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July music

story · music · places

The July pic shows a group of orange day lilies seen last year in a Weimar park. Where I used to live in the U.S. they grew abundantly along roads in July. - My story is today about the first published composition by Arnold Schönberg which I was blessed to hear. Listen, and perhaps read what Alma Mahler (to-be-Mahler at the time, to be precise, who was present at the first performance) said, and yes that was too much for the Main page ;) -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:20, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

Today's story is about a Bach cantata premiered 300 years ago OTD. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:31, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

3 July is the birthday of Leoš Janáček, and I'm happy I had a meaningful DYK in 2021. It's also the birthday of Franz Kafka, and I uploaded pics from his family's album seen in Berlin. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:33, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: You mean 3 July :-) ... Graham87 (talk) 14:07, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

You are right, of course. I didn't quite arrive in July yet, and 3 June was Kafka's day of death - with a story. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:12, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

Libuše Domanínská, the subject of yesterday's story, would have turned 100 today, but I missed that ;) - Overnight, Tamara Milashkina became GA and Lando Bartolini went to the Main page. I made my story about his almost unbelievable career, from Luigi in Il tabarro in Philadelphia in 1968 (with a nod to Liberty) up to Calaf in Turandot in Beijing in 1999 ;) - 4 July is also the birthday of Brian Boulton who was a pioneer of a concise infobox in 2013. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:13, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

Pictured on the Main page: Brian's Mozart family grand tour, my story today, and Mozart related to all three items of music on my talk: our 2023 concert, an opera in a theatre where a Mozart premiere took place, and those remembered, Martti Wallén, a bass, and Liana Isakadze, a violinist from Georgia, (whose article would be better with more details about her music-making). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:19, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

Found a bit more. Today's story is about her, an outstanding violinist from Georgia, which is a sad story in the end. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:54, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

I remember today Bach's 1724 cantata for this Sunday which is unusual in many respects. Another woman needs attention for RD, Marina Kondratyeva. - The other Graham played at my home, Bach and some recent cello solo music! ... something we did more often when we were younger ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:45, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: Wow, what a cantata! A comment on [this Youtube video of it led me to discover BWV 179, with a breath-taking soprano aria, and BWV 105, where pretty much every movement is breath-taking in its own way. Cool re Graham Waterhouse performing at your place. It just happens that last night I was talking to a friend about the Voice intro project and going through the relevant category on Commons to try to find voices that she'd be interested in hearing ... and I came upon the Graham Waterhouse voice recording and thought of you! Graham87 (talk) 11:56, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Wonderful - all, the cantata, that you found other fascinating ones, and the Graham voice coincidence, - I'll tell him, and Andy who took it. - It was the second world premiere of his works at my house, after Smithereens (Waterhouse) during the pandemic. Another piece - for clarinet and string quartet for me on a round birthday - received its one and probably only performance in Idstein but not at my house. I wish Octogram more performances: a great tour into the world of sounds in eight directions, imagined from the octogon of the Aachen Cathedral. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:52, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

My story today is - because of the anniversary of the premiere OTD in 1782 - about Die Entführung aus dem Serail, opera by Mozart, while yesterday's was - because of the TFA - about Les contes d'Hoffmann, opera by Offenbach, - so 3 times Mozart if you click on "music" ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:58, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for your work around "deceased Wikipedians"! (When my time comes, no candle please, "died" not "deceased", and no archiving of talk page. I like User talk:Dreadstar which we actually had to restore from the history.) - Yesterday I listened in concert to Mozart's Clarinet Quintet, with Sabine Meyer: a delight. - Today's story is about Ruth Hesse, with a pic in the article only, sadly (show your mom, - a profile with closed eyes). I found it difficult to point at a YouTube sample, because yes, her signature roles - the Nurse and Brangäne - exist in great full-length operas with great casts, but hard to find her. - Talking of YouTube: today I was pointed at Elijah by a friend who performed in the concert of the Dessoff Choirs in their centenary year, and I'm quite impressed by samples (beginning and No. 32 where I linked it) - enjoy! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:33, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

Today's story is about a photographer who took iconic pictures, especially View from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on Manhattan, 9/11, yesterday's was a great mezzo, and on Thursday we watched a sublime ballerina. If that's not enough my talk offers chamber music from two amazing concerts. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:13, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

... and today's story begins with Psalm 124, paraphrased in 1524, and put to five (!) chorale settings by Bach in 1724, for this Sunday. Nominated for GA. - Two pics from the day of Graham's concert. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:38, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

Just a look at music (on my talk) shows remembrance of three people who died, and creating an article or improving one is all I can do. Three are on the Main page today, and three others planned ... --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:27, 23 July 2024 (UTC)

Another look at music: three women there. The Main page also has a Mozart symphony I love, and my story was connected not only to Max Reger's death in 1916, remembered in 2016, but also the death of a friend who - and we around him - knew he was dying when he listened to the concert which was his last time leaving home, and music from Reger's Requiem was played for his funeral three months later. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:38, 25 July 2024 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: Wow. I love that symphony too; it ended up on my watchlist recently due to a disruptive IP range. Graham87 (talk) 05:31, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

On Bach's day of death my story is about his cantata Was frag ich nach der Welt, BWV 94, although the article needs work. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:58, 28 July 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Main Page history/2024 July 30b will have a baritone, a violinist, a composer and a Bach cantata, - almost too much, and the composer's article, Wolfgang Rihm, should be better, help wanted. - Plenty of music on my parents anniversary day ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:48, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: Now I can properly call myself a pianist ... I now have a proper upright piano for the first time in many years! It's amazing ... here's a quick demo of the one I got, a Kawai K-300! Graham87 (talk) 04:07, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

AN thread

Hi Graham87. This is just a heads up that you are mentioned in Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Admin_Misconduct. – Joe (talk) 08:31, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

Smuckola

Calling me a "newbie" and removing stuff from dab (tasing (disambiguation) and BLJ (disambiguation)). JoshuaAuble (talk) 18:34, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

@JoshuaAuble: I don't know why you're messaging me, but I agree with Smuckola here. If you keep up your current editing pattern, you may be blocked; it's disruptive. Graham87 (talk) 03:37, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

How exactly is it disruptive? I'm confused. JoshuaAuble (talk) 00:22, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

@JoshuaAuble: It wastes the time of other editors. Graham87 (talk) 00:33, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you Graham87. All this user does is weaponized ignorance and WP:SEALIONing when caught in his WP:MEATBOT WP:FANCRUFT campaign of trying to coin extremely obscure lingo from video game fandom into this encyclopedia. Immediately after feigning confusion here about your instruction, his next edit was to immediately do it again.[1] He repeatedly feigns an inability to differentiate between a fake redirect and the valid target subject.[2] There is absolutely no doubt whatsoever that he knows this is against policy or guidelines, as is demonstrated on his participation of countless AfDs of his redirect spam. They have explained so many times why we can't spam redirects for jargon (especially for fake pet terms) that aren't even named in the target article like at petapixel. There again, he feigned that inability to differentiate. It's all WP:IDIDNTHEARTHAT or WP:IDONTLIKEIT. Whatever you say, he moves the conversational goalposts and replies to what you didn't say, with another broken record. You can see the wall of belligerence aka his Talk page, including the one time when his sole response to me was "?" and then doing it again. Just like with the gibberish he posted to you above, he did another non-sentence here and on completely the wrong Wikipedia. Why would anybody even think of digging up random accounts that have been indefinitely blocked for a year with no edits and then mess with their Talk page?[3] He likes to use his User page for a pouting WP:TANTRUM to cast passive aggressive WP:ASPERSIONS like this: [4][5]. So he thinks the problem is not violating your admonishment, it's not everybody else's countless AfD of his spam (aka "work", lol), it's not his violation of policy, it's not obvious reality, it's personally my fault for saying so. You're lucky! So now there need to be more speedy deletions of fake redirects if you'll help facilitate that, and I strongly suggest a block. Please stop this poster child for WP:NOTHERE WP:CIR. Thank you so much, and I've meant to tell you many times I admire your attitude and your work. — Smuckola(talk) 00:58, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

@Smuckola: I've indefblocked him and run Special:Nuke on his most recent creations (and may well delete more of his rubbish). Thanks very much for the kind words. Graham87 (talk) 01:21, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

@Smuckola: I've speedily deleted most of the pages he created where he was the only editor. Graham87 (talk) 02:34, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

Hello, Graham87,

I'm not sure why you removed talk page access from this editor as they were not posting anything disruptive. But should you decide to do this, you should post a notice about how they can otherwise appeal their block through UTRS. Shutting down all avenues of appeal is really not fair to the editor. They were not a productive editor but they also weren't a vandal. Thank you for considering providing this information to blocked editors in the future. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 02:34, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

@Liz: I posted {{subst:uw-block3|notalk=yes}} which does indeed give the user a notice of how to appeal to UTRS. Graham87 (talk) 02:44, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

Fried chicken

You have protected the fried chicken page and I would like to please request a move for the title of the page to be renamed as southern fried chicken. As editors are not allowed to put in historic information about types.of fried chicken as only southern fried chicken is allowed to be discussed in the article. If it was solely a page on general fried chicken there should be no country of origin as fried chicken was known to have not come solely from the USA. Thank you Sharna Sharnadd (talk) 07:49, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

@Sharnadd: I did not actually protect it; my username is only in the logs due to a page move I made. In any case, to request a page move, follow the process at requested moves. Graham87 (talk) 07:52, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. I can't make a page move as it's administrator access so looks like I will have to find one Sharnadd (talk) 08:00, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

@Sharnadd: No, you shouldn't find a random admin; as I said above the correct procedure is to start a requested moves discussion. Graham87 (talk) 08:02, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks can't do a move as page is semi protected so have done an edit request Sharnadd (talk) 14:51, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

Argyle, Western Australia

I think your hatnote at Argyle, Western Australia is fine. I thought at first it might be better to have it point to Lake Argyle directly but there also is the locality of Lake Argyle, Western Australia, which currently redirects to the lake but should really be its own article as it is a completely separate entity and then will go on the disambiguation page as well. Calistemon (talk) 04:36, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

@Calistemon: Thanks for that. Yeah the first thing I'd think of would be the mine, probably thanks to my weather obsession and the Bureau of Meteorology's Argyle forecast. Graham87 (talk) 05:36, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

Archive import requests

Hello! Could you please import nost:PolicyPolicy and nost:RefactoringPolicy? They'd be good additions to the policy pages in the historic archive. Cheers.  — Scott • talk 00:46, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

@Scott: Sure, I've restored the page Wikipedia:Historical archive/Policy/PolicyPolicy, with as many edits as possible. I'd already imported the edits from Wikipedia:Historical archive/Policy/RefactoringPolicy from the Nostalgia Wikipedia (see the page history from March 2010), but I've imported more edits from there from the August 2001 database dump (despite the gaps in the page history, which I normally hate), to provide context/history for the PolicyPolicy page. Graham87 (talk) 05:14, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Diamond. Thanks very much!  — Scott • talk 09:01, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Juantheman96

Would like to let you know he is back - at username Special:Contributions/Campista2015 and 2601:901:4300:2FD0:0:0:0:0/64 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)). Same exact geolocation (Hinesville, GA) and topics (Islam and communism in particular). He's very good at IP hopping and staying under the radar. wizzito | say hello! 05:22, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

@Wizzito: Thanks. Blocked and tagged, where relevant. Graham87 (talk) 05:28, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Also at 2600:1005:B000:0:0:0:0:0/40 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)), although that is a lot busier and might not be wise to block wizzito | say hello! 05:44, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

@Wizzito: Yeah probably too busy. Unless you can give me some individual IP's for me to check ... see if I can narrow it a bit. Graham87 (talk) 05:52, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

I tried to tell you it wasn't me but now you found them. Look at that maybe next time to select someone at random and blame them like what happened to me 24.214.117.142 (talk) 07:33, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Can you tell me what IP you edited from or what pages you edited? You seem to have no other edits on the IP address you are using right now. wizzito | say hello! 18:55, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Copyvio?

Ahoy there. I have a question. Does this[6] constitute yet another in a long line of belligerent WP:COPYVIO from this user? This edit is about half copied, because it's simply a copying of each chapter title and robotically pointless direct rephrasing thereof. Then a tasteless obliteration of formatting is just the cherry on top. I ran it past three plagiarism detection sites and they call it high, just by matching the text, but I didn't know if there's somehow an exception for a table of contents or for repeated excerpts. What I do know is that user's talk page is made of copyvio warnings, and the responses are all blatantly that he's above the law, that WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS, or WP:IDIDNTHEARTHAT. So I'm honestly confused because each title is akin to the weight of a quotation, but actually it isn't a quotation, and then the sum total of the text would be a violation. But there is absolutely 0.0000% purpose in it anyway. — Smuckola(talk) 18:51, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

@Smuckola: Maybe, but I'm not the best person to ask about this. I ended up with another Carnegie book on my watchlist due to vandalism, How to Win Friends and Influence People, and there was a similar removal from it by Tamzin ... but in that case the copyright violation was more blatant and much better-formatted (you'll have to trust me on that one). As for the user in question, I'm tempted to block them, but it seems fairer to see how they'll respond first. Graham87 (talk) 02:53, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi again. Thanks for the reminder to buy the classic book you mentioned, lol, which is inexcusably censored at archive.org but it's cheap! ;) Holy crapola I just saw this which looks like you had a world class wikimeetup. ;) I have two more users who are non-responsive with plenty of policy violations. Please see the ends of their Talk pages: Hohi9iglgti (talk · contribs) Comrade Graham (talk · contribs). The first one is non-stop unencyclopedic WP:CIR WP:NOTHERE and those three fake drafts should be speedy deleted. Would that be under Template:Db-nonsense because it's gibberish content by a user demonstrably incapable of writing anything, on a subject that clearly doesn't merit its own article? The second is half reliable sources but half spamming massive WP:LINKFARM WP:FANCRUFT WP:USERGEN directly from his work on fandom wikis. Neither are gonna respond if they can keep editing without consequence. Thank you! — Smuckola(talk) 23:18, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

@Smuckola: Lol re book; the meetup was amazing! I've blocked the first one and deleted their pages; patent nonsense doesn't quite fit (because they're kinda intelligible) but honestly it doesn't matter. As for the second user, I'm hesitant to block such an established user (and a fellow Graham to boot!) without seeing how they'll respond to your warning first. They've responded to their talk page before as 198.166.184.76 and less rencently using their own account. Graham87 (talk) 02:31, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

121221efsstrrt (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) The WP:DUCK wagon is quackin down the wikilane again today, with the same patterns as Hohi9iglgti above, including fully bogus drafts. Regarding the other Graham, yeah ya can't keep a Graham down so we'll see about him! FYI those responses were almost two years ago with tons of aggressively ignored warnings before and since. He did a lot after a warning 1 month ago. Anyway, I'm hopeful, thanks! — Smuckola(talk) 20:04, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

@Smuckola: Blocked and nuked. Re the other Graham: hehehe, all we can do is wait and hope. Graham87 (talk) 05:14, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

@Smuckola: I've blocked Wali Omer. Graham87 (talk) 10:29, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

@Smuckola: I'm not sure if that ping worked (since I added a colon in another part of this thread), so I'm trying again. Graham87 (talk) 14:13, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

Yeah I've been told by random wiki techs that those pingy templates just depend upon having a new signature in the same edit. So if I ever write a comment, and forget to include a ping template, I'll just add that plus replace the tildes. I'm pretty sure that works but I didn't stage a test. ;) BTW I have this guy here, uh.... just glance at the Warnin' Wall that is his Talk page, and polish that reputation off with this deletion of WP:RSes and an edit summary revelation that Donkey Kong 64 is nonexistent! — Smuckola(talk) 06:07, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

@Smuckola: But they are making useful edits too. I've had enough of dealing with weird combinations of good and bad edits so I'll sit this one out. Re pings: I'll stick to removing a message and the re-inserting it to make sure a ping works (or writing a new message); that's a foolproof method. Graham87 (talk) 08:02, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) User:Smuckola: Regarding your last post here (if I ever write a comment, and forget to include a ping template, I'll just add that plus replace the tildes), it won't work. See WP:MENTION, three things are necessary: (i) a new post, that includes (ii) a link to the user page of the person you intend to notify (the link doesn't need to be through a template, as this post of mine demonstrates); and (iii) your own signature. Criteria (ii) and (iii) don't need to be on the same line, but it all needs to be done in the same edit: modifying an existing post fails criterion (i), as well as criterion (iii) - because the notifications system won't see a new signature, all it will see is an emended timestamp. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 18:24, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Seeking dispute resolution

I apologize for sending you this twice - but it turns out I need to on here let you know I'm seeking dispute resolution. Cheers. Wikieditor662 (talk) 07:32, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

Link: Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Ban threats from User talk:Graham87. Graham87 (talk) 07:51, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

Involvement in arbitration

I am filling an arbitration case and I mentioned you in it.

Thank you. Wikieditor662 (talk) 21:53, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

Link: Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case#Repeated accusations and harassment. There's a first time for everything, I guess. Graham87 (talk) 05:06, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

Permalink, of case before removal, for reference. Graham87 (talk) 05:10, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

August music

story · music · places

It's wonderful that you have a piano now!! Guess what, I also play a Kawai. I neglect it too much for editing ... - Today I have two "musicians" on the Main page, one is also the topic of my story, watch and listen, - I like today's especially because you can see him at work (he is pictured in his workshop), and hear him talk about his work (there are subtitles in English, - I wonder if you can get those) and can hear the result of his work - rare! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:12, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: Yes, the new piano is amazing! I'm teaching myself the aria of the Goldberg Variations and learning all sorts of things about it along the way ... I have the notes of the first half almost all ready, but it's not at all up to performance standard, of course. Almost all of the rest of the piece is beyond me, but I like the slower sections anyway so it'll hopefully all work out. Yay re you having a Kawai as well! For me it was a choice between Kawai and Yamaha; I liked them both but I liked the Kawai a bit more. I know I'll have heavy editing days on Wikipedia but the piano will always be there. Re the organ builder: amazing ... unfortunately the subtitles don't work this time! Graham87 (talk) 15:30, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

... and a third "musician", like 22 July but with interview and the music to be played today --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:25, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: Yes, I remember the story about Sarah Gibson. Speaking of pianos, what sort of Kawai piano do you have ... how old is it, more or less? They do have a lovely rich tone. Graham87 (talk) 14:49, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Yes, I love that kind round sound. The information is too private. I guess its older than you are ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:51, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: Lol fair enough. Graham87 (talk) 03:33, 10 August 2024 (UTC)

On 13 August, Bach's cantata was 300 years old, and the image one. The cantata is an extrordinary piece, using the chorale's text and famous melody more than others in the cycle. It's nice to have not only a recent death, but also this "birthday" on the Main page. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:55, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

today's story is about education, 10 years OTD after lecturing our founder). Music for today's feast is Monteverdi's, the best concert we ever did (so pictured again on my talk), but it wasn't recorded, substituted with a "Pacific" one that comes with subtitles line by line in Latin and English: I learned something! - I wonder how the subtitles would be for you, missing or disrupting the music ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:07, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: They work this time! Wonderful music; a very different form of text setting from Bach, as I discovered while trying to follow a translation in preparation for the Vespers concert I attended in London. Graham87 (talk) 02:18, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! - Did you know that my first DYK was 15 years ago OTD, about a friend of mine who had a red link and - as you know - has the same first name as you ;) I just returned from a wonderful concert with only music I had never heard before, - the youngest composer (of 12, 2 of them women) born 1988 (a red link), heavenly from start to finish! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:37, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

Sunday story about another of Bach's chorale cantatas, listen (Alto aria! #3), as I listened to two impressive very different choral concerts, - music by 16 composers. In the latest cloudy pictures: a hidden deer, a cat and a blaze of a sunset. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:31, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

Help? My story today is about a woman, nominated for RD but needing support as I write this. A composer died whose article is long and mostly unreferenced. And some articles open for review, always. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:59, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: Sorry, that feels too much like canvassing to me (particularly since you've asked several people). I wouldn't feel comfortable parachuting myself in to a process I hardly take part in, anyway. Graham87 (talk) 10:42, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

When I see a woman in danger to be neglected among the recent deaths (as Márta Kurtág was, and I felt guilty), I ask everybody in sight ;) - Referencing Goehr is a heavy task that I can't shoulder alone, and every little bit would help. I just remembered him ... --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:53, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

With four supports, the violinist "made it" just before I went to bed. Goehr work is detailed on the talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:53, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

The Goldberg! Graham, do you have a favorite recording? I'm often shocked how many people know the piece only from Gould's take (although it is a rather impressive take!). Aza24 (talk) 21:50, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

@Aza24: Embarrassingly, I actually hardly know Gould's Goldberg recordings at all (though I was planning to fix that, because I've always known they were super-famous). I haven't looked that deeply in to his work but I have a kinda mixed impression of him ... his interpretations don't always work for me but when they do, they're magic. I have a bad habit of fixating on recordings I know, but I'm trying to kick that. As for piano versions, I like the first recording of them I got by Angela Hewitt (her first version; I haven't heard the second, but again probably worth looking in to). Murray Perahia also does a fine job. The faster double-manual variations make a lot more sense on a harpsichord than a piano (hearing a Gustav Leonhardt live recording on Youtube was a revelation for me), but I don't know the harpsichord recordings well enough to have a favourite. I learnt about the Goldberg Variations from reading a Wikipedia mirror, before I realised what Wikipedia really was and that it could be edited. I'm usually a purist about historically authentic performance for Bach's music, except for his solo non-organ keyboard works, where I think the harpsichord/piano/clavichord, etc. all have their place. Graham87 (talk) 03:57, 10 August 2024 (UTC)

I hear that opinion about Gould a lot, so you're in good company. I should say that I find even his bad interpretations refreshing to some extent—particularly when they tackle composers like Mozart, for whom tradition dictates otherwise relatively consistent interpretations.

I know most of the ones you list, but will have to give the Leonhardt a listen.

Love that your origin story for Wikipedia extends from the piece! I totally sympathize with those views re HIP, although I should say that things like gut strings or baroque oboes often feel excessive—I feel not too much is lost from modern instruments being played in a Baroque manner (and the pain of tuning/re-learning for such different instruments seems rather uncalled for!). That being said, there are some amazing Matthäus-Passion recordings with clearly Baroque instruments, strings etc. Aza24 (talk) 01:36, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

Milton Hershey School

Hi Graham87, I work for the Milton Hershey School. I see that you have edited the article in the past, so I hope you'll consider implementing the edits I suggested here. Thanks for your help, Megan at MHS (talk) 19:52, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

@Megan at MHS: I've responded there just this once, but please don't approach individual users like this in the future. It's not the way things are done here. The only reason the article came on my radar in the first place is due to earlier vandalism-fighting. Instead, please use the edit request process, as you've done previously. Graham87 (talk) 03:26, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

Administrative action review: Banning Hocikre

I have started an Administrative action review on the permanent ban of User:Hocikre. I agree that Hocikre was being disruptive, I agree that he needed to stop, I think that the same outcome could have been achieved with a less radical action. I think you acted in good faith, but simply made a mistake in your laudable quickness to correct a problem. 🌿MtBotany (talk) 19:39, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

I've replied there. Graham87 (talk) 03:01, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

Though I disagreed with your initial action, I've got to say that I'm impressed by your professionalism and skill at dealing with Wikipedia administrative duties. 🌿MtBotany (talk) 15:32, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

@MtBotany: Thanks very much. Graham87 (talk) 15:33, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

IP Ban

Why did I try recieve a pop up saying my IP was banned by you, when I havent ever edited a page before? Really confused GTEWFDG (talk) 04:27, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

@GTEWFDG:Because, to block some vandals, it can sometimes be necessary to block many innocent users who share their IP range. I'd need to know the IP address to find out more. More on your talk. Graham87 (talk) 04:33, 29 August 2024 (UTC)