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Shocked to find there has been more than one Bruce French. Amazed to find there have been four of them! --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 09:13, 6 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I tried to give 2021 a good start by updating the QAI project topics. Please check and correct, - did you know that - at almost five years - you belong to the project's "oldest" active members? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:26, 6 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Wikipedia 20, - proud of a little bit on the Main page today, and 5 years ago, and 10 years ago, look: create a new style - revive - complete! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:59, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

... and today of a pic I took --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:30, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Gerda Arendt and thank you for all your encouragement. I'm sorry I so rarely respond. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 13:49, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

no problem, - today I come with Vision pictured (not by me), with Arik Brauer in the news, so art in Vienna twice, - just enjoy, no need to respond --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:46, 27 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

... and today Jerome Kohl, remembered in friendship --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:42, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Precious

Seven years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:24, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I am soooo old. Thank you though. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 11:04, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

nonono ;) - I have a FAC open, DYK? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:10, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

	The Writer's Barnstar
	Noticed you created Carthago delenda est a while back - quite an interesting topic. Elliot321 (talk | contribs) 01:12, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! It certainly is interesting. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 12:09, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

... for improving articles in February! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:50, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Dweller. I see that you are very much interested in castles. I have come across a couple of articles on castle & fortification terms which are translated literally from German. I am not an English native speaker, but have spent a lot of time reading and researching on the topic, both in English and German. What is very clear to me is that English castellology and German Burgenkunde have developed separately, and one positively cannot translate ad litteram terms from one language into the other. When this procedure is used to create enWiki articles, the result is not just funny or slightly off, but totally misleading, as the terms are either non-existent and non-native speakers are misled into learning and using them, or they do exist, but with a different meaning, and that is a deadly sin in an encyclopedia. The words might well be sometimes used together in a text, but without constituting an established term, and presenting them as such is a serious mistake. Can you please

• a) take a look,
• b) invite other editors from this field you might know, so that the decision is taken by a number of well-informed people; I am adding now Srnec and Dave souza already, and
• c) if need be, delete the misleading articles? One can try and place the useful material into existing or new articles, I don't want people's work to be wasted, but neither are we allowed to mislead the users.

Here are the two examples, and I have a hunch that there are more, by the same very productive colleague: bridge castle and fortified gateway in the meaning of "Torburg" (I have modified the latter one the best I could). Please check also the two talk-pages, and my message to our hard-working friend. Thank you, Arminden (talk) 20:08, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I love castles, but haven't really devoted much time to them here - and don't have much time here for anything these days. While I readily understand the concepts and think they would be useful terms to have, I must say I've not come across either of these terms before, but that's not necessarily a problem. It's WP:RS that counts. If there's no notable term in English, we should probably host the articles at the German language names, and include a translation of the names. Does that help? --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 20:50, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, that's what I thought as well. Since it's not my main area here, I was hoping to pass the ball to "the usual suspects", but they're hard to make out. The German articles already exist, that's where our friend took everything from, so that's not the issue. Thank you and enjoy the spring! Arminden (talk) 00:28, 10 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Impressive work, the examples you've linked seem to be on the right track. The German analysis seems to define types which may have no English language equivalent, so what's been done looks useful as explaining something which occurs more in Continental Europe than in the UK and Ireland. Regrettably, it's outside my expertise, and I'm struggling to catch up with other projects at the moment. Hope these articles act as a starter, bringing in editors with the time and knowledge to develop coverage. . . dave souza, talk 11:40, 10 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

... for improving articles in March! On Bach's birthday --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:14, 21 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

... and today Bach's cantata composed for today, - perhaps listen. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:43, 25 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wishing Dweller a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! History DMZ (HQ) † (wire) 02:12, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

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Greetings,

I'm letting you know in advance about a meeting I'd like to invite you to regarding the Universal Code of Conduct and the community's ownership of its future enforcement. I'm still in the process of putting together the details, but I wanted to share the date with you: 27 June, 2021. I do not have a time on this date yet, but I will let you soon. We have created a meta page with basic information. Please take a look at the meta page and sign up your name under the appropriate section.

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		The Barnstar of Integrity
		For authoring the page dedicated to old-fashioned Wikipedian values. It is one of the more fundamentally important essays I have come across. — The Most Comfortable Chair 17:19, 6 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The Most Comfortable Chair, thank you so much! Feel free to Sign! --Dweller (talk) Old fashioned is the new thing! 11:48, 10 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

... for what you said on User talk:SlimVirgin - missing pictured on my talk, with music full of hope and reformation --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:02, 29 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, hope all is well. Are you able to comment at an open BN thread? –xeno^talk 02:26, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. --Dweller (talk) Old fashioned is the new thing! 13:49, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

...for how you handled the BN discussion. I'm sure it makes me a fragile person, and opens me up to mocking comments from people who dislike me, but if I had been in Jake's shoes, I'm pretty sure I'd have said to myself: "yes, the community has changed since I was an admin; more than 50% of them have turned smug and casually cruel. I think I'll go volunteer my time somewhere else." (This, of course, would have been taken as proof I never really intended to re-engage.)

My concern is not that admins should be able to cling to an unused bit for a long time. I agree current requirements are inadequate, but they are the current requirements. My concern is someone has come along and volunteered to help out again, had a quite reasonable expectation (based on what he was told at the time he resigned and on the wording of current policy) that this was a routine request, and was basically shit on by many people for being a hat collector or arrogant or something. That is not how you re-engage returning volunteers. So I appreciate how you handled it professionally and politely. An unfortunate side-effect of JW's agreement is that the smug and casually cruel will consider this some kind of vindication. Feels like an icky place to be right now. --Floquenbeam (talk) 17:14, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Hmm. This is pretty sad. JW has a really cool name. If we're collecting hats, I want the Arhg Kbiroaqrat hat--or maybe this one. Drmies (talk) 17:19, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for kind words.

I am uncommonly proud of being an Arhg Kbiroaqrat. Although part of me wishes I was cool enough to be an aardvark.

More seriously, I really do care about the values I talk about in the link in my sig. We're not kind enough to one another. And, shockingly for a Crat, I feel that's more important than interpreting policy. Even better if I can find a way to make them not clash, which is what happened at BN today. That Jake agreed to my proposal is a credit to him - he didn't need to - and is I'm sure linked to the kind of person who is likely to have passed RfA in the first place, and we should be all too happy to welcome back into the fold of active users. But in any case, being polite and welcoming to all, admins, experienced non-admins and newbies alike, has always been my policy. --Dweller (talk) Old fashioned is the new thing! 22:25, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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September songs

Thank you for improving articles in September, - a good harvest! On Peace Day, Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:09, 21 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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October songs

Thank you for improving articles in October! - 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, - click on songs. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:31, 20 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Today: memories in friendship --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:40, 28 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Gosh, these messages come round so fast. Thank you. --Dweller (talk) Old fashioned is the new thing! 15:44, 28 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't mention that in between the last two, I had four (!) Recent deaths articles one day, - sad. Two were still on today, and Udo Zimmermann - a Jerome Kohl creation as In Freundschaft - was up for half of the day. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:47, 28 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Hey, you created the Bathrooms.com article in 2015 and nothing has been done with it. I've seen other articles get removed for far less, so I'm wondering if it's worth keeping or removing? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rowan-MMB (talk • contribs) 21:50, 15 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm very happy if you'd like to expand it. I've not seen inactivity on an article as a valid reason for deletion, but I don't spend that much time around XfD these days. --Dweller (talk) Old fashioned is the new thing! 23:26, 15 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

January songs

Thank you for improving articles in January! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:32, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Precious anniversary

Precious

Nine years!

- look at the MP of 7 February 2022 --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:10, 8 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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April songs

Easter - resilience - Spring - thank you for improving articles in April --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:43, 20 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

dance and singing, peace doves and icecream --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:23, 23 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Dweller.

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Your input is requested at the freshly-created bureaucrat chat. Useight (talk) 03:06, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Forgot to thank you! --Dweller (talk) Old fashioned is the new thing! 16:43, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wishing Dweller a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! interstatefive  (talk) - just another roadgeek 00:09, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Adminship	from the Birthday Committee
Wishing Dweller a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! -- Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 11:47, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Interstatefive and Idoghor Melody Thank you, thank you! 15 years ago! --Dweller (talk) Old fashioned is the new thing! 11:57, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

May songs

Congratulations, and thank you for improving articles in May! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:08, 20 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

a strong woman --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:52, 25 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, let's fill this white space ;) I like my talk today (actually mostly from 29 May - I took the title pic), enjoy the music, two related videos worth watching! - Old FAs - mixed thoughts. Bencherlite hasn't edited in years, and Dank has mostly retired from FA business. People scheduling are Jimfbleak (next, July), Gog the Mild (on vacation, for August) and Wehwalt (for September). I nominated some old ones for TFA, - one was postponed (twice), one not yet taken, but some appeared, including Messiah (my first where two great masters included me for having taken things out, - one of them died, the other is cross with me, see Cosima Wagner which I want to nominate for her birthday in December). Another one is on TFAR but with OR questions, - could you help there, perhaps? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:25, 31 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Kind of you, as ever. I'm sorry I don't always respond to your lovely messages, but they do always make me smile. I'll drop a further note. --Dweller (talk) Old fashioned is the new thing! 12:10, 31 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

On 22 May 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Synod of Oxford, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Archbishop Justin Welby said that the 800th anniversary of the anti-Jewish laws of the Synod of Oxford provided a time to "remember, repent and rebuild"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Synod of Oxford. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Synod of Oxford), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 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.

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June songs

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) 21:10, 20 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

... and in July. - I was away, for hiking in the Swiss Alps and a funeral, more on my talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:54, 29 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

August songs

Thank you for improving articles in July and August! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:32, 20 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Look at the church where I heard VOCES8. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:26, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  Wishing Dweller a very happy bureaucratship anniversary on behalf of the Birthday Committee! Chris Troutman (talk) 16:25, 27 August 2022 (UTC) [reply]

Wow. I'm very old. Thanks! --Dweller (talk) Old fashioned is the new thing! 14:01, 28 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I have nominated Norwich City F.C. for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Hog Farm _Talk 13:44, 1 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Gah. Might be able to help with this, but probably only if you're up for it too...! The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 17:12, 1 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks both. I'd be happy to work on it if there's a generous timeframe for FAR, especially as the concerns listed seem reasonably fixable. I've forgotten how it works. How long would we have before it got zapped? -- Dweller (talk) Old fashioned is the new thing! 14:08, 2 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

As long as there's improvements actively ongoing, it could stay open. Hog Farm _Talk 18:48, 2 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

OK, well, I'll roll up my sleeves. --Dweller (talk) Old fashioned is the new thing! 15:00, 4 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Happy First Edit Day! Hi Dweller! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of the day you made your first edit and became a Wikipedian! CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 08:18, 16 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Good grief, 17 years!! Thanks, CAPTAIN RAJU. --Dweller (talk) Old fashioned is the new thing! 09:38, 16 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

September songs

Thank you for improving articles in September! Yesterday, we sang old music for two choirs at church, pictured, scroll to the image of the organ of the month of the Diocese of Limburg (my perspective), and if you have time, watch the video about it. And today I wrote an article about music premiered today, Like as the hart. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:54, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

travel and strings sound --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:55, 26 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Dweller, I have started a bureaucrat discussion for ScottishFinnishRadish's RfA. It can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/ScottishFinnishRadish/Bureaucrat chat. Thanks in advance. Acalamari 01:38, 20 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The article Covenant of the pieces has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

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I've addressed this by reverting back to an old diff. It's not in great shape, but it is at least specifically on-topic, rather than generic, which is what the article had become. I'm short of time atm but will fix it up when I can. --Dweller (talk) Old fashioned is the new thing! 14:01, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

October songs

Thank you for improving articles in October, coming to the rescue! - Look for mine: two favourite concerts were on DYK, and too many on RD (three yesterday). -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:06, 20 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

who shall separate us --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:42, 22 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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December songs

Latest pics, with an opera discovery and some snow. Today my talk has a DYK that was planned for 22 November, among the recent deaths the author of Duck, Death and the Tulip, and now a choir pic of "our" concert last Sunday, likely to become next year's lead image. Enjoy. Best wishes for the season! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:09, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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) 14:41, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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January songs

happy new year

-- Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:17, 26 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Back from vacation - Melitta Muszely died, RIP - the other story is 10 years old OTD ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:38, 2 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

and also, in February:

Always precious

Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:04, 8 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Gerda Arendt just seen this, sorry to be so slow to reply. Wow. Ten years. Extraordinary. Thank you for your many kindnesses. --Dweller (talk) Old fashioned is the new thing! 21:54, 15 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have nominated Iwan Roberts to be today's featured article for 26 June. As one of the article's FAC nominators, you are invited to comment on the TFA request by clicking here. Z1720 (talk) 23:47, 14 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Very kind, thank you! --Dweller (talk) Old fashioned is the new thing! 21:53, 15 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

April songs

my story today

Thank you for improving articles in April! - Today is the 80th birthday of John Eliot Gardiner. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:12, 20 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Happy Adminship Anniversary!

Have a very happy adminship anniversary on your special day!

Best wishes, Heart ^(talk) 03:23, 17 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

16 years. Blimey. Thank you! --Dweller (talk) Old fashioned is the new thing! 08:17, 17 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Happy adminship anniversary! Hi Dweller! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of your successful request for adminship. Enjoy this special day! Dinoz1 (chat?) 12:35, 17 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Dinoz1 (chat?) 12:35, 17 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Dinoz1 --Dweller (talk) Old fashioned is the new thing! 13:12, 28 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

May thanks

May songs

my story today

Enjoy that, and thank you for improving articles in May. - I had a good story on coronation day: the Te Deum we sang that day. And the following day we sang it for the composer ;)

I nominated Soňa Červená for GA just to give her a bit more exposure, and I took some pics of bright scenery - click on songs. --

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) 19:46, 30 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

FYI on this diff on Stockton Rush [1] you mentioned that a paragraph had been mysteriously removed with edit summary that referred only to the block quote. I wanted to clarify in case you have any questions why things were changed; I think multiple edits might have been conflated here. I removed the block quote in [2], and indeed that is the only change in that diff besides replacing "he" with "Rush" in the first instance where he's mentioned in the section. The remainder of the career section was rewritten over the course of several edits by several editors; my contribution there came in [3] where my edit summary clearly states the intent as cleaning up some of the promotional language from the Smithsonian piece. I suspect between that and other edits it wound up looking like the paragraph had been deleted entirely. Happy to further clarify if there's any confusion! Dylnuge ^{(Talk • Edits)} 19:30, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Makes sense, thanks Dylnuge --Dweller (talk) Old fashioned is the new thing! 14:07, 27 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

June songs

my story today

Thank you today for Iwan Roberts, introduced (in 2020): "Something of a journeyman Welsh footballer, and certainly held in high esteem, nay legend status, by Norwich City supporters, the push on this article has been a joint effort between the two nominators, one of whom is not a Norwich supporter so was able to introduce some balance. It's been a long time in the making, we first started expansion around nine years ago, but we're hoping to finish the job properly and push it over the FAC line."! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:38, 26 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, thanks. It was nice to see him on Main page. The Rambling Man did a lot of work on it. --Dweller (talk) Old fashioned is the new thing! 10:53, 27 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I thinked The Rambling Man as well, of course!

July thanks

July songs

my story today

On today's Main page, you can find a cantata that Bach first performed 300 years ago, and an iconic saxophonist from East Germany. Also: a bit about the history of QAI on my talk. Thank you for being part of it! - A new member designed a user box that I adopted. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:03, 18 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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) 15:38, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Today Jahrhundertring, and I'm listening to Götterdämmerung from the Bayreuth Festival, shortly after the scene pictured, - the image (of a woman who can't believe what she has to see) features also on the article talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:21, 31 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Please see Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Pppery/Bureaucrat chat and join the discussion when you have an opportunity. Maxim (talk) 18:12, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

August songs

my story today

Thank you for improving articles in August! - Today, my focus is on Renata Scotto, after days of updating. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:46, 20 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Today is Debussy's birthday. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:56, 22 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This too shall pass. - Ten years ago on 28 August, I heard a symphony, with a heavy heart because of the pending decision in WP:ARBINFOBOX, and not worried about my future here but Andy's. - It passed, and I could write the DYK about calling to dance, not battle, and Andy could write the DYK mentioning about peace and reconciliation, - look. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:25, 28 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

October songs

my story today

Thank you for improving articles in October! - 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) 13:51, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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December: story · music · places

Thank you for what you do and stand for! I wish you a good festive season and a peaceful New Year! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:18, 20 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) 08:54, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I uploaded more pics, with Christmas trees and related artworks, and I have two women on the Main page (for a sad reason). Our Christmas singing (of my user's infobox music "singen, singen") was pictured. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:15, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello Dweller: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, --Dustfreeworld (talk) 12:24, 25 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht

Happy New Year

2024

Same location pictured as 2019. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:49, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

On the Main page: the person who made the pictured festival possible --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:37, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for this and for all your lovely messages, Gerda Arendt. --Dweller (talk) Old fashioned is the new thing! 11:17, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

story · music · places

Thank you for improving articles in January! I remember Ewa Podleś on the Main page, and have - believe it or not - two musical DYK. Shalom chaverim. On vacation, with something for your sweet tooth --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:42, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Today: the performance of Anna Nekhames, the article in which a reviewer found nothing interesting. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:55, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Today a friend's birthday, with related music and a few new vacation pics --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:56, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello Heyandwhoa. I'm not sure what that message means. Did you mean to ask me? --Dweller (talk) Old fashioned is the new thing! 00:46, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

While wallowing in some nostalgia from the much earlier days of the Reference Desks, I came across the — sorry to qualify it thus — long-forgotten Ref Desk thread of the week award, and was particularly delighted at the second recipient, since my own attempt at arranging 7 points nicely on a sphere is a problem I was just looking at again yesterday. Cheers! —scs (talk) 14:55, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, scs, how nice to return from a trip and see this lovely message. I did enjoy doing those awards - I've always taken pleasure from quirky things. Hope you're well. --Dweller (talk) Old fashioned is the new thing! 08:38, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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