In
Patrick Süskind's play
Der Kontrabaß,
the double bass in the title role
is a "constant handicap" to its player,
"humanly, socially, sexually, musically".
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I'm about to take a few days off or mostly off from wiki but my answer to your post on the talk page is yes and yes, hope I'm able to help. OgamD218 ( talk) 23:52, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
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Thank you for your help with Mother and Child. I tried to link Atma, and failed, and your link was such a gift! Perhaps add that to the other. - Enjoy the season! Gerda Arendt ( talk) 23:14, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
peaceful beauty
Thank you for quality articles about beauty in culture, such as Giant Steps, list of Hawaiian dishes, Lahaina Banyan Court Park and The Lady in White (Bracquemond), for service from 2004, for living the "principle of peaceful, non-violent protest", for adding beauty, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!
You are recipient no. 2793 of Precious, a prize of QAI. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 15:26, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
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Thank you for appreciation! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 10:49, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
... and for a nice comment on my talk. - My story on 24 February is about Artemy Vedel (TFA by Amitchell235) as you already know, and I made a suggestion for more peace, - what do you think? Best said on the article talk, perhaps. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 16:15, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
today: two women whose birthday we celebrate today, 99 and 90! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:24, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
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Unless you mean The War in Words, I haven't seen it... AnonMoos ( talk) 08:55, 25 July 2023 (UTC)
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While today's DYK highlights Santiago on his day, I did my modest share with my story today, describing what I just experienced, pictured. - So nice to see it at your top - today. I began the article about the woman in green. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 14:44, 25 July 2023 (UTC)
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My story today - a first - isn't about an article by me, but one I reviewed for DYK, see here. I like all: topic, "hook", connected article (a GA on its way towards FA), image and the music "in the background". I just returned from a weekend with two weddings, so also like the spirit ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 22:18, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
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Hi Viriditas. I went back through my old photos and uploaded some new images of the Lovatelli urn to the Commons, in case you might find them useful. I also uploaded the unrolled drawing of the entire relief from Lovatelli's original publication, since you mentioned on the talk page that you were looking for that. You can find them all at c:Category:Lovatelli urn. Cheers, Choliamb ( talk) 15:25, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
I've added a couple of "non-free use rationale" for this image here, but I don't seem to understand the criteria or functions as well as I thought as the image was still removed from the additional articles by a bot. Do you happen to know where I can best find a simple summary of how this works and if there would be any legitimate use of this image in some related articles? Thanks for any help. -- Jjhake ( talk) 13:27, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
Regarding Wikipedia:Reference desk/Miscellaneous, please do not remove a discussion after another editor (me in this case) responds. These discussions are informative to other editors and will be archived in due time. Cullen328 ( talk) 23:53, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
Hello. It's been awhile and I'm don't know if you are still assisting with reviews. I have a current FAC for the Robert Johnson song " Cross Road Blues". One reviewer has raised some issues regarding the wording and we are trying to work through it. I don't want to impose, but remember how helpful you were in past reviews. Would you be up to looking through the article for stylistic issues and make some suggestions or even copyedit if you feel like it? Thanks. — Ojorojo ( talk) 15:14, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
I'm wondering how you got on with the list of recordings I mentioned back in March. I do hope Fauré touched the spot for you, but of course à chacun ses goûts. Tim riley talk 23:02, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
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Our festival's last concert was most moving and inspiring, - also the story of Walter Arlen, - today I'm proud that I survived the decision in WP:ARBINFOBOX for 10 years, standing and singing -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:20, 11 September 2023 (UTC)
there is also an incredible amount of resistance to new ideas in the medical and science communities
@ Tryptofish: your talk page is big enough as it is, so I'm splitting this off here. I hope you don't mind.
Regarding this resistance to new ideas, I don't think this is unique to medicine and science. As far as I understand it (which is not so well), human culture and its relevant influence and extension into academia and other sectors, has historically appealed to tradition rather than evidence-based procedures and practices. I write a lot about this in articles about art and music, where you find artists trying to thread the needle between being in the vanguard, and so far over the edge of tradition that they are considered partly alien, and the need to make a living, which finds them coming back to the mainstream and trying to integrate what they found on the other side of the mountain back into the village. And as far as I understand the controversial psychological literature (which is not at all), this is based on the way the human brain works (our brains develop perceptual habits that are difficult to break without thinking about thinking, which most people never do), although there is some debate and disagreement about this. (For example, the notion that conservatism is rooted in brain chemistry, and liberal brains are somehow more easily able to adopt new ideas and perspectives, etc.) I think it is safe to say that there is an element of fear and uncertainty involved in anything that is new and different for most people. Still, there is a small minority of humanity that thrives in this frontier unlike their neighbors. Formerly, we might refer to this as the avant garde. It's unfortunate, but in today's world, this notion has been monetized in technology and engineering, to the point where new ideas are very often not new at all, but wrapped up in older, institutionalized frameworks that give the appearance of the new, but don't change the way we do things, but instead solidify the status quo. This is especially true when it comes to trying to change education; very little actual progress has been made. Because people are so afraid of change, we are now living in a strange, new world where what is new is almost unheard of and unseen.
There is also the tendency to codify this approach (that is, the appeal to tradition over evidence) into the legal and government sphere, with creeping incrementalism the rule of the day, while paradigm-shifting revolutions in that area are rare and few and far in between. In regards to cannabis (the topic we briefly touched upon in the original discussion on your talk page), the literature is quite clear on why it remains a Schedule I drug in the US. It has nothing to do with public safety and human health, as its health benefits have been well known in the pharmacopoeia (folk and otherwise) for centuries. The reason cannabis remains a Schedule I drug in the US is multifactorial. It has to do with institutional and systemic racism (see Harry J. Anslinger) and its use in comparison to alcohol and prescription drugs. (Industry representatives fund anti-cannabis efforts, and there's good data showing as cannabis use rises, alcohol and prescription drug use declines. One of the more popular examples shows states with legal use of cannabis consistently consuming less opiates than other states where it is illegal, etc.) Former White House counsel to Richard Nixon John Ehrlichman let the cat out of the bag in 1994, just a few years before he died. As you are likely aware, the Nixon administration listed cannabis as Schedule I with no medicinal value. Erlichman told journalist Dan Baum the reason they did this: "You want to know what this was really all about? The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar left and black people. You understand what I’m saying? We knew we couldn’t make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We could arrest their leaders, raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news. Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did." [3] The FDA, the DEA, and all the other agencies who continue to defend Schedule I, are doing so in bad faith, and in opposition to fifty years of scientific recommendations saying it should be removed. Viriditas ( talk) 01:23, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
I've seen first-hand how reviewers gravitate towards "safe" work that simply confirms what everyone already knows, at the expense of novel and unconventional work that could have been a lot more importantThis is true across the board in all fields. Reddit has been highlighting this in the field of athletics for the last month (likely due to the attention to it given by Boing Boing). So far, they've shown two examples of this, but there's three banned track and field techniques on the BB page: spinning javelin, somersault long jump, and cartwheel shot put. [5] I think you might find the videos linked on that page instructive as an analogy to what you discovered in peer review. In this example, track and field athletes discovered three new techniques for achieving their goals using basic physics and the forward momentum of the human body, but the techniques were quickly banned by the governing athletic federations for being too risky. But really, is a somersault and a cartwheel "risky"? I don't think so, but others might disagree.
[Wikipedia] was a terrible idea on its face, and yet has worked absolutely brilliantly, and vastly better than the alternativesI think I might differ with you on this for several reasons. I can see how you might think it was a terrible idea as an academic, but it was around 1999, which was the fin de siècle, and the spirit of the times was that of Web 1.0, and the most active internet users were content creators in their own way (which is contrary to the accepted history on this subject). The difference between then and now, is that this content creation was not being monetized (as difficult as that is for people to believe). 2001 was the tail end of a dying philosophy based on the notion that information wants to be free, an idea that Web 2.0, paywalls, and all the other malarkey put to rest and killed. Nupedia and Wikipedia came around during a transitional time when companies were just getting ready to transform the internet into the wasteland we see today, very similar to how the cable companies took over television and destroyed it. And this is what corporate America is so great at doing. It takes great ideas, throws them into a meat grinder, and feeds us the slop. Wikipedia was able to preserve a lot of the ideas and philosophy behind the original web and preserve it from privatized adulteration. The great irony is that it arose from a confluence of two vastly different philosophies deeply engaged in its construction: right-libertarian conservativism and left-wing progressivism. If Alan Watts were alive, he would say "Of course, it could never be any other way." Viriditas ( talk) 22:07, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
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Thank you for a cute one! - Hevenu shalom aleichem is my story today. (and never signed)
I proudly remember having sung in an oratorio premiere seven years ago OTD. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 17:52, 6 November 2023 (UTC)
Now vacation pics, with the deepest blue of the sea the third day ;) - we celebrate the birthday of a friend who wrote quite a book about the compositions of a man who will turn 300 soon. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 15:46, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
Today: in memoriam Jerome Kohl who said ( In Freundschaft): "and I hope that they have met again in the beyond and are making joyous music together" -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 15:29, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
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Sea otters: Regarding sea otters, you may have confused Pillar Point with Pigeon Point, which is approximately 25 miles south of Pillar Point. It is true that a sea otter was spotted north of that area, near Tunitas Creek Beach, in late 2022, but that's the only official report north of Pigeon Point in the last eight years. As you are likely aware, the sea otters were hunted close to extinction in the SFBA up until the early 20th century. There might be historic reports of sea otters off of Pillar Point in the literature, but their range is far south of that area today. There is major chatter about the FWS starting a reintroduction program which could conceivably bring them back to Pillar Point in the future. Viriditas ( talk) 20:06, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
Hi @ Viriditas - I'd like to seek your input regarding this merge proposal - Talk:Bureau of International Information Programs#Merge proposal - no other editor has responded to my post from a month ago and I'm wondering what you'd recommend to be the next steps to take. Thanks. W9793 ( talk) 19:10, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
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Today's story is about Maria Callas, on her centenary. - Aaron Copland died OTD, and Jerome Kohl (mentioned in November) said something wise on Copland's talk. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 17:35, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
Today, to Paris (29 Nov) with a visit to the Palais Garnier, - to match the story of Medea Amiranashvili, - don't miss listening to her expressive voice. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 20:24, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
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Happy New Year! - What a lovely start, with a GA. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:27, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
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I saw that you contributed a lot to Children of Men. I think the article needs some tidying up to get it to modern GA standards and I even see it going to FA. I'm doing some work on it and if you want to help out please do. Lankyant ( talk) 22:31, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
I've replied to your inquiry on my Talk page with the answer that although some of the information is duplicated, an interview with a NASA astrophysicist talking about K2-18b is worthy of a paragraph in WP. Besides, the interview also states about the finding that there isn't much water on K2-18b, which is interesting. Please delete the paragraph if needed. I should put in a sentence or two about how they've found few traces of water in to the article. Also, there is this rumour about a paper... :) Best Richard Nowell ( talk) 10:53, 14 January 2024 (UTC)
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Hi Viriditas, I found your name on WP: Science and was wondering if you would take a look at my edit request to update the WuXi AppTec article. Thank you very much AM WuXi ( talk) 19:40, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
Hey, we have a discussion on Minneapolis and I'm hoping you would participate. Thank you. Cleter ( talk) 15:03, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
I guess you don't like them, but please do not delete my comments like that, thanks. Selfstudier ( talk) 19:56, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
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Hello, I noticed you had been editing: Robert Willis (hacker) and wasn’t sure if you noticed what the article would look like if Marcus J. Carey was added. He is/was founder of Threatcare, and also authored some of the books Willis is in.
I’ve never worked on an article with this situation before, want to have a look? Twillisjr ( talk) 14:34, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
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Hi. I was reading about LA toxic ocean dumping, and have a suggestion for renaming the Montrose Chemical Corporation of California article:
Talk:Montrose_Chemical_Corporation_of_California#Rename_article_to_a_broader_name?
If you have any suggestions, it would be appreciated. Noleander ( talk) 18:58, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
hey, Viriditas, I'd like to apologies for the situation with dyk review - I was tired and frustrated with issues IRL, and I was wrong in my comments there. I do appreciate your comments and copyedits, and I'm sorry that I appeared to be a grumpy ass. I'm not asking for forgiveness, but I hope you don't hold a grudge. Artem.G ( talk) 20:44, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
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Hello. I'm sure you're very busy, but if you have the time, I'd love your quick thoughts here. Thanks in advance. Mokadoshi ( talk) 23:47, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
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congratulations! - today in memory of the birthday of a friend who showed me art such as this, and of Vami -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 14:06, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
@ Viriditas: Thank you for reviewing Early glassmaking in the United States. This is an old article that I felt did not do justice to the glass industry, so I make a significant "redo". I have also created 18th century glassmaking in the United States and am working on a 19th century version. As info, I will be away from my office all day Sunday, but back on Monday. Thanks again, TwoScars ( talk) 16:02, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
@ Viriditas and TwoScars: (and others) - FWIW - seems my old Wiki article about *Jan Bogdan,* possibly associated with glassblowers in Jamestown, Virginia in 1608 - see => http://web.archive.org/web/20141108214325//info/en/?search=Jan_Bogdan - ( a Wiki article not entirely ok for Wikipedia due to the lack of better historical support?) - see => /info/en/?search=User:Drbogdan/sandbox-JanBogdan - and - Wiki deletion discussion - see => /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Jan_Bogdan - may be of interest - and possibly relevant - in any case - Stay Safe and Healthy !! - Drbogdan ( talk) 22:37, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
@ Viriditas: Thank you for all your hard work on Early glassmaking in the United States. You obviously know much more about prose and writing than I ever will. As far as Bogdan goes, I noticed there was some controversy about him, and I do not recall him being mentioned in any sources such as the NPS. Even he was one of the Poles, none of the original glassworkers needed to be mentioned for the article—and it would not make the article better to list all of them. TwoScars ( talk) 18:28, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
Regarding the Lobster-eye optics article that you authored. More recent advances have stepped up this instrument, which enables it to have its own moniker: Rock-Lobster eye optics. Perhaps we can collaborate on new article? Here is a primary source on that [8]. Let me know if you are interested. --- Steve Quinn ( talk) 21:20, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
Is it just me, or are you being petty? I don't see any substantive argument, just sour grapes about something totally unrelated. jps ( talk) 03:11, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
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Hello Viriditas, I decided to abandon the GAN Chevrolet Volt (first generation) article to begin working on the General Motors EV1. Wondering if you’d like to accept the GAN task (I realised you reviewed it nearly nine years ago, but deemed it a failure). Best, 750h+ | Talk 17:45, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
Hi Viriditas :) I'm looking for people to interview here. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 10:23, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
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I like to see Appalachian Spring on the Main page today (not by me, just interested and reviewed), and I also made it my story. How do you like the compromise in the composer's infobox? - How do you like the statue (look up places)? - I was undecided so show three versions ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 17:01, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
Hi Viriditas, would you care to review the Aston Martin Rapide article for GAN? It's extremely short (sub 1700 words) so it shouldn't take too long. I plan to bring it to FAC, but the Aston Martin DB9 article is already there so thought I might as well do this one. Best, 750h+ | Talk 09:12, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
In
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Der Kontrabaß,
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I'm about to take a few days off or mostly off from wiki but my answer to your post on the talk page is yes and yes, hope I'm able to help. OgamD218 ( talk) 23:52, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
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Thank you for your help with Mother and Child. I tried to link Atma, and failed, and your link was such a gift! Perhaps add that to the other. - Enjoy the season! Gerda Arendt ( talk) 23:14, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
peaceful beauty
Thank you for quality articles about beauty in culture, such as Giant Steps, list of Hawaiian dishes, Lahaina Banyan Court Park and The Lady in White (Bracquemond), for service from 2004, for living the "principle of peaceful, non-violent protest", for adding beauty, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!
You are recipient no. 2793 of Precious, a prize of QAI. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 15:26, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
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Thank you for appreciation! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 10:49, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
... and for a nice comment on my talk. - My story on 24 February is about Artemy Vedel (TFA by Amitchell235) as you already know, and I made a suggestion for more peace, - what do you think? Best said on the article talk, perhaps. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 16:15, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
today: two women whose birthday we celebrate today, 99 and 90! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:24, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
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Unless you mean The War in Words, I haven't seen it... AnonMoos ( talk) 08:55, 25 July 2023 (UTC)
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While today's DYK highlights Santiago on his day, I did my modest share with my story today, describing what I just experienced, pictured. - So nice to see it at your top - today. I began the article about the woman in green. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 14:44, 25 July 2023 (UTC)
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My story today - a first - isn't about an article by me, but one I reviewed for DYK, see here. I like all: topic, "hook", connected article (a GA on its way towards FA), image and the music "in the background". I just returned from a weekend with two weddings, so also like the spirit ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 22:18, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
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Hi Viriditas. I went back through my old photos and uploaded some new images of the Lovatelli urn to the Commons, in case you might find them useful. I also uploaded the unrolled drawing of the entire relief from Lovatelli's original publication, since you mentioned on the talk page that you were looking for that. You can find them all at c:Category:Lovatelli urn. Cheers, Choliamb ( talk) 15:25, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
I've added a couple of "non-free use rationale" for this image here, but I don't seem to understand the criteria or functions as well as I thought as the image was still removed from the additional articles by a bot. Do you happen to know where I can best find a simple summary of how this works and if there would be any legitimate use of this image in some related articles? Thanks for any help. -- Jjhake ( talk) 13:27, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
Regarding Wikipedia:Reference desk/Miscellaneous, please do not remove a discussion after another editor (me in this case) responds. These discussions are informative to other editors and will be archived in due time. Cullen328 ( talk) 23:53, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
Hello. It's been awhile and I'm don't know if you are still assisting with reviews. I have a current FAC for the Robert Johnson song " Cross Road Blues". One reviewer has raised some issues regarding the wording and we are trying to work through it. I don't want to impose, but remember how helpful you were in past reviews. Would you be up to looking through the article for stylistic issues and make some suggestions or even copyedit if you feel like it? Thanks. — Ojorojo ( talk) 15:14, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
I'm wondering how you got on with the list of recordings I mentioned back in March. I do hope Fauré touched the spot for you, but of course à chacun ses goûts. Tim riley talk 23:02, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
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Our festival's last concert was most moving and inspiring, - also the story of Walter Arlen, - today I'm proud that I survived the decision in WP:ARBINFOBOX for 10 years, standing and singing -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:20, 11 September 2023 (UTC)
there is also an incredible amount of resistance to new ideas in the medical and science communities
@ Tryptofish: your talk page is big enough as it is, so I'm splitting this off here. I hope you don't mind.
Regarding this resistance to new ideas, I don't think this is unique to medicine and science. As far as I understand it (which is not so well), human culture and its relevant influence and extension into academia and other sectors, has historically appealed to tradition rather than evidence-based procedures and practices. I write a lot about this in articles about art and music, where you find artists trying to thread the needle between being in the vanguard, and so far over the edge of tradition that they are considered partly alien, and the need to make a living, which finds them coming back to the mainstream and trying to integrate what they found on the other side of the mountain back into the village. And as far as I understand the controversial psychological literature (which is not at all), this is based on the way the human brain works (our brains develop perceptual habits that are difficult to break without thinking about thinking, which most people never do), although there is some debate and disagreement about this. (For example, the notion that conservatism is rooted in brain chemistry, and liberal brains are somehow more easily able to adopt new ideas and perspectives, etc.) I think it is safe to say that there is an element of fear and uncertainty involved in anything that is new and different for most people. Still, there is a small minority of humanity that thrives in this frontier unlike their neighbors. Formerly, we might refer to this as the avant garde. It's unfortunate, but in today's world, this notion has been monetized in technology and engineering, to the point where new ideas are very often not new at all, but wrapped up in older, institutionalized frameworks that give the appearance of the new, but don't change the way we do things, but instead solidify the status quo. This is especially true when it comes to trying to change education; very little actual progress has been made. Because people are so afraid of change, we are now living in a strange, new world where what is new is almost unheard of and unseen.
There is also the tendency to codify this approach (that is, the appeal to tradition over evidence) into the legal and government sphere, with creeping incrementalism the rule of the day, while paradigm-shifting revolutions in that area are rare and few and far in between. In regards to cannabis (the topic we briefly touched upon in the original discussion on your talk page), the literature is quite clear on why it remains a Schedule I drug in the US. It has nothing to do with public safety and human health, as its health benefits have been well known in the pharmacopoeia (folk and otherwise) for centuries. The reason cannabis remains a Schedule I drug in the US is multifactorial. It has to do with institutional and systemic racism (see Harry J. Anslinger) and its use in comparison to alcohol and prescription drugs. (Industry representatives fund anti-cannabis efforts, and there's good data showing as cannabis use rises, alcohol and prescription drug use declines. One of the more popular examples shows states with legal use of cannabis consistently consuming less opiates than other states where it is illegal, etc.) Former White House counsel to Richard Nixon John Ehrlichman let the cat out of the bag in 1994, just a few years before he died. As you are likely aware, the Nixon administration listed cannabis as Schedule I with no medicinal value. Erlichman told journalist Dan Baum the reason they did this: "You want to know what this was really all about? The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar left and black people. You understand what I’m saying? We knew we couldn’t make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We could arrest their leaders, raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news. Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did." [3] The FDA, the DEA, and all the other agencies who continue to defend Schedule I, are doing so in bad faith, and in opposition to fifty years of scientific recommendations saying it should be removed. Viriditas ( talk) 01:23, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
I've seen first-hand how reviewers gravitate towards "safe" work that simply confirms what everyone already knows, at the expense of novel and unconventional work that could have been a lot more importantThis is true across the board in all fields. Reddit has been highlighting this in the field of athletics for the last month (likely due to the attention to it given by Boing Boing). So far, they've shown two examples of this, but there's three banned track and field techniques on the BB page: spinning javelin, somersault long jump, and cartwheel shot put. [5] I think you might find the videos linked on that page instructive as an analogy to what you discovered in peer review. In this example, track and field athletes discovered three new techniques for achieving their goals using basic physics and the forward momentum of the human body, but the techniques were quickly banned by the governing athletic federations for being too risky. But really, is a somersault and a cartwheel "risky"? I don't think so, but others might disagree.
[Wikipedia] was a terrible idea on its face, and yet has worked absolutely brilliantly, and vastly better than the alternativesI think I might differ with you on this for several reasons. I can see how you might think it was a terrible idea as an academic, but it was around 1999, which was the fin de siècle, and the spirit of the times was that of Web 1.0, and the most active internet users were content creators in their own way (which is contrary to the accepted history on this subject). The difference between then and now, is that this content creation was not being monetized (as difficult as that is for people to believe). 2001 was the tail end of a dying philosophy based on the notion that information wants to be free, an idea that Web 2.0, paywalls, and all the other malarkey put to rest and killed. Nupedia and Wikipedia came around during a transitional time when companies were just getting ready to transform the internet into the wasteland we see today, very similar to how the cable companies took over television and destroyed it. And this is what corporate America is so great at doing. It takes great ideas, throws them into a meat grinder, and feeds us the slop. Wikipedia was able to preserve a lot of the ideas and philosophy behind the original web and preserve it from privatized adulteration. The great irony is that it arose from a confluence of two vastly different philosophies deeply engaged in its construction: right-libertarian conservativism and left-wing progressivism. If Alan Watts were alive, he would say "Of course, it could never be any other way." Viriditas ( talk) 22:07, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
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Thank you for a cute one! - Hevenu shalom aleichem is my story today. (and never signed)
I proudly remember having sung in an oratorio premiere seven years ago OTD. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 17:52, 6 November 2023 (UTC)
Now vacation pics, with the deepest blue of the sea the third day ;) - we celebrate the birthday of a friend who wrote quite a book about the compositions of a man who will turn 300 soon. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 15:46, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
Today: in memoriam Jerome Kohl who said ( In Freundschaft): "and I hope that they have met again in the beyond and are making joyous music together" -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 15:29, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
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Sea otters: Regarding sea otters, you may have confused Pillar Point with Pigeon Point, which is approximately 25 miles south of Pillar Point. It is true that a sea otter was spotted north of that area, near Tunitas Creek Beach, in late 2022, but that's the only official report north of Pigeon Point in the last eight years. As you are likely aware, the sea otters were hunted close to extinction in the SFBA up until the early 20th century. There might be historic reports of sea otters off of Pillar Point in the literature, but their range is far south of that area today. There is major chatter about the FWS starting a reintroduction program which could conceivably bring them back to Pillar Point in the future. Viriditas ( talk) 20:06, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
Hi @ Viriditas - I'd like to seek your input regarding this merge proposal - Talk:Bureau of International Information Programs#Merge proposal - no other editor has responded to my post from a month ago and I'm wondering what you'd recommend to be the next steps to take. Thanks. W9793 ( talk) 19:10, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
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Today's story is about Maria Callas, on her centenary. - Aaron Copland died OTD, and Jerome Kohl (mentioned in November) said something wise on Copland's talk. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 17:35, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
Today, to Paris (29 Nov) with a visit to the Palais Garnier, - to match the story of Medea Amiranashvili, - don't miss listening to her expressive voice. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 20:24, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
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Thank you for allowing me to work with you in this section of the project. I want to wish you happy holidays! Lightburst ( talk) 18:58, 15 December 2023 (UTC) |
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The article Sky Above Clouds you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Sky Above Clouds and Talk:Sky Above Clouds/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Unexpectedlydian -- Unexpectedlydian ( talk) 20:24, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
On 5 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Olga Hartman, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that although Olga Hartman believed that her basic research on marine worms had no practical value, it was applied to experimental studies of oysters? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Olga Hartman. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Olga Hartman), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.
Z1720 ( talk) 00:03, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
I saw that you contributed a lot to Children of Men. I think the article needs some tidying up to get it to modern GA standards and I even see it going to FA. I'm doing some work on it and if you want to help out please do. Lankyant ( talk) 22:31, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
I've replied to your inquiry on my Talk page with the answer that although some of the information is duplicated, an interview with a NASA astrophysicist talking about K2-18b is worthy of a paragraph in WP. Besides, the interview also states about the finding that there isn't much water on K2-18b, which is interesting. Please delete the paragraph if needed. I should put in a sentence or two about how they've found few traces of water in to the article. Also, there is this rumour about a paper... :) Best Richard Nowell ( talk) 10:53, 14 January 2024 (UTC)
On 19 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article S. F. Light, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that S. F. Light (pictured) disliked using his full name? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/S. F. Light. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, S. F. Light), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.
RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
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The article Sky Above Clouds you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Sky Above Clouds for comments about the article, and Talk:Sky Above Clouds/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has never appeared on the Main Page as a "Did you know" item, and has not appeared within the last year either as "Today's featured article", or as a bold link under "In the news" or in the "On this day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear at DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On this day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Unexpectedlydian -- Unexpectedlydian ( talk) 15:01, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
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Thank you for your patience during the GA review of Sky Above Clouds and for your many improvements throughout the process! |
Unexpectedlydian♯4 talk‽ 15:05, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
On 23 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sketches of the Life of the Great Priest, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Monet decorated his house at Giverny with Kuniyoshi's In the Snow at Tsukahara, Sado Island (pictured), one of about 231 Japanese prints in Monet's personal collection? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sketches of the Life of the Great Priest. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Sketches of the Life of the Great Priest), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.
RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi Viriditas, I found your name on WP: Science and was wondering if you would take a look at my edit request to update the WuXi AppTec article. Thank you very much AM WuXi ( talk) 19:40, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
Hey, we have a discussion on Minneapolis and I'm hoping you would participate. Thank you. Cleter ( talk) 15:03, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
I guess you don't like them, but please do not delete my comments like that, thanks. Selfstudier ( talk) 19:56, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
On 1 February 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sun in an Empty Room, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Edward Hopper wondered what an empty room would look like with no one to see it? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sun in an Empty Room. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Sun in an Empty Room), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.
— Kusma ( talk) 00:03, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
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Hello, I noticed you had been editing: Robert Willis (hacker) and wasn’t sure if you noticed what the article would look like if Marcus J. Carey was added. He is/was founder of Threatcare, and also authored some of the books Willis is in.
I’ve never worked on an article with this situation before, want to have a look? Twillisjr ( talk) 14:34, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
On 11 February 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sky Above Clouds, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Sky Above Clouds IV was inspired by a large, blank white wall? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sky Above Clouds. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Sky Above Clouds), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.
— Kusma ( talk) 00:03, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
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I am glad to have come across a diligent contributor like you. Thanks for being around. I learned a lot with you. Best regards, ─ Aafī (talk) 19:37, 20 February 2024 (UTC) |
Hi. I was reading about LA toxic ocean dumping, and have a suggestion for renaming the Montrose Chemical Corporation of California article:
Talk:Montrose_Chemical_Corporation_of_California#Rename_article_to_a_broader_name?
If you have any suggestions, it would be appreciated. Noleander ( talk) 18:58, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
hey, Viriditas, I'd like to apologies for the situation with dyk review - I was tired and frustrated with issues IRL, and I was wrong in my comments there. I do appreciate your comments and copyedits, and I'm sorry that I appeared to be a grumpy ass. I'm not asking for forgiveness, but I hope you don't hold a grudge. Artem.G ( talk) 20:44, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Pillar Point Bluff you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Bruxton -- Bruxton ( talk) 01:20, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
The article Pillar Point Bluff you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Pillar Point Bluff for comments about the article, and Talk:Pillar Point Bluff/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Bruxton -- Bruxton ( talk) 23:23, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
Hello. I'm sure you're very busy, but if you have the time, I'd love your quick thoughts here. Thanks in advance. Mokadoshi ( talk) 23:47, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Olga Hartman you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Lightburst -- Lightburst ( talk) 02:03, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
The article Olga Hartman you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Olga Hartman for comments about the article, and Talk:Olga Hartman/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Lightburst -- Lightburst ( talk) 01:24, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
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congratulations! - today in memory of the birthday of a friend who showed me art such as this, and of Vami -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 14:06, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
@ Viriditas: Thank you for reviewing Early glassmaking in the United States. This is an old article that I felt did not do justice to the glass industry, so I make a significant "redo". I have also created 18th century glassmaking in the United States and am working on a 19th century version. As info, I will be away from my office all day Sunday, but back on Monday. Thanks again, TwoScars ( talk) 16:02, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
@ Viriditas and TwoScars: (and others) - FWIW - seems my old Wiki article about *Jan Bogdan,* possibly associated with glassblowers in Jamestown, Virginia in 1608 - see => http://web.archive.org/web/20141108214325//info/en/?search=Jan_Bogdan - ( a Wiki article not entirely ok for Wikipedia due to the lack of better historical support?) - see => /info/en/?search=User:Drbogdan/sandbox-JanBogdan - and - Wiki deletion discussion - see => /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Jan_Bogdan - may be of interest - and possibly relevant - in any case - Stay Safe and Healthy !! - Drbogdan ( talk) 22:37, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
@ Viriditas: Thank you for all your hard work on Early glassmaking in the United States. You obviously know much more about prose and writing than I ever will. As far as Bogdan goes, I noticed there was some controversy about him, and I do not recall him being mentioned in any sources such as the NPS. Even he was one of the Poles, none of the original glassworkers needed to be mentioned for the article—and it would not make the article better to list all of them. TwoScars ( talk) 18:28, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
Regarding the Lobster-eye optics article that you authored. More recent advances have stepped up this instrument, which enables it to have its own moniker: Rock-Lobster eye optics. Perhaps we can collaborate on new article? Here is a primary source on that [8]. Let me know if you are interested. --- Steve Quinn ( talk) 21:20, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
Is it just me, or are you being petty? I don't see any substantive argument, just sour grapes about something totally unrelated. jps ( talk) 03:11, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
On 26 March 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article E. Graham Howe, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that E. Graham Howe "introduced Eastern philosophy to psychotherapy in England"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/E. Graham Howe. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, E. Graham Howe), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.
♠ PMC♠ (talk) 12:02, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
On 28 March 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Intermission (Hopper), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Edward Hopper's 1963 painting Intermission can be viewed as a metaphor for the world as theater? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Intermission (Hopper). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Intermission (Hopper)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.
Z1720 ( talk) 00:02, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
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Hello Viriditas, I decided to abandon the GAN Chevrolet Volt (first generation) article to begin working on the General Motors EV1. Wondering if you’d like to accept the GAN task (I realised you reviewed it nearly nine years ago, but deemed it a failure). Best, 750h+ | Talk 17:45, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
Hi Viriditas :) I'm looking for people to interview here. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 10:23, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
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I like to see Appalachian Spring on the Main page today (not by me, just interested and reviewed), and I also made it my story. How do you like the compromise in the composer's infobox? - How do you like the statue (look up places)? - I was undecided so show three versions ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 17:01, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
Hi Viriditas, would you care to review the Aston Martin Rapide article for GAN? It's extremely short (sub 1700 words) so it shouldn't take too long. I plan to bring it to FAC, but the Aston Martin DB9 article is already there so thought I might as well do this one. Best, 750h+ | Talk 09:12, 22 April 2024 (UTC)