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India-related FPs I



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|width=180 |File:Vultures in the nest, Orchha, MP, India edit.jpg|Indian vulture ↗s, (''Gyps indicus''), in a nest on the tower of the Chaturbhuj Temple ↗, Orchha, Madhya Pradesh. The vulture became nearly extinct in India in the 1990s from having ingested the carrion of diclofenac ↗-laced cattle. 25px ↗
|File:Bank myna (Acridotheres ginginianus).jpg|The bank myna ↗ is indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. 25px ↗
|File:Clinotarsus curtipes-Aralam-2016-10-29-001.jpg|The vulnerable Malabar frog ↗ is endemic to the Western Ghats.25px ↗
|File:Nilgiri tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius) female head.jpg |The endangered Nilgiri tahr ↗ is endemic to the Western Ghats ↗. Shown here is a female in a national park in Kerala. 25px ↗
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India-related FPs II



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|width=180 |File:Brahminy kite.jpg|The brahminy kite ↗ (''Haliastur indus'') hunts for fish and other prey near the coasts and around inland wetlands. 25px ↗
|File:Nelumno nucifera open flower - botanic garden adelaide2.jpg|The lotus ↗ (''Nelumbo nucifera'') is the Indian national flower. Hindus and Buddhists regard it as a sacred symbol of enlightenment. 25px ↗
|File:Pfau imponierend.jpg |The Indian peafowl ↗ (''Pavo cristatus'') is the Indian national bird. It roosts in moist and dry-deciduous forests, cultivated areas, and village precincts. 25px ↗
|File:Pahalgam Valley.jpg|The Pahalgam valley in Jammu and Kashmir ↗ is covered with a temperate coniferous forest ↗. 25px ↗
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India-related FPs III



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|width=180 |File:Toda Hut.JPG|A Toda ↗ tribal hut exemplifies Indian vernacular architecture ↗. 25px ↗
|File:Bangles Ornaments.jpg|Bangles on display in Bangalore India 25px ↗
|File:Sadhu and a picture of Siva.jpg|A Sadhu and a picture of Siva in Kayasth Tola, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh in Northern India 25px ↗
|File:Krishna Pushkarani - Hampi Ruins.jpg| The ''pushkarani'', or tank, located on the eastern side of Krishna temple in Hampi ↗, Karnataka ↗, the seat of the Vijayanagara Empire ↗ 25px ↗
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India-related FPs IV



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|width=180 |File:Large Gautama Buddha statue in Buddha Park of Ravangla, Sikkim.jpg|Large Gautama Buddha statue in Buddha Park of Ravangla, Sikkim 25px ↗
|File:Gomateswara, Shravanabelagola.jpg|A Jain woman washes the feet of Bahubali ↗ Gomateswara at Shravanabelagola ↗, Karnataka ↗. The Bahubali idol is 18 metres (58 ft) high and is carved out of a single rock on top of a hill. 25px ↗
|File:Shiva as the Lord of Dance LACMA edit.jpg|A Chola bronze depicting Nataraja ↗, who is seen as a cosmic "Lord of the Dance" and representative of Shiva ↗ 25px ↗
|File:Battle at Lanka, Ramayana, Udaipur, 1649-53.jpg|A sixteenth century rendering of a scene from the Ramayana ↗, an ancient Sanskrit epic. 25px ↗
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India-related FPs V



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|width=180 |File:Indischer Maler des 6. Jahrhunderts 001.jpg|Paintings at the Ajanta Caves ↗ in Aurangabad, Maharashtra ↗, 6th century 25px ↗
|File:Agasthiyamalai range and Tirunelveli rainshadow.jpg|The Agasthiyamalai ↗ range, constituting the southern end of the Western Ghats ↗, as seen from the rainshadow ↗ region of the southwest monsoon ↗ in Tirunelveli ↗, Tamil Nadu ↗. 25px ↗
|File:Puvar 20080220-1.jpg|A beach off the Arabian Sea ↗ in Puvar ↗, Kerala ↗. The Arabian Sea is the northwestern region of the Indian Ocean, bounded by the Arabian ↗ and Indian ↗ peninsulas. 25px ↗
|File:Tungabhadra River and Coracle Boats.JPG|Flowing through its rocky terrain near Hampi ↗ is the Tungabhadra river ↗, the major right bank tributary of the Krishna river ↗, a peninsular river, which empties into the Bay of Bengal ↗. The coracle ↗s, made of wicker, are traditionally covered with hide, their circular shape preventing them from overturning in rivers with rocky outcrops. 25px ↗
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India-related FPs VI



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|width=180 |File:India - Varanasi paper bag maker - 0078.jpg|The recycling industry in India, a Varanasi paper bag seller 25px ↗
|File:Kochi chinese fishing-net-20080215-01a.jpg|An example of the Chinese fishing nets ↗ of Cochin ↗. Fisheries in India ↗ is a major industry in its coastal states, employing over 14 million people. The annual catch doubled between 1990 and 2010. 25px ↗
|File:Cherry Resort inside Temi Tea Garden, Namchi, Sikkim.jpg|A tea garden in Sikkim. India, the world's second largest-producer of tea, is a nation of one billion tea drinkers, who consume 70% of India's tea output. 25px ↗
|File:Marakkanam Salt Pans.JPG|A daily wage worker in a salt field. The average minimum wage of daily labourers is around Rs.100 per day 25px ↗
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India-related FPs VII



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|width=180 |File:Bharata Natyam Performance DS.jpg|A ''bharatnatyam ↗'' concert in 2014 25px ↗
|File:Inde bondo8658a.jpg|A Bondo ↗ woman walks to a weekly market in Chhattisgarh. 25px ↗
|File:Lady in Bundi, Rajasthan.JPG|A woman in Bundi ↗, Rajasthan 25px ↗
|File:Sadhu Vârânasî .jpg|An ascetic in Varanasi ↗, Uttar Pradesh 25px ↗
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India-related FPs VIII



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|width=180 |File:I'timād-ud-Daulah, Agra.jpg|The tomb of Itmad Ud Daulah ↗, Agra, 25px ↗
|File:Hindu Bride, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.jpg|A Hindu ↗ bride 25px ↗
|File:Interior of San Thome Basilica.jpg|The interior of San Thome Basilica ↗, Chennai ↗, Tamil Nadu ↗. Christianity is believed to have been introduced to India by the late 2nd century by Syriac-speaking Christians ↗. 25px ↗
|File:Sikh pilgrim at the Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib) in Amritsar, India.jpg|A Sikh pilgrim at the Harmandir Sahib ↗, or Golden Temple, in Amritsar ↗, Punjab 25px ↗
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India-related Classic Pictures-I



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|width=180 |File:ILRI, Stevie Mann - Villager and calf share milk from cow in Rajasthan, India.jpg|A farmer in Rajasthan ↗ milks his cow. Milk is India's largest crop by economic value ↗. Worldwide, as of 2011, India had the largest herds of buffalo and cattle, and was the largest producer of milk.
|File:Ploughing with cattle in West Bengal.jpg|Indian agriculture ↗ dates from the period 7,000–6,000 BCE, employs two thirds of the national workforce, and is second in farm output worldwide. Above, a farmer works an ox-drawn plow in Kadmati, West Bengal.
|File:Children eating kheer and puri, Chambal, India.jpg|Schoolchildren in Chambal ↗, Madhya Pradesh ↗ eating a mid-day meal. The Mid-Day Meal Scheme ↗ attempts to lower rates of childhood malnutrition in India ↗.
|File:Street Cricket Batter India.jpg|Cricket is the most popular game among India's masses. Shown here is an instance of street cricket ↗.
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India-related FPs IX



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|width=180 |File:Asfi masjid.jpg|Asfi Masjid ↗ at the Bara Imambara complex, Lukcnow, India 25px ↗
|File:Chhota imambara Lucknow.jpg|Chhota Imambara, Lucknow, India 25px ↗
|File:Taj Mahal Mosque, Agra.jpg|Taj Mahal mosque ↗, Agra, India 25px ↗
|File:Bangalore Panorama edit1.jpg|Bangalore ↗ panorama 25px ↗
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India-related FPs X



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|width=180 |File:Red Weaver Ant, Oecophylla smaragdina.jpg|Red Weaver ant, ''Oecophylla smaragdina ↗'' in Bangalore, India 25px ↗
|File:Telamonia dimidiata female.jpg|Female Telamonia dimidiata ↗ in the Lalbagh Botanical gardens, Bangalore, India 25px ↗
|File:Mysore Palace Morning.jpg|Mysore Palace ↗ in the morning 25px ↗
|File:Irfan Kolothum Thodi 2013.jpg|Indian Olympic athlete, Irfan Kolothum Thodi ↗ 25px ↗
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India-related FPs XI



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|width=180 |File:Grammodes geometrica moth.jpg|''Grammodes geometrica ↗'', Bangalore, India 25px ↗
|File:Mumtaz Ahmed Khan.jpg|Mumtaz Ahmed Khan ↗ founder of Al-Ameen Educational Society ↗ 25px ↗
|File:Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy Block.jpg|Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy ↗, Bangalore, India 25px ↗
|File:Kumar Anish.jpg|Kumar Anish ↗, Indian yoga specialist 25px ↗
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India-related FPs XII



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|width=180 |Taj Mahal Sunset Edit1.jpg|Taj Mahal ↗ at the golden hour ↗ 25px ↗
|Bara Imambara Lucknow.jpg|Bara Imambara ↗, Lucknow, India 25px ↗
|File:Salman Khurshid portrait.jpg|Salman Khurshid ↗, Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress ↗ 25px ↗
|File:Indian Palm Squirrel (Funambulus palmarum).jpg|Indian palm squirrel ↗, Bangalore, India 25px ↗
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India-related FPs XIII



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|width=180 |File:Odissi Performance DS.jpg|Odissi ↗ 25px ↗
|File:Rekha Raju DS 2.jpg|Mohiniyattam ↗ 25px ↗
|File:Kuchipudi Performer DS.jpg|Kuchipudi ↗ 25px ↗
|File:Arundhati Roy W.jpg|Arundhati Roy ↗ 25px ↗
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India-related FPs XIV



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|width=180 |File:Chandiroor Divakaran New DSW.JPG|Chandiroor Divakaran ↗ 25px ↗
|File:High Court of Karnataka, Bangalore MMK.jpg|Karnataka High Court ↗, Bangalore 25px ↗
|File:Dharmaraya Swamy Temple Bangalore edit1.jpg|Dharmaraya Swamy Temple ↗ a Hindu temple ↗ in Bangalore 25px ↗
|File:Sir Puttanna Chetty Town Hall Bangalore Edit1.jpg|Bangalore Town Hall ↗ 25px ↗
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Buddha related FPs I



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|width=180 |File:Nagasaki temple destroyed.jpg|Battered religious figures stand watch on a hill above a tattered valley. Nagasaki, Japan. September 24, 1945 25px ↗
|File:Buddha Shakyamuni as Lord of the Munis.jpg|17th century Painting on cloth of of Buddha Shakyamuni as Lord of the Munis with Bodhisatvas in background. 25px ↗
|File:Gathering of Four Buddhas - Google Art Project.jpg|The Gathering of Four Buddhas.
1562 CE, National Museum of Art, Korea. 25px ↗
|File:Flickr - DVIDSHUB - Giant standing Buddhas of Bamiyan still cast shadows (Image 2 of 8).jpg |Two women walk past the huge cavity where one of the ancient Buddhas of Bamiyan ↗ used to stand, June 17, 2012. The monumental statues were built in A.D. 507 and 554 25px ↗
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Buddha related FPs II



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|width=180 |File:Temple of the Emerald Buddha.jpg|Monk walks in the morning after the rain in front of the Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaew), part of the Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand. 25px ↗
|File:Buddha Amitabha in His Pure Land of Suvakti.JPG|Buddha Amitabha in His Pure Land of Suvakti, Central Tibet. 18th century; Ground mineral pigment on cotton 25px ↗
|File:Shakyamuni Buddha with Avadana Legend Scenes - Google Art Project.jpg|English: Shakyamuni Buddha with Avadana Legend Scenes. Tibet.
Date 19th century 25px ↗
|File:Chiang-Mai Thailand Buddhist-Manuscript-Library-and-Museum-01.jpg|Chiang Mai, Thailand: Buddhist Manuscript Library and Museum 25px ↗
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Things to do on 6/10/22


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Precious anniversary


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Here I came to just deliver the annual reminder and came to know you more and more by details unfolding about the loss of part of your life. Looking at the green eyes of that cat. You will have to take care of the flowers and animals she loved, much more important than Wikipedia. I saw the May flowers with a friend last year who died in November. They just begin to bloom again. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:31, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
:Thank you, Gerda ↗, for reading the announcement above (and on my user page) and for such an empathic and evocative reply. My wife was not on Wikipedia, but an avid Facebook user. Maintaining her Facebook page has helped. Her dozens, if not hundreds, of friends have responded. My wife was funny and an instant hit in unstructured situations, able to carry on two or three conversations simultaneously. I now have to do some of that by imagining what she would have done, digging deep in my memory. Strangely, I have become more social. The animals, of course, were partly my responsibility even earlier. The animals are ageing&mdash;the oldest cats are 18, and the dogs, 15&mdash;so the rituals around their care keep me busy. I've now returned to Wikipedia, but hopefully, more focusedly, working on the topics I originally intended to work on. Like everyone else's, my time on Planet Earth has a "use by" date. Thank you again for such a beautiful message. <span style="color:#B8860B">Fowler&amp;fowler</span><span style="color:#708090">«Talk»</span> 11:25, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
:PS I forgot to add, the yellow roses look beautiful. The leaves, too, are glistening. Thank you. I'm deeply sorry to hear about your friend's loss, Gerda ↗.<span style="color:#B8860B">Fowler&amp;fowler</span><span style="color:#708090">«Talk»</span> 22:01, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
:: Thank you for all your thoughts! - I don't know if the premiere OTD of Verdi's Requiem ↗ is good for you, - ignore if not, otherwise see my talk - we sang it in 2010, and the (Jewish) friend who died took the pic, - he and his wife came to almost all our concerts ↗ --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:56, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
:::Thanks, Gerda ↗. Although I cut my musical teeth on the blues harmonica ↗, took lessons from a player, and spent the requisite time in clubs during my youth, I do like classical music and listen to it now and then. Will take a look at your talk page. Thanks! <span style="color:#B8860B">Fowler&amp;fowler</span><span style="color:#708090">«Talk»</span> 18:44, 23 May 2025 (UTC)
:::PS A double thanks to you Gerda ↗, for posting above, because it made me realize that the section on Blues Harmonica Players was very old, and it needed to be seriously updated. I've added a little, but will look to writing a separate page, perhaps, and also Wikipedia pages on some players. <span style="color:#B8860B">Fowler&amp;fowler</span><span style="color:#708090">«Talk»</span> 20:01, 23 May 2025 (UTC)
:::: Good plans! - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau ↗, born 100 years ago, described by Alan Blyth - a voice for all feelings. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:07, 28 May 2025 (UTC)
:::::He has a very supple voice, Gerda ↗. I didn't realize what a a veritable cornucopia ↗ you have there, one performance and perhaps more for each day of the year.
:::::I noticed the Bolshoi. I saw them twice in Moscow, once on a beautiful summer evening in 1993 and a second time in the winter of 1994, when the snow was piled up high. I will view the video later.
:::::Thank you. <span style="color:#B8860B">Fowler&amp;fowler</span><span style="color:#708090">«Talk»</span> 21:04, 28 May 2025 (UTC)

My work on Wikipedia starting April 24, 2025


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I have suffered an acute and unexpected personal loss. My work on Wikipedia for the foreseeable future will be restricted to (i) reverting edits that, in my assessment, are very obviously of undue weight ↗ and (ii) content work related to British India before the Indian rebellion of 1857. If I have reverted an edit, please trust that the revert was made in good faith and with the experience of my 18-year stint on Wikipedia. Open a thread on the article's talk page and attempt to establish a consensus for your edit. I won't edit war nor will I have the time or heart for talk page discussions, but perhaps other editors will step in. Please do not express your discontent or ask for clarity on my user talk page. Please give me space. <span style="color:#B8860B">Fowler&amp;fowler</span><span style="color:#708090">«Talk»</span> 14:20, 24 April 2025 (UTC)

thumb|right|Some flowers, for condolence. <span style="font-family:Forte;color:black">Joshua Jonathan</span> - <span style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva;color:black">Let's talk!</span> 15:06, 24 April 2025 (UTC) ↗

:Thank you, {{re|Joshua Jonathan}} <span style="color:#B8860B">Fowler&amp;fowler</span><span style="color:#708090">«Talk»</span> 15:16, 24 April 2025 (UTC)

:: My condolences and sympathies for you.🌹 ''<span style="color:#7D1A4F">MŠLQr</span>'' (talk) 15:44, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
:::Thank you {{re|MSLQr}} <span style="color:#B8860B">Fowler&amp;fowler</span><span style="color:#708090">«Talk»</span> 17:24, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
::::I'm really sorry to hear such a loss....Please Take Care. ''<span style="color:#7D1A4F">MŠLQr</span>'' (talk) 02:28, 25 April 2025 (UTC)
:{{re|Joshua Jonathan}} My wife was both a flower and animal lover. We have over a dozen animals in two homes. We planned to consolidate in 2026 by moving to a country house with ample space for the animals and gardening. But that, sadly, will not come to pass. It haunts me that it was so unexpected. <span style="color:#B8860B">Fowler&amp;fowler</span><span style="color:#708090">«Talk»</span> 17:25, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
::Oh, I'm really sorry to hear this! What an awfull loss. <span style="font-family:Forte;color:black">Joshua Jonathan</span> - <span style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva;color:black">Let's talk!</span> 17:48, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
::So sorry to hear your sad news. Deepest condolences and love to family and friends. DBaK (talk) 18:17, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
:::Thank you DBaK ↗ for your kind words. <span style="color:#B8860B">Fowler&amp;fowler</span><span style="color:#708090">«Talk»</span> 22:11, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
::Fowler, we've disagreed on many things, and I’ve accused you and your motives countless times. But today, I feel your pain, and I’m truly sorry this happened. This is not only heartbreaking — I have teary eyes as I write this. May her eternal soul rest in peace, wherever it is. I will also offer my prayers.
::May you recover from this, stronger than before. I’ll be looking forward to arguing with you again once you return in full form.
::"One day, all of us will perish — our names, our memories, everything. The only thing that will remain is our work, even if it is never recognised, or we are never recognised for it. And perhaps that’s the only solace we can find in the face of death."
::Take care, brother. 2409:40C1:2E:3339:8000:0:0:0 ↗ (talk) 18:21, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
:::Although I don't know who you are or our disagreements, I thank you User:2409:40C1:2E:3339:8000:0:0:0 for your heartfelt advice. <span style="color:#B8860B">Fowler&amp;fowler</span><span style="color:#708090">«Talk»</span> 22:14, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
::Being unexpected is terrible. My heart goes out to you. <span style="color:#070">Doug Weller</span> talk 18:50, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
:::Thank you Doug ↗. It's a surreal time. Every kind word helps. <span style="color:#B8860B">Fowler&amp;fowler</span><span style="color:#708090">«Talk»</span> 22:17, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
:Take care, take time. CMD (talk) 17:29, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
::I'm very sorry to hear this, Fowler. Bishonen &#124; tålk 18:23, 24 April 2025 (UTC).
:::Thank you Bishonen ↗. She was always amused that I took disputes on Wikipedia so seriously. Her favorite remark if she saw me typing away furiously was, "You got busted?" <span style="color:#B8860B">Fowler&amp;fowler</span><span style="color:#708090">«Talk»</span> 22:47, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
::Thank you, CMD ↗. Yes, time it will take. Soon after we were married, a relative, seeing my shiny wedding ring, asked if I had had it engraved on the inside as a form of identification. I replied, "Why would I? It's never coming off." <span style="color:#B8860B">Fowler&amp;fowler</span><span style="color:#708090">«Talk»</span> 22:33, 24 April 2025 (UTC)

I'm truly sorry for your loss, Fowler&fowler. Although we haven't interacted much, please know that I and other editors here deeply appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia for last 18 years, especially to the minefield of South Asian articles. Take all the time you need, and take good care of yourself. Sincerely, Sutyarashi (talk) 13:08, 25 April 2025 (UTC)

:Thank you very much for your condolence and appreciation, {{re|Sutyarashi}} <span style="color:#B8860B">Fowler&amp;fowler</span><span style="color:#708090">«Talk»</span> 02:48, 26 April 2025 (UTC)
::Take care @Fowler&fowler. Sorry for your loss. May they rest in peace. Akshaypatill (talk) 16:58, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
:::Thank you for your condolence, {{re|Akshaypatill}} <span style="color:#B8860B">Fowler&amp;fowler</span><span style="color:#708090">«Talk»</span> 18:15, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
::I'm sorry to hear that, Fowler. Please accept my deep condolences. Take care, dear. Satnam<sub><span style="color:teal;">2408</span></sub><sup>(talk)</sup> 14:31, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
:::Thank you Satnam ↗ for your kind words. <span style="color:#B8860B">Fowler&amp;fowler</span><span style="color:#708090">«Talk»</span> 16:23, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

This reminds us all what the really important things are in life, and how little a dust-up at Wikipedia matters in the grand scheme of things. So very, very sorry at this incalculable loss, and wishing you centering and peace. Take good care of yourself, F&F, as you welcome those close to you to rally around and take good care of you as well. Best, Mathglot (talk) 18:19, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

:Thank you very much {{re|Mathglot}} for such thoughtful commiseration. I will keep it in mind in this uncharted, and still painful, phase of my life. <span style="color:#B8860B">Fowler&amp;fowler</span><span style="color:#708090">«Talk»</span> 19:44, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

Take care, Fowler. --Kansas Bear (talk) 17:05, 24 April 2025 (UTC)

:Thank you. <span style="color:#B8860B">Fowler&amp;fowler</span><span style="color:#708090">«Talk»</span> 17:25, 24 April 2025 (UTC)

Very Sorry to hear the latest update, Fowler and Fowler.LukeEmily (talk) 23:29, 24 April 2025 (UTC)

:Thank you, LukeEmily ↗ <span style="color:#B8860B">Fowler&amp;fowler</span><span style="color:#708090">«Talk»</span> 00:03, 25 April 2025 (UTC)
::Indeed. I just happened upon this. We haven't interacted in years, Fowler and Fowler, but I offer my condolences as well. Some speak of Wikipedia as distinct from "real life". But this reminds me once again that the Wikipedia community is as real as any other part of life. My heart goes out to you. Regards, Alan W (talk) 01:26, 2 May 2025 (UTC)
:::Thank you {{re|Alan W}} for your insight. To overcome grief, I feel, we have to marshal all our resources, and Wikipedia is very much one. I'm finding working on small, disregarded, topics to be strangely therapeutic. <span style="color:#B8860B">Fowler&amp;fowler</span><span style="color:#708090">«Talk»</span> 16:22, 2 May 2025 (UTC)
::::We do what we can. As Guettarda said, you are part of a community that cares about you. Regards, Alan W (talk) 01:16, 4 May 2025 (UTC)
:::::Thank you, Alan W, for that. A physician friend of mine struck a similar note, which I am quoting in the hopes that it might help others similarly stricken: "I am encouraged that you’re engaging with folks who are well wishers ... Our collective experience tells us that eventually the distress fever will break, no matter where you are in the grief cycle." <span style="color:#B8860B">Fowler&amp;fowler</span><span style="color:#708090">«Talk»</span> 02:43, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

I'm so sorry to hear this Fowler. I was involved in a discussion at the VS Naipaul article, and your absence from that conversation made me wonder how you were doing. I've experienced a lot of profound (and unexpected) losses, but even I can't imagine losing my spouse. Know you're part of a community here that cares about you. Guettarda (talk) 15:29, 3 May 2025 (UTC)

:Thank you {{re|Guettarda}} for your words of solace. In my youth, I had obsessively read John Bowlby ↗'s ''Attachment and Loss'' trilogy. In the third volume, he and Colin Murray Parkes ↗' had proposed four stages of grief: numbness, yearning and searching, disorganization and despair, and reorganization. They were probably not strictly linear anyway, but no amount of reading had prepared me for this event. And no theoretical knowledge beats simple words of comfort that ease distress. I am grateful for yours. <span style="color:#B8860B">Fowler&amp;fowler</span><span style="color:#708090">«Talk»</span> 01:39, 4 May 2025 (UTC)
Hi, @Fowler&fowler I am deeply saddened by your loss. I hope that with time you find strength. Although I haven't interacted with you much, I've seen some discussions you were involved in, and I must say that over the past 18 years, you have been an outstanding member of the Wikipedia community. I can relate to the challenges, as I have only been active for two years and sometimes struggle to continue.
::Best regards,
::Rawn3012 (talk) 16:28, 6 May 2025 (UTC)
:::Thank you, {{re|Rawn3012}}, for your kind words, both of condolence and appreciation. I wish you luck in your career on Wikipedia. I hope you will carve out a niche for yourself, however small. <span style="color:#B8860B">Fowler&amp;fowler</span><span style="color:#708090">«Talk»</span> 18:24, 6 May 2025 (UTC)

thumb|right|All the best, <span style="font-family:Forte;color:black">Joshua Jonathan</span> - <span style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva;color:black">Let's talk!</span> 18:44, 18 May 2025 (UTC) ↗


:::I hope that you may be comforted during this difficult time. Best, Anupam<sup>Talk</sup> 15:11, 24 June 2025 (UTC)
::::Thank you, {{re|Anupam}} <span style="color:#B8860B">Fowler&amp;fowler</span><span style="color:#708090">«Talk»</span> 20:09, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

TFA


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Thank you and Tim riley, who finished, today for Mandell Creighton ↗, "about an outstanding Anglican bishop who might well have become Archbishop of Canterbury but for his relatively early death." -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:38, 14 August 2025 (UTC)

pics of the feast of the Mass in B minor ↗ - how are you? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:03, 15 August 2025 (UTC)

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 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 Dona nobis pacem ↗ (and the drummer drummed!) as if they could hear us in Washington. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:05, 18 August 2025 (UTC)

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 today's story, and I like both. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:04, 24 August 2025 (UTC)

On top of my talk: birthday of a great violinist ↗ and Requiem for a great friend. We sang Paradisi gloria from the Stabat Mater ↗ in the end. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:01, 31 August 2025 (UTC)

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Thinking of you, Bach music ↗ on the main page, perhaps try it. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:21, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

update: Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen, BWV 43 ↗ is now a FA. - How are you now? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:04, 10 June 2026 (UTC)

Perhaps this might interest you?



First of all I want to thank you for your tremendous contributions on the Company Raj (not to mention Crown rule also), especially regarding the main article. I was wondering if you might be familiar with the murky area of Thuggee ↗ and if you would possibly be interested in taking a look at the article, which I've nominated at FAC ↗. You said in your notice that you're continuing to work in the area of Company rule but I appreciate that this is a lot to ask— no worries at all if not. All the best, and thank you again for your service to the encyclopedia. Joko2468 (talk) 17:08, 6 July 2026 (UTC)