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December music

December: story · music · places

Thank you for what you do and stand for! I wish you a good festive season and a peaceful New Year! -- Today's story is about Maria Callas, on her centenary. - Aaron Copland died OTD, and Jerome Kohl (mentioned in November) said something wise on Copland's talk. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:27, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

A new church year began (listen), - a new era? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:07, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

I love that organ - what a beautiful, mellow tone. Storye book (talk) 18:34, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

I have no idea how these lilypond sounds are made. - Listening to Callas as Norma on radio. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:10, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

There was a link to a video of Callas singing Norma in that Guardian newspaper item that I added to Callas' article's Ext links section. But someone almost immediately deleted the item. It's a pity. It was a very moving piece of acting. The deleter said in their edit summary that it was superficial. Sigh. Storye book (talk) 20:38, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

Can you use the item for a ref? - Today's story is about parts of my life. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:35, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

I'll look tomorrow to see if I can use it as a ref, but I don't have much hope because that deleter didn't seem to like the article. And, wow - are you in that choir? Respect. Storye book (talk) 21:08, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

We are talking two choirs, the church choir and the project choir. I sang in both. The church choir works without me now, and the project choir made its last appearances in 2016. With the two leading people not getting younger, I would be surprised if they'd find a new start after the pandemic. But yes, it was exceptional every time. The church choir as well. I missed their greatest project, Britten's War Requiem, because I lived in the US then. When they performed in Macon, I thought about travelling there to listen, but it was a bit too complicated. They reported that they received strict instructions from Macon, such as not to wear bras in colours. When they saw how thin some singers' blouses were, they understood. I didn't sing in a choir Mawby conducted, - he focused on composing at the time, in case that was unclear. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:02, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Today, I managed to get the pics to snow (on 28 Nov), and heard a lovely concert, after listening to a miracle of meditative dreaming on 6 December (or just click on music). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:27, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Wow, you get to hear some great concerts. Praetorius is nice. Storye book (talk) 09:16, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Yes, and no also the other Praetorius: Hieronymus. - Today, to Paris (29 Nov) with a visit to the Palais Garnier, - to match the story of Medea Amiranashvili, - don't miss listening to her expressive voice. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:19, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

My story today is about Michael Robinson, - it's an honour to have known him. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:23, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for that link. He was a good man, and I enjoyed reading his story. Sad that he is gone. Storye book (talk) 18:23, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Yes. - Could you to help to a pic for Wilhelm Schüchter? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:57, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

Done. Storye book (talk) 16:35, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

Touching, thank you. - St. Martin, Oestrich: I noticed after midnight (but before midnight Wikipedia time) that it was only minutes I could nominate without cheating, - too little time to expand or add a better pic ... - and now, after Aida, I'm also not in the mood, - patience please. I made the director today's story as you may have seen, and she even had a free pic! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:02, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

No worries, no hurry. Storye book (talk) 22:29, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

Have a cake (home-baked but not by me)! Enjoyed here before a dream of a concert. - today's story is about the woman who directed today's Aida, with a trailer of her work. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:11, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

It's now long enough, - no time though for the other issues. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:21, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you. I have adjusted the review accordingly. Storye book (talk) 17:50, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for what you do and stand for! I wish you a good festive season and a peaceful New Year! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:09, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Would you find a pic for Helena Jungwirth? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:02, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

Done. Storye book (talk) 10:21, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Today, I have a special story to tell, of the works of a musician born 300 years ago. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:06, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Wow - he found a lot of new works! I guess there will be a lot of new recordings out, soon. Storye book (talk) 10:21, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

I hope so! The gambist who did most and will make the recordings has a DYK waiting, and the nom for the catalogue was not taken in time. Such is DYK - not with knowledge in mind it seems. But today let's not complain but celebrate ;) - at least we have the German Wikipedia and OTD in English today. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:52, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Well done! Storye book (talk) 10:57, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Christmas music pictured --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:45, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Lovely! Thank you for the link. Storye book (talk) 23:49, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

I fixed the link ;) - congrats to your DYK today, - I have a Bach cantata OTD. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:56, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you. And thank you for the new link. A really nice Christmas programme. Storye book (talk) 22:51, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

Yes ;) - I try to finish uploading images of 2023 before it ends, and reached 17 December. Happy to see Rebekka Habermas on the Main page. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:55, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

It is good to have biographies of historians here on WP. This year I created the biography of Malcolm Neesam, probably the best and most thorough historian, of his local town. Although a modest and very private man, his work is well known there. However, I appear to have been the only person to have created a biog of him. So I printed out the WP article, and took it to the town's library, where there was, at the time, an exhibition in his honour, and a big portrait of him on the wall. I handed the biog over to the librarian in charge of that room, and she sniffed at it, and asked whatever she was supposed to do with that. I suggested that she make it available in the next room, which has a big sign on the door, saying "local history", because in England the older generation who study local history often do not like to use the internet. So she grumpily put it down on her desk and waited for me to leave. Sigh. Storye book (talk) 10:37, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Sighing with you. But today, we two have three women on the Main page ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:04, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Yes, WP is doing OK at the moment - well, better than it used to, anyway. Storye book (talk) 16:10, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

I am fond of ITD/RD: both ladies were nominated last day (because of Christmas when I didn't want to get sad, and I do when I see them die so young). I was afraid I would have to deal with Wolfgang Schäuble as well, but they said ready, - no idea why he still is not "on". I remember the shock of the news of the attempt to kill him that reached us at a choir weekend rehearsing Christmas Oratorio. We didn't know if he'd survive, and had to rehearse "Jauchzet, frohlocket". - Back to RD: both ladies were accepted with only one support, just by common sense, and I love it. Another field I like is OTD: if you know notable anniversaries, try to add them to the selected anniversaries. The current crew is interested to get away from the former dominance of battles and desasters. DYK is still a bit too rulez-driven for my taste, see WT:DYK#22 December wish. But overall, yes, the 2023 harvest was good. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:37, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

OK, had not thought about that before. I shall try to keep OTD in mind. Storye book (talk) 17:01, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Good isea, and Schäuble is now "on". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:48, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Would you find a pic for Barbara Koerppen? As updated in December, she died in June. I have fond memories of the concert master of Bach's Passions (but no pic). Erhard Egidi? Will think about the violist, cellist and bassist of these performances. The cellist's wife became the wife of a friend's brother, - small world. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:57, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Barbara Koerppen done. I cannot find a pic for Erhard Egidi, but could you send me a link? Storye book (talk) 11:14, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Erhard Egidi, or do you mean a link where he would be pictured, - no. I remember a good photograph but profile, and I forgot where I have it. (I used to find things before cleaning up ...) - Next wish: Francis Dhomont. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:12, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Profiles are OK. I'll do the Dhomont pic when I have time (update: Dhormont done). Storye book (talk) 12:17, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

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Seasons Greetings

Merry Christmas, Storye book! Wishing you Season's Greetings and a Happy Winter Solstice! As the year comes to a close, I want to express my appreciation for your dedicated efforts on Wikipedia and extend heartfelt thanks for your assistance throughout the years. May the holiday season bring you and your loved ones abundant joy, good health, and prosperity.

RV (talk) 09:20, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Wow. Thank you so much. And Happy Christmas and winter holidays to you too. All the best. Storye book (talk) 22:23, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Samuel Sparshott

On 26 December 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Samuel Sparshott, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Commander Samuel Sparshott, who testified at Lord Gambier's court-martial, and Admiral Edward Sparshott, who commanded the 52-gun HMS Winchester (pictured), were brothers who served in the Napoleonic Wars? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Samuel Sparshott. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Samuel Sparshott), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Z1720 (talk) 00:02, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Edward Sparshott

On 26 December 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Edward Sparshott, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Commander Samuel Sparshott, who testified at Lord Gambier's court-martial, and Admiral Edward Sparshott, who commanded the 52-gun HMS Winchester (pictured), were brothers who served in the Napoleonic Wars? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Samuel Sparshott. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Edward Sparshott), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Z1720 (talk) 00:02, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

Capped The in link?

You seem to have misunderstood my edit at Charles Eamer Kempe. I've redone it with a possibly more clear edit summary of why. Dicklyon (talk) 18:36, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

OK. I don't quite understand the logic, but I accept your edit and I have thanked you. Not worth arguing over. Storye book (talk) 20:17, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

From your edit summary, it sounded like you preferred lowercase the, same as I prefer. And my edit didn't change the appearance, just avoided piping through a miscapitalized redirect. I spend a lot of time on such things listed at Wikipedia:Database reports/Linked miscapitalizations, which is how I got there (from links to the over-capped John The Baptist redirect initially). Dicklyon (talk) 20:54, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

Yes, I thought it would be something like that. Keep up the good work. And compliments of the season. Storye book (talk) 22:40, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

A picture from boxing day 2022. This year we hung out at home.

You, too. I hope you had a great Christmas and boxing day. Dicklyon (talk) 23:27, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

Ah, you're a sailor. I believe you have to have pilots into Sydney Harbour due to the reefs? We don't have that here for smaller boats in UK, but surface conditions can be hairy. My ancestors were in Navy and fishing, and I have crewed tall ships and gaff ketch fishing boats, mainly to understand their experience. I used to run a dive rescue boat. But yacht racing is something else. I believe the scariest sport must have been racing the old C19 trading clippers. The sheer power of the elements in those things. Storye book (talk) 23:46, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

No, I'm not really a sailor at all. Just a tourist out to watch. Dicklyon (talk) 03:42, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

You're in the right place. They're crazy, some of those racers. That's why I never did it. Storye book (talk) 10:02, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Cote, West Sussex

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Z1720 (talk) 00:03, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

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This was uploaded in error. It is not Robert Jones (Conservative politician). I have added a speedy template to the image filepage.Storye book (talk) 10:44, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

2024

Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht

Happy New Year

2024

Same location pictured as 2019. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:39, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Happy new year to.you too. And thank you for all your excellent work this last year. Storye book (talk) 06:31, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! - As you know, the 2023 picture is from the Abel Fest in Köthen, celebrating the tercentenary of Carl Friedrich Abel, a viol virtuoso, composer and concert organiser in London (together with Bach's youngest son), born on 22 December 1723 in Köthen, where the new catalogue of his works was introduced, - my story today. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:33, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

That is such a wonderfully unbelievable picture, except for his facial expression and the dog. Love it. But what would a strings conposer look like today? Favourite old sweatpants and a coffee for a start. Storye book (talk) 05:25, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

Probably. Can you find what Chris Karrer looked like? New pics, plenty of clouds and water. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:48, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Done. He went through a lot of different manifestations in appearance, but I thought the original of this cropped extract was rather beautiful. See the link on the image file. Storye book (talk) 10:48, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Lovely! - Regarding my story today, Symphony No. 15, I also invite GRuban for knowing the language and dealing with images:

• I think this image would be better if cropped to the three right people, interacting.
• I believe that the image would profit from some description in English.
• I translated and found that Sh. (right) talks with 3 Belarussian composers, 2 named but only initials and surname. I guess it's the woman who is unknown, but even the men I couldn't find on the English Wikipedia (which may be due to transliteration).
• I couldn't find the image in any of the Sh. categories (c:Category:Dmitri Shostakovich), and wouldn't know in which to place it. Help? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:11, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

OK, I'll look in a minute. Someone has decided to rename one of "my" articles, so I am now having to rename the Commons category and the Wikidata and the items in the categories. Sigh. Storye book (talk) 11:18, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Shostakovich picture done. You are welcome to adjust the text on the image filepage. Storye book (talk) 12:35, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

I forgot to say: the commons category for this picture is: Portraits of Dmitri Shostakovich. Storye book (talk) 12:40, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Hello! The two male Belarusian composers are Anatoly Bogatyrev (far left of the original photo, cropped off in Gerda's article photo) whom we do have an article for in EN, and, with the amazing beard and moustache, Gregor or Rygor Shyrma whom we don't have an article for in EN, but do in at least seven other languages, linked here. I know nothing about the woman, but will take a quick look whether she resembles any female Belarusian composers of the period or spouses of the male composers, let's see... --GRuban (talk) 13:47, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Can't identify the woman for sure. I guess it could be Halina Harelava (who was a student of Bogatyrev according to Wikidata) but that is influenced highly by the fact that we, EN, only have articles on two Belarusian women classical composers, and it is almost certainly not Lyudmila Karpawna Shleh from pictures of her I found elsewhere. But it could also be Galina Ustvolskaya (who studied under Shostakovich), or, really, someone else. --GRuban (talk) 14:32, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for the research! More detective work would also be nice for File:Amon duul july 22 1972 billboard.png: who's who? or rather for the moment: who is Karrer (if he is on it)? Article made it to the Main page last hour. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:57, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

I cannot find a named picture of Karrer when young. However, there is this page (do a page search for "karrer" on that page) from 1968, which includes him. It is a group photo including Karrer, and does not identify Karrer, but the chap with dark hair and moustache - top left - has the same strong features as the elderly Karrer had. So, regarding your group picture linked above - my guess is that Karrer is the chap, bottom left, with his head in his hands, probably laughing because the standing man (front right) has stuffed a sock in his trousers, in the style of Errol Flynn, David Bowie, etc. Storye book (talk) 09:48, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

If I am right, Karrer is the man sitting on the right, smoking a cigarette, here. Storye book (talk) 09:53, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

All makes sense, thanks for investigating. In which case - face hidden - we don't need to identify him ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:25, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

I have a DYK on the Main page, but my story would be different, about Figaro, - this Figaro. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:34, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

Sim has a lovely voice. Yes, a hook about his performances or his vocal quality would have been more useful than the bit about the tuba. On the other hand, I can see how his tuba-playing has informed the tonality of his singing. Thank you for the link. It is a pity that today they make the orchestra too heavy. I'm sure that Mozart would have had a smaller orchestra, so as not to overwhelm his singers. Storye book (talk) 11:49, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

In the live performance, I heard all singers clearly, even the super-pianissimo of the Countess. - Can you perhaps help to a pic for Rudolf Mauersberger? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:00, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

OK, I'll have a look later. There has been an internet outage here this afternoon. Storye book (talk) 18:12, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

Done. Apologies for the delay. Storye book (talk) 09:36, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, helps a lot, regardless when ;) - Can you perhaps crop the image for Tamara Milashkina to just her, perhaps with guitar lute as clearly on stage, not a portrait? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:26, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Done. Two to choose from. Storye book (talk) 16:26, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Charming, much better without him - may he forgive me ;) - Some riddles in that bio. I wonder how much from the Russian Embassy we may use. I wonder how she got that surname, - someone behind her luck with a direct walk to the Bolshoi in lead roles and then Milan? I wonder how to politely say that she wasn't the No. 1 at the Bolshoi. - She made many more recordings, mentioned in our articles, but no more time for her today. It's better than the stub we had. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:30, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Haha, casting couch, then? It does come across in the article that she was not the best singer of her generation, so don't worry. Storye book (talk) 17:36, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

On the Main page: the person who made the pictured festival possible --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:56, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Ooh, that is so beautiful. Thank you for the listen link. Just heavenly. Storye book (talk) 21:37, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! - Would you find a pic for Bruno Ducol, - too late and too short for RD, but still ... --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:48, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

OK. I will try to do it later this evening, or tomorrow morning. Storye book (talk) 17:50, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

no rush at all, I just saw the next one without: Pluto Shervington. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:31, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

Ok. Noted! Storye book (talk) 22:19, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

Bruno Ducol is done. Pluto has already been done, today. Storye book (talk) 11:52, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Great pic - I'd have liked to meet that man, from what I read and see. Too bad I noticed oo late that he died 11, not 13 as I assumed. Well, his article was improved, and that's what counts, not the hits while on the Main page. (8k+ for Milashkina) - Next: a coloratura alto, but she already has a pic. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:22, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Yes, he was a fit-looking guy when young. ;-) Storye book (talk) 16:24, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

young, like 50 ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:39, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Haha, sorry, I was forgetting that you were not with me in the trawl for his photo. There are some out there from when he was in his 20s, and he was quite pretty. But would I do him at 50? Yeah, why not. ;-) Storye book (talk) 17:34, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

The pic in the article is at about age 50 ;) - my father used to say: an old man - that's someone 10 years older than I am. - The "like to meet" was rather studying philosophy and travel to Greece and Brazil --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:36, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Of course! But I am always joking. I know that you realise that, but others do not. British humour does not always translate. In truth, yes he was a fine looking man, but without the philosophy, music etc., he would be a bore. Storye book (talk) 22:24, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

How right you are ;) - next pic wish Caspar Richter --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:09, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

Caspar Richter pic done. The picture is obviously enhanced or photoshopped - he is probably aged 50-60, but not a wrinkle in sight ... There is a more characterful picture out there, but it is too small, and the others are less flattering - so this was the best of the set. Storye book (talk) 11:58, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, also for good thinking. Next wish Gerd Uecker. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:51, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

Done. A satisfying picture, in animated pose. Storye book (talk) 15:18, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

January music

story · music · places

Yess, - thank you! Also for you help with constructively approving the apparition of today's pictured DYK! I also remember Ewa Podleś on the Main page, and sing Shalom chaverim. On vacation, with something for your sweet tooth --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:39, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

That looks good on the main page. Congratulations! Storye book (talk) 09:46, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! - for 12 hours - Karl Ristenpart? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:42, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Done. Storye book (talk) 08:58, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, another good one! - I had no time for the story in the morning, and now it's Anna Nekhames, after all that ado, - leaving nom on he talk because it's so instructive ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:11, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Oh, my goodness. I have had a look at the DYK template discussion of Nekhames, and it's the same old nightmare, but worse than ever. I am now having the same problem with my DYK nom of William Thomas Pike. They are making exactly the same sort of comment. The issue is that certain reviewers cannot tell the difference between quality clicks (where genuinely interested people will learn something genuinely interesting) and rubbish clicks where browsing idiots will click on clickbait and find nothing else about the clickbait beyond an exact repetition of the pointless fact in the clickbait. I rest my case. Storye book (talk) 10:26, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

I just commented on Milashkina. - Did you see my talk today, decorated for our conductor's birthday? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:56, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

I loved your pic for the 27th here. A wonderful setting for a choir. Storye book (talk) 09:41, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

yes, come listen some day ;) - today a friend's birthday, with related music and a few new vacation pics --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:20, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

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13:12, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

James the Less

Hi there, following a recent edit you made, what makes you think this is a reliable source? Regards, Amitchell125 (talk) 17:15, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

This publication (pp. 75–76) looks preferable, so I'll change the citation. Thanks for you edits on this article so far! Amitchell125 (talk) 17:28, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

As long as you have found a citation that you are happy with, then that is fine by me. I always reckon that the person who created the article deserves respect as the WP expert on that page, and deserves priority regarding opinions on research and citation, unless proved otherwise.

As far as authoritative citations are concerned, I guess we all come at it from different directions, and we all have our bêtes noires on the subject. For me, it's published writers and bmd dates, because so many of them lazily copy each other, so I always check primary sources for those, to back up the so-called "authoritative" secondary-source published version.

As for online items which look amateurish and bloggish, but are the only sources that we can find so far - I believe it's worth giving them a chance - we can replace or back them up as sources when we get the chance, as you have just done. For example, Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion is a marvellous source which I have used as a starting point for certain buildings and architects for years, and I have not found it full of errors or subject to criticism so far. I guess some are better than others.

As for the NHLE god, Pevsner, well he came to England ignorant of 19th-century architecutre and its aims and beauties, trashed or ignored it in his first editions, and damned our Victorian architecture to prejudice, in the minds of the great unwashed ever since, even though the current editions of Pevsner have put a lot of that right (thanks to the campaigning of the Victorian Soc. and Betjeman). But that's just my opinion, because I've done so much research on C19 architects.

So keep up the good work, and as far as I am concerned, you remain emperor on that page, and you get my respect and backup. Storye book (talk) 18:24, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

For the article, i have added a couple of images to this category, and a set of images here. Issues—the statue is mutilated (there appears to be only one), and the saints on the panels need to be correctly identified and perhaps re-photographed to produce higher quality images. Regards, Amitchell125 (talk) 17:25, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

Wow - fantastic - thank you so much. The pix from the rood screen are beautiful. We are very lucky to have them on here. As for the seated person pinnacle, I don't think it looks mutilated - more like weathered, especially considering its age. If it is pre-Reformation, then I guess it could have been mutilated about the face, but the rest of it is definitely weathered - you can see the horizontal wavy strata of the stone, IMO. I still think it's likely to be a bishop on his cathedra, because that was a typical pose, and the overall shape fits. The medieval bishops had the foldable woven-fabric mitre as they do today, but very much shorter - in the earliest days it was not much more than a band. That must have been so much more wearable - the poor bishops today really struggle outdoors in the wind, with those tall mitres, and even indoors they can slip down onto their nose.. Here is sculptor Robert Mawer posing as an early bishop in the old-style mitre, carved by his wife Catherine Mawer. Anyway, your pic of the seated-man pinnacle is fine, and really useful. Thank you again. Storye book (talk) 17:50, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

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WikiProject Yorkshire Newsletter - February 2024

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12:37, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

DYK for William Thomas Pike

On 2 February 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article William Thomas Pike, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that William Thomas Pike, a convicted felon, published a biographical series (volume pictured), which includes traders, bishops, and a lord mayor of London, but almost no women? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/William Thomas Pike. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, William Thomas Pike), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

—Kusma (talk) 00:02, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

February 2024

story · music · places

Thank you for another interesting one. We seem to have a new fad in DYK: trimming hooks "ruthlessly". The word is actually in the guidelines, telling volumes about the spirit. Tenor Stephen Gould. - My calendar story today is about Michael Herrmann celebrating his birthday. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:23, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

Would you have a pic for Max Glatt, - already off the Main page but still, saw him too late and was busy with "my" tenor. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:52, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

OK, I'll have a look. Storye book (talk) 18:25, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

Done. Storye book (talk) 18:42, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

When I made today's story I was sure Alfred Grosser would appear on RD today, which may happen or not but I go to bed. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:40, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Robert Beall

On 5 February 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Robert Beall, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that St Mary's Church in Nun Monkton, England, restored by John Wilson Walton-Wilson, contains a pulpit (detail pictured) carved by Robert Beall? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Robert Beall (sculptor). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Robert Beall), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

—Kusma (talk) 00:02, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

DYK for John Wilson Walton-Wilson

On 5 February 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article John Wilson Walton-Wilson, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that St Mary's Church in Nun Monkton, England, restored by John Wilson Walton-Wilson, contains a pulpit (detail pictured) carved by Robert Beall? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Robert Beall (sculptor). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, John Wilson Walton-Wilson), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

—Kusma (talk) 00:02, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue 214, February 2024

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 and Pickersgill-Cunliffe review four books

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DYK for Pilgrims' Cross, Holcombe Moor

On 7 February 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Pilgrims' Cross, Holcombe Moor, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 6-ton (6.1-tonne) Pilgrims' Cross (pictured), high on Holcombe Moor, England, was dragged up there with difficulty by 14 horses? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pilgrims' Cross, Holcombe Moor. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Pilgrims' Cross, Holcombe Moor), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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

Admirable heavy-weight! - Could you perhaps also find a pic for Michael Robinson (rabbi)? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:15, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

Michael Robinson pic done. It's a nice, smiley picture of him. Wish he hadn't dyed his hair, though. Meanwhile, the snow started here about midday - we have about two inches of it now, and it's not stopping. There is no wind, so the trees are looking pretty. Storye book (talk) 15:28, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. Never saw him that young. My American conductor became like a daughter to the Robinsons (who had lost a son in an accident). Memory lane. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:39, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

DYK for St James the Less, Pockthorpe

On 8 February 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article St James the Less, Pockthorpe, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that the church of St James the Less, Pockthorpe, now the home of the Norwich Puppet Theatre, once contained a rood screen with portraits of saints painted in 1479? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/St James the Less, Pockthorpe. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, St James the Less, Pockthorpe), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

—Ganesha811 (talk) 12:02, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

Great to see it, with the saints portraits mentioned. In another case (where I had not been involved) I reverted the trimming, - I think that's what we should do: notice where it happens, and softly counter it. Nothing wrong with trimming, but it shouldn't remove the interesting parts of a hook. I looked at the stats for Gould, heldentenor, Götterdämmerung and Tristan und Isolde, and found no support for the assumption that our audience is not interested in operas, clicking even the voice type which had trimmed off the hook, so was only in my story and the article lead. It helped, of course, that we had an attractive Isolde (also Brünnhilde) pictured big size the previous day ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:07, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

Yes, I'm really pleased with this one doing well. Amitchell125 is one of our better and more interesting creators of British articles. We are lucky to have some good ones, who can handle subjects other than popular culture. Storye book (talk) 14:36, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

January 2024 NPP backlog drive – Points award

		The Invisible Barnstar
		This award is given in recognition to Storye book for collecting at least 5 points during the January 2024 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions played a part in the 16,070 reviews completed during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to help reduce the backlog! Hey man im josh (talk) 22:46, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, Hey man im josh. I don't get to do many new page reviews, because I spend (probably too much) time on each of them. So I appreciate your kind response. Thanks again. Storye book (talk) 09:33, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

Steven Tananbaum

Hi Storye book, I've been working on updates for art collector and hedge fund manager Steven Tananbaum. As you are a member of WikiProject Biography and WikiProject Museums, I thought you may be interested in reviewing my remaining suggestions on the article talk page. I'd be happy to hear any feedback and appreciate your assistance. Thank you, Alexandra at L Strategies (talk) 14:15, 12 February 2024 (UTC)