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== [[Wikipedia:The World Destubathon|The World Destubathon]] ==

Hello. You’re invited to participate in The World Destubathon. We’re aiming to destub a lot of articles and also improve longer stale articles. It will be held from Monday June 16 – Sunday July 13. There is $3338 going into it, with $500 the top prize. If you are interested in winning something to help you buy books for future content, or just see it as a good editathon opportunity to see a lot of articles improved for articles which interest you, sign up on the page in the participants section if interested.♦ [[User talk:Dr. Blofeld|”Dr. Blofeld”]] 13:28, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

:I might as well participate, considering I have awoken from my slumber. ”'[[User:Saltymagnolia|✬Salty]][[User talk:Saltymagnolia|magnolia✬]]”' 17:01, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

== Destubathon runs until the 16th of July ==

Hi, just a courtesy message to notify you in case you haven’t seen the [[Wikipedia:The World Destubathon]] contest update in the last few days that we’ve decided to run the full month until the 16th of July. For those who have been too busy to contribute, we would love some help in reaching 4000 articles by Wednesday night! At present we’re about 480 articles short!♦ [[User talk:Dr. Blofeld|”Dr. Blofeld”]] 16:41, 13 July 2025 (UTC)

== I have sent you a note about a page you started ==

Hi Saltymagnolia. Thank you for your work on [[MV Prins Willem V]]. Another editor, [[User:JustARandomEditor123|JustARandomEditor123]], has reviewed it as part of [[Wikipedia:New pages patrol|new pages patrol]] and left the following comment:

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[[User:JustARandomEditor123|JustARandomEditor123]] ([[User talk:JustARandomEditor123|talk]]) 11:09, 14 July 2025 (UTC)

== Early morning hours ==

Is there a consensus someplace for [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fairhaven,_Massachusetts&diff=prev&oldid=1300649898 this edit]? You seem to be following this editor around and reverting what appears to be perfectly good edits. [[User:Magnolia677|Magnolia677]] ([[User talk:Magnolia677|talk]]) 17:02, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

:@[[User:Magnolia677|Magnolia677]] there is a discussion on the user’s talk page where multiple people have objected to (and subsequently reverted) these edits, which disrupt grammatical flow. For example, {{tq|”in the early morning hours of June 13, 1814″}} makes much more sense than {{tq|”in the early morning of June 13, 1814″}}. ”'[[User:Saltymagnolia|✠Salty]][[User talk:Saltymagnolia|magnolia✠]]”' 17:04, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

::Both are imprecise idioms the pretty much mean the same thing. I can’t believe you’re edit warring over this. [[User:Magnolia677|Magnolia677]] ([[User talk:Magnolia677|talk]]) 17:19, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

:::This does not constitute an [[Wikipedia:Edit warring|edit war]]. I’m mainly taking issue with the grammatical issues created by the removal of a word which previously improved the flow of a sentence. ”'[[User:Saltymagnolia|✠Salty]][[User talk:Saltymagnolia|magnolia✠]]”' 17:25, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

== Bronze W Award ==

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|style=”vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;” | Congratulations! You have been awarded the [[Wikipedia:W Awards|Bronze W Award]] for your contributions to each long-time section of the [[Main Page]]: a [[WP:Featured articles|Featured Article]] at [[WP:Today’s featured article|Today’s Featured Article]] and 5 articles listed at [[WP:Did you know|Did You Know]]. Your contributions to Wikipedia put you in a class of prolific, highly skilled editors. [[User:Cowboygilbert|”’Cowboygilbert”']] – [[User talk:Cowboygilbert| (talk) ♥]] 00:25, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

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== Welcome … ==

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… to [[WP:QAI]], with thanks for the quality articles on ships you made already! –[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 10:13, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

:Thank you! My next (hopefully quality) article is nearly ready. Nobody warned me getting back into practice would be this draining.😂 ”'[[User:Saltymagnolia|✠Salty]][[User talk:Saltymagnolia|magnolia✠]]”' 10:22, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

:: [[Easter Oratorio|My last]] was tedious, and [[Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild, BWV 79|the next one]] waiting for me to improve, but people die, and I jump, – couldn’t believe that [[Claus Peymann]] had no article until yesterday (and the German one is too detailed). Good to have you on board 😉 – place articles to be reviewed oon the project talk, please. –[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 10:29, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

:::Will do.

:::I wish you luck with that one, although it already looks good from where I am standing.

:::My current project, [[SS William C. Moreland|SS ”William C. Moreland”]], unintentionally ended up becoming the longest piece I have ever written. ”'[[User:Saltymagnolia|✠Salty]][[User talk:Saltymagnolia|magnolia✠]]”' 10:36, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

:::: Amazing! – I hope to nominate later today, needs background and a bit more detail. – Three Ukrainian topics were on the main page today, at least at the beginning, [[User:Gerda Arendt/Stories#17 Jul|RD]] and [[User:Gerda Arendt/Stories#18 Jul|DYK]], – see my talk. –[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 18:29, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

::::: @[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] my next piece about [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/James_Gayley_3.jpg this ship], which I am building almost entirely from period newspaper clippings, is about 1/4 done and will be featured in the DYK column. It’s been too long. I believe the last time I had a DYK was during Yoninah’s time there. ”'[[User:Saltymagnolia|✠Salty]][[User talk:Saltymagnolia|magnolia✠]]”' 19:13, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

:::::: Thank you! – I have two DYK open, several GA with one review, and a FAC, for [[BWV 79]]. – Three of “my” recent deaths bios are on the main page right now, one [[User:Gerda Arendt/Stories#23 Jul|my story today]], [[Gary Karr]], and I loved to find his breakthrough concert in 1962 as a video. In my music today I match it with 9 other double bassists, 7 conducted by a person who’s birthday is today – coincidence 😉 –[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 19:33, 23 July 2025 (UTC)

:::::: On [[Bach]]’s day of death, I decorated my user pages in memory of his music, and [[User:Gerda Arendt/Stories#28 Jul|my story]] ends on “peace”. –[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 10:51, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

:::::::@[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] I’m curious. What is the idea behind these daily entries? A commemoration of specific events of the day, or can they be random? ”'[[User:Saltymagnolia|✠ Salty]][[User talk:Saltymagnolia|magnolia ✠]]”' 11:17, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

:::::::: You mean my stories? I am a DYK person, beginning with my first article, but DYK turned into a place where I struggle to be heard, therefore I began to write my own, somehow linked to the day, so today’s to the mentioning of Bach in the OTD section of the Main page. Bach had a DYK, rather recently, typical for what I don’t like: nothing about him, something negative about his heirs. I wrote hundreds of DYK about his works, so had supply to pick a few on my user page. On my talk page, I matched to music from recent concerts featuring Bach, and made the image in the “in memoriam” box also a Bach manuscript, – they are so beautiful! Tomorrow I will have to decide between [[Mikis Theodorakis]], born in 1925, and [[David Rendall]], on RD (Recent deaths) now, an article I improved much over the last days, together with [[User:NeoGaze|NeoGaze]]. Rendall may also be featured the following day, or not. I probably saw him on stage once, – not that I remembered the name, but one of the roles mentioned matches a period when I saw the opera at that house. (But singers sometimes alternate.) –[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 12:29, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

:::::::::@[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] that’s actually very nice. DYK has a lot of issues and I believe there are quite a few things which I believe need smoothing out, but generally, it is a great way to showcase something. Hell, if someone reads an interesting hook, they could become hooked on a subject for life. While I’m personally not the biggest Bach fan, I am thankful for his contributions, since they have inspired some of my favourite artists; [[Cliff Burton]] of Metallica being an extremely unlikely example.

:::::::::I know the feeling of being ignored here. I am aware my topic of choice is not exactly mainstream, and have adjusted my expectations accordingly. However, even with that in mind, I nonetheless experience occasions where I feel unappreciated. ”'[[User:Saltymagnolia|✠ Salty]][[User talk:Saltymagnolia|magnolia ✠]]”' 15:15, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

== Mepperelf ==

Hello. Just a note to say that i have opened an ANI report on Mepperelf. No need for you do do anything, as i say this is simply a courtesy notification as you have commented on the issue on their talk page ~ ”'[[User:LindsayH|Lindsay]]”'”'[[User_talk:LindsayH|H]]”'[[User_talk:LindsayH|ello]]

== Signature contrast ==

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:Thanks for telling me. I have revised it accordingly. ”'[[User:Saltymagnolia|✦ Salty]][[User talk:Saltymagnolia|magnolia ✦]]”' 22:30, 1 August 2025 (UTC)

:: Looks so pretty now! Thanks :). [[User:Femke|—Femke 🐦]] ([[User talk:Femke|talk]]) 22:31, 1 August 2025 (UTC)

:::And in broadly GA-adjacent colours. Fitting. ”'[[User:Saltymagnolia|✦ Salty]][[User talk:Saltymagnolia|magnolia ✦]]”' 22:38, 1 August 2025 (UTC)

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[[User:Giraffer|Giraffer]] ([[User talk:Giraffer|talk]]) 21:10, 2 August 2025 (UTC)

== Trouted ==

You have been trouted for: failing to leave edit summaries for nearly 8 years. ”'[[User:Saltymagnolia|✦ Salty]][[User talk:Saltymagnolia|magnolia ✦]]”' 14:56, 6 August 2025 (UTC)

== August music ==

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Today [[Sheila Jordan|a great singer]], pictured on my talk twice. –[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 22:02, 17 August 2025 (UTC)

[[User:Gerda Arendt/Stories#18 Aug|Today’s story]] – short version: ten years ago we had a DYK about a soprano who sang in concerts with me in the choir, – longer: I found ”today” a youtube of [[Mass in B minor structure#Laudamus te|an aria]] she sang with us then, recorded the same year, – if you still have time: our performances were the weekend before the Iraq war ultimatum, and we sang [[Mass in B minor structure#Dona nobis pacem|Dona nobis pacem]] (and the drummer drummed!) as if they could hear us in Washington. –[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 14:53, 18 August 2025 (UTC)

:@[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] Interesting. That’s actually really cool.

:Apologies for the late reply. I am once again rather busy IRL. ”'[[User:Saltymagnolia|✦ Salty]][[User talk:Saltymagnolia|magnolia ✦]]”' 14:05, 20 August 2025 (UTC)

:: No worries. – Check out my talk for an Independence day, or: the pic of Oksana Lyniv was taken on 24 August. There’s listening and reading in [[User:Gerda Arendt/Stories#24 Aug|today’s story]], and I like both. –[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 19:12, 24 August 2025 (UTC)

:::@[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] have you ever covered Shostakovich? I have a particular fondness for his works. ”'[[User:Saltymagnolia|✦ Salty]][[User talk:Saltymagnolia|magnolia ✦]]”' 09:14, 26 August 2025 (UTC)

:::: The user knowing most about Shostakovich is [[User:CurryTime7-24]]. I like his music and wrote most of [[The Gamblers (Shostakovich)]]. –[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 09:23, 26 August 2025 (UTC)

:::::I really need to listen to some of his works again, haha. ”'[[User:Saltymagnolia|✦ Salty]][[User talk:Saltymagnolia|magnolia ✦]]”' 09:00, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

:::::: Do so! – On top of my talk: birthday of [[Itzhak Perlman|a great violinist]] and Requiem for a great friend. We sang Paradisi gloria from the [[Stabat Mater (Haydn)|Stabat Mater]] in the end. –[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 20:40, 31 August 2025 (UTC)

==DYK nomination of SS James Gayley==

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== September music ==

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My story today is about a composer and his ballerina wife, pictured as I saw them in 2009. —Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:06, 2 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Have you thought about publishing a classical music newsletter? Haha. ✦ Salty magnolia ✦ 19:33, 2 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I publish my stories, one per day, and whoever wants can read on my pages or in the list 😉 —Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:36, 2 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Today another giant’s music: Canto General. Listen if you like it really big and emotional, with the composer as the conductor, in Chile, after years of suppression. —Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:28, 3 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The one featured on the main page the other day?

I’ll take a look. ✦ Salty magnolia ✦ 13:10, 4 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yesterday, yes. —Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:26, 4 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I enjoy a DYK that pictures a person together with achievements in art. – I have a FAC open, for Christmas 😉 —Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:04, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As you will know, Arvo Pärt is 90 today. Did you know that it took me some trouble to get him to the main page? Listen! —Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:06, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh? Did anything in particular make the process particularly taxing? ✦ Salty magnolia ✦ 13:08, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No, just that he was removed twice without giving a reason, and when I asked I was told that (way down in the article) there was tagged paragraph with missing sources, which took some time to fix. Worth it 😉 – Today is the birthday of the 16th Thomaskantor after Bach, remembered. —Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:14, 20 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Gerda Arendt missing sources are the bane of my existence on here, especially when a website not acknowledged as “reliable” contains interesting and valuable info listed in a comprehensive manner, which I then need to track down and summarise myself.

On a happier note, my first DYK in years was featured on the main page on the 18th, reaching nearly 18,000 views, a record for a hook of mine lacking an image. Let the spread of maritime history continue! ✦ Salty magnolia ✦ 13:16, 20 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Saltymagnolia. Thank you for your work on Newell A. Eddy (schooner). Another editor, SunDawn, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

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✠ SunDawn ✠ Contact me! 07:30, 5 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Saltymagnolia. Thank you for your work on PS Benjamin Franklin. Another editor, SunDawn, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

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✠ SunDawn ✠ Contact me! 12:04, 5 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have any intention of creating the article for the newly discovered Frank D. Barker? The Knowledge Pirate (talk) 00:32, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@The Knowledge Pirate it’s not on my immediate list of projects, but if the wreck is listed on the NRHP, which seems likely, I probably will create an article about her. ✦ Salty magnolia ✦ 10:06, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Saltymagnolia. Thank you for your work on SS Messenger (1866). Another editor, SunDawn, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

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✠ SunDawn ✠ Contact me! 01:47, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Saltymagnolia. Thank you for your work on John J. Audubon (brig). Another editor, SunDawn, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

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✠ SunDawn ✠ Contact me! 11:01, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Gatoclass (talk) 03:05, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There are now 6 Harv warnings in this article’s Bibliography – Dwight Boyer(1966) , “Clemson in Hard Luck”/Detroit Free Press/1903, James L Donahue/1989, Al Miller/2000, Lake Captain/Organized Labor/1903, & Julius F. Wolff Jr/1972. You reintroduced these issues with this edit. I’m just wondering exactly why, since the article has now been put back in to Category:Harv and Sfn no-target errors. This issue can be seen with the WP-system’s tag of Tag: harv or sfn error in the article’s edit history.
I can see these Sfn & Harv cite issues because I have User:Trappist the monk/HarvErrors.js installed on my common.js page. This particularly useful script & its installation instructions can be found at User:Trappist the monk/HarvErrors. – Shearonink (talk) 04:02, 20 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I am presently working to expand the article. Other than the Marine Review Source, where I accidentally tagged a sentence with a different source by the same published from 1903, all of those sources will eventually be used. I have already planned, and prepared all the sources and their designations outside of the article.

Since I am not exactly blessed with the luxury of abundant free time at the moment, work is moving at a slower pace than I necessarily would like. Although I do expect to have it ready by the end of September. ✦ Salty magnolia ✦ 04:28, 20 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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