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... that Graham Waterhouse began his String Sextet, Op. 1, in 1979, and completed it 34 years later? ... that Klaus Uwe Ludwig played the complete organ works by Bach and Reger at the Lutherkirche in Wiesbaden? ... that Fritz Stein found in an archive orchestral parts of the Jena Symphony, which he published as possibly an early work by Beethoven?

... that in No. 2 of three chorale fantasias, Op. 52, Max Reger has the chorale tune enter like "the voice of an angel", according to the organist Karl Straube?

... that Hans-Dieter Bader performed the title role of Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's opera Sly, recorded live at the Staatsoper Hannover, "as written", while Plácido Domingo had to cut and change the part?

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Hello Gerda!

Merry Christmas and a happy new year! I have checked 365 of the articles created by you for typos, please check if my edits are correct. I noticed two more problems, but I am not sure how to fix 'em, would you be so kind to take a look?

• Salve Regina (Latry) contains " It ends like bellsDer letzte Ruf ."
• String quartets (Waterhouse) contains "movement threeOpening of"

Ciao ciao, The Quixotic Potato (talk) 06:06, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

That is amazing, the checking I mean! Thank you so much! I fixed the first. The second: someone added the sound file of the basis by Lassus, I removed it as misleading,but if wanted it should be clarified that the sound is not what the article is about, just the inspiration. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:05, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

Thank you, here is a list of the edits I made on articles created by you. Feel free to undo/improve my edits. Have a nice day, The Quixotic Potato (talk) 07:26, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Islossningen i Uleå älv

On 5 January 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Islossningen i Uleå älv, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the ice-breaking in the title Islossningen i Uleå älv, a 1889 composition for narrator, men's chorus, and orchestra by Jean Sibelius, was a political statement? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Islossningen i Uleå älv. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Frank Stähle

On 15 January 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Frank Stähle, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that director Frank Stähle revived the choir and orchestra of Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium and conducted them in Mozart's Requiem for the centenary of the Lutherkirche? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Frank Stähle. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Quotes

While searching for quotes I found this gem:

The Quixotic Potato (talk) 17:29, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

Thank you, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:32, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

No, thank you, for being 100% human in this computerized world. The Quixotic Potato (talk) 17:57, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

blushing --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:07, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

I found this gem: "death, sleep, a journey of departure, peace and consolation are some of the intertwined themes and images" of Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 125, for 2 February. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:13, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

I remember back when I was so young I wasn't allowed to use the recordplayer and I had to beg my sister (3,5yrs older) or parents to do it for me. I must've heard the Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, Peter and the Wolf and Peer Gynt at least a million times, and I still listen to them regularly. Peer Gynt. Suite No. 1, Op. 46 is probably the saddest music ever, but hauntingly beautiful. My userboxes aren't very informative (although it is true that the Brotherhood of Nod is the only army I support, mainly because it is fictional and because it has an awesome backstory) so I figured I should give some insight into who I am by my choice of quotes. I don't think you'll like all of them, but maybe you'll like some of them. The Quixotic Potato (talk) 08:16, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

Was Trout Quintet and excerpts from La traviata for me. - I saw Götterdämmerung, conducted by Boulez (see below), - a friend had the ticket which you get only after years of waiting, but didn't care for Chéreau's ideas. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:26, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

I was working on an addendum for my previous comment, but you have already replied! I have updated my previous comment, see above.

That is an awesome friend. Ah, Der Ring! Wagner wasn't a fan of Euripides. I love the idea that they actually created an instrument for Der Ring. Of course my musical taste has expanded, but it hasn´t really changed. I still listen to In the Hall of the Mountain King and Rondo alla Turca but these modern versions are very very different! The Quixotic Potato (talk) 09:18, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

Der Ring: Boulez made rather modern music of it, that was fascinating, different! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:59, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Ainsi parla Zarathoustra (Boulez)

On 5 February 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ainsi parla Zarathoustra (Boulez), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Pierre Boulez (pictured) composed incidental music to Barrault's Ainsi parla Zarathoustra after Nietzsche in 1974, many years after he was the music director for his theater? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ainsi parla Zarathoustra (Boulez). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

Pierre Boulez

I've re-added the infobox. GiantSnowman 06:52, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for trying, but see also. Quote: "Indeed, if the "wars" could begin to end here it would be a great start in a new year!" (written in 2014) On the same page: "Reversions" (trying to change the guidelines) and "A Statistical Note on Infoboxes". Your help is most welcome, but you probably can use your time better ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:28, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

I was a bit confused about the infobox-situation, but after reading for 5 minutes I decided it is probably best to ignore it. The Quixotic Potato (talk) 10:00, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

Only 2 more minutes: It's best for your health to ignore it. I often mentioned a friend who told me "ignore ignore ignore". If you add an infobox to Pierre Boulez, that is a bold edit. If you take away an infobox on Laurence Olivier that has been there for years, that is improving the article. The same friend who told me to ignore protected LO because of an edit war over the hidden notice about the new lords of the article not wanting an infobox. He was desysopped. May he rest in peace. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:31, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

"New lords of the article"? Your incivility towards others who do not automatically bow down to your opinion is what got you (mercifully) constrained by Arbcom previously, and yet it appears you still haven't learnt, given the several comments recently about other editors who don't agree with you. Good thing Dreadfulstar was desysopped: they acted utterly inappropriately and deserved the full censure of both ANI and Arbcom for their actions under the influence of red mist. – SchroCat (talk) 11:48, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

I am not restrained by Arbcom. What else did you miss? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:25, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

I've missed nothing: you were constrained by them. – SchroCat (talk) 12:27, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

Good advice. I was surprised that no one seems to have mentioned the fact that you can easily hide parts of the Misplaced Pages interface you dislike. For example, if you do NOT want to see infoboxes then you can use CSS to hide them, like so:

.infobox {display:none;}

Unfortunately that doesn't really work the other way around.

My time is better spent checking the rest of the articles you've written. I've checked 365 of them (because of the new year) so I have 285 to go. WP:QAI's focus on quality articles is good for me, because I prefer articles like this one over articles like this one because of this reason. Let's "ignore ignore ignore" non-productive stuff. The Quixotic Potato (talk) 11:57, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

Yes, on Sundays, because of this reason (using {{diff}}), --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:22, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

It's Monday, the discussion is now at Misplaced Pages talk:WikiProject Composers. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:27, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

I'll bear it in mind, thanks! GiantSnowman 12:27, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

Quite a contrast to much of your surroundings

'A gem, you are|-

Thank you for being here, Gerda. You persist and make your presence felt, like a lovely waterlily that blooms in a swamp. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 15:57, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

Thank you, - did you know that swamp is close to my thoughts, and WP:Great Dismal Swamp? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:09, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

I had seen some of your swamp work, not all. Highly commendable and valued, but it must be hard (not "draining", clearly). One learns to understand some of the special lingo here mostly by stumbling across it. Very best wishes to you Gerda. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 16:26, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

I helped PumpkinSky writing Great Dismal Swamp maroons while he was blocked. Four years since the original meditation on what the blocking of content editors means. The article became a GA (my first) before he was unblocked two months later ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:34, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

I hadn't seen all that sad story. Have seen some of how contentions FA and DYK and Wikicup and RFA still are. I mostly stay away from those and just slog away at adding citations and trying to move pages away from the view that science depends on authority rather than evidence or citations. Great Dismal Swamp maroons is one of the great ideas for an article; a different sort of encyclopedia could be built from such inspiration. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 16:56, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

User:Pablo X

These are not real categories. I thought we were supposed to remove them? And surely user pages should not be in categories?Rathfelder (talk) 23:02, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

They are an expression of categories the user thinks he is in. I have two red links on my user page myself, and when someone turned one blue, I got furious and changed it. Red is to signal: "exception!", "I don't belong!" - This has nothing to do with useful user categories such as what language(s) a user speaks. - General rule: don't touch other user's user pages. Period. Unless it's vandalism, which you can check in the history: when someone else edited. (As - sorry- I handled yours.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:37, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

ps, for clarity: vandal users on their own user pages are of course a different story, - if you see that: act and/or report, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:35, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Hana Blažíková

On 8 March 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Hana Blažíková, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Hana Blažíková is a soprano with the Bach Collegium Japan, conducted by Masaaki Suzuki, for the project to record the complete Bach cantatas? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hana Blažíková. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 12:02, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	For getting Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4 up to FA status. Well done Gerda! Hope to see more at FAC! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:53, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

Oh, no! Not another tribble!

Go Forth And Multiply

There were times when I felt dominated by nothing but ill-will, and just when I was ready to call it quits, along came the magical bright spots like the kindness and recognition you gave me - "A year ago, you were recipient no. 1072 of Precious, a prize of QAI!" - to correct the imbalance and remind me of everything that's good about being a WP editor. You are "precious" and a very special Wikipedian in my book. Thank you for all you do and all you've done to make editing an enjoyable experience. 13:18, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

Thank you! How fitting the week we have four rehearsals and concert of The Creation, with the message "Go forth and multiply!" I will be more off than on until Sunday, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:23, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

Hope it goes well. Amazing start! Are you singing or playing? Robevans123 (talk) 09:45, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

The infobox on my user page will tell you ;) - Rehearsal with orchestra and soloists was promising, surprise may come when a fourth choir from Belgium will join us today. Will be listed here after the event ;) - Read the article: result of a merge, and proof that compromise is possible, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:52, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

Now pictured --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:51, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

Idea

Happy to see you again. I will try to take on a few of your GANs next month. I was wondering if you missed this wonderful user for your Precious... Sainsf <^>_{Feel at home} 05:00, 26 April 2016 (UTC)

Thank you! I tried to make it less "my" Precious, - you could do it ;) - easy ], --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:36, 26 April 2016 (UTC)

Oh, didn't know I could do it as well! :) Sainsf <^>_{Feel at home} 05:45, 26 April 2016 (UTC)

Look at the 2012 archive: several others. - I would like help! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:47, 26 April 2016 (UTC)

Seems no one was awarded this month? Well, I just awarded one. Sainsf <^>_{Feel at home} 06:06, 26 April 2016 (UTC)

Thank you! Next time you can add this step yourself. - To find the most recent ones, click on "list", second word in the article. (Or look at the arrival history.) - I slowed down for health reasons last year, - help most welcome! - Reviews: there's no urgency for the GA, but for my FAC, comments welcome, - I want to see that in good shape by 11 May. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:56, 26 April 2016 (UTC)

Yes, Captain! I have come across a lot of people who deserve this. Will soon drop by your FAC, I wonder if you can talk to one of the coordinators about the deadline. Sainsf <^>_{Feel at home} 07:09, 26 April 2016 (UTC)

There is no deadline. Reger died on 11 May, I want to see the article in good shape by then. I talked to Brianboulton, who is scheduling in May, - he is no friend of "celebrating" anniversaries of death, and I understand. (Too much death already this year.) Others celebrate all year ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:19, 26 April 2016 (UTC)

I understand, sorry about Dreadstar. Meet you soon, I am taking on many reviews just now, will soon give your articles a push forward. Excellent work! Sainsf <^>_{Feel at home} 07:25, 26 April 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Befreit

On 1 May 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Befreit, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Richard Dehmel (pictured) said that "Befreit", the Lied setting of his poem by Richard Strauss, was "a little bit too soft compared to the text, but it appeals to most people"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Befreit. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 14:37, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Victor Koning

Hallo Gerda,

And thank you for making the necessary adjustements to this article. I should have been more careful about some details. My intention is to create here as many articles about French opera librettists as possible, so it's quite likely that you may be interested in the final result. LouisAlain (talk) 10:33, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

This is a collaborative project: you do what you can do, I do what I can do, + French WP is different from English, - article titles, flags, referencing. Koning could go to DYK if "he" was a little longer and had inline citations (Compare Hans-Dieter Bader). I don't know if you want to go for that or move to the next one. I met "him" on project opera, pictured ;)

DYK for Hans-Dieter Bader

On 3 May 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Hans-Dieter Bader, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Hans-Dieter Bader performed the title role of Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's opera Sly, recorded live at the Staatsoper Hannover, "as written", while Plácido Domingo had to cut and change the part? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hans-Dieter Bader. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Hans-Dieter Bader), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 01:52, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Three chorale fantasias, Op. 52

On 4 May 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Three chorale fantasias, Op. 52, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in No. 2 of three chorale fantasias, Op. 52, Max Reger has the chorale tune enter like "the voice of an angel", according to the organist Karl Straube? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Three chorale fantasias, Op. 52. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Three chorale fantasias, Op. 52), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 02:22, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Fritz Stein

On 4 May 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Fritz Stein, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Fritz Stein found in an archive orchestral parts of the Jena Symphony, which he published as possibly an early work by Beethoven? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Fritz Stein. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Fritz Stein), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 14:08, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Klaus Uwe Ludwig

On 5 May 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Klaus Uwe Ludwig, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Klaus Uwe Ludwig played the complete organ works by Bach and Reger at the Lutherkirche in Wiesbaden? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Klaus Uwe Ludwig. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Klaus Uwe Ludwig), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 01:53, 5 May 2016 (UTC)