article. The same friend who told me to ignore protected LO because of an edit war over the hidden notice about the new lords of the article not wanting an infobox. He was desysopped. May he rest in peace. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:31, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
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- "New lords of the article"? Your incivility towards others who do not automatically bow down to your opinion is what got you (mercifully) constrained by Arbcom previously, and yet it appears you still haven't learnt, given the several comments recently about other editors who don't agree with you. Good thing Dreadfulstar was desysopped: they acted utterly inappropriately and deserved the full censure of both ANI and Arbcom for their actions under the influence of red mist. – SchroCat (talk) 11:48, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
- I am not restrained by Arbcom. What else did you miss? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:25, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
- I've missed nothing: you were constrained by them. – SchroCat (talk) 12:27, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
- "New lords of the article"? Your incivility towards others who do not automatically bow down to your opinion is what got you (mercifully) constrained by Arbcom previously, and yet it appears you still haven't learnt, given the several comments recently about other editors who don't agree with you. Good thing Dreadfulstar was desysopped: they acted utterly inappropriately and deserved the full censure of both ANI and Arbcom for their actions under the influence of red mist. – SchroCat (talk) 11:48, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
- Good advice. I was surprised that no one seems to have mentioned the fact that you can easily hide parts of the Wikipedia interface you dislike. For example, if you do NOT want to see infoboxes then you can use CSS to hide them, like so:
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.infobox {display:none;}
- Unfortunately that doesn't really work the other way around.
- My time is better spent checking the rest of the articles you've written. I've checked 365 of them (because of the new year) so I have 285 to go. WP:QAI's focus on quality articles is good for me, because I prefer articles like this one over articles like this one because of this reason. Let's "ignore ignore ignore" non-productive stuff. The Quixotic Potato (talk) 11:57, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
- Yes, on Sundays, because of this reason (using {{diff}}), --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:22, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
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- Only 2 more minutes: It's best for your health to ignore it. I often mentioned a friend who told me "ignore ignore ignore". If you add an infobox to Pierre Boulez, that is a bold edit. If you take away an infobox on Laurence Olivier that has been there for years, that is improving the article. The same friend who told me to ignore protected LO because of an edit war over the hidden notice about the new lords of the article not wanting an infobox. He was desysopped. May he rest in peace. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:31, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
- I was a bit confused about the infobox-situation, but after reading for 5 minutes I decided it is probably best to ignore it. The Quixotic Potato (talk) 10:00, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
It's Monday, the discussion is now at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Composers. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:27, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
I'll bear it in mind, thanks! GiantSnowman 12:27, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
Siilly question.
Hi Gerda, did you notice you are 6 years of age? :-) I have a hunch there may be a deeper meaning, though? Horseless Headman (talk) 20:42, 9 February 2016 (UTC).
- (talk page stalker) [1]. --Floquenbeam (talk) 20:44, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
- User:Gerda Arendt is six years old, - that's not me. Click through on my infobox. I feel like 600 years old today. Pictured on top: the woman who can't believe what she has to see. I saw a performance, conducted by Pierre Boulez. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:02, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
- Aha-Erlebnis. Of course. Thank you Gerda & Floquenbeam.
- And sorry for not signing -blush- I was probably thinking "huh 600 but how .... and forgot to sign :-) Horseless Headman (talk) 20:20, 10 February 2016 (UTC).
- No need to blush for something I do three times every day there is ;) - look around, it's obvious why I felt old yesterday. I enjoy collaboration today, for revival, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:46, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
Quite a contrast to much of your surroundings
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'A gem, you are|- | Thank you for being here, Gerda. You persist and make your presence felt, like a lovely waterlily that blooms in a swamp. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 15:57, 17 February 2016 (UTC) |
- Thank you, - did you know that swamp is close to my thoughts, and WP:Great Dismal Swamp? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:09, 17 February 2016 (UTC)
- I had seen some of your swamp work, not all. Highly commendable and valued, but it must be hard (not "draining", clearly). One learns to understand some of the special lingo here mostly by stumbling across it. Very best wishes to you Gerda. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 16:26, 17 February 2016 (UTC)
- I helped PumpkinSky writing Great Dismal Swamp maroons while he was blocked. Four years since the original meditation on what the blocking of content editors means. The article became a GA (my first) before he was unblocked two months later ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:34, 17 February 2016 (UTC)
- I hadn't seen all that sad story. Have seen some of how contentions FA and DYK and Wikicup and RFA still are. I mostly stay away from those and just slog away at adding citations and trying to move pages away from the view that science depends on authority rather than evidence or citations. Great Dismal Swamp maroons is one of the great ideas for an article; a different sort of encyclopedia could be built from such inspiration. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 16:56, 17 February 2016 (UTC)
- I helped PumpkinSky writing Great Dismal Swamp maroons while he was blocked. Four years since the original meditation on what the blocking of content editors means. The article became a GA (my first) before he was unblocked two months later ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:34, 17 February 2016 (UTC)
- I had seen some of your swamp work, not all. Highly commendable and valued, but it must be hard (not "draining", clearly). One learns to understand some of the special lingo here mostly by stumbling across it. Very best wishes to you Gerda. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 16:26, 17 February 2016 (UTC)
Mitchell Christmas Cantata
Dear Gerda, Understood that it doesn't become notable because I say so. I'll get some other people who have sung it and appreciate it to get in touch. Best wishes David C. Mitchell (talk) 21:12, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
- I tried to explain that enthusiastic singers (I am one of them) are not exactly what Wikipedia considers a RS (Reliable source), stress on independent ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:15, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
(Oh - sorry ... )
Happy New Year! Pdfpdf (talk) 16:01, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
DYK for Bowman v. Monsanto Co.
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:01, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
User:Pablo X
These are not real categories. I thought we were supposed to remove them? And surely user pages should not be in categories?Rathfelder (talk) 23:02, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
- They are an expression of categories the user thinks he is in. I have two red links on my user page myself, and when someone turned one blue, I got furious and changed it. Red is to signal: "exception!", "I don't belong!" - This has nothing to do with useful user categories such as what language(s) a user speaks. - General rule: don't touch other user's user pages. Period. Unless it's vandalism, which you can check in the history: when someone else edited. (As - sorry- I handled yours.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:37, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
- ps, for clarity: vandal users on their own user pages are of course a different story, - if you see that: act and/or report, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:35, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
DYK for Antonia Fahberg
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:01, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
Bob Arno
I am not sure if you have seen Bob Arno's work already but I think you would really enjoy that too. He is fighting crime in a very unconventional way. On YouTube there are many videos of him in action. The Quixotic Potato (talk) 12:27, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks for the link! I like unconventional ways. Today, I managed to have "beautifully restrained performance" in a DYK, - like that way of fighting ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:32, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:User talk before you block
Template:User talk before you block has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Steel1943 (talk) 21:50, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
A kitten for you!
Almost every good editor I come across has been awarded a "Precious". It is just too amazing! I have nothing better than this... I too am a cat, you see ;)
Sainsf <^>Talk all words 13:59, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
- Thank you! Suggestions of good editors without Precious can be made here, or on the talk, or you can pass it directly, models also on the talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:30, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
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- Oh, surely! Sainsf <^>Talk all words 04:35, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
Ping
Just popping by to see if there is anything more I can do at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Thunder (mascot)/archive1. Montanabw(talk) 05:20, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
- I think I mentioned that all is clear what I initiated but I will give it another read a little later. Any date consideration? I have a FAC open, hopingto see it appear on 27 Mar, scheduling was up to 20 yesterday ... - All is set, I think but not everybody said so yet. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:51, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
DYK for Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn, BWV 23
— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 12:01, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
BWV 4
I'm still unsure what you mean by the "performance material(s)" sentence. Perhaps your "news" in the grammar is "Only the performance materials from Leipzig are extant." But that's unlikely. Why "only"? What else would be extant? The first oboe that was used in the performance? I've removed it pending clarification. I've supported explicitly, although I thought my previous overall comment would have been enough. Tony (talk) 12:22, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
- Thank you. I may have misunderstood, it read to me as "support provided the details will be fixed", - also didn't know how a delegate would read it. Will try to clarify that we miss material from an earlier performance. Not sure what you mean by "unlikely" above? I should not say "only", but something about "earlier"? Please watch and reword if still unclear. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:30, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Concerto for Piano and String Quartet (Busoni)
Hello! Your submission of Concerto for Piano and String Quartet (Busoni) 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) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 17:15, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
- This minor issue can be addressed easily, I hope and presume. Great article! 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 17:15, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
- Hey Gerda! I think it might be as simple as a typo. 1987 instead of 1978 in the lead paragraph? I'm going to be offline for a couple days, starting in a little over 2 hours, so if you're around a quick check might be best. Not that I'm in a hurry, and it's in plenty of time for his birthday, but my absent-mindedness might shine through, and I'm afraid I'll forget to check when I come back. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 19:58, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
- It was a typo, - trust the infobox if it contradicts the lead ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:36, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
- You and infoboxes, LOL! Much becomes clear now, and my previous inquiries and curiosities are made moot. Consider the hook approved. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 21:01, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
- I am the synonym for infobox, DYK? - (I was just told that my mentioning that a certain link is present in the infobox makes that whole discussion a "discussion about infoboxes". See Village pump (policy), if you want entertainment.) Without having worked on Kafka, much of the last three years would have remained a mystery. - I am in the process to add infoboxes to "my" old articles, 2010 was a lot of work, finishing 2011, just now Theater Schwetzingen. - Sorry for my typo, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:17, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
- Not a problem! I had thought it was two separate but closely related works, published separately, but now "the light has dawned". Regarding infoboxes and village pumps, I am generally in favor of infoboxes, but that's more entertainment than I can handle. No, my personal Kafka would relate to the notability of record labels, and that I have to constantly defend them from deletion, because no one else will, and they're always of a genre I truly don't care about but some discographer 75 years from now will thank me. Continue to fight the good fight, Gerda. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 21:50, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
- Sure I spin;) - All operas by Verdi (thanks to Viva-Verdi, long live his memory!), Wagner, Puccini, - the arbitrators didn't listen when I told them that Carmen is more attractive with a Carmen shown instead of the composer. Took about two years, same for Bach ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:02, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
- Not a problem! I had thought it was two separate but closely related works, published separately, but now "the light has dawned". Regarding infoboxes and village pumps, I am generally in favor of infoboxes, but that's more entertainment than I can handle. No, my personal Kafka would relate to the notability of record labels, and that I have to constantly defend them from deletion, because no one else will, and they're always of a genre I truly don't care about but some discographer 75 years from now will thank me. Continue to fight the good fight, Gerda. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 21:50, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
- I am the synonym for infobox, DYK? - (I was just told that my mentioning that a certain link is present in the infobox makes that whole discussion a "discussion about infoboxes". See Village pump (policy), if you want entertainment.) Without having worked on Kafka, much of the last three years would have remained a mystery. - I am in the process to add infoboxes to "my" old articles, 2010 was a lot of work, finishing 2011, just now Theater Schwetzingen. - Sorry for my typo, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:17, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
- You and infoboxes, LOL! Much becomes clear now, and my previous inquiries and curiosities are made moot. Consider the hook approved. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 21:01, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
- It was a typo, - trust the infobox if it contradicts the lead ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:36, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
- Hey Gerda! I think it might be as simple as a typo. 1987 instead of 1978 in the lead paragraph? I'm going to be offline for a couple days, starting in a little over 2 hours, so if you're around a quick check might be best. Not that I'm in a hurry, and it's in plenty of time for his birthday, but my absent-mindedness might shine through, and I'm afraid I'll forget to check when I come back. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 19:58, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
GA?
Hello Gerda, you won't know me but both you and me have articles in the GA queue for music. I wonder if I could review your Sie_werden_aus_Saba_alle_kommen,_BWV_65, and you could review my New Model Army (band)? I'm quite familiar with both subjects. I don't mind if you fail it, I'd just like to know if I'm doing anything wrong (it's my first GA request) and the waiting time is very long! Thankyou, Laura. Laura Jamieson (talk) 01:34, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
- Hello Laura, nice idea, only I never do GA review because I am not a native speaker and couldn't really do justice to the prose. Ask Jaguar and Yash!, my heroes in fast and good delivery, - I ask them only when it's urgent (such as "need it for DYK a certain date") ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:04, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
- (dropping in) I don't think post punk is Gerda's thing (though I believe there is a good early music shop in Bradford that may be of interest) but I had a quick look at the article and I'm afraid I'm not inclined to pass it in its current state as there are too many unsourced sections, a few of the sources look unreliable, there is no overall discussion on musical style and equipment. The history section could do with a trim, due weight should balance towards the band's most commercially and critically successful period. Sorry. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 08:35, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
- Ritchie, do you know a good model for a band article? DYK that I translated Move Like This to German? also Dreadstar ("At first Dreadstar was unwilling to resume his role as a warrior.")? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:47, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
- I think The Who and Metallica should be good examples of band articles. Now, I must finish off the WNO review, and if anyone else mentions the "I" word there will be no supper. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 09:36, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
- move like this (reminder to self of the fire we felt four years ago - before I even knew an "I" word) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:53, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
- I think The Who and Metallica should be good examples of band articles. Now, I must finish off the WNO review, and if anyone else mentions the "I" word there will be no supper. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 09:36, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
- Hi Ritchie, no that's exactly what I needed, as I've never done this before! I'll have a look at what you said. Trimming the history section might be a bit tricky for a band that's been going 36 years though! Thanks - Laura Jamieson (talk) 17:30, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
- Ritchie, do you know a good model for a band article? DYK that I translated Move Like This to German? also Dreadstar ("At first Dreadstar was unwilling to resume his role as a warrior.")? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:47, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
- (dropping in) I don't think post punk is Gerda's thing (though I believe there is a good early music shop in Bradford that may be of interest) but I had a quick look at the article and I'm afraid I'm not inclined to pass it in its current state as there are too many unsourced sections, a few of the sources look unreliable, there is no overall discussion on musical style and equipment. The history section could do with a trim, due weight should balance towards the band's most commercially and critically successful period. Sorry. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 08:35, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
Fantasia
Sorry - meant to reply earlier but sometimes life gets in the way of Wikipedia... Replying here as the nomination page is now closed. Bold is good - go for it! Thanks for the good idea on improving the hook and sorry I didn't get round to following through. BTW I love the DYK on Dvorak's 8th - love listening to it and have played (trombone) in it.
I've not heard Gounod's St. Cecilia Mass - will watch out for a performance. As you say, surprising that there was no article - but it keeps us busy finding and filling gaps. William's Missa Cambrensis was very good - let's hope we don't have to wait another 40+ years for another performance. Definitely worth an article. Regards Robevans123 (talk) 10:09, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks for coming over! The DYK for the Eighth was my reply to the outcome of an arbitration case the name of which I may not mention or no supper (see just above). The DYK is kept on my user page, for that reason. The DYK about ice-breaking as a political statement is my most recent reply to the same ;) - Did you see that your hook will appear on 7 March? In the end, the wording of a hook doesn't matter too much, - yours has the advantage of a long bold title ;) - Gaps are one thing, but a major work in the repertoire not covered is different. Gounod's work needs a cathedral. I love his soft beginning of the Gloria, not glaring trumpets (reserved for a - overly firm - Credo and Sanctus) but a soft female voice addressing a frightened flock of shepherds, with a four-part choir humming comfort. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:32, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
DYK for Elisabeth Schärtel
— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 12:01, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
Art+Feminism DYKs
Hi Gerda and thanks for all your continuing support of WiR. I saw you deleted the list of published DYKs on the Art+Feminism page. In my opinion this was not duplication as SusunW's list seems to cover all the DYKs and not just those on Art and Feminism. But now I have a problem. Today we have Toda Embroidery which certainly relates to women's art. It's not easy to include in the table as I'll have to go searching for templates, etc., and will also have to change all the hard-coded numbers in the table. I think it's important to keep track of the DYKs in connection with each event, most of which are published after the event has closed. I've been doing this for all the other sectors but perhaps it's not worth it. One solution would be to add the area of interest next to the listings under showcase on the main page but this would also entail a lot of extra work. Any suggestions?--Ipigott (talk) 08:29, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
- What do you think of a different background colour and number column for those of the ediathon? For the moment, please list the others on top without bothering to integrate, we can do that. Need to go soon, but will look into it later today. - If there was away to do the first column numbering automatically, that would be helpful! I don't know enough about tables, and those who know leave or are driven away. Anybody watching and proving that's wrong?? The topic is linked from my user page, look for the bottom red heart, then to March.--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:29, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
- I added the five to the listing, marked by background and numbered. I feel that there are many more belonging, but have no time to go after them. I added green background for those created for ediathon Music, conservatively not for those about music but added later (or otherwise without the template on the talk), intentionally without numbers. Suggest to avoid numbering until appeared ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:29, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
Manon
Good afternoon Gerda. We keep running into each other, this time at Manon Lescaut (Puccini), which I found full of errors and that was just by looking at Act I! I muast say I was never fully persuaded of the merits of jettisoning {{tl:Puccini operas}}, but it seems to have happened across all his opera pages, so it would appear to be fait accompli. --Michael Goodyear (talk) 17:40, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
- Hi Michael (close to midnight now): background was in 2013, introduction of {{infobox opera}} with something about the opera, not the (always the same) image of the composer no matter how old he was when he composed the piece, and a way to get away from the article as soon as you enter it (+ it took me years to understand that something happens if you click on "show"). Plenty of words archived on project opera, but we could also just look at the future ;) - Heard the Manon from the Met yesterday! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:33, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
- Michael, could you explain why you would think the so-called side navbox for Puccini was more useful than the bottom navbox? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:28, 7 March 2016 (UTC)
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- I had a feeling you were there at Manon - good that we could share something :) Infoboxes were originally designed to go in the top right hand corner, for maximum visibiity and ease of access. We know many readers neve read all the way down to the bottom. I would think a compromise box - I experimented a bit - would have an image from the opera, basic information and a linked list of the composers other operas. I base that on experience in other projects such as plants and history. --Michael Goodyear (talk) 18:24, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
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- If you look at the discussions in the development of infobox opera (fear not, it's not long), the option to have the list of the composer's other works/operas in the box was debated, but not taken because it's redundant to the navbox at the bottom. (If there's no navbox, create it.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:39, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
- ps: yes I was there, all Puccini, after the model of Gianni Schicchi, a featured article. I followed the model of Viva-Verdi who was there for Verdi. Long live his memory! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:42, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
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BWV 10 downloadable resource
Hi Gerda. First time I've used wiki talk - hope this works! Thanks for your comment on the score: I have several pages of historical/analytical comments still to append to the score (see, for example, BWV 111) but they need to be tidied up. I do not know how to add an external web link, so I have kept things simple. Have just added BWV 106 (notes to follow). I have several Bach Cantata scores in Finale .MUS format (which was how I hoped to distribute them - but the results for figured bass etc are too unpredictable); if you or anyone wanted the original .MUS source I'd be happy to forward it (eg for arranging, part-editing etc). All the best, Mark. Timmy Tune Smith (talk) 17:43, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
- Hi Mark, and thank you! To code a link just put [ before the url, behind the url a space, then the title, then a ]. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:36, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
DYK for Hana Blažíková
— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 12:02, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1
The article Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Yash! -- Yash! (talk) 13:21, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
Please...
...stay away from my talk page unless it is absolutely necessary for you to be there. Your repeated choice to intentionally poke, troll, and taunt me is not appreciated and is not welcome in my userspace. As well, your snarky "send thanks" choices with me are not appreciated, either. I have no time for or interest in your immature behavior toward me that's now starting to border on harassment. I know you know what I'm talking about, so please don't try to feign ignorance and/or innocence. I'm well aware of you have a number of Wiki-fans. No doubt there will be a number of them who will balk at what I'm posting here and want to defend you. While your memory on the chain of events I'm referring to certainly doesn't need to be refreshed, anyone reading this who might be aghast at my comments will need diffs to have a clue as to what I am referring:
It started here; then the snark first appeared here; I addressed it here, asking you to please stop; you continued the sarcasm here; and have now returned today to taunt some more; you then followed it up with a snarky "thanks" after I removed your comment ("14:53, March 8, 2016 Gerda Arendt (talk | contribs) thanked Winkelvi (talk | contribs") here.
Just in case I have not yet been clear enough for you: cut the crap and leave me alone. I get it -- you're still pissed that I removed content from a BLP article about a soprano you like that was filled with peacocking and unsourced claims (see the following links as to why my actions were appropriate per BLP guidelines [2] [3], [4], [5]). That doesn't give you the right to continue to poke and harass me about those needed and appropriate edits. The bottom line is, I am asking as strongly as possible for you to "buzz off". Please be sure to do that. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 02:07, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
- t/p/s. No snark or harassment from what I can see, merely your own issues it would seem. Irondome (talk) 02:19, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
- Same. To be perfectly honest, this seems like a WP:KEEPOFF demand without any real trigger. —/Mendaliv/2¢/Δ's/ 02:26, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
- I'm not seeing anything uncivil here... Perhaps you should take a Wikibreak to get some perspective and calm down WV.4meter4 (talk) 02:48, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
- Nothing Winkelvi does has any rational basis. Unfortunately for all involved, he sees any criticism of him as a free pass to hound and smear you across this website. So you two should be prepared to deal with that. 107.107.57.70 (talk) 02:51, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
- I'm not seeing anything uncivil here... Perhaps you should take a Wikibreak to get some perspective and calm down WV.4meter4 (talk) 02:48, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
- Same. To be perfectly honest, this seems like a WP:KEEPOFF demand without any real trigger. —/Mendaliv/2¢/Δ's/ 02:26, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
Can't help smiling, waking up to this ;) - I won't look at diffs, just say that I clicked "Thank you" for Winkelvi's revert yesterday, and I seriously meant it. @Winkelvi, I see no reason to appear on your talk again. Please don't give me another. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:22, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
ps: you can come here any time, but understand that I will archive this rather soon. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:25, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
DYK for Delores Ziegler
—♦♦ AMBER(ЯʘCK) 00:02, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
- Gerda, I just found the Cosi film with Ziegler on youtube. Thought you might enjoy. Best.4meter4 (talk) 00:55, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
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- Thank you, I will! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:46, 10 March 2016 (UTC)