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This seems to be missing an info box. As you may see above. Give this page an infobox before it is nominated to be deleted. MetallicaMan800 ( talk) 15:58, 12 November 2015 (UTC)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | |
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Born | Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart 27 January 1756 |
Died | 5 December 1791 | (aged 35)
Works | List of compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
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The discussion of "consensus on all three relevant music projects" led to an ArbCom decision on LOCALCONSENSUS that infoboxes in articles are to be decided on a case-by-case basis, article by article. (And that we all need to be nice and civil about it) The endless rounds of ILIKEIT/IDONTLIKEIT about infoboxes generally and infoboxes in the classical music areas specifically are a total waste of time. The only question s if users think this particular article needs one. My position is yes, and in part because I think all the major composers should have them as well. Biographies are appropriate places for userboxes containing basic biographic information and they are a benefit to the reader, particularly the casual reader. What the infobox contains, whether it is expanded or collapsed and any number of other questions surrounding parameters and syntax may be debated endlessly, but the infobox itself should not be something we are still debating about including, particularly now that they are also getting rid of persondata. Montanabw (talk) 00:00, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
Like Montanabw (talk) 07:41, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
Michael Bednarek reverted Silverije's edit for reason of "squashing text between images – WP:SANDWICHING", which simply didn't occur and must be seen as a banal and specious excuse. When will it end, the use of reversion as a tool to lock pages and quash any change that looks like to be disliked by a newfangled son of Echidna? I expect Michael Bednarek to revert his abusive reversion, and, if he thinks he could make an improvement to the page, to wait a while and then make his own editorial effort. Carlotm ( talk) 22:29, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
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Change from "Ludwig van Beethoven composed his own early works in the shadow of Mozart, and Joseph Haydn wrote that "posterity will not see such a talent again in 100 years".[3]" to "Ludwig van Beethoven WHO composed his own early works in the shadow of Mozart, and Joseph Haydn wrote that "posterity will not see such a talent again in 100 years".[3]" 46.39.116.221 ( talk) 18:11, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
Among "Mozart's greatest works????????????????" puuuuuLEEEEZE! 50.202.216.74 ( talk) 21:12, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
Ok, I've made a couple small changes. Specifically, I've removed the material that says these are Mozart's greatest works -- this issue has come up with various other composer articles over the years, and I think it's a consensus that "greatest works" lists are tend to be very subjective and we should not engage in providing them. As a result, I have removed the mention of "Eine kleine Nachtmusik", per discussion above. In addition, I took out the mention of The Magic Flute as it appears within the 1786-1787 section. This section is part of a chronological narrative of Mozart's life, and it seems better to let The Magic Flute be discussed (which it is) in the later section covering 1791 -- which was the year it was composed. Opus33 ( talk) 15:56, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
Mozart never used this pompous name unless he was joking (writing his name in mock Latin such as Wolfgangus Amadeus Mozartus). His middle name was Gottlieb and occasionally he used the French version Amade' But really the entry should be 'Wolfgang Mozart'.
This and so many other articles on composers on Wikipedia are rich with plagiarism. The bulk of the content is either directly copied from Grove, or lightly paraphrased. In many instances the correct citation is included, but quotation marks are needed. For instance, the article writes:
"The following March, Mozart was summoned to Vienna, where his employer, Archbishop Colloredo, was attending the celebrations for the accession of Joseph II to the Austrian throne. Fresh from the adulation he had earned in Munich, Mozart was offended when Colloredo treated him as a mere servant and particularly when the archbishop forbade him to perform before the Emperor at Countess Thun's for a fee equal to half of his yearly Salzburg salary. The resulting quarrel came to a head in May: Mozart attempted to resign and was refused. The following month, permission was granted but in a grossly insulting way: the composer was dismissed literally "with a kick in the arse", administered by the archbishop's steward, Count Arco. Mozart decided to settle in Vienna as a freelance performer and composer.[48]
In Grove, it says:
"On 12 March Mozart was summoned to Vienna, where Archbishop Colloredo and his retinue were temporarily in residence for the celebrations of the accession of Emperor Joseph II; he arrived on 16 March, lodging with the archbishop's entourage. Fresh from his triumphs in Munich, Mozart was offended at being treated like a servant, and the letters that he wrote home over the next three months reflect not only increasing irritation and resentment – on 8 April the archbishop refused to allow him to perform for the emperor at Countess Thun's and thereby earn the equivalent of half his annual Salzburg salary – but also a growing enthusiasm for the possibility of earning his living, at least temporarily, as a freelance in Vienna. Matters came to a head on 9 May: at a stormy interview with Colloredo, Mozart asked for his discharge. At first he was refused, but at a meeting with the chief steward, Count Arco, on 8 June, he was finally and decisively released from Salzburg service, ‘with a kick on my arse … by order of our worthy Prince Archbishop’ (letter of 9 June 1781)."
I'm a university professor and teach writing, and this is a clear-cut example of plagiarism even with the footnote. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Josephejones ( talk • contribs) 02:48, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
The description is fine, it's the citation that's problematic. A citation at the end of a paragraph is not a substitute for quotation marks, if you're borrowing the wording itself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Josephejones ( talk • contribs) 18:12, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
Mea culpa (I checked and it is me, 2007). If no one else does it I will put an alternative together, using other sources as well, as soon as I have time. If Joseph E. Jones noticed any other passages that are too-close-to-Grove I would appreciate his identifying them. Opus33 ( talk) 00:37, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
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Wolfgang's birthplace is in the centre of Salzburg (in Austria) and is visited by thousands of people every year. Noranhs ( talk) 18:33, 8 September 2016 (UTC)
Reasearch of Mozart manuscripts showed evidence to musicologists Oliver Hahn and Claudia Maurer Zenck that large amounts of Arsenic were found in the manuscript of 'Die ZauberFlöte', the opera Mozart was working on the latest years of his life. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 163.158.193.164 ( talk) 13:22, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
This good-faith edit links to an article that I suspect was prepared by an amateur (hey we're amateurs, too! but we rely on professional sources). Errors of this source include:
This is what I caught, so who knows what else there might be. I don't think a professional Mozart scholar would have put these thing in. There are plenty of professional sources so I think it would ok not to cite this one. Opus33 ( talk) 00:51, 7 October 2016 (UTC)
The lead needs to directly inform the average reader of the country of which the subject was a citizen, as per MOS:BIO. As "Salzburg" doesn't mean anything on its own, to the average reader, the lead currently fails to do this.
Feel free to fix this yourself of course, or at least tell me wherein lies the contention from "Born in Salzburg, (located in what is now Austria), ..."
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In regards to relating it to a place people know the location of, how about:
"Born in Salzburg, (in what is now Europe)", or
"Born in Salzburg, (located near modern Austria), ...", or
"Born in Salzburg, (located near Germany), ...", or
"Born in Salzburg, (a state of the Holy Roman Empire), ..."
InternetMeme ( talk) 20:03, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
The opening paragraph of the lead is to state the context of the subject per Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section#Opening_paragraph. Usually, the second paragraph is biographical, and the third sums up the artistic achievements of the subject. For an example of this structure, see the lead at William Shakespeare. Yet the biography begins in the opening paragraph at "Born in Salzburg..." which part belongs to the second paragraph. This is probably because editors want to mention Salzburg as near to the opening sentence as possible, but it actually disrupts the paragraph division in a way that can easily be repaired with some rewriting. It is a bit tough to squeeze in that Salzburg was then not a part of Austria but an independent place under something like a Prince-archbishop rule: even the Mozart page of the German Wikipedia needs some space to set this forth. Cheers MackyBeth ( talk) 14:17, 23 November 2016 (UTC)
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27, 1756. At the age of 5, he learned how to compose and performed in the European royalty. At the age of 17, he was working as a musician for the Salzburg Court, but grew bored and traveled to search for a better job. He had written 600 songs before his death at December. 5, 1791. Gcamp0321 ( talk) 16:08, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
The following passage in the section labeled "Style" contains an anachronistic reference to Richard Wagner:
During his last decade, Mozart exploited chromatic harmony, for instance in his String Quartet in C Major, K 465 (the Dissonance Quartet; 1785), with an introduction containing chromatic suspensions and harmony reminiscent of composer Richard Wagner, whose musical career post-dates Mozart's death by over 40 years
It is better written as follows:
During his last decade, Mozart exploited chromatic harmony, for instance in his String Quartet in C Major, K 465 (the Dissonance Quartet; 1785), with an introduction containing chromatic suspensions and harmony which influenced composer Richard Wagner, whose musical career post-dates Mozart's death by over 40 years
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I suggest that the "religious views" section be merged with "appearance and character", it is too short too have an entire section dedicated to it and it doesn't look that nice.— Lost Whispers talk 05:34, 16 May 2017 (UTC)
Is he technically Austrian or German?— Lost Whispers talk 02:53, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
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The introductory paragraph which states Mozart's common and baptismal names doesn't explain how "Amadeus" came to be. Either include it, or link to /info/en/?search=Mozart%27s_name.
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Appealing: someone was damaging commons' self-peace of playing and using Mozart's music by crazily deleting Educational edition of self-reflections in Wikimedia Commons. It was a very dangerous behaviour to the creative giftedness of commons. And oppositely, they slandered commons' voices as vandalism what they were right doing so. I thought we should respect commons. I found only here, it can be a peaceful place I made my appealing. Why did so many talents of commons have been killed? Why did so many potentials have been limited? Why shouldn't positive power influent people's kind-hearted minds and let them turn to good, rather than evil? currently. Just because some people were doing vandalism, but oppositely points kind-hearted commons as in vandalism. I cannot find any problems if a common learner want to express his aesthetics, after hearing Mozart and even willing to play a piece for respecting and improving his abilities. It should be in Wikipedia Commons' categories for commons' voices. But, one piece has been unfairly list as in deletion. May it be I am a foreigner, but I have been learning global English to express myself from 4 years old. Then, I knew more from Wiki-family, about Mozart's style through English. Should those all be mistakes? Shouldn't a common love Mozart through English and be willing to express his voice. I felt very sad and really didn't know why. Oh, Mozart, please tell me and those kids who are willing to learn yours: Why? Hopefully, this situation can be better — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jason M. C., Han ( talk • contribs) 09:17, 29 September 2017 (UTC)
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Very short article, and I definitely don't think it's notable enough to have it's own article. I'm not sure what the policy is for speedy merging, but I do think that the article does not need to be separate at all. SkyGazer 512 What will you say? / What did I do? 13:22, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
@ Kintetsubuffalo, Nick Moyes, Double sharp, and Smeat75: see what I've done with my last edit to this page. It didn't exactly merge the Mozart and fashion article directly with this one, but I summarized the information provided in the source. If anybody has any another specific ideas about this, feel free to add them to the article, and/or remove what I put.-- SkyGazer 512 What will you say? / What did I do? 19:21, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
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Please add to the entry under "Honors" that reads as: 1770: Knight of the Order of the Golden Spur, by Pontifical Decree of Pope Clement XIV.[90]
to: 1770: Knight of the Order of the Golden Spur, by Pontifical Decree of Pope Clement XIV, received at age fourteen.[90]
It is certainly worth noting that Mozart was designated to receive such an award at such a young age. It may not be immediately apparent to readers that he was so young because they may gloss over the year the honor was awarded.
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change baptized to baptized in the first line Tulane Fanatic 11 ( talk) 17:34, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
I'm sorry, that meant to say change baptised to baptized in the first line. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tulane Fanatic 11 ( talk • contribs) 17:37, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
Hello. A few days ago, I changed the "claimed" wording to "said" per the relevant guidelines at WP:CLAIM regarding Mozart's letter; unfortunately, it was reverted. I'm taking the WP:BRD route and am opening a discussion here in an effort to avoid an edit war. According to said guideline, "To write that someone asserted or claimed something can call their statement's credibility into question, by emphasizing any potential contradiction or implying a disregard for evidence," and I believe the "claimed" wording might not be neutral. Given that, I'm thinking "stated", "commented" or "written" would work better in this instance. Thoughts or ideas before I change it again? Lord Sjones23 ( talk - contributions) 11:39, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
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This seems to be missing an info box. As you may see above. Give this page an infobox before it is nominated to be deleted. MetallicaMan800 ( talk) 15:58, 12 November 2015 (UTC)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | |
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Born | Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart 27 January 1756 |
Died | 5 December 1791 | (aged 35)
Works | List of compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
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The discussion of "consensus on all three relevant music projects" led to an ArbCom decision on LOCALCONSENSUS that infoboxes in articles are to be decided on a case-by-case basis, article by article. (And that we all need to be nice and civil about it) The endless rounds of ILIKEIT/IDONTLIKEIT about infoboxes generally and infoboxes in the classical music areas specifically are a total waste of time. The only question s if users think this particular article needs one. My position is yes, and in part because I think all the major composers should have them as well. Biographies are appropriate places for userboxes containing basic biographic information and they are a benefit to the reader, particularly the casual reader. What the infobox contains, whether it is expanded or collapsed and any number of other questions surrounding parameters and syntax may be debated endlessly, but the infobox itself should not be something we are still debating about including, particularly now that they are also getting rid of persondata. Montanabw (talk) 00:00, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
Like Montanabw (talk) 07:41, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
Michael Bednarek reverted Silverije's edit for reason of "squashing text between images – WP:SANDWICHING", which simply didn't occur and must be seen as a banal and specious excuse. When will it end, the use of reversion as a tool to lock pages and quash any change that looks like to be disliked by a newfangled son of Echidna? I expect Michael Bednarek to revert his abusive reversion, and, if he thinks he could make an improvement to the page, to wait a while and then make his own editorial effort. Carlotm ( talk) 22:29, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
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Change from "Ludwig van Beethoven composed his own early works in the shadow of Mozart, and Joseph Haydn wrote that "posterity will not see such a talent again in 100 years".[3]" to "Ludwig van Beethoven WHO composed his own early works in the shadow of Mozart, and Joseph Haydn wrote that "posterity will not see such a talent again in 100 years".[3]" 46.39.116.221 ( talk) 18:11, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
Among "Mozart's greatest works????????????????" puuuuuLEEEEZE! 50.202.216.74 ( talk) 21:12, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
Ok, I've made a couple small changes. Specifically, I've removed the material that says these are Mozart's greatest works -- this issue has come up with various other composer articles over the years, and I think it's a consensus that "greatest works" lists are tend to be very subjective and we should not engage in providing them. As a result, I have removed the mention of "Eine kleine Nachtmusik", per discussion above. In addition, I took out the mention of The Magic Flute as it appears within the 1786-1787 section. This section is part of a chronological narrative of Mozart's life, and it seems better to let The Magic Flute be discussed (which it is) in the later section covering 1791 -- which was the year it was composed. Opus33 ( talk) 15:56, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
Mozart never used this pompous name unless he was joking (writing his name in mock Latin such as Wolfgangus Amadeus Mozartus). His middle name was Gottlieb and occasionally he used the French version Amade' But really the entry should be 'Wolfgang Mozart'.
This and so many other articles on composers on Wikipedia are rich with plagiarism. The bulk of the content is either directly copied from Grove, or lightly paraphrased. In many instances the correct citation is included, but quotation marks are needed. For instance, the article writes:
"The following March, Mozart was summoned to Vienna, where his employer, Archbishop Colloredo, was attending the celebrations for the accession of Joseph II to the Austrian throne. Fresh from the adulation he had earned in Munich, Mozart was offended when Colloredo treated him as a mere servant and particularly when the archbishop forbade him to perform before the Emperor at Countess Thun's for a fee equal to half of his yearly Salzburg salary. The resulting quarrel came to a head in May: Mozart attempted to resign and was refused. The following month, permission was granted but in a grossly insulting way: the composer was dismissed literally "with a kick in the arse", administered by the archbishop's steward, Count Arco. Mozart decided to settle in Vienna as a freelance performer and composer.[48]
In Grove, it says:
"On 12 March Mozart was summoned to Vienna, where Archbishop Colloredo and his retinue were temporarily in residence for the celebrations of the accession of Emperor Joseph II; he arrived on 16 March, lodging with the archbishop's entourage. Fresh from his triumphs in Munich, Mozart was offended at being treated like a servant, and the letters that he wrote home over the next three months reflect not only increasing irritation and resentment – on 8 April the archbishop refused to allow him to perform for the emperor at Countess Thun's and thereby earn the equivalent of half his annual Salzburg salary – but also a growing enthusiasm for the possibility of earning his living, at least temporarily, as a freelance in Vienna. Matters came to a head on 9 May: at a stormy interview with Colloredo, Mozart asked for his discharge. At first he was refused, but at a meeting with the chief steward, Count Arco, on 8 June, he was finally and decisively released from Salzburg service, ‘with a kick on my arse … by order of our worthy Prince Archbishop’ (letter of 9 June 1781)."
I'm a university professor and teach writing, and this is a clear-cut example of plagiarism even with the footnote. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Josephejones ( talk • contribs) 02:48, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
The description is fine, it's the citation that's problematic. A citation at the end of a paragraph is not a substitute for quotation marks, if you're borrowing the wording itself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Josephejones ( talk • contribs) 18:12, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
Mea culpa (I checked and it is me, 2007). If no one else does it I will put an alternative together, using other sources as well, as soon as I have time. If Joseph E. Jones noticed any other passages that are too-close-to-Grove I would appreciate his identifying them. Opus33 ( talk) 00:37, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
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Wolfgang's birthplace is in the centre of Salzburg (in Austria) and is visited by thousands of people every year. Noranhs ( talk) 18:33, 8 September 2016 (UTC)
Reasearch of Mozart manuscripts showed evidence to musicologists Oliver Hahn and Claudia Maurer Zenck that large amounts of Arsenic were found in the manuscript of 'Die ZauberFlöte', the opera Mozart was working on the latest years of his life. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 163.158.193.164 ( talk) 13:22, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
This good-faith edit links to an article that I suspect was prepared by an amateur (hey we're amateurs, too! but we rely on professional sources). Errors of this source include:
This is what I caught, so who knows what else there might be. I don't think a professional Mozart scholar would have put these thing in. There are plenty of professional sources so I think it would ok not to cite this one. Opus33 ( talk) 00:51, 7 October 2016 (UTC)
The lead needs to directly inform the average reader of the country of which the subject was a citizen, as per MOS:BIO. As "Salzburg" doesn't mean anything on its own, to the average reader, the lead currently fails to do this.
Feel free to fix this yourself of course, or at least tell me wherein lies the contention from "Born in Salzburg, (located in what is now Austria), ..."
InternetMeme ( talk) 19:48, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
In regards to relating it to a place people know the location of, how about:
"Born in Salzburg, (in what is now Europe)", or
"Born in Salzburg, (located near modern Austria), ...", or
"Born in Salzburg, (located near Germany), ...", or
"Born in Salzburg, (a state of the Holy Roman Empire), ..."
InternetMeme ( talk) 20:03, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
The opening paragraph of the lead is to state the context of the subject per Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section#Opening_paragraph. Usually, the second paragraph is biographical, and the third sums up the artistic achievements of the subject. For an example of this structure, see the lead at William Shakespeare. Yet the biography begins in the opening paragraph at "Born in Salzburg..." which part belongs to the second paragraph. This is probably because editors want to mention Salzburg as near to the opening sentence as possible, but it actually disrupts the paragraph division in a way that can easily be repaired with some rewriting. It is a bit tough to squeeze in that Salzburg was then not a part of Austria but an independent place under something like a Prince-archbishop rule: even the Mozart page of the German Wikipedia needs some space to set this forth. Cheers MackyBeth ( talk) 14:17, 23 November 2016 (UTC)
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27, 1756. At the age of 5, he learned how to compose and performed in the European royalty. At the age of 17, he was working as a musician for the Salzburg Court, but grew bored and traveled to search for a better job. He had written 600 songs before his death at December. 5, 1791. Gcamp0321 ( talk) 16:08, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
The following passage in the section labeled "Style" contains an anachronistic reference to Richard Wagner:
During his last decade, Mozart exploited chromatic harmony, for instance in his String Quartet in C Major, K 465 (the Dissonance Quartet; 1785), with an introduction containing chromatic suspensions and harmony reminiscent of composer Richard Wagner, whose musical career post-dates Mozart's death by over 40 years
It is better written as follows:
During his last decade, Mozart exploited chromatic harmony, for instance in his String Quartet in C Major, K 465 (the Dissonance Quartet; 1785), with an introduction containing chromatic suspensions and harmony which influenced composer Richard Wagner, whose musical career post-dates Mozart's death by over 40 years
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I suggest that the "religious views" section be merged with "appearance and character", it is too short too have an entire section dedicated to it and it doesn't look that nice.— Lost Whispers talk 05:34, 16 May 2017 (UTC)
Is he technically Austrian or German?— Lost Whispers talk 02:53, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
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The introductory paragraph which states Mozart's common and baptismal names doesn't explain how "Amadeus" came to be. Either include it, or link to /info/en/?search=Mozart%27s_name.
TrueLaStudent ( talk) 15:36, 4 August 2017 (UTC)
Appealing: someone was damaging commons' self-peace of playing and using Mozart's music by crazily deleting Educational edition of self-reflections in Wikimedia Commons. It was a very dangerous behaviour to the creative giftedness of commons. And oppositely, they slandered commons' voices as vandalism what they were right doing so. I thought we should respect commons. I found only here, it can be a peaceful place I made my appealing. Why did so many talents of commons have been killed? Why did so many potentials have been limited? Why shouldn't positive power influent people's kind-hearted minds and let them turn to good, rather than evil? currently. Just because some people were doing vandalism, but oppositely points kind-hearted commons as in vandalism. I cannot find any problems if a common learner want to express his aesthetics, after hearing Mozart and even willing to play a piece for respecting and improving his abilities. It should be in Wikipedia Commons' categories for commons' voices. But, one piece has been unfairly list as in deletion. May it be I am a foreigner, but I have been learning global English to express myself from 4 years old. Then, I knew more from Wiki-family, about Mozart's style through English. Should those all be mistakes? Shouldn't a common love Mozart through English and be willing to express his voice. I felt very sad and really didn't know why. Oh, Mozart, please tell me and those kids who are willing to learn yours: Why? Hopefully, this situation can be better — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jason M. C., Han ( talk • contribs) 09:17, 29 September 2017 (UTC)
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Very short article, and I definitely don't think it's notable enough to have it's own article. I'm not sure what the policy is for speedy merging, but I do think that the article does not need to be separate at all. SkyGazer 512 What will you say? / What did I do? 13:22, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
@ Kintetsubuffalo, Nick Moyes, Double sharp, and Smeat75: see what I've done with my last edit to this page. It didn't exactly merge the Mozart and fashion article directly with this one, but I summarized the information provided in the source. If anybody has any another specific ideas about this, feel free to add them to the article, and/or remove what I put.-- SkyGazer 512 What will you say? / What did I do? 19:21, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
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Please change the link-url
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Thank you! M Fischer ( talk) 10:49, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
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Please add to the entry under "Honors" that reads as: 1770: Knight of the Order of the Golden Spur, by Pontifical Decree of Pope Clement XIV.[90]
to: 1770: Knight of the Order of the Golden Spur, by Pontifical Decree of Pope Clement XIV, received at age fourteen.[90]
It is certainly worth noting that Mozart was designated to receive such an award at such a young age. It may not be immediately apparent to readers that he was so young because they may gloss over the year the honor was awarded.
Thank you Seigristn ( talk) 22:46, 2 December 2018 (UTC)
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change baptized to baptized in the first line Tulane Fanatic 11 ( talk) 17:34, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
I'm sorry, that meant to say change baptised to baptized in the first line. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tulane Fanatic 11 ( talk • contribs) 17:37, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
Hello. A few days ago, I changed the "claimed" wording to "said" per the relevant guidelines at WP:CLAIM regarding Mozart's letter; unfortunately, it was reverted. I'm taking the WP:BRD route and am opening a discussion here in an effort to avoid an edit war. According to said guideline, "To write that someone asserted or claimed something can call their statement's credibility into question, by emphasizing any potential contradiction or implying a disregard for evidence," and I believe the "claimed" wording might not be neutral. Given that, I'm thinking "stated", "commented" or "written" would work better in this instance. Thoughts or ideas before I change it again? Lord Sjones23 ( talk - contributions) 11:39, 25 June 2019 (UTC)