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2024

Like 2019, remember? --Gerda Arendt (talk)21:49, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I had forgotten,Gerda Arendt, but have looked back. A long way from home. Wishing you a Happy New Year!Moonraker (talk)22:18, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! - On the Main page:the person whomade the pictured festival possible --Gerda Arendt (talk)20:48, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think your recent edit was probably posted to the wrong discussion page.[1]TFD (talk)04:44, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

TFD, you might like to look back at what was said byDimadick.Moonraker (talk)04:53, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry.TFD (talk)05:44, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Moonraker, thanks for thanking me for my edit on theDorothy L. Sayers page. Unfortunately, it was reverted because another editor believes that "US is fine and understandable by all" which I happen to disagree with, and so does wiki MOS. Anyway, having been accused there of edit warring, I've decided to walk away and turn my attentions elsewhere. You do occasionally come across articles that are "policed" by very possessive editors who get extremely upset when someone else comes along and tries to make minor improvements on their territory. It's such a shame, but I always find it's best not to ruffle feathers. Ho-hum! Keep up the good work. Regards,Rodney Baggins (talk)13:50, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I saw that,Rodney Baggins, and you are right. But the pushiest ones usually have a chum backing them up. So looks as if they go around in pairs, like the police in Eastern Europe used to do. Sometimes, the answer is to take it to the talk page, but then the whole mob can turn up. So I spend most of my time here starting new pages and working on them, it can take the problem editors years to find them.Moonraker (talk)16:12, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What a lot of rather disgusting bad faith there is in display here. Baggins, your edits were partly poor and when those poor parts were reverted, you edit warred. The MOS is not prescriptive on the US/United States point, so some flexibility is acceptable (particularly in this specific case).

As to ‘a chum backing them up’, that’s another piece of nonsense.Tim riley and I both did the rewrite recently and we both took it through PR and FAC. To denigrate two colleagues working together in such a bad faith manner reflects more on your bad faith approach than on anyone else. -SchroCat (talk)22:35, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rather than slagging off other editors here, Moonraker, I suggest your time would be better employed in answering the question I asked youhere. It would be a pity to have to revert what may be beneficial changes simply because you won't supply a reliable citation for your changes.Tim riley talk08:19, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

For me boot is on other foot.Moonraker (talk)16:51, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Moonraker, I've movedÆlfheah of Canterbury back to the original name, since the matter is clearly in dispute and was moved without formal discussion. You're going to need a RM if you wish to pursue further. Best –Aza24 (talk)07:36, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

story ·music ·places

What about the march you mentioned on my talk? - I was on exciting vacation, see places if you are not afraid of peaks ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk)11:57, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Afternoon,Gerda Arendt. That wasJohann Heinrich Walch'sfuneral march, his best-known work, although it isn't always chalked up to his name. It must have a good story. Glad to see the spring is coming over there too!Moonraker (talk)16:47, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks toSeiji Ozawa. --Gerda Arendt (talk)22:02, 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 andVami_IV, a friend here. Listen tomusic by Tchaikovsky (an article whereone of the four is pictured),sung by today's subject (whose performance on stage I enjoyed two days ago). --Gerda Arendt (talk)16:31, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

more music and flowers onRossini's rare birthday --Gerda Arendt (talk)17:30, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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story ·music ·places

Happy new year 2025, opened withtrumpet fanfares that first sounded OTD in 1725 (as the Main page had). Mystory today is about a composer who influenced music history also by writing. --Gerda Arendt (talk)12:16, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

... and today,pictured on the Main page,Tosca, in memory of her first appearance on stage OTD in 1900, and of principal authorBrian Boulton. --Gerda Arendt (talk)19:22, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Today, between many who just died,Tobias Kratzer on his 45th birthday who was good foran unusual DYK mentioning a Verdi opera in 2018, - you can see his work in the trailer of another one that I saw, and my talk page has a third (but by a different director). 2025 pics, finally. --Gerda Arendt (talk)19:06, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello I have a copy of script called Four Years written by JKC & aired Sunday 29th Dec 1946 9.30-10.20pm Scottish Home ServiceDo you know of it?Adele Aware (talk)09:20, 27 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

HiAdele Aware, I can't say I do, but searching for it I have just found a programme he wrote that was broadcast on the Scottish Home Service on 28 March 1947 called "Four Years: Experiences of a prisoner of war of the Japanese". Is that it?Moonraker (talk)09:52, 27 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I guess he will have written hundreds of hours of radio scripts. Do please add what you can.Moonraker (talk)09:54, 27 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi thank you yes it is - I also wonder if you know if that script would still belong to the BBC? I have been told I would need to go to England to request a copy of the recording & am interested in learning what I can - thank you for your prompt reply much appreciatedAdele Aware (talk)12:45, 27 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In theory it might, although I do not see any way to tell. Actors and others would need to be given copies of scripts to use, and if the BBC had wanted to have them back I guess it would have marked them BBC property please return to X. Unlikely it was planning to record this programme again, so one archive copy should be enough. The recording might still exist, or it might not. The BBC has destroyed and lost an awful lot of stuff. I may be wrong, but I don't see why you can't ask about it from anywhere in the world.Moonraker (talk)15:24, 27 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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