The article Saxophone Sonata (Creston) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Saxophone Sonata (Creston) for comments about the article, and Talk:Saxophone Sonata (Creston)/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 Aza24 -- Aza24 (talk) 05:21, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

		The Featured Article Medal
		By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this special, very exclusive award created just for we few, we happy few, this band of brothers, who have shed sweat, tears and probably blood, in order to be able to proudly claim "I too have taken an article to Featured status". Gog the Mild (talk) 13:14, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much Gog, I'm sure this will not be the last time you see me at FAC :) UpTheOctave! • 8^va? 14:44, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I am happy to hear that. It is good to have someone contributing a touch of class. Gog the Mild (talk) 17:02, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations to your first FA! When would you like that to appear as TFA, soon, or premiere date, or composer's birthday? I'm willing to help with WP:TFARP or WP:TFAR. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:21, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not really sure, TFA is confusing for me. Premiere date makes the most sense to me, though 24 August might work since it's the 40th anniversary of Creston's death. UpTheOctave! • 8^va? 20:54, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I prefer birthdays to days of death ;) - I'll go ahead and plan it for 15 February then. That's easy, and a nomination - more work - will be possible once 15 January 2026 has been scheduled. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:50, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

We could also just say that no date really matters, and run it without specific date, which will probably come sooner. I trust, though, that you'll write another FA ;) - and that can come sooner. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:55, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Whenever, the composer's article should be improved by then. I did some basic things. Refs are missing, one marked. The works list needs sourcing badly (and probably long enough to give it a separate article and focus on major works in the bio. No lead would be nice, - I tried at least one sentence about his music, beyond "a composer". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:35, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Completely different topic: I don't like {{talk header}} - not personal, assuming that visitors need to be told to assume good faith, ugly layout, to mention only some points of criticism. Have you seen t on a mobile? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:39, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Gerda, I avoid mobile editing as it's much too clunky for me. I take your point, though: I've created a nicer, less snarky header for this page. As for Creston, a non-specific date works as well as 15 January; I'm not bothered. I'll get to work on his article soon. That project will probably need a large bibliography and some planning. UpTheOctave! • 8^va? 17:35, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! (I didn't ask you to edit mobile, just look what half of our user would see. I didn't do that until into my 16th year here, but found it interesting.) Your change looks great, and good luck with the interesting composer! At present, we get to know more about him in the piece's article than in his bio! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:49, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I assume the premiere was on 15 February, as the article says ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:51, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Shame on the writer if not! Oh wait. UpTheOctave! • 8^va? 17:53, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I had another idea: we could probably get the Sonata to OTD (On this day) on 15 February 2025, which is a better "round" birthday to 1940 than next year. In theory, we might even get it to TFA that day, because what is scheduled seems not particularly date-related, if Gogth the Mild was willing to do the extra work of rescheduling. However, bringing the composer to a presentable version might be too tough. What do you think? I brought the Bach cantata to OTD two days before the anniversary, a few moments before midnight. The day before, the page is reserved to admin editing. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:43, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, it is too late for 15 Feb. There is a lot of backroom stuff that goes on after I finalise the list. In extremis I can cancel something and everyone will scurry around to sort things out, but for this routine request I suggest listing it at TFA Pending for 2026. Gog the Mild (talk) 19:04, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Too tough. I'm unfamiliar with OTD; besides, I'm quite busy currently with real life and reviews, so I would have to rush the Creston article. I will get around to it eventually ;) UpTheOctave! • 8^va? 21:14, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like we all agree on TFA next year (it's already in the pending list) and OTD this year, which I can do tomorrow. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:26, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for helping out with this, Gerda! UpTheOctave! • 8^va? 21:38, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I made two steps, adding the sonata to 1940 and to February 15. It needs a ref, and as both given in the article for the date, location and performers are offline, I took the first one in sight, a 1966 by Mr. Eckers. That is not in the article. You decide if you'd prefer a different one, or want to take this on board also (I can see only the abstract, but that shows enough for the OTD purpose), or think it's fine as it is. Please also check the wording. Step three will be to actually put it in Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/February 15. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:03, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The wording seems fine. I've replaced Eckers in both articles, I avoided using it in the article as it's a master's thesis (although I did have it in "Further reading" at one point). Morris is used in the main article so should be fine. UpTheOctave! • 8^va? 16:48, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Step 3 taken, check out the link and please keep it watched. - My story torday is about an actor who played in almost every German TV series and in internal cinema. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:02, 4 February 2025 (UTC)--[reply]

today: a German-born Spanish art collector, - the video in her honour is remarkable, as what she gave the world. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:59, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I find today's birthday child particularly inspiring, by enthusiasm and determination. That was - believe it or not - a pictured DYK in 2021, without the last line though. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:22, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting, I don't think I've ever seen a chapel with such a plan. Very unique! UpTheOctave! • 8^va? 20:55, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nor did I, before this one. - Paul Plishka, a bass who sang 88 roles of all kinds at the Met was interviewed before his (first) retirement. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:55, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Today's story is about Edith Mathis, who portrayed young women by Mozart. The video of a 1993 interview has videos of her performances. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:36, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, UpTheOctave!! The article you nominated, Saxophone Sonata (Creston), has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Gog the Mild (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:06, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats! 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 03:06, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

		Four Award
		Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on Saxophone Sonata (Creston). —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 01:20, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nice to see it on the main page! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:49, 15 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

20th-century music

Thank you for quality articles such as Saxophone Sonata (Creston), for dealing with articles for deletion, for quality reviewing and openness for reviewers' suggestions ("I think I've got through these much-appreciated comments now"), for developing Piano Sonata (Copland), - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

You are recipient no. 2960 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:20, 15 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much Gerda, your kindness is always appreciated :) UpTheOctave! • 8^va? 23:01, 15 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I point at a composer today, as the main page does. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:21, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The first round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 26 February. As a reminder, we are no longer disqualifying the lowest-scoring contestants; everyone who competed in round 1 will advance to round 2 unless they have withdrawn or been banned from Wikipedia. Instead, the contestants with the highest round-point totals now receive tournament points at the end of each round. Unlike the round points in the main WikiCup table, which are reset at the end of each round, tournament points are carried over between rounds and can only be earned if a competitor is among the top 16 round-point scorers. This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far.

Round 1 was very competitive compared with previous years; two contestants scored more than 1,000 round points, and the top 16 contestants all scored more than 500 round points. The following competitors scored more than 800 round points:

• Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1,168 round points, mainly from 4 featured articles and 4 good articles on old military history, in addition to an assortment of GA and FA reviews.
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The full scores for round 1 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 18 featured articles, 26 featured lists, 1 featured-topic article, 197 good articles, 38 good-topic articles and more than 100 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 23 In the News articles, and they have conducted nearly 550 reviews.

Remember that any content promoted after 26 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2, which begins on 1 March. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:13, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Today, 300 years of Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1! - We sang works for (mostly) double choir by Pachelbel, Johann Christoph Bach, Kuhnau/Bach, Gounod and Rheinberger! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:05, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]