User talk:Mu

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Arundhati bakshi 18:35, 11 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Dendurent

Hi, and thanks for your message on my page about this (my) name. Actually, I've been aware of William Urban's page on the family for many years. He's a retired historian from Monmouth College and somehow related by marriage to my cousin. Hence, his interest. However, from close study of the article itself, I'm not convinced he's entirely correct. Three main problems: (1) the gap in record-keeping in Quebec in the 18th century due to the shift from French to British rule (he acknowledges this), (2) information that common ancestor Joseph Dendurent was born in St. Johns, Newfoundland rather than in Quebec, and (3) evidence that several Franco-American families which married into the Dendurent line were Hugenots; and indeed most of the family now are Calvinists of one denomination or another.

A Dendurent/Dandurand connection is certainly suggested by the fact the names are pronounced exactly the same way in French.

Thanks for your interest. Are you a genealogist? --Halcatalyst 15:24, 7 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

And again, merci beaucoup pour les trés valables informations!!! Now I have a resource -- Jean Tosti's work -- where I can follow up on some other family names as well. Again, many thanks! --+Halcatalyst 01:23, 8 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

But wait! You gave me several sources --> several more thanks. --Halcatalyst 01:29, 8 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Allegations of Chinese apartheid AfD

Following your recent participation in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Allegations of French apartheid, you may be interested to know that a related article, Allegations of Chinese apartheid, is currently being discussed on AfD. Comments can be left at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Allegations of Chinese apartheid. -- ChrisO 16:06, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Waist (clothing)

Thanks for adding that picture, it's terrific. - PKM (talk) 02:47, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

London Bridge Is Falling Down

Thanks adding that picture, just what I was looking for but couldn't find. Great.--Sabrebd (talk) 10:57, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Gaston Serpette and others

Excellent! As no good deed goes unpunished I must warn you that I have lately run up articles on Serpette's confrères, Victor Roger, Paul Lacome, and Léon Vasseur. I blame you for the sudden urge to do so that came upon me. Veuillez agréer mes sentiments les plus distingués (or words to that effect) - Tim riley (talk) 20:22, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Oversight

No problem. Thanks for getting back to me! Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs^(talk) 13:25, 13 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Pierre Jean Porro

Thanks for finding an image of Porro. It really is excellent. I have been looking for an image of him for some time and had just about given up. I wonder if you are able find images for the following articles I have created.

• Antoine de Lhoyer
• Cristofaro Caresana
• Filippo Gragnani

Gratefully Jschnur (talk) 04:16, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

		Valued Picture Barnstar
		A belated barnstar for finding and uploading the superb image of Pierre Jean Porro. Keep up the good work. Jschnur (talk) 23:23, 12 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Pierre Monteux

Excellent images! Thank you so much for letting me know. I'll certainly be using at least one, and possibly all three. Tim riley (talk) 09:24, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open!

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Featured picture scheduled for POTD

Hi Mu,

This is to let you know that File:Ethel Smyth.jpg, a featured picture you uploaded, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for May 24, 2024. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2024-05-24. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.9% of all FPs} 09:24, 3 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ethel Smyth (1858–1944) was an English composer and a member of the women's suffrage movement. Her compositions include songs, works for piano, chamber music, orchestral works, choral works and operas. Smyth's extensive body of work includes the Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra, and the Mass in D. Her opera The Wreckers is considered by some critics to be the "most important English opera composed during the period between Purcell and Britten". This photograph of Smyth was taken in 1922. Photograph credit: unknown; restored by Adam Cuerden Recently featured: InSight De Viron Castle Viviparus georgianus

Featured picture scheduled for POTD

Hi Mu,

This is to let you know that File:Mademoiselle Maupin de l'Opéra (Julie d'Aubigny).jpg, a featured picture you uploaded, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for November 25, 2022. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2022-11-25. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.9% of all FPs} 06:18, 5 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Julie d'Aubigny (1670/1673 – 1707), better known as Mademoiselle Maupin or La Maupin, was a 17th-century French opera singer. Little is known for certain about her life; her tumultuous career and flamboyant lifestyle were the subject of gossip, rumor, and colourful stories in her own time, and inspired numerous fictional and semi-fictional portrayals afterwards. Théophile Gautier loosely based the title character, Madeleine de Maupin, of his novel Mademoiselle de Maupin (1835) on her. Illustration credit: unknown; restored by Adam Cuerden Recently featured: Turkey Cephalanthus occidentalis Saint Anne