User talk:Gerda Arendt

Did you know ...

... that Bach composed the cantata
Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten!
to honor Maria Josepha of Saxony
on her birthday on 8 December 1733?
(8 December)

8 December

Christmas Oratorio I-III
Jauchzet, frohlocket! Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend Herrscher des Himmels (Chor St. Martin)

2. Advent

Wie soll ich dich empfangen
Mein hertze sol dir grünen

despised and rejected

in the desert The Quixotic Potato Darkness Shines Hillbillyholiday Meister und Margarita Nergaal Sagecandor I also miss some others who have just given up just given up just ...

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Music

Hello Gerda. I’ve just read today’s featured article, Der Psalm 100, and saw you had something to do with it. For that effort I thank you. I would also like to ask if you are a musician. My mother taught me to play piano when I was a child - she played piano for the small Southern Baptist chapel she grew up in in a small town in the Southern US. I hadn’t touched a (musical) keyboard for nearly 25 years (except upon visits to my mother) until this Christmas when my wife surprised me with an electronic piano as a gift. I have greatly enjoyed relearning the true wonder of music these past few days. I was so incredibly surprised that I still remembered the notes to Minuet WoO 10, No. 2 (Beethoven)! Today I am thankful to be able to appreciate music and have a desire to learn more about it. Mr Ernie (talk) 03:53, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

Thank you so much, Mr Ernie! I almost cried when you mentioned your mother because today is the birthday of my mother, and the day was chosen because this is so, DYK? In loving memory I recall that she had sung all the time I can remember, and I got a piano - something she would have loved to learn but her family couldn't afford it - when I was ten. Professionally, I did something else, but the love of music stayed (I have an infobox on my user page), and yes, this past Christmas was especially musical, - happy 2018! The psalm by Reger (celebrated in 2016) is a giant work, and carries what I stand for: rejoice, serve, serve with joy, reflect, come together to dance and give thanks. There's a YouTube link if you want to listen to us. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:30, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Freundliche Vision

On 25 January 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Freundliche Vision, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Richard Strauss's art song "Freundliche Vision" describes a waking dream? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Freundliche Vision. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Freundliche Vision), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 12:02, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, BWV 202

On 26 January 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, BWV 202, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the secular Bach cantata Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, BWV 202, scored for a soprano soloist, oboe, strings and continuo, pictures the transition from winter to spring? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, BWV 202. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, BWV 202), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Alex Shih (talk) 00:02, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

hello

The Call of the Wild

Precious six years

Hello Gerda, I hope things are going well. Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 12:42, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for coming over, and yes, they are, - today it's 6 years that I began Precious which I consider my best contribution to the site, - not my invention but I gave it the new name and keep it going ;) - Thank you for the references tool, although I haven't found the time to check it out. - I had inspiring conversations (see above), about a cantata and the finesse of poetic translation. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:08, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

I'm still working on the reference tool; it's far from done. Glad you feel inspired. Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 15:17, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, Lingzhi. Many sad experiences (beginning in 2012 when a friend was blocked and seemed lost for the project, which made the first "Precious") inspired me to write and expand today's article, which I translate as "let go". Sadly matching this call to do things as long as we can. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:28, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

Most people would not consider me especially old (I am more than a decade from retirement), but I have various very noticeable and regrettable symptoms of mortality creeping up on me. Time marches on relentlessly. Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 15:41, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

This young man was 36. Let's not talk about age ;) - He said something I'd include in my edit notice if I had more space: "This user is a person, and nothing else matters." --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:45, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for your recent communications; hope that you're well. BTW, I might need your help in the next few weeks (or months), on the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra's home page. My last edits that toned down material about Kirill Petrenko were reverted (stupidly, IMHO) by someone without the slightest meaning about writing objective articles on Wikipedia. I'm going to do some more systematic editing later that will restore those old edits, but also add new material from the German Wikipedia page. I know that you don't like to get overly involved in edit wars, but those will probably ensue there. Cheers, DJRafe (talk) 15:28, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up, will watch Berlin Philharmonic and step in if needed. DYK that I was in the Philharmonie for the first time end of last year? - You might do the same (watch and step in) for Vilde Frang where I reverted to last version with refs, from long ago. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:08, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

Will do, regarding Vilde Frang. Great that you had your first concert experience at the Philharmonie Berlin. I really do need to return to Berlin at some point. Cheers, DJRafe (talk) 14:46, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

One more request (sorry) on article-watching, namely on Andrés Orozco-Estrada, where one editor who edits only this page hasn't the faintest idea about objective content. This person has reverted my edits in the past, and will no doubt do so here again in future. I still need to work on Vilde Frang at some point, per your request, as it does need work to render it more objective. Let me know if I can be of other assistance in return, should you need it, & thanks again, DJRafe (talk) 14:08, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Writer's Barnstar
	Because you deserve this (and much more)! Thanks for the thanks! Marrante (talk) 22:49, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

Lovely to see your name again! Alleluia! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:54, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

For Season's greetings, click on the green heart-leaf further up. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:56, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

Great job on Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 125

G'day Gerda, great job with this TFA. Over 20K views! Nice work. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 11:50, 3 February 2018 (UTC)

Thank you! Did you notice that peace is in its name, as in yours? And joy! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:31, 3 February 2018 (UTC)

Gerda, ich danke dir herzlich für deine Kommentar

This is the first time in long years that I receive such a nice, sweet and warm comment, namely the one you placed on my Talk Page. After several years of frustration and disappointment with Wikipedia, where I've had many edits and some articles vandalized, erased, distorted, challenged, or otherwise threatened, it is comforting to encounter a caring soul like you. Just...what is a sweet nice girl like you doing in a hostile place like this?

I can see your zeal and dedication to classical music, especially that from your compatriots. I myself am a devoted fan of Johann Sebastian since I was 11 and learned my first exercises authored by him. I cannot stop enjoying his music, and among the many performing artists that have made it available to us, I have a special regard for Wendy Carlos and her extraordinary renderings, particularly her Switched-On Brandenburgs albums.

Note: I had long forgotten that reference I had added to the Joseph Jongen article, I just was (and still am) proud of having added the word "monumental" to the opening paragraph about his Symphonie Concertante, which it well deserves.

Well, to make this short, it's been a pleasure to meet you, even if you are a nine-year-old girl (which I don't believe or understand, but accept nonetheless). :)

Thank you! --AVM (talk) 02:19, 19 February 2018 (UTC)

Thank you so much! What a nice message to wake up to! - I make music here, normally related to what I sing in choirs, Look at my infobox: who is 9 years old? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:24, 19 February 2018 (UTC)

How do you do it

I've never been foolish enough to take my scaly WikiDragon hide above the clouds into the WikiHeavens - I only ever see burning planes falling from those clouds to crash in the WikiFields. Sometimes I see hear the gunfire of the editors above, but then Dr. Blofeld's plane crashed in the sward before my mountain, and I didn't even see Jaguar's end. I'd seen on your talk page and a couple of others people thanking you for your levelheadedness, and I have to wonder - how to manage the insanity that apparently lives beneath the floorboards of Wikipedia? What happens if you can't any longer? –Vami_IV✠ 08:50, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

spirale of justice

What you call insanity is just our human condition, described well on this 1510 image. What I do? I was made immune when I survived the first pride and prejudice when a friend who gave up was banned by the community afterwards. I felt that I didn't belong to such a community, and felt the urge to leave, but then thought that some would just love that, and decided to stay. From then on (we talk October 2012), it was easier to ignore ignore ignore minor things. Dr. Blofeld has called me a princess and a monster, so I have mixed emotions. Also, he always returned after a while, so far. Same for Jaguar. I miss GFHandel who left us in 2013, and never returned. We just had the birthday of Handel, who wrote He was despised (see above, and follow the links) in 1741, on a text by Isaiah. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:07, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

I see. Well, I won't ever leave if you don't. ;) –Vami_IV✠ 09:42, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

Possible DYK for nice image

The last page of the autograph manuscript, BWV 769a, the closing bars of the canon per augumentationem. It ends manuscript collection P 271 with the surviving fragment of the so-called "deathbed chorale", Vor deinen Thron tret' ich, BWV 668 (not in Bach's handwriting).

This very recently downloaded image and a carefully written of the caption might be something that you might quite like, possibly as a DYK. Peter Williams describes these as "one of the best bars in the whole of P 271".

Best wishes, Mathsci (talk) 12:17, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you. Hopefully no rush, March is reserved to mostly women (look today at Miriam Makeba, pictured above) and Lent and Easter. - Any expansion (as long as sourced) to An Wasserflüssen Babylon welcome, nominated with another such image (not as clear though). That's an article that could eventually go to GA. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:44, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

During my recovery from stroke, the first thing I tried to read (with huge difficulty) was Psalm 137 on News Year's Day. I am not quite sure why you wrote Psalm 84. An Wasserflüssen Babylon was the first piece I played on the chapel organ on BWV 653 the day after being discharged. Mathsci (talk) 13:14, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing the wrong number out, - the other was on my mind in the desert (pictured above) - no rivers. - Touching, your personal memories, thank you for sharing. Would you know where to find a translation of 137? When I search for the translator, I get only other hymns, and the remark that his poetry was not so great. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:26, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

The article Psalm 137 and the wikisource are fine. The King James Bible forms part of the Protestant heritage. Perhaps the lines could be broken up into shorter fragments to match Luther's version. Mathsci (talk) 14:34, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

Dachstein's version? - Yes, could be broken up, - I added the psalm verses only yesterday, and think today more of women and singing in defiance - Ich steh hier und singe was and is my only defense. (See above a short summary of how I manage to still be here. It's one of these days that I wonder why.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:21, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

There are actually six verses (the 6th is just the standard blessing, Ehr sie dem Vater und dem Sohn, und auch dem Heilgen Geiste, ...). For a literal version see Anne Leahey's translation (Chapter 2 in J. S. Bach's "Leipzig" Chorale Preludes: Music, Text, Theology) which is mostly based on Mark Bighley's 1986 book, The Lutheran Chorales in the Works of J.S. Bach. You could also make an English variant of the literal version which doesn't sound too slilted in addition to the King James version. There is also the Latin version, Super flumina Babylonis. There is furthermore an online OUP version of Stinson's "J.S. Bach's Great Eighteen Organ Chorales", which could be useful. (By this stage there might well be online options such as a singing "google button" or even perhaps a "surgically implanted microchip".) Mathsci (talk) 16:13, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

Gerda, I have created the Hymn tune (or melody) for An Wasserflüssen Babylon following the pattern for Vater unser. I hope that is OK with you. Mathsci (talk) 07:15, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

That's great, thank you, and for all the other finds for that article! - Today is a funeral, and the featured article is by a great user we miss, The Age of Reason, may it come. She was missed by another great user who wrote on African-American literature and Shakespeare and keeps the list of those of us who died. She wrote Uncle Toms Cabin, which was quoted in the first Good article I nominated, not by me, Great Dismal Swamp maroons. - To the memory of the missed, whether dead or in the desert or in the Great Dismal Swamp! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:27, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

If you're reflecting on Easter and the Passions, then BWV 621 might be a suitable Lutheran hymn for you. Mathsci (talk) 07:42, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Yes, thank you. Will write next year if I'm still alive. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:45, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Mathsci, I'm expanding BWV 100, thinking of you a lot, - all the work you put in the related hymn. I use the hymn lead image for now, but it would make a better difference to have Bach's autograph, - any chance? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:09, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

There is an autograph manuscript of BWV 100 which can be digitised at very high resolution; the easiest for me is to use the Commons template for BWV 98. Mathsci (talk) 12:21, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

You don't seem to have acknowledged my digitised image: did you forget? Now that I have repaired my old laptop (damaged while the stroke occurred—actually when I was editing wikipedia!), it was very easy to dezoomify and crop the image, exactly as I did on BWV 99.

I have also tried to continue editing in the the spirit of your DYK hook as much as I could. One of the sentence is essentially adapted from you, with some tweaks by several other users:

"The arrangements of "An Wasserflüssen Babylon" by Reincken and Pachelbel—along with the chorale prelude "Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g’mein," BuxWV 210 by Dietrich Buxtehude—comprise the earliest extant transcriptions of Bach, copied on a 1700 organ tablature in Lüneberg when he has still a youth; remarkably, they were only unearthed in Weimar in 2005."

I hope that is OK. Cheers, Mathsci (talk) 08:30, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:39, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Happy Easter, Gerda. I hope you are singing! Mathsci (talk) 07:33, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

Mathsci, going to sing Vierne for Pentecost, just finished the DYK nom. Life is too short for Donnerwort arguments ;) - Liner notes by Wolff, Hofmann and Gardiner are respected sources. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:58, 12 May 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Zofia Posmysz

On 16 March 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Zofia Posmysz, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Zofia Posmysz (pictured), Auschwitz inmate No. 7566, wrote an audio play on her memories, which became the basis for her 1962 novel Passenger, a 1963 film, and a 1968 opera? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Zofia Posmysz. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Zofia Posmysz), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 00:01, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

• This is a record for me: 1,254 pageviews per day. Notably, while at WP:DYK Zofia Posmysz received 25,808 pageviews. I have always believed that a collaborative working environment makes the project more successful than it might otherwise be. So, here it is. Thank you again, Gerda Arendt. Poeticbent talk 20:24, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Yes, I agree, and it was a record for me as well, for DYK at least. Until 14 March, 10k+ was the highest I got, and most musicians and pieces stayed in the 3-digit-range. Then came Camilla Nylund (see above), the first 25k+, helped by a screenshot of the Main page on TV. Zofia Posmysz is just a great topic! I hope to see the opera in Frankfurt where I saw Nylund as well. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:34, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Prehistory of BWV 56

BWV 56 seemed to have specially chosen by me in April 2009 with about 50 consecutive edits. It must have been one of my favourites. Ah, the Good Old Days. Mathsci (talk) 17:44, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

I like that. You probably know my story with it? ... and the program of the concert? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:39, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

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Case has closed. --RexxS (talk) 21:26, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you. I always wanted to find out what DS means, also who can honestly claim to be uninvolved. Is adding an infobox to an article you expanded 5 times disruptive? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:13, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

DYK Medal

		The 1000 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal
		Congratulations on this outstanding achievements. Keep up the good work! Freikorp (talk) 19:32, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you. DYK that 500 was also on a Good Friday, 2014? Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:01, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Congratulations Grimes2 (talk) 14:31, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Große Kirche Aplerbeck

On 12 April 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Große Kirche Aplerbeck, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that on 12 April 1945, a white flag was hung from the tower of the Große Kirche Aplerbeck (pictured), one of two churches after the same design by Christian Heyden, to signal capitulation? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Große Kirche Aplerbeck. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Große Kirche Aplerbeck), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Vanamonde (talk) 00:02, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Thought you'd enjoy this

I'm at an editathon currently, and they were going through the 5 pillars, and there was a screenshot of you talking with someone as an example of civility. I thought you would appreciate this :) TonyBallioni (talk) 21:44, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

I do ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:16, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Do you think you could incorporate some of your sources for Psalm 84 in the article? Take a look at the review and more sources offered, - wonder what you think? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:18, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

I'll take a look and see if there is anything I have access to that would make it better, though you've done a great job expanding it :) TonyBallioni (talk) 15:57, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Walter Fink

On 15 April 2018, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Walter Fink, which you created. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Martinevans123 (talk) 17:33, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

Martinevans123 (talk) 17:33, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, also for your help with it. - Back from a long spring hike which gave me the idea to expand The Lord is my Shepherd today. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:18, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

QPQ for Aartswoud

That's about all I'm good for Gerda, hosting funny threads on my talk page. But don't worry, you won't drive me away by saying so. :-) Eric Corbett 12:09, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for coming over! Did you see my DYK of the day, the lady who was painted naked with Schubert? (painting - in a theatre - in the article) - I should probably have asked you wordsmith for a hook mentioning that, - I gave up. Last good one was Zofia Posmysz, related to your remark about how I feel writing about German atrocities. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:34, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

ps: Eric, did you see another language question, about "perhaps best remembered"? Harmless or to be avoided? (I never thought about it, nor did I use the phrase, - I try to avoid even "best known".) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:39, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

I don't have a problem with "perhaps best remembered". Naked ladies eh? I need to take a look at that article. Eric Corbett 13:23, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

The lady in question is armed and ready to shoot: Die zürnende Diana. There's another naked lady, whose only weapon are her arms, related to a Goethe song (see also de:Der Fischer (Goethe), with this depiction). Schubert (dressed) is painted (by his friend) as the victim of both. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:36, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Another, Eric: I just reverted something on Gwyneth Jones (soprano), and saw that poor lead. You are the first one I could imagine to bring life to it, remembering Andreas Scholl ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:19, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	I wrote the article, it's my choice. Nice to see some honesty. – SchroCat (talk) 20:38, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

You are welcome. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:33, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

"J. S."

I agree Gerda. I wondered if there wasn't a MoS style rule about the space somewhere. Lately, I have been assuming there are more style rules than there actually are, so I'm never sure when to look. Thanks for the DYK review. Outriggr (talk) 23:59, 13 May 2018 (UTC)

Outriggr, I never know about teh rulez, only copy ;) - see here, Francis knows, and the link is in the edit summary, Wikipedia:Naming conventions (people). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:31, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

Christophe Larrieu

Frauen sind besonders begabt, die Wutausbrüche der Männer zu lindern.

LouisAlain (talk) 12:25, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, how did you know. - Happily swapping the images on top, May up, despised and rejected down. (You and I, we belong in the group, but it's no reason to leave, which leaves the game to the others.) The mezzo's article has now 4 sources ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:37, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

La Monica

Dear colleague,

please consider writing an article dedicated to the song La Monica (alternative readings: La Monaca, Monacha). The melody (of Italian, or as to my mind, rather of French origin) has been used by famous composers, including several works of Johann Sebastian Bach. Weird but I could not find 'foreign' Wikipedia pages dedicated to this moving song and its professional implementations (Frescobaldi, Dowland, Buxtehude etc). Feel free to use my engravings (transcriptions of a melody) for the Russian 'La monaca" page. Olorulus (talk) 07:07, 5 June 2018 (UTC)

Good idea, but not for soon. Mentioned here. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:18, 5 June 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Pierre Boulez

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 22 June 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for your help with this! It's come round more quickly than I expected... Dmass (talk) 05:11, 22 June 2018 (UTC)

He gave me an unforgettable Götterdämmerung, and more. What do you think about the discussion on his talk, mercifully archived end of 2017? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:29, 22 June 2018 (UTC)

Hi Gerda, personally I'm not in favour of an infobox. Did you see the Götterdämmerung in Bayreuth? If so, lucky you! Dmass (talk) 10:19, 22 June 2018 (UTC)

Lucky me ;) - I had the good and undeserved luck that a friend who was a long-term member of the Richard-Wagner-Verband was not in favour of Chérau's staging (nor Kupfer's of Der fliegende Holländer) and gave me her two tickets. - Did you know how that discussion started? No answer yet (in more than two years) to the question "Those opposing: please show a different way to show the data of birth and death together at a glance, which is standard for printed encyclopedias." --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:33, 22 June 2018 (UTC)

Seals

Is that any good? (Very neutral!) Eebahgum (talk) 06:33, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

P.S. Delete or amend as you think fit. Eebahgum (talk) 07:01, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

Love it! Thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:12, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

Hannah Arendt

Dear Gerda
A librarian friend recently lent me a copy of Margarethe von Trotta's film, about your namesake, Hannah Arendt. Having looked at the WP page, I saw it needed some major clean up and started to clean it up a bit. I was not at all surprised to see that you had contributed to it!
best, Michael

I you saw you working (on my watchlist). I did only minor cleanup ;) - No relation, unfortunately, - would be an honour! - Yesterday, I watched a lot going on on Kurt Masur who had the google doodle, - oh dear, not all positive. Had I known, I would have gotten a bit of discography over from de, and written some lead. When I noticed, I was too tired. 200k+ hits! - I formatted the line breaks, - without slash, they brake the editor colours, DYK. Also, it was the signature of a missed friend. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:44, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Supportive hugs. M

Feels good, thank you! - Try to click on the fly on top ;) - Off to listening to The King's Singers. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:06, 22 July 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 30, 2018

Thanks for the thanks :) Took me a while to get that one right. I do appreciate your frequent use of the thanks button. I think it's a brilliant addition to the interface. - Dank (push to talk) 15:21, 27 July 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for saying that, feels good! I like the feature, but have been asked to not ever use it by one, and fear it would be understood as irony by some others. But, prompted by a comment from Bishonen, when I click I mean it thanks (unless I misclick, of course). I don't do more than one per day, and you deserve thanks for dealing with the whole bunch of a month's FAs speedily and diligently. Danke, as we say in German ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:48, 27 July 2018 (UTC)

Rheingold source

I've added a German language source in the "Revivals" subsection (no. 69 at present). Would you mind checking on the capitalisations? Brianboulton (talk) 10:11, 28 July 2018 (UTC)

Brian, sorry, see only up to 68, or do you mean in the sandbox? Author, date, fact - any of these would also do.

I meant 61 not 68 - sorry. The ref is ""Spielplan der Wiener Oper 1869 bis 1955"...

Capitalisation fine, I'd use the English name, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, for the majority of our readers. de:Musikhochschule Wien, in German, only the word "Kunst" is missing. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:06, 28 July 2018 (UTC)

Btw, according to Lilli Lehmann - [1], and look for Lammert - a performance with the Bayreuth premiere personnal was planned or even done 8 years later, - worth mentioning? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:29, 28 July 2018 (UTC)etc Brianboulton (talk) 11:49, 28 July 2018 (UTC)

I can't read the source, but wherever this performance was, it wasn't at Bayreuth. What details does the source give concerning date, venue, stage direction etc? I can't any find any mention of such a performance in any of my sources. Brianboulton (talk) 12:00, 28 July 2018 (UTC)

Sorry, should have added "in Munich". Excerpts of Lilli Lehmann's book are also (quoted) in English books, will check, but not right now. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:06, 28 July 2018 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day

Happy First Edit Day, Gerda Arendt, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Kpgjhpjm 04:22, 2 August 2018 (UTC)

Thank you! Lovely music and scenery pictured above, DYK? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:30, 2 August 2018 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day Gerda. ―Buster7 ☎ 14:53, 2 August 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, came as a surprise, in nice coincidence with the soprano whose pic I took. Don't miss the video of her unique performance ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:39, 2 August 2018 (UTC)

So awesome, Gerda!! Happy First Edit Day!!!! ^{Atsme📞📧} 22:31, 2 August 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Carla Henius

On 7 August 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Carla Henius, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the mezzo-soprano Carla Henius performed in the premiere of Luigi Nono's Intolleranza 1960 at La Fenice, and had a composition by Dieter Schnebel written for her voice? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Carla Henius. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Carla Henius), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 7 August 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	For the wonderful spirit of collaboration and friendship to all editors, as well as for the vigorous contribution to DYK articles, wikipedia would not be as good a place without you. 1l2l3k (talk) 11:39, 11 August 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, blushing. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:28, 11 August 2018 (UTC)

Boy do I agree with this barnstar! Jenhawk777 (talk) 16:52, 11 August 2018 (UTC)

Ich auch. Narky Blert (talk) 23:43, 11 August 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Überwasserkirche

On 15 September 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Überwasserkirche, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Überwasserkirche, a Gothic hall church in Münster, was the location of the second of three sermons held in 1941 by Bishop Clemens August Graf von Galen in defiance of the Nazi regime? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Überwasserkirche. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Überwasserkirche), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Vanamonde (talk) 00:02, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Montserrat Caballé

On 7 October 2018, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Montserrat Caballé, 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. Stormy clouds (talk) 12:21, 7 October 2018 (UTC)

		The Music Barnstar
		For your work expanding Montserrat Caballé up to the standard required to appear on the main page, and all your other hard work in the music arena, I award you this barnstar!  — Amakuru (talk) 13:25, 7 October 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Zur Geschichte der Religion und Philosophie in Deutschland

On 31 October 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Zur Geschichte der Religion und Philosophie in Deutschland, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that following the July Revolution in France, Heinrich Heine wrote a history of emancipation in Germany, beginning with Luther's Reformation? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Zur Geschichte der Religion und Philosophie in Deutschland. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Zur Geschichte der Religion und Philosophie in Deutschland), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Alex Shih (talk) 00:02, 31 October 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Praeludium (Waterhouse)

On 2 November 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Praeludium (Waterhouse), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Praeludium, a 1992 "dramatic concert piece" for piano by Graham Waterhouse, became a signature composition, serving as the prelude for a composer portrait CD in 2001 and a portrait concert at the Gasteig in 2012? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Praeludium (Waterhouse). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Praeludium (Waterhouse)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Psalm 133

On 5 November 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Psalm 133, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the complete Psalm 131 and the first verse of Psalm 133 in Hebrew comprise the text of the last movement of Chichester Psalms by Leonard Bernstein? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Psalm 133. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Psalm 133), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Alex Shih (talk) 00:02, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

• You didn't have to give me credit for it, but I appreciate it, Gerda! Drmies (talk) 01:43, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

  Only I didn't, Yoninah did, but I support that ;) - the psalm is all about brotherly love, br'erly love, sisterly love. Lisen to that movement, y'll. Chichester Psalms: I am improving the article in memory of an anniversary, and to remember Bernstein in his centenary year, DYK? ... and also Opening Prayer, a blessing. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:00, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Bedford Village Historic District

On 13 November 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Bedford Village Historic District, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a museum in the Bedford Village Historic District occupies the former court house (pictured), erected in 1787 and the oldest government building in Westchester County? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bedford Village Historic District. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Bedford Village Historic District), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Alex Shih (talk) 00:01, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

Million Awards

Guten Tag Gerda.

I see that you won a Million Award for bringing Franz Kafka to FA. How is it judged? Let's say that I made article ABC featured. If it receives one million pageviews three months after I make it FA, do I still receive the Million Award, or something else?

Thank you, Rebestalic^{[dubious—discuss]} 03:11, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

Rebestalic, sorry, I don't know, I am only a recipient, better ask on the talk page. Back then, it was given by sadly missed Khazar. I has nothing to with being, ad I think was given before it became featured, simply by readership and interest in a topic. - Did you know that I woke up today thinking of Kafka, more precisely that I find our arbitration kafkaesque? But, all who read this, ask them questions and go vote when its up. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:10, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

Next question

Hello again Gerda.

What does "singen singen singen singen singen singen" mean?

Yes, I know it translates to "singing singing singing signing singing singing", but what was your motive?

Danke, Rebestalic^{[dubious—discuss]} 03:15, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

Follow the links. - "singen, singen" is a quotation from the last movement of the Historia der Geburt Christi, and you quoted slightly wrong ;) - Please, combine your questions, - I try to archive at 50, and am lazy. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:50, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Requiem (Saint-Saëns)

On 18 November 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Requiem (Saint-Saëns), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Requiem (Saint-Saëns). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Requiem (Saint-Saëns)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Alex Shih (talk) 05:58, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

ArbCom 2018 election voter message

Hello, Gerda Arendt. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. ... (talk) 18:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for telling me who is eligible, then what it is and what's going on (as if I didn't know) ;) - I reviewed the candidates, and several of them supplied the answer I wanted to hear: yes, I can be convinced by arguments to decline a case that the majority already accepted. Don't miss reading the legacy of my friend on top of the answers list. Still in shock. ----Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:52, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

Looking forward

Let me take your mind off this Gerda, I was just reviewing my own talk page archives when I discovered that not two weeks ago, our much missed Comrade Boris congratulated me on getting Carol Kaye to GA and suggested I have another go at writing about a female bass player. Yolanda Charles doesn't appear to even have her own article right now. Hmm, time to do the Megalibrarygirl whistle.... *phweeeeep* Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 14:15, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

Good take, thank you for trying, Ritchie! I'm kind of "booked" for the year, but will think about it. I find it a bit chilling that our much missed comrade's last words on his talk were a reply to me, and I contemplate to include some of it in my edit notice. "We are all grown ups here. Well, some are grown ups who act like children, but that's another matter."- what do you think? DYK that he was the first to receive Precious in br'erly style? - I haven't changed my edit notice in years. - Completely different request: could you - or someone watching - do the GA review of BWV 214, soon? (Hoping for DYK on 8 December, day of the first performance and day we'll sing the music with the better-known words.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:17, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Günther Morbach

On 23 November 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Günther Morbach, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Günther Morbach appeared in more than 180 operatic bass roles, including Mozart's Sarastro in the new Opernhaus Dortmund and in a Harald Weiss world premiere at the Staatstheater Braunschweig? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Günther Morbach. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Günther Morbach), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Alex Shih (talk) 00:02, 23 November 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Ignaz Kirchner

On 25 November 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ignaz Kirchner, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Ignaz Kirchner (pictured) and Gert Voss often played opposite each other at the Vienna Burgtheater, in roles such as Shakespeare's Antonio and Shylock, and Tabori's Goldberg and Mr. Jay? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ignaz Kirchner. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Ignaz Kirchner), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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) 00:12, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Lula Mysz-Gmeiner

On 28 November 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lula Mysz-Gmeiner, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Lula Mysz-Gmeiner (pictured), a contralto and influential voice teacher from Transylvania, performed lieder written for her by Max Reger and other prominent contemporaries? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lula Mysz-Gmeiner. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Lula Mysz-Gmeiner), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Renate Behle

On 1 December 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Renate Behle, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Renate Behle (pictured) made her operatic debut in 1968 and appeared as Sara in the premiere of Giorgio Battistelli's Lot at the Staatsoper Hannover in 2017? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Renate Behle. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Renate Behle), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Alex Shih (talk) 00:02, 1 December 2018 (UTC)

Disruptive editor - Pianoplayer98 & See Siang Wong page

Hi Gerda: it's been a while, hope things are well. I unfortunately need your help again on a disruptive editor, Pianoplayer98, who keeps reverting the page of See Siang Wong to an inappropriate PR-like tone. It is quite clear that Pianoplayer98 = See Siang Wong. If you can keep a watch on disruptive reversions of the page (give it a few days or so), that would be nice (if an inconvenience to you, I realise). I'm happy to return the favour for you at some point if so needed. Thanks, DJRafe (talk) 14:52, 1 December 2018 (UTC)

Guten Abend Gerda: Wir kennen uns leider (noch) nicht, aber ich möchte betonen, dass ich es äusserst fragwürdig finde, was der "DJRafe" alles macht. Sein Ton und Verhalten ist respektlos. Er behauptet viele Sachen und nimmt an, dass ich der Künstler bin. Nein, ich bin es nicht, sondern nur jemand, der sich Zeit nimmt, über eine spezifische Person zu schreiben und zu berichten. Ich kenne SSW von einigen Konzerten und Aufnahmen. Mein Eintrag war bereits viele Jahre alt und war immer in Ordnung und wurde von verschiedenen Personen leicht überarbeitet. Der englische Artikel sollte ausgeglichen sein, wie beim deutschen auf Wikipedia. Das ist alles. Es ist befremdend, dass so ein Eintrag, der viele Jahren ohne Probleme existiert hat, plötzlich nach Lust und Laune von DJRafe einfach mit 2/3 des Artikels gestrichen wurde, obwohl es Referenzen hatte und auch keine PR-Sprache war. Darf ich Dich freundlichst bitten, dies zu prüfen und rückgängig zu machen oder zumindest zu ergänzen mit den relevanten Sachen? Diese könnte ich Dir auch schicken. Dass ein Album Nr. 1 in den UK Charts war oder dass Wong mit verschiendenen Dirigenten aufgetreten ist, was soll daran PR-Sprache sein? Oder dass er Juror war an verschiedenen Wettbewerben? Dann kann auch DJrafe seine Beiträge streichen. Ich weiss nicht wer DJRafe ist, aber jedenfalls wirkt sein Handeln subjektiv, oder er hat etwas gegen den Künstler persönlich? Pianoplayer98 (talk) 22:31, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Please, could you write a short version in English, to be transparent. English and German are completely different, both style and rules/guidelines. - I have little time for this, - could you two please discuss it step by step? (Or wait until next week.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:58, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks Gerda for your quick reply. You mean next week you will have time for this? That would be appreciated. Thanks for your help. Danke! --Pianoplayer98 (talk) 23:08, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

(We had an edit conflict, I wrote at the same time.) Now that I looked: "famous" is a no-no word, lists of halls where someone performed are pretty boring if not connected to people and music (we call them "laundry lists"), and lists of conductors are not better, and "Masterchef" is hilarious. Sorry, I prefer DJRafe's version. - Compare other pianists' pages, - I wrote Katharina Sellheim. I recommend that you suggest on the article talk what you think should be added. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:19, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

ps: Pianoplayer98, the titles in the recordings section should not be bold, instead, more links to the pieces please. (use the search function.) Consider dropping recordings such as "Piano Movie Lounge 2" altogether. The whole section needs references which should be easy for recordings. I changed the title in the table, because I don't see any "Description". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:11, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten! BWV 214

The article Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten! BWV 214 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten! BWV 214 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 22:01, 1 December 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Hans-Joachim Schulze

On 3 December 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Hans-Joachim Schulze, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Hans-Joachim Schulze introduced 226 Bach cantatas in weekly broadcasts on Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk over a five-year period? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hans-Joachim Schulze. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Hans-Joachim Schulze), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Alex Shih (talk) 00:02, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Andreas Bauer (bass)

On 4 December 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Andreas Bauer (bass), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Andreas Bauer has appeared in bass roles such as Mozart's Sarastro, Verdi's Philipp II of Spain, and Wagner's Marke, but also as Bluebeard and Ibn-Hakia? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Andreas Bauer (bass). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Andreas Bauer (bass)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Alex Shih (talk) 00:02, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

Complete explanation

I was referred to this page to reach a so-called "consensus" with the two users in question, so please accept my apologies if I did something wrong since my message wasn't of harmful intentions. The issue is about two users wanting to delete edited facts which is: - 1. Its original name NOT consisting of the suffix ''Bosanska'', which means that it never was renamed<ref>https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/hr/e/eb/Ostaci_ostataka.jpg</ref> - 2. The Austro-Hungarian rule adding Bosnian suffixes to the towns in the region where Kozarska Dubica lies<ref>https://www.bhdani.ba/portal/arhiva-67-281/215/kraj.shtml</ref> - 3. it being a mainly Serb-inhabited territory (I understand if this is of no irrelevance so don't mind that one but deleting that sentence can give one a natural assumption of the motive)<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republika_Srpska#Demography</ref> - 4. It not being considered a part of a region under the name of "Bosnia" prior to the 455-year-long foreign/occupational formations during last millennium (original, medieval Bosnia and historical documents like De Administrando Imperio, which describes the area of Bosnia in the 10th century (or with other words before the first Bosnian rule) confirms this)<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/347623482/Constantine-VII-Porphyrogenitus-De-Administrando-Imperio-pdf</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Serbia_(medieval)</ref><ref>https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Zadar_Treaty_1358.png/1920px-Zadar_Treaty_1358.png</ref><ref>https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Bosna_1373.jpg</ref><ref>https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Medieval_Bosnian_State_Expansion-en.svg/1920px-Medieval_Bosnian_State_Expansion-en.svg.png</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bosnia#/media/File:Medieval_Bosnian_State_Expansion-en.svg</ref> - 5. It not being a part of a state under the name of ''Bosnia'' before the Dayton Accords (de facto), while its jure status can be argued from 1992 with multiple recognitions of RBiH which is why I added that Bulgaria was the first to recognize it as such in 1992 (natural conclusion of this is possible because of it not being under anything named "Bosnia" before Ottoman conquest and from that event to 1995, an independent rule consisting the name of ''Bosnia'' did not exist).<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanjak_of_Bosnia</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austro-Hungarian_rule_in_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Slovenes,_Croats_and_Serbs</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Yugoslavia</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina</ref> May I add that number 4 and 5 is of very big relevance since it's about the region which Kozarska Dubica is considered a part of by many today, while the suffix in question originates from that particular region. The previous, or the now current, edit which was last modified by AirWolf on 27 of October 2018 gave the text a tone which would make one think that some kind of crime was committed by removing these suffixes, with use of words like ''purging out''. Nobody reacted to this for God Knows How Long before I did, which clearly explains the bias that some people have here. The edits made by me were added to give the reader a perspective of why these suffixes were removed. Some of the perspectives given were that the suffixes came along with Austro-Hungarian occupational forces that ruled in the area. And since many of the towns in question (by the Una river first and foremost) aren't considered as a historical (nor current) part of Bosnia by many of those who live there, it gave the ruling institutions further reasons to remove them. And, the obvious reasons for the supporters of the suffix wanting to keep it is not because it says that it's a part of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a state, but Bosnia as a region since the name of the town isn't "Bosnian-Herzegovinian Dubica". With that said, the reason for the suffix removal being institutions not recognizing it being a part of Bosnia and Herzegovina would be nonsense. I'll add different different sources since this is a talk message and not a Wikipedia article, from Wikipedia and from other pages and documents. And yes, I'm new at Wikipedia so please don't take my lack of technical knowledge (with quotations and such) so serious like any other everything irrelevant thing that Wikipedia users are widely famous for taking to heart/overreacting to. And no, this is not an "ad hominem attack" according to anyone's defintion since this statement is not directed towards a specific individual. So to add to all of this, the question is now: If all of this is true, what's wrong with it? Let's reach that consensus — Preceding unsigned comment added by Filipjako (talk • contribs) 23:47, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

Filipjako, complete explanation of what? - I'm just waking up and see a load of sources. You don't tell me what this is about. Only from the signature (which you didn't add) I can deduct that we speak about you trying to change something and get reverted. - You seem to be new, and I am sorry that the beginning is difficult, for all, but especially in politically difficult areas. I don't want to get into the conflict, and I have no time for the sources, having not enough time for my own topics. So, general advice if you want to be respected: change one small thing at a time, and when it get's reverted, don't revert back but discuss the small thing on the talk page, in civil conversation, and factually. (WP:BRD, if you are better helped by a guideline, short for bold - reverted - discuss.) At that article: start over from the beginning, and have patience. Wikipedia has a strong tendency for the status quo, and sometimes it takes years to convince others that a change is the right thing to do. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:26, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that the Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht article has been scheduled as today's featured article for January 1, 2019. 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/January 1, 2019, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so.

We also suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors on the day before and the day of this TFA. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 15:35, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Sophie Koch

On 6 December 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sophie Koch, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the mezzo-soprano Sophie Koch became known internationally when she appeared as Rosina in Rossini's The Barber of Seville at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sophie Koch. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Sophie Koch), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Alex Shih (talk) 00:04, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Bedford Presbyterian Church (New York)

On 6 December 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Bedford Presbyterian Church (New York), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that New York's Bedford Presbyterian Church (pictured), said to have excellent acoustics, has hosted concerts such as Bach's Mass in B minor and Britten's Saint Nicolas? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bedford Presbyterian Church (New York). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Bedford Presbyterian Church (New York)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Vanamonde (talk) 12:01, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Toshio Hosokawa

On 7 December 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Toshio Hosokawa, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Toshio Hosokawa composed several operas based on Japanese Noh theatre, including Vision of Lear after Shakespeare? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Toshio Hosokawa. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Toshio Hosokawa), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Mifter (talk) 00:01, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten! BWV 214

On 8 December 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten! BWV 214, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Bach composed the cantata Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten! to honor Maria Josepha of Saxony (pictured) on her birthday on 8 December 1733? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten! BWV 214. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten! BWV 214), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Mifter (talk) 12:01, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, that's the sound of today. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:20, 8 December 2018 (UTC)