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July songs

Thank you for improving articles in July. Did you know that we had 2 FAs by Wehwalt this month, Apollo 4 today and History of Chincoteague, Virginia two days ago? - I was away, for hiking in the Swiss Alps and a funeral, more on my talk. Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:47, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

An article you recently created, Foundation stock, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Atsme 💬 📧 16:48, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

Hello, Montanabw,

I hope you are well these days. Draftification is only supposed to be used for recently created articles (3-6 months old) and this article is 14 years old so I have moved it back to main space. Of course, you are welcome to continue to improve it as, as you know, any article can be subject to an AFD deletion discussion. Thank you and happy autumn! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:26, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

@Liz: I didn't move it, someone else did. I'm fixing the sourcing a bit now. Montanabw^(talk) 21:35, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

October songs

Thank you for improving articles in October! - Look for mine: two favourite concerts were on DYK, and too many on RD (three yesterday). -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:58, 20 October 2022 (UTC)

who shall separate us? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:02, 22 October 2022 (UTC)

leaving the month with reformation and a cat treat --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:14, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

November songs

Happy Thanksgiving - Bach said it in music for peace. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:48, 24 November 2022 (UTC)

Just wanted to let you know that I opened a discussion at Talk:Thoroughbred#Infobox_Image if you would like to participate. Cheers ‡ El cid, el campeador ^talk 18:32, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

Merry Christmas Montanabw! Enjoy some hot chocolate :)

Iamnotabunny (talk) 14:02, 24 December 2022 (UTC)

December songs

happy new year

Thank you for improving article quality in December! Best wishes for a joyful season! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:13, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

Today, pictured, the soprano of our choral concert of the year. More in the context: User talk:Gerda Arendt#DYK for Talia Or, in case of interest. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:18, 26 December 2022 (UTC)

		Happy New Year!
		Wishing you and yours a Happy New Year, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and distraction-free and may Janus light your way. Ealdgyth (talk) 13:57, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

   Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

— Moops ^⋠T⋡ 04:37, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

FYI your 2014 edit to Cow tipping here was specifically called out as Annie Rauwerda's (Depths of Wikipedia) favorite caption on Wikipedia (go to minute 4:00 at this interview). You can even buy Depths of Wikipedia merch with the image and caption. ☆ Bri (talk) 20:01, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

Oh, that’s awesome! Thanks for letting me know! Montanabw^(talk) 00:49, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

January songs

happy new year

-- Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:02, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

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February songs

my daily stories

How are you? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:08, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

Doing well, thanks! I appreciate your monthly posts and kind words! Montanabw^(talk) 17:32, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

Thank you! My story on 24 February is about Artemy Vedel (TFA by Amitchell235), and I made a suggestion for more peace, - what do you think? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:36, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

today: two women whose birthday we celebrate today, 99 and 90! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:57, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

March songs

my story today

Today we remember the 150th birthday of Max Reger, who saw the horrors of a world war right when it began in 1914, while others were still in high patriotic moods -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:25, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

sharing impressions from vacation on Madeira 20-30 March, pics now at 24 Mar from the peaks - the Mozart RfC (with a non-neutral invitation to fight) was closed, and went rather peacefully - what can we learn from it? - I saw today that Brian Boulton added an infobox to Imogen Holst in 2014, edit summary "risk" - should it still be a risk in 2023 to follow his example? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:30, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

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May songs

my story today

Thank you for improving articles in May. - I had a good story on coronation day: the Te Deum we sang that day. And the following day we sang it for the composer ;)

I nominated Soňa Červená for GA just to give her a bit more exposure, and I took some pics of bright scenery - click on songs. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:11, 20 May 2023 (UTC)

July songs

my story today

On today's Main page, you can find a cantata that Bach first performed 300 years ago, and an iconic saxophonist from East Germany. Also: a bit about the history of QAI on my talk. Thank you for being part of it! - A new member designed a user box that I adopted. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:55, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

While today's DYK highlights Santiago on his day, I did my modest share with my story today, describing what I just experienced, pictured. I began the article of the woman in green. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:07, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

Today Jahrhundertring, and I'm listening to Götterdämmerung from the Bayreuth Festival (pictured), - the image (of a woman who can't believe what she has to see) features also on the article talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:44, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

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August songs

my story today

Thank you for improving articles in August! - Today, my focus is on Renata Scotto, after days of updating. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:39, 20 August 2023 (UTC)

Today's story is based on a 2011 DYK that would not pass 2023 reviewers, - hooks are ow supposed to be of interest to the general public, which opera singers are not, so they say. Take Berit Lindholm, discussed here. - I added pics until a happy day with excellent food. - Why I came, however: Boy Scouts of America is up for GAR, can you help, or know people who can? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:25, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

Today is Debussy's birthday. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:16, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

This too shall pass. - Ten years ago on 28 August, I heard a symphony, with a heavy heart because of the pending decision in WP:ARBINFOBOX, and not worried about my future here but Andy's. - It passed, and I could write the DYK about calling to dance, not battle, and Andy could write the DYK mentioning about peace and reconciliation, - look. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:28, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

		The Copyright Barnstar
		Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/ItsLassieTime is now history. Scorpions1325 and I may have been the editors who cleaned the final article, but we stood on the shoulders of giants. Thank you for all your hard work. — SamX [talk · contribs] 03:58, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

13 years. Wow. That was a heavy lift for all! Montanabw^(talk) 04:37, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

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Good day! I was wondering if you'd be willing and able to perhaps provide a bit of mentorship and guidance with my first FA nomination. Back when I put the Perry County, Tennessee article up for GA status, a reviewer suggested it was potentially nearing FA status. Comparing it to the only US county article with FA status (Warren County, Indiana), I feel like it's pretty much there. However, I've been working on evolving at this article for so long now that I might be looking at it through rose-colored glasses, and would appreciate any feedback or advice in getting it across the finish line. I've started off by submitting it for peer review, since the last review was done over a year ago for the GA nomination. Thanks! nf utvol (talk) nf utvol (talk) 15:31, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

November songs

my story today

Thank you for improving article quality in November! - Vacation pictures offered if you click on songs, and my story is a DYK hook from 13 years ago OTD: about the great music at one of my churches. Mozart's Requiem to come on Sunday, - I bet you'd come if it was a bit closer. Perhaps watch the video of our last production, our first on yt, ever. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:15, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

December: story · music · places

Thank you for what you do and stand for! I wish you a good festive season and a peaceful New Year! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:08, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Today, I have a special story to tell, of the works of a musician born 300 years ago. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:45, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

		Happy New Year!
		Wishing you and yours a Happy New Year, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and distraction-free and may Janus light your way. Ealdgyth (talk) 14:42, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

-- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:58, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

On the Main page: the person who made the pictured festival possible --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:07, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

story · music · places

Thank you for improving articles in January! I remember Ewa Podleś on the Main page, and have - believe it or not - two musical DYK. Shalom chaverim. On vacation, with something for your sweet tooth --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:44, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Today: the performance of Anna Nekhames --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:50, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Today a friend's birthday, with related music and a few new vacation pics --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:08, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

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Hi Montana, hope you're doing well.

I'm thinking of making another attempt to move the flaxen and sooty articles, as it's still bothering me that the titles are not technically correct. I was wondering if you had input about what they should be moved to? I'm thinking based on how other horse coat color articles are disambiguated, maybe Flaxen gene -> Flaxen horse (the first sentence could easily be changed to "A flaxen horse is one with...") and similarly Sooty (gene) -> Sooty horse.

I'm also happy to explain what exactly is not technically correct, if you would like.

Best, Iamnotabunny (talk) 22:59, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

Let’s discuss. There are no horses named “Flaxen,” for one thing…nor are they a breed. Chestnut (horse color) worked.Montanabw^(talk) 04:10, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

story · music · places

Nice to see action on your talk ;) - Gabriela Grillo died, - I plan to translate, could you please watch and correct where I don't know the language of the field? - I'm sad that the old discussions have not died out, see Rossini (birthday tomorrow) and Rinaldo (opera). I'm sadder that people die, subjects and in real life, promising project member Vami_IV, - that was a shock. - Today's story, however, celebrates a woman's birthday. She sat right in front of me when I took the picture at a lovely concert, celebrating her son's 60th. I thought she was 90 today, - no, 91 already. You can listen, starting at the piece he dedicated to her, Op. 1. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:58, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

more music and flowers on Rossini's rare birthday --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:35, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for taking a hard stab at Trait du Maine; it gave me the courage/confidence to go through the whole article and copy edit the poor translation.

There are many horse breed articles that have been translated (often quite poorly) from French wiki to English by a group of paid editors (OKA). According to their guidelines their organization wants them to translate large quantities without too much attention to quality (because some other wiki editor will come along and fix it). They use an auto-translation tool called Deepl, and they create articles directly without going through Articles for Creation process (they do a Draft, then move to mainspace).[1] They are supposed to read the auto-translation and make edits into good English, but I doubt a single one of them are native English speakers. I have been unable to guide or train any of these OKA editors to do a better job, so I gave up and resorted to simply tagging the articles for cleanup. If they were required to go through AFC, then their monstrosities could stay in Draft until they clean them up better. (That's a thought, I could just move them to Draft... but I suppose they'd just move them back to mainspace.)

I liked your machete approach. I had quit when I read "A prototype of perfection has been defined to characterize the ideal Trait du Maine"; you simply deleted it. Definitely a good start.

If I make a list of some of these affected horse breed articles, maybe we could do a "one-two punch" and get some of them cleaned up.   ▶ I am Grorp ◀ 02:18, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

story · music · places

Thank you for improving article quality in March! - I uploaded Madeira vacation pics (from back home, at least the first day) and remember Aribert Reimann. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:53, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Bach music, - happy Easter! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:22, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:03, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

story · music · places

Lovely to see a good DYK by you, like in the old days ;) - I have a singer in the same set. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:20, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for improving articles in May! - Today's story mentions a concert I loved to hear and a piece I loved to sing in choir, 150 years old OTD. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:10, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi Montanabw. I nominated Boyd Exell as a GA article, my first nomination, and it's a short horse-related BLP. I don't know if you do GA reviews or not, but if you do would you consider looking at this one?   ▶ I am Grorp ◀ 02:16, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Sounds great! I do a few, and yes, I can look at yours, but may be a couple days before I have time to look closely. Montanabw^(talk) 03:44, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

story · music · places

Thank you today for helping Icelandic horse, about "the only breed of horse from Iceland", to become FA! - We miss Dana boomer. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:22, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

New pics of food and flowers come with the story of Noye's Fludde (premiered on 18 June), written by Brian Boulton. I nominated Éric Tappy because he died, and it needs support today! I nominated another women for GA in the Women in Green June run, - review welcome, and more noms planned. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:42, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for improving article quality in June! - Today we have a centenarian story (documentation about it by Percy Adlon) and an article that had two sentences yesterday and was up for deletion, and needs a few more citations. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:47, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

story · music · places

Thank you for improving article quality in July! - Today's story is about a photographer who took iconic pictures, especially View from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on Manhattan, 9/11, yesterday's was a great mezzo, and on Thursday we watched a sublime ballerina. If that's not enough my talk offers chamber music from two amazing concerts. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:45, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

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story · music · places

Thank you for improving article quality in August! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:27, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Found today. Last year, back in my days of "if it ain't a true breed, WTF do we have it in Wikipedia", I recommended merging AraAppaloosa. Months later, someone did a merge of sorts, which was half-baked, [2] but I didn't double-check their work back then. I did today. Awful.

Since you were the primary editor of record in the last version of AraAppaloosa, I thought I'd point it out, bow my head in shame that I didn't catch the half-merge earlier, and let you decide if the article should be re-established or if all of the original content should be pasted into the target article (not just one paragraph).

Articles affected: AraAppaloosa (original content), Appaloosa Horse Club (merge target), Araloosa (a redirect used only in Part-Arabian).   ▶ I am Grorp ◀ 15:55, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

I wasn't notified at the time, so we will have to agree to disagree. I removed the merged material from Appaloosa Horse Club because it didn't fit, and restored the article. We can chat further, but this particular mix is one of dozens of designer crossbreds out there, most of which at similar levels also have articles. Montanabw^(talk) 18:26, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

No disagreement here. Your decision is fine.   ▶ I am Grorp ◀ 19:30, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

story · music · places

Thank you for improving article quality in September! - Ach, lieben Christen, seid getrost, BWV 114, is one of the piece in my topic of this year. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:44, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

Hey Montana! Please see Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Next issue/In the media under "In brief" Wikipedia paces to victory you can even watch the linked video. I just would like to make sure my horse racing lingo is correct.

Any help appreciated,

Smallbones_(smalltalk) 00:59, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

@Smallbones:, Heading over... and ... groooooaaaaannnnnn..... Montanabw^(talk) 01:58, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, it looks good! I owe you one. Smallbones_(smalltalk) 02:26, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

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