User talk:Gerda Arendt

24 December · service St. Martin, Idstein Stille Nacht Engel auf den Feldern singen Mawby: Halleluja Rutter: Angels' Carol Zu Bethlehem geboren Karl Norbert Schmid: Heilig, heilig Es ist ein Ros entsprungen Rutter: Christmas Lullaby Nun freut euch, ihr Christen Schmid: O du fröhliche N. J. Lemmens: Marche Pontificale Chor und Orchester St. Martin

in memoriam Hevenu shalom aleichem Sigrid Kehl Ury · Brian Boulton Jerome Kohl and those who have just given up

14 December · opera Oper Frankfurt Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve Georgy Vasiliev (Wakula) Monika Buczkowska (Oksana) Andrei Popov (Devil) Christof Loy, dir. Takeshi Moriuchi, cond.

12 December · service Konzerthaus Dortmund Bach: Schwingt freudig euch empor, BWV 36 Charpentier: Messe de minuit pour Noël Bach: Unser Mund sei voll Lachens, BWV 110 Praetorius + Distler: Es ist ein Ros entsprungen The Constellation choir and orchestra John Eliot Gardiner

5 December · concert Philharmonie de Paris Charlotte Bray: A Sky Too Small Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique Mitsuko Uchida, piano Orchestre de Paris Klaus Mäkelä, cond.

29 November · funeral Hauptfriedhof Mainz Hevenu shalom aleichem Bach: Air from Orchestral Suite in D major Geh ins Land von Licht und Frieden (melody: Beethoven)

2024 talk · 2024 introduction: Anniversary of Bach's chorale cantatas · music · recent deaths · good articles · did you know?

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December songs

story · music · places
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen Ave Maria Kein schöner Land in dieser Zeit Freuet euch der schönen Erde Geh aus, mein Herz, und suche Freud Möge die Straße uns zusammenführen Hevenu shalom aleichem Mein Gott, wie schön ist deine Welt Nun danket all und bringet Ehr 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.

Aoproaching the close for the year, not the cycle): I made a detailed list (see #call for collaboration) below of work needed to bring them all to GA status. Help needed ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:43, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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 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 or more boxes, often one for people remembered and others 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)[reply]

	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)[reply]

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

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

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)[reply]

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,

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)[reply]

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
34. Marina Kondratyeva 17 Nov
35. Helmut Bauer (bishop) 20 Nov
36. Canticle V: The Death of Saint Narcissus 22 Nov
37. Pablo Barragán 22 Nov
38. Amaury du Closel 25 Nov
39. Kammerkonzert (Hartmann) 6 Dec
40. Sequenza XIV 7 Dec
41. Perplexities after Escher 12 Dec
42. Hauptfriedhof Mainz

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

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

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
84. Madeleine Riffaud - PFHLai (talk) 9 Nov
85. Johannes Beutler - Stephen 12 Nov
86. Barbara Aland - Black Kite (talk) 13 Nov
87. Christine Görner - Spencer^T•C 14 Nov
88. Jürgen Becker (poet) - Spencer^T•C 14 Nov
89. Odile Bailleux - Spencer^T•C 28 Nov
90. Siegfried Thiele - Spencer^T•C 1 Dec
91. Marianne Preger-Simon - Stephen 7 Dec
92. Michael Ruetz - charlotte ^👸🎄 9 Dec
93. Thomas Hertel - PFHLai (talk) 14 Dec
94. Wolfgang Becker (director, born 1954) - Schwede66 18 Dec
95. Sigrid Kehl - Spencer^T•C 22 Dec

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)[reply]

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
15. Wo gehest du hin? BWV 166 16 Nov
16. Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 91 17 Dec
17. Jesu, nun sei gepreiset, BWV 41 19 Dec

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)[reply]

• 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)[reply]

	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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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

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

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

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)[reply]

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

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

yes, thank you for noticing --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:58, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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

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

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

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

Moving Grimes2 (talk) 16:20, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for this treat! (How is it that you know what I like?) Viriditas (talk) 19:10, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You like what I like. Thank you for coming over. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:51, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

(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)[reply]

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)[reply]

The image pictures hope. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:38, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Seele, vergiß sie nicht --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:41, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

It is a pleasure to expand knowledge, and double so when recognized, - thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:27, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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

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

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

Any ideas for Easter hooks? Lightburst (talk) 23:20, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

... 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)[reply]

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

Happy Easter

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

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	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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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

May songs

O komm, du Geist der Wahrheit

RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

blushing - thank you, nice to meet you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:14, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Same here! Vanderwaalforces (talk) 20:35, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

(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)[reply]

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)[reply]

		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)[reply]

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

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)[reply]

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

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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)[reply]

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

… 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)[reply]

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)[reply]

Happy First Edit Day! Hi Gerda Arendt! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of the day you made your first edit and became a Wikipedian! The Herald (Benison) (talk) 05:41, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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)¡[reply]

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)[reply]

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

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

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

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

Schwede66 01:51, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben, BWV 8 you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Aza24 -- Aza24 (talk) 04:42, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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

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)[reply]

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

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)[reply]

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

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)[reply]

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

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

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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

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)[reply]

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

		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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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

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

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)[reply]

• Congratulations, Gerda. Unlike mine most of your edits are nit jost collecting yur own spilling mostikes. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:39, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• 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)[reply]

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

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)[reply]

Cucurbitaceae (Cucurbita and Lagenaria) 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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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

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)[reply]

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

... 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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

A remarkable woman! She's already off the Main page, - would have been so fitting on 11 November, a day when many remember war victims. I didn't want to write her story yesterday which was a day of singing with my church choir on a private anniversary. In music, I matched that to a choir singing in resistance to war (in 2022) at the same location, and Reger's Requiem (which isn't a Requiem) composed in memory of the victims of the First World War in 1915. - If you have little time, look at Riffaud's pic, supplied - as many others - by Storye book. With a bit more time, watch the images framing her biography (some authentic, some from film). If you have still more time, listen to OREYA singing, a chamber choir with only two women singers (both alto) then, because the others had to stay with their families while their husbands served in the war. With plenty of time, also listen to Reger's Soul, forget them not, first sung by the solo alto (17 minutes). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:47, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

10 November · service with choir Maria Königin, Niedernhausen Lobet den Herren alle, die ihn ehren Palestrina: Missa brevis (Kyrie, Sanctus) Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren Colin Mawby: Halleluja Rutter: A Clare Benediction Nun danket all und bringet Ehr Chor St. Martin

in memoriam Seele, vergiß sie nicht Madeleine Riffaud · Brian Boulton Jerome Kohl and those who have just given up

4 November 2022 · charity concert Maria Königin, Niedernhausen OREYA Music from Ukraine, from the 14th century to now listen (different church)

Hello, Gerda! I have made a draft for Pflaumentoffel. I am not great with German sources. Perhaps you are interested? It would be a wonderful Christmas DYK. Best, Thriley (talk) 19:51, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I hope you are having a good time and reaching for the ultimate in waldeinsamkeit. I am leaving you a note to inform you that I haven't forgotten about the update, but going forward, I will be doing much later, similar to the time you were doing it before. Schöne Ferien! Viriditas (talk) 22:40, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you from Teresina. Depending on my stamina - longest travel in years - I`ll prepare Barbara Aland soon - or not, then feel free to tell something about her. 16 Nov should stay from last year, then the soprano and the poet from my talk today. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:53, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I was updating, and then it said "edit conflict". Look who showed up! I hope you are enjoying yourself. Viriditas (talk) 09:04, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And stay away from the Supreme Court! Not a good time to present your case... Viriditas (talk) 09:06, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The article Wo gehest du hin? BWV 166 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Wo gehest du hin? BWV 166 for comments about the article, and Talk:Wo gehest du hin? BWV 166/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 Kyle Peake -- Kyle Peake (talk) 09:40, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 17 November 2024 (UTC) [reply]

I think that's too little about a singular woman. I wanted to prevent a hook like that, but due to travel and mourning I missed it. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:41, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm very sorry to hear that you have been in mourning, Gerda. I hope you are healing and feeling better. ꧁Zanahary꧂ 06:49, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am healing. His death fell on a day of celebration, and I uploaded the pics. His funeral was yesterday, we sang Hevenu shalom aleichem, and it was good. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:51, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

We also sang Go to the land of light and peace. You can help with the translation. Today's service had a song that we sang together (Tochter Zion, freue dich). All pictured in music. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:20, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I asked candidates questions, 11 times, but stopped caring. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 01:45, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Candidates, I have a question. Please look at a 2024 DYK (further up):

• 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.

What does it tell you about infoboxes for classical composers in 2024? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:33, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Launchballer 00:03, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As for the ballerina above, that seems too little, discussion at WP:ERRORS. The music for Requiem ís listed above, with a link in my story. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:24, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

—Ganesha811 (talk) 00:02, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

—Ganesha811 (talk) 00:03, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Another year of tribute to Benjamin Britten on his birthday on Saint Cecilia's day, patron saint of music, - see my story. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:29, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I'm contacting you because I noticed your username is listed at WP:FAM and I am interested in nominating a FAC but have never done so in the past. I'm contacting several people listed as FA mentors so if you are busy that is okay. The article is Neurocysticercosis, a parasitic brain disease. Thanks in advance for your time and consideration! IntentionallyDense ^(Contribs) 21:59, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am interested but you will need patience, - travel and more, just look around. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:11, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good thank you. I appreciate that you are busy but if you have time I would love to hear any feedback you have. Have fun with your travels! IntentionallyDense ^(Contribs) 22:15, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:03, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I like the hook, for a welcome change. It connects nicely to one for Liviu Holender that I gave the arbitration candidates to think about. - I'm packing for the return trip, and will be available only when making the connection. Plenty of pics to come! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:14, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The 2013 Arbitration Remedy #6 stated:

Community discussion recommended

6) The Arbitration Committee recommends that a well-publicized community discussion be held to address whether to adopt a policy or guideline addressing what factors should weigh in favor of or against including an infobox in a given article.

Passed 7 to 1, with 1 abstention at 00:18, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Did this discussion ever take place? If so, can you help me find it? Trumpetrep (talk) 03:01, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No, it never happened (although I have asked candidates for arbitration year after year, look at this year's announcement above), but for me, the WP:Mozart RfC was it, where all the standard opposing points (usually 10) were defeated (again), this time by Voceditenore (again, but there were others also). - I think that project composers, where it all began with the RfC of 2010 (that I helped you to find) would be the proper location. Did you know that Worm That Turned (who wrote the infoboxes case) established the consensus for Beethoven, and Brian Boulton the one for Chopin? - Happy thanksgiving! I have other things on my mind today than boxes: people ;) - I am thankful for travel experiences and will upload images, - keep looking. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:59, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard#Nikolai_Rimsky-Korsakov I was instructed by a volunteer at the Dispute Resolution page to notify you on your talk page about the request. (Sorry, I know you are focussing elsewhere today! I'm just trying to follow the rules...)Trumpetrep (talk) 17:30, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Women who died in 2024 · Religion #1day1woman · Education

--Lajmmoore (talk 18:45, 29 November 2024 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

	The Barnstar of Good Humor
	Love your random fun talk pages post. We need more of this from longtimers at Wikipedia! Moxy🍁 20:20, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Moxy. We sang Hevenu shalom aleichem at today's funeral, and it was good. I uploaded the second day of vacation pics. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:51, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Love you!!!!! Moxy🍁 20:57, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A new month, beginning with rich music to express sadness and happiness. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:40, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

in memoriam Hevenu shalom aleichem Michael Ruetz Ury · Brian Boulton Jerome Kohl and those who have just given up

29 November · funeral Hauptfriedhof Mainz Hevenu shalom aleichem Geh ins Land von Licht und Frieden

17 November · service São Francisco das Chagas, Bacabal Nun danket all und bringet Ehr blessing song

story · music · places

Today is the last day for the election of arbitrators. In the context of what I wrote above, it's of low interest to me. I asked all candidates a question, and found one so far who looked into the matter and didn't stay at the surface, Simonm223. Thiele was a composer, one of his pieces was called Kafka-Gesänge, and you can listen (click on story). Kafka came to my mind after the infoboxes arbcase in 2013. A compromise was tried by Brianboulton right then for his featured article Percy Grainger, another was implemented by Worm That Turned as the community consensus for Beethoven 2015. Why don't we follow that path? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:18, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In 2020, my other model, Jerome Kohl, responded to a question for Aaron Copland (who died OTD in 1990), still on the article talk. Thiele was described as passionate, generous and inspiring, - so was that response. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:33, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

We'll sing tonight, double choir, in a service. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:55, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In the spirit of September recommendations:

• Y Marianne Preger-Simon: needs attention on ITNN --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:39, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Y Michael Ruetz now --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:29, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• I need help with Bach's chorale cantatas for the season, detailed here. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:59, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am not the proponent for an infobox. I have only prepared the infobox RFC for Trumpetrep, who is the originator of the infobox. I prepared the RFC after Trumpetrep filed a DRN that no one else responded to. I am neutral. Robert McClenon (talk) 17:06, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Do you see, though, that the proposal will not even get my support. I give you a proposal based on Mozart. Common name on top, no burial information, only relatives with articles, only major occupations, list of works rather than someone's personal selection, no painter of portrait. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:15, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not discuss with me. You may either discuss with Trumpetrep or discuss in the RFC. You may include an alternate infobox in the RFC discussion. Or you can discuss in the DRN thread, because I haven't closed it yet. Robert McClenon (talk) 19:54, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I said in the RfC that I'd go for the Mozart model, before I even proposed it here. There is no room for me in the RfC, in more than one sense. Trumpetrep, do you understand? I go travel again, with limited availability. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:36, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't really understand what the issue is with the format of the infobox. The Request for Comment is a categorical one about whether or not the article should have an infobox. What is in the infobox can obviously be edited to align with Mozart's or whomever's. And for the record, this is the infobox that User:Antniomanso added to the article.Trumpetrep (talk) 21:41, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm on my way to bed, sorry. In my first entry here, I explained what needs to be changed. The current one will not be accepted. Individual parameters can be discussed and possibly added. As it stands, the RfC doesn't ask if an infobox should be there, but if the particular one should be there. No from me. You have to have the common name on top, not the full name, for example. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:47, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Anton Webern's birthday - also a good example. Someone who is not me better changes the proposal or it will fail. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:56, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I have provided a copy of the infobox that matches Mozart's and addresses the concerns you spelled out here. It seemed wrong to replace the one Robert provided at the top of the Request for Comment. So, I put it in the discussion section. That's part of the ongoing issue here. There isn't a clear way to proceed, and when people ask for help, they don't get clear answers. Trumpetrep (talk) 20:27, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! - I commented out my (slightly different) proposal here, not to confuse the counting of inclusions. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:36, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I heard this fascinating piece, see my story, and listen! - DYK had only room for Hitler, not the sound and dedication. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:08, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:02, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

listen! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:20, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

	The Special Barnstar
	Hello Gerda, while I don't think we've interacted before, I've seen the extensive work you do to improve Wikipedia and show incredible kindness to others. I wanted to give you this, and say that I appreciate all you do for Wikipedia and its community, and that you have more than earned this barnstar. ChrisWx ☁️ (talk - contribs) 04:26, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the nice surprise! I try to be kind, and it feels good to see it notived. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:20, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You're very welcome Gerda, and of course! You are indeed a very kind and helpful editor, and I'm to give you something to commemorate that. Cheers, ChrisWx ☁️ (talk - contribs) 23:01, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If it is not a joke, I would say it’s quite impressive to achieve all this at your age of 15! Keep up!

---

It seems that you are almost on your way to be a bach scholar. Would you mind to take the time to compose a list of great and useful resources you have known about bach? It should include but not limited to:

books (pre-modern, modern, post-modern, essays, monographs, bibliographies, collections of archival materials), articles, periodicals, essays (like those on High Fidelity), videos (publications, video essays, annotated video scores like those by gerubach), recordings (incl. audio essays like those by leonard bernstein), archived manuscripts, library digital & physical collections, places to visit…

Or could you tell someone like me that has only recently been hit by the greatness of bach (and looking forward to doing some substantial work here on wikipedia about bach) how to find more quality resources about bach? I and future new young bach-lovers would deeply appreciate your effort. Hym3242 (talk) 18:35, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! - The age given is of what is above the image: User:Gerda Arendt. The articles come with sources that I recommend to study. The great scholars here were Francis Schonken and Mathsci, - I feel like an amateur student in comparison. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:07, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Gerda, this is understatement. Grimes2 (talk) 18:31, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have no idea if I am in the "new" editor retention program, but I am aware that this feature is enabled by default for all users and think it is so awesome that you participated (and continue to participate?) in such an incredible idea. I think that the community based aspect of Wikipedia is what makes it such a marvel of human accomplishment and why I want to continue to volunteer my time to the project so again, thank you.

Someone has poured you tea.

Best, L.E. Rainer 19:18, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for warm sentiment and tea, - feels good. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:25, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Celebrating 10 years of your kindness! Thank you. Johnlp (talk) 23:53, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

1=Launchballer 00:03, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

		Women in Green Editathon October '24
		Thank you for contributing to Women in Green's 7th edit-a-thon! Your good article on Marina Kondratyeva has helped contribute to a more global representation of women on the encyclopedia. --Grnrchst (talk) 16:46, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for restoring my talk page two days ago; it seems they has an issue with me because I reverted their edit on Taylor Swift, which was clearly vandalism (you can look in the article history). They posted ramblings on my talk, which I archived cause I had no idea how to respond. It seems they won’t leave me alone like here. I already asked them to stop and leave me alone, but I’ve never reported anyone for conduct, where should I go? Any help you can give is appreciated. Rfl0216 (talk) 00:37, 15 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have not reported anybody either. - I have good people watching here, - perhaps they know better. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 00:42, 15 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, and - as this year - let's do it together! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:42, 15 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

thank you, I'm getting in the mood by expanding 6 Bach cantatas to GA ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:41, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• —Ganesha811 (talk) 12:53, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

thank you, - also for you, and listen to my story (below) --

Hi, Gerda! Hope my winter well-wishes find you well. I saw your comment on the Chopin waltz rediscovered earlier this year and wondered if you had heard about the Mozart piece discovered the month before that, Ganz kleine Nachtmusik. Season's cheers to you! Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 20:28, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, and yes, I did. On Beethoven's birthday ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:15, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Peace is a state of balance and understanding in yourself and between others, where respect is gained by the acceptance of differences, tolerance persists, conflicts are resolved through dialog, people's rights are respected and their voices are heard, and everyone is at their highest point of serenity without social tension.

• Buster Seven Talk (UTC) 22:08, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  thank you, Buster, for the annual reminder --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:14, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

		Io, Saturnalia!
		Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and distraction-free. Ealdgyth (talk) 15:11, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, and similar wishes also for you. This year, a bishop died. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:06, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2025!

Hello Gerda Arendt, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2025. Happy editing, Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 17:10, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply] Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 17:10, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

thank you for coming over, best wishes for a happy new year to you, too --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:14, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

>— Benison (Beni · talk) 15:43, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, and also to you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:01, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Abishe (talk) 21:56, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, and same for you --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:35, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Love you! Jenhawk777 (talk) 23:13, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for coming over, more on your talk --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:35, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

		Season's Greetings
		Wishing everybody a Happy Holiday Season, and all best wishes for the New Year! The Adoration of the Magi in the Snow (1563) by Pieter Bruegel the Elder is my Wiki-Christmas card to all for this year. Johnbod (talk) 17:36, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, the one I wanted to review ;) - thank you! Best wishes, John --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:50, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Martinevans123 (talk) 13:06, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I look forward to listening! Thank you, Martin! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:02, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I somehow think you may have heard it before! But interesting origin: "A Basque folk carol, originally based on Angelus ad virginem, a 13th or 14th Century Latin carol, it was collected by Charles Bordes and then paraphrased into English by Sabine Baring-Gould, who had spent a winter as a boy in the Basque country. The tune is called "Gabriel's Message"." Martinevans123 (talk) 14:52, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Eguberri on! Grimes2 (talk) 15:09, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

p.s. not having visited your Talk page for quite a while, Gerda, and not having seen Johnbod's post above, before I composed and added my own message, I must regard it as extreme coincidence that I should have chosen that image of the painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder! Martinevans123 (talk) 15:21, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your Bruegel is without falling snow. Grimes2 (talk) 15:41, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, my one was about 2:15, before it started. I'll ask him if he can add a bit... Snow coincidence?? Martinevans123 (talk) 15:52, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thou shalt visit my talk daily ;) - Or DYK before Christmas: it won't be Christmas without the annual image article by Johnbod. Martin, I fixed an unclosed br in your exquisite message, which renders the rest of page purple at least in my setup. For some reason I don't know, almost every handmade message come with some formatting flaw. I still prefer those, of course. About my 5 GAs for the feast days: one is done (my "card" to come), one is waiting in review (hopefully for DYK), and I'll send the third nom out now, for Jesu, nun sei gepreiset, BWV 41. Who will review in time (for hopefully another DYK), that is the question. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:49, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Purple?? Oh sorry, thanks for the tip. Martinevans123 (talk) 16:01, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

only in edit mode --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:09, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

		Best to you
		Off we go on holidays to Belgium; will be a lot of xmass markets but more importantly van Eycks, Van der Weydens and Memblings in Bruges, Brussels and Ghent. Can't wait and as always thanks for sharing and exposing me this year again to both classical and modern works had not known about; you are a rock. Ceoil (talk) 02:45, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much, Ceoil, for the personal note. I enjoyed our conversations over the year very much, you opened my eyes for art wider, such as this unusual snow painting! It connects well to the cemetery, and Paris impressions (music there, images to come). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:52, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

★Trekker (talk) 07:28, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for coming over, and I wish you the same! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:33, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas, Gerda Arendt! Or Season's Greetings or Happy Winter Solstice! As the year winds to a close, I would like to take a moment to recognize your hard work and offer heartfelt gratitude for all you do for Wikipedia. And for all the help you've thrown my way over the years. May this Holiday Season bring you nothing but joy, health and prosperity. Onel5969 TT me 22:54, 22 December 2024 (UTC) [reply]

Onel5969 ^{TT me} 22:54, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the appreciation (in lovely design!) and the wishes, - same to you! I'm getting in the mood by looking at Bach's 7 chorale cantatas for the occasion, and you (all) can help ;) Check out #music if some is for you. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:54, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Bishonen | tålk 13:32, 23 December 2024 (UTC).[reply]

cute, sweet and rich, - same to you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:15, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm wishing you a Merry Christmas, because that is what I celebrate. Feel free to take a "Happy Holidays" or "Season's Greetings" if you prefer.  :) BOZ (talk) 18:14, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, and also for you! - I could use help for upgrading some chorale cantatas that Bach wrote for the season ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:17, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ps: some people who disagree with me don't like me posting on their talk pages, - how could I spread? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:19, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Gerda Arendt Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a joyous festive season! MSincccc (talk) 18:24, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, and also to you! - Off to rehearsal to make it better ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:28, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

listen --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:25, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

	Happy holidays!
	Wishing you a Merry Christmas filled with love and joy, a Happy Holiday season surrounded by warmth and laughter, and a New Year brimming with hope, happiness, and success! 🎄🎉✨ Baqi:) (talk) 10:30, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

thank you for good wishes, same to you - silent love and joy in my story 24 December (just above) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:41, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

	Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2025
	Hello Gerda, I'm sending warm wishes to you and your family throughout the holiday season. May your heart and home be filled with all of the joys the festive season brings. Here is a toast to a Merry Christmas and prosperous New Year!. scope_creepTalk 12:40, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

thank you, feels good, - same to you, and listen to my story a bit above --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:55, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

X

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

X

– Sca (talk) 13:38, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for coming over, and same to you --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:35, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Gerda,
Hoping you're keeping well? All is well here; still busy creating articles and improving existing ones!
Thank you for all your kind and musical messages throughout the year, and for everything you're doing for all of us!
All very best wishes to you and yours for 2025.
With kind regards;
Patrick. ツ Pdebee.^{(talk)(become old-fashioned!)} 16:37, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, you are welcome, and best wishes for you, too --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:35, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas, Gerda! Векочел (talk) 17:07, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

thank you, and also to you --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:35, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The article Christum wir sollen loben schon, BWV 121 you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Christum wir sollen loben schon, BWV 121 and Talk:Christum wir sollen loben schon, BWV 121/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Kyle Peake -- Kyle Peake (talk) 09:21, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

	The Minor barnstar
	Thank you for your contributions 🗽Freedoxm🗽(talk • contribs) 07:27, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, but would you mind being a bit more specific for what you want to thank me? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:30, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have nominated History of Christianity - again - please take a look and criticize at will. Here: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/History of Christianity/archive2 Jenhawk777 (talk) 23:47, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I saw it, watching the FAC page, but you'll need patience. I'm determined to make 5 Bach cantatas GA, and it has just worked for the first! I'll join you on FAC, because I thought it would have been a good TFA for Christmas, - next year perhaps. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:57, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Polyamorph (talk) 09:37, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's an interesting contribution to the season. The Lord will bless you with His goodness, as the title says. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:55, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

could you perhaps look into what has gone on at the Enneagram of Personality page, primarily in its History section? (Asking because in an earlier season, I was impressed by your work in various contexts.)

We did extensive editing there because we found misused sources (as you will see), then submitted the edits because the page is under a level of protection, the edit was approved (making it appear that there were two votes in favor of the edit, ours, and the editor approving it). Nevertheless, the whole of our edit was subsequently reverted en masse, without regard to any quality of work that was done (including the hour or more devoted just to citation-checking, which led to the issues being found). The bottom line is that we expressed no opinions, just quoted citations chosen earlier by others, at length (to make clear what they actually said).

We truly haven't a pony in this race (view in the overarching matter), we simple were aiming to make the article sound with regard to the sources it already cited. Our edit result did include some section tags, as there were rather egregious problems that were evident.

As it stands, we have reverted that earlier reversion, to return our earlier edit, in the belief that there were two votes favoring it. But we will not touch things again. (We understand there is strong bias against IP editors, even ones with decades here.) Cheers. 71.239.132.212 (talk) 04:37, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have a moment to tell you that 1) I'm not familiar with the topic, 2) I'm not a person welcome in some discussions. I have another moment to tell you that 3) I get suspicious if I hear "we" without explanation what "we" is meant. I took several moments to look into it nonetheless, but see no discussion on the article talk, but a pointer to the fringe noticeboard, in general, not to a specific discussion. 4) I'm not familiar with that corner. 5) It would take me too long to find it myself and study it.

6) You - or anybody - should not revert back when reverted, but discuss. (WP:BRD, as you will know if you have been here for decades.) Please go to the article talk page and raise your concern there if needed, and find supporters among people interested in the article, and/or argue further in the noticeboard discussion. I'll watch and say something if I have the impression it might help. - I'd like to ping you but it doesn't work for IPs. How about signing on? Next time you ask (anybody) for help, please supply needed links, such as to the exact noticeboard discussion. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:36, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There is now a discussion on the talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:28, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Gerda, hope you are well. In this edit to Jesu, nun sei gepreiset, BWV 41 you've used {{sfn|Wolf|2024}}, but there's no work "Wolf 2024" listed. DuncanHill (talk) 12:20, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

thank you, - I should have looked after editing but was too tired - year 2010 as in several others, fixed --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:35, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. DuncanHill (talk) 12:37, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In my story, you can walk with a guide from Jamaica where Peter Cornelius is buried. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:19, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The article Jesu, nun sei gepreiset, BWV 41 you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Jesu, nun sei gepreiset, BWV 41 and Talk:Jesu, nun sei gepreiset, BWV 41/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Tails Wx -- Tails Wx (talk) 22:04, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas from London ...

and may the New Year be a safe one, filled with peace and plenty.

Best wishes, Voceditenore (talk) 09:58, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, lovely to hear your voice. Did you ever see that Rimsky opera? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:07, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]