User talk:Gerda Arendt

Did you know ... that today, Wikipedia celebrates 20 years?

... that Oscar Fritz Schuh created a new style
to direct Mozart operas at the Vienna State Opera,
focused on the psychology of the characters?
(15 January 2021) ... that director Frank Stähle revived
the choir and orchestra of Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium
and conducted them in Mozart's Requiem
for the centenary of the Lutherkirche?
(15 January 2016)

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

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

9 January
take courage · encourage

Morgenglanz der Ewigkeit Erfreue dich, Himmel, erfreue dich, Erde Herr, mach uns stark im Mut

Dreikönigskirche, Frankfurt

Hoffmann: Magnificat Bach: Ich freue mich in dir Gottlob! nun geht das Jahr zu Ende Nun lasst uns gehn und treten Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen

in memoriam

Jerome Kohl Gotthilf Fischer Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts

2021 · take courage · encourage

take courage in 2021

calling heaven and earth to be glad

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

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

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

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

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

QAI

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

Ongoing projects, besides writing and reviewing quality articles:

Improve Psalms articles
Improve Bach cantatas articles
Expand and source translations
Polish articles about people who recently died
Offer infoboxes
perform gnomish tasks:
- check for spelling mistakes
- check for unclosed new-line html <br>, replace by <br />
- check for direct links to foreign-language Wikipedias, replace by {{ill}}
- apply {{lang}} to foreign-language text
- observe WP:Colons and asterisks by RexxS, and make others do the same
- provide navboxes, especially for operas which so far had sidebars, and providing images or infoboxes instead of deleted sidebars
- replace deprecated {{harv}} by {{sfn}}
- check deletion proposals

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

Season's Greetings

see the archive for the whole collection from 2020

DYK for Kündet allen in der Not

On 12 December 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kündet allen in der Not, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Advent song "Kündet allen in der Not", an appeal to those in need to take courage, was written by Friedrich Dörr, based on Isaiah's prophecy, in preparation of the 1975 Catholic Gotteslob? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kündet allen in der Not. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Kündet allen in der Not), and it may be added to the statistics page if it received over 400 views per hour. 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 ·

Buon Natale

May you have very Happy Christmas, Gerda ...

and a safe New Year filled with peace, joy, and beautiful music.

Best wishes, Voceditenore (talk) 16:58, 22 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

My card 1

Merry Christmastide!

the sound of bells as a symbol of peace and joy

Did you know ...

... that St. Michael, a 17th-century chapel
on a hill near Kaubenheim, Bavaria,
which offers services in summer and for Christmas,
received electricity around 1980? (story)

... that Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger wrote
"Süßer die Glocken nie klingen",
a popular 19th-century Christmas carol to the melody of an evening song,
evoking the sound of bells as a symbol of peace and joy? (story)

(24 December 2020)

Happy Holidays!

Luminarias	Happy Holidays!
	Hi Gerda Arendt, May your holidays be merry and bright, and hope you have a happy and healthy 2021 Netherzone (talk) 14:36, 25 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Natalis soli invicto!

		Natalis soli invicto!
		Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and distraction-free. Ealdgyth (talk) 14:49, 25 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

My card 2

Merry Christmastide

calling heaven and earth to be glad

Did you know ...

... that Psalm 148, calling heaven and earth to be glad,
inspired the 17th-century Christmas carol
"Erfreue dich, Himmel, erfreue dich, Erde",
which Maria Luise Thurmair expanded with more details from the psalm in 1963?

(26 December 2020)

... that O magnum mysterium, a motet for double choir by Morten Lauridsen,
is a setting of a medieval Latin text for Christmas
to music described as "ethereal sounds in imperturbable calmness"?

Happy New Year!

^{Walter Elmer Schofield, Across the River (1904) Carnegie Museum of Art.}		Best wishes for a safe, healthy and prosperous 2021.
		Thank you for your contributions toward making Wikipedia a better and more accurate place. BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 13:19, 26 December 2020 (UTC)[reply] Oneupsmanship: This painting turned the friendly rivalry between Edward Redfield and Elmer Schofield into a feud. Schofield was a frequent houseguest at Redfield's farm, upstream from New Hope, Pennsylvania, and the two would go out painting together, competing to capture the better view. Redfield served on the jury for the 1904 Annual Exhibition of the Carnegie Institute; at which, despite Redfield's opposition, Across the River was awarded the Gold Medal and $1,500 prize. It was not until a 1963 interview that the 93-year-old Redfield revealed the painting as the cause of the 40-year feud between them. Schofield may have painted it in England, but a blindsided Redfield knew that it was a view of the Delaware River, from his own front yard!

BoringHistoryGuy, thank you for the artful display of art and thought, and no, history is not boring ;) - Wishes for the new year are here, and for Christmas here, - take what you like! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:32, 26 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Astronomically speaking.

Hallo Gerda,

You may have noticed I'm not much of a religious person (reason over imagination) so Christmas, Ramadan and Roch Hachana have no meaning to me. But since I believe in science over "nanny tales" (Ludwig Feuerbach), I have noticed that the new year has already begun. Please, let me sincerely wish the best to you (health being the primary concern) for this upcoming new turn of Earth around the Sun. And more specifically, a significant increase of the number of DYK you'll put out. I promise I'll keep up providing material that may be of some use to you in that respect. Your obedient servant. LouisAlain (talk) 16:59, 26 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, LouisAlain! I look forward to more collaboration in 2021 whenever it begins, and take good wishes anytime. Just please check translations for "under (the baton)" and new music, which to avoid would make my days brighter ;) - I hope the pic for the imagination on top speaks to you. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:07, 26 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

If you don't protest I declare you an honorary of teh cabal. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:09, 26 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Best wishes for the holidays

		Season's Greetings
		Seasons greetings. Hope you and yours are safe and well during this rather bleak period, though I think we will get through it. Best Ceoil (talk) 02:02, 28 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Ceoil, and thank you for much inspiration! My card is here, - matching colours ;) - Safe and well with some hikes in sun and some in snow. Planning to listen to BWV 28 with the matching title Gottlob! nun geht das Jahr zu Ende (Thank God! that year is going to end now) - a comment from almost 300 years ago. Working on the article of the place, and the cantata should also be improved. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:56, 28 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Peaceful Christmas and a very Happy New Year

Warmest seasonal wishes to you and hoping 2021 is brighter.
Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:58, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Martin, you seem to have spent weeks on the making of this card. My latest Christmas card is on top, and New Year in the making below. Please come again! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:14, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Gerda, thank you for appreciating and praising people! Really great. Have a good start for 2021. All the best, Horst-schlaemma (talk) 19:37, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you,Horst, and have a good new year 2021! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:13, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year

Happy New Year 2021
I hope your New Year holiday is enjoyable and the coming year is much better than the one we are leaving behind.
Best wishes from Los Angeles. // Timothy :: talk

thank you for the blue card, Timothy. Mine - for a good new year - is here, and my collection here. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:37, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Epiphanytide

Happy Epiphany!

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

Thank you, Martin, - did you see that my latest musical impressions came mostly from a church dedicated to the 3 Kings? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:13, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

My best wishes for the new year too, Cheers, · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 11:22, 6 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Peter, - find my wishes here. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:15, 6 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

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

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

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

DYK for Magnificat (Hoffmann)

On 1 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Magnificat (Hoffmann), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 1982, a Magnificat in German composed in 1707 for soprano, traverso, strings, and continuo and attributed to Bach and Telemann, was identified as a composition by Melchior Hoffmann? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Magnificat (Hoffmann). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Magnificat (Hoffmann)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 00:03, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, made my day, and a good beginning for a new year. The next day, it was moved, discussed, moved again, and given a strange name, based on a misunderstanding of German grammar. Don't join the discussion, it's a waste of time. Better listen to music. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:36, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

For the record, the catechisms in English are usually Large/Small. The use of Big/Little would probably refer respectively to Big Ears and Noddy in Enid Blyton's Toyland. Unlike Martin Luther, many of these terms are now no longer politically correct, so Big Ears has become "White Beard". His catchphrase was "You funny little Noddy!" I don't think Noddy has caught on in Germany; but I had Max und Moritz, Struwwelpeter, etc. Mathsci (talk) 14:07, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Mathsci. "Little" wasn't my idea - I'd say "small" - but was used in one of the articles I tried to fix. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:36, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wall of Honor

Gerda Arendt, you are one of nicest and caring persons in Wikipedia. As such, I have inducted you to the "Wall of Honor". We need more people like you in this project. I wish you a very Happy New Year. Tony the Marine (talk) 04:57, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Tony, and have a good new year 2021! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:22, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Enid Szánthó

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

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

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

DYK for Gertrude Degenhardt

On 4 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Gertrude Degenhardt, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Gertrude Degenhardt illustrated her brother-in-law Franz Josef Degenhardt's song albums in the 1960s, and created art books such as Women in Music and Vagabondage in Blue in the 1990s? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gertrude Degenhardt. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Gertrude Degenhardt), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Fachkenntnis

Hallo Gerda, darf ich auf Ihr Fachwissen in einer Angelegenheit befragen? Kennen Sie die folgende Organisation oder sind Sie mit ihr irgendwie verbunden: https://www.neue-bachgesellschaft.de/the-nbg-the-association/bach-festivals/?lang=de Falls so, haben Sie zufällig an einem der Bach-Festivals vorher teilgenommen und was ist Ihre Meinung dazu? Habe Neugier -- und versuche ich nur meine nächste Reise zu planen. Ich war letztes Mal in Eisenach, aber natürlich nicht nur für das Bachhaus, sondern auch für die Wartburg und ausgedehnte Familie zu besuchen. Übrigens -- frohes Neues! --Obenritter (talk) 16:06, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, all new to me, interesting. My wishes for you and all are here. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:11, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks and gleichfalls. --Obenritter (talk) 13:30, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Gernot Roll

On 6 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Gernot Roll, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Gernot Roll, considered an expert in literary adaptations, was the cinematographer for the 11-part television series The Buddenbrooks based on Thomas Mann's novel? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gernot Roll. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Gernot Roll), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Amakuru (talk) 00:01, 6 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Rosl Zapf

On 8 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Rosl Zapf, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Rosl Zapf, a mezzo-soprano of the Oper Frankfurt who took part in world premieres, appeared at the Salzburg Festival in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte conducted by Georg Solti? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rosl Zapf. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Rosl Zapf), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 00:02, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Jutta Lampe

On 8 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jutta Lampe, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that at the Schaubühne in Berlin, Jutta Lampe played Ophelia "as if in a trance", and male and female roles on a time voyage as the only actor in the premiere of Robert Wilson's Orlando? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jutta Lampe. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Jutta Lampe), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 12:01, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Ute Trekel-Burckhardt

On 9 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ute Trekel-Burckhardt, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that while Ute Trekel-Burckhardt was a leading mezzo-soprano of the State Opera of East Berlin, she appeared as the Rosenkavalier in Vienna, and in the premiere of Sutermeister's Le roi Béranger in Munich? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ute Trekel-Burckhardt. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Ute Trekel-Burckhardt), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Amakuru (talk) 12:03, 9 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Mercy dog

This article would benefit from some German language sources, if you can find the time and the inclination. I know its outside your bailiwick, but I think it worthwhile. Happy New Year and New Decade! Best to you. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 17:46, 9 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'll look - hopefully tomorrow. (... although I was a bit unhappy that a dog was pictured and not the wonderful actress) Have a good new year! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:16, 9 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Merci. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 19:21, 9 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This new article was just on the main page as a DYK. Not my DYK. I tweaked it and linked it (in and out). Didn't know about these dogs. 150,000 page views. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:26, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Great stats - it feels good that articles actually get noticed! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:42, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

in German: German Red Cross - they call them Rettungs-Hunde = rescue dogs, - the more precise term for "Mercy" seems to be Sanitätshunde, with 3 short paragraphs in de:Rettungshund, look for 1911. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:51, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I was also impressed. We do good and effective things (at least occasionally). That wonderful eye candy picture helped, I am sure. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:49, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Morgenglanz der Ewigkeit

On 10 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Morgenglanz der Ewigkeit, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that "Morgenglanz der Ewigkeit", a 17th-century morning hymn, has been variously translated as "Come, Thou Bright and Morning Star", and as "Dayspring of Eternity"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Morgenglanz der Ewigkeit. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Morgenglanz der Ewigkeit), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ITN recognition for Biserka Cvejić

On 9 January 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Biserka Cvejić, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Grimes2 (talk) 16:12, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Michael Gläser

On 11 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Michael Gläser, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the choral conductor Michael Gläser was called in to lead the Thomanerchor in Leipzig when its musical director Georg Christoph Biller fell ill? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Michael Gläser. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Michael Gläser), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Wolfgang Marschner

On 11 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Wolfgang Marschner, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Wolfgang Marschner was the violinist in the first public performance of a work by Karlheinz Stockhausen, his Sonatine, with the composer as the pianist? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Wolfgang Marschner. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Wolfgang Marschner), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 12:02, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The hook was written in fond memory of one of the world's greatest Stockhausen scholars who taught me something about the reliability (or not, don't follow them blindly) of sources back in 2009, see Talk:Siegfried Palm#Palm and Stockhausen.--Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:41, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your question: I remembered the violinist from childhood radio announcements, and wanted to mention Sonatine. I hoped to find references for the detailed other facts, but didn't, lack of time also. Refs will be there, but offline. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:33, 12 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No doubt, I was just stunned that it was considered in a sufficient state to go to the main page. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 07:39, 12 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Same for me, I even forgot, imagine. Yesterday, I had plans to nominate Fritz Reuter, but didn't (similar problems), and over all that failed to nominate Christian Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, - also similar problems, but as that one made music history when dropping a measure when editing a Bach composition, I'm willing to invest some more time. Today I'll also have to look at Siegfried Borris or it will be too late ;) - What I'd really want to do is expand BWV 1 for FA. Pre-FAC comments welcome on the talk. There was a peer review in which practically only the nomination was criticised ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:55, 12 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Jerome Kohl draft

The draft article on Draft:Jerome Kohl has been edited to add the 4-page memorial about him published in Perspectives of New Music, which I believe is enough now to satisfy notability. Would you be willing to review and move to namespace if you agree? Thank you! -- Michael Scott Cuthbert (talk) 07:50, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I made the DYK in memory of Jerome Kohl.

Did you know ...

... that Wolfgang Marschner
was the violinist in the first public performance
of a work by Karlheinz Stockhausen,
his Sonatine, with the composer as the pianist?

I worked a bit on the draft, so did Cote d'Azur, Aza24 and Toccata quarta. Someone will move it, I am sure. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:06, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

... and Grimes2 --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:30, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Edit conflicts

I'm sorry for the edit conflicts. But the results of our effort are great, see Biserka Cvejić. Grimes2 (talk) 12:25, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, and please don't see some "ec" as criticism, just information to avoid the next. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:34, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

... and it was moved! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:41, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A bit of Alaska snow for your Monday

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

Soo beautiful, thank you for sharing. I was on skies today, fairy-tale landscape here as well. - I moved the pic to the right for indenting, hope you don't mind. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:15, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not at all! My toes and fingers stay frozen, not to mention my brain, so sometimes I need a little help. LOL It's not ideal for most but I love it here. I need to upload some photos myself. --ARoseWolf (Talk) 21:30, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination for Stonecrop Gardens

Nice to meet you, Gerda. I have approved your DYK nomination. This is my first time to review a DYK, so I apologize for any conventions I may have violated. Please let me know if there is anything else I need to do to ensure your DYK gets through the pipeline. Best wishes! DiverDave (talk) 17:47, 12 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, my pleasure! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:00, 12 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for La schiava in Bagdad

On 13 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article La schiava in Bagdad, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that a few years after Pacini's opera La schiava in Bagdad premiered in Turin, Rosalbina Caradori performed the title role of the slave girl (pictured) in London? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/La schiava in Bagdad. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if it received over 400 views per hour. 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.

—valereee (talk) 00:01, 13 January 2021 (UTC

DYK for Die Schutzbefohlenen

On 13 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Die Schutzbefohlenen, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that both Elfriede Jelinek's 2013 play Die Schutzbefohlenen and the ancient Greek play that inspired it deal with refugees fleeing to Europe? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Die Schutzbefohlenen. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Die Schutzbefohlenen), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	Hello, Gerda Arendt! You are receiving this barnstar because, according to this database query and this database query, you were the #6 most thanked Wikipedian of 2020 as well as the #5 most thankful Wikipedian of 2020, with 1716 recipient entries and 3629 performer entries in Special:Log/thanks. Thank you again for your contributions! Mz7 (talk) 22:00, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

thank you, without (lazy) click ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:18, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oh thankful, too. Now I get it! El_C 22:58, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	the dyk guy Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 15:17, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Oscar Fritz Schuh

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

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

my little contrib to Wikipedia 20 --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:52, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]