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Hello! I reverted you onT:ITN. The use of "COP28" was explicitly discussed and not opposedat ITNC,so if you'd like to see that changed please feel free to start a new discussion atWP:ERRORS so I've just started a discussion about it onWP:ERRORS.Ed [talk] [OMT]20:38, 13 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Thank you for your ITN work! - Today, I havea special story to tell, of the works of a musician born 300 years ago. - I wish you a good festive season and a peaceful New Year! --Gerda Arendt (talk)16:07, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I try to finish uploading images of 2023 before it ends, and reached 17 December. Happy to seeRebekka Habermas on the Main page, a last minute nomination of yesterday, andHeike Matthiesen, today's last minute. --Gerda Arendt (talk)22:53, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Like 2019, remember? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:31, 1 January 2024 (UTC)I saw your name on my watchlist: could you please checkChris Karrer, ITNN 2 Jan? --Gerda Arendt (talk)22:18, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Notbanned from MP talk. –Sca (talk)
Does ARBPIA apply to ITN? i.e., is that IP comment qualified to be considered in determining consensus? Or does "broadly construed" mean non-ECs can't even vote in I-P ITN nominations? I noticed you removed my SPA note but I'm still wondering if as an IP it's still supposed to be struck.JM (talk)20:05, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Hey Stephen, I am Harvici, and I see that you reverted my edit on the talk page of ITN.Can you please tell me if I did something wrong? and I think that the G20 should be included in theITN/R.ThanksHarvici (talk)12:01, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Today I am happy abouta singer onthe Main page (at least for the first hours), afterTFA the same day last year. --Gerda Arendt (talk)16:12, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
When I madetoday's story I was sureAlfred Grosser would appear on RD today, which may happen or not but I go to bed ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk)23:20, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks toSeiji Ozawa. - Now I'm hoping forHelga Paris, nominated last minute. --Gerda Arendt (talk)22:12, 12 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
... and now forLadislav Burlas (11 Feb) - saw your name on my watchlist --Gerda Arendt (talk)22:12, 18 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)16:51, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
more music and flowers onRossini's rare birthday --Gerda Arendt (talk)15:25, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
thank you for bringingGabriela Grillo to the Main page, onSmetana's 200th birthday - I wouldn't mind credit --Gerda Arendt (talk)07:42, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Morning, hope you're well.
President of Chile andPrime Minister of Pakistan are proper name job titles, so should be capitalised accordingly. This was raised atWP:ERRORS as it creates a weird inconsistency when we also havePresident of Ecuador on the same template. I don't see that the former part is relevant, it's still a named job title. Please could you self-revert, as I was responding to a specific point raised at ERRORS and we should present a consistent approach to readers. Cheers — Amakuru (talk)10:54, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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| Here is a Barnstar for you for your consistent work on ITNHarvici (talk)14:01, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply] |
Excuse me, may I ask why you closed mydiscussion. Please reopen it otherwise I report it. ⚒️★MinecraftPlayer★321⚒️Let's Chat!01:29, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Stephen! I appreciate swapping the pic for variety, but can I request instead of swapping one white man for another white man (best actor/best supporting actor), we go with either best actressEmma Stone or best supporting actressDa'Vine Joy Randolph (pics taken fromthe article)? Thanks for considering it,Levivich (talk)01:27, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Hey Stephen, I noticed there's anedit request to theITN template doc page. You had protected it two years ago saying that there'sNo reason for non-admins to edit the ITN template documentation
. Given that therehas been vandalism in the past, but still a need to edit it, wouldn't it be sensible to lower the protection to be autoconfirmed?SWinxy (talk)23:08, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You reverted my edit toWikipedia talk:In the news, saying it has already been raised at INTC. What is "INTC"?Senior Captain Thrawn (talk)23:04, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Today I seeMarian Anderson on the Main page, and made itmy top story (by NBC, 1939). - Great to see you active: could you please check outGerhard Lohfink, - nominated for ITNN, died 2 Apr? --Gerda Arendt (talk)20:33, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
plum tree blossom for Kalevi Kiviniemi in the snow - see my talk --Gerda Arendt (talk)21:09, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
relief: the last of six RD articles in one week is now on the Main page - yesterday I went toa great recital with many anti-war songs by Jewish composers whose music was banned by the Nazis. --Gerda Arendt (talk)19:53, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Stephen, re. your change here[1], I'd ask you to read the lengthy discussions atTalk:Israeli_bombing_of_the_Iranian_embassy_in_Damascus. In short, there's no consensus to use the term "consulate", in fact there're strong arguments that the premises werenot a consulate (not on an official list of consulates, not a separate compound, questions re. sourcing, etc.). Therefore, editors have settled on the termembassy per the majority of sources and since the building appeared part of the Iranian Embassy complex. May I expect you to self-revert? Cheers, —kashmīrī TALK09:58, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
On 19 April 2024,In the news was updated with an item that involved the article2024 Bondi Junction stabbings, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on thecandidates page.Anarchyte (talk)09:16, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Thank you for ITN work! -Today's story mentions a concert I loved to hear (DYK) and a piece I loved to sing in choir, 150 years old (OTD). --Gerda Arendt (talk)21:04, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Today's story aboutWilli Brokmeier still needs support forRD. --Gerda Arendt (talk)12:57, 25 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Hey Stephen! Sadly I'm not here to sing, but to remind you thatyou should not "fix" redirect links just for the sake of fixing them, as you didhere.History of video gaming andhistory of video games go to the same article – edits for the sole purpose of changing one to the other are unnecessary.Toadspike[Talk]05:25, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Thank you for postingÉric Tappy last minute,my story today! --Gerda Arendt (talk)15:40, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Today is a feast day for which Bach composed a chorale cantata in 1724 (and we had a DYK about it in 2012). Can't believe thatJodie Devos had to die, - don't miss her video from the Opéra-Comique at the end, - story to come. The weekend broughtplenty of music sung and listened to, and some of it is reflected in the last two stories! + pics of good food with good company --Gerda Arendt (talk)14:14, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I noticed that you reverted my tweak to the ITN template. I will note thatStampede#Human stampedes and crushes does cover the concept of human stampedes, which aredifferent than acrowd crush. At your leisure, would you please self-revert? —Red-tailed hawk (nest)01:52, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Good of you to provide a reason! Presumably accuracy is not one of them. --Necrothesp (talk)08:41, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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On a friend's birthday - she is pictured on my talk - I have anotherRD death article that needs reviewing,Martti Wallén. --Gerda Arendt (talk)13:05, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Pictured on the Main page: Brian'sMozart family grand tour, mystory today, andMozart related to all three items ofmusic on my talk: our 2023 concert, an opera in a theatre where a Mozart premiere took place, and those remembered, the bass andLiana Isakadze, a violinist from Georgia (whose article would be better with more details about her music-making). --Gerda Arendt (talk)10:39, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I remember today Bach's 1724 cantata for this Sunday which is unusual in many respects. The violinist made it to the Main page, but another woman needs attention forRD,Marina Kondratyeva. --Gerda Arendt (talk)19:58, 14 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
She's on the Main page now. Mystory today is - because of the anniversary of the premiere OTD in 1782 - aboutDie Entführung aus dem Serail, opera byMozart, whileyesterday's was - because of the TFA - aboutLes contes d'Hoffmann, opera byOffenbach, - so 3 times Mozart again if you click on "music" ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk)12:18, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Today's story is about a photographer who took iconic pictures, especiallyView from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on Manhattan, 9/11, yesterday's wasa great mezzo, and on Thursdaywe watched a sublime ballerina. If that's not enough my talk offers chamber music from two amazing concerts. --Gerda Arendt (talk)12:01, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia:Main Page history/2024 July 30b hada baritone,a violinist, a composer anda Bach cantata, - almost too much, and the composer's article,Wolfgang Rihm, improved much over the last days, could still grow. --Gerda Arendt (talk)21:23, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. I hope you are doing well. I am glad to tell you thatWikipedia:In the news/Posted/Archives are now fully available, with all the vandalism/disruptive edits removed. While creating the bot for the archival process, I went through a lot of the older posts, you are one of the editors whose name popped quite often in ITN in "back in the day", so I personally wanted to let you know about the archives
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Hey, it looks like you forgot to add recognition to the talk pages of the nominator and updaters of the2024 Rwandan general election article atWP:ITN.Staraction (talk |contribs)23:21, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Question onthis. Does it not fall under the first bullet point atMOS:JOBTITLE? I imagine I'm missing something, but I doublechecked MOS and thought the alt had it right. Appreciate any insight you have!Ed [talk] [OMT]04:33, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I reverted an edit on the page forEmily Randall, and I'm just wondering if this meats revdel requirements, just so I know in the future.
link to edit:https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emily_Randall&diff=prev&oldid=1237808430Gaismagorm (talk)15:38, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Today I have three "musicians" on the Main page, one is also the topic ofmy story, like 22 July but with interview and the music to be played today --Gerda Arendt (talk)15:16, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
On 13 August,Bach's cantata was 300 years old, and the image one. The cantata is an extrordinary piece, using the chorale's text and famous melody more than others inthe cycle. It's nice to have not only a recent death, but also this "birthday" on the Main page. And a rainbow in my places. --Gerda Arendt (talk)12:02, 13 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Help? Mystory today is about a woman,nominated for RD but needing support as I write this.A composer died whose article is long and mostly unreferenced. And some articles open for review, always. --Gerda Arendt (talk)10:05, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Today it'sSiegfried Lorenz (baritone), on his birthday, nominated for RD. The concerns regarding Goehr are detailed on the talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk)19:15, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
On 9 August 2024,In the news was updated with an item that involved the articleMuhammad Yunus, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on thecandidates page. -- SashiRolls 🌿 · 🍥06:09, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks foryour updates there. You did the heavy lifting. :) -- SashiRolls 🌿 · 🍥06:09, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Could you please tell me the rationale of the revert as per rules?I don't see any rule that would allow to revert my edit which informs the user participating in discussion about actual rules for puting a blurbBilboBeggins (talk)12:50, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Today isSchoenberg's 150th birthday! On display his portrait byEgon Schiele, music fromMoses und Aron, and two DYK hooks, one from 2010 and another from 2014; the latter, about his 40th birthday, appeared on his 140th birthday ;) - Seeplaces for a stunning sunrise, on the dayBruckner's 200th birthday was celebrated (just a few days late). --Gerda Arendt (talk)20:58, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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WP:ITNN: I have a nom for Michael Sladek open that needs attention. --Gerda Arendt (talk)17:18, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
He got attention then. - You may rememberMaryvonne Le Dizès, mystory today ason 28 August.Some September music was unusual: last compositions and eternal light, withLigeti mentioned in story and music. --Gerda Arendt (talk)11:52, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
She got attention, - nowRohan de Saram needs it. --Gerda Arendt (talk)11:19, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
He got attention, now some forHelmut Bauer (bishop) would be nice because his Requiem (livestream) will be tomorrow. -Today I remember an organist who was pictured on the Main page on his birthday ten years ago, and I found two recent organ concerts to match, - see top of my talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk)20:27, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Today broughthis timely promotion to the Main page on the day whenpieces from Mozart's Requiem were performed for him. --Gerda Arendt (talk)18:38, 12 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Now it'sLeif Segerstam. Listen to the music inmy story: I put it on DYK 10 years ago (mentioning Ukraine) and heard it today for the first time. That violinist/violist was incredible! Last month someone added to her article that she died, - a year ago OTD. Not recent enough to be mentioned, and we can't celebrate her birthday, - we don't even have a year. --Gerda Arendt (talk)22:31, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I made Segerstam mybig story ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk)08:19, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Another cantata turned 300,Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit, BWV 115. Another bio last day for RD:Walter Jacob. --Gerda Arendt (talk)15:57, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I hope you followed to arich day. Today a caricature, for a change. --Gerda Arendt (talk)16:35, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Happy whatever you celebrate today, - more who died, more to come, and they made the world richer. Greetings from Madrid where I took the pic of assortedCucurbita in 2016. --Gerda Arendt (talk)16:07, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Hello. Just to help with updates: the government of H-N County issues daily reports (usually from 7 to 8 PM). Here isthe latest one (bottom line: "18 dead in Jablanica and Konjic"] (Fojnica is in another county.)KWiki (talk)22:45, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I saw that you removed an entry from OTD. On my resolution, the OTD has a huge gap, and one more entry doesn't cause the template to go past the DYK template. Does your version of the Main Page have any gaps in OTD? I'm tempted to revert your edit but I wanted to check in with you first.Z1720 (talk)01:25, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Just letting you know that Iremoved an OTD item just before midnight UTC to achieve main page balance. I know that it's a bit subjective, as it depends on screen size etc, but it looked "perfect" after the OTD removal.Schwede6604:29, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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I nominated another musician to ITN,Odile Bailleux. --Gerda Arendt (talk)17:25, 27 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 sangHevenu shalom aleichem at his funeral yesterday, on the Mainz Hauptfriedhof, and it was good. --Gerda Arendt (talk)19:10, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Thank you for promoting another "late" woman to the Main page! - November was rich in sadness and happiness for me, expressed inmusic. - On the Main page today alsoJean Sibelius on his birthday. Listening to Beethoven'sFifth from theopening of Notre-Dame de Paris. Wesang in choirs today. --Gerda Arendt (talk)21:23, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Michael Ruetz - again posted to ITNN on the last day, due to private matters. --Gerda Arendt (talk)17:04, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
(and appeared) - listen today to the (new)Perplexities after Escher. --Gerda Arendt (talk)11:23, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Listen today toBeethoven's 3rd cello sonata, on his birthday - it was a hook in the2020 DYK set when his 250th birthday was remembered. I picked a recording withAntônio Meneses, because he was on mysad list this year, and I was in Brazil (see places), and I love his playing. --Gerda Arendt (talk)17:08, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I come to fix the cellist's name, witha 10-years-old DYK and new pics - look for red birds --Gerda Arendt (talk)20:25, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Today isa woman poet's centenary. --Gerda Arendt (talk)15:49, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Stephen, can you explain the reverts to my Main talk page edits? Jay 💬09:53, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Happy new year 2025, opened withtrumpet fanfares that first sounded OTD in 1725 (as the Main page has). --Gerda Arendt (talk)16:49, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen, BWV 123, mystory today 300 years after the first performance, is up for GAN.Dada Masilo will be my story tomorrow. --Gerda Arendt (talk)22:02, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Mystory today is about a composer who influenced music history also by writing. Another composer is waiting on ITNN, last day. --Gerda Arendt (talk)11:28, 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)18:38, 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)18:25, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Today I hada composer (trumpeter, conductor) on the main page who worked closely withanother who just became GA, - small world! To celebrate: mostly flowers pics from vacation ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk)08:38, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I have more vacation pics to offer, and today's story ofWerner Bardenhewer. I took the pic, and it was my DYK on his 90th birthday, in both English and German. He spent the day in Africa, and after his return said - chatting after a mass of thanks he celebrated atMariä Heimsuchung - that we'd have to talk about these articles. --Gerda Arendt (talk)18:06, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Hello.As you did not respond on the ITN page, I'll ask here: Was there any particular reason why you changed the wording of the southern California wildfire and then silently reverted[2] my revert[3] back to the originalfactual tone of the blurb?31.44.227.152 (talk)02:08, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Back from vacation (pictured places):Horst Janson is another case of last-day RD nomination. --Gerda Arendt (talk)14:00, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Food pictured, and Janson is on the main page, but I now have another article there, marked ready --Gerda Arendt (talk)19:38, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
today: a German-born Spanish art collector, - the video in her honour is remarkable, as what she gave the world. --Gerda Arendt (talk)18:54, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I findtoday's birthday child particularly inspiring, by enthusiasm and determination. That was - believe it or not - a pictured DYK in 2021, without the last line though. --Gerda Arendt (talk)20:17, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Paul Plishka, a bass who sang 88 roles of all kinds at theMet was interviewed before his (first) retirement. Declared ready on WP:ITNN. --Gerda Arendt (talk)17:40, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Today's story is aboutEdith Mathis, who portrayed young women byMozart. The video of a 1993 interview has videos of her performances. --Gerda Arendt (talk)15:31, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I point ata composer today, as the main page does OTD. --Gerda Arendt (talk)22:20, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
thank you for ITN work, with spring flowers and a song bird (in places) --Gerda Arendt (talk)19:46, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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If you do not self revert, you could get blocked. --The Mountain of Eden (talk)23:09, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Please could you not repeatedly undo my actions on the main page? Do you think I'm stupid or something? I cited the guidelines for ITN in my edit, there is no provision for using "shown" instead of "pictured" and it's a completely meaningless distinction. "Rendering pictured" is not at all the same as "picture pictured". Honestly, you're a great admin and you do fantastic work, but this sort of thing just annoys other editors and for no tangible gain. It's better for readers if there's consistent terminology.
As a favour to me and in the interests of collegiate editing, please could you self-revert to my version which complies with the instructions, and if you want to pursue the "shown" thing, start a discussion atWT:ITN? Cheers — Amakuru (talk)12:38, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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OnRavel'sbirthday, we also think of a conductor and five more composers ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk)20:15, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for RD forEdesio Alejandro, - could you help me to credit? -Jean-Louis Pichon last day --Gerda Arendt (talk)09:26, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Today I could have written five storiesoff the main page, and choseSofia Gubaidulina. I find the TFA also interesting, and two DYK, and a birthday OTD. How about you? --Gerda Arendt (talk)22:34, 16 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Today: an opera, 100 years old OTD, on Bach's birthday. --Gerda Arendt (talk)15:23, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Today, 300 years ofWie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1!We sang works for (mostly) double choir byPachelbel,Johann Christoph Bach,Kuhnau/Bach,Gounod andRheinberger! --Gerda Arendt (talk)12:04, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Two (!) bios for recent deaths wait for attention onWP:ITNN. The woman seems more important, if there' attention for only one of them ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk)08:02, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The two went to the main page and are still there! -Tout est lumière, pleasant listening with closed eyes, - the yt has just the record cover. --Gerda Arendt (talk)11:36, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
My story is about music that Bach and Picander gave the world 300 years (and 19 days) ago, - listen (on the conductor's birthday) --Gerda Arendt (talk)16:58, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I finally managed to upload the pics I meant for Easter, see places. - Also finally, I managed a FAC,Easter Oratorio. I wanted that on the main page for Easter Sunday, but no, twice. You are invited to joina discussion about what "On this day" means, day or date. --Gerda Arendt (talk)12:37, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Waltraut Haas - I had time for her only today, check ITNN --Gerda Arendt (talk)22:29, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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According to Sudanese and Ukrainian war tickers, is it missing atTemplate:In the news?ArionStar (talk)04:36, 13 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Nothing new: another RD article on his last day onWP:ITNN. --Gerda Arendt (talk)13:16, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Recommended reading today about the one:Christfried Schmidt, alsoa story about patience. --Gerda Arendt (talk)19:33, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
musings on15 May --Gerda Arendt (talk)20:51, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, born 100 years ago,described by Alan Blyth --Gerda Arendt (talk)20:02, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Sir @Stephen, I had created an article onAkash Singh Rajput. After few days it was reviewed than other contributor nominated it for deletion via (AFD). During the discussion, the majority of votes were in favor of keeping the article, yet it was still deleted. I have now improved the article and submitted it again as a draftDraft:Akash Singh Rajput.Thankyou!𝒮-𝒜𝓊𝓇𝒶21:30, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Stravinsky pictured on his birthday + Vienna pics - but too many who died --Gerda Arendt (talk)20:48, 17 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
While you are of course invited to check out my recommendations any day, today offers unusuallya great writer of novels,music with light anda place with exquisite food. --Gerda Arendt (talk)15:24, 28 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I noticed that you closedWikipedia:In the news/Candidates#Oasis Live '25 Tour, and after looking back at some of your recent closes, I don't think you're followingWP:CLOSE the way you're supposed to.
Generally speaking, closes need to comply with all of those points to be valid, and I don't believe your recent closes fulfill this.Thebiguglyalien (talk)🛸00:25, 5 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Stephen. I'd like to ask you to reconsider the closure of the Oasis nomination in light of the evidence I've just posted here:
Specifically the Guardian and New York Times pieces, all linked.
The discussion was undoubtedly lost on the numbers, so you were right to close it last night. But it's quite obvious most if not all of it was based on completely bogus grounds that need to be revisited in hindsight.
This is not a UK only event (and it wouldn't be grounds to oppose even if it was). The ITNSIGNIF is well established in the morning after the night before (even though it was obvious before). And the coverage clearly goes far beyond some whacky notions that it's still only UK musical niche or media hype style reporting, or incredibly, a slow news day (seriously?!?!).
This is clearly, obviously, a very significant cultural breakout event, as proven by the links, a mere handful of what's out there. And the event is still current for the purposes of ITN. This is Eras level interest, but with far more justification from a cultural and thus encyclopedic perspective.
If it must still be rejected simply because ITN doesn’t want to post commercial events period, on some frankly ludicrous grounds that Wikipedia could or would make a blind bit of difference commercially to an event as huge as this were it to promote it on the Main Page, that should be made clear in the guidance.
Even if this is not a complete ban, but there is only tolerance here to post truly once in a century events of this nature, ironically those links prove that this might even qualify on those grounds.
There will be other successful Taylor Swift tours. There might never be another Oasis reunion. And even if there was, the reaction/reception would be unrecognisable to this one. Unless of course, there is new material that is also critically acclaimed. And the sources are just as clear that is also incredibly unlikely to ever happen. You can only milk a cash cow this cynically once.
It's not a stretch, per the links, to say that Wikipedia will seemingly only ever get one chance to demonstrate it can recognise the opportunity here to say something significantly educational about UK/music culture to an audience who might not have a clue about the subject via the Main Page. So it shouldn't pass it up for frankly ignorant if not entirely bogus reasons.
If after reconsideration, it is thoroughly rejected on commercial events are banned grounds, or the position of the bar for true breakout significance is firmed up (AI Micheal Jackson molesting Bubbles?) and Oasis reunited are seen to clearly be below it, that would at least make sure people like me, serious journalists, don't waste our time engaging with Wikipedia ever again. Not least becuase we do have a day job and we can get paid for decent intellectual effort.
Sorry to be so emotional/wordy, but this has really annoyed me. I genuinely thought I knew what Wikipedia was for. What it valued, namely time and effort to form an informed opinion on a matter like signficance, something defensible and can be defended. Apparently not.
Thanks in advance, hopefully!Morgajon (talk)10:48, 5 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note that I have updated the article so that it now qualifies for ITN as updated, pending approval on significance grounds. The work is crap, but that's all I could be motivated to contribute while it seems highly likely Wikipedia views this event as just another insignificant concert and anyone wanting to feature it on the Main Page is therefore a shill or an idiot. I may yet return and do a better job, or my anger at being largely ignored might just fester until Monday and the day job calls me back.Morgajon (talk)12:34, 5 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Again: a musician at the end of the RD line,Raymond Guiot. --Gerda Arendt (talk)14:52, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
On the main page, and three Ukrainian topics, at least at the beginning of the day,RD andDYK, - see my talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk)18:35, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Three of "my" recent deaths bios are on the main page right now, onemy story today,Gary Karr, and I loved to find his breakthrough concert in 1962 as a video. In my music today I match it with 9 other double bassists, 7 conducted by a person who's birthday is today - coincidence ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk)19:36, 23 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Can you please restoreNorrington to the Recent deaths? He came "on" 6:30today.PFHLai restored one who was on for only 4 hours, making it seven entries. Can we perhaps tolerate seven and hold it until tomorrow? - Or remove the one added most recently, if seven wouldn't work? --Gerda Arendt (talk)13:13, 25 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Nevermind, PFHLai did it. -Béatrice Uria-Monzon andher story,Julia Hagen and herno story --Gerda Arendt (talk)20:07, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
OnBach's day of death, I decorated my user pages in memory of his music, andmy story ends on "peace". --Gerda Arendt (talk)10:06, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I had forgotten the archives were mentioned there
—usernamekiran(talk)03:18, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Today's story - short version: ten years ago we had a DYK about a soprano who sang in concerts with me in the choir, - longer: I foundtoday a youtube ofan aria she sang with us then, recorded the same year, - if you still have time: our performances were the weekend before the Iraq war ultimatum, and we sangDona nobis pacem (and the drummer drummed!) as if they could hear us in Washington. --Gerda Arendt (talk)21:04, 18 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, late again: I addedAino Pervik to ITNN today, on the last day, - please check --Gerda Arendt (talk)16:40, 19 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Check out my talk for an Independence day, or: the pic of Oksana Lyniv was taken on 24 August. There's listening and reading intoday's story, and I like both. --Gerda Arendt (talk)16:57, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
On top of my talk: birthday ofa great violinist and Requiem for a great friend. We sang Paradisi gloria from theStabat Mater in the end. --Gerda Arendt (talk)18:51, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You are invited to join the discussion atWikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents § Sockpuppets of User:AttackTheMoonNow affecting WP:ITNC.BangJan199918:28, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Sorry:Lourdes Ambriz - last ITNN day again --Gerda Arendt (talk)11:35, 4 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
(She made it, and two others "in danger".) I enjoya DYK that pictures a person together with achievements in art. --Gerda Arendt (talk)12:11, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Today is the birthday of the 16th Thomaskantor after Bach, remembered. --Gerda Arendt (talk)12:19, 20 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
My 100th biography to the Main page in 2025 isSiegmund Nimsgern. --Gerda Arendt (talk)16:30, 22 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Mystory today is about a woman and her husband who played Bach'sSonatina for us (Rheingau Musik Festival, long ago)on an upright piano, and it made me cry, and I still remember. --Gerda Arendt (talk)10:38, 1 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Carl Nielsen (FA by four colleagues, not me) is remembered on the main page! Mystory on the Germany National holiday is a song callingto trust the new ways, written shortly before the events leading to reunification. I sawa lovely Mozart opera production yesterday, in case of interest. --Gerda Arendt (talk)19:21, 3 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Happy 50th birthday, Alain Altinoglu!) - I let the video begin with a closeup of the octobass ;)Gerda Arendt (talk)19:12, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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My latest:Roberta Alexander, -listen. --Gerda Arendt (talk)21:28, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Yesterday:Sister Stan, with a fine docu by RTÉ to watch. - Today:Armand Avril reached the last day on ITNN. --Gerda Arendt (talk)13:31, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Gisela Bock has her last chance today. --Gerda Arendt (talk)23:43, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
... but missed it, I was too busy, I have three biographies on the main page today, but miss her, nominated a fifth. My places now includeLa Scala, - see music, Verdi three times, and twice inmy story! --Gerda Arendt (talk)17:08, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Look,today's image, -she "portrayed" herself with her husband at the end of the table, - would have been good for Thanksgiving ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk)18:50, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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