Archive 41: March 2021 through May 2022, more or less. Please do not edit this page -- use my regular talk page instead, as I will not see your message here. Editors of talk page archives are either robots or psychotic stalkers. Or both, as in the case of the one who will do this next.
Today: Carmen for TFA (on my request), with Bizet's music " expressing the emotions and suffering of his characters" as Brian worded it. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 16:33, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
On Talk:Kayleigh McEnany I had written up a response for the IP. I'm hoping that there's some chance I can get them to understand how things work. It's probably not going to work, but I feel a need to try from time to time. ScottishFinnishRadish ( talk) 18:23, 5 March 2021 (UTC)
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Impressed by you. My first article was Cachi Cachi music. Have a great 2021! The Eloquent Peasant ( talk) 15:49, 7 March 2021 (UTC) |
Hello Antandrus,
I just wanted to let you know that I have had a link to User:Antandrus/observations on Wikipedia behavior on my user page for quite some time. Seeing it mentioned elsewhere today motivated me to read it again, which was a very worthwhile way to spend a few minutes. I just want to commend you for writing an essay that stands the test of time. Your words have helped guide my actions as an administrator for almost four years. Thanks for writing it. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 02:48, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
Could you RevDel this and this for me please? Thanks. — Belwine ( talk) 22:04, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
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Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.
Stockhausenfan ( talk) 00:03, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
Hello, apologies for the random message. I noticed that you blocked IP 150.129.142.119 ( talk · contribs · WHOIS). You might want to block IP 95.12.114.188 ( talk · contribs · WHOIS) as well, who just reverted your edit on Talk:Zen. -- Ashley yoursmile! 03:28, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
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userright, which allows moving a page over a single-revision redirect, regardless of that redirect's target.It's so.... clean???? Also, for your love of Rennaisance music... [1], though maybe he's too early for you :) Aza24 ( talk) 22:40, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
... for the thanks. We loved each other very much & I am lost without him - Alison ❤ 03:45, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
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more memories on the Main page today, Psalm 115 thinking of Yoninah, Christa Ludwig and Milva, - voices that made the Earth a better place. Sad that the psalm hook didn't appear on Earth Day as planned, but better pictured and late than going unnoticed ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:39, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for reverting all that gross stuff on my talk page and blocking the IP, I really appreciate it! Thattransgirl ( talk) 02:41, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
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For your exceptionally brilliant editing throughout your career here. I believe you are one of the best contributors with a high level of competence here, leading me to give you the barnstar due to your work improving this encyclopedia. I wish you happy editing and a happy career. Regards, -- IamTheAstronomer Talk 19:34, 6 April 2021 (UTC) |
Unbelievably welcome, my pal. I wish you exceptionally good luck with all your future endeavours, and you might even want to request for adminship since you’ve been here since 2004. I know adminship doesn’t come first during user permission but if you are an admin, you’re all good :) -- IamTheAstronomer Talk 20:07, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi Antandrus, I don't think we've interacted before, but I wanted to thank you for writing your observations on Wikipedia behavior and thoughts. I read them for the first time today, after a very demoralising interaction, and they made me feel understood, like I was sitting in the shade of a mentor or elder. Thank you, it's meant more than I can say. Kohlrabi Pickle ( talk) 03:55, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
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You should just permanently semi all of your archives; there's no reason why anyone should ever need to edit them other that you. Unless you're using them as honeypots...Just a thought!-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 22:49, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
I've been patrolling random IP edits and noticed this IP 76.116.138.69 modified your archives. This seems to be an ongoing issue, so I just wanted to let you know! MerelyPumpkin ( talk) 23:11, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
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Thank you for cleaning up my talk. Can you also revert that shock's edit's, unless they brought back the former state which is hard to tell. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 19:20, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi there, congrats for being an admin on WV now. Just asking if you could protect my talk archives and my userpage due to GRP. Additionally, could you protect my talk page on enwiki (here) for 3 weeks. My editing activities have reduced here so there's no need for IP users to edit here. SHB2000 ( talk) 07:38, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
Hello Antandrus, just to inform you that I've temporarily protected your talk page at Wikidata for a month for obvious reasons. If an extension or any other help is needed, don't hesitate to ping me. -- Minorax ( talk) 08:57, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
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T112147 if you have objections.Really feeling the loss of SlimVirgin today. That was huge. She has done so much for our project, over the years. Interesting how you can never meet a person in "real life" but yet get a sense of who they are, what they care about, what they are made of. She was magnificent. Articulate, passionate about her work. "... the best labourer dead / And all the sheaves to bind", said Yeats, and -- yes. Antandrus (talk) 22:53, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
See my talk today, - it's rare that a person is pictured when a dream comes true, and that the picture is shown on the Main page on a meaningful day. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 13:34, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
Hello Antandrus, can you take a look at Rudolf Arthur Pfeiffer? The George Reeves Person is active there via different IPs. -- Dandelo ( talk) 21:32, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
Hello User:Antandrus, when you get a moment, could you take a look at my talk page's history? I've just had what seems to be the GRP person damage my talk page and leave an unhinged message as an edit summary, and I'm not sure where exactly to go from here (maybe I should request talk page protection?). Thanks! Dndlp ( talk) 02:20, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
As a public health worker, I attempted to bring peer reviewed science to Wikipedia, with no "original research", just citations of objective sources. Several editors insisted on removing it, replacing it with unreliable sources whose editorial writing was motivated by political ideology, not science. Those editors misrepresented their sources as "reliable". Even today, the DeSantis page contains false statements about the Florida management of the COVID pandemic.
Eventually, I gave up (as, I noticed from the edit history, several others before me have).
I asked the Wikimedia foundation to return the $400 in contributions that I made in the previous two years. Of course, I will never again donate to Wikimedia, because it allows politically motivated editors to perpetrate false content, and lacks a mechanism to correct this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.171.14.30 ( talk • contribs)
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Wow! -- Firestar464 ( talk) 10:35, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
Meters ( talk) 19:38, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
What happened on my TP? Someone really hates you.
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Hope you're okay. Firestar464 ( talk) 04:34, 22 May 2021 (UTC) |
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For constantly dealing with Ljupco's attacks for 16 years, and guiding other editors to not be attacked. Have a good day!
And to Ljupco, I know your going to vandalise this barncompass, but WMF-banned means no-editing. Go away Ljupco. SHB2000 ( talk) 12:00, 26 May 2021 (UTC) |
In order to stop the daily deluge of hate mail from a deranged individual who has been harassing and stalking me for years, I have made a number of changes. These include the closing of some old gmail accounts I have used for Wikimedia communication, and changing some settings. If you need or want to contact me (I'm not antisocial! don't let it stop you) please use the 'Email this user' link in the sidebar rather than reply to any previous email address you may have for me. Thank you -- Antandrus (talk) 01:08, 4 June 2021 (UTC)
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Antandrus, thank you for the block on User:56Y77IOT. As you mentioned, they are a sockpuppet/LTA: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/16DaysUntilUnblock. Best, Laplorfill ( talk) 02:58, 18 June 2021 (UTC)
Hey, the 500th anniversary of Josquin's death is coming up this August. Later this month, or maybe during July, I'm considering updating and rewriting parts of his article so it could be featured on the main page. Not wanting to overstep your fantastic contributions to the article, I though I'd run this by you to get your thoughts and invite you to help out yourself, should you find the time or interest. Aza24 ( talk) 02:22, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
Would you please consider revdelling the contribs of the IP you just blocked? Not to go into too much detail here but it's the talk pages of people starting Bish* and Pra*. I just don't think we need keep that stuff and I don't think it should stay as a testament to their contribs. I know YMMV so fine, and thanks either way. Cheers DBaK ( talk) 17:38, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
Thank you for improving articles in June, with some impressions of places, flowers and music for you. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 20:19, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
added: missing SlimVirgin, and RMF festival opening -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 16:00, 29 June 2021 (UTC)
Oh. That was quick. I was just going to point out that second George Reeves IP, but while I was typing I got a notification that you'd got him already. Nice quick response.
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Last year's flowers match the image on the user page nicely, see? - DYK that her last reply to me was in a thread Green for hope? - The DYK set in honour of Yoninah will appear tomorrow, including Psalm 85, with the kiss of justice and peace. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 20:13, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
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Hi Antandrus. Thanks for your help - when you have a second, please can you do the honours with page protection at Vladislao Cap. Thanks again. Lugnuts Fire Walk with Me 16:40, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
In light of this, you might want to consider protecting Democratic Kampuchea, too. Thank you for your help! TheTimesAreAChanging ( talk) 22:50, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for providing semi-protection for Paul Morphy. The IP is up to the same tricks on Morphy number, could you protect it as well? Quale ( talk) 05:57, 13 July 2021 (UTC) And also Adolf Anderssen. Quale ( talk) 06:17, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
Hi Antandrus, hope your doing well, being free of Ljupco for sometime. (he's been on a break from Wikivoyage but I still see him on Wikibooks).
I was just asking if I could have the rollback right so I could fight vandalism better. I've had rollback on 5 different WMF projects, which I gave up the tool on one of them when I chose to retire from the project. I've done more vandal fighting here than any of those, but yet my silly mistakes have somewhat prevented me from getting this tool. So may I ask you whether I can have this tool, and is there anything I can do to improve vandal and spambot fighting?
Enjoy your summer up there. Hope it's not too hot for you up there.
Cheers, SHB2000 ( talk) 08:39, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
[24] Projects is at it again. Firestar464 ( talk) 04:23, 27 July 2021 (UTC)
Could you rev del this edit? Thx. SHB2000 ( talk) 13:40, 27 July 2021 (UTC)
Is Ljupco interested in the Beatles? He was vandalising on en.voy with Beatles youtube links all over music pages. Just asking whether he has a tendency to just vandalise in what he finds interesting? (which may also explain on voy:en:Talk:Armenia about the Armenian genocide) SHB2000 ( talk) 12:07, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
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Thanks! SHB2000 ( talk) 04:57, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
Thank you for fighting vandalism here and inspiring thoughts about music there! My 12th today, DYK? I decorated, also for a birthday. Songs invite to more music, places, food and flowers. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 15:41, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
Hi there, just wanted to ask if you could also make some comments here. I believe in my opinion, it's about Wikinger, but they believe it to be a different user. If possible, could you leave your comments there? Thanks! SHB2000 ( talk) 09:16, 3 August 2021 (UTC)
Remember that every insult he levels at others is something true of himselfHe has accused me of hosting child porn, does that mean....? Naleksuh ( talk) 23:32, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
Just wanted to let you know that I reverted this edit that an IP user made to your talk page archive. –– 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 talk 07:36, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
Hey! Its me Elytrian. Where do I request my talk page to be protected? I'm not able to find anything useful and Admin's Noticeboard seems to be for different things here on enwiki. Could you tell me where I could request help? -- Elytrian ( talk) 05:30, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
This one please (What's quite ironic about this one is that Australia is one of three countries where everything differs a lot from jurisdiction. (state/territory/province) SHB2000 ( talk) 07:08, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
How was it not a improvement, any ways for help? Tips? Abigblueworld ( talk) 02:21, 15 August 2021 (UTC)
It might be my overtalkative self doing it, as I am over talkative. And also, Am I better computer animation Wikipedia person or music? Abigblueworld ( talk) 02:30, 15 August 2021 (UTC)
May I have that? IPs here are mostly Ljupco, and my meta talk page is open to all. (I don't think he's smart enough to go through a bunch of what he'd call "nonsense"). I'm not even active here, so... SHB2000 ( talk) 13:44, 18 August 2021 (UTC)
You know, I was all excited about working the Guido of Arezzo article until I finished the biography and realized I have to actually write and read about medieval music theory! Ugh. Anyways, here primarily because I thought you'd enjoy this line from the "context and sources" section:
"The scholarly outline of Guido's life has been subject to much mythologization and misunderstandings.[6] These dubious claims include that he spent much of life in France (recorded as early as Johannes Trithemius's 1494 De scriptoribus ecclesiasticis); that he trained in the Saint-Maur-des-Fossés near Paris;[6] and unsupported rumors that he was imprisoned because of plots from those hostile to his innovations.[2]"
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"Older commentators have proposed revisionist theories that he originated from England or Germany".
Ha! Who knew people were so willing to fictionalize a 10th century Italian monk! Aza24 ( talk) 21:28, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
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Omas gegen Rechts - enjoy strong women! I thought of Yoninah on the first day of Rosh Hashanah -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:34, 7 September 2021 (UTC)
Rich Main page today: first TFA by promising author, pictured DYK by my friend LouisAlain who is discouraged by an AN discussion, and one of the Recent deaths. Enjoy! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 17:33, 9 September 2021 (UTC)
... and today: the day of bold red and black, for Dante who died 700 years ago, and Peter Fleischmann who died recently, leaving us films full of vision. Dante: just heard Inferno, imagined by a woman, the main character both speaking and singing with an inner 4-part voice! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 18:22, 14 September 2021 (UTC)
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Hey Antandrus, I don't really understand the proper protocol for this. An IP (often times different IPs) has been repetedly adding some trivial snippet on the Cai Lun article about how someone made a song about him for an episode of the Elinor Wonders Why tv series. The information is of course not needed and uncited. I've reverted plenty of times but they keep adding it; is this a reason for page protection, blocks or warnings or something? Aza24 ( talk) 21:35, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
presumably this is him yet again [27] Meters ( talk) 01:33, 15 September 2021 (UTC)
Wikinger seems to have acquired, or figured out, Projects' password for his throwaway accounts (there are hundreds of them), so any that were not globally blocked -- some many years old -- may come back, but controlled by Wikinger.
I'm very confused. So Wikinger discovered Ljupco's passwords I'm presuming? tbh that's quite interesting.
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I don't really know whats going on at the article, but seems to be an oddly funny hatred against acknowledging the oboe's existence. Maybe it warrants some protection? Aza24 ( talk) 22:18, 3 October 2021 (UTC)
/Archive8 is archived twice. No. 1 is the same as no. 101. Sawol ( talk) 14:43, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
I uploaded new pics (click on songs), including "our" concert (after exactly two years without) and a cow sunset -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 19:51, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
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In November, I can offer some reading, - three feast days in a row, reformation followed by All Saints' and All Souls. On All Saints, we sang in choir in a mass - a 2021 first - and rehearsed (with the other group) for the next such thing next Sunday. All Souls is the birthday of the subject of my first article who will play a major concert on 14 November. Today we "celebrate" the first DYK for which LouisAlain laid the base in a German sandbox, - needlessly complicated but working. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:47, 3 November 2021 (UTC)
update on St. Martin's Day -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 22:13, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
I may have found him - AssumeGoodWraith ( talk | contribs) 06:57, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
Can you protect Fanny Mendelssohn? She's been linked from a google doodle and the vandalism is just continuous. Aza24 ( talk) 21:22, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
Today: sharing symphonic music - happy listening! - I asked the arb cands if they'd listen, which is an art. - Listen to what de:Jerome Kohl wrote about Zeitmaße, premiered by Pierre Boulez. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 16:27, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
updated even richer -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 23:15, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
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The latest GRP target that you may want to protect for a little while... Thanks! -- Ferien ( talk) 13:39, 11 December 2021 (UTC)
Hello! I wanted to bring this [29] and this [30] to your attention. You left a message on their talk page warning them about this, and just wanted to let you know. I reverted both of them, but I wasn't sure what else to do, so I figured I'd reach out. If i've done anything wrong in this regard, let me know. Thank you!! Spf121188 ( talk) 18:27, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
May you have very Happy Holidays ...
and a safe New Year filled with peace, joy, and beautiful music.
Best wishes,
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Someone put pain series on that Encyclopedia Dramatica userpage (not) owned by you (and probably by Ljupco if I guessed correctly). I'd recommend not looking at it. Those people are weird, and I really regret reading stuff on it. – AssumeGoodWraith ( talk | contribs) 13:45, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
How useful do you think the WP:LTA/GRP page is, for others unfamiliar and familiar with the LTA mentioned before? They've been holding it up as a trophy, unless I'm mistaken. How much, do you think, would he slow down, if no one paid any attention apart from reverting and blocking? (also, not sure if your remarks against him helps, but I would definitely do the same) – AssumeGoodWraith ( talk | contribs) 11:38, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
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Happy new year, in friendship! - Epiphany seems like a good day to say so, after a Bavarian peasants' mass (sorry, on the train home, no recent pics of that - just keep watching), and two DYK, even with a pic I took. I enjoyed meetings with friends in real life, and wish you many of those. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 13:43, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
especially for you: today's music in memory -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 10:39, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
2022 began happily with vacation. I uploaded images but stopped at 22 January - click on songs. 30 January means 10 years of Precious. It's also the birthday of a friend, - I'm so happy I mentioned his DYK on his 90th birthday when he was still alive. I have a great singer on DYK whom I heard, Elena Guseva, and wait for a Recent death appearance of Georg Christoph Biller whom I saw in action. After a round of updates, I should take care of Heinz Werner Zimmermann, begun by Jerome in 2006, imagine. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 20:02, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
update: we have now Guseva pictured, Biller pictured better (but still not on the Main page), and one more day of my pics -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 17:10, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
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Hello again! I wanted to bring these diffs [31] [32] to your attention. You blocked this IP for a period before, but it looks like they are still vandalizing. Just wanted to let you know. Thanks! Spf121188 ( talk) 20:43, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
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Today is a feast day for which Bach wrote several cantatas including Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 125, which was on DYK 10 years ago and TFA 4 years ago. I'm less happy that Georg Christoph Biller had to wait days for a Main page appearance under recent deaths, and then stayed not even for a full day. It would have been so meaningful today, with the man in the cantata saying he can depart in joy and peace. - The February pic was taken in memory last year. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 16:43, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
I like my talk today (even explaining how it works), and managed to picture two more vacation days -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 16:32, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Today, I decorated my talk with a Bach cantata. I heard it last year when missing RexxS began, and "not letting go" was a theme. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 17:19, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
my joy - more on my talk -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 16:42, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
Valentine's Day edition, with spring flowers and plenty of music -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 17:45, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
22 02 2022: music for you, today the German Main page has de:In Freundschaft, and you know the long story behind it. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 14:26, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
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Ukraine on my talk, choir singing in "our" church in 2009. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 19:32, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
stand and sing -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 22:12, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
same with stress on Prayer for Ukraine, with a history from 1995 to 2022, - the article a work in progress, help wanted - translation of some of it would also help -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 20:21, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
The pic I took in 2009 is on the German MP today, with this song from 1885, and I updated my personal pics to 3 March, when a symphony concert was dedicated to the victims of the 2022 invasion. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:29, 5 March 2022 (UTC)
Listening to the charity concert mentioned here. I created the articles of the composer and the soprano. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 20:16, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
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in Phabricator if you have objections.Hallo Antandrus, eben sah ich deinen Schnelllöschantrag auf :de. Deiner de-Seite habe ich entnommen, dass du Administrator bist. Könntest du bitte, wenn du dir die Zeit nehmen möchtest, m:Talk:Wikiproject:Antispam#Fake literature ansehen? Der Fall ist dort nur für :fr bearbeitet. Mir geht es nicht nur um die Sperrung von user:Vitruv2008, sondern auch um die Löschung des Artikels Alfred Werner Maurer ( de:Wikipedia:Löschkandidaten/22. Dezember 2021#Alfred Werner Maurer (gelöscht), der ebenfalls auf Fake literature basiert und Relevanz geschickt vortäuscht. Die beiden anderen genannten Accounts haben keine Beiträge in en. Leider bin ich mit den Verfahren in :en nicht vertraut, weswegen ich mich an dich wende. Ausführliche Informationen findest du unter de:Wikipedia:Administratoren/Anfragen/Archiv/2022/Februar#Jahrelanges Spammen von „Fake-Literatur“ und meine Recherchen unter de:Benutzer:A. Leiwand/Literatur. Einen anderen auch deutschsprachigen Administrator aufmerksam zu machen, ist natürlich auch willkommen. Vielen Dank und freundliche Grüße. -- A. Leiwand ( talk) 04:53, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
Thanks for the warning. I shall take that section off my talk page. Be assured that I see no reason to communicate with other editors on here except via talk pages, whether those of editors or those on articles. Thanks again. Britmax ( talk) 12:15, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
Hey! I saw you recently blocked a GRP IP. I just read the page on them and while it doesn't really describe their behavior. Home Alone 3 doesn't really seem like something they would target but, they're an LTA so you never know. I'll make sure to watch the related things they target for a few days just to make sure everything is alright (especially with me already having an issue with someone finding out who I really am off of Wikipedia). ― Blaze Wolf TalkBlaze Wolf#6545 02:00, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
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@ Antandrus: I see that you are the main contributor of Josquin des Prez. It is currently at FAR; are you aware of this? Wretchskull ( talk) 21:45, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
I learned something interesting about Josquin today, and I wonder your thoughts on it (though there is a good chance you might be familiar with some, or all of the following). Apparently, the famous " Ave Maria ... Virgo serena" has gone through some serious controversy with dating. Lowinsky first dated the work to late in Josquin's life, and many musicologists seemed to posit it as a his late-life masterpiece (like the idea of Beethoven 9, Tchaik 6 etc.), and a culmination of his previous works. One of the papers on this subject quoted Schoenberg explaining the distinction between a genius and someone who is talented (a problematic narrowing down to two possibilities already, but alas). Schoenberg essentially said a genius is someone who is born and consistently skillful, where as someone of talent has to develop it over time. So thus, scholars were saying that Lowinsky's dating meant Josquin grew into a master by growing his talent. After numerous other datings, Rifkin's ridiculously long article on the dating of the piece firmly established the work as fairly early (c. 1485). So now the hypothesis of the talented Josquin building up to his masterpiece has to be thrown out of the window.
Now you would think that scholars might use this as a chance to reexamine the sometimes godly status given Josquin (I love him, but I often wonder if it has gotten a bit much). And with all of this recent discover of misattributions and the apparent debate over his actual influence, there might even be reason to outside of this dating issue. But instead Rifkin compensates by contending the Josquin is simply a "genius" to begin with (the second of Schoenberg's options) so that explains why the work was written so early. I mean the whole thing strikes me weirdly, and the constant comparisons I see between Josquin and Beethoven feel like scholars are just begging me to worship him. I mean, I do genuinely love his music, but Beethoven? Come on now.... I mean, to begin with, surely Palestrina was way more influential than Josquin? Hmm—if you have a second though, maybe this is something you might have some thoughts on. Aza24 ( talk) 22:50, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
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T301928)amazing! - two people on DYK, both connected to Oper Frankfurt, and don't miss yesterday's video of Pink Floyd given to me! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 18:26, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Main Page history/2022 April 13: the TFA is hard to overlook, but there are also peace prayers, a soprano and a theatre manager, - if you don't find them try here -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 20:22, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
rich in music and memories -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 20:29, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
dance and singing, peace doves and icecream -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 20:09, 23 April 2022 (UTC) updated with a more prominent link to how to listen to the concert: Freiheit! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 16:13, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
another Ukraine day today: Maks Levin DYK, expanding Kyiv Symphony Orchestra (have tickets), and creating Anthony Robin Schneider, the bass who could be heard opening the singing in Beethoven's Ninth twice on 10 March 2022, live in Frankfurt, Germany, and recorded in Auckland, New Zealand, singing "Freiheit!" (freedom) instead of "Freude" (joy), in a tradition started after the Fall of the Wall. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 15:42, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:30, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
Dove sono ( Where are those happy moments ...?) - concert with Kyiv orchestra and Aleksey Semenenko (quite a story!) tonight -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:51, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
... and now you can listen: Kyiv Symphony Orchestra, Luigi Gaggero & Diana Tishchenko (violin) / Kulturpalast Dresden (25 April 2022 on YouTube (that's 25 April in Dresden, a different violinist, but the same program) - ours pictured here -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 15:41, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
Dear Antandrus,
Recently, I added a short paragraph naming the notable examples of ricercari on the ricercar page. I named the two in Bach's Musical Offering and the seven for unaccompanied cello by Domenico Gabrielli, adding that the latter are some of the first ever published pieces for lone cello. You removed this superlative, and only kept the part about Bach, citing the need for a reference for such a claim; something I understand and agree with.
Afterward, I added the Gabrielli part back, citing a thesis to support the superlative. I would like to know whether this is sufficient or not.
I would also like to ask whether or not you deem it appropriate to create a separate article just for Gabrielli's Ricercari — a project I've been pondering since I made that initial edit —, these pieces being, as confirmed by at least two or three viable references, the first ever published pieces for solo cello. The first Ricercar has also been incorporated into the standard Royal Conservatory of Music violoncello repertoire. So... do these two things make them notable enough to have an independent Wikipedia page?
Thanks in advance!
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You seem to have a PhD in GRP behaviour so I give this one for consideration. IMO smells fishy. -- ToughDonk ( talk) 09:18, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
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I have the quirky DYK today, which is rare, and I don't quite know why music for peace was deemed quirky. - I took and picked the blue-and-yellow pic last year for May. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 14:04, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
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User:Aza24, a user with strongly expressed opinions on his user page, has been making a vast number of edits to Josquin, but the few that I have looked at seem OK. Are you happy with the direction that this BIO is taking? Xxanthippe ( talk) 09:21, 15 May 2022 (UTC).
Might want to look at this one too [ [34]]. Slatersteven ( talk) 17:47, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
And another [ [35]]. Slatersteven ( talk) 17:49, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
Hi Antandrus, I wanted to report that an IP ( 197.46.209.115) left a spam message in my talk page. I think that this message may be linked to the one that another IP left in my talk page and that you deleted (many thanks for your intervention). This IP has just one contribution, so I'm not sure what I have to do in this case (is it correct to report it to admins for blocking as per WP:GAIV?)... Thank you for your support! -- P1221 ( talk) 07:50, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
Hi Antandrus, Sorry for interruption.
Kamiru Turozofu ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) trolled on Polish Wikipedia and there are a lot of overlapping edit records being rolled back, is this another GRP's sock? Thanks in advance PAVLOV ( talk) 06:11, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
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Archive 41: March 2021 through May 2022, more or less. Please do not edit this page -- use my regular talk page instead, as I will not see your message here. Editors of talk page archives are either robots or psychotic stalkers. Or both, as in the case of the one who will do this next.
Today: Carmen for TFA (on my request), with Bizet's music " expressing the emotions and suffering of his characters" as Brian worded it. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 16:33, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
On Talk:Kayleigh McEnany I had written up a response for the IP. I'm hoping that there's some chance I can get them to understand how things work. It's probably not going to work, but I feel a need to try from time to time. ScottishFinnishRadish ( talk) 18:23, 5 March 2021 (UTC)
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Impressed by you. My first article was Cachi Cachi music. Have a great 2021! The Eloquent Peasant ( talk) 15:49, 7 March 2021 (UTC) |
Hello Antandrus,
I just wanted to let you know that I have had a link to User:Antandrus/observations on Wikipedia behavior on my user page for quite some time. Seeing it mentioned elsewhere today motivated me to read it again, which was a very worthwhile way to spend a few minutes. I just want to commend you for writing an essay that stands the test of time. Your words have helped guide my actions as an administrator for almost four years. Thanks for writing it. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 02:48, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
Could you RevDel this and this for me please? Thanks. — Belwine ( talk) 22:04, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
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Hello, apologies for the random message. I noticed that you blocked IP 150.129.142.119 ( talk · contribs · WHOIS). You might want to block IP 95.12.114.188 ( talk · contribs · WHOIS) as well, who just reverted your edit on Talk:Zen. -- Ashley yoursmile! 03:28, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
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... for the thanks. We loved each other very much & I am lost without him - Alison ❤ 03:45, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
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Thanks for reverting all that gross stuff on my talk page and blocking the IP, I really appreciate it! Thattransgirl ( talk) 02:41, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
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Hi Antandrus, I don't think we've interacted before, but I wanted to thank you for writing your observations on Wikipedia behavior and thoughts. I read them for the first time today, after a very demoralising interaction, and they made me feel understood, like I was sitting in the shade of a mentor or elder. Thank you, it's meant more than I can say. Kohlrabi Pickle ( talk) 03:55, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
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You should just permanently semi all of your archives; there's no reason why anyone should ever need to edit them other that you. Unless you're using them as honeypots...Just a thought!-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 22:49, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
I've been patrolling random IP edits and noticed this IP 76.116.138.69 modified your archives. This seems to be an ongoing issue, so I just wanted to let you know! MerelyPumpkin ( talk) 23:11, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
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Thank you for cleaning up my talk. Can you also revert that shock's edit's, unless they brought back the former state which is hard to tell. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 19:20, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi there, congrats for being an admin on WV now. Just asking if you could protect my talk archives and my userpage due to GRP. Additionally, could you protect my talk page on enwiki (here) for 3 weeks. My editing activities have reduced here so there's no need for IP users to edit here. SHB2000 ( talk) 07:38, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
Hello Antandrus, just to inform you that I've temporarily protected your talk page at Wikidata for a month for obvious reasons. If an extension or any other help is needed, don't hesitate to ping me. -- Minorax ( talk) 08:57, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
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See my talk today, - it's rare that a person is pictured when a dream comes true, and that the picture is shown on the Main page on a meaningful day. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 13:34, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
Hello Antandrus, can you take a look at Rudolf Arthur Pfeiffer? The George Reeves Person is active there via different IPs. -- Dandelo ( talk) 21:32, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
Hello User:Antandrus, when you get a moment, could you take a look at my talk page's history? I've just had what seems to be the GRP person damage my talk page and leave an unhinged message as an edit summary, and I'm not sure where exactly to go from here (maybe I should request talk page protection?). Thanks! Dndlp ( talk) 02:20, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
As a public health worker, I attempted to bring peer reviewed science to Wikipedia, with no "original research", just citations of objective sources. Several editors insisted on removing it, replacing it with unreliable sources whose editorial writing was motivated by political ideology, not science. Those editors misrepresented their sources as "reliable". Even today, the DeSantis page contains false statements about the Florida management of the COVID pandemic.
Eventually, I gave up (as, I noticed from the edit history, several others before me have).
I asked the Wikimedia foundation to return the $400 in contributions that I made in the previous two years. Of course, I will never again donate to Wikimedia, because it allows politically motivated editors to perpetrate false content, and lacks a mechanism to correct this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.171.14.30 ( talk • contribs)
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Wow! -- Firestar464 ( talk) 10:35, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
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What happened on my TP? Someone really hates you.
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Antandrus, thank you for the block on User:56Y77IOT. As you mentioned, they are a sockpuppet/LTA: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/16DaysUntilUnblock. Best, Laplorfill ( talk) 02:58, 18 June 2021 (UTC)
Hey, the 500th anniversary of Josquin's death is coming up this August. Later this month, or maybe during July, I'm considering updating and rewriting parts of his article so it could be featured on the main page. Not wanting to overstep your fantastic contributions to the article, I though I'd run this by you to get your thoughts and invite you to help out yourself, should you find the time or interest. Aza24 ( talk) 02:22, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
Would you please consider revdelling the contribs of the IP you just blocked? Not to go into too much detail here but it's the talk pages of people starting Bish* and Pra*. I just don't think we need keep that stuff and I don't think it should stay as a testament to their contribs. I know YMMV so fine, and thanks either way. Cheers DBaK ( talk) 17:38, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
Thank you for improving articles in June, with some impressions of places, flowers and music for you. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 20:19, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
added: missing SlimVirgin, and RMF festival opening -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 16:00, 29 June 2021 (UTC)
Oh. That was quick. I was just going to point out that second George Reeves IP, but while I was typing I got a notification that you'd got him already. Nice quick response.
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Last year's flowers match the image on the user page nicely, see? - DYK that her last reply to me was in a thread Green for hope? - The DYK set in honour of Yoninah will appear tomorrow, including Psalm 85, with the kiss of justice and peace. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 20:13, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
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Hi Antandrus. Thanks for your help - when you have a second, please can you do the honours with page protection at Vladislao Cap. Thanks again. Lugnuts Fire Walk with Me 16:40, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
In light of this, you might want to consider protecting Democratic Kampuchea, too. Thank you for your help! TheTimesAreAChanging ( talk) 22:50, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for providing semi-protection for Paul Morphy. The IP is up to the same tricks on Morphy number, could you protect it as well? Quale ( talk) 05:57, 13 July 2021 (UTC) And also Adolf Anderssen. Quale ( talk) 06:17, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
Hi Antandrus, hope your doing well, being free of Ljupco for sometime. (he's been on a break from Wikivoyage but I still see him on Wikibooks).
I was just asking if I could have the rollback right so I could fight vandalism better. I've had rollback on 5 different WMF projects, which I gave up the tool on one of them when I chose to retire from the project. I've done more vandal fighting here than any of those, but yet my silly mistakes have somewhat prevented me from getting this tool. So may I ask you whether I can have this tool, and is there anything I can do to improve vandal and spambot fighting?
Enjoy your summer up there. Hope it's not too hot for you up there.
Cheers, SHB2000 ( talk) 08:39, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
[24] Projects is at it again. Firestar464 ( talk) 04:23, 27 July 2021 (UTC)
Could you rev del this edit? Thx. SHB2000 ( talk) 13:40, 27 July 2021 (UTC)
Is Ljupco interested in the Beatles? He was vandalising on en.voy with Beatles youtube links all over music pages. Just asking whether he has a tendency to just vandalise in what he finds interesting? (which may also explain on voy:en:Talk:Armenia about the Armenian genocide) SHB2000 ( talk) 12:07, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
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Thank you for fighting vandalism here and inspiring thoughts about music there! My 12th today, DYK? I decorated, also for a birthday. Songs invite to more music, places, food and flowers. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 15:41, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
Hi there, just wanted to ask if you could also make some comments here. I believe in my opinion, it's about Wikinger, but they believe it to be a different user. If possible, could you leave your comments there? Thanks! SHB2000 ( talk) 09:16, 3 August 2021 (UTC)
Remember that every insult he levels at others is something true of himselfHe has accused me of hosting child porn, does that mean....? Naleksuh ( talk) 23:32, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
Just wanted to let you know that I reverted this edit that an IP user made to your talk page archive. –– 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 talk 07:36, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
Hey! Its me Elytrian. Where do I request my talk page to be protected? I'm not able to find anything useful and Admin's Noticeboard seems to be for different things here on enwiki. Could you tell me where I could request help? -- Elytrian ( talk) 05:30, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
This one please (What's quite ironic about this one is that Australia is one of three countries where everything differs a lot from jurisdiction. (state/territory/province) SHB2000 ( talk) 07:08, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
How was it not a improvement, any ways for help? Tips? Abigblueworld ( talk) 02:21, 15 August 2021 (UTC)
It might be my overtalkative self doing it, as I am over talkative. And also, Am I better computer animation Wikipedia person or music? Abigblueworld ( talk) 02:30, 15 August 2021 (UTC)
May I have that? IPs here are mostly Ljupco, and my meta talk page is open to all. (I don't think he's smart enough to go through a bunch of what he'd call "nonsense"). I'm not even active here, so... SHB2000 ( talk) 13:44, 18 August 2021 (UTC)
You know, I was all excited about working the Guido of Arezzo article until I finished the biography and realized I have to actually write and read about medieval music theory! Ugh. Anyways, here primarily because I thought you'd enjoy this line from the "context and sources" section:
"The scholarly outline of Guido's life has been subject to much mythologization and misunderstandings.[6] These dubious claims include that he spent much of life in France (recorded as early as Johannes Trithemius's 1494 De scriptoribus ecclesiasticis); that he trained in the Saint-Maur-des-Fossés near Paris;[6] and unsupported rumors that he was imprisoned because of plots from those hostile to his innovations.[2]"
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Ha! Who knew people were so willing to fictionalize a 10th century Italian monk! Aza24 ( talk) 21:28, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
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Omas gegen Rechts - enjoy strong women! I thought of Yoninah on the first day of Rosh Hashanah -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:34, 7 September 2021 (UTC)
Rich Main page today: first TFA by promising author, pictured DYK by my friend LouisAlain who is discouraged by an AN discussion, and one of the Recent deaths. Enjoy! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 17:33, 9 September 2021 (UTC)
... and today: the day of bold red and black, for Dante who died 700 years ago, and Peter Fleischmann who died recently, leaving us films full of vision. Dante: just heard Inferno, imagined by a woman, the main character both speaking and singing with an inner 4-part voice! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 18:22, 14 September 2021 (UTC)
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Hey Antandrus, I don't really understand the proper protocol for this. An IP (often times different IPs) has been repetedly adding some trivial snippet on the Cai Lun article about how someone made a song about him for an episode of the Elinor Wonders Why tv series. The information is of course not needed and uncited. I've reverted plenty of times but they keep adding it; is this a reason for page protection, blocks or warnings or something? Aza24 ( talk) 21:35, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
presumably this is him yet again [27] Meters ( talk) 01:33, 15 September 2021 (UTC)
Wikinger seems to have acquired, or figured out, Projects' password for his throwaway accounts (there are hundreds of them), so any that were not globally blocked -- some many years old -- may come back, but controlled by Wikinger.
I'm very confused. So Wikinger discovered Ljupco's passwords I'm presuming? tbh that's quite interesting.
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I don't really know whats going on at the article, but seems to be an oddly funny hatred against acknowledging the oboe's existence. Maybe it warrants some protection? Aza24 ( talk) 22:18, 3 October 2021 (UTC)
/Archive8 is archived twice. No. 1 is the same as no. 101. Sawol ( talk) 14:43, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
I uploaded new pics (click on songs), including "our" concert (after exactly two years without) and a cow sunset -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 19:51, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
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In November, I can offer some reading, - three feast days in a row, reformation followed by All Saints' and All Souls. On All Saints, we sang in choir in a mass - a 2021 first - and rehearsed (with the other group) for the next such thing next Sunday. All Souls is the birthday of the subject of my first article who will play a major concert on 14 November. Today we "celebrate" the first DYK for which LouisAlain laid the base in a German sandbox, - needlessly complicated but working. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:47, 3 November 2021 (UTC)
update on St. Martin's Day -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 22:13, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
I may have found him - AssumeGoodWraith ( talk | contribs) 06:57, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
Can you protect Fanny Mendelssohn? She's been linked from a google doodle and the vandalism is just continuous. Aza24 ( talk) 21:22, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
Today: sharing symphonic music - happy listening! - I asked the arb cands if they'd listen, which is an art. - Listen to what de:Jerome Kohl wrote about Zeitmaße, premiered by Pierre Boulez. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 16:27, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
updated even richer -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 23:15, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
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The latest GRP target that you may want to protect for a little while... Thanks! -- Ferien ( talk) 13:39, 11 December 2021 (UTC)
Hello! I wanted to bring this [29] and this [30] to your attention. You left a message on their talk page warning them about this, and just wanted to let you know. I reverted both of them, but I wasn't sure what else to do, so I figured I'd reach out. If i've done anything wrong in this regard, let me know. Thank you!! Spf121188 ( talk) 18:27, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
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Someone put pain series on that Encyclopedia Dramatica userpage (not) owned by you (and probably by Ljupco if I guessed correctly). I'd recommend not looking at it. Those people are weird, and I really regret reading stuff on it. – AssumeGoodWraith ( talk | contribs) 13:45, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
How useful do you think the WP:LTA/GRP page is, for others unfamiliar and familiar with the LTA mentioned before? They've been holding it up as a trophy, unless I'm mistaken. How much, do you think, would he slow down, if no one paid any attention apart from reverting and blocking? (also, not sure if your remarks against him helps, but I would definitely do the same) – AssumeGoodWraith ( talk | contribs) 11:38, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
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Happy new year, in friendship! - Epiphany seems like a good day to say so, after a Bavarian peasants' mass (sorry, on the train home, no recent pics of that - just keep watching), and two DYK, even with a pic I took. I enjoyed meetings with friends in real life, and wish you many of those. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 13:43, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
especially for you: today's music in memory -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 10:39, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
2022 began happily with vacation. I uploaded images but stopped at 22 January - click on songs. 30 January means 10 years of Precious. It's also the birthday of a friend, - I'm so happy I mentioned his DYK on his 90th birthday when he was still alive. I have a great singer on DYK whom I heard, Elena Guseva, and wait for a Recent death appearance of Georg Christoph Biller whom I saw in action. After a round of updates, I should take care of Heinz Werner Zimmermann, begun by Jerome in 2006, imagine. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 20:02, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
update: we have now Guseva pictured, Biller pictured better (but still not on the Main page), and one more day of my pics -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 17:10, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
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Hello again! I wanted to bring these diffs [31] [32] to your attention. You blocked this IP for a period before, but it looks like they are still vandalizing. Just wanted to let you know. Thanks! Spf121188 ( talk) 20:43, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
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Today is a feast day for which Bach wrote several cantatas including Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 125, which was on DYK 10 years ago and TFA 4 years ago. I'm less happy that Georg Christoph Biller had to wait days for a Main page appearance under recent deaths, and then stayed not even for a full day. It would have been so meaningful today, with the man in the cantata saying he can depart in joy and peace. - The February pic was taken in memory last year. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 16:43, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
I like my talk today (even explaining how it works), and managed to picture two more vacation days -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 16:32, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Today, I decorated my talk with a Bach cantata. I heard it last year when missing RexxS began, and "not letting go" was a theme. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 17:19, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
my joy - more on my talk -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 16:42, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
Valentine's Day edition, with spring flowers and plenty of music -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 17:45, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
22 02 2022: music for you, today the German Main page has de:In Freundschaft, and you know the long story behind it. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 14:26, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
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stand and sing -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 22:12, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
same with stress on Prayer for Ukraine, with a history from 1995 to 2022, - the article a work in progress, help wanted - translation of some of it would also help -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 20:21, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
The pic I took in 2009 is on the German MP today, with this song from 1885, and I updated my personal pics to 3 March, when a symphony concert was dedicated to the victims of the 2022 invasion. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:29, 5 March 2022 (UTC)
Listening to the charity concert mentioned here. I created the articles of the composer and the soprano. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 20:16, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
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@ Antandrus: I see that you are the main contributor of Josquin des Prez. It is currently at FAR; are you aware of this? Wretchskull ( talk) 21:45, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
I learned something interesting about Josquin today, and I wonder your thoughts on it (though there is a good chance you might be familiar with some, or all of the following). Apparently, the famous " Ave Maria ... Virgo serena" has gone through some serious controversy with dating. Lowinsky first dated the work to late in Josquin's life, and many musicologists seemed to posit it as a his late-life masterpiece (like the idea of Beethoven 9, Tchaik 6 etc.), and a culmination of his previous works. One of the papers on this subject quoted Schoenberg explaining the distinction between a genius and someone who is talented (a problematic narrowing down to two possibilities already, but alas). Schoenberg essentially said a genius is someone who is born and consistently skillful, where as someone of talent has to develop it over time. So thus, scholars were saying that Lowinsky's dating meant Josquin grew into a master by growing his talent. After numerous other datings, Rifkin's ridiculously long article on the dating of the piece firmly established the work as fairly early (c. 1485). So now the hypothesis of the talented Josquin building up to his masterpiece has to be thrown out of the window.
Now you would think that scholars might use this as a chance to reexamine the sometimes godly status given Josquin (I love him, but I often wonder if it has gotten a bit much). And with all of this recent discover of misattributions and the apparent debate over his actual influence, there might even be reason to outside of this dating issue. But instead Rifkin compensates by contending the Josquin is simply a "genius" to begin with (the second of Schoenberg's options) so that explains why the work was written so early. I mean the whole thing strikes me weirdly, and the constant comparisons I see between Josquin and Beethoven feel like scholars are just begging me to worship him. I mean, I do genuinely love his music, but Beethoven? Come on now.... I mean, to begin with, surely Palestrina was way more influential than Josquin? Hmm—if you have a second though, maybe this is something you might have some thoughts on. Aza24 ( talk) 22:50, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
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T301928)amazing! - two people on DYK, both connected to Oper Frankfurt, and don't miss yesterday's video of Pink Floyd given to me! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 18:26, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Main Page history/2022 April 13: the TFA is hard to overlook, but there are also peace prayers, a soprano and a theatre manager, - if you don't find them try here -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 20:22, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
rich in music and memories -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 20:29, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
dance and singing, peace doves and icecream -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 20:09, 23 April 2022 (UTC) updated with a more prominent link to how to listen to the concert: Freiheit! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 16:13, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
another Ukraine day today: Maks Levin DYK, expanding Kyiv Symphony Orchestra (have tickets), and creating Anthony Robin Schneider, the bass who could be heard opening the singing in Beethoven's Ninth twice on 10 March 2022, live in Frankfurt, Germany, and recorded in Auckland, New Zealand, singing "Freiheit!" (freedom) instead of "Freude" (joy), in a tradition started after the Fall of the Wall. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 15:42, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:30, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
Dove sono ( Where are those happy moments ...?) - concert with Kyiv orchestra and Aleksey Semenenko (quite a story!) tonight -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:51, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
... and now you can listen: Kyiv Symphony Orchestra, Luigi Gaggero & Diana Tishchenko (violin) / Kulturpalast Dresden (25 April 2022 on YouTube (that's 25 April in Dresden, a different violinist, but the same program) - ours pictured here -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 15:41, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
Dear Antandrus,
Recently, I added a short paragraph naming the notable examples of ricercari on the ricercar page. I named the two in Bach's Musical Offering and the seven for unaccompanied cello by Domenico Gabrielli, adding that the latter are some of the first ever published pieces for lone cello. You removed this superlative, and only kept the part about Bach, citing the need for a reference for such a claim; something I understand and agree with.
Afterward, I added the Gabrielli part back, citing a thesis to support the superlative. I would like to know whether this is sufficient or not.
I would also like to ask whether or not you deem it appropriate to create a separate article just for Gabrielli's Ricercari — a project I've been pondering since I made that initial edit —, these pieces being, as confirmed by at least two or three viable references, the first ever published pieces for solo cello. The first Ricercar has also been incorporated into the standard Royal Conservatory of Music violoncello repertoire. So... do these two things make them notable enough to have an independent Wikipedia page?
Thanks in advance!
-- Meduer ( talk) 14:52, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
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I have the quirky DYK today, which is rare, and I don't quite know why music for peace was deemed quirky. - I took and picked the blue-and-yellow pic last year for May. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 14:04, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
serious -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:00, 4 May 2022 (UTC)
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User:Aza24, a user with strongly expressed opinions on his user page, has been making a vast number of edits to Josquin, but the few that I have looked at seem OK. Are you happy with the direction that this BIO is taking? Xxanthippe ( talk) 09:21, 15 May 2022 (UTC).
Might want to look at this one too [ [34]]. Slatersteven ( talk) 17:47, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
And another [ [35]]. Slatersteven ( talk) 17:49, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
Hi Antandrus, I wanted to report that an IP ( 197.46.209.115) left a spam message in my talk page. I think that this message may be linked to the one that another IP left in my talk page and that you deleted (many thanks for your intervention). This IP has just one contribution, so I'm not sure what I have to do in this case (is it correct to report it to admins for blocking as per WP:GAIV?)... Thank you for your support! -- P1221 ( talk) 07:50, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
Hi Antandrus, Sorry for interruption.
Kamiru Turozofu ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) trolled on Polish Wikipedia and there are a lot of overlapping edit records being rolled back, is this another GRP's sock? Thanks in advance PAVLOV ( talk) 06:11, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
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