User talk:Gerda Arendt

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my story today:

Russian Jewish painter
Marc Chagall
created the stained-glass windows
of the church of St. Stephan in Mainz
as a sign of Jewish-German reconciliation.

look and listen

5 December 2006

Vertraut den neuen Wegen

(from User:Gerda Arendt/Stories)

music

3 November · Tatort concert + service Marienkirche, Aulhausen Franz Kamphaus remembered: Befiehl du deine Wege Mein kleiner grüner Kaktus Seasons: Geh aus, mein Herz, und suche Freud Bunt sind schon die Wälder Ich will den Herren loben Rhein-Main-Brass 6 October Bach: Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106

1 November · concert Teatros del Canal COMA'24 Gloria Isabel Ramos: A determinar Graciela Jiménez: 7 Palimpsestos Adolfo Nunez: Kinetiks Cruz López de Rego: Vital Orlando García: La escalera sin fin Jorge Miguel González: Fantasía V Roberto Valera: Glosas del tiempo recobrado Nuevo Ensemble de Segovia more

11 September 2022 New Synagogue, Mainz Shai Terry (mezzo) Hevenu shalom aleichem Schubert: Die Nachtigall Dona, Dona Habanera

2024

I made two cards for the transition from 2023 to 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

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

November songs

Geh aus, mein Herz, und suche Freud Kein schöner Land in dieser Zeit All my loving For the beauty of the earth dona nobis pacem my song of defiance

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

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

My talk goes like this: on top there's the "story" related to the day. Below are three boxes, often one for people remembered and two for musical experiences, performing or listening. In these boxes, topics related to the top story and topics featured on the Main page appear bold. Right here you see the image of the month with songs of the month, typically related to meetings with friends who gave them to me. I archive from time. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:35, 1 January 2024 (UTC) - updated order --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:57, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

Have a happy New Year, Gerda!

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!

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!

	A year filled with music and song, food and friends, hiking and nature!
	Hi Gerda Arendt, Best wishes that the new year brings peace, prosperity, health and happiness. Thank you for everything you do for the Wikipedia community, your article improvements, and bringing people together here. Image: New Year's Eve Foxfires at the Changing Tree Oji, Utagawa Hiroshige, woodcut, 1857 Netherzone (talk) 00:13, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

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

Happy New Year!

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

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)

Have a good year in 2024

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

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

Happy New Year and Thank You!

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

Thank you, sad to see you go, but do what's best for you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:50, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

I'm considering contributing to German Wikipedia instead, but conscious I'm not a native speaker so will need to up my game! Maybe I'll see you there! :) Bermicourt (talk) 17:15, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Fine, - ping me when you create something to be reviewed. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:36, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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

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

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

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

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)

1. Catalogue of Works of Carl Friedrich Abel 5 Jan
2. Ryland Davies 9 Jan
3. Kihwan Sim 12 Jan
4. Wie liegt die Stadt so wüst 15 Jan
5. Thomas Fritzsch 16 Jan
6. St. Joseph, Wedding 20 Jan
7. Vivi Vassileva 21 Jan
8. St. Martin, Oestrich 25 Jan
9. Shalom chaverim 25 Jan
10. Anna Nekhames 26 Jan
11. Stephen Gould (tenor) 7 Feb
12. Tamara Milashkina 20 Feb
13. Caspar Richter 3 Mar
14. Cecelia Hall 23 Mar
15. Kelsey Lauritano 26 Mar
16. Florian Ludwig 26 Mar
17. Karsten Januschke 29 Mar
18. Tilmann Köhler 5 Apr
19. Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine 30 Apr
20. Magdalena Hinterdobler 10 May
21. Liviu Holender 22 May
22. St. Trinitatis, Wolfenbüttel 26 May
23. Samuel Kummer 30 May
24. Peter Demetz 5 Jun
25. Daniela Kerck 25 Jun
26. Zwei Gesänge, Op. 1 (Schoenberg) 1 Jul
27. Gerhard Klingenberg 23 Jul
28. Sarah Gibson 8 Aug
29. Leonhard Kaiser 16 Aug
30. Oedipus 26 Aug
31. Jerzy Artysz 28 Aug
32. Tilman Michael 14 Sep
33. Maryvonne Le Dizès 3 Oct

ITN recognition for Hermann Baumann (musician)

On 5 January 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Hermann Baumann (musician), which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai (talk) 01:00, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

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

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

1. Hermann Baumann (musician) - PFHLai (talk) 5 Jan
2. Chris Karrer - Stephen 9 Jan
3. Tamara Milashkina - PFHLai (talk) 17 Jan
4. Romuald Twardowski - Stephen 20 Jan
5. Ewa Podleś - Stephen 24 Jan
6. Gerd Uecker - Stephen 26 Jan
7. Oskar Negt - Stephen 7 Feb
8. Helga Paris - Stephen 12 February
9. Seiji Ozawa - Spencer^T•C 12 Feb
10. Alfred Grosser - Ingenuity (talk • contribs) 11 Feb
11. Ladislav Burlas - Stephen 19 Feb
12. Rudolf Jansen - PFHLai (talk) 19 Feb
13. Johanna von Koczian - PFHLai (talk) 17 Feb
14. Ira von Fürstenberg - Stephen 24 Feb
15. Gabriela Grillo - Stephen 2 Mar
16. Françoise Garner - PFHLai (talk) 13 Mar
17. Guy Touvron - PFHLai (talk) 15 Mar
18. Aribert Reimann - Stephen 19 Mar
19. Maurizio Pollini - – robertsky (talk) 28 Mar
20. Peter Eötvös - Tone 30 Mar
21. Günther Leib - PFHLai (talk) 28 Mar
22. Judith Hemmendinger - Stephen 31 Mar
23. Hans Joachim Meyer - Stephen 5 Apr
24. Notker Wolf - PFHLai (talk) 8 Apr
25. Gerhard Lohfink - Stephen 9 Apr
26. Kalevi Kiviniemi - Stephen 9 Apr
27. Michael Boder - PFHLai (talk) 13 Apr
28. Dieter Rexroth - PFHLai (talk) 15 Apr
29. Joe Viera - Amakuru (talk) 15 Apr
30. Lorenzo Palomo - Stephen 18 Apr
31. Andrew Davis - Spencer^T•C 22 Apr
32. Samuel Kummer - – robertsky (talk) 28 Apr
33. Peter Demetz - Spencer^T•C 6 May
34. Gerhard Müller - PFHLai (talk) 15 May
35. Willi Brokmeier - Ad Orientem (talk) 25 May
36. Rolf-Ernst Breuer - Schwede66 29 May
37. Hugues Gall - PFHLai (talk) 2 Jun
38. Alexander Lang - Schwede66 5 Jun
39. Jürgen Moltmann - Schwede66 10 Jun
40. Éric Tappy - Stephen 18 Jun
41. Gerhard Klingenberg - Stephen 23 Jun
42. Jodie Devos - PFHLai (talk) 23 Jun
43. Margarita Voites - Spencer^T•C 28 Jun
44. Lothar Gall - Spencer^T•C 28 Jun
45. Lando Bartolini - Stephen 3 Jul
46. Martti Wallén - PFHLai (talk) 6 Jul
47. Liana Isakadze - Spencer^T•C 11 Jul
48. Marina Kondratyeva - PFHLai (talk) 15 Jul
49. Ruth Hesse - Stephen 18 Jul
50. Thomas Hoepker - DanCherek (talk) 18 Jul
51. Sarah Gibson - Stephen 22 Jul
52. April Cantelo - Stephen 22 Jul
53. Elena Mauti Nunziata - Spencer^T•C 25 Jul
54. Jerzy Artysz - PFHLai (talk) 28 Jul
55. Eugene Sârbu - PFHLai (talk) 29 Jul
56. Wolfgang Rihm - PFHLai (talk) 30 Jul
57. Jürgen Ahrend - PFHLai (talk) 6 Aug
58. Antônio Meneses - PFHLai (talk) 6 Aug
59. Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez - Stephen 11 Aug
60. Celestina Casapietra - Stephen 15 Aug
61. Kasper König - Schwede66 16 Aug
62. Christof Nel - Spencer^T•C 19 Aug
63. Maryvonne Le Dizès - Stephen 27 Aug
64. Siegfried Lorenz (baritone) - Spencer^T•C 31 Aug
65. Alexander Goehr - – robertsky (talk) 14:24, 1 Sep
66. Friedrich Schorlemmer - PFHLai (talk) 14 Sep
67. Caterina Valente - Stephen 17 Sep
68. Beppe Menegatti - PFHLai (talk) 22 Sep
69. Benny Golson - Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 27 Sep
70. Norbert Lohfink - Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 27 Sep
71. Michael Sladek - Schwede66 1 Oct
72. Stoika Milanova - PFHLai (talk) 5 Oct
73. Rohan de Saram - – robertsky (talk) 6 Oct
74. Helmut Bauer - PFHLai (talk) 12 Oct
75. Amaury du Closel - Stephen 14 Oct
76. Leif Segerstam - Spencer^T•C 16 Oct
77. Barbara Owen (organist) - PFHLai (talk) 20 Oct
78. Garbis Aprikian - Stephen 21 Oct
79. Janusz Olejniczak - Spencer^T•C 26 Oct
80. Barbara Kolb - Spencer^T•C 26 Oct
81. Walter Jacob - PFHLai (talk) 27 Oct
82. Franz Kamphaus - Spencer^T•C 2 Nov
83. Edzard Reuter - Schwede66 2 Nov

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)

1. Macht hoch die Tür - Schminnte (talk) 8 Jan
2. Stephen Gould (tenor) - MyCatIsAChonk (talk) 18 Jan
3. Ryland Davies - Utopes (talk) 27 Feb
4. Du Hirte Israel, höre, BWV 104 - MyCatIsAChonk (talk) 13 Apr
5. Magdalena Hinterdobler - MyCatIsAChonk (talk) 4 Jun
6. Cecelia Hall (mezzo-soprano) - 750h+ (talk) 14 Jun
7. Tamara Milashkina - Viriditas (talk) 3 Jul
8. Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält, BWV 178 · 750h+ 30 Jul
9. Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott, BWV 101 · 750h+ (talk) 14 Aug
10. Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78 · 750h+ (talk) 7 Sep
11. Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, BWV 130 - 750h+ 30 Sep
12. Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 33 - BigChrisKenney talk) 14 Oct
13. Marina Kondratyeva - 750h+ (talk) 26 Oct
14. Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 99 - BigChrisKenney talk) 28 Oct

Notice

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

• 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!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	For all the wonderful things you do for the encyclopedia, especially for spreading friendship, and for bringing music to the main page with your DYK work there. Thank you for being you! Netherzone (talk) 01:00, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

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. Narutolovehinata5 (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. --ARoseWolf 13:52, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

For a sunbeam on these winter afternoons

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

DYK for Shalom chaverim

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

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

~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:52, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

27 January

Birthday of Mozart and our conductor:

20 January · service St. Martin, Idstein Zu dir, o Gott, erheben wir Psalm 25 Alle Menschen höret auf dies neue Lied Gelobet sei der Herr · 1 September 2019 Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine

in memoriam Mozart: Lacrymosa Ewa Podleś Gerd Uecker Brian Boulton Jerome Kohl and those who have just given up

26 November 2023 · concert St. Martin, Idstein Pärt: Fratres Pärt: Da pacem Domine Mozart: Requiem

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

DYK for Stephen Gould (tenor)

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

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

Finally, good to see him at DYK! MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 11:53, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

yes, thank you for noticing --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:58, 7 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)

ITN recognition for Seiji Ozawa

On 12 February 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Seiji Ozawa, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Spencer^T•C 05:47, 12 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)

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

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

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

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

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

18 January 2024

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

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:

story · music · places

The image, taken on a cemetery last year after the funeral of a distant but dear family member, commemorates today, with thanks for their achievements, four subjects mentioned on the Main page and Vami_IV, a friend here. Listen to music by Tchaikovsky (an article where one of the four is pictured), sung by today's subject (whose performance on stage I enjoyed two days ago).

Yesterday I learned that a friend suddenly died; we both belonged to a group that traveled once a year for decades, and I remember her vivid talk last summer, same voice and sparkle as when we met. Her song for me was Take the "A" Train, sung by Ella Fitzgerald. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:38, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

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!

		The Special Barnstar
		For all the preciousness you bring into this world. Chaotıċ Enby (talk · contribs) 21:46, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

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

29 February 2024

is a rare birthday:

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

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

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. --ARoseWolf 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. --ARoseWolf 18:49, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

March flowers

March songs

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

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

... 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

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

24 April 2011

listen

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

Easter Monday

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

25 April 2011

listen

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

Happy Easter!

	Easter Joy
	Happy Easter to a fine editor! May you have a kind and joyful Paschaltide! ~ Pbritti (talk) 23:19, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Happy Easter

Thank you, and also to you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:24, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
	There is no such thing as enough praise for how much you contribute to the community on wiki. May you always go to bed smiling and may you always wake rested, for the world is better just for having you in it. — ♠ Ixtal ( T / C ) ⁂ Non nobis solum. ♠ 19:00, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

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

9 April

in memoriam Notker Wolf Gerhard Lohfink Kalevi Kiviniemi Michael Boder · Rainer Jerome Kohl Brian Boulton and those who have just given up

7 April · Sunday after Easter Marienkirche, Aulhausen Ernesto Cardenal: Psalm 150 Handel: Halleluja Du wirst den Tod in uns wandeln in Licht Halleluja in gospel version

30 March · concert Casals Forum Zoltan Almashi: Maria's City Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Schumann: Symphony No. 1 Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine Dmytro Udovychenko, violin Oksana Lyniv, cond.

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)

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	You are a mitzvah! 7&6=thirteen (☎) 14:39, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

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)

"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)

DYK for Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

On 30 April 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Oksana Lyniv founded the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine in 2016 and conducted them in thirty concerts across ten music festivals in 2022? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

May songs

O komm, du Geist der Wahrheit

DYK for Liviu Holender

On 22 May 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Liviu Holender, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that 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? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Liviu Holender. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Liviu Holender), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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) (also not me) (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)

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)

1 June

story · music · places

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)

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)

DYK for Zwei Gesänge, Op. 1 (Schoenberg)

On 1 July 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Zwei Gesänge, Op. 1 (Schoenberg), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the first public performance of the two songs of Arnold Schoenberg's Zwei Gesänge, Op. 1 , was met with hostile audience reactions? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Zwei Gesänge, Op. 1 (Schoenberg). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 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)

July

story · music · places

2 July, Visitation, was the 300th anniversary of Bach's chorale cantata on a Gregorian chant (a contradiction in terms but he made it work), Meine Seel erhebt den Herren, BWV 10.

3 July is the birthday of Leoš Janáček, and I'm happy I had a meaningful DYK in 2021. It's also the birthday of Franz Kafka, and I uploaded pics from his family's album seen in Berlin. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:09, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

(copied from the talk of the user who brought Janáček to GA.)

Hi Gerda . I scrolled through your page of stories and I must say ... your choice, variety and variability of topics, overall beauty and aesthetic of your contributions is so close to my heart like nothing else on Wikipedia. I'm sending you my favourite and most beautiful piece from On an Overgrown Path, it's performed by lesser known but excellent Jan Jiraský, who connects very well the lyrical expression and urgent or maybe even anxious rhythmical contradiction present in many of Janáček's works in one moment. Enjoy and ... be well. Vejvančický (talk / contribs) 08:42, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

blushing - thank you for understanding! I listened with joy! The closest I came to Janáček was singing the Glagolitic Mass in choir, understanding how his music is language-driven and so expressive. Seeing the Vixen (not cunning, not little) in Munich was also great. - I added a few images, - keep looking at story music places, - for example today's music matching the Italian tenor of the story. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:38, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

WiG Editathon Barnstar

		Women in Green Editathon June '24
		Thank you so much for contributing to Women in Green's sixth editathon, with your successful GA nominations of Cecelia Hall and Magdalena Hinterdobler. Excellent work! Best wishes --Grnrchst (talk) 11:39, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:49, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Tamara Milashkina

The article Tamara Milashkina you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Tamara Milashkina for comments about the article, and Talk:Tamara Milashkina/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 Viriditas -- Viriditas (talk) 22:40, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for the review, Viriditas, I learned a lot! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:49, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar

As you probably sensed from watching my page, I had a slightly contentious June and July on here, but your thread helped keep me centered, cheerful, and feeling like I really belonged here throughout. I read and listen to everything you send me, so I apologize if my trouble responding comes off as disinterest—quite the contrary. Thank you very much for being a role model! Remsense诉 02:17, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

blushing: thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:11, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

A kitten for…

… dear fellow bach-lover! I would also like to share some insightful letters from Lenny entitled “THE MUSIC OF JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH”: https://crowd.loc.gov/campaigns/bernstein/education/2023778749/2023778749-1/. Indeed we shall work hard make sure people have equal and easy access to bach (and all great works).

Hym3242 (talk) 09:09, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, - one cantata on the Main page right now ;) - also three people who made music, a baritone, a violinist and a composer - look around! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:14, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

Happy 15th First Edit Day!

Invitation to join the Fifteen Year Society

Dear Gerda Arendt,

I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Fifteen Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for fifteen years or more. ​

Best regards,

— The Herald (Benison) (talk) 05:42, 2 August 2024 (UTC)¡

Thank you both, - a nice reminder of the day I remember well, when I found a friend's name as a red link and began his article, deleted within minutes ;) - I feel grown up since, and want to mark the day by a FAC for a song I love, and a GAN for a Bach cantata approaching its 300th anniversary. The Main page is graced by three musicians whose articles I improved (at least was so when the day began). If you want to celebrate with me, read their articles, or any listed on top of this page ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:16, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

Congratulation, Gerda. Grimes2 (talk) 10:51, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, also for improving articles together! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:59, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

2 August 2024

2024: anniversary of Bach's chorale cantatas

story

• Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist

main page

• TFA Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (reviewed)
• RD Wolfgang Rihm

  Eugene Sârbu

  Jerzy Artysz

new/expand

• Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott, BWV 101

quality

• Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält, BWV 178
• Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227
• Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist

yesterday's program --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:10, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

... and today is the 15th anniversary of my first DYK. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:22, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Sarah Gibson (composer)

On 8 August 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sarah Gibson (composer), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Sarah Gibson, who formed a piano duo with Thomas Kotcheff, composed warp & weft inspired by the art of Miriam Schapiro, to be played today by the BBC Philharmonic at The Proms? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sarah Gibson (composer). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Sarah Gibson (composer)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Schwede66 01:51, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for creating this article memorializing a composer and congratulations for a very speedy and timely DYK. —  AjaxSmack  17:49, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, Ajax, it feels good to be understood. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:43, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Sarah Gibson,
who formed the piano duo
Hocket with Thomas Kotcheff,
composed warp & weft for large orchestra,
inspired by the art of Miriam Schapiro
and scheduled for the BBC Proms.

watch 2022 interview and performance

22 July + 8 August 2024

A barnstar for you!

The Editor's Barnstar

You are a dedicated Wikipedia editor who has made significant contributions to the platform. Your passion for quality content and attention to detail have left a lasting impact. You actively participate in discussions, striving for consensus and maintaining a respectful tone. Beyond your editing prowess, you also have an artistic side—you enjoy capturing the beauty of nature through photography. Your work exemplifies both your analytical mindset and creative spirit. 🌿📸 UnKnownrNone (talk) 07:51, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, blushing again! You have an amazing way to look and phrase, thank you for that also! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:55, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

Your words light up my day! Thank you for the sweet compliment. Blushing right back at you! UnKnownrNone (talk) 08:03, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Alexander Goehr

On 1 September 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Alexander Goehr, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. – robertsky (talk) 14:24, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

story · music · places

It's nice that he gets exposure - after having worked on the article for days - without me calling for attention ;) - Thanks to Aza24 for professional additions (and trimming)! - Today is also the (liturgical) day of remembering Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78 (for which I had no time because of the other) but also the Vespro della Beata Vergine, dedicated by Monteverdi to the Pope 1 September. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:01, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

Hi Gerda, could you hold off an a GAN until I get a chance to expand the music section? Also, it looks like the template wasn't processed on the talk page anyways. Aza24 (talk) 21:51, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for planning to do more! Normally it takes months until a GA gets reviewed, - will that be long enough? I guess with an expanded music section, we might even go for FA (but shouldn't bother a GA reviewer with too much detail). - Goehr is still on the Main page, so whatever bits you would add today have a chance to be seen by more people. Raising interest was the key motivation for the nomination ;) (I made a typo but fixed it, as explained. I can hold it off tomorrow if you think that is better.) - He deserves more attention. Compared to others, it was low when he died, got higher with the obits, but was (4k+) moderate yesterday. Tomorrow will be Bruckner's 200 birthday, followed by Schoenberg's 150th on 13 September. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:18, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Arnold Schoenberg 150

Günter Reich
recorded the role of Moses in
Schoenberg's opera Moses und Aron
with both Michael Gielen and Pierre Boulez.
listen
27 August 2010

Alban Berg dedicated his
Three Pieces for Orchestra
"with immeasurable gratitude and love"
to his teacher,
Arnold Schönberg,
for his fortieth birthday
on 13 September 1914.

13 September 2014

in memory -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:50, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Tilman Michael

On 14 September 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Tilman Michael, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Tilman Michael, who is set to be the Metropolitan Opera's chorus master from the 2024/25 season, helped the Oper Frankfurt win multiple awards for operatic choir of the year? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tilman Michael. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Tilman Michael), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Friedrich Schorlemmer

On 14 September 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Friedrich Schorlemmer, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai (talk) 20:50, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

I found this cute thing while walking the other day, I thought you'd like it!

I've started Bible college a couple weeks ago and one of the assigned readings, My All for Him by Basilea Schlink really spoke to me, and reminded me of you, actually. I'm not too sure what your beliefs are exactly, but it should not matter in this context; it's all about Jesus here.

Panini! • 🥪 13:26, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, lovely! - share with Rosie! - Jesus my joy is my song of defiance ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:31, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

In case you're interested

Hello Gerda Arendt:

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

Running from October 1 to 31, 2024, WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) is hosting a Good Article (GA) edit-a-thon event with the theme Around the World in 31 Days! 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 31 countries (or broader international articles) 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!

~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 15:12, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

Yes, interested, thank you for thinking of me. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:14, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

Some September music

30 September · concert Elbphilharmonie Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 Ligeti: Lux aeterna NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra Kent Nagano

29 September · concert St. Johanniskirche, Harburg Bach: Mass in B minor Harburger Kantorei Ensemble HanseBarock Constanze Kowalski (cond.)

27 September · concert St. Martin, Idstein Vocal compositions by Hildegard of Bingen and improvisation on organ and piano Lieselotte Fink Franz Fink, Harald Eggert (keyboards) Laurenz Theinert (Visual Piano)

Some composers who wrote the summary of their life's work. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:36, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

calling for collaboration in October

story · music · places

almost all call for collaboration were handled, thank you --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:48, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Maryvonne Le Dizès

On 3 October 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Maryvonne Le Dizès, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Maryvonne Le Dizès commissioned a trio for saxophone, trombone and violin during her time as a violinist with the Ensemble intercontemporain? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Maryvonne Le Dizès. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Maryvonne Le Dizès), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

Glad that she was accepted for DYK, after a struggle you may want to study. My story today is different because I ran that fact already after she died. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:36, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

Pulling out the stops

Wasn't sure if you saw this... Viriditas (talk) 22:21, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

That's great. Like what was pictured here. - Today is our harvest festival, let's harvest music and images and joy! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:27, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

Frohe Erntedankfest! Viriditas (talk) 21:43, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

Gerda, I think that's the best photo you've ever taken! I'm so jealous... Viriditas (talk) 22:18, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

The image is from Klang und Lichtkunst, improvisations on compositions by Hildegard of Bingen, on pulled-out stops and other keyboards with improvised light images, and I love the green rays as an expression of Hildegard's Grünkraft and of hope. I could have taken a pic every second. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:38, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

You're such a resource! I just downloaded Heike Matthiesen's Guitar Ladies (2016) and Guitar Divas (2023). The cover art for Guitar Divas is risqué! I am so sorry she died. Viriditas (talk) 20:43, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

Wow, that is stunning. Wish I could have experienced that. Okay, okay, need to visit Germany :) Antandrus (talk) 22:24, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

That may not happen ever again, - it seemed like out of this world. I'm sure Hildegard would have loved it. - But, yes, come and tell me. Plan to visit the Casals Forum and Oper Frankfurt, new productions. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:43, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Rohan de Saram

On 6 October 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Rohan de Saram, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. – robertsky (talk) 13:27, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

Great life story! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:40, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

Bronze W Award

		Bronze W Award
		Congratulations! You have been awarded the Bronze W Award for your contributions to each long-time section of the Main Page: a Featured Article at Today's Featured Article and 5 articles listed at Did You Know. Your contributions to Wikipedia put you in a class of prolific, highly skilled editors. Cowboygilbert - (talk) ♥ 01:56, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

You can show the award by using Template:Bronze W UBX.

Thank you Cowboygilbert. You picked my favourite FA, my song of defiance (which was written to large parts by a banned user, not me, and long ago) and DYK such as Magdalena Hinterdobler who was threatened with deletion, and four other opera singers, - a topic not welcome on the Main page ;) - Did you know that I feel that I never had as few DYK nominations as this year? Why does it say "all sections of the Main page", but omits ITN (RD) and OTD where I am more active? Just some question. Thank you, I'll post it at WP:QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:47, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

I tried to see if you qualified for the Golden W but you don’t have any FPs that’s been on POTD sadly. Cowboygilbert - (talk) ♥ 10:22, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. I tried FP once but they said the photographer was not welcome, which ended my career there. How about making awards for ITN and OTD? there are five corners in the star, and if 2 and 3 qualify, 4 might also, no? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:25, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

This is a great point, but ITN may get phased out so I am going to wait until the RfC is over. Cowboygilbert - (talk) ♥ 13:46, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Helmut Bauer (bishop)

On 12 October 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Helmut Bauer (bishop), which you created and nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai (talk) 05:28, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

my story today - when I began his article I didn't know how much he loved church music and did for it - his Requiem will begin shortly as I write this --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:45, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

• Introit from Mozart's Requiem
• Christus, der ist mein Leben
• Mozart: Kyrie
• Psalm 34 I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
• Bruckner: Ave Maria, WAB 7
• Mozart: Hostias
• Bleibe bei uns, du Wandrer durch die Zeit
• Mozart: Sanctus, Agnus Dei, Lux aeterna
• Psalm 103
• Hoch sei gepriesen unser Gott
• Nunc dimittis
• Salve Maria --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:05, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Amaury du Closel

On 14 October 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Amaury du Closel, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 02:16, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		This is for your tireless contributions. Pachu Kannan (talk) 15:31, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

thank you ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:33, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

Huge Congrats on 350k Edits, Gerda!

Editing Superhero Award

Hey Gerda, Wow, 350,000 edits! That’s such an incredible milestone! Your dedication and contributions inspire so many of us in the Wikipedia community. In fact, thanks to your inspiration, I just created my first article yesterday: α-Zeacarotene! Your passion really motivates others to keep improving the platform. Keep up the amazing work, and here’s to even more wiki adventures! UnKnownrNone (talk) 10:31, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

• Congratulations, Gerda. Unlike mine most of your edits are nit jost collecting yur own spilling mostikes. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:39, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
• Congratulations. In fact, you are number 99 with 375,040 edits. Wikipedia:List_of_Wikipedians_by_number_of_edits Grimes2 (talk) 13:30, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

  thank you, all - I never looked at that list ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:03, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Leif Segerstam

On 16 October 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Leif Segerstam, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Spencer^T•C 16:21, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 99

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Your GA nomination of Marina Kondratyeva

The article Marina Kondratyeva you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Marina Kondratyeva for comments about the article, and Talk:Marina Kondratyeva/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) 10:42, 26 October 2024 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Janusz Olejniczak

On 26 October 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Janusz Olejniczak, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Spencer^T•C 15:13, 26 October 2024 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Barbara Kolb

On 26 October 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Barbara Kolb, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Spencer^T•C 15:16, 26 October 2024 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Walter Jacob

On 27 October 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Walter Jacob, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai (talk) 23:58, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

Cucurbita displayed at the Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid in 2016

Thank you, PFHLai, made my day! Today's Main page has three people from my sad list, and Gustavo Gutiérrez where I made minor improvements and got the better pic in, but it also features a TFA mostly written by a friend, a DYK section mentioning five women (one called Gerda), the OTD section a composition, and the TFP a pic from an opera: thanks to all! Time to write about a composition, and to thank more individually. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:44, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

And then I learned that Franz Kamphaus died. I saw him in the service on 6 October, which was held up for several minutes for him to arrive, assisted by two people. - I didn't take a pic inside because I was late myself, - here's an earlier one of the place partly decorated by disabled people. He always sat second row far right. I was left, fifth or so row. He looked attentive throughout, God's time is the best ... (recorded). A blessed soul, I am sure. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:15, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Gerda, you forgot to nominate Franz Kamphaus for RD. Grimes2 (talk) 16:51, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

Forgot?? - Now, but I didn't want "him" to push out one of the three still there. He was always humble, no rush. Let Reuter come first! Thank you for what you added there, - great job! I was afraid I had to do it! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:54, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

another rich day, same people remembered, great life stories --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:02, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

... and another: Reformation Day and most of those mentioned above still remembered on the Main page - I'll look at the Botanical Garden again ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:46, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for your note about TFA Cucurbita

Dear Gerda, lovely to see you active as always, giving credit and cheering people up. Thought you might find it slightly amusing that there is at least one adult person in the antipodes who, being unfamiliar with the northern hemisphere festival of Halloween, watched a youtube video on how to carve a pumpkin, and then did it "the wrong way up". My RL education project for today is selecting images of Halloween pumpkins to pass along, all of which show the stem at the top. So, do wikipedia and the WWW have a northern-hemisphere bias about decorative Cucurbita use? Data gathering to come. Best wishes, Sminthopsis84 (talk) 05:02, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for sharing! Reminds me of the first time being guest in Görlitz with another church choir, right after the border between Germanys was openend, and they had their first bananas, and they peeled them from the other end. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:04, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

Women in Red November 2024

Women in Red | November 2024, Vol 10, Issue 11, Nos 293, 294, 321, 322, 323 Asian women | Geofocus: Islands Q-Z | Women in engineering #1day1woman | Education (year-long initiative)

--Lajmmoore (talk 20:43, 29 October 2024 (UTC) via MassMessaging

American dancer appointed artistic director of the Royal Danish Ballet

Don't know how interested you are in ballet, Gerda, but today the American Amy Watson was appointed ballet master of the Royal Danish Ballet, replacing Nikolaj Hübbe who had been criticized for his stern treatment of young women dancers. I see I put together a short piece on her back in 2014 but she has yet to appear in the Danish Wikipedia!--Ipigott (talk) 15:40, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

We did some dancers together in 2014 ;) - Barbara Kolb has no article yet in German. I wanted to make Tatjana Gürbaca GA for the Women in Green drive, but was too slow, - would have been nice because the drive aims for 31 countries, and she is related to Germany, Turkey, Italy and Slowenia, Help, anybody? I'll go to a concert of Mozart's Requiem, featured in Music. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:47, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Franz Kamphaus

On 2 November 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Franz Kamphaus, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Spencer^T•C 04:21, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

I wrote the article of Franz Kamphaus, bishop of Limburg from 1982 to 2007, a person I had always admired, as a translation, in 2014, when I noticed that his successor had an article in English but not this modest person. As you can read above, I saw him last a month ago when he attentively followed a service, pictured below. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:16, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

The other pic shows my view (in rehearsal) when we recently performed Haydn's Stabat Mater at Limburg Cathedral where he was bishop. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:32, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

6 October · Tatort service Marienkirche, Aulhausen Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106, 1, 2 Hannes Wader: Heute hier, morgen dort Kommen und gehen Netz/Janssen: Im Meer der Zeit nicht untergehn Edelkötter/Weidinger: Geh mit uns auf unserm Weg

in memoriam Mozart: de morte transire ad vitam Franz Kamphaus

14 September · concert Limburg Cathedral Haydn Stabat Mater Domchor and Mädchenkantorei Limburg Chor St. Martin · project singers Domorchester Judith Kunz

Yesterday was another Tatort service in the monthly series that he always attended. They had a rose and a candle on the seat where he always sat, and didn't change the program because he would have liked it: with Rhein-Main-Brass, the first after the COVID19 pandemic with a concert before. The ensemble (2 trumpets, trombone, tuba) played classical and entertaining music in the concert, and folk songs, including "my" Geh aus, mein Herz, und suche Freud, in the service with the topic "Seasons", reflecting the seasons of the year and the seasons of life. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:19, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

story · music · places

I uploaded now the images seen before that service: golden, flowers, birds, Mary. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:50, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

calling for collaboration in November

In the spirit of September recommendations:

• Kaoli Isshiki --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:48, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Edzard Reuter

On 2 November 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Edzard Reuter, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Schwede66 18:48, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

Me!

I think my local civic society prompted the story below. The writer JG paraphrased most of what I said when he interviewed me, and kind of changed some things, but he did no harm, really. It's a giggle. [1]. Storye book (talk) 14:43, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

It's behind a paywall, so I'll put it on the source page, so you can read it in the edit box (because it's copyright).Storye book (talk) 18:46, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

Nice to meet you more ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:38, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, yes it's always fun to meet other editors. This year I attended a WP meet in Leeds, and there were four techies and two content-creators (all nice people). I joked that we were four bosses and two workers. Storye book (talk) 09:11, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

FA opera help

Dear Gerda,

I hope life is treating you well. I was thinking it would be nice to have another modern opera as an FA, I think at the moment it is possibly only Nixon in China. However, I don't have experience with getting articles to FA status. Having read plenty of your articles over the years; and noticing you were on a list of mentors for FAC, I thought you might be able to help; or give some advice, or signpost me elsewhere. There are two short good articles Fire Shut Up in My Bones and Grounded that I was thinking about developing further; though they have a long way to go I'm sure. I would also be interested in improving an article I haven't edited yet, like Akhnaten.

Heavy Grasshopper (talk) 11:26, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

Good ideas. I'm pretty busy, but can help looking. Sourcing Akhnaten more might be the best short-term goal ;) - Fire seems to have been liked more than Grounded, which can be a reason to prefer it for the next, or not. Thank you for what you put into them already, - watched them grow with pleasure. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:45, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! Sure, I'll have a look at improving Akhnaten for now. Quite a big roles table in that article; possibly needs cutting to just the premiere, but feels destructive :( Heavy Grasshopper (talk) 12:22, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

The role table is sourced, and whatever you feel is too much could go to the talk. You could also split the tabel into premiere, with all roles), and (some) later performances with only the major roles. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:34, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

Notice of a discussion I think you'd be interested in knowing about

Hey Gerda, I thought you might want to be aware of this discussion (which includes not just the linked to thread, but a much larger one further above on VP/WMF). In summary, it appears that the WMF is prepared to imminently disclose personally identifying information about volunteers in a controversial Indian court case, where a news agency is attempting to suppress Wikipedia's tertiary coverage of the content of secondary sources (which it considers unflattering) by going after a number of individual editors as defendants. In order to comply with court orders in the case, it seems the WMF is prepared to share this information in what a number of us consider a pretty seismically bad idea and a betrayal of community priorities and values (the WMF has also already used an office action to remove an article reporting on the case, at the direction of the court for what said court regards as legitimate sub judice reasons).

While the deletion of the article has been framed by the WMF as temporary step to preserve appeal on the overall case, and there are mixed feelings in the community response as to that so far, there is a much more uniform opposition to throwing the individual editors (at least one of whom is located in India and has profound apprehension about what this could mean for his life with regard to litigation and beyond) under the bus. And yet the WMF appears to be prepared to share the information in question, as soon as Nov. 8. Can I impose upon you to take a look at the matter and share your perspective? SnowRise ^{let's rap} 00:29, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for thinking of me. I feel far away from understanding, but will take a look and see if I have something to say. I am often not sure if I am able to express what I mean, - see yesterday's example of trying to say in one sentence what a clarinetist achieved. (The discussion is on the talk page, in case of interest). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:20, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

I signed the open letter, Wikipedia:2024 open letter to the Wikimedia Foundation. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:36, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

Floods

Hi, Gerda! Hope you're fine. Just letting you know I've been severely affected by the October 2024 Spain floods. I'm hoping you're safe and sound over there. Wishing you the best. Ron Oliver (talk) 20:22, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

Yes, back home and not in that area (this time). Stood a minute of silence for the victims before the concert with Mozart's Requiem began. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:25, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

Glad to know you're fine. :) Ron Oliver (talk) 21:17, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

Gift t-shirt nomination!

Hi @Gerda Arendt: I just came across this merchandise nomination on Meta-Wiki, which was initiated by an IP back in June 2024, but left untranscluded at the main nominations page. I thought to share this news with you that there are people around who take inspiration from you. Keep making this difference! _Regards, Aafi ^(talk) 19:35, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

I just read your comment in the nomination. :) _Regards, Aafi ^(talk) 19:39, 7 November 2024 (UTC)