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300 years ago, a Bach cantata was born: happy new year! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:58, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

... inviting you to check out "my" story (fun listen today, full of surprises), music (and memory), and places (pictured by me: the latest uploads) any day! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:25, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Mozart music for today! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:28, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Very nice. Wehwalt (talk) 22:45, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you today for Frank Hague, "about... Frank Hague, the political boss who dominated my onetime home state of New Jersey for many years. He has a dark image in history, perhaps justified."! - Thank you also for more featured content and good advice in the discussion how to treat "errors" in TFA blurbs! Bright trumpets in my music today, - two pics that I took, and one is in the article of the music mentioned. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:16, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

20 January is the 100th birthday of David Tudor (see my story) and the 300th birthday of Bach's cantata Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen, BWV 13, if we go by date instead of occasion as he would have thought, so see my story for last Sunday, and celebrate ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:36, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, Wehwalt! The article you nominated, Young Head coinage, 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 The nomination discussion has been archived.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) 23:06, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Any chance of persuading you to take Jim Irwin to FAC in 2026? Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:20, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Jim is difficult because of the religious side. I don't have his memoirs anymore but could get another copy. I'm currently traveling, give me until next month to look into it. Wehwalt (talk) 20:22, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Take all of 2026 if you like. I have a copy of his book. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:12, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

If you send me a snail mail address, I can post it to you. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:36, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Sent. Many thanks. Wehwalt (talk) 22:10, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Sent. Allow a few weeks for delivery. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 06:18, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

It was good to see Frank Hague on the Main page today. By the way, I read through the article United States Semiquincentennial coinage today. I suppose you will be taking it to FAC or GAN in the future? MSincccc (talk) 19:26, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it will be written gradually as the story unfolds. I did something similar for Apollo 11 50th Anniversary commemorative coins. The goal would be to have it available for July 4 TFA either in 2027 or 2028. Thank you for the kind words. Wehwalt (talk) 19:31, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you today for Brass threepence, about "a small coin with a short but interesting history"! - I recall today in today's story Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe, BWV 22, on the day Bach wrote it for, instead of the calendar date ;) Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:35, 15 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Today something new: a 100th birthday of someone alive, György Kurtág! In 2004 I was there when he and his wife played for the Rheingau Musik Festival where he was the featured composer. They played as the 2019 DYK said, on an upright piano, - listen, the last piece was the same. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:16, 19 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

We should all be so lucky as to be granted such time and vigor. Wehwalt (talk) 22:20, 19 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

His second opera is going to be premiered ;) - I just heard a radio feature with some of his works while driving: very interesting! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:30, 19 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Today's main page features four biographies I helped to bring there, two women and two men, three opera singers (one pictured) and an actor, - a record for me, I believe ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:37, 24 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

'J-Hope, teri muskurahat hai roshni ki raah 🌟,J-Hope, teri muskurahat hai roshni ki raah 🌟, Teri khushi se raushan ho jata hai saara jahaan 🌍,

Dil se dance karta hai har ek pal tera 💃,
Aasmaan bhi jaane, tu hai kitna khubsoorat, pyaara! 🌈

Tere jazbaat mein hai ek alag hi baat 💖,

Har sur mein khilte hain naye khwabon ke phool 🌸,
Aaj ka din hai tera, duniya saath hai khadi 🎉,
Happy Birthday, J-Hope, tu hai sabse khaas aur zaroori! 🎂

Rangon se bhara hai tera har ek pal 🌈,

Jaisay rangon ka jahan ho, tu uska salaam 🌟,
J-Hope, tu hai ek roshni ki misaal ✨,

Tere saath har din hai ek nayi kahani, ek nayi baat! 💫J-Hope, teri muskurahat hai roshni ki raah 🌟, Teri khushi se raushan ho jata hai saara jahaan 🌍,

Dil se dance karta hai har ek pal tera 💃,
Aasmaan bhi jaane, tu hai kitna khubsoorat, pyaara! 🌈

Tere jazbaat mein hai ek alag hi baat 💖,

Har sur mein khilte hain naye khwabon ke phool 🌸,
Aaj ka din hai tera, duniya saath hai khadi 🎉,
Happy Birthday, J-Hope, tu hai sabse khaas aur zaroori! 🎂

Rangon se bhara hai tera har ek pal 🌈,

Jaisay rangon ka jahan ho, tu uska salaam 🌟,
J-Hope, tu hai ek roshni ki misaal ✨,

Tere saath har din hai ek nayi kahani, ek nayi baat! 💫💜🩰💖🎉J-Hope, teri muskurahat hai roshni ki raah 🌟, Teri khushi se raushan ho jata hai saara jahaan 🌍,

Dil se dance karta hai har ek pal tera 💃,
Aasmaan bhi jaane, tu hai kitna khubsoorat, pyaara! 🌈

Tere jazbaat mein hai ek alag hi baat 💖,

Har sur mein khilte hain naye khwabon ke phool 🌸,
Aaj ka din hai tera, duniya saath hai khadi 🎉,
Happy Birthday, J-Hope, tu hai sabse khaas aur zaroori! 🎂

Rangon se bhara hai tera har ek pal 🌈,

Jaisay rangon ka jahan ho, tu uska salaam 🌟,
J-Hope, tu hai ek roshni ki misaal ✨,
Tere saath har din hai ek nayi kahani, ek nayi baat! 💫

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Regrettably, I have never been there. Wehwalt (talk) 13:42, 18 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Wehwelt; Your FA star on your User page is currently not linking to this article; it appears to be ambiguous now that the younger Princess Charlotte (b.2015) has a GA article. ErnestKrause (talk) 17:35, 22 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed, many thanks. Wehwalt (talk) 17:39, 22 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Princess Charlotte is still not linking from her star on your User page even though the years appear to now be showing. Separately, I've notice that you seem to like Puccini and Rogers and Hammerstein. Those opera writers also had a high regard for Bach. I've recently completed the Bach upgrade effort to GA, and then a peer review to try to move the article towards FAC; would you have any thoughts about possibly joining in for the effort for the Bach page as a co-nomination for FAC? Any thoughts about joining in? ErnestKrause (talk) 19:15, 24 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I'm really not that familiar with Bach, except what Gerda has taught me. I'm not sure what I could add. Wehwalt (talk) 19:49, 24 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Your Puccini articles were super and also your Rogers and Hammerstein articles; I'm quite sympathetic to Bach's versions of his operettas such as his Coffee Cantata. If the Bach article looks well-written enough after the GA and the Peer Review which I've already done, then it might be nice if the article goes straight to a FAC co-nomination with you after you have a chance to read through it and make any changes you see as making the Bach article better. Any possible interest? ErnestKrause (talk) 20:01, 24 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]