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My archives and some memorable threads you will find in those archives: March 2024, April 2024, May 2024, June 2024, July 2024, October 2024, November 2024, December 2024, January 2025, February 2025, March 2025 (March 15 outbreak), April 2025, May 2025 (May 16 (#1), May 16 (#2), Greensburg 2), June 2025, July 2025, August 2025, September 2025, October 2025, November 2025, December 2025

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— Virgil


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Thank you for more quality content in November! - On St. Cecilia's Day - patron saint of music - I remember a composition by Benjamin Britten, and have a woman on the main page who illustrated songs, with a sense of humour. My places take you to Milan, my first visit to La Scala, and music features our latest choral Abendlob, with English music. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:21, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Gerda Arendt: thank you! Milan sounds nice - I've heard the canals there are beautiful. Venice is at the top of my list if I ever do go to Italy, although I did go to the knockoff Italy in 2022. ^EF⁵ 15:55, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good choice, Venice! - My story today is a Bach cantata, mentioned with the Christmas cantata which is up for FAC again, and the conductor of the video is mentioned by name in movement 1 of the Christmas cantata. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:14, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Greensburg tornado scheduled for TFA

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@SchroCat: thanks. ^EF⁵ 14:37, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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File:2020 Villejuif stabbing CCTV.jpg

Hi. Is this image from 2020 Villejuif stabbing? If so, please put the {{db-author}} on it. — Ирука¹³ 08:56, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Iruka13: why? ^EF⁵ 13:39, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I assumed that a low-quality image from a deleted article that couldn't be recreated would only clutter the project. — Ирука¹³ 23:35, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]