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Three Kings' Church

Thank you for the Schumann comments. - Different topic: could you help me expanding Dreikönigskirche, Frankfurt from de? - Problem: it should all be sourced, for DYK, and I see a lot of details but no specific sources. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:52, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

Changed my mind: let's do that for 6 Jan 2021, and begin a bit sooner ;) - Click 2020 for good wishes! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:38, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

Of course. Let's set a goal, and a time frame. If we start now(ish) and work over 2020, we could get the article to Featured and add another bronze star to our names. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 11:10, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

I have FA plans for the Monteverdi vespers, for Part 1 of the Christmas Oratorio, and Louis Vierne for his 150th anniversary, possibly Schumann, - enough for me ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:26, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

Ichthus January 2020

ICHTHUS

January 2020

The Top 3 Articles

By Stalinsunnykvj

The Top 3 most-popular articles about People in WikiProject Christianity were:

1. Pope Benedict XVI – retired prelate of the Catholic Church who served as head of the Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2005 until his resignation.
2. Pope Francis – the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State. Francis is the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first pope from outside Europe since the Syrian Gregory III, who reigned in the 8th century.
3. Dolly Parton – an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actress, author, businesswoman, and humanitarian, known primarily for her work in country music. Quotations related to Dolly Parton at Wikiquote: "I just depend on a lot of prayer and meditation. I believe that without God I am nobody, but that with God, I can do anything."

Did You Know?

Nominated by Stalinsunnykvj

• ...that the All Saints Church, Henley Brook, the oldest church in Western Australia, held its first service almost eight years before it was consecrated?
• ...that the Golden Madonna of Essen is the oldest preserved sculpture of the Virgin Mary?
• ...that the parish church of James Parkinson, after whom Parkinson's disease is named, was St Leonard's, Shoreditch, a church just outside the City of London and most famous for being one of the churches mentioned in the nursery rhyme "Oranges and Lemons"?
• ...that the Grand Chartophylax was considered the right arm of the Patriarch of Constantinople?

Featured article

Nominated by Stalinsunnykvj

Сретение Господне ("The Meeting of the Lord"), a depiction of Simeon recognising Jesus at the Temple, from a fifteenth-century Novgorodskye School Russian icon.

A Song for Simeon, is a 37-line poem written in 1928 by American-English poet T. S. Eliot (1888–1965). It is one of five poems that Eliot contributed to the Ariel poems series of 38 pamphlets by several authors published by Faber and Gwyer. "A Song for Simeon" was the sixteenth in the series and included an illustration by avant garde artist Edward McKnight Kauffer. The poem's narrative echoes the text of the Nunc dimittis, a liturgical prayer for Compline from the Gospel passage. Eliot introduces literary allusions to earlier writers Lancelot Andrewes, Dante Alighieri and St. John of the Cross. Critics have debated whether Eliot's depiction of Simeon is a negative portrayal of a Jewish figure and evidence of anti-Semitism on Eliot's part. (more...)

Bible Verse

“ May He grant you according to your heart’s desire, And fulfill all your purpose. ”

Psalm 20:4 New King James Version (NKJV)

Help wanted

We're looking for writers to contribute to Ichthus. Do you have a project or an issue that you'd like to highlight? Post your inquiries or submission here.

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Quotes

"Faith lived in the incognito is one which is located outside the criticism coming from society, from politics, from history, for the very reason that it has itself the vocation to be a source of criticism. It is faith (lived in the incognito) which triggers the issues for the others, which causes everything seemingly established to be placed in doubt, which drives a wedge into the world of false assurances."
~ Jacques Ellul

French philosopher, sociologist, and professor who was a noted Christian anarchist.
Quotations related to Jacques Ellul at Wikiquote

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Thank you ...

January

... with thanks from QAI

... for improving articles in January! Today - 20 in 2020 - is a birthday, she is pictured on the lower choir pic, enjoy listening. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:42, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 37

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The Great Britain/Ireland Destubathon

Hi. The Wikipedia:The Great Britain/Ireland Destubathon is planned for March 2020, a contest/editathon to eliminate as many stubs as possible from all 134 counties. Amazon vouchers/book prizes are planned for most articles destubbed from England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland and Northern Ireland and whoever destubs articles from the most counties out of the 134. Sign up on page if interested in participating, hope this will prove to be good fun and productive, we have over 44,000 stubs!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:34, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

I was wondering when the successors to WiR's The World Contest would come! Neat idea. Surefire way to finally finish off The 100,000 Challenge, too, if the powers that be allow the funding for that. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 12:03, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for your GA review

Thanks for your review of Véhicule Blindé Léger and the help you gave me.--Le Petit Chat (talk) 14:07, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

Article improvements

February

Alte Liebe I Will Mention the Loving-kindnesses

Valentine month, thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:58, 21 February 2020 (UTC)

Today's Alte Liebe became especially meaningful after yesterday's funeral. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:55, 28 February 2020 (UTC)

March Madness 2020

G'day all, March Madness 2020 is about to get underway, and there is bling aplenty for those who want to get stuck into the backlog by way of tagging, assessing, updating, adding or improving resources and creating articles. If you haven't already signed up to participate, why not? The more the merrier! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:19, 29 February 2020 (UTC) for the coord team

Sorry for bothering you, but...

New Page Patrol needs experienced volunteers

• New Page Patrol is currently struggling to keep up with the influx of new articles. We could use a few extra hands on deck if you think you can help.
• Reviewing/patrolling a page doesn't take much time but it requires a good understanding of Wikipedia policies and guidelines; Wikipedia needs experienced users to perform this task and there are precious few with the appropriate skills. Even a couple reviews a day can make a huge difference.
• If you would like to join the project and help out, please see the granting conditions and review our instructions page. You can apply for the user-right HERE. — Insertcleverphrasehere ^{(or here)}_{(click me!)} 20:22, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

@Insertcleverphrasehere: ...Before I give any answer, can I just ask how I came to be on the list of editors to ask to help with this? If you look at my user page, you will see I am opposed to contributions by IP editors. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 23:49, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

Vami IV, I ran some queries looking for editors based on experience level, recent edits, contributions in various namespaces, etc. You came up on this query if you want to see the exact search I was doing. As for IP editors, IPs can't create new articles, and I supported ACPERM, which tightened it even further to only those with autopatrolled, so I see no issue there. — Insertcleverphrasehere ^{(or here)}_{(click me!)} 00:06, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

I'll think about it. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 04:32, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

NPP is a thankless but very necessary task. And some of the worst articles are written by extended confirmed editors, believe it or not. buidhe 04:41, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Oh I believe it. I've written some one- or two-sentence (biography) stubs. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 06:11, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

St. Patrick's Day

Pärt: The Deer's Cry

decoration + music with thanks from QAI! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:08, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

FYI

You may want to be aware that there is a category that may be of interest to you: Category:Pages with citations having redundant parameters. Thanks! Dawnseeker2000 04:00, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

This is indeed useful to me - thanks for bringing it to my attention. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 04:04, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

GA "review"

Concerning your recent GA "review", I shall just say that I would be grateful if you never attempt to review any article of mine again, as we appear to have a fundamental personal disagreement about that process. Chiswick Chap (talk) 13:03, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

Can do. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 13:12, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

Lye Church review

Hi Vami IV, thanks for taking on the GA reviews of my churches! I believe I've addressed all the issues for Lye Church now, let me know if there's anything else you need me to look at and fix. Best regards, Yakikaki (talk) 10:36, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

Hi again Vami! Thanks for the Lye review, I'll address the Garde article as soon as I can, a bit later today. Best, Yakikaki (talk) 08:28, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

Hi again Vami, just wanted to say thanks for the reviews and your patience, I think both articles really gained a lot in the process. Kind regards, Yakikaki (talk) 17:45, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

No problem, friend. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 17:54, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia:The 50,000 Destubbing Challenge

Hi, if you expand any stubs can you also add them to this list? Thanks.† Encyclopædius 12:47, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

GA review for Śāriputra

Hello,

Thank you so much for reviewing my article on Śāriputra. The review seems to be complete but the bot that usually updates the page with the icon hasn't made the update. Would you happen to know why? I'm somewhat new to good articles and don't understand why the bot hasn't updated the page with the icon yet. Thanks. Wikiman5676 (talk) 04:32, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Wikiman5676, sometimes Legobot fails to do this. If it happens again you can put the icon on manually, as I just did. buidhe 04:43, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

Oh okay. Thank you, Buidhe. Funny because the directions on GA reviews actually says not to do it yourself. So i was hesitant to. Wikiman5676 (talk) 05:46, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

Question about a subpage of WikiProject Austria

Hi Vami IV,

I noticed that the "Featured content" subpage of WikiProject Austria is instead displaying the featured content of WikiProject Germany. When I looked in the page history to determine the reason why, I found that in this edit you told the bot that's been updating that page to do this. Considering articles within WikiProject Germany's scope may not be within WikiProject Austria's scope, why did you do this?

Thanks, DraconicDark (talk) 18:13, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

Uh. Oh. Oh dear. I had forgotten to change all the "Germany"s to "Austria"s when I set that up, and it didn't occur to me later. Never thought twice about it when more specifically Germany-related articles started appearing in WP:AUSTRIA's Featured showcase because Austria and Germany are feathers of the German-speaking bird. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 19:14, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Fort Concho

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Fort Concho 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 Legobot, on behalf of Eddie891 -- Eddie891 (talk) 19:20, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

Happy Easter

or: the resurrection of loving-kindness --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:53, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

It is a good day. I woke up this morning after a fierce storm of violent wind, monsoon-like rain, and at times hailstones the size of an American quarter to a World still full of beauty. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 13:48, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Fort Concho

The article Fort Concho you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Fort Concho for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Eddie891 -- Eddie891 (talk) 18:03, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The GA Barnstar
	For your contributions to the GAN Backlog Drives/April–May 2020 ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 14:42, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

Oooh, thank you. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 14:46, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Three years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:44, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

To three, six, nine, and 12 more. Thanks again, Gerda. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 06:46, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

Good plans! (Coming from the user who wrote the TFA and said in reply he doesn't know if he will be around for the next.) - Would you dare to tackle a GA review for my song of defiance? (... extra tough, you have been warned, it was just failed, but then upgraded by the one who did so). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:02, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

Now there's some deep Vami lore. You have a knack for remembering things - I'd forgotten all about the "helping Wikipedia articles in need" tag my Precious award is attached to. And the Notice of Absence. I've never entertained thoughts of leaving Wikipedia, though. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 07:36, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

... today see Credo, or this is the day from Psalm 118. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:32, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you once again for all your efforts in reviewing all my articles all the time! Let me know if there is some way I can thank you...--Farang Rak Tham (Talk) 21:06, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

Merely the generation of more positive karma... and maybe one day taking on Gautama Buddha. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 23:09, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

Right now, that's mostly the work of Javierfv1212. You will have to persuade him to nominate. Glad to be of assistance, though.--Farang Rak Tham (Talk) 20:24, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

You've got mail

Hello, Vami IV. Please check your email; you've got mail!
It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 23:14, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

50,000 Destubbing Challenge Focus of the Week

Hello there. This is an invitation to join the 50,000 Destubbing Challenge Focus of the Week. £250 (c. $310) up for grabs in May, June and July with £20 worth of prizes to give away every week for most articles destubbed. Each week there is a different region of focus, though half the prize will still be rewarded for articles on any subject. Articles may be submitted for this as well as the regional Challenge you usually contribute to at the same time. Sign up if you want to contribute at least one of the weeks or support the idea! † Encyclopædius 19:43, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

Copper Basin

Just a reminder that I have addressed the issues you brought up at Talk:Copper Basin (Tennessee)/GA1. Thanks. Bneu2013 (talk) 23:01, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

Issue 38, January – April 2020

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Cool people question

Can I be on your Cool people list? cookie monster (2020) 755 04:07, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

American logistics in the Normandy campaign

@Vami IV: Any progress on Talk:American logistics in the Normandy campaign/GA1? Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:43, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Destubbing

Hi, don't forget to add your entries to the main list on the main page. :-)† Encyclopædius 08:13, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

DYK nom stuck

Hello Vami, do you think you could help me with a DYK nomination that got stuck? The thing is that I don't just want to abandon it, because I might have been too strict. You know how I am. Perhaps you'd care to take another look?

Are you still doing any GAs yourself, I was wondering?--Farang Rak Tham (Talk) 21:48, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

(watching:) why not let the author say what they think is important? (This is a question that comes up in many of my nominations, - for a change not in St. Kolumba, Cologne, although it was long.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:03, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

I am planning on doing more GANs. I've posted a suggested edit on the DYK nom. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 23:11, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks very much!--Farang Rak Tham (Talk) 12:41, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

Translation request

Leaving this here to make sure you see it since you've logged out of Discord before ferret pinged me :)

L'ancienne église abbatiale a repris le vocable de l'ancienne église paroissiale, et est maintenant dédiée à saint Denis, qui a toujours été le saint patron de la paroisse de Morienval. — Irrégulièrement orientée nord-est - sud-ouest, l'église Saint-Denis est bâtie selon un plan symétrique et globalement cruciforme, qui malgré les différents remaniements le reste toujours à l'exception de la chapelle gothique primitive qui prolonge le croisillon nord vers le nord.

fr:Abbaye Notre-Dame de Morienval uses some vocabulary specific to historical religious buildings, even I had to look up two words 🙄

The old abbey church kept the name of the previous parish church, and is now dedicated to Saint-Denis, who had always been the patron saint of the Morienval parish. Unusually orientated northeast—southwest, the Saint-Denis church is built according to a symmetrical and globally cruciform plan, which remains as such despite the various reshuffles, with the exception of the primitive gothic chapel which extends the north transept northwards.

Hope this helps!! 😄 (I did end up learning what a croisillon/transept was 😅) Ben · Salvidrim! ✉ 12:09, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Thank you so much! I was wracking my brain on how to integrate the part about the Gothic chapel once I could finally make sense of my machine translations. Notre-Dame de Morienval has been a difficult article to translate. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 20:48, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

A word of thanks

Just wanted to write a little note to thank you for your diligence with the GA review for Sharada Peeth. I appreciated your help and patience through the process. Best wishes. Kohlrabi Pickle (talk) 07:04, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

And thank you as well for your very thorough and patient review for Silver Line (MBTA)! Pi.1415926535 (talk) 23:48, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

My pleasure, and best wishes to both of you. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 05:29, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

A brownie for you!

For your timely rescue of Maria Zeneida Angara Collinson, have a brownie to keep your WikiJourney going! CaptainEek Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 06:30, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

Any time. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 07:07, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

May

May · Mary · Monteverdi

Thank you for article improvements in May! - DYK our list of people for whose life I'm thankful enough to improve their articles? - I have a FAC open, one of Monteverdi's exceptional works, in memory of Brian who passed me his collected sources. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:36, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

today a composer pictured who wrote a triple concerto for violin, harp and double bass, in honour of the composer who died and my brother who plays double bass. - Jaguar is back, btw ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:55, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful

I'll bet you can guess what TV program we watch each Saturday evening. We live in Ludington, Michigan and are retired. I work with 3 PCs at the same time in editing Wikipedia. To see these Harv Errors on your articles, ask the Help Desk for the Harv Error tool and how to install it. For a German, you know English very well. You must be a university student.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 18:46, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 42 cm Gamma Mörser

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 42 cm Gamma Mörser 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 Legobot, on behalf of Usernameunique -- Usernameunique (talk) 23:40, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 39, May – June 2020

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Featured pictures of Austria

Os there a reason, why you added Category:Featured pictures of Austria to many pages, which are in fact not featured on this project? Regards, Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:56, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

Every single File I have tagged with Category:Featured pictures of Austria is a Featured Picture (bar a single video) taken in Austria, or of it. They are thus covered by WikiProject Austria. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 09:02, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

If that's the case, then adding {{WikiProject Austria}} to the talk page is the way to go and not adding Category:Featured pictures of Austria to the description page. That category is for the English Wikipedia's featured pictures. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 09:08, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

Noted. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 09:31, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

June

June

Vespro della Beata Vergine

Thank you for improving articles in June. I can proudly present a FA, quite a gift after a year without, and a FL is in the making, comments welcome. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:53, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

Congratulations on both. Hope to see cool and calm weather this June and July. Not to say I hope nothing's shakin' come next month, given the alternative... –♠Vami_IV†♠ 13:01, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

A reward for you!

	Baden-Württemberg Special Reward
	I'm really happy you're making all these improvements to the articles about places and things in Baden-Württemberg. It's very appreciated! Yakikaki (talk) 15:07, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

Thank you! This means a lot to me. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 16:53, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

April–May 2020 GAN Backlog drive

		The Order of the Superior Scribe of Wikipedia
		Thank you for completing an incredible 57 reviews in the April–May 2020 GAN Backlog drive. Your work helped us to reduce the backlog by over 60%. Regards, Harrias talk 08:40, 11 July 2020 (UTC)

Taschen

Why is it important to you that this publisher's name be Wikilinked in articles? It looks like you've done several hundred of these in the past few days. Why? Are you in some way connected with Taschen? Specifically, do you have a conflict of interest in regard to them? Are you an undeclared paid editor employed by Taschen or by a PR firm to promote the company?

What's going on? Please explain. Beyond My Ken (talk) 05:54, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

Jeez, calm down a bit. A while back K.e.coffman added a bunch of links of Daniel Uziel article after I created it. I highly doubt either Vami or K.e.coffman has a COI. The links were added because it's helpful to know who the author is, same with publishers. (t · c) buidhe 06:05, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

I'd accept that explanation if Vami IV was wikilinking all publishers, but they are not, they are linking just this one specific publisher, and there are hundreds of them, so, no, I don't think I'll "calm down" just now, until I hear from Vami IV as to why they're doing this.

Vami IV, please respond. What are your reasons for wikilinking Tashcen alone? Beyond My Ken (talk) 23:41, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

Your reputation for irascibility precedes you, and it is because of that that I did not satisfy your curiosity. To clarify, I had never heard of Taschen until about a month ago. I saw, using the Find Link tool, an article with hundreds of potential links to be added, so I decided to add them. This is not the first time I have done this for a publisher. I did the exact same thing a couple months ago for an article on a German publishing house I made, Kohlhammer Verlag, and for Editori Riuniti, another article I wrote. Wikilinks are wiki-highways, and I insert them to make traffic. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 00:04, 18 July 2020 (UTC)

ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN A PAID EDITOR????? -- Ajraddatz (talk) 00:43, 18 July 2020 (UTC)

Yss, except that being a member of the Communist Party USA was not illegal, while undeclared paid editing is "illegal" on Wikipedia, and editing with a COI needs to be done carefully, so your hyperbolic comparison is not apt, or helpful, for that matter. Vami IV has it in their power to make this all go away, but instead did not answer the question that was asked, choosing instead to defect it with irrelvancies. That is not something that someone with nothing to hide would generally do. Beyond My Ken (talk) 01:56, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

My "reputation for irascibility" is totally irrelevant here, it's your behavior that is under scrutiny.

A simple yes or no will do: do you have a conflict of interest in regard to any of the publishers you wikilinked? Again, a yes or no, please, have you ever been paid to edit?

If you do not answer, or if your answers are not completely satisfactory, I will be bringing your case to the proper notice board. Beyond My Ken (talk) 01:56, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

Bring it on. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 01:59, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

By that, do you mean that you refuse to answer wether or not you have a COI or have edited for pay? Beyond My Ken (talk) 02:01, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

Beyond My Ken, I mean the following comment with the upmost of good will and in the interests of being constructive, but I do not think your comments are assuming good faith. Vami has provided an entirely reasonable explanation for their edits. To threaten them with escalation is, I think, misjudged. I hope you will reconsider your text above. Best, Darren-M talk 02:02, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

Frankly, I am not interested in hearing the comments of other editors, unless you have something of substance to contribute. Vami IV's explanation is not "entirely reasonable." It, in fact, does not answer the questions in any way, and actually points more towards undeclared paid editing. All I wish is to hear from Vami IV if they have a COI or have edited for pay. I have evidence that points to the possibility of one or the other, and that evidence means that I no longer have to AGF, because the assumption has been negated by the evidence. If I think there's a case which needs to be adjudicated, it's not going to happen here, it's going to happen on the proper noticeboard. Beyond My Ken (talk) 02:07, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

I have not been paid for any of the edits I made in my six years of editing on Wikipedia. There is no COI, and you have no evidence. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 02:26, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for your response, but you are incorrect that I have no evidence. I have the hundreds of edits you made to wikilink one publisher. I will now take a look at the two articles you wrote for two publishers to see if they are in any way overtly promotional. Beyond My Ken (talk) 04:42, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

k –♠Vami_IV†♠ 04:45, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

Beyond My Ken, You have now been given both a reasonable explanation for the actions, and a categorical statement that there is no COI. You do not have evidence of bad faith - you have evidence that somebody has used a publicly available tool in order to build the web. Continuing to push this - and trawling through their past edits - could easily be seen to be an example of hounding. I trust that is not your intent, but you need to be careful that this is not the impression you give. Darren-M talk 11:22, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

As I said above, the explanation given is not quite as "reasonable" as you appear to think, and our contribution lists are public specifically for this purpose, that they can be examined for problems. As for you aspersion that I am "hounding" Vami IV, I ask you to strike it immediately, as it is unjustified. I have not followed Yami Vami IV around and reverted their edits, I am simply examining Vami IV's editing relationship to the other two publisher articles. I will file a report if I think it's warranted. If not, I won't, and I'll apologize for being a nasty, evil-minded "irascible" realist. I am in no way attempting to railroad Yami Vami IV, and your intrusion into this discussion is, frankly, unhelpful. Please back off. Beyond My Ken (talk) 00:56, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

Nonsense. The only person who is casting aspersions is you, who is assuming that Vami IV may have a COI with the publisher(s) despite lack of any evidence. (t · c) buidhe 01:16, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

Don't be silly, please, I have cast no aspersion. I have not said that Vami IV has a COI or is an undeclared paid editor, I have simply asked them if either of these things were the case, and have said that I am going to look into the available evidence to see if a case is worth filing. Part of that evidence is, of course, Vami IV's straight-forward denial which, at this moment, I don't have a strong reason to doubt. Please chill out and don't muddy the waters with mistatements of facts. Beyond My Ken (talk) 01:23, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

My name is Vami, and I want you to make the effort to spell it correctly. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 02:28, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

My apologies. If I misspelled it, it was unintentional, but I'm not seeing where I did so on this page. If you point it out, I'll be happy to correct it. Beyond My Ken (talk) 03:13, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

Ah, I see it now. Struck and replaced. Beyond My Ken (talk) 03:13, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

• So, I took a look at your edits in relation to the two publisher articles, and considered your edits in relation to Taschen, and, of course, took into account your comments here. I don't see anything substantive that would support a noticeboard report, so I do not plan on filing one. It seems that my suspicions were unwarranted. I apologize for any distress my inquiries may have caused you, and for the disruption to your editing. At least some improvement to one article was the result. I don't plan on coming back here again, so I am unwatching your talk page. Best, Beyond My Ken (talk) 23:35, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

Nomination of Kohlhammer Verlag for deletion

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The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kohlhammer Verlag until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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Thank you in July

July

pale globe-thistle above the Rhine

Thank you for improving articles in July! Now a FTN is open. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:35, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, and congratulations. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 21:40, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, but it's open for comments :) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:44, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for your support! Do you think you could help me translating at least part of de? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:55, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

I can indeed help translate that article. I think we should start in draftspace, though, or start with Cappenberg Castle, so we have a redlink to fill. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 20:11, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for your support for Monteverdi's operas that now became a featured topic! ... exactly 10 years after both Brian and I were declared awesome ;) - Cappenberg postponed a bit, but feel free to start as draft. I began St. Michael, Fürth - another red link, in case of interest. Leon Fleisher died, so had to drop - again - everything I worked on. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:52, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Ooh-ooh, but it is not Lorraine!

[1] - Strasbourg in Alsace is, no mistake! :)
About the Stuttgart Memling, I have a book where it is described and analyzed, but only succinctly. The text is in fact not much longer than the current article, but of course better written. Przemysław Trzeciak: Hans Memling, Henschelverlag Kunst und Gesellschaft, Berlin (GDR) 1977. Not the most recent publication, I give you that! Viele Grüße, --Edelseider (talk) 06:55, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

Ahhh fiddlesticks, I shouldn't have mixed those two up. Well anyway, it's good to hear from you. I'll definitely check out that lead if I can get my hands on it. Hasta luego. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 06:59, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

Thank you!

		The Good Article Barnstar
		Thank you for all of your work reviewing the Siddhantasara. Appreciate you taking the time to conduct the reviews!. Gazal world (talk) 11:39, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Thank you kindly, and to many more GAs and beyond! –♠Vami_IV†♠ 20:03, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi Vami_IV. you have added the article in the list of novels. Siddhantasara is a non-fiction work. Regards. --Gazal world (talk) 10:02, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

Oh shoot. Good catch, fixed now. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 10:04, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

Your open GA reviews

Vami IV, you have three open reviews from April 17/18 which are turning 100 days old at the moment. Talk:Solovetsky Stone (Saint Petersburg)/GA1, which is progressing, Talk:Lake Ptolemy/GA1, which last listed a few points over two months ago and hasn't been posted to since, and Talk:Accessibility of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority/GA1, which has still not begun. I made a post querying the status of the latter before I realized that you had three of the same vintage open at the moment; when I did, it made more sense to post here.

What are your plans for the two where you have not been active of late? If you'd like, I can look for new reviewers for the two that have been inactive, or the one that hasn't yet been started. If you don't think you'll be able to finish either or both of them in the next week or two, it would be appropriate for you to allow someone who can devote time to reviewing to take over for you. Thank you for your consideration. BlueMoonset (talk) 19:27, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

I just commented on Solovetsky Stone (Saint Petersburg) a few days ago, am going to carry out for Accessibility of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and please find someone else for Lake Ptolemy. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 20:36, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

Linking publishers

Is all your gnomish linking of Oxford University Press really achieving anything useful? It is one of the world's most renowned publishers and your changes are masking more serious edits to articles on my watchlist that might be disruptive. - Sitush (talk) 08:00, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

First: Yes. Second: Sorry. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 08:39, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

Well, can you please explain the first then. Bear in mind that, for example, we do not link major countries. - Sitush (talk) 16:55, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

Greetings!

Than you for improving the article Suisei Hoshimachi of my very bad translation. The current version of the article looks legible and clear. I know that you're going to repair the article again. Take care yourself and have a good time with Wikipedia!--Sacchisachi (talk) 11:14, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

You too. Thank you for your work translating the article. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 21:31, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

August

August

Sunflowers in Walsdorf

Thank you for improving articles in August! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:43, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

It is my pleasure. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 17:01, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

I plan to tackle the Cappenberg church, mentioned earlier, on Sunday, - help welcome, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:19, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

A first for me today: a featured list (= a featured topic in this case) on the Main page, see Wikipedia:Main Page history/2020 August 21, an initiative by Aza24 in memory of Brian. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:38, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

I've created the redlink for the church article. Today, I've got D&D, but I'll be at work on the article tonight, my time. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 18:18, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

I used the red link from my user page which seems more common, and created the basics. Feel free to copy or move what the abbey has, - I'm too tired ;) - When translating from German, please use only for what we have sources, - for DYK. We can expand afterwards if we want. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:03, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

Is "Bruchsal Palace really a common name, per which source"? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:57, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

Staatliche Schlösser und Gärten Baden-Württemberg, and all the English literature I've read that mentions or discusses the palace. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 18:58, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

I shake my head often about the attempts of German sites to translate names, - worst being EKD (because evangelical is not evangelisch). I believe that a name is a name, and when I go to an English-speaking country I am still Gerda Arendt. I understand Schönberg changing to Schoenberg, to cut connections to a past. There's always the danger of slightly misinterpreting when translating. We do have schloss. - Feel free to add to the Cappenberg church, - it's nominated, and I have a few other things pending. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:09, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

Today: Rhythm Is It! - I expanded that stub on my dad's birthday because we saw the film together back then, and were impressed. As a ref said: every educator should see it. Don't miss the trailer, for a starter. - A welcome chance to present yet another article by Brian on the Main page, Le Sacre du printemps. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:06, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

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September

September

Dahlias in Walsdorf

I like today's Main page, with the TFA on the anniversary day (of both dedication and our concert), a DYK, and a great photographer who didn't make it soon enough, Jürgen Schadeberg, - more on my talk, mostly about the tribute to Brian who shared his sources. - September flower early on this special occasion! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:18, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

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DYK for St. Johannes Evangelist

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October harvest

Dona nobis pacem

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Hello Vami IV. Thanks for your past help with Siddhantasara. I have nominated my article Fasana-e-Azad for GA. Could you review it ? If you are busy, no problem at all. User:Oulfis had started the review, but he is inactive since one month. Thanks. --Gazal world (talk) 09:07, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

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November

November

Thank you for article work in November! Look today at BB music, a little crusade of mine ;) - his birthday on St Cecilia's day, patron saint of music. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:53, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Today's DYK: to be sung "happily" --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:17, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

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Talk:Architecture of Casablanca/GA1

I know what it's like when a review gets stuck or goes stale. I've glanced at the article and it needs a fair amount of work to tidy it up to GA standard, so my suggestion is that, to be fair to the nominator, that a few pointers are given as to how to improve the article, and then the review is closed down. I can do this quite quickly as I am fresh to it, and it would take a little burden off your back so you can enjoy Wikipedia a little more. SilkTork (talk) 10:43, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

If you'd be so kind. I'm entering another period of quiet. –♠Vami_IV†♠

Cool. I'll do it today. SilkTork (talk) 10:55, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

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Beethoven 250 years

Beethoven in 1803

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Hope for 2021

take courage

Thank you for improving article quality in December, and good wishes for a time of transition. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:38, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

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