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April music[edit]

story · music · places

I like to see Appalachian Spring on the Main page today (not by me, just interested and reviewed, and a bit proud that I brought the woman's pic to lead and Main page), and I also made it my story. - How do you like the statue (see places)? I was undecided so show three versions ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:19, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I did not know of the ballet, but obviously know who Graham was. Cool article and photo. Love the statue. My favorite view is the 3/4 profile with the tree and bay behind her. Makes the statue more prominent. SusunW (talk) 17:34, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! - Today I see Marian Anderson as my top story (by NBC, 1939), and below (on my talk) three people with raised arms, - and the place is the cherry blossom in Frauenstein. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:48, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I love Marian Anderson, who was admired by Mahalia Jackson. The cherry blossoms remind me of dogwood/redbud season in Oklahoma. Beautiful. SusunW (talk) 17:17, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I love dogwoods - and we don't have them, but plum tree blossom, for Kalevi Kiviniemi in the snow - see my talk --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:12, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
My story today is about a piece composed for the Second Sunday after Easter 300 years ago, and I just returned from a (long) opera about the same age, with soprano Pretty Yende --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:22, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Very cool. My story today is that I have had no internet since yesterday. Feeling very "behind". SusunW (talk) 18:51, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I remember one day like that which felt strange. - Relief: the last of six RD articles in one week is now on the Main page - yesterday I went to a great recital with many anti-war songs by Jewish composers whose music was banned by the Nazis. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:57, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That sounds like an interesting concert. We're into the hot season and there probably won't be much outdoor activity until June. April and May are pretty brutal - right now its 42C with about 40% humidity. My best friend is my fan right now. SusunW (talk) 21:11, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
keep cool! - The concert was fascinating, very intense, and I was as close to the singer as can be (see pic). The RD articles were followed by two birthdays in a row, and I prefer those (see my talk). Will write about a woman today, after all these men, - his partner in the opera by one of the composers whose music was banned by the Nazis, - an opera composed in 1906 and not performed until 1980, and for DYK still not wanted - "not interesting to a broad audience". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:40, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The concert truly sounds amazing. Here, they happen at night, once it is cooler. Very rarely start before 10 p.m., in public squares all over the city. Today, as ever, I am writing about a woman, who traveled a lot and then taught other women about women - also "not interesting to a broad audience". SusunW (talk) 14:03, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
... images of a flock of sheep that I met by chance on the 300th birthday of cantata Du Hirte Israel, höre, BWV 104, on the concert program - Sometimes I think I am not able to communicate in English - see nom for Liviu Holender, yes the one who sang the recital. (The pianist was also wonderful but with just one major opera conducting job, it's a bit too soon to write about him.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:34, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Gerda Arendt I read the nomination comments and honestly I think I would not be able to communicate in English or any other language either. I miss Yoninah and her ability to shepherd things through DYK. I just cannot. I don't have the ability to see the same nuances or understand the conversations there. As for the sheep, however did you get them to pose from tallest to smallest in that fashion? The photo is priceless! Also love the yellow flowers. SusunW (talk) 21:11, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
DYK: I stayed away for a year but realized it's not good for the coverage of the topics ;) - Sheep: I simply admired them, and they must have felt that. I took about 20 pics, 5 of those 3, but chose the best ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:19, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
today a sad task - memory of Andrew Davis - turned into entertainment (yt at the bottom of his article, actually both) -- the latest pictures capture extreme weather --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:46, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Gerda Arendt the YouTube video was lovely. I also like the storm photos and the flowering trees. Growing up in the place with the most violent weather in the US, I love a good storm. Clouds and lightening dancing across the sky can be beautiful, but you have to know when it's safe to watch and when you should get in the tornado shelter. SusunW (talk) 22:59, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! - Today you can look at the last three stories or "music" on my talk: the same topics, Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine (one woman's creation), Samuel Kummer and (pictured) one row of 8 double basses and another of 5 bassists ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:43, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Maria Elena Lucas[edit]

Hello SusunW! I have been playing with the research tools you suggested and had success with JSTOR and Newspaper Archive. Fantastic! As Maria Elena Lucas lives, I think? in your part of the world, I wondered if you would be good enough to take a look at the draft? I am aware for example that Chicano/Chicana/Mexican American labels are sensitive. There may well be other things I have missed or got wrong. No hurry from my side. You may notice from the history that I made a mistake and tried to apply categories to the draft. I understand now that I should only do that after a move to main space. Ho hum! Balance person (talk) 09:03, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Balance person I am so happy to see your progress in editing. So glad that you are having success with the Wikipedia library too. For me it is an invaluable resource, as there are no public libraries here and I don't have any affiliations that qualify me to join the private ones. *sigh* I think the article looks fine. As for Chicana/Mexican American, I think you are fine with Chicana, she was part of the movement by that name, and Buss identifies her as such. Basically, as far as I know people who were activists in the 1960-1980s primarily used the term, but after that it fell out of favor, mainly because of the association of machismo with it. If another editor feels strongly enough to change it to Mexican American, I wouldn't object. I also put the categories back. You can see how I did it, basically, you add a leading colon until you take it live. One other note, were it me, I would add the link to Forged Under the Sun from archive.org and insert page numbers for the book's citations. It is easy to do, just use {{rp|page#}} after the citation markup. SusunW (talk) 14:42, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks very much for checking things over and for your encouraging comments. I have swapped all the references to the main book over to the one you suggest. I actually use visual editor so the curly bracket rp page thing didn't work for me but I will investigate further! Thanks again for your time and trouble! Balance person (talk) 15:12, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Balance person WP technology strikes again! There are other ways to add page numbers, but I don't have a clue how visual editor works. SusunW (talk) 15:24, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ha HA! No problem! Balance person (talk) 15:28, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DeepL Translator[edit]

I've just come across DeepL Translator which is the system recommended by OKA (Open Knowledge Access). I keep coming across translations by OKA editors and am impressed by the level of quality they achieve. Interestingly, OKA advise their translators not to use Google translate as it causes too many problems. You might like to try it out and let me know what you think. You can access the system here.--Ipigott (talk) 14:24, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Ipigott. I've saved the link. Always in need of more translation machines. As you know, I use multiple ones simultaneously as they all give a slightly different interpretation and help with understanding. I'll let you know. SusunW (talk) 14:35, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
(pagestalking) Thank you, Ipigott for mentioning this. When I saw the edit summary, I decided to pop in and mention that I have been using DeepL for some time and I really like it. For the languages that it covers, I think its output is better than the ggl alternative (though I continue to use both, for understanding, as you say, Susun). Unfortunately, DeepL doesn't provide translations for all the languages that I have interests in, e.g., Catalan. --Rosiestep (talk) 14:40, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Glad to see you have positive experience with DeepL, Rosie. As for Catalan, I've come across very few Wikipedia articles which are not also available in extenso in Castilian Spanish.--Ipigott (talk) 15:28, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes, that's true, Ian, but my preference is to translate from the original WP article, and if it's CA-WP, then I immerse myself in it, though I will look at the ES-WP article, too. Perhaps this is because of a decades' old love for Catalonia in general, Barcelona in particular. :) --Rosiestep (talk) 16:04, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, that Rosiestep. I also use Yandex which is especially good for Russian and Eastern European languages and also Systran which works well on Dutch and particularly the Caribbean versions. SusunW (talk) 14:52, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Good to know, Susun. More stuff I was unaware of; I'll add both to my tools list. Thanks. --Rosiestep (talk) 15:13, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It truly takes a village to write articles on WP. SusunW (talk) 15:15, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You "just came across"? I said how good it was a few years back! I'm pretty sure I also left a note on the Women in Red talk page too! Though now there is only a 1500 word limit unless you sign in.♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:48, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Dr. Blofeld: Thanks for stepping in. Maybe I looked it up at the time but as it started with languages I know pretty well it was probably not of much interest to me personally. In any case, I don't "translate" articles from other language versions of Wikipedia but I do draw on their sources when creating English versions, mainly in connection with biographies of women. If however I'm reviewing articles translated by others, particularly newbies, I sometimes run a Google translation myself to see how errors have occurred. What particularly struck me now was that OKA specifically recommends DeepL as being better than Google for translating Wikipedia articles. It's the first time I've seen such strong support. Over the next few weeks, I'll try to experiment a bit myself to see if there really are significant differences. (It looks to me as if the OKA recommendation goes back to 2022. I've noticed major improvements in Google translate since then.)--Ipigott (talk) 05:35, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think it was 2022 I recommended it, and pretty sure Susun noted it too! It's definitely a lot better for German and Spanish. I still use google translate more though as you can hear an audio of the text. I don't like that DeepL now have a 1500 word restriction without signing up. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 06:23, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't let the word restriction get in the way. My work-around is to have multiple DeepL and Ggl tabs open. Listening to the audio of the text? That's brilliant, @Dr. Blofeld:! Never thought about doing that but I can see (hear... haha) the benefit. I say this especially as I am mentoring a polyglot African Wikipedian who "listens" to Wikipedia policy pages rather than only "reading" them. --Rosiestep (talk) 14:07, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The best way to learn a language is to view the text and translation, hear the audio, and then repeat it along with the audio, a technique called "shadowing" I find. Paste 4000-5000 words of foreign wiki articles into google translate and select the slowest voice option. It's a time issue for me, you need to put in an enormous amount of work and hours to become really fluent. At present I'm happy just reading a few thousand words a week in a few different languages and learning very gradually, but you need to really be living in a country where you need to speak all day every day to really become a great speaker. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:36, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

OKA[edit]

I think the OKA conversation (disclosed-paid-editor translations from some language Wikipedia into EN-WP) would be more appropriate on the WikiProject Intertranswiki talkpage than your talkpage, so I'm going to be bold and copy/paste it here. (cc: @Ipigott and Dr. Blofeld). --Rosiestep (talk) 15:23, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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May music[edit]

story · music · places

On the bicentenary of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, I remember our recent uplifting choral concert in pictures, on my user page and in my concerts (leading to the two at the church's article). The closest was in the paper. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:22, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I've been hip deep with my birthday and other real life stuff and not on line much. The paper article is paywalled, sigh, but I am glad you enjoyed the concert. Love, love, love your photos. The flowers from 21 April are stunning, the wisteria on the 28th and 30th are fascinating (so different, but both lovely), the flower bed looks like the bouquet my housekeeper brought me on my birthday the same day. SusunW (talk) 13:32, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you so much, you are looking closer than many, no matter when. Rosie saw the pic, - you too? It's pay-walled for me, too, and believe it or not: I haven's seen the text, - who cares ;) - More wisteria in the latest pics, for a late happy birthday! - Today is the Feast of the Ascension for which Bach composed his oratorio, - perhaps watch a bit how the closing movement was performed in Bach's church. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:13, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wisteria is lovely. Also those Hawthorne blossoms. I think I have never seen such before. But what caught my eye most was "Blooming greater celandine, Ehrenbach, after rain". Dear Chaac, we need rain. Surviving May is always the goal here because in June, rain will return and break the heat. They say that this is the hottest May on record. It's been between 44C/111F and 48C/118F all week with humidity above 70%. The Bach piece was fabulous. Thanks for sharing. SusunW (talk) 13:39, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Magdalena Hinterdobler is on the Main page today, together with an opera that reviewers deemed not interesting and too obscure for our general readers. The soprano thought differently, - listen and see. - Also on the Main page: a TFA by sadly missed Vami_IV. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:39, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
did you listen and see? - today's story has a pic of a woman holding her cat, a DYK of 5 years ago - the recent pics show 2 orange tip butterflies --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:19, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I did listen, no idea why I didn't comment, but probably real life stuff. My mom got a kitten for mother's day and was so keen to show him off on our zoom call. The butterflies are really cool. Never seen anything like them. I also love the blue forget-me-nots. Blue flowers are rare here, probably the heat. SusunW (talk) 15:37, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I heard lovely chamber music today, and the DYK mentions "profoundly human" singing (that you can watch), connected to a place where we'll sing in September - I took a rain pic for you but just got to a week ago, - patience please --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:42, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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