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October thanks

Thank you for making it possible, against rules and opposition, that a GA (on its way to FA) could appear on Independence Day, the day for which it was meant. - I guess I will now call on you for miracles ;) - My story today is about a woman and her husband who played Bach's Sonatina for us (Rheingau Musik Festival, long ago) on an upright piano, and it made me cry, and I still remember. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:15, 1 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

... and then I realised that you performed the bassist to ITN miracle also! Great. - I keep hoping for Dieter Kaufmann, last day, as so often. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:05, 1 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Gerda Arendt: Yep, it seems there are a few RD ITN nominations falling to the bottom at the moment and there's no reason at all for them not to be posted, other than admins not seeing them. I don't watch the ITN/C list on a regular basis, but happy to help where I can. I agree with you that it was a really nice thing for us to get that Nigerian DYK through, I like to try to look at the bigger picture sometimes rather than the minutiae of the rules, if it seems like everyone (and especially readers) would benefit from an IAR situation. I'll try to take a look at the stories later on! Cheers, and happy Tuesday to you. — Amakuru (talk) 13:11, 1 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Great! Third miracle one day. If you could look at the last day ITNN before going to bed you could please the readers more from time to time ;) - While you posted, I listened to them playing once more, and the (good) tears came back. I should make the cantata FA some day. It was performed at the memorial concert for Frank Stähle, and - prompted by a conversation on my user talk - all sang the closing chorale together. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:58, 1 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Carl Nielsen (FA by four colleagues, not me) is remembered on the main page! My story on the Germany National holiday is a song calling to trust the new ways, written shortly before the events leading to reunification. I saw a lovely Mozart opera production yesterday, in case of interest. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:53, 3 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A good story for a Sunday: Martin Neary conducting Purcell. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:10, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Another miracle: today we have an opera singer DYK that shows her as a thinking person ;) - see also video. The nomination wasn't by me, which probably helped. I didn't see her, but the Carmen production at the Bastille Opéra that she was in last. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:19, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Re "The nomination wasn't by me, which probably helped" that is a sad state of affairs. I think the principle of rewarding good work on articles has been lost a bit in recent years, but I know opinions vary on that... I'll have a watch of the video later tonight. — Amakuru (talk) 17:17, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! - Happy birthday, Margaret Medlyn! (I found the article - not by me - when searching for someone whose birthday is today.) - I took a cat pic, presented by Rosiestep today. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:38, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK for 2023 EFL Championship play-off final

On 7 October 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 2023 EFL Championship play-off final, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu said he had "completed football" after the 2023 EFL Championship play-off? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2023 EFL Championship play-off final. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 2023 EFL Championship play-off final), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

♠PMC♠ (talk) 00:04, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]