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It is time for me to step back from editing. It has been an extraordinary 16+ years. My thanks to everyone who has helped, shown kindness and shared so much during my time here. To you (as well as to those who will be happy to see me leave) I wish you well as you continue on with the Wikipedia experiment. I will probably pop back in from time to time but any posts made here will not get answered in a timely fashion. I also know that things may change down the road. Cheers to one and all and happy editing whenever possible :-) MarnetteD|Talk 21:17, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
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two people on DYK (yesterday), both connected to Oper Frankfurt, and don't miss video of Pink Floyd given to me! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:03, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Main Page history/2022 April 13: the TFA is hard to overlook, but there are also peace prayers, a soprano and a theatre manager, - if you don't find them try here (with a link to that Ingmar Bergman film scene) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:41, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks for all of these Gerda Arendt. I am finalizing my plans to see this concert next month. The performance is at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi (Santa Fe). I'm terrible at picture taking so I am glad the article gives you a nice look at the venue. Have a nice weekend. MarnetteD|Talk 15:13, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
- very musical weekend, thank you --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:06, 17 April 2022 (UTC)
- dance and singing, peace doves and icecream --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:48, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
- another Ukraine day today: Maks Levin DYK, expanding Kyiv Symphony Orchestra (have tickets), and creating Anthony Robin Schneider, the bass who could be heard opening the singing in Beethoven's Ninth twice on 10 March 2022, live in Frankfurt, Germany, and recorded in Auckland, New Zealand, singing "Freiheit!" (freedom) instead of "Freude" (joy), in a tradition started after the Fall of the Wall. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:59, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
- Very nice Gerda Arendt. You are certainly a busy bee. Thanks for all your work!! I'll leave you with this busy bee courtesy of Antonio and Bruno in appreciation. Enjoy. MarnetteD|Talk 19:24, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you. I was impressed by quotes from the speech for the funeral, and "Every Ukrainian photographer dreams of taking a photo that will stop the war." - We had a rehearsal, and will get ready for an evensong on 22 May. Looking forward. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:21, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
- Very nice Gerda Arendt. You are certainly a busy bee. Thanks for all your work!! I'll leave you with this busy bee courtesy of Antonio and Bruno in appreciation. Enjoy. MarnetteD|Talk 19:24, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
- violin instead of voice, now you can listen to what I heard live yesterday: Kyiv Symphony Orchestra, Luigi Gaggero & Diana Tishchenko (violin) / Kulturpalast Dresden (25 April 2022 on YouTube (that's 25 April in Dresden, a different violinist, but the same program) - ours pictured here - dove sono as encore --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:54, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you very much Gerda Arendt. I saved it until I could watch on my home theater tonight. I very special concert and I deeply appreciate you leaving me the link. MarnetteD|Talk 04:41, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
Kareem
FYI, there's a related discussion at Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style/Infoboxes#INFONAT. Regards.—Bagumba (talk) 02:03, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks Bagumba. I thought I remembered that "when the country was obvious don't include it" happened long ago. Either I'm wrong (probable) or a new consensus replaced that (possible) at some point. I'll leave it alone and whatever is decided at that discussion is fine with me. I hope you enjoy the playoffs! MarnetteD|Talk 04:06, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
Rod Steiger
Do you have an opinion on including/excluding an infobox at Rod Steiger? It's a big article, and it seems to me an infobox would be helpful. The spouses could always be pruned, as the editors in the archived discussion seem to have thought the original infobox was excessively long. But the article already has a long lead, so I don't think it unbalances the article. 𝕱𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖎𝖆 (talk) 19:41, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
- No opinion one way or the other Ficaia. This was a bone of contention in the past but my sense is that has dropped away over the years. IMO a RFC (apologies for my typo of RFD in the edit summary) will put a firm stamp on things and prevent edit warring. Best regards. MarnetteD|Talk 19:50, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
Helen Mirren
I hope there's no hard feelings. I reinstated a version of the edit of which you were making the point about WP:PUFFERY. I agree with you and I should not have reinstated that bit when I made the initial edit, so my apologies for that. I only reverted because as I stated in my edit summary, I was actually reverting the edit made by a user (who might I add has been making some questionable contributions as of lately) who removed the DOB without any valid reason. I also felt that the way they phrased some sentences were not very clear, at least not as much as they were before their edit, hence why I used 'ce' in my edit summary. Hopefully this can clear things up better. Cheers! — Film Enthusiast✉ 01:23, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks for taking the time to let me know what is going on Film Enthusiast. An even bigger thanks for taking the time to be more thorough in your editing than I was. Cheers. MarnetteD|Talk 02:46, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
Thank you
Hello! Long time no speak - hope you are well. A belated thank you for your kind words the other day. Sad to see the Mostly retired banner at the top of your page. Your work here is always welcome. Lugnuts Fire Walk with Me 07:43, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks for stopping by Lugnuts :-) You are welcome - I only wish I had done more. I think there is a trend to move the 'pedia from a "comprehensive encyclopedia" to a "compendium of the elite" and that has left me dispirited. That has a large impact on content creators such as yourself. To put it another way
Those who can do
Those who can't start AFDs
May songs
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Thank you for listening! - I have the quirky DYK today, which is rare, and I don't quite know why music for peace was deemed quirky. - I took and picked the blue-and-yellow pic last year for May. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:17, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
serious today --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:14, 4 May 2022 (UTC)