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Did you know ...

... that "Wer unterm Schutz des Höchsten steht",
a hymn paraphrasing Psalm 91,
has been recommended instead of the psalm
in the Liturgy of the Hours,
and for memorial services after disasters?

28 March 2021
with today's featured image from Yoninah's article
and her obituary in the Signpost

... that Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1,
Bach's chorale cantata for the feast of the Annunciation,
was first performed on Palm Sunday?

Archive of 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2020 + end · 2021 · blushing

28 March
Dreikönigskirche, Frankfurt
Herr, stärke mich, dein Leiden zu bedenken
27 March
St. Martin, Idstein
Die Fliege
in memoriam
how lovely is your dwelling place
March songs
take courage · encourage
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern

2021 · take courage · encourage

take courage in 2021
calling heaven and earth to be glad

Welcome 2021! In the end, 2020 looked quite promising, and it's new year's resolutions can stay. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:22, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

My motto for 2021 is taken from a song: tell (announce) all in distress to take courage, as Isaiah wrote. Perhaps I should have just said "encourage!"

Today is my grandparents' wedding anniversary. They loved gardening and made a small summer paradise for us kids, with fruits, vegetables, potatoes, abundant flowers, especially dahlias, and a swing, - so garden will be a topic in 2021, as Beethoven was in 2020, today expanding Stonecrop Gardens. Ongoing: Bach, psalms, recent deaths, opera, Germany, and (my) places and songs.

I love collaboration, and can't mention all 2,500 whom I acknowledged so far, so thank just three of them for constant help: LouisAlain (prolific article translations), Grimes2 (language, sources and articles on request) and Yoninah (psalms and DYK). I make you (three) honorary members of WP:QAI, the project about article quality that I inherited, - more detailed plans are laid out (work in progress) on the project talk. The only reward for members is a monthly calendar image I took, such as the year's picture, - if you (all) want that, sign up ;)

I am proud that I could take recent images of music-making I enjoyed, and plan to do more of that. Off to Stonecrop Gardens. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:47, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The image is taken from my second Christmas card, a double DYK of a Christmas carol and Psalm 148 that Yoninah and I made together. Today: Psalm 148 (Bernstein), in memory of her who was a blessing. · listen --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:31, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

QAI

I sent the following note to members and friends of QAI = quality article improvement, so here to myself ;) - I tried to give a good start to 2021 by updating the QAI project topics. Please check and correct, - did you know that you belong to project's few members from the beginning who are still active? Yes, I know, I joined as No. 6 when it was founded in 2012, No. 1 is blocked, No. 2 is banned (therefore we call the project also the cabal of the outcast), No. 3 moved away and back under a higher number, Nos 4 and 5 edit but do little project work. Here I am to keep it going, in fond memory of the legacy the founders planted. Precious and Impact are the project's prizes, and I offer monthly thanks to those who are active, - you who read this could be one of them ;)

Ongoing projects, besides writing and reviewing quality articles:

  • improve Psalms articles
  • improve Bach cantatas articles
  • expand and source translations
  • polish articles about people who recently died
  • offer infoboxes
  • perform gnomish tasks: spelling mistakes, unclosed new-line html (<br>, replace by <br />), {{ill}} instead of direct links to foreign-language Wikipedias, {{lang}} for foreign-language text, WP:Colons and asterisks by RexxS, navboxes, especially for operas which so far had sidebars, {{sfn}} instead of {{harv}}.

For moar private "happy new year" see here. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:10, 6 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year

see also Season's Greetings

Happy Epiphanytide

Martinevans123 (talk) 14:04, 5 January 2021 (UTC) [1][reply]

Thank you, Martin, - did you see that my latest musical impressions came mostly from a church dedicated to the 3 Kings? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:13, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
My best wishes for the new year too, Cheers, · · · Peter Southwood (talk): 11:22, 6 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, Peter, - find my wishes here. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:15, 6 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

The Good Heart Barnstar The Good Heart Barnstar
Gerda, for six years you've diligently returned to remind me of the precious award that you so kindly granted me. It makes me smile each year. For your work in making the wiki a more wonderful place, please accept this small token of my appreciation.


-Philippe (talk) 05:13, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Now you made me smile, Philippe ;) - Have a good new year 2021! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:13, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Enid Szánthó

On 2 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Enid Szánthó, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Enid Szánthó, a leading contralto of the Vienna State Opera, appeared as Erda in Wagner's Ring cycle at the Bayreuth Festival in 1930, but was no longer invited by 1938? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Enid Szánthó. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Enid Szánthó), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

a great voice, sadly silenced --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:36, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A bit of Alaska snow for your Monday

Not from my area but it's not far off from what I see on the trails. Our snow is about two to three feet deep in most places. It's pretty compacted on the trails but less so outside of them. The dogs love it!! Their discipline is about the only thing keeping me out of a snow drift (LOL). Our house looks like a giant pile of snow right now. These pesky flash blizzards keep piling it up. It's -2f and we may sneak up to 0 or 1f today. --ARoseWolf (Talk) 19:57, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Soo beautiful, thank you for sharing. I was on skies today, fairy-tale landscape here as well. - I moved the pic to the right for indenting, hope you don't mind. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:15, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Not at all! My toes and fingers stay frozen, not to mention my brain, so sometimes I need a little help. LOL It's not ideal for most but I love it here. I need to upload some photos myself. --ARoseWolf (Talk) 21:30, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Special Barnstar
Hello, Gerda Arendt! You are receiving this barnstar because, according to this database query and this database query, you were the #6 most thanked Wikipedian of 2020 as well as the #5 most thankful Wikipedian of 2020, with 1716 recipient entries and 3629 performer entries in Special:Log/thanks. Thank you again for your contributions! Mz7 (talk) 22:00, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
thank you, without (lazy) click ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:18, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oh thankful, too. Now I get it! El_C 22:58, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I agree with this wholeheartedly. Gerda is one of the most amazing Wikipedians I have met in my brief time here. Always kind and always helpful. Please keep being who you are, Gerda, which is as close to perfection as one could get. --ARoseWolf (Talk) 16:22, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    blushing with thanks, RoseWolf! - please consider to color you talk blue in your signature, - "red link talk" signals "new user", someone to greet with a first welcome ever, and that seems a bit misleading - if not blue, any other colour better than red - Alternatively, you could link "Wolf" to the talk, - nobody would misread that, I guess. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:28, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm sorry. It's supposed to be a rose pink hue rather than red. I will most definitely alter the color. --ARoseWolf (Talk) 16:31, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Is this better or should I just drop the "Talk"? --ARoseWolf (Talk) 16:36, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Like this better. Sorry for hijacking your moment. Not my intention in the slightest. Thank you for the tip and congrats. It's well deserved. --ARoseWolf 16:41, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    YES I like that better, much better! I wasn't even "on" here, - household stuff, no moment lost ;) - Among the gnomish tasks further up, there's an essay by a friend (RexxS) about indenting, - good stuff. (If you need any help with templates, formatting, and even admin tasks, ask him. He just survived COVID so can take a lot.) I did indenting for you above. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:01, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Oscar Fritz Schuh

On 15 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Oscar Fritz Schuh, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Oscar Fritz Schuh created a new style to direct Mozart operas at the Vienna State Opera, focused on the psychology of the characters? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Oscar Fritz Schuh. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Oscar Fritz Schuh), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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) 12:02, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

my little contrib to Wikipedia 20 --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:52, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Did you know ... that today, Wikipedia celebrates 20 years?
... that Oscar Fritz Schuh created a new style
to direct Mozart operas at the Vienna State Opera,
focused on the psychology of the characters?
(15 January 2021)
... that director Frank Stähle revived
the choir and orchestra of Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium
and conducted them in Mozart's Requiem
for the centenary of the Lutherkirche?
(15 January 2016)

... that it took more than half a century to complete
the Neue Bach-Ausgabe,
the second edition of the collected works of Johann Sebastian Bach?
(15 January 2011)

This is fab, well done Gerda! Nice article, never heard of the guy or half of the venues he worked at, so this was highly educational. Thanks! DBaK (talk) 21:49, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
While the first one was planned for the occasion, the second was a happy coincidence - I sang in that revival - and this last one just a coincidence, one of the articles LouisAlain began, as the one below. GRuban added the pic just yesterday, ot that one could also have been on the Main page, imagine. I love this team! GRuban, would you find a pic for Siegfried Palm as well? My second article, and Jerome Kohl (User talk:Jerome Kohl helped me understand that even if a reliable source says something, it can be wrong. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:51, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"The first movement is a chorale fantasia dominated by the trumpet."

BWV 126. And I bet you wrote the sentence above! Isn't it, though, and how glorious. It's directly your responsibility that I am wallowing in this right now, Gerda, because your FAC made me listen to BWV 1 and on my Suzuki vol 34 that's coupled with 126 and 127. And here I am. I had just finished having my socks blown off by the horns in BWV 1 and then up popped 126 with the trumpet, er, dominating the chorale fantasia ... usw. Shocking that I didn't already know it, of course, but I have long since given up apologizing for my ignorance ... it would be a fulltime job otherwise. Gosh, it is an education reading your Talk page! Cheers DBaK (talk) 15:34, 17 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

BWV 1, concertante violin 1

Having seen the poor quality pixilated image for the concertato violin 1 part for BWV 1, I downloaded a high resolution version, slightly rotated and clipped. It's quite readable now. See what you think. Mathsci (talk) 10:42, 18 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you lovely! Please understand that I hesitate to enter BWV 53, a topic I wasn't involved with much and don't know much about. I have enough articles left behind with the feeling of too much discussion vs. little gain in content. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:46, 18 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I looked at my 1995 boxed version of the Teldec recordings of the Harnoncourt-Leonhardt version. There the 144 page booklet, written by Alfred Dürr, lists the Harnocourt recording as published on 1971 and on original instruments. Audio listings already can sometimes found in library catalogues (including in Germany or the BnF). My other suggestion is to have a brief summary of the discography, with a detailed listing elsewhere using the BSW, as for BWV 4 or Vespro della Beata Vergine. In separate discographies, difficulties with WP:TAGBOMB can be avoided. Mathsci (talk) 09:42, 27 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. I had the same idea: split the discography off, - just didn't get to it yet. With some amusement, I read today that I made up my mind to make BWV 1 a featured article, - on this day two years ago. No rush. If you want to proceed with the split already, go ahead. I received a review of the Harnoncourt recording which will be useful, - only read the beginning so far. Graham, perhaps you can help: we want to derive an article Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1 discography from Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1, this version, - how can the edit history appear there, - just attribution on the talk or other? It was done for BWV 4 years ago, copy and paste it seems. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:03, 27 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Good. Can't you arrange the split together with Nikkimaria? I'm sure Graham87 will also be able to help you in sorting out edit histories for proper attribution to be given. Mathsci (talk) 11:09, 27 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, attribution in the edit summary and on the talk page (with {{copied}}) would be fine. Graham87 11:33, 27 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • In private, I mentioned Volume 2 of the book "The Cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach, Sacred and Secular" by W. Gillies Whittaker. This is not available online, but I purchased a copy, which looks untouched. (At that stage, Oxford University Press did not use computers; so unfortunately two pages of the index, 746 and 752, have been printed twice, with cantatas 14–57 not appearing in the index.) For BWV 1, there are six pages of musical commentary on pages 104–110. There is a detailed musical analysis of the movements, with scored quotations, particularly for the opening chorale fantasia. Here are some extracts concerning the first movement:

The first of the inexhaustible treasure troves issued by the BGS, beginning in 1851, and continuing for nearly half-a-century to astonish those musicians who had eyes to see, ears to hear, and spirits to be moved, could scarcely have opened more auspiciously than with the opening chorus of the hymn–cantata 'Wie schön leuchtet die Morgenstern' [...] The stately, leisurely, richly coloured 12/8 fantasia resembles in character the great chorus in [Cantata no. 65]. The scintillating concertante violins keep the Star perpetually in sight, the horns tell of the royal dignity of the Wise Men, the movement of the bass brings before our eyes the swinging of the long file of richly laden camels across the desert, the frequent reiteration of chords the treading of many feet in the sand. It is one of the most unforgettable pictures in musical art [...] Long as the chorus is, we do not regret a single bar. The kaleidoscopic changes of the fascinating material keep one's interest continually stimulated. It is a superb manifestation of the composer's genius.

The musical quotations in this passage have been omitted, as well as the detailed musical description (e.g. how the two concertante violins enter first in Violin II, echoed later, a fifth higher, in Violin I, etc). In his recent book that accompanies his recordings of the complete cantatas, John Eliot Gardiner often quotes parts of Whittaker's book. Mathsci (talk) 19:28, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! Beginning at the end: I noticed that Gardiner takes a lot from Whittaker, including spring associations of that movement. I smiled reading about the richly laden camels ;) - At present, I'm mostly interested in stability for the article, - hope you understand. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:47, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
No comment. Yesterday I created the article Johannes-Ernst Köhler. Reading between the lines, he was probably not a particularly nice person. Mathsci (talk) 20:27, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for that, - I gave it a bit of formatting. Reading between lines is an art. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:39, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The pamphlet "Ex-Nazis in the service of the GDR" with one page devoted to the organist Köhler was disquieting: joining the NSDAP in 1937, etc. In his duties, might he have tried out the Walcker five-manual "diabolo" organ in the Congress Hall at Nürnberg? Part of Bach reception that is best avoided. Mathsci (talk) 16:53, 10 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Congratulations on your current DYK, which now appears on the main page. I see that the DYK was prepared and discussed last month on Talk:Peter Wollny. Is it due to be modified? Mathsci (talk) 12:39, 10 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! - Well, Francis said it might be misunderstood as Mahler having made it, vs. owned it, and I said so a few hours ago on WP:ERRORS, but no reaction I noticed. For our average readership, it may be good enough. I'll change if it gets changed on the Main page. Francis made the red link, and the news came around while a different fact (about BWV 20) was already approved, - "in the news" for once, - I like that. The ITN section reports deaths, sports wins, desasters, politics, - nice to have a cultural news item for a change, even if in the "wrong" section. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:55, 10 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • As you see, I have incorporated parts of Whittaker's commentary above into the section on the first movement of BWV 1. Apart from the quotes supplied here, however, I have avoided giving any detailed musical analysis: there are two pages of it, but that does not seem to be the style of the article. I have mentioned the horns and their regal quality.
I noticed that you added wikilinks for Peter Wollny wherever possible: it kept appearing in my watchlist. I am not sure why you didn't mention Michael Maul in the article. Like the Acid Bath Murders in the Chamber of Horrors at Madame Tussauds, all traces of the DYK on Peter Wollny have now disappeared without trace. Mathsci (talk) 22:08, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the Whittaker. I have enough conflict without arguing over Wollny, and sorry, I didn't know Maul yet, - always learning. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:18, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Having looked at Dürr & Jones, Whittaker, Cantagrel (in French) and Leisinger, the analysis of the first movement still requires a little more effort. The musical analysis starts with the 10 line melody or cantus firmus, from which the initial solo violin motifs derive; the inversions of the final phrase furnish second motifs for all the solo instrumental groups (horns, oboes d'amore, violins). The opening 12 bar ritornello/sinfonia punctuates and concludes the movement. The choice of instrumentation, with the brilliant concertante violins playing against the lower instrumental groups, permits the scintillating and transparent violin passagework to be heard easily.
The 10 lines of the cantus firmus are punctuated by episodes, which are easy to describe: recurrences of the sinfonia; the first motifs heard by different solo groups; and a duet between the concertante violins. Lines 2 and 5 precede a stretto version of the tenor and alto line (i.e. sung at twice the speed in minims instead of semibreves). The plain line of a single chord with one word in the voices has already been mentioned in the text. Otherwise there are contrapuntal entries in the lower voices which double the instruments; or the glittering semiquaver passagework of the violins is heard over the vocal lines.
The sources thus give the same kind of presentation of the musical analysis: firstly the soprano cantus firmus in long notes; secondly the thematic material from the sinfonia which is originally derived from the melody (e.g. triads); and finally the three lower vocal parts which use the stretto form of the cantus firmus or imitate the motifs of the sinfonia. Possibly it is less complex than the opening movements of BWV 39 or BWV 105 which are both more sombre and reflective; but, with its jubilant spirit and rapid changes between different episodes, there is never a dull moment. Mathsci (talk) 14:28, 17 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Can you please do that? My English just isn't up to it. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:38, 17 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"How fairly shines ye morning star" from the Lyra Davidica, London, 1708

Gerda: I found this English translation of Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern from the Lyra Davidica printed in London in 1708 by J. Walsh, J. Hare and P. Randal. What do you think?

Thank you, interesting. Translating poetry is almost impossible. Missing "süße" where it stands but added as "sweet face", adding "divine" ... - For history of the hymn, perhaps? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:58, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Here's another ad hoc translation using several old sources, but using several words close to the original German. Mathsci (talk) 12:46, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
We're better using non-poetic but literal translations (or creating our own, if it is for the incipits such as at BWV 227) for critical commentary, such as what one would expect from a serious analysis. Although, to be fair the Lyra Davidica version seems far closer to the German than the usual "How brightly shines the morning star"... RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 22:45, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Patchwork translation
  • Slowly and steadily I am writing the material for the first movement, as we discussed. I added the image of the soprano part, because, even if in the soprano clef, it is very useful to see the cantus firmus. For the English translation, I have laboured hard to get as many words close to German into the English translation. "reich von Gaben" came out on as "rich in wonder", since "gaben" for "gifts" did not fit into the rhyming jigsaw puzzle. There was a transferred epithet at the end which did not change the sense ("most sublime in splendour" instead of "most splendidly sublime"). I hope to finish today, but it is quite exhausting. Mathsci (talk) 12:35, 19 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Gerda: as you see I have prepared the full version of the musical analysis of Movement 1, which was complex since elemnts need to be added bit by bit. This for example explaining the overall bar form was obvious once the A-A-B text: Gilles Cantagrel emphasised that. Some matters might still needing sorting out, but it's seems OK at the moment. With Gog the Mild, there was an agreement on how to come to assess Movement 1. I am sending you an email about Movement 1 to discuss any issues. Regards, Mathsci (talk) 05:21, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! I could not have done it. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:49, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Dreikönigskirche, Frankfurt

On 19 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Dreikönigskirche, Frankfurt, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that after the Dreikönigskirche escaped destruction in World War II, it became Frankfurt's leading venue of church music performances (example pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dreikönigskirche, Frankfurt. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Dreikönigskirche, Frankfurt), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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) 12:01, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I like to see my pic, and show a diferent one today ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:04, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Nun lasst uns gehn und treten

On 22 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Nun lasst uns gehn und treten, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that both Jochen Klepper and Hildegard Schaeder sought solace amidst the horror of the Nazi regime in Paul Gerhardt's 17th-century New Year's song "Nun lasst uns gehn und treten"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nun lasst uns gehn und treten. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Nun lasst uns gehn und treten), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The world needs more mensch

I see both sides, but you were right to bring it up. I only knew her through my watch list but I know she was a tireless and fair volunteer. Take care, Tiderolls 13:43, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

thank you, feel understood, and even where I sowed some fruit of response could be enjoyed (because, as I explained to one per email: the message of saying nothing may be correct but is too ambiguous) - I never worked with her on an article, but saw her go and come back several times, and saw her contributions that can hardly be overrated --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:52, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Jerome Kohl

On 28 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jerome Kohl, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Jerome Kohl, a music theorist of the University of Washington, was recognized internationally as an authority on the composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, publishing a book on his Zeitmaße in 2017? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jerome Kohl. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Jerome Kohl), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Special congrats! El_C 00:15, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
This is wonderful. Well-deserved award. :)
Peace forever, Jerry. Antandrus (talk) 00:47, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Friends, you made me cry.
Luigi Nono and Stockhausen at the Darmstädter Ferienkurse

In Freundschaft

Did you know ...

... that Jerome Kohl,
a music theorist of the University of Washington,
was recognized internationally
as an authority on the composer Karlheinz Stockhausen,
publishing a book on his
Zeitmaße in 2017?

(28 January 2021)

I looked up to Jerome from the day he came in my life (in 2009, telling me that was a eliable source said about Stockhausen was wrong, - it's still on the talk of Siegfried Palm, my second article), and I imagine our conversations - thoughtful, on a meadow - as pictured, in the spirit of Stockhausen's wonderful titles: In Freundschaft, Kontakte, Originale, Licht ... We never met. We edit-warred over Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik and Georg Katzer, but always with respect. (If you want a tedious task, change the now deprecated parenthetical references, in hundreds of articles.) We worked together on many other. He thanked me for links to performers of Stockhausen's music, and I tried to mention their relation to the composer on the Main page, see Wolfgang Marschner (intentionally in memory), and before.
Jerome remains an inspiration, for the world. I will remember what he wrote (about Karlheinz Stockhausen and William Waterhouse (bassoonist) who died within a few weeks in 2011, and Stockhausen had just acknowledged WW for a memorial book): "I hope that they have met again in the beyond and are making joyous music together." --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:50, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
A beautiful bouquet of flowers to celebrate the memory of a special person. Well done Gerda. MarnetteD|Talk 17:16, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Herr, mach uns stark

On 30 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Herr, mach uns stark, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Anna Martina Gottschick wrote the hymn "Herr, mach uns stark" because a composer wanted to make Ralph Vaughan Williams's 1906 melody of "For All the Saints" available for German church singing? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Herr, mach uns stark. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Herr, mach uns stark), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.

— Maile (talk) 00:02, 30 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

in the 2021 series courage --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:21, 31 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Schloss Freudenberg

On 3 February 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Schloss Freudenberg, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Schloss Freudenberg (pictured) and its park in Wiesbaden-Dotzheim offer an exhibition for the senses, with a Dunkelbar for drinking in darkness? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Schloss Freudenberg. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Schloss Freudenberg), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:01, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

one of my places --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:34, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations

Your DYK hook about Schloss Freudenberg and its Dunkebar drew 6,352 page views (529 per hour) while on the Main Page. It is the one of most viewed hooks so far during the month of February and has earned a place on the Best of February list. Keep up the great work! Cbl62 (talk) 10:36, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Interested in Music of Sudan?

Dear Gerda, as you already have enjoyed reading my article on the literature of Sudan, you might perhaps also be able to review my article about the Music of Sudan for GA status? It has been waiting for a reviewer since Sep 2nd, and even though I am in no hurry, I certainly would love to get your feedback. - It's not about European music, for sure, ;) but I suspect you might also be interested in the fascinating music of Sudan. And if you should have other priorities on your busy schedule, I certainly would understand that, too. Viele Grüße, Munfarid1 (talk) 15:13, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I will certainly read it, interested, but - being not a native speaker - don't do GA reviews. Perhaps one of my visitors will pick it up. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:17, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for both your quick reactions this afternoon. I didn't know about the restriction for GA reviewers and hope, somebody will be ready for the task soon... - And just read Pueblo pottery. - Amazing wealth of material, as it is a topic of American cultural history. I was especially interested in the paragraph Decontextualization, looting and black market trade, as it relates to my article about the Report on the restitution of African cultural heritage - which is also available in German. And finally, I thoroughly enjoyed your article on the Schmuddelkinder, which makes me reminisce about my days as a student in Freiburg i.Br. in the 70s! Munfarid1 (talk) 16:09, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I spent a memorable day there then, - funny to think we might have met ;) - Netherzone, I hope you watch here. (Netherzone wrote the pottery article, I was just the nominator.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:21, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the heads-up ping. I will watch to see how things unfold. Netherzone (talk) 16:27, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

see below --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:49, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

pretiosus

Thankyou for my precious birthday card. It must keep you monstrously busy sending them out. However as I was one of the early ones I hold it as a high honour and hope to have many happy returns! The jewel reminds me of one of the faces on the Sutton Hoo whetstone, a subject with which I once had something to do before ever I was Eebahgum - but that was long ago, now my inspiration is a song... "O wüsst' ich doch den Weg zurück..."; but, "Vorbei sind die Kinderspiele, Und alles rollt vorbei - Das Geld und die Welt und die Zeiten..." - though, while you keep us all connected, there is still a bit of "Glauben und Lieb' und Treu" - ! Thanks for that. Eebahgum (talk) 01:37, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Eebahgum, thank you, blushing. - The cards keep me busy but sending is my pleasant morning exercise, thinking of how much there is to be thankful for. It's almost a selfish thing, making my day better. I had to stop making the jewel larger, and possibly ten will be the end, perhaps asking people to give more reminders to themslves (as I did two days ago).
DYK that I just had different Kinderspiele exposed here? Today: an alto singer who is pictured in my 2021 infobox, great place, great music (Part VI of course but the article is not yet developed), I was in the choir. She sang St Matthew Passion for us, and I heard her three times recently at another great place, taking pictures twice, and one appeared on the Main page. Music will survive us ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:49, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Just think - and today is riddle-day for Trumpelstiltskin, too! Eebahgum (talk) 08:35, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
lol ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:38, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Innisfree Garden

On 11 February 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Innisfree Garden, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Innisfree Garden in Millwood, New York, was developed from the 1930s by a painter fascinated with an 8th-century Chinese artist, and a landscape architect from Harvard? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Innisfree Garden. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Innisfree Garden), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 11 February 2021 (UTC) [reply]

topic of the year, sad that the image was not taken --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:15, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Thank you, Gerda, for your well wishes. -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 22:19, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the visit, and look around for music ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:32, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Arik Brauer

On 17 February 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Arik Brauer, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Universalkünstler Arik Brauer (pictured) created paintings in Fantastic Realism, songs in Austropop, stage sets for the Paris Opera, and house facades in Austria and Israel? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Arik Brauer. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Arik Brauer), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:01, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations

Your DYK hook about Arik Brauer and his wide-ranging artistic accomplishments drew 12,337 page views (514 per hour) while on the Main Page. It is one of the most viewed hooks so far during the month of February and has earned a place on the Best of February list. Keep up the great work! Cbl62 (talk) 14:13, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Precious!

The Good Heart Barnstar The Good Heart Barnstar
Thank you for your extraordinary work on Wikipedia and especially for your recognitions and encouragement over the years. All of it is indeed precious. --LilHelpa (talk) 13:34, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for coming over. I remember how you helped me through a rough start in a foreign language environment, and am always please when I see your recognizable name on my watchlist. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:18, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You are amazing

Amazing Concerto Award
Thank you for your tireless contributions to classical music,
and for your tireless contributions in keeping readers informed.

Your efforts are like a concerto; a solo instrument accompanied by an orchestra.
I believe my choice of images is the picture that speaks 1000 words.
Atsme 💬 📧 12:11, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, lovely, blushing moar - will go to blushing! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:13, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yes Gerda, you "really put the T into turtle"! (And yes, I've often seen my role as very much like those tiddlers. Only joking! Martinevans123 (talk) 14:53, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]



Did you know ...

... that a church's 1510
spiral of justice declares:

"Justice suffered in great need.
Truth is slain dead.
Faith has lost the battle"?

I worded the above in 2015 as a comment to my arbcom case, 2013, remember? Now a friend of mine is taken there, and I seem to have language difficulties to even see a problem. ... Drmies, we have this premature arbcase request where the step of personal approach was left out, and going to AN would mean about the same, no? ...
Regarding my troubles with arbcom: I like a composer with an infobox declared GA. This would not have been possible in the days we better forget. The opera sideboxes - which should have been the only topic in the arbcase - are disappearing nicely. I often said that the ultimate wisdom on arbitration was given here, and the ultimate ten rules (including choosing your battles) here. Can't be repeated too much. I choose not to go to the current arb case request, feeling sorry for the waste of time of all involved: all respected Menschen. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:58, 24 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Wilhelm Knabe

On 26 February 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Wilhelm Knabe, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Wilhelm Knabe (pictured), a co-founder of the Greens in Germany and a "green" mayor of Mülheim, participated in Fridays For Future with the slogan "Opa For Future"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Wilhelm Knabe. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Wilhelm Knabe), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.

MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 00:06, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

for future - thank you for the update, Mandarax! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:01, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Doris Stockhausen

On 28 February 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Doris Stockhausen, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Doris Stockhausen's husband dedicated several compositions to her, beginning with Chöre für Doris in 1950 before they married? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Doris Stockhausen. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Doris Stockhausen), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:01, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RexxS

this user misses Flyer22 Frozen
this user misses RexxS
  • (stolen from Bish 4 March)

Thank you for Wikipedia:Colons and asterisks, User:RexxS/Infobox factors, and the precious anniversary template that I use every day. I heard my song of defiance yesterday, and Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn, BWV 157 (I will not let you go ...) - dance music for a funeral - but let go. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:01, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

what we'll miss --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:58, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

for context: User talk:Hammersoft#Precious anniversary, or: before going to arbcom, try person-to-person talk, and then you hopefully don't have to go to arbcom - caution, long, in a nutshell (Hammersoft, 24 Feb, bolding by me):

I have a much simpler guide to arbitration. After spending many months working on it, cutting a word here, finessing a phrase there, I finally arrived at the final version. Here it is, the Ultimate Guide to Arbitration: Don't.

Don't. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:15, 7 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Today's little tribute: Vertraut den neuen Wegen - trust the new ways. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:53, 13 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

... last line: Das Land ist hell und weit. The land is bright and wide. (written in 1989 in Germany's East, when it was dark and narrow.) Trust the new ways. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:51, 14 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Motivation barnstar

The Wikipedia Motivation Barnstar
For your ceaseless efforts to recognize and support Wikipedians, not just through your unending dedication to seek out and recognize good Wikipedians with the Precious award, but going even beyond that to recognize Precious anniversaries. There's no reason you would want to be spending time going to people's pages and recognizing their Precious anniversaries, yet you do it anyway. I don't know why you do it, it's not like you get anything out of it, but you're literally one of the few, if not only, Wikipedians who dedicate themselves to complimenting others. I suspect it's a thankless task, but it's a valuable one. What you do motivates people, it energizes people, and it makes people feel like they're a worthy part of the project and the community. I think you're an unsung hero of this project. Best, ~Swarm~ {sting} 10:11, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, Swarm, and how I need it right now, myself. - You are wrong though, twice: It's rather selfish because a round of checking what there is to be thankful for, at the beginning of the day, improves my mood, and I receive many thanks for the reminders, - almost undeserved because they are now so easy that RexxS made me the template where all I have to do is pick the right number. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:18, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sure we'd never want you to be "unsung", Gerda! Martinevans123 (talk) 10:27, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
slow Mozart is not bad for my mood - one of my missing friends was inheritance of loss --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:45, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Vera Wülfing-Leckie

On 2 March 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Vera Wülfing-Leckie, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Vera Wülfing-Leckie translated in Senegal a novel by Boubacar Boris Diop written in the Wolof language, titled Doomi Golo: The Hidden Notebooks in English? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Vera Wülfing-Leckie. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Vera Wülfing-Leckie), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

March, march. women ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:24, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Carmen

Carmen, illustration
in Journal Amusant

Carmen is an opera in four acts which Georges Bizet set to a libretto by the team of Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on Prosper Mérimée's novella. When it was first performed by the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 3 March 1875, its breaking of conventions shocked and scandalized its first audiences.

The opera was originally written with musical numbers and spoken dialogue. Set in southern Spain, it tells of the downfall of Don José, a naïve soldier who is seduced by the fiery gypsy Carmen, and finally kills her in a jealous rage. The depictions of proletarian life, immorality, and lawlessness broke new ground in French opera. Bizet died suddenly after the 33rd performance, unaware that the work would achieve international acclaim within the following ten years. Carmen has become one of the most frequently performed operas, with the "Habanera" and the "Toreador Song" among the best known of all operatic arias. The music has been acclaimed for its brilliance of melody, harmony, atmosphere and orchestration, and for Bizet's skill in expressing the emotions and suffering of his characters.

"... in expressing the emotions and suffering of his characters" - worded admirably by Brianboulton, and the apt image added by Voceditenore - great teamwork! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:57, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hey

Hi Gerda, just so you know I've nominated Wikipedia:Featured and good topic candidates/Walt Whitman and Abraham Lincoln/archive1, which includes "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd", an article you've substantially contributed to. Hope all is well, Eddie891 Talk Work 21:45, 4 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, - that was a strange experience, polish something written by a banned editor. Did you tell Victoria? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:51, 4 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the ping Gerda, and sorry for the late reply. Weren't there issues with copyvio on this article? I can't remember whether it got scrubbed but it should be before gaining good topic status. At least be checked to be certain there is none. Victoria (tk) 03:21, 6 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for coming, and a good reminder. I think it was settled before getting GA, but we should look again. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:21, 6 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I think I don't care but I probably should. Looking at article history I only got as far as "Publication history", tagging as I went along. The tags have been resolved but it doesn't look as though the rest of the article has been checked. When I checked there were some issues, but I don't have the energy to make as fuss. Thanks anyway, for pinging me and bringing it to my attention. I hope you're well, staying safe, and had a nice "outside" weekend. It's still cold here but about to warm to spring weather next week. Victoria (tk) 23:03, 7 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I agree about the "probably should" but other things in the foreground. - Today's hike was cold but brilliant, - I should update my flowers. (note to self - wanted to add images ...) - How are you? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:10, 7 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Well it's a little difficult here and we're still mostly stuck at home. This is a sad month for me; I remember life a year ago and how many we've lost. Your cold hike sounds wonderful. How are you? Victoria (tk) 23:19, 7 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Healthy but knowing too many who are not. Feel free to look around here, images to tell stories, - bedtime for me. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:39, 7 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Andréa Guiot

On 8 March 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Andréa Guiot, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Andréa Guiot appeared internationally in French soprano roles such as Mireille, Marguerite, Manon, and Micaëla in Bizet's Carmen, which she recorded alongside Maria Callas in the title role? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Andréa Guiot. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Andréa Guiot), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 8 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

IWD II --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:08, 8 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Best Wishes for today, with respect (Women's Day ...)

... sorry I don't know how to put a flower icon now)

Liebe Gerda, Ich wünsche Dir alles Bestens für heute mit viele Respekt!(KIENGIR (talk) 14:01, 8 March 2021 (UTC))[reply]

Danke! Look around, two women the team (LouisAlain, Grimes2) worked for DYK, and a friend's article TFA - so far so good. Carmen mentioned again on the Main page also good. Missing a friend is not, - stealing the image from the TFA ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:42, 8 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I saw the recruitment advertisement tag at the top, how many women will join WP today? :) (KIENGIR (talk) 14:51, 8 March 2021 (UTC))[reply]
Good Job! Your hard work is very much appreciated. Panini🥪 01:49, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, now going to praise you for your first TFA, - enjoy! - My work is not hard, - hard are the things I don't get done. I'd love more arbitration (example pictured), not what we know here under that name. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:38, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4 scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that the Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4 article has been scheduled as today's featured article for April 4, 2021. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/April 4, 2021, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so.

For Featured Articles promoted recently, there will be an existing blurb linked from the FAC talk page, which is likely to be transferred to the TFA page by a coordinator at some point.

We suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 16:37, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Lester Collins (landscape architect)

On 15 March 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lester Collins (landscape architect), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Lester Collins developed Innisfree Garden over 55 years, and it was listed in the US National Register of Historic Places in 2019? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lester Collins (landscape architect). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Lester Collins (landscape architect)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Role Model Barnstar
For your daily efforts to spread positivity, to remember, recognise and affirm other Wikipedians. For your empathy, humour, kindness and unflappability. Reading your thoughtful Precious award dedication to me was an uplifting and affirming moment for me. Thank you for all that you do. You are a role model, to me and many others! Kohlrabi Pickle (talk) 04:00, 17 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
blushing deeply: Kohlrabi Pickle, I try. Kohlrabi today, in the fridge already ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:30, 17 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Hehe, make some pickle out of it! Kohlrabi Pickle (talk) 10:13, 17 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Gerda, I wanted to share with you that I have created a mini-award to recognise and affirm members of the small community that works on Singapore-related articles. I hope I'm able to bring some of your positivity to this little corner of Wikipedia! Kohlrabi Pickle (talk) 05:01, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
That's a lovely idea! The recipient will know what the prize name is, I didn't ;) - I had to understand that the foreign language IS a prize name, and therefore the "(Wikipedia)" made some sense. What do you think of having s translation or explanation instead of the neutral "An award for you", and/or an image that connects immediately to Singapore? ... as the sapphire connects immediately to its photographer who passed the "earlier" stars of "awesome Wikipedian" for several years, my model ... (now blocked), or as the cherry connects to the one who gave it to me ... (then desysopped, and dead, but remembered). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:44, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
That's a great suggestion! Certainly I can do a translation of the award: it is essentially the Wikipedian equivalent of the Meritorious Service Medal, perhaps the equivalent of the British MBE. Maybe I'll put that in the header instead. Do you know anywhere where there's a list or collection of these kinds of awards that I can look at for inspiration? The cherry is indeed a very meaningful symbol. Kohlrabi Pickle (talk) 12:40, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Excellent! - see Category:Wikipedia awards, + navbox in it, and integrate yours when ready! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:46, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks so much for all your help! Kohlrabi Pickle (talk) 12:49, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Die Fliege top icon

Hi Gerda, I hope you're well. I've just created a Die Fliege top icon that I thought you might be interested in. I haven't added any user categories yet. I was wondering if it's permissible to add top icons to the user pages of other editors who have moved on, in which case it could add them to "Category:Users who are no longer with us" or words to that effect. Or perhaps it's better if editors just add it to their own user page, in which case I'm not sure of any suitable categories would be appropriate. Any ideas? nagualdesign 02:30, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for coming, just when I had to add one of the saddest losses, Yoninah. I'd leave it to users. You could offer a topicon, but I think that the creature looks alive is its charm. When I die, I want my user talk as it is no candle, no extra icons, as for the great SBHB. -- Yoninah and I made my last Christmas card, DYK? (pictured on top) We worked on Psalm 148, and I asked if she wanted an extra DYK for the psalm, and she - great soul - said it was alright as a double nom. She was a blessing. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:59, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry to hear that. Good point about not making changes to an editor's user page. I won't add any usercats to the template. Best wishes, nagualdesign 22:27, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I added Die Fliege to her talk, and someone removed it as looking like a computer virus. - I smiled and restored it. I wrote a little article in Yoninah's memory: I checked out Psalm 148 (Bernstein) which turned out to be extra interesting, his earliest surviving work recorded in a collection "A Jewish Legacy", of all titles. El C, that's also for you. YouTube video in the article. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:51, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Beautiful rendition. Nice article. The man was an American treasure, much like Yoninah was a Wikipedia one. El_C 01:42, 19 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
You said that well. The article will grow a bit, and then go to DYK where she worked miracles. Psalm 85 appeared pictured, DYK? - The work we began is at WP:QAI/Psalms: missing numbers, missing Hebrew text, missing leads, missing details. She helped with 59. The recipe is at WT:QAI#Psalms. Inspiration promised. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:33, 19 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem, BWV 159

The article Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem, BWV 159 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem, BWV 159 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, 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 in DYK. ... Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Aza24 -- Aza24 (talk) 08:21, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review, Aza! The article appeared on DYK, ... that Picander used one of the sayings of Jesus on the cross for an aria in Bach's cantata Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem, BWV 159, for the last Sunday before Lent? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:27, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
No problem, and good to hear about the DYK. Your Bach DYKs always make the section more interesting...! Aza24 (talk) 08:35, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
This one was in 2011. I did it like Bach and wrote one every week then ;) - Most were approved by Rlevse who was then a pillar of DYK, as Yoninah was for the last years. I'll promised myself to bring Chichester Psalms to GA in memory of her, after today's little tribute, Psalm 148 (Bernstein). Psalm 148 was our last work together, and went to my Christmas card because she modestly declined to say something extra for the psalm, - she should have gotten that role model barnstar. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:43, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the Precious Anniversary note

Dear Gerda, thanks for your little note and for making wp nicer. By way of a nice thing in return... I thought to share a now unpopular, once very popular, litte tune from long ago that is haunting me Binge's Elizabethan Serenade. Best wishes (Msrasnw (talk) 10:22, 18 March 2021 (UTC))[reply]

Msrasnw, thank you for the music, very welcome, - seeking solace, see just above. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:26, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A translated song just for you!

His Salvation by Quarter To Africa, ft. Avishai Cohen (bassist) (who has also collaborated with the legendary Chick Corea).

Lyrics:

Salvation of the Lord, in the blink of an eye
In the blink of an eye, his salvation
And he will sustain me in the meantime
And of his love, I will go on for another day

Yours always, El_C 15:37, 19 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You always know what is good for me. Here's your job: Hebrew to all missing psalms, not even 100. You could just add the numbers here, and I'll do the rest. 124 first, please. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:46, 19 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Good deed = job. I like that. Still, after my last experience Hebrew'ing Psalms: afraid — also for you! El_C 16:55, 19 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Remember that you just have to add in the edit summary that it's from our own source, - can't remember the name. Yoninah did it like this, - perhaps mention her as your model? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:03, 19 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Source was the מכון ממרא. Anyway, probably not today, I'm afraid. But remind me soon. El_C 17:32, 19 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Update: I at least got the basic infrastructure all set at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Quality Article Improvement/Psalms. El_C 23:59, 19 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, and I gave the link at Yoninah's place, but all I expect from you would be adding the Hebrew text. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:49, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Pressure, pressure. Take another song, instead! El_C 07:07, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, also, Mamre Institute is now live (quite brief, but that's all the Hebrew Wikipedia had). El_C 07:17, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I just realized, after having clicked show more, that the YouTube video has English-language lyrics (only) already. Here they are:

Official lyrics:
"His Salvation":
God's salvation, comes in an instant.
In an instant, his salvation.
And from him, I will exist for the time being
From his love... I'll live another day.

Honestly, not to boast, but I think my Hebrew-to-English translation is better overall (even though, granted, it is their song). El_C 21:20, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I agree ;) - What do you think of placing your translations on a user page, for more people to enjoy than just those who visit here? Do you know that we have <poem></poem>, sparing you all these colons? Today's psalm was Psalm 31, nicely covered already. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:27, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I mean, they say (in Hebrew) "in the blink of an eye" (כהרף עין) so why go with "instant"? Anyway, I guess I'll get around to refactoring it onto Songs from the homeland, but... feeling lazy today. El_C 21:39, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Though I Walk by Quarter To Africa.

Lyrics:

Though I walk
Through the valley of the shadow of death
I shall fear no evil
For thou art with me [x2]
For thou art with me [x4]
Surely goodness and mercy
Shall follow me all the days of my life
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord
For ever [x2]
For ever
For ever
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord
For ever
For thou art with me [x8]
...Though I walk

As always, El_C 07:07, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Psalm 23 --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:16, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Some uplifting vocal magic

Chick Corea's Spain (instrumental) is one of my favourite instrumentals (both to jam on the keyboards, as well as listen to). It's just such an inspiring and fun chord progression. But Gary Valenciano vocal rendition is absolutely bananas! Enjoy! El_C 14:19, 22 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

indeed, thanks for sharing - time to do something about Psalm 124: tomorrow - today: two recently died lingering in ITNN --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:48, 22 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Always. Otherwise, Psalmcrastinating. Mostly because copying Hebrew text to an English format is such a super-glitchy and annoying task.¯\_(ツ)_/¯ El_C 16:15, 22 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
to task, please - I gave it a start, it has already a grave stone image. The author of these lyrics claim they are based on Psalm 124, - well, yes, the line from the grave stone is quoted, but is that enough? - I won't touch the Text section, and prepared the formatting for you. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:25, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'm so confused. What is happening? Also, I wish I could just copy the box from תהילים קכ"ד (so purple), but it no worky at en. El_C 11:39, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
If that Hebrew is from the correct source (which I can't tell), why not. I prepared the first line, replace that Hebrew by the first line in the purple box, and do similarly for the other lines. - Interesting two albums (2000, 2017) which paraphrase "Out of the Snare". All sources gone ... but the Psalm was too long to expand five times anyway. There will be others where it can work, - little memorials to Yoninah. - The first one is in prep for DYK, about a psalm paraphrase. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:45, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
It is correct, but they use Hebrew letters for their internal code, so I'm unable to make it go here. Here, I'll do 124 right now, give me a sec. El_C 11:55, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I tried, but the table broke (hate tables so much), so it looks... psychedelic. El_C 12:03, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I tried something. Why didn't you look at the psalm article, where I prepared, header and all? Looks like the first line might use some line breaks. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:16, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
No link, no telepathy! Anyway, no, yours sucks even more. Here, I'll figure it out. El_C 12:36, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
There was a link to Psalm 124 ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:41, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I think we're talking about different things. Anyway, doesn't matter: Done. I think I've earned that grape juice box. El_C 12:46, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I think you deserve that line: "Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped." --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:34, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'll take it! Plus, juice box. Anyway: all  Done. El_C 17:26, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A kitten for you!

This kitten is wishing you a happy Bach's birthday! I don't think even Johann Sebastian was as busy as you are, Gerda, working to make Wikipedia ever more musical. So please enjoy this beautiful day in springtime.

HouseOfChange (talk) 18:15, 21 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, I try. (A friend here died, another left, another is blocked, my Bach birthday present BWV 1 lingers in FAC, my small one Bach-Chor Bonn is not yet written, but at least I got my ITN nom for a bass who died done, and now I need food.) Thanking you for thinking of Bach and me! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:19, 21 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
update: The choir article was written but is still unreferenced. My song of defiance - against arbcom shortcomings on top of death and fear - will appear on DYK eventually, instead on that day. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:55, 22 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Benjamin Appl

On 22 March 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Benjamin Appl, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the baritone Benjamin Appl, the last private student of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, was named Gramophone's Young Artist of 2016? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Benjamin Appl. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Benjamin Appl), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 22 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

April editathons from Women in Red

--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 20:16, 22 March 2021 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

ITN recognition for Taryn Fiebig

On 23 March 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Taryn Fiebig, 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. Black Kite (talk) 08:53, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Nicola Jürgensen

On 23 March 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Nicola Jürgensen, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the clarinetist Nicola Jürgensen portrayed the character of Eve with her basset horn in Karlheinz Stockhausen's Michaels Reise um die Erde in Vienna and New York City? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nicola Jürgensen. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Nicola Jürgensen), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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) 12:02, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

one more in memory of Jerome Kohl --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:43, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

R. A. B. Mynors

Hello Gerda, I hope you are doing fine. I wanted to give you an update on the FA candidacy of R. A. B. Mynors we discussed earlier this year. The article has now got feedback from two helpful people at peer review and I've addressed the issues they raised. Before I nominate the article at FAC, I'd like to as whether you have any more tips on the article itself or on how to write the nomination statement. Thank you and best, Modussiccandi (talk) 12:41, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the reminder. Today seems a good day. Yesterday, a woman for ITN (see a bit above), and three people for last-day DYK nomination. But I'll first go outside. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:45, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
What a great idea! Today's weather is great where I live too. Looking forward to your advice. Modussiccandi (talk) 13:02, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much, Gerda, for your comments on the article. I have two more things I'd like to ask if you don't mind: 1) you suggested that I should cite all references in the bibliography. Does that mean I should represent the news items in the final bibliography? I wasn't sure because they don't have the same properties as the books and journal articles. 2) When writing up the nomination statement, should I mention you as a FAC mentor or do you prefer to be subsumed under the peer review which I was planning to mention? Best, Modussiccandi (talk) 21:17, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
For the first, there's no single recipe. I'd format the news the same way, but the question is whether to list by authors regardless, or in a separate section. In Kafka, with plenty of refs, we grouped them, but for the rather few here, they could also just go by name. Perhaps ask others. I'd be happy with being mentioned as peer reviewer. - One of my pet corrections is to change "studied under" by "studied with", and "under the baton of" by "conducted by", if you know what I mean ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:35, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for this. After pondering the newspaper issue and looking at some other FAs, I've decided against listing the news sources in the reference section because I want to avoid having part of the list without names (the obituaries have no authors associated with them). I just wanted to let you know in case you wondered why I chose to disregard your suggestion. I wish you a good night, Modussiccandi (talk) 22:58, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
You decide. Jerome Kohl sorted those as Anon. - seen today in Orchestral Suite No. 3 (Enescu). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:08, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ITN recognition for Yevgeny Nesterenko

On 24 March 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Yevgeny Nesterenko, 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. TJMSmith (talk) 03:18, 24 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Jakob Grün

On 24 March 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jakob Grün, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Jakob Grün (pictured), concertmaster of the Vienna Court Opera Orchestra from 1868 to 1897, played violin solos standing, in Hungarian tradition? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jakob Grün. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Jakob Grün), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 12:01, 24 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations

Your DYK hook about Jakob Grün drew 5,086 page views (424 per hour) while on the Main Page. It is one of the most viewed hooks for the month of March as shown at March 2021 DYK STATS. Keep up the great work! Cbl62 (talk) 18:34, 26 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Cbl62, thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:20, 26 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1 discography

On 25 March 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1 discography, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that recordings of Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1, a Bach chorale cantata for the Annunciation, include Fritz Lehmann's with the Berlin Philharmonic, and Nikolaus Harnoncourt's using period instruments? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1 discography. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1 discography), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 25 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

how lovely shines the morning star - Annunciation day - the land is wide and bright - --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:21, 25 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yoninah's photo contributions

Would you say that Yoninah was a prolific image contributor? If so, then we should probably summarize her work at Commons and also post one of her best photos. What do you think? Edge3 (talk) 14:39, 25 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'll check. I remember that she complimented me on one of mine. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:49, 25 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Edge3, yes, look, she had a nice display there, and whoever wants more can take it from there. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:52, 25 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Under "uploads", however, it's not only photos she took but also those she cropped for the Main page. The first one is one of mine, for example. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:55, 25 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
My choice from "hers" would by this delicious thing. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:57, 25 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Do you still want the current image to remain on the obituary? I was thinking that we could replace it with something that Yoninah contributed herself. Edge3 (talk) 15:03, 25 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
If we can't have 2, yes, hers, but it's just food, while the other is more cultural, showing more of her deep interest in education. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:05, 25 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
We can try to put in two images. Just keep in mind that the Signpost editors might cut some content once we're finished. Edge3 (talk) 15:09, 25 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Psalms (in memoriam)

Ps 82-85 (starting at 6m30, Ps 84 at 13m45, though really no reason to skip the introit by Tallis, which is top class as you'd expect). RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 16:50, 25 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Beautiful, thanks for sharing! - On Psalms, there's a question (somewhere in the beginning), about linking psalm recordings in Salisbury style, by a woman, in English. I don't know. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:34, 25 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Heard this while driving back home today. Another not particularly well known composer... RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 20:01, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Lovely! I like Zelenka a lot. I heard - in a concert for Reformation Day 1917, the 500 year biggy - one of his masses, combined with BWV 80. Today Graupner: great, a mature 1741 work, see above. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:24, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
1917? :) I just did a quick lookup but found only record labels (1) (2). I'll have to look up in more scholarly sources when I get the time. Even if I do, no hope of getting this up and fast through DYK for thursday, right? RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 20:28, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
sorry, typo, 2017 of course, when Reformation was celebrated 500 years, - life concert in Gütersloh, a relatives round birthday - was a nice idea to invite guests to that concert - Thursday is tough, but one can always try, - I nominated one for Friday yesterday, and another today --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:38, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I have I penitenti al sepolcro del redentore, ZWV 63 for the time being. Will see if I can find better sources. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 20:42, 28 March 2021 (UTC) - Now moved to mainspace cause I found a book which almost certainly (99.9%) does talk about this... RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 21:23, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ITN recognition for Uta Ranke-Heinemann

On 26 March 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Uta Ranke-Heinemann, 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. Stephen 03:34, 26 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"fairy tales you don't need to believe to have a living faith"

Promotion of Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1

Congratulations, Gerda Arendt! The article you nominated, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.
This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Gog the Mild (talk) via FACBot (talk) 12:08, 26 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, Gog, you were mild ;) - It's planned to appear on 25 March 2022. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:57, 26 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Proud I am not, it's the work of many, and I appreciate the help of former editors, reviewers and contributors, especially Francis Schonken, Mathsci and Thoughtfortheday. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:10, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Wer unterm Schutz des Höchsten steht

On 28 March 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Wer unterm Schutz des Höchsten steht, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that "Wer unterm Schutz des Höchsten steht", a hymn paraphrasing Psalm 91, has been recommended instead of the psalm in the Liturgy of the Hours, and for memorial services after disasters? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Wer unterm Schutz des Höchsten steht. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Wer unterm Schutz des Höchsten steht), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

in the series psalms - in memory of Yoninah --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:58, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you...

...for arranging such beautiful tributes on Main Page for Yoninah, as well as the Signpost remembrance. I wish I had something as lovely and comforting to offer as you always seem to, but I will have to make do with my thanks and my condolences. I know if I am shocked and griefstricken, it must only be that much more so for you who worked so closely with her for so many years. Truly, I hope those memories may be a blessing. Innisfree987 (talk) 21:27, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, - and yes, she was a blessing to last. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:29, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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