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Tesla, Inc. article

Hello! The Tesla, Inc. article could really use some of your expertise and levelheadedness. I encourage you to take your pen to it. QRep2020 (talk) 09:53, 21 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sure - I'll give it a look over. I think with just a bit more polishining, we could get Elon Musk up to Good Article status. ~ HAL333 23:32, 22 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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In case you are interested in an article related to my question to the arbcom candidates (that you probably saw): L'Ange de Nisida, a FA, and mentioned under #Donizetti on my talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:24, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

... or Hippolyte et Aricie, for that matter --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:34, 5 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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I always hate it when I realize a month later that I missed an anniversary. Thanks for telling me! :) ~ HAL333 22:42, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Serious people celebrate tomorrow, in six minutes as I write this, because baptism is sure, birth is not. Mr. Beethoven - as you may have noticed - has an infobox which got there as a community consensus (talk archive 6). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:57, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks Davey, a merry Christmas to you too! ~ HAL333 19:47, 24 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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AOC RfC

Greetings, it's nice to meet you. I saw your comment on the RfC - if we removed the New York Post reference, would that mollify your concern? The sentence in question has two references so we could just take that one out. Pretzel butterfly (talk) 01:33, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm concerned about BLP issues - real touchy. Unless more reliable sources are provided, it is undue and I still oppose. ~ HAL333 04:44, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the feedback! I've been working to incorporate it, finding additional sources and removing sources from conservative media. You can find this draft in my sandbox. Pretzel butterfly (talk) 21:17, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Pretzel butterfly, If you need some guidance, feel free to check out the list at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources. It's very helpful. ~ HAL333 21:23, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much! Pretzel butterfly (talk) 21:29, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

As you suggested, I looked up each of the sources in the document. Of the 27 sources in the current draft, 17 are green and 10 aren't listed. Of the 10 unlisted sources, 6 are well-known national brands: PBS, CBS, ABC, and Yahoo News. The remaining 4 unlisted sources are Jewish Insider, Jewish Journal, Jewish News Syndicate, and the San Diego Union Tribune. I'm certainly open to any other advice you might have. Pretzel butterfly (talk) 14:40, 9 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I would work on removing the last 4 sources. If you can add even more sources that are green that would work in your favor. ~ HAL333 16:11, 9 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Will do - thank you very much! Stay safe. Pretzel butterfly (talk) 16:44, 9 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Huey Long in culture

Hi @HAL333: How goes it? I came across your article Huey Long in culture had a look at it. I was reviewing it as part of NPP. I notice it hasn't got bibliography section. When you click on Perry (2004) it doesn't go anywhere. It is a dead link I'm assuming your planning to add that in at some point, otherwise how will the reader know who Perry 2004 is? Also I notice the article has an earwig repport earwig that says it is 94.4%. Huge sections seemed to be coppied from somewhere else. Would that be from parent article, or is it in public domain for example? It certainly looks as though it is from the parent article. scope_creep^Talk 16:32, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry about that. I split it from Huey Long in my push to get it up to FA status. I have since added a works cited section. Thanks for pointing that out. ~ HAL333 01:45, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Happy Wikipedia 20 to you too! ~ HAL333 01:39, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for support in the end of the infobox wars ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:43, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

... and proud today of a pic I took --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:39, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

... and another today, and the next round of operas (see my user page, under "keep") --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:20, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Today: Jerome Kohl - remembered in friendship --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:38, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I just saw your comments for the Bach cantata, thank you! I gave it a section header, to make it easier for the delegate to see how many commented, and to avoid edit conflicts. The article will change, because - due to the section above yours - we decided to split the recordings part off to a dedicated article. I also found new sources. Please keep watching. - I think Jerome would have liked that more readers were interested in Stockhausen than in him yesterday ;) - he was always so modest, and the music in focus not his person. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:32, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I wish I had chance to work with Mr. Kohl, but I'm glad to be able to do my small part towards his Stockhausen articles. ~ HAL333 20:36, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yesterday I changed the references for Stockhausen's works mentioned in the lead from "harv" to "sfn", and plan to do one work a day, today Chöre für Doris, see here. Help welcome ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:49, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Sweet! Thanks for notifying me. ~ HAL333 01:35, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Save us

Hal, the Elon Musk talk page takes the cake for the most insanely messy one I've ever seen. I mean what?????. SO many banners, I tried to clean up a little, but since it looks like you edit there, can you remove some of the less pertinent warnings (I wouldn't know which to remove, since I don't go to the page much)? At the moment, the amount of warnings completely defeats the purpose, since there's so many none of them attract any attention, if that makes sense. Save us from this monstrosity...! Aza24 (talk) 06:18, 17 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That whole page is a mess to be honest. I'll get at it. ~ HAL333 14:50, 17 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a way to align the ToC and the banners next to one another maybe to consolidate space? Though that probably would only work on desktops...

The Talk page is a mess for sure and partly because (mostly brand new) editors do not seem to appreciate looking at archives or even the entire article itself first before suggesting some update that has been considered previously, often many times! I do not know how to combat it though except with some additional functionality, but one of my ideas in that vein got shot down quickly. It is puzzling. QRep2020 (talk) 15:37, 17 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, there's not much we can do... ~ HAL333 20:44, 17 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

looks much better now, thank you! There isn't much we can do at the moment, but there are many thoughts being developed at Wikipedia:Village pump (idea lab)/Archive 34#Thinking about a radical reduction of talk page banners. Aza24 (talk) 22:53, 17 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hopefully something comes of it. ~ HAL333 02:44, 18 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The banner section on Talk: Elon Musk does present much better now though. On my computer, I can see the tippy-top of the ToC box penetrate above the fold for the first time. QRep2020 (talk) 17:31, 18 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It's much better now. Hopefully newcomers will pay attention to it. ~ HAL333 17:36, 18 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!

Thanks for your salient and hilarious points on that COI complaint, HAL. The whole thing stinks to high heaven. I think I am going to ignore it unless some action is taken against my account. QRep2020 (talk) 17:43, 18 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Glad to. ;) The allegation doesn't seem to have gained much steam, so I don't think you'll be affected. ~ HAL333 17:50, 18 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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No worries! I appreciate someone who isn't just a yes-man. That codon list has been greatly improved since I nominated - largely thanks to your advice. ~ HAL333 14:10, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Curtiz filmography

Hi. You made some very helpful comments to the list Michael Curtiz filmography. I am humbly asking if you could return to it and offer support. Thanks. Jimknut (talk) 20:31, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Apologies for how... weird this message is, this is my first time using Twinkle and it appears it pegged you as a new user when this is clearly not the case. Still, I'd like to know what that article even IS, since it looks like you have experience enough to know how to create an article... casualdejekyll (talk) 01:28, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I messed up the redirect. Sorry about that. ~ HAL333 01:53, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Uh... that still doesn't explain anything. My first thought with that was "it's probably a messed up redirect", but the Alien: Covenant article doesn't mention anything by that name. casualdejekyll (talk) 20:28, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The plot summary alone mentions the name nine times... ~ HAL333 20:30, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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		Great work tidying up Elon Musk and removing the effusiveness that can creep onto articles about high profile CEOs. When do you think it will be ready to be reconsidered for a grade increase? QRep2020 (talk) 08:13, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Probably in month or so. I appreciate it. (= ~ HAL333 14:05, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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You make me proud HAL333 - on Elon Musk

Hey Hal333, we have been talking on the Elon Musk talk page. Have you realised how fun it is that ALL my suggestions have now been implemented in the Elon Musk article by you? I find that really funny as you was a big opponent of my suggestions from the beginning and strongly disagreed. What changed? Did an admin look at the page and agreed with my points that the article did by NO means uphold the quality for an objective Wiki article?

I mean, something drastically must have happened because with a snap you implemented ALL my feedback in the article. Suddenly gone was all the biased parts in the "Views"-section. So I just wanted to say thanks for implementing all my feedback - please write to me another time when you need to know how one of your articles can get better.

Best, — Preceding unsigned comment added by BoMadsen88 (talk • contribs) 08:37, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm glad that you're happy. All the content remains on the subarticle Views of Elon Musk. ~ HAL333 11:14, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Haha dont you worry my friend. In time you will also get forced to edit that section as well to my suggestions. Ohh how I like being right. BoMadsen88 (talk) 11:51, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Huey Long

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In the Historical reputation section, this sentence appeared:"One of the few biographers to praise Long was T. Harry Williams, who classified Long's ideas as modified or neo-populism." I changed "neo-populism" to "neo-populist" which I think is the correct wording. However, "modified" seems to be missing the name of a political school of thought and doesn't make sense as it stands. Otherwise, I think the article is in good shape.

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Thanks - I really appreciate it! ~ HAL333 19:05, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I just decided to remove "modified". ~ HAL333 20:44, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Jolly good! I wonder who this fellow could be... ~ HAL333 01:27, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Kubrick userbox

Just out of curiosity, why did you remove the Stanley Kubrick userbox from your user page? Did you change your mind? Songwaters (talk) 18:29, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I thought it was crude. ~ HAL333 19:26, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

...as in you didn't like the way it looked aesthetically? Songwaters (talk) 19:58, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No, as in not in good taste. ~ HAL333 21:41, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

February

Thank you for your Bach comments! The delegate is counting a bit, can you perhaps add a bolded support? ... after the first other one which hasn't happened yet ;) - I met an obituary today, a very unusual one. Bach music pictured ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:36, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, and I even got a few more supports by now ;) - Today, we have a DYK about Wilhelm Knabe, who stood up for future with the striking school children when he was in his 90s, - a model, - see here. - Further down on the page, there are conversations about the current arb case request - I feel I have to stay away - in a nutshell: "... will not improve kindness, nor any article". - Yesterday, I made sure on a hike that the flowers are actually blooming ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:25, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Today, we have Doris Stockhausen on her 97th birthday ;) - Great, your FAC, will continue after this message and a few infoboxes and a DYK due today and sunshine ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:36, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Appreciate it. :) ~ HAL333 16:11, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Message, sunshine, expansion of DYK article and some iboxes done. Forgot food ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:42, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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51st Academy Awards

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I was wondering if you could proofread 51st Academy Awards regarding featured list promotion. I would appreciate the feedback. Please note that since this is an older iteration of the ceremony, it may look a little different than recent ones (see 1st Academy Awards).

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Sure! I'll get to it soon. ~ HAL333 22:42, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Cormac McCarthy

Hi, I've left some comments at the review page for McCarthy. (Leaving a talk page note since I'm not sure if you're watching that page.) I think it's very close to being promoted. Most of my feedback is copyedits, though there is an image copyright issue that needs to be answered. Thanks for being my first GA review, I've learned a lot about the process. Urve (talk) 04:06, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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A barnstar for you!

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	I noticed you've taken Huey Long to FA status - and perhaps I should've waited until it's officially passed - but he's one of my favorite political figures and I wanted to show my thanks for you improving his article! Elliot321 (talk \| contribs) 23:10, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, he's a fascinating figure. Thanks for the barnstar, Elliot321! ~ HAL333 23:14, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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2012 Summer Olympics medal table

Hi there,

Could you possibly proofread 2012 Summer Olympics medal table for featured list promotion? This is my first non-film related list I have decided to nominate for FL. I would appreciate the feedback, although I may or may not respond quickly.

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Happy to. I'll get at it soon. ~ HAL333 03:09, 13 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Death of Jeffrey Epstein

Hello:

The copy edit you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Death of Jeffrey Epstein has been completed.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

I masked a few sentences cited using likely unreliable sources, but this hasn't made any difference to the sense of the article. I would suggest you combine the Autopsy and Autopsy Report sections into one. The Autopsy section had a citation tag on one statement. I found and added a reliable citation. Then I discovered the same information with a different citation is repeated in the Autopsy Report section. This is describing the lawyers' dissatisfaction. Also, the li nk at the end of the article only provides a title page to Epstein's autopsy not the whole thing (as far as I can tell). Best of luck with the FAC when you get to it..

Regards,

Thanks - I appreciate it. ~ HAL333 21:44, 22 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

March flower

Thank you for reviewing Bach's cantata composed for today, - perhaps listen. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:28, 25 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Just did. And thanks for your note for Lepricavark. ~ HAL333 18:12, 25 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

... and the first performance was on a Palm Sunday which is today, and Yoninah's obituary with the beginning of Passover today - putting some little ego-battles in perspective (and I don't remember how many of those notes I left for L.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:02, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Sculptures of the National Statuary Hall Collection

Okay, finally finished my work and cleared some time to do reviewing. My sense of this one is that the last two commenters either will or won't respond to PresN, and either way, he's likely to promote ... unless they raise a fuss. I could be wrong. If this one needs help to get over the finish line, ping me. - Dank (push to talk) 00:40, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I appreicate that Dank. I feel pretty good about that nomination. And if you need any reviewing or help from me, feel free to ask. Cheers! ~ HAL333 23:22, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A review from time to time on my plant lists would be nice, but don't sweat it. - Dank (push to talk) 23:49, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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April corner

wild garlic

Congratulations to your FA! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:20, 18 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Gerda! Hopefully there's more to come. :) ~ HAL333 16:58, 18 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

What do you think of TFA on 30 August? It could be noted in WP:TFARP. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:42, 18 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I have a reservation there for the day, but it could go next year also. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:13, 18 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for reminding me about that. I decided to reserve September 8 (the day Long was shot). ~ HAL333 23:10, 18 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Memories on the Main page today, Psalm 115 thinking of Yoninah, Christa Ludwig and Milva, - voices that made the Earth a better place. Sad that the psalm hook didn't appear on Earth Day as planned, but better pictured and late than going unnoticed ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:00, 26 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Resetting discussion at Talk:University of Mississippi

Would you mind collapsing the discussion at Talk:University of Mississippi so we can reset it? It's gotten unnecessarily personal and I apologize for my part in that. I think that if we refocus on a clear question it will be a lot more productive. I'm happy to share a draft with you in advance. ElKevbo (talk) 22:08, 27 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate that gesture and assure you that there are no hard feelings. But I think it would be best if we left the discussion open and uncollapsed. I've presented all of my thoughts on the issue and am moving on. I think we should just wait around and see if other editors pitch in and how the consensus turns out. ~ HAL333 22:12, 27 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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A reviewer has requested that I remove all the "site links", and I don't mind, as long as there's a link on the talk page to the version of the page that has the site links, for the benefit of article writers. Would you rather I leave the site links in or remove them? I'm asking because you reviewed List of plant genera named for people (A–C), and I want to be consistent with this in all four lists in the series. (A reply here is fine, if you prefer.) - Dank (push to talk) 21:04, 2 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Dank, I'm indifferent to the issue myself and tend to let the nominators do stuff their own way. That being said, I have a great deal of respect for TRM and generally defer to what he says. I'll try to review your list soon, but I am incredibly busy in real life. Hopefully within the next week. Cheers. ~ HAL333 21:22, 2 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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May corner

Today: Thomas Fritsch, the German character voice of Diego in Ice Age - DYK that this told me that the infobox wars are over? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:03, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Crazy how much sentiments have changed recently. ~ HAL333 17:47, 26 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sentiments didn't change, but some don't present theirs any more, such as the "owner" of that article. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:29, 26 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

See my talk today, - it's rare that a person is pictured when a dream comes true, and that the picture is shown on the Main page on a meaningful day. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:24, 30 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Reversion on Elon Musk

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Wikipedia:Peer review/The 40-Year-Old Virgin/archive1

Given your past work in film-related pages, if there's any chance you could review this PR, then that would be great. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 00:30, 2 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Of course! Happy to do it. ~ HAL333 00:37, 2 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Much appreciated :) SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 00:45, 2 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you!

William Faulkner

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	For your contributions to bring Elon Musk (estimated annual readership: 25,378,773) to Good Article status, I hereby present you the Million Award. Congratulations on this rare accomplishment, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers! Wretchskull (talk) 19:07, 5 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sure Elon Musk himself will notice the amount of effort that you have put into the article! Wretchskull (talk) 19:07, 5 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I appreciate your help working on the GAN as well. :) ~ HAL333 20:38, 5 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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I wasn't aware of that at all. Thanks for telling me - will do from now on. Cheers. ~ HAL333 21:24, 7 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Statues of the NSHC

Thanks for your work on this list. I'm hoping WikiProject Sculpture will soon have another Featured list under its umbrella thanks to your effort!

By the way, if you've enjoyed putting together this list and working to FL status, there are lots of other sculpture-related lists which might be a similar process of constructing a table with general links, etc. Either way, thanks again and keep up the great work! Happy editing, ---Another Believer _(Talk) 21:25, 8 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks – I was glad to put that list together. Although I have my eye on a few other lists, I do plan to work on another art list in the near future and I'll try to pull from that category. Cheers! ~ HAL333 21:45, 8 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for today

All Earth buildings are shorter than it besides 22 in Asia, 1 in Russia and 3 in America so I'm wondering if you'd think something else would be better like "4th tallest building in the Western Hemisphere" or "one of the tallest buildings outside Asia" or "5th tallest building outside Asia"? Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 14:30, 12 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Elon Musk

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Barnstar for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Mississippi_Power_House

Thanks for the Barnstar on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Mississippi_Power_House ! I agree that if I had not jumped up to get those photos we'd have lost any visible public record of where https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Faulkner wrote As I Lay Dying. Thanks to Wikipedia editors for providing us all the opportunity to document public knowledge! Bob Cummings (talk) 15:19, 18 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Of course! It's a shame it was demolished, but at least you documented it. I'm currently working on improving William Faulkner, which is in really poor shape, and I may use one of those images once I am able to expand the article further. ~ HAL333 15:40, 18 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of accolades received by Slumdog Millionaire/archive1

Hi there,

Could you do a proofread of List of accolades received by Slumdog Millionaire for featured list status? I would appreciate the feedback?

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Happy to. :) ~ HAL333 16:31, 19 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Epstein

Hello, I'd like to notify you about this addition of mine in Death of Jeffrey Epstein, an article that you've expanded. --► Sincerely: Sola virum 19:00, 25 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It's not really relevant to that page and I've removed it. ~ HAL333 20:08, 25 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

June corner

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Thanks Gerda. I hope you're doing all right. :) ~ HAL333 20:08, 25 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

pictured, just added 2 today - festival to start tomorrow! - hopefully back to singing in church on Sunday (the songs listed for services 12 and 13 June were sung only by cantor or the cantata soloists, including Johannes Hill) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:18, 25 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

added: missing SlimVirgin, and RMF festival opening --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:23, 29 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Elon Musk

Hi, Can i kindly ask why did you reverted my edit on Elon Musk. Thanks Brascoian ^{(talk to me)} 00:00, 29 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Per the note accompanying the parameter: "Feel free to update it once a month." ~ HAL333 01:46, 29 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Margot Robbie filmography

I’m not sure why you feel the need to destroy this page, removing legitimate credits because they don’t meet your definition of “reliable sources”. Accuracy is now a thing of the past on this page. And, it’s pretty brazen for you to accuse me of edit warring, when in actuality i provided a source (which of course you then claimed was unreliable for no other reason than you don’t think it is). The episodes of television have aired. They can be viewed on streaming services right now. I don’t believe that any further source is required when the episodes have already been broadcast. But your pedantic editing has destroyed the accuracy of this page. Rcarter555 (talk) 23:29, 29 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I’m not sure why you feel the need to destroy this page I created and wrote that page. The foundation of Wikipedia is verifiability. If you want something included, find RS. ~ HAL333 00:26, 30 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

UC Riverside

As noted by Hog Farm in this edit,[1] the university's article was already the subject of an earlier notice, which means it's eligible for FAR now. Please go ahead and nominate it there! (t · c) buidhe 20:41, 3 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I guess I missed that. Thanks for telling me. ~ HAL333 20:59, 3 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Stanley Kubrick

Why until september? — Preceding unsigned comment added by EnzoGorlomi90 (talk • contribs) 02:33, 4 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

After a pretty tense discussion on whether to add an infobox (in 2019 I think), administrators installed a moratorium on discussing infoboxes on Talk:Stanley Kubrick until September 2021. ~ HAL333 02:37, 4 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

OK but please think about my suggestion. The infobox like in the Peter Sellers' article can be good.--EnzoGorlomi90 (talk) 15:30, 4 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

FLC review request

Hi @HAL333: I have nominated List of marches composed by John Philip Sousa for FLC here. Have responded to almost all the points and have received Image, Source and Accessibility review. It would really be helpful if you could review and add your comments. Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 05:01, 4 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

On Indepedence Day? I'll be glad to. ~ HAL333 14:45, 4 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! and happy 4th of July!! Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 16:00, 4 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@HAL333: Just a note that I have addressed all the points and responded here!. Thanks a lot for your comments! Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 17:01, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Frustration at DT

Howdy. TBH, there's an editor over at Donald Trump, who's getting on my raw nerve, concerning the intro & that damned link to the Presidency of Donald Trump article. He just reverted my consensus change. GoodDay (talk) 17:02, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, from my point of view, it's pretty clear that the consensus went with A. But since not everyone can see that, a formal closure is necessary. (It's been a month and discussion has petered out, so it is totally appropriate for it to be closed now.) I see the the Closure Request folks seem to be ignoring you, do you know an admin who would close it? If I hadn't already participated, I would close it myself.~ HAL333 17:19, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

We've a lot of'em at Wikipedia:List of administrators/Active. It would be better if you asked any of them, as I've got a spotty past (1-year ban 2013-14). GoodDay (talk) 17:25, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Done. ~ HAL333 18:31, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I may have gotten one as well. Perhaps, both administrators will review & close :) GoodDay (talk) 19:23, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Deprecating the net worth parameter

You stated regarding citations listing net worth for billionaires: "It's already in the body of most billionaire biographies, so no worries there." but you are deleting the citations rather than moving them to main body of the text when the only citation is in the parameter. Why are you doing that? Now we have people belonging to the category "Billionaires" without a citation. see Terry Pegula, Peter Angelos, Yang Hyun-suk, Jerry Yang, Nigella Lawson. Nearly all your edits are removing citations that are not in the body of the text??? Are you even checking? Patapsco913 (talk) 03:31, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Of those you listed, only Yang has an unsourced billionaire category, which I have fixed. And about half the people you listed aren't even billionaires. Also, the citations we are discussing are largely outdated and in sometimes even use unreliable sources. In many of these cases, transporting the dated and unreliable net worth estimates actually harms the article and the reader's experience. Please note that I have "imported" the infobox content into some of the articles, where appropriate. If you deem a net worth estimate necessary for an article, please add it, but I am not obligated to do so. ~ HAL333 04:10, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

so why are you obsessed with removing the info. Let it rest and let people evaluate the article and see if the source is legitimate. What about John Elkann, Hal Steinbrenner, Edward J. DeBartolo Jr., Joss Sackler, Raymond Sackler, Charles Butt (where you moved the citation but with no reference to his net worth). How are you helping the project? Anyhow I commented on the Template talk:Infobox person#Update docs to deprecate net worth param. I thought we were supposed to have time to evaluate the article before you removed the information.Patapsco913 (talk) 04:17, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

if a reliable source states what there net worth is, then it should be moved to the article. If it is outdated, it should state that this was his/her net worth at this date. why not wait a bit so we can make a proposal at wikiproject biographies and see if we can get a team together to go through them one-by-one. You removed them from Amancio Ortega, Yang Huiyan, Takemitsu Takizaki, Stephen A. Schwarzman, Steve Jobs, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas - all billionaires.04:38, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

Maybe you should assume good faith. Every single one of those article you linked already have a reliable source attesting to an exact net worth in the billions, that they are a billionaire, or that they own property worth billions. No problem there whatsoever. And, no. We should not transition every single bit of net worth trivia into the body. Who cares what Bobby Joe was worth in June 2013?~ HAL333 04:45, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not straw man me: I did not say every article needs net worth included. George Lucas - where does it state his net worth in the article? The Bloomberg citation says he was worth 9B which you removed. Why not let people who care edit the articles rather than just try to blast through them? We can go through, standardize the citations, and add context if needed. What is the rush?Patapsco913 (talk) 04:57, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Steven Spielberg - you removed the citation but did not update the article with the new net worth. Clearly you don't care.Patapsco913 (talk) 04:59, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Please assume good faith. ~ HAL333 05:00, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You are the one who said "It's already in the body of most billionaire biographies, so no worries there."Patapsco913 (talk) 05:17, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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93rd Academy Awards FLC and University of California, Riverside FARC

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Could you proofread 93rd Academy Awards for featured list promotion? I would appreciate the feedback.

Also regarding University of California, Riverside for featured article review, I am having trouble figuring out what counts as a primary source and a secondary source. If there is anything I am good at, it is usually finding reliable sources to back up information. If possible, you can put this up for discussion at the respective FAR page. Furthermore, I've recently been observing how you used sources for your FAC of University of Mississippi as a guide, somewhat. Thanks.

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No longer welcome at my User Talk page

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ElKevbo Please remove it or will report you to ANI. ~ HAL333 15:03, 3 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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RE:93rd Oscars FLC

Hi there,

I read your comments regarding the featured list candidacy for the 93rd Academy Awards and made the necessary adjustments based on them. Thank you.

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Huey Long TFA

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for September 9, 2021. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/September 9, 2021. Congratulations on your work!—Wehwalt (talk) 19:23, 12 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Congratulations on your mainpage FA. Enjoy the limelight. I know how hard you worked to bring this tricky biographical pagespace to such splendid improvement. It's a solid read on an important subject. BusterD (talk) 07:43, 9 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Also glad to see this featured - I remember commenting on the FAC a while back. Impressive work! Elli (talk | contribs) 17:22, 9 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

56th Academy Awards FLC

Hi there,

When you have the time, could you proofread 56th Academy Awards for featured list consideration? I would greatly appreciate the feedback. By the way, I don't plan to promote any new list to featured lists until around December because I am trying to salvage 1984 Summer Olympics medal table from featured list removal, and also I have family business to attend to in late September through late October.

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Birdienest81, Done. If you have the time, could you look over my FLC? Thanks. ~ HAL333 18:53, 18 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello HAL333, just to invite you, as you participated in the first RfC, to leave a comment/vote for the second part of the same RfC: Talk:Nicki Minaj#New proposed lead. Regards, sorry to bother. Cornerstonepicker (talk) 02:04, 21 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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RE:56th Oscars FLC

Hi there,

I addressed your comments for the featured list candidacy of the 56th Academy Awards. Thank you for your feedback.

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56th Academy Awards FLC--Capping addressed comments

Hi there,

Could you kindly cap all comments that have been addressed for the featured list nomination page of 56th Academy Awards, please? It would help to make the FLC page more tidy and prevent it from becoming messy.

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I'm sorry about that, and thanks. I hope you're doing all right. ~ HAL333 23:46, 28 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, alright, see my talk. The tree was given to me to console me in my greatest distress of the infoboxes wars, did you see? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:18, 29 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Omas gegen Rechts - enjoy strong women! I thought of Yoninah on the first day of Rosh Hashanah. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:45, 7 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Reminds me of a group on this side of the Atlantic, Grandmothers for Peace. ~ HAL333 20:51, 8 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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today: moar music, Beethoven, a different bold red, and my brother was in the orchestra, 10 July. - What do think of the discussion on Mahler's Eighth? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:28, 16 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

updating songs on Peace Day Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:14, 21 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

updating further: a woman in red (back to the beginning of the thread), two who died under "in memoriam" and LouisAlain missed - my first editnotice read: "Every editor is a human being" which is quoted from a comment by Geometry guy in a 2012 discussion on WP:AN. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:38, 27 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ian Fleming's book collecting activity

Hi, I wondered whether the information you removed here - which is sourced, though could perhaps be rephrased - would be worth restoring to the article. (It looks to me as though the editor who was trying to add the information had responded to an earlier revert by trying to address the reason for the revert -primary sourcing - so that it wasn't strictly an edit war.) What do you think? Dsp13 (talk) 16:01, 8 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Dsp13 Yes, and I was fine when they found a reliable secondary source for the other part. I am not opposed to adding this, if put concisely and supported by a reliable secondary source. If this is really notable, it seems probable that it was covered in at least one of his biographies or some article. ~ HAL333 20:49, 8 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Huey Long

Hey, HAL333! I just wanted to congratulate you for the Huey Long article. A long, long while ago (aka three or so years ago), I thought about patchin' the article up and maybe getting it to GA. I made a few edits, but then I totally got side-tracked. I saw it was the FA of the day, and I was psyched to see that! Congrats on all the hard work. It looks great.--Gen. Quon (Talk) 23:37, 9 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Gen. Quon: Thanks! It was definitely the most consuming thing I've done on Wikipedia, but it was worth it. And your work on it definitely helped with the burden: after all, you're still have the second highest portion of authorship. ~ HAL333 21:00, 10 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't know that, haha, and it looks like my 8.4% is only slightly smaller than your 64.8% share ;)--Gen. Quon (Talk) 14:02, 11 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent collaboration, and almost three times as many clicks as average. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:21, 11 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Just wanted to pop in and say congratulations as well! :) An exemplary article. Cheers, Ovinus (talk) 07:33, 25 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Your thorough review at FAC was among the best I've had. ~ HAL333 17:12, 25 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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October songs

I uploaded new pics (click on songs), including "our" concert (after exactly two years without) and a cow sunset --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:58, 5 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Today: DYK #1700, and I uploaded more images, mostly blue and green, for hope. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:48, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Today, mostly black&white, and standing upright as Psalm 15 says. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:34, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Today: see yourself, read about a hymn praying to not be on earth in vain, about a comics artist whose characters have character (another collaboration of the "perennial gang", broken by one of us banned), and in memory of the last prima donna assoluta, Edita Gruberová. I had to go to two grave sites last week, one who died now, one who died 10 years ago, so standing upright and in black seems appropriate. More colours - but subdued - can be had on hikes, - updated. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:53, 20 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

two more today, again one by the gang, and more colour! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:42, 21 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Today: a scandal, and more fall colours, including a short sermon. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:54, 24 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Today: memories in friendship --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:57, 28 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for your comment! I will try to diagnose problems when I have time. CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 02:25, 19 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... as if you didn't know ;) - Sadly Aga Mikolaj died, a great voice especially in Four Last Songs (still on the page as I write this). Today is an anniversary in family history, pictured. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:19, 16 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanksgiving music --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:10, 25 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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today an Italian opera, my second ever, as the TFA written by two dear people, and a park where I went with dear people, as pictured DYK --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:09, 14 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

on Beethoven's birthday --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:29, 16 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

today memories of singing Monteverdi, Handel, Rossini - a triple nod to Brian - and a Bach sing-along to come tonight, stay tuned --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:41, 17 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for improving article quality in December. If you like Advent music, check this out. If you like Christmas music and wishes, watch my user talk until 27 December ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:45, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

List of accolades received by The Shape of Water

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Epiphany

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Happy new year, in friendship! - Epiphany seems like a good day to say so, after a Bavarian peasants' mass (sorry, on the train home, no recent pics of that - just keep watching), and two DYK, even with a pic I took. I enjoyed meetings with friends in real life, and wish you many of those. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:00, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

2022 began happily with vacation. I uploaded images but stopped at 22 January - click on songs. 30 January means 10 years of Precious. It's also the birthday of a friend, - I'm so happy I mentioned his DYK on his 90th birthday when he was still alive. I have a great singer on DYK whom I heard, Elena Guseva, and wait for a Recent death appearance of Georg Christoph Biller whom I saw in action. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:33, 30 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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my joy - more on my talk --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:33, 7 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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I took a pic in 2009 that was on the German MP yesterday, with the song from 1885, in English Prayer for Ukraine. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:10, 6 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Welcome back, HAL. You have missed out on all the FUN TIMES recently. I am glad to see you back in true mass editing form. QRep2020 (talk) 09:06, 5 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Appreciated. Sorry I wasn't there to back you up last month when all that hoopla went down. ~ HAL333 02:52, 7 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

June songs

Good to see you again! Ukrainian peace music is "on" today, with the conductor! - Pentecost (on last Sunday and Monday in Germany) brought a rich harvest of great music in two church services (one with me singing in choir) and two concerts with my brother in the orchestra, - four pictures I took besides the symphonic one. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:46, 8 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, hope you've been well. ~ HAL333 15:57, 8 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Click on songs and see. The question further up is still open. How about you? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:43, 8 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for improving articles in June! My song collection is especially rich, look, and the hall where I first heard DFD, Pierre Boulez and Murray Perahia. Do you find the baby deer in the meadow (last row)? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:46, 20 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

today: a song about getting through the night, after plenty of music over the weekend --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:24, 27 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Precious anniversary

Precious
Two years!

- Thank you for keeping an eye on the news articles! - I went to a great concert, and even managed to picture the happy conductor afterwards (a bit below). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:26, 11 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Statues of the National Statuary Hall Collection

Wondering about Statues of the National Statuary Hall Collection and other related articles. The Statue of Mary McLeod Bethune (U.S. Capitol) replaced Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith's statue in 2022, according to one article. Leads one to believe this is not an up-to-date featured list. It's not a project I foresee myself undertaking, but thought to bring it to your attention as major contributor.Djflem (talk) 14:16, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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You kindly reviewed a Bach cantata for FAC, would you do that again for BWV 56? The coordinator wants to see action. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:12, 10 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

By now, there are enough eyes I think - new pics and thoughts on 13 August --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:00, 13 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Look at the church where I heard VOCES8. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:53, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Hey there! Any interest in attempting to fix up Self-driving car for a GAN with me? :) QRep2020 (talk) 19:04, 12 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'll give it a swing if I have the time. ~ HAL333 02:21, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hooray! I will gladly help to set it up too, though admittedly I have yet to initiate one myself. QRep2020 (talk) 02:48, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

University of Mississippi

Hello, HAL333. This is a courtesy notice that the copy edit you requested for University of Mississippi at the Guild of Copy Editors requests page is now complete. All feedback welcome! Cheers, Baffle☿gab 01:20, 26 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi HAL333, I ran across an uncited quotation in the second paragraph of "Student life --> Traditions", where The New York Times is mentioned as a source but the ref is missing. I've marked it with a cn tag. Good luck and cheers, Baffle☿gab 01:20, 26 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you for improving articles in November while I was on vacation. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:39, 20 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanksgiving in the U.S. - Bach said it in music for peace --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:28, 24 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I hope you're doing all right. ~ HAL333 17:12, 27 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

yes, I do - always check out my talk for an answer to that question - thank you for a constructive comment in the Laurence Olivier RfC, to which I referred in my arbcand questions! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:39, 30 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I had forgotten about that RfC — glad to see it turned out that way. ~ HAL333 20:37, 30 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Lambert article

Happy holidays! I was not sure if you saw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Fred_Lambert or not but of course any thoughts you may have would be appreciated, be it here, there, or wherever. QRep2020 (talk) 22:12, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Happy Holidays to you too! ~ HAL333 02:30, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

December music

December songs

new year

We sang Charpentier's delightful Messe de minuit pour Noël yesterday, which was on DYK the day before, - a first for me. Today, pictured: the soprano of our choral concert of the year. More in the context: User talk:Gerda Arendt#DYK for Talia Or, in case of interest. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:41, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Gerda. I hope you had a Merry Christmas! ~ HAL333 18:20, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I said delightful, no? - Did you see the pics? - How about yours? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:22, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I did see them yes - and I wasn't sure if you were only referring to the mass as being delightful. And I had a great Christmas. :) ~ HAL333 21:26, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks! Here's to 5 more. ~ HAL333 15:40, 8 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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2023

January songs
happy new year

Today's featured article is Osbert Parsley, not by me but Amitchell125 where I commented, including the beginning of my songs. We have a habit to sing in a group of friends for Epiphany and this was the first time after 2020. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:34, 10 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

That winter jasmine is very pretty. Here in the (US) South, we have star jasmine, which some still call confederate jasmine. ~ HAL333 17:49, 10 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

That's very pretty, and I've seen it when in California. - A composer with an infobox is also a pretty sight ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:58, 10 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm on vacation, - click on songs! I tell my own stories now, instead of relying on DYK. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:50, 14 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

still vacation, and yesterday's TFA Witold Lutosławski (not by me, but another classical composer with an infobox). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:43, 26 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm back - Melitta Muszely died, RIP (compare Jenny Lind) - the other story is 10 years old OTD ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:55, 2 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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February songs

February songs

my daily stories

yesterday's cantata, 300 years later --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:19, 8 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A beautiful piece. ~ HAL333 04:47, 15 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

thank you! - today: the regional festival - DYK of 13 years ago ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:12, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

My story on 24 February is about Artemy Vedel (TFA by Amitchell235), and I made a suggestion for more peace, - what do you think? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:18, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

today: two women whose birthday we celebrate today, 99 and 90! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:40, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

In appreciation

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March flowers

March songs

my story today

Thank you for improving articles in March! - Today we remember the 150th birthday of Max Reger, who saw the horrors of a world war right when it began in 1914, while others were still in high patriotic moods -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:57, 19 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

sharing impressions from vacation on Madeira 20-30 March, pics now at 24 Mar from the peaks - the Mozart RfC (with a non-neutral invitation to fight) was closed, and went rather peacefully - what can we learn from it? - I saw today that Brian Boulton added an infobox to Imogen Holst in 2014, edit summary "risk" - should it still be a risk in 2023 to follow his example? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:13, 31 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Badge Man scheduled for TFA

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April songs

Looking forward to that - thank you for improving articles in April! - Today is the 80th birthday of John Eliot Gardiner, who's going to conduct on 6 May. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:34, 20 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

May songs
my story today

And it's today: thank you for the article, introduced: "Of the myriad figures spotted in Dealey Plaza during the assassination of John F. Kennedy —the Babushka Lady, the black dog man, the three tramps, and the umbrella man (we almost had Captain Kirk and Spock as well)—the Badge Man may be the least bizarre. With the 60th anniversary of the JFK assassination coming later this year, this could be the first of a small series of relevant articles."! - There's a discussion in the idea lab, DYK? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:40, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your work on this article and congratulations on it being TFA. — AjaxSmack 03:11, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

more pleasant music (just heard!) if you click on songs - did you know a string quartet with two cellos? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:34, 14 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Pentecost was full of music, and my story today is that 300 years ago today, Bach became Thomaskantor, with BWV 75, writing music history. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:02, 30 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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June songs
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Congratulations! - I like today's Main page, and here's why (and a featured list is among the reasons) ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:43, 2 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Gerda -- and that's a solid DIY. ~ HAL333 21:55, 2 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Great! - Last weekend was nice, class reunion a funny number of years after completing school, and the lovely park where I spent many Sundays as a child. Today's story is quite dramatic, there's a yt trailer to the hook. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:03, 5 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Jörg Widmann is 50, and I began Stockholm pics. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:16, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Today's story is about a singer whom I saw twice, not Wagner and Strauss, but Bach and Weill, - do you remember that you created the article? - More vacation pics! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:54, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Today: a woman caught by the iron curtain (improved with SusunW and GRuban), yesterday: the Mass in B minor, heard in concert then, three musical videos are out, and vacation pics. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:03, 29 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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FA, JFK?

I gotta say, things have gone better for your little project than I would ever have imagined. However, I think you've made a mistake nominating for FA at this point. What you'll get is a dozen people making all kinds of comments in every direction, and you'll drown trying to keep up. What I suggest you do is withdraw the nomination, and (first) wait longer for comment on the article's talk page, from people already interested in the article, then (second) find one or two experienced FA reviewers to give the article a "side" review to see how close to FA it might be. Ceoil might be able to suggest some names (not me -- I'm no fan of the whole FA enchilada myself). Or maybe I'm wrong and the same guardian angel who's apparently been with you so far will get you straight to FA with no quibbling. But I doubt it. E Eng 23:35, 2 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I know I'm jumping the gun a bit, but I think it's pretty much there. However—worst case scenario—if the response is decidedly negative and I'm wrong, I'll withdraw it after a few days or so, but then at least I'll know what the major flaws are and I can address them over the next month or so. That's what happened with my only other "big" FA, Huey Long. ~ HAL333 23:52, 2 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank yoy Gerda! ~ HAL333 13:48, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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You are welcome! - Great music (in June, I'm behind: three great RMF concerts)! - Last Saturday, a friend played for us at her birthday party, on four instruments including baryton, with family (granddaughters!) and colleagues, from Renaissance to Haydn. - My story today is very personal: the DYK appeared on Wikipedia's 15th birthday, and describes a concert I sang. I was requested to translate the bio into German for a memorial concert ... - see background, and we talked about life and death. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:28, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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While today's DYK highlights Santiago on his day, I did my modest share with my story today, describing what I just experienced, pictured. I began the article of the woman in green. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:53, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Today Jahrhundertring, and I'm listening to Götterdämmerung from the Bayreuth Festival (pictured), - the image (of a woman who can't believe what she has to see) features also on the article talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:28, 31 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Hey, not to harangue you, but are you still planning on doing a review for this? Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^talk 14:34, 15 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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In my most recent images (click on songs), two wedding cakes are hidden. - Today's story is about the Inkpot Madonna who returned to "her place" 9 years ago, and also has aspects of early learning, see? - 13 August was the birthday of the Bayreuth Festival, created by Richard Wagner and Cosima Wagner. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:18, 15 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Today is the anniversary of the premiere of Götterdämmerung. Berit Lindholm sang its final scene in concert at the Royal Festival Hall in London, only four years after her stage debut in a Mozart opera in Stockholm. - Smiling now when I read the infobox discussion for Götterdämmerung ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:26, 17 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Today is Debussy's birthday. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:07, 22 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Today is Gwendolyn Killebrew's birthday, - pictured: a spider and sweet food --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:35, 26 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Stanley_Kubrick_filmography

Back to status quo has a layout error

.... 0mtwb9gd5wx (talk) 04:41, 29 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Where exactly? ~ HAL333 15:19, 29 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Elon Musk

You are mistaken. I have done no edit warring. The only edits I made were tidying up references. Please withdraw your accusation. Alarics (talk) 08:44, 11 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Methinks the lady doth protest too much. ~ HAL333 18:51, 11 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

What is that supposed to mean? Please have another look at my two edits https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elon_Musk&diff=prev&oldid=1174782950

and

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elon_Musk&diff=prev&oldid=1174785280

These are the only two edits I have made to Elon Musk. Both were minor changes concerning the presentation of references. Neither of them was a revert of any other edit. Neither of them had anything to do with a content dispute. I suspect you have glanced at the edit history and jumped to the conclusion that my edit of 18:26 was a reversion of your edit of 18:17. In fact it had nothing to do with your edit (which as it happens I agree with).

I take exception to being accused of crimes I have not committed, especially when it is done in such a hostile tone ("I will take you to ANI", etc. Alarics (talk) 10:21, 12 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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my story today

Our festival's last concert was most moving and inspiring, - also the story of Walter Arlen, - today I'm proud that I survived the decision in WP:ARBINFOBOX for 10 years, standing and singing -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:25, 11 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Today's story is about a great pianist with an unusual career, taking off when he was 50. It's the wedding anniversary of Clara and Robert Schumann, but I was too late with our gift. Just for fun: when do you think did Mrs. and Mr. Schumann got their infoboxes, and by whom? (The answer can be found here, but please think first.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:51, 12 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations to your latest FA! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:12, 19 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Gerda! ~ HAL333 13:40, 19 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, and do you have answers for the Schumanns? - I added more pics. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:39, 19 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think I would have guessed either :) ~ HAL333 15:23, 19 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

So what I see is that if a composer is a woman, and also a mother and a pianist, she can have an infobox without dispute (in 2012), and even her husband the same, who also was a father and a music critic. The exception for composers of classical music has never convinced me, nor the community, it seems. Every composer is a human being ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:30, 19 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Today I remember Raymond Arritt, who still helps me, five years after he died, per what he said in my darkest time on Wikipedia (placed in my edit-notice as a reminder), and by teh rulez. - Latest pics from a weekend in Berlin (one more day to come). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:45, 19 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

My story today is The Company of Heaven ("company" with a double meaning, but angelic company in the end). - Pictures of the one more day yes, but no others yet, it's a week with concert or opera almost every night! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:26, 29 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Remarkable achievement indeed! – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 06:08, 19 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- Unbelievable effort, fantastic read. Thank you so much. I created the atrocious Since many moons ago! No Swan So Fine (talk) 11:19, 22 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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While it is indeed really nice to see JFK's assassination being featured on the main page on Nov 22, I'd just like to note that image used in the blurb is also the one which is being featured as POTD on Nov 22. I'm not quite sure if repetition is allowed on the main page. The last time I remember this happening was on Sept 11, 2021, where, if my memory serves me correct, OTD and DYK had the same image; OTD swapped its image to avoid repetition. – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 13:46, 29 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Great to see you had another FA! - Today, it's a place that inspired me, musings if you have time. My corner for memory and music has today a juxtaposition of what our local church choirs offer. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:33, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A Romanian woman composer is today's topic. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:09, 24 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

And today it's about a couple - found the cute image only yesterday, - my fight to have an infobox for him was in 2016, and is still on the talk, and what did we learn? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:18, 25 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I thought of Brian Bouldton today, and his ways to compromise. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:49, 29 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Civility is always the way to go. ~ HAL333 22:13, 29 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Imagine people had just followed 10 years ago! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:27, 29 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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November songs
my story today

Congratulations! - Hevenu shalom aleichem is my story today. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:37, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! And that's a lovely piece. I enjoy seeing "living" content in articles like GIFs and sound recordings. ~ HAL333 22:14, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Today, I proudly remember having sung in an oratorio premiere seven years ago OTD. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:39, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

More, if you like: today I have three items on the Main page, almost too much of a good thing! Bach's amazing cantata with the unusual scale, first performed 300 years ago OTD, the nun for the prostitutes, and Schumann's wedding gift for Clara. Also first day of vacation pics uploaded. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:21, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

My story today is a DYK hook from 13 years ago OTD: about the great music at one of my churches. Mozart's Requiem to come on Sunday, coupled with Arvo Pärt's Da pacem Domine, - I guess you might come if it was a bit closer. Perhaps watch the video of our last production, our first on yt, ever. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:10, 21 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you today for Assassination of John F. Kennedy, introduced: "Outside of wartime atrocities, the killing of John F. Kennedy was the greatest crime of the 20th century. No murder in modern history has attracted as much analysis and debate." I remember the shock, and that our teacher made us sing Mitten wir im Leben sind mit dem Tod umfangen (In the midst of life we are in death). - On the same page: Canticle I: My beloved is mine and I am his, on the composer's 110th birthday, more on my talk. - Extra thanks to you for the co-nomination! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:26, 22 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Today: in memoriam Jerome Kohl who said (In Freundschaft): "and I hope that they have met again in the beyond and are making joyous music together" --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:08, 27 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Today's story is about Maria Callas, on her centenary. - Aaron Copland died OTD, and Jerome Kohl (mentioned in November) said something wise on Copland's talk, - yes, regarding a soft(er) stance towards infoboxes. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:45, 2 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Today, to Paris (29 Nov) with a visit to the Palais Garnier, - to match the story of Medea Amiranashvili, - don't miss listening to her expressive voice. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:01, 9 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

My story today is about Michael Robinson, - it's an honour to have known him. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:04, 13 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Pics up to 3 December (with my shadow in one of them), and a story about Beethoven in memory of his birth. When the arb who wrote the infoboxes case installed the community consensus - in 2015! - I hoped these infobox wars were over, really. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:59, 16 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Today, I have a special story to tell, of the works of a musician born 300 years ago. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:24, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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A belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you as well, Dustfreeworld! ~ HAL333 18:10, 28 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

2024

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2024

Same location pictured as 2019. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:49, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have a DYK on the Main page, but my story would be different, about Figaro, - this Figaro. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:59, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

On the Main page: the person who made the pictured festival possible --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:30, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you for improving articles in January! I remember Ewa Podleś on the Main page, and had - believe it or not - two musical DYK today. Shalom chaverim. On vacation, with something for your sweet tooth --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:25, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Today: the performance of Anna Nekhames --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:31, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Today a friend's birthday, with related music and a few new vacation pics --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:02, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Congratulations! - Today I am happy about a singer on the Main page (at least for the first hours), after TFA the same day last year. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:37, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks to Seiji Ozawa. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:54, 12 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The image, taken on a cemetery last year after the funeral of a distant but dear family member, commemorates today, with thanks for their achievements, four subjects mentioned on the Main page and Vami_IV, a friend here. Listen to music by Tchaikovsky (an article where one of the four is pictured), sung by today's subject (whose performance on stage I enjoyed two days ago). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:09, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Listen to music from Ukraine if you like, - I heard it in 2022, and the November concert (at a different church) raised a truckload of winter clothes. My story today is also from my life: I heard the singer in 3 of the 4 mentioned musical items. I sang in yesterday's. - Rinaldo (opera) premiered OTD, DYK? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:09, 24 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

more music and flowers on Rossini's rare birthday --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:54, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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in memory of the birthday of a friend who showed me art such as this, and of Vami --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:34, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you today for Sagan standard, introduced "I recently realized that all of my FAs could be roughly construed as Southern history, so I hope this aphorism by the great and sorely missed Carl Sagan is a pleasant digression. It's pretty brief, so my goal is to have this promoted by November 9, so that it can appear as TFA on Sagan's birthday."! - YES! - Can you please check if what I said in the MOS discussion coming from Vivaldi makes sense? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:49, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rossini's Petite messe solennelle was premiered on 14 March 1864, - when I listen to the desolate Agnus Dei I think of [[User talk:Vami IV#Rose of missing|Vami]. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:36, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Vacation pics uploaded, at least the first day, - and Aribert Reimann remembered. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:49, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Next day, around Porto da Cruz, on Bach's birthday --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:11, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Some days later, a calf in the mist and chocolate cake, and a story of collaboration --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:33, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I listen to Bach's St John Passion today, - 300 years after it was first performed. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:56, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you for your help there! - I like to see Appalachian Spring on the Main page today (not by me, just interested and reviewed), and I also made it my story. - How do you like the compromise in the composer's infobox? - How do you like the statue (see places)? I was undecided so show three versions ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:24, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I love Appalachain Spring. And that compromise looks alright. ~ HAL333 23:02, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The statue is of Hildegard of Bingen, and as it happens, her Physica is on the Main page today, and Marian Anderson as my top story (by NBC, 1939), and below (on my talk) three people with raised arms, - and the place is the cherry blossom in Frauenstein --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:04, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

plum tree blossom for Kalevi Kiviniemi in the snow - see my talk --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:49, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

relief: the last of six RD articles in one week is now on the Main page - yesterday a great recital with many anti-war songs by Jewish composers whose music was banned by the Nazis. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:24, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi HAL333, hope everything is good. The Aston Martin DB9 article is at featured article candidates, and I’m wondering if you’d be willing to leave some comments (this is mommy first FAC). thanks. Best, 750h+ | Talk 15:57, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'd be happy to. Comments imminent. ~ HAL333 17:56, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the response HAL333. Happy to address your comments :)). Also excuse me for the misspelling "this is mommy first FAC". 750h+ | Talk 14:01, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't even notice the "mommy" bit lol. I already went through the article, and then my window refreshed and I was too pissed to type my comments again. But comments in the works (again) right now. ~ HAL333 18:24, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Haha, thanks. 750h+ | Talk 02:11, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the comments HAL333, I've addressed these. 750h+ | Talk 03:11, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi HAL333, apologies for this edit, I didn't know who Walloon was, all I knew if that he was a deceased Wikipedian, and so I was confused as to why he was there until SN54129 pointed it out. Sorry for the misunderstanding, hope we can clear this up. 750 h+ 12:23, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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My story today is - because of the anniversary of the premiere OTD in 1782 - about Die Entführung aus dem Serail, opera by Mozart, while yesterday's was - because of the TFA - about Les contes d'Hoffmann, opera by Offenbach, - so 3 times Mozart if you click on "music" ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:22, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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greetings from a trip -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:56, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I uploaded pics of a trip that was a 10-day celebration of a 16 November event, but the day was also when a dear friend died. We sang Hevenu shalom aleichem at his funeral yesterday, and it was good. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:32, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi HAL333, I happened upon your efforts at Parkinson's disease today and figured I'd drop by to say (1) Hooray! Glad to see an experienced editor working on medicine-related articles. As I'm sure you noticed, many of our medicine articles need some serious TLC, and (2) if there's any way I can be of use in your efforts, let me know. Happy to help out at Parkinson's disease or elsewhere. If not, I'll be rooting you on from the sidelines. All the best, Ajpolino (talk) 15:47, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Just saw this sandbox. Someday I tried to improve the Kilimanjaro article, but there are some key volcanological aspects that are barely discussed in sources that put me off. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 16:47, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Happy new year 2025! Today, pictured on the Main page, Tosca, in memory of her first appearance on stage OTD in 1900, and of principal author Brian Boulton. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:56, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Today I had a composer (trumpeter, conductor) on the main page who worked closely with another who just became GA, - small world! To celebrate: mostly flowers pics from vacation ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:19, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Today is Schubert's birthday. I added a pic to his article (and my story) and raised a question on the talk, regarding the lead image. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:10, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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I hope this message finds you well. I wanted to reach out about a consensus debate currently happening on Donald Trump’s page, as it mirrors a similar situation we encountered during Joe Biden’s presidency. Four years ago, we agreed on a consensus to keep the lead sentence format, which I believe was both fair and sensible. Specifically, the line for Joe Biden was: "...who has been the 46th and current president of the United States since 2021." Looking back, I see that you were in favor of maintaining this as the status quo. Talk:Joe Biden/Archive 15#RfC: Should we say he is "current" president in the lead, or not?

I believe we should apply this same structure to Donald Trump’s page, just as we did for Joe Biden and Barack Obama before him, to ensure consistency and clarity. This format clearly conveys the order ("47th"), incumbency ("current"), and start date ("since 2025"), which helps maintain uniformity across presidential biographies.

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On the main page today, 300 years after its first performance, Bach's cantata BWV 125, - a lovely very intimate piece, with peace and joy in the title. Enjoy listening with score - I discovered that only now! - Today is also the birthday of James Joyce, who has an article by many authors. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:02, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My story torday is about an actor who played in almost every German TV series and in internal cinema. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:47, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I point at a composer today, as the main page does. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:09, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Today: Carmen turns 150, as the main page and my story tell you. I chose a 1962 concert of the Habanera, - enjoy! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:10, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On Ravel's birthday, we also think of a conductor and five more composers ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:30, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Today I could have written five stories off the main page, and chose Sofia Gubaidulina. I find the TFA also interesting, and two DYK, and a birthday OTD. How about you? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:03, 16 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Today: an opera, 100 years old OTD, on Bach's birthday. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:14, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Today, 300 years of Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1! We sang works for (mostly) double choir by Pachelbel, Johann Christoph Bach, Kuhnau/Bach, Gounod and Rheinberger! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:02, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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congratulations! - check my talk today for two pics of Margot Friedländer --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:21, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Jadwiga Rappé now --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:07, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A first: two stories about two people who worked together and died the same day --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:38, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Stravinsky pictured on his birthday + Vienna pics - but too many who died -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:44, 17 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I heard this music, yesterday, - streamed a day before at a different location. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:02, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

While you are of course invited to check out my recommendations any day, today offers unusually a great writer of novels, music with light and a place with exquisite food. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:37, 28 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Time flies. Thanks Gerda! ~ HAL333 15:42, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Sharing flowers with you on Bach's day of death, - I decorated my user pages in memory, with his music, and my story ends on "peace". - Thank you for the FAC review! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:02, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Jahrhundertring remembered today, with the picture of a woman who can't believe what she has to see. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:18, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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A step towards objective and comprehensive coverage of a project nearly too big to follow.

Comix: Divorce

Drawn this century!

Opinion: Women are somewhat under-represented on the English-language Wikipedia, and other observations from analysis

How data from the Wikipedia "necessary articles" lists can shed new light on the gender gap

Community view: A Deep Dive Into Wikimedia (part 4): The Future Of Wikimedia and Conclusion

Annual plans, external trends, infrastructure, equity, safety, and effectiveness. What does it all mean?

Obituary: Pvmoutside, Atomicjohn, Rdmoore6, Jaknouse, Morven, Martin of Sheffield, MarnetteD, Herewhy, BabelStone

Rest in peace.

Traffic report: God only knows

Wouldn't it be nice without billionaires, scandals, deaths, and wars?

Humour: New forum created for people who don't care about Wikipedia

If you are too blasé for Mr. Blasé and don't give a FAC.

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The Signpost: 9 August 2025

News and notes: Court order snips out part of Wikipedia article, editors debate whether to frame shreds or pulp them

Plus a mysterious CheckUser incident, and the news with Wikinews.

Discussion report: News from ANI, AN, RSN, BLPN, ELN, FTN, and NPOVN

A review of June, July and August.

Disinformation report: The article in the most languages

Who is this guy?

Community view: News from the Villages Pump

Threads since June.

In the media: Disgrace, dive bars, deceased despots, and diverse dispatches

And slop.

Crossword: Accidental typography

It's not a conlang, it's a crossword puzzle.

Comix: best-laid schemes o' wikis an' men

gang aft agley, an' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, for promis'd joy!

Traffic report: I'm not the antichrist or the Superman

Everybody's Somebody's Fool.

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The Signpost: 9 September 2025

News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation loses a round in court

UK Online Safety Act remains undefeated.

In the media: Congress probes, mayor whitewashed, AI stinks

Plus Wiki rules, Wiki Spin, and physicists get street cred!

Disinformation report: A guide for Congress

The price of Liberty is eternal vigilance.

Recent research: Minority-language Wikipedias, and Wikidata for botanists

And other new research findings.

Technology report: A new way to read Wikisource

Tis true: there's magic in the web of it.

Traffic report: Check out some new Weapons, weapon of choice

With the usual mix of war, death, super heroes, a belt, and Wednesday.

Essay: The one question

It's an easy one.

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September music

story · music · places

Today is the birthday of the 16th Thomaskantor after Bach, remembered. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:19, 20 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

John Rutter 80 today! I sang his major choral works with four choirs, and many of his uplifting anthems, 13 DYK? I watched him explain his Magnificat in person in 1998, and now see it on Youtube: he wore the same outfit. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:05, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]