Today's main page has again memories of three people who died, for two just the name and for the third an image (great!) coupled with a little bit from her life which seems too little for my taste.What do you think? - A friend of mine sang in Verdi'sRequiem atTrinity Church, - you can watchthe lifestream (Verdi about 30 minutes into it). - The pic is from Joannisberg where I went again on Saturday. --Gerda Arendt (talk)12:51, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Gerda. I think the hook, as it *finally* ran, was reasonably complete. Thanks for the Verdi link and, of course, the Johannisberg flowers. --Floquenbeam (talk)15:16, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Finally yes - I was pleasantly busy with company and travel, so couldn't tell everybody that the change was made as wanted. (I said so on my talk.) Why was that so difficult, I wonder? --Gerda Arendt (talk)17:19, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't write (most of) it, - I check the list of people who died, and improve those that interest me, some more than others, like this one.Today's funny story - for a change - isa birthday child. Patience: there's (still) a 2013 discussion on the talk ;) - Thank goodness, nothing similar happened afterMax Reger, 2016. --Gerda Arendt (talk)15:11, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Is "Versuche, dein Leben zu machen" better translated as "Try to make something of your life", or "Try to make your life"? The article gives the first as a translation of her Mom's message, and the second as the literal translation of her book title. It seems like the book title is almost universally translated literally, so maybe "make something" would have been phrased another way; if so, I'm not sure there's a benefit to the informal translation.Floquenbeam (talk)16:16, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
tough, I don't know: the phraseis informal, so hard to translate. In formal German, it might be "etwas aus deinem Leben zu machen", which is probably what "Try to make something of your life" is trying to say, but I'd understand "dein Leben zu machen" rather as "you are the maker/creator of your life", the one to shape your life, responsible for how your life will be, you, not others. I am not sure that was intended, though, nor if "make your life" would mean that. --GA
You might rememberthis discussion which lead me to revert another user's changes to theWINC (AM) page. Well, the discussion has petered out. Nthep has said that the links don't violate COPYVIO (they are an admin).Attemptsto gain more eyeballs to the discussion were removed.
Well, to be fair, another admin thinks theyaren't allowed. And a third one (me) sees the points on both sides, and just doesn't know the answer. I would say that your 0RR restriction means that you shouldn't revert back to the previous version unless (a) Mikeblas agrees with you, or (b) there's a clear consensus somewhere that the links are allowed.
I understand the frustration at not attracting enough interest to get a consensus.WP:MCQ might not have been the perfect place, but it's not that crazy, and it's odd that things stalled with so few editors. If you restart the discussion at a "better" place, take care to choose the location carefully; too many restarts will get you accused of forum shopping.
My best idea: AskUser:Diannaa, either for the answer, or for the proper location to have a discussion. This might not be exactly her main area, but I (and I think many, many others) tend to just trust that whatever she says about anything copyright-related is correct. I sometimes feel bad that people ask her copyright stuffall the time, but it's her fault for being competent.
Been a week (flooding, work, storms, work, the usual), so I'm just now seeing this. I havemessaged Diannaa and we'll see what she says. I fear that asking too many people would be seen as FORUMSHOPPING too. -Neutralhomer •Talk •00:47, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
WT:CP is much less watched thanWP:MCQ. Since the discussion at the latter board has stalled a bit but isn'tancient, I would consider cross-posting to WT:CP to maybe get more eyes on it without the issue of starting an entirely new discussion. Make a note at the original that you've done so (at the very least so there's a fresh timestamp to avoid premature archival). Unfortunately, sometimes discussions just stall without a resolution; the only thing to do really is try to attract more attention.Primefac (talk)21:20, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
