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* '''Normal humans''': I'm an admin again! Not around too much, so best to ask another admin for help, but I'll do what I can, when I can. * '''Normal humans''': I'm not around that much, so {{red|it's probably best to ask another admin for help}}.
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== Thank you == == December music ==
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] comes from a DYK about a concert that fascinated me, and you can listen! For my taste, the hook has too little music - I miss the unusual scoring and the specific dedication - but it comes instead with a name good for viewcount. --] (]) 17:25, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
... for your clarifications and efforts in Ritchie's case, - nice to be not alone. I typed a lot on my talk this morning, ending on "should be unblocked", - and then found out he was ;) - "don't believe in miracles, rely on them" (]).


:Thanks Gerda! ] (]) 17:21, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
Today, I decorated my talk in memory of one who wanted reformation, and one who told him to go on with life laughing, - I gave him ], seven years ago, first in style, - memory lane. He was an ]. --] (]) 09:27, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
:: On the Main page today ] on his birthday. Listening to Beethoven's ] from the ]. We ] today. --] (]) 20:50, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
:Yes, he's still missed every day. --] (]) 16:16, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
:::<s>Ode to Joy! ] (]) 16:13, 9 December 2024 (UTC)</s> Oops, got my symphonies confused. Note to self: look stuff up to be sure BEFORE hitting publish, not right after. --] (]) 16:14, 9 December 2024 (UTC)
:: Yes. In my edit notice for wikilife. And ]. --] (]) 16:37, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
:: I was cited to ], take a look please, header Chuckstreet. --] (]) 14:20, 1 November 2019 (UTC) :::: You could give me the same note, all the time. Interesting photographer in my story, - just look at youtube if you have little time. - Some new pics that look like vacation, - beach, from the third monastery, and dinner there, for the first time in a restaurant on the trip. - How do you like my Notre-Dame pic? --] (]) 19:10, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
:::: Listen today to the (new) ]. --] (]) 10:50, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
:::Unless it's really, really straightforward, I'm not sure I'll have a lot of time to look at anything remotely complicated until later. I'll try to find some time. Maybe I'll get lucky and it will be simple. --] (]) 15:12, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
:::: It's simple. We have a new user reported by someone who went for dispute resolution within the first day of an alleged dispute (over the MoS observation in headers, of all-importance), and when that was closed, went to ANI, where it was solved in Misplaced Pages style by blocking the new user (who had said some things, being annoyed, no surprise ...) - all while I slept. I explained in more detail there. --] (]) 15:21, 1 November 2019 (UTC) :::: Listen today to ]'s 3rd cello sonata, on his birthday - it was a hook in the ] when his 250th birthday was remembered. I picked a recording with ], because he was on my ] this year, and I was in Brazil (see places, particularly stunning today), and I love his playing. --] (]) 16:31, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
:::: I come to fix the cellist's name, with ] and new pics - look for red birds --] (]) 19:12, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
:::::I've taken a look, and I think I'll decline to get involved. I'm not sure it's accurate to call ] a new user. While I can understand his frustration, he acted obnoxiously enough that, while maybe the dispute could have been solved without blocking, I'm not going to spend my limited time arguing for an early unblock, or arguing the block was wrong. The only thing I see really wrong here is that I don't understand why ] wasn't blocked too. They were both acting disruptively, both edit warring, both getting way too carried away, both not assuming an iota of good faith in the other user. I guess the only difference is AnUnnamedUser stopped short of calling people names; right or wrong, that does seem to be the most important thing around here. Every time I look at a dispute like this, I lose a little more faith in humanity as a whole. --] (]) 18:17, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
:::::: Yes. But then there's people like you, to restore the faith. On vacation, - I use "your" blue design to indicate that on my talk, did you see? --] (]) 19:07, 1 November 2019 (UTC) :::: Today is ]. --] (]) 16:08, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
:::: ] today (remember November?) - if you have the time, take the YouTube walk by a young man from from Jamaica, speaking English. --] (]) 21:40, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
:::: ] it's another great woman, soprano ], and I found a 1963 Christmas Oratorio detail. 10 years earlier than that cycle, Bach wrote ] for the 1724 season, based on seven songs, - my focus this year. Expect three stories for the three days they celebrated in Leipzig ;) - Enjoy the season! --] (]) 21:32, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
:::: My ] is about ], 300 years today, and its song, 500 years old. Enjoy! --] (]) 15:27, 25 December 2024 (UTC)
:::: Similarly, my ] is about ], 300 years today, and its song, 500 years old. An aria is inspired by a baby leaping in his mother's womb. Enjoy! --] (]) 22:33, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
:::: My ] is different. --] (]) 19:01, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
Thanks for a year of interesting articles and beautiful pictures and kind words. Have a great New Years Eve, and I'm hoping for a better-than-expected 2025. --] (])


== January music ==
Today, I am proud of a , ], finally, who has much in common with Schumann! - I restored the arb thread ]. --] (]) 16:25, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
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Happy new year 2025, opened with ] that first sounded OTD in 1725 (as the Main page has). -- ] (]) 17:52, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
{{User|80.25.203.19}}, an IP whose only edits have been to ‎articles about Cirque du Soleil, was that they would be blocked if they continued to revert without discussion. Unfortunately, they have since . ] (]) 08:16, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
:Blocked for a week, hopefully to get their attention. Let me know if they resume after it expires, and I'll significantly increase the duration to try to force discussion. Also let me know if a new IP starts making the same edits. --] (]) 16:20, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
:: Very many thanks! ] (]) 08:44, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

== Help to publish first article ==
hello dear sir... may you please check my sandbox to see my first article and help me to improve it before publishing on the wikipedia? thanks ] (]) 20:46, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
:{{ping|Adamrizi12}} I'm a little puzzled how you chose me; have we interacted before? Maybe under a different user name? Sorry, that's not really my skill set, and I'm a little busier than normal anyway. See ], or ask for advice at ]. --] (]) 16:20, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

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== Somebody's got to... ==

] There is currently a discussion at ] regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. <!--Template:ANI-notice--> --] (]) 21:24, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
:You should have just told them to floq off. –]] 00:03, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
:I was disappointed this wasn’t ArbFloq Round 2. –]] 00:04, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
::Dude. Don't give them ideas... --] (]) 01:43, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
:::A<s>ardvark</s>rbitrator Floquenbeam Mark II. –]] 02:31, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
::::Oh. My. God. I thought you meant you thought it would be funny if they'd taken me to ArbCom. But you mean you thought the thread title implied I was going to run for ArbCom? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. (takes breath) Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha . --] (]) 02:39, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
:::::You wound me sir! –]] 07:00, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
:::::You forgot a ha. ] (]) 07:02, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
::::: If you don't run, nor ], who will say "no foul, play on"? --] (]) 07:20, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

== Off-wiki responsibilities ==


:Happy New Year, Gerda! I actually had a chance to click on one of your watch/listen links! Very cool. --] (]) 15:30, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
?!?-- ]<sup>]</sup> 20:49, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
:<small>(takes out a list, makes a black mark next to Ponyo's name)</small> Mind your own business, young lady. --] (]) 20:53, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
::Trust me, it's not the first time my name's been crossed off that particular list. Ah, the good ol' days! -- ]<sup>]</sup> 21:38, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

Latest revision as of 15:30, 2 January 2025

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Folly, thou conquerest, and I must yield!
Against stupidity the very gods
Themselves contend in vain. --Friedrich Schiller


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December music

story · music · places

Today's story comes from a DYK about a concert that fascinated me, and you can listen! For my taste, the hook has too little music - I miss the unusual scoring and the specific dedication - but it comes instead with a name good for viewcount. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:25, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

Thanks Gerda! Floquenbeam (talk) 17:21, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
On the Main page today Jean Sibelius on his birthday. Listening to Beethoven's Fifth from the opening of Notre-Dame de Paris. We sang in choirs today. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:50, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
Ode to Joy! Floquenbeam (talk) 16:13, 9 December 2024 (UTC) Oops, got my symphonies confused. Note to self: look stuff up to be sure BEFORE hitting publish, not right after. --Floquenbeam (talk) 16:14, 9 December 2024 (UTC)
You could give me the same note, all the time. Interesting photographer in my story, - just look at youtube if you have little time. - Some new pics that look like vacation, - beach, from the third monastery, and dinner there, for the first time in a restaurant on the trip. - How do you like my Notre-Dame pic? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:10, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
Listen today to the (new) Perplexities after Escher. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:50, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
Listen today to Beethoven's 3rd cello sonata, on his birthday - it was a hook in the 2020 DYK set when his 250th birthday was remembered. I picked a recording with Antônio Meneses, because he was on my sad list this year, and I was in Brazil (see places, particularly stunning today), and I love his playing. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:31, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
I come to fix the cellist's name, with a 10-years-old DYK and new pics - look for red birds --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:12, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
Today is a woman poet's centenary. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:08, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
Hauptfriedhof Mainz today (remember November?) - if you have the time, take the YouTube walk by a young man from from Jamaica, speaking English. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:40, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
Today it's another great woman, soprano Sigrid Kehl, and I found a 1963 Christmas Oratorio detail. 10 years earlier than that cycle, Bach wrote seven cantatas for the 1724 season, based on seven songs, - my focus this year. Expect three stories for the three days they celebrated in Leipzig ;) - Enjoy the season! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:32, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
My first Christmas story is about Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 91, 300 years today, and its song, 500 years old. Enjoy! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:27, 25 December 2024 (UTC)
Similarly, my second Christmas story is about Christum wir sollen loben schon, BWV 121, 300 years today, and its song, 500 years old. An aria is inspired by a baby leaping in his mother's womb. Enjoy! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:33, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
My third Christmas story is different. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:01, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for a year of interesting articles and beautiful pictures and kind words. Have a great New Years Eve, and I'm hoping for a better-than-expected 2025. --Floquenbeam (talk)

January music

story · music · places

Happy new year 2025, opened with trumpet fanfares that first sounded OTD in 1725 (as the Main page has). -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:52, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Gerda! I actually had a chance to click on one of your watch/listen links! Very cool. --Floquenbeam (talk) 15:30, 2 January 2025 (UTC)