User talk:Elinruby

Pétain's disability

Someone changed "senile" describing Petain's last years at Yeu with the following edit summary:

(→‎Imprisonment: The term 'senile' is an offensive and dismissive way to describe cognitive impairment.)

But I don't think the substitute wording means much to non-experts:

By the end of 1949, Pétain was suffering from severe cognitive impairment, with only occasional moments of lucidity.

I suppose this should go (if it warrants it) to the Pétain talk page, but I wondered if you or Mathglot or another of your lurkers might have a good idea of giving information without giving offence. "Senile" isn't offensive to me in this context (after all, the word is being pretty freely thrown around both candidates for the 2024 U.S. presidential election), but I could see how others might see it as offensive in the context of this article. And on this day, don't forget to remember where Marshal Pétain was on 11 November 1918. —— Shakescene (talk) 23:54, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

It isn't something I would want to be called or even be ;) But I don't think the word has been declared offensive, although it might be anyway to readers who have family members with the condition and might find it hurtful, I guess, but I'm not aware that it's all that derogatory.

Maybe we should consider rewording though? Because we can?

Some thoughts

• Well. The statement is sourced (apparently) and he's a long-dead public figure, so no BLP concerns.
• I'm pretty sure the statement is true -- I had to check to be sure I didn't write that text, and I know I have previously expressed the opinion that he was a Ronald Reagan and never really was the one running the country, it was all the wrong people for all the wrong reasons....But no. I didn't write it. Pretty sure I have read it though, and I've definitely thought it.
• I didn't check the history, but I don't recognize the source. I don't suppose you have it, eh? but if indeed the statement is true, then he wasn't exactly an obscure figure, and we should be able to verify, using another source if need be. And since the wording has been challenged, we should probably do that regardless, as an exercise in due diligence if nothing else.
• If a source specifies a name for his condition, great, that solves that problem by giving us better vocabulary, but I think it's unlikely he got a specific diagnosis in the late 1940s.
• Alternately, do we lose much information if we do this:

  By May, Pétain required constant nursing care, and often suffered from hallucinations, e.g. that he was commanding armies in battle, or that naked women were dancing around his room.[70] By the end of 1949, Pétain was suffering from severe cognitive impairment, with had only occasional moments of lucidity.

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What do you think? I usually try not to be dismissive if I can manage that, but I don't think it's like the article had an egregious flaw that we overlooked or anything. But now that someone has pointed out the word maybe we should think about it Elinruby (talk) 02:34, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

apparently it's unquestionable: he was replaced in 1942, but remained in office as a figurehead. [1]

19th-century Montmartre

@Piotrus: Some algorithm or other asked me if I was interested in this: this, probably because, as we discussed a while back, there are some mentions there of the painter you asked me about, the friend of the Polish poet. The mentions weren't real substantive but made me think he probably came up a lot in society pages about the salons. He might make an interesting mention in an article on Montmartre in the late 19th century, or as background for School of Paris or one of the articles about Impressionists. There is probably room for an article like that, or even one about emigres in Paris; the sheer density of artists, writers, playwrights and such is notable, should somebody feel like writing about it. Maybe I should start gathering sources Elinruby (talk) 09:00, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

Good idea. And I still am toying with idea of translating his biography to French Wikipedia - maybe someone there will be able to expand it better. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:16, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

PS. Actually, I did so, since it is so short: fr:Charles Pétiniaud-Dubos. As usual, if you'd like to double check my French there, it would be appreciated. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:26, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

the proofreading can happen. I actually spent a fair amount of time looking for him and am confident he isn't in the usual databases (BnF, Gallica, Persee, Scholar, etc) beyond the brief mentions discussed above, but there may be an art historian out there who has done a study of the period. French wikipedia is Like That sometimes. I think we would need to look at contemporary periodicals. Would there be anything on Polish wikipedia about artists in Paris? I know at least some of then School of Paris were Polish, but I am not clear on the absolute numbers. There were also Russians, Belarussians and Lithuanians, I know, and I didn't fact-check nationalities; I don't think I quite understood how the borders were then. Maybe still don't. Anyway, sure, I can also start some notes on sources for a broader topic.I am sure there are huge articles on many aspects of the impressionists but School of Paris is probably still start class. That and the emigres may take some digging, as there was antisemitism in the name, which was intended to be derogatory, and the French are still trying to come to terms with World War 2; the earlier homegrown xenophobia would be harder. Maybe track what was going on in those countries, in hmm the turn of the century? If t0hat's confusing don't worry, I am thinking out loud and it will be clearer once I start the timeline. Elinruby (talk) 04:02, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

I thought I answered this. There are no glaring errors in the translation but I would have worded some of it differently. And it seems that Montparnasse was the neighborhood of choice btw. Pinged you to a very rough sandbox list of School of Paris artists. A LOT of them were Polish if that is of interest. Your guy is earlier than that, though. I am trying to tie up some loose ends but will see if I can find more sources by includinf Limousin as a search term and if so me rewrite the article a little Elinruby (talk) 07:49, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

Pétain, encore

Someone added "and statesman" to this lede paragraph:

Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Pétain (/peɪˈtæ̃/, French: [filip petɛ̃]); 24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951) was a French military officer and statesman who commanded the French Army in World War I and became the head of the collaborationist regime of Vichy France, from 1940 to 1944, during World War II.

Philippe Pétain was more than a military officer, but — unless "statesman" is generic and non-judgemental in Wikipedia (is Hitler or Stalin or Mussolini or Idi Amin a "statesman"?) — is there a better-focussed and less-loaded term for his rôle as Chef de l'État Français ? Or is any term needed when the lede sentence ends, "and became the head of the collaborationist regime of Vichy France" ?

@Mathglot: —— Shakescene (talk) 02:33, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

Worthwhile question, but not here. Can you move this to Talk:Philippe Pétain? For the time being, I've reverted it, because whatever the right word is, 'statesman' is certainly not it. Mathglot (talk) 03:09, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

de facto leader? except see above, he apparently wasn't leading much as of 1942 (side musing: maybe that is why the policy on the black market change that year) The mental health issue is likely undue for the lede though. "Figurehead" is probably truest but still too different from conventional wisdom Elinruby (talk) 08:15, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

"Figurehead" might absolve him from the anti-Semitic laws he signed within three or four months of taking office. —— Shakescene (talk) 15:12, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

I see this went to the talk page. FWIW I took a look at the lede and see no issue with the way it is currently written. Elinruby (talk) 07:51, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

right. To the extent that my opinion matters I don't think we should, and more importantly I think the mental illness may have only recently entered the historiography. The source I found for this was *medical* remember, even though RS as hell. Pretty sure there would be a huge outcry and the sources wouldn't be accepted. I am not sure there is enough there yet myself. Even if he was stark raving bonkers as of 1942 he still had some power and agency before that and chose to appease the Nazis. But it probably rules out calling him a caudillo, is where I was going, and that's a South and Central American term anyway. I should re-read the lede before opining further, but I am inclined just say nothing atm. Does what is there after Mathglot's revert seem correct to you? All this moral ambiguity might be undue in the lede. By the way, no objection to my comment moving with the thread. Elinruby (talk) 16:00, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

actually, if people want I will summarize the above on the Pétain talk page later today, might be less awkward Elinruby (talk) 16:12, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

Collaboration lite

Apparently, and not surprisingly really, people in Paris didn't know how to react when occupying German soldiers very courteously would ask them for directions. It troubled Sartre a lot, and there's an interesting short discussion of this in the Jean-Paul Sartre article, in the middle of the § World War II section. This reaction or syndrome seems like a worthy subject of serious study, and I wonder if there has been any. I wonder if there are papers on different "levels" of collaboration, from these incidents at one end, to Pétain, Laval, Lafont, or Vallat at the other. Mathglot (talk) 09:03, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Interested. This is (or overlaps) the stuff I was talking about when I created that historiography section. Current writing about this seems very geared to daily life under the occupiers. According to my reading this approach was preceded by a period characterized by Vichy syndrome that followed the repudiation of the Gaullist narrative. Does that match up with what you have seen? We should probably do a written literature review, because reasons, and getting back to a related matter I've mentioned before, it would *REALLY* be cool if we could at least get the article category tree to distinguish between this and workplace collaboration software for enterprise remote workers. Elinruby (talk) 14:46, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

@Mathglot

I've long been toying with the idea (massive though the resulting work might be) if it wouldn't be better in the relevant articles to talk about Cooperation with occupying powers, rather than Collaboration, which may once have been a neutral, objective term, but has been a term of of moral condemnation since the 1940's.

Cooperation is something that can be described objectively without implying difficult moral judgements: if you give directions, or coordinate train schedules, or translate something (either way), or issue ration cards or remove bombs, you would be cooperating with your occupiers — but we wouldn't have to guess why. There's a whole spectrum ranging roughly from non-opposition to non-resistance to appeasement to acquiescence to acceptance to grudging collaboration to willing collaboration to enthusiastic alliance to exceeding occupier's demands (e.g. sacrificing children when the Germans only ask for adults).

The motives (ranging from fear to joy), on the other hand, are an important question — much raised in trials after the Axis's fall (and later after the fall of East Germany) — that Wikipedia can discuss but about which it need not render judgement.

We've discussed this before in relation to the Baltic states — can a ministerial act be seen as collaboration with Germany or with Stalin, or with both, or with neither?

Of course, this is too big a question for just one User's talk page, but I'm interested in your thoughts. —— Shakescene (talk) 14:54, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

fwiw I don't know of a better place to discuss this. it doesn't relate to a specific page, and yes, these is a recurrent problem of definition in the topic, plus the issue of someone(s) misusing "collaborationist", the question of conscripts or gang-pressed prisoners, horizontal collaboration, the fact that sources call buying on the black market "collaboration", and editors want to limit its use to countries, as in our old Arbcom friends "Poland never collaborated with the Nazis" and "ok, the Blue Police were Polish but they were recruited at gunpoint", not to mention "anyone who was in a German unit of any type was a collaborationist", recently seem at AE and I could go on. One end of the spectrum would be appeasement as in A thony Eden, and there was also doing business with Nazis (IBM, Hollywood, art looting, Joseph Joanovici (sp?) And the rescue of Danish Jews with the help of Dr.q Best.,.) I started a bibliography in a sandbox, is all I can think to do. surely we aren't the first to notice this; surely some political scientist has attempted a taxonomy? Getting back to Sartre, what about a waiter at one of the five-star Paris restaurants the German officers frequented? Farmers whose crops were seized by Germans? Shakescene note that sources at Black market.in wartime France definitely use "collaboration". Other suggestions welcome. Elinruby (talk) 18:08, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

For examples of the moral ambiguity of living under force, see Civilian life under the German occupation of the Channel Islands#Collaboration and German occupation of the Channel Islands#Collaboration. —— Shakescene (talk) 02:03, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

Regency of Algiers article

Hello @Elinruby

First of all thank you for your massive contribution to this article Regency of Algiers, it's much more pleasent to read this way, and regarding your last modifications in the "Soceity" section, i relied pretty much on one arabic secondary source only, as it presented an overview of the Algerian urban soceity, so i had to translate some parts and rewrite other parts, yet my english is still a bit rough, so i think that your contributions are much appreciated and more sources will be added if need in this section.

Best regards. Nourerrahmane (talk) 09:34, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

It is much better with Arabic sources and ideas than when I worked on it a while back.

What I meant by "vague" is that it is very difficult to find a source for something like--i forget what I took out -- "the city had many amenities" for example, especially in English, and the French felt strongly that they were bringing civilization and in the 18th century were.pretty sure that civilization looked like them.

I really liked the new stuff about the economy and idea the madrasas, except that were the sources for that French? It may be hard to not say they were low-quality because they didn't teach science yet not make them sound by hotbed s of religious zealotry, But go you, I am sure you can do it. I know you said the scholars were in Tlemcen (do I remember that right?) But...

I will talk about this more at the talk page, as I am getting tired and don't have specifics handy. But Muslims not selling alcohol seems unsurprising. Maybe talk about those coffeehouses instead. Were there any poets who hung out there? Or was it a military town only? No, right? The stuff about wheat from Russia was interesting, also the silkworms. What was the music like? All those slaves-- did they sell them? Make them do construction? See where I am going? Also you don't have to listen to me and are free to tell me to piss off, but I think you are better of with a vigorous but friendly edit from someone with a an interest and a little knowledge than an unfriendly edit from someone who is bored by gw topic. I'll take another pass in about a week how is that? I realize it's a work in progress but by the way, if you are using machine translation please don't. Unless there is really no other way. I guessed quite a bit, which is why i want you, who knows what happened, to make sure I didn't guess wrong. If you *can* translate from Arabic by hand, even to French, the results will be much better. But don't put French in the article! If you want go through French, ping me and we'll figure out where to put the French.

Don't worry, be happy and thanks for working on the article ;)

Château de La Ferté-Imbault

Hi,

I've been chiselling away at "Château de La Ferté-Imbault" in a very disorganised way, but I think I'm beginning to see progress. There's still a lot more to do, of course.

One issue I've had is with the interlanguage link to fr:Duché d'Aerschot. English Wikipedia actually has a page "Duke of Aarschot" which contains less information than the French page, but when I try to add the French language link to the sidebar of that page, I encounter a problem: the English page is in the Wikidata category Duke of Aarschot, while the French page is in the category Duchy of Aarschot. I'm tempted to merge the categories, but I don't want to break anything. Any suggestions?

Best wishes, Jean-de-Nivelle (talk) 22:07, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

looking ... There is a difference in the category tree. But Let's start here: the original problem is that you want to ILL to fr:Duché d'Aerschot? Because it has the most information? it's weird, on the Fr side the hierarchy is:

• Catégorie:Duc
• Catégorie:Duc d'Aerschot
• Duché d'Aerschot
  • Dans d’autres langues
  • Català
  • Nederlands
  • Русский
  • Українська

But in English

• Category:Dukes of Belgium
• Category:Dukes of Aarschot
  • Links to Catégorie:Duc d'Aerschot
• Duke of Aarschot

This is a worthy thing to fix both are at the same hierarchy level under the Duke, but can't we just display text that isn't "Duke of Aarschot? Or do I still not understand the question?

Apparently I am overthinking again because Duché d'Aerschot works too but won't if you link "Duke of Aarschot" to *Duché d'Aerschot" in the side ar (or someone else does, then the links above will go to Duke of Aarschot, which is what you don't want, right? Let me let the cat in and look at the article history

Elinruby (talk) 23:06, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

My thinking was that since we have an English page "Duke of Aarschot", I should link to that, and anyone looking for more information could follow the link to the French article from the sidebar of that article ... except that the French article wasn't linked from the sidebar. It's not a big deal either way. I haven't any experience of editing Wikidata, and it's getting a bit late for me to start experimenting this evening, but the interlanguage link will do the job for now, and I can always expand "Duke of Aarschot" from "fr:Duché d'Aerschot" in the future.

Jean-de-Nivelle (talk) 00:14, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

I was confused, in part because I edit on a phone a whole lot and forget that sidebar is there on other platforms. But it's a link like any other, I've done those.

Just cautioning you while that linking Duke of Aarschot" from "fr:Duché d'Aerschot wouldn't *break* anything, I don't think, since they each have the Duke as a parent category except it will break your ILL. (but @Mathglot: knows more about categories than I do) but would if you do that you will have to work around the English page you don't like. It might be easiest to expand the English page, but that depends on how much is involved, how much time you have, and how many other associated pages need expansion or creation.

meanwhile: what else is in Duke of Aerschot besides the page? and it trips me out that the french put the Duchy under the Duke. But back to your answer, there isn't a rule that says you "should" link to the English article rather that the French, and a much better or longer French is a good reason to go the other way. But if the link goes in the sidebar the ILL will go the to the English article, and the system people frown on the fr:article title syntax you used above, because while it works it doesn't get tracked. But your call. Feel free to discuss anything else here if you like; always ready how overthink something. I'm just glad you're working on that article. Elinruby (talk) 01:13, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

When the US wanted to take over France

Some interesting stuff in this article in Le Monde Diplomatique (in English) about US plans for France post-war: When the US wanted to take over France. I knew about a lot of the antipathy between FDR and CDG, and I knew it was dicey whether France was going to be considered a 'Western Ally' post-war (and thus to be counted as among the victors, with all that meant, including, for example, getting a piece of Berlin) but I didn't know it went this far; and although I knew about FDR's overtures to Giraud and Darlan in No. Africa, I didn't know about the connection between those meetings and FDR's post-war plans for France, and that he was apparently thinking about it that early. I can think of half a dozen articles where bits of this may be relevant. Anyway, sorry to keep dumping ideas on you, but I'm stuck on a bunch of things, and just wanted to get this written down somewhere before I forget, so don't feel like you have to do anything with it. It's an interesting read, though, so enjoy it. Mathglot (talk) 05:34, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

This totally went over my head; I assumed you were responding to someone else in that comment. This post was merely a link to an article with a bit of the history around the FDR-de Gaulle tension that I thought would interest you, and I hope it does. Mathglot (talk) 10:11, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

It kinda was to someone else, but it two months ago, and it was never deliberately posted let alone to you.

My deepest apologies, because no. you did not deserve that. I was trying to get it our of the phone buffer when I was moving text earlier.

It's about some editor endlessly banging on about what a terrible editor I am, look at that page block, and ooh look at this too, and he was going to have somebody straighten me out unless Igave some respect his admonishments about a purportedly erroneous and/or malicious cn tag from 2020, ffs, on a hot button article, like it would even still be undealt-with in September 2023,

I finally had to template him. Three times before he stopped. It isn't inappropriate for you to object to it now you undeservedly saw it, so I am not going to remove what you said, but I wish you would, or at least the diff, lest it lead to more of that shit — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elinruby (talk • contribs) 11:40, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

Honestly, I don't know what this means, who "he" is, and I don't know what you mean by "objecting" to something. I'm mystified, as I'm not objecting to anything, and this discussion is strictly about linking an article from Le Monde diplomatique which I thought might be of interest to you; everything else has gone completley over my head, and I am clueless about what it means. Cheers, Mathglot (talk) 11:50, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

((tq|This totally went over my head...etc}) is what I am apologizing for. But fine. I haven't read the article yet but I do have thoughts from past readings. Apparently the question of whether France was an Ally or just got rescued was apparently why de Gaulle was so insistent on joining up with the Alled Army and why he wanted that column to liberate Paris, ie French participation [don't you dare[User:Elinruby|Elinruby]] (talk) 12:13, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

I also seem to remember reading that de Gaulle had a lot to do with the FFI jumping the gun here: Battle of Vercors. Didn't we have a conversation about what an idiot the Allies thought he was back when we were doing Liberation of France? Seems like we did; I was pretty shocked, national mythology getting debunked and all.

Reading now Elinruby (talk) 12:34, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

quite a bit to unpack there - mythologies crashing indeed. I liked:

The US depicted De Gaulle as a rightwing dictator and a puppet of French communists and the USS

• The US depicted De Gaulle as a rightwing dictator and a puppet of French communists and the USSR

LOL

Also who though France would agree to be the same country as Germany?

Elinruby (talk) 13:40, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

There was certainly a lot of disagreement in the US about how to handle de Gaulle and the role of France post-war, and what with FDR being head of his administration and the executive branch, I guess it makes sense to say "the US depicted <this-or-that>", as long as it's clear that there were major figures on the other side of that debate. Such as, for example, Eisenhower, who the article never mentions and had a more pragmatic view about CDG, which was essentially the prevailing one post-war, not FDR's view. One wonders how things might've turned out for France, had FDR lived another few years, but now were getting into fabulist history. Mathglot (talk) 23:24, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

French elites supported the idea: they clung to the Vichy regime, which had restored privileges taken away by the pre-war republican government

Do you know what elites and what privileges they are talking about there? It almost sounds like the aristocracy, but surely they didn't have many privileges de jure by the Third Republic? Tax breaks maybe? Elinruby (talk) 07:29, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

Editor experience invitation

Hi Elinruby :) I'm looking for people to interview here. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 10:15, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

Legal theory of Italian witch trials

Hi, E., since both you and @Mathglot: have some interest in arcane legal history, one or both of you might be interested in this Ref. Desk question:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Miscellaneous#Legal_system_of_early,_15th_century_Italy

—— Shakescene (talk) 22:11, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

Russian Volunteer Corps

I've been around here for a long time, and not once has the Random article link in the left sidebar ever led me to anything really interesting, even though I keep trying, every few weeks or so. Until today, that is, when it landed me at Russian Volunteer Corps. I thought you might like to add this to your watchlist. Interesting article; I never heard of them before. So, tell me: what's your most interesting landing page from 'Random'? If you don't use it, try it in the top group of tools under 'Main page', or just click here. I clicked it myself, and it landed me at Jónsi, an Icelandic musician. Each time you click it, it will take you somwhere else; usually, entirely forgettable articles. But Russian Volunteer Corps is worth a read. Mathglot (talk) 10:36, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

i will look. I am off grid though and will be for the rest of the weekend. Not really in charge of the schedule either. May have time to read that article while eating lunch here. Don't really use Random Article but I was pretty much doing the same thing with WP:PNT until I gave up on it also. I think my reasons were different than yours though. Elinruby (talk) 19:17, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

interestingly, one of the articles I was thinking of mentioning was Harbin Russians. Elinruby (talk) 19:30, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

has Bellingcat said anything about this? Elinruby (talk) 15:01, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

I haven't seen them say anything directly about them, but in searching, I did find Bellingcat talking about another group I never heard of, a Russian "esoteric neo-Nazi" or "esoteric Hitlerist" group called "Wotanjugend". There's three mentions of them in Wikipedia articles but we don't have an article about them. Not clear if there's sufficient sourcing out there for them to be notable or not. If you search, you'll find a bunch of music results; that's not a different group, that's related to them. Related searches: 'Alexei Levkin', 'National Socialist Black Metal' (NSBM), 'M8L8TH', Hitler's Hammer. Mathglot (talk) 17:39, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

My crude impression — from a couple of BBC and/or PBS news accounts way back — is that the Corps' leader does indeed call himself a fascist, but that his force is open to any Russian who's against Putin or for the Ukraine. I suppose that this might be roughly parallel to Vlasov's volunteers who were anti-Stalin but (I think) not necessarily either pro-Hitler or pro-German. See Mark Mazower's "Hitler's Empire" (Penguin).

Historic Russian fascism (such as the Russian Fascist Party and the All-Russian Fascist Organization based in Putnam, Conn.) is a slightly different (though perhaps overlapping) subject; they did support a fascist future for Russia and were organized on fascist lines (with the inevitable bitter clashes between those competing to be Leader).

See Erwin Oberlander's essay on "The All-Russian Fascist Party" in International Fascism 1920-1945 in the Journal of Contemporary History, Vol. 1, no.1, edited by Walter Laqueur and George Mosse (reprinted as a Harper Torchbook in 1966. —— Shakescene (talk) 21:59, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Welp, originally I was skeptical because I wasn't familiar with the sources, nor was I certain that this was a good enough reason to be skeptical. In no particular order I wondered about false flags and false false flags and the prevalent practice of militias in the area of identifying themselves with a cloth tied around an arm. Some better-known sources have since been added by people I recognize from other articles. I am certain that the meticulousness you two are known for +at least by me) could only benefit the topic area. Interesting that White Russians keep coming up.

I am only in for a minute and apparently my bibliography for the Arbcom request is throwing errors so I gotta fix that. Be aware that you will probably be accused of glorifying Nazis or whitewashing them or whatever if you investigate. Working on the part where doing that should require some relationship in the facts. I did find the sourcing mother lode for collaboration typologies, motivational analysis and the relationship to resistance but my notes are too verbatim to put up yet. Elinruby (talk) 23:37, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

2023 Bryansk Oblast raid relies heavily on TASS, which is discouraged if not deprecated, just saying. I also see references to Azov, so what I said above goes triple, given the Russian propaganda and the fact that at some point the group did indeed call themselves Nazis. The above refers to Wotanjugend btw, which seems pretty separate from the one that collaborated with the Chinese. It should be noted that from some people anti-communist is synonymous with Nazi and reams and reams and reams have no doubt been written about this, but little of it in English. Those sources that do exist tend to be of the "call your senator and tell him" variety though. Also, if you are going to swim in those waters, the original writing often seems to have consistently been sourced to the first item in a Google search. I had to take the first sentence to RSN three times back in the day. I think the topic has improved a bit since Elinruby (talk) 05:38, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

However, apart from the people who may have something in the topic watchlisted, there does seem to possibly exist an untold story; for example there is also Iron Wolf (character) and Iron Wolf (organization), which are topic-adjacent...maybe what's needed is a dab page, but even that would be pretty fraught. Elinruby (talk) 05:45, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

[2] Sample hijinks in Russian Volunteer Corps; either of you have time to verifiy this? Elinruby (talk) 06:02, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Check out My very best wishes fighting the good fight in #Removal of ideology and its sources. He's a native Russian speaker who is probably being polite when he says he can't umderstand it. I could say more but I better not. In my opinon the topic might be notable if real but PoV is being pushed pretty hard either way and MVBW is probably the best person to deal with it.

EHRI

Looks authoritative and all [3] until you realize it's quoting Wikipedia. Verbatim and cited all legit, but not a source Elinruby (talk) 21:06, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

mira tambien [4] Elinruby (talk) 21:35, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

Source Removal

I see you're systemically removing reliable sources with the justification "do not meet sourcing standards", such as [5]. Can you clarify what "standard" you're enforcing here? "Not academic" isn't a sufficient rationale to remove a source in most circumstances. VQuakr (talk) 17:51, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

VQuakr there's an Arbcom decision about the Holocaust in Poland, several years old. Most editors in the topic area already know about it. I can see why you would question it though; i did the fist time i heard about it Elinruby (talk) 21:28, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Can you link the decision please? VQuakr (talk) 21:41, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Yes but not right now.Elinruby (talk) 21:47, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

VQuakr there are seven cases about the Holocaust in Poland; I think the restriction is in [6]; if not it is currently being discussed in a request for amendment that would extend it to Lithuania. Let me know if that doesn't answer your question. Elinruby (talk) 23:15, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

actually that's the amended current version but should still answer your question Elinruby (talk) 23:57, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

That's just WP:APLRS. Neither the NBC News nor Gazeta Wyborcza sources should have been removed from articles based on that, as both are reputable institutions generally recognized as reliable. BTW going forward if you're going to cite a standard please do so up front rather than a handwaving at "sourcing standards". VQuakr (talk) 06:20, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

@VQuakr: I believe you are mistaken, since I have previously tried that argument with respect to the Washington Post and the New York Times, which are certainly respectable. Conceivably the people I was talking to at the time were mistaken, but I don't think so. Consumer news publications are excluded; these wiki articles merely predate the decision. I think "respectable institution" -- note it does not say "respectable publication" -- is intended to mean Yad Vashem and the US Holocaust Museum. The intent of excluding news publications is that some editors use their verbatim quotes in an unbalanced manner. As for the second part of your remarks, perhaps, but the topic isn't usually patrolled by people unaware of the sourcing standards. I suggest you read the entire decision if you are unclear about this. As for your erronous reverts, the articles have been unbalanced this long, oh well. Status quo stonewalling is usually not worth fighting. I am giving you a day to read this before I delete. Elinruby (talk) 06:49, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

You were so vague I couldn't be sure what you were referring to even though I'm familiar with that ruling. NYT and WAPO would be fine as well; can you link to a RSN discussion that said otherwise? Maybe re-read WP:AGF, too. Thanks! VQuakr (talk) 06:59, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

@VQuakr: I just linked to a whole Arbcom decision that says otherwise. I tell you what though; I already asked for clarification of "respectable institution" in the modification request I am doing research for. I will reiterate my request that they get explicit about this since someone on my talk page refuses to drop the stick. It would probably be faster to just read the decisions you are misinterpreting though Elinruby (talk) 07:41, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

@VQuakr: Actually some one has just asked about the New York Times and was told BilledMammal academically focused is just as important as reputable publisher. So major universities' presses are examples of what passes. Beyond that I think it unhelpful to clarify in the abstract. Barkeep49 (talk) 08:32, 1 January 2024 (UTC) so on second thought I decline to beat this dead horse at Arbcom on your behalf. You really should self revert, or at a minimum read the decisions, if you want to pursue this. Elsewhere, please, however. I feel I have been very patient about this Elinruby (talk) 08:27, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Oh look more needling, how helpful. I'd be curious to know what you think "impatient" looks like if this is your idea of "patient." Yes, I can self-rv. If you dislike follow-up on your talk page, use an adequate edit summary instead of a handwave in the first place. Simple cause and effect there. Happy editing! VQuakr (talk) 17:50, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

You should really read the case. But as far as I am concerned you're somebody else's issue now. I gave you a link to the guy who drafted the last Holocaust in Poland decision, defining exactly the term you are confused about, and don't know what else to tell you if you're not convinced. And btw "go elsewhere" doesn't mean ping me three times with exactly the same question I already answered here. Elinruby (talk) 19:38, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

I am convinced, I self-reverted already and continued discussion as directed by that AE. This is a collaborative project. If you remove sources citing (or in this case thinking of) a standard that states the next step is talk page discussion, it is a reasonable to assume that your participation in that talk page discussion will occur. You are the expert on why you thought those particular sources needed to be challenged. The questions posed on the article talk pages, which are specific to the sources and content being discussed, are different than the one posed here. "Go elsewhere" very much does mean to take it to the article talk page to invite your take there. WP:CIVIL is policy, BTW; not sure what's with the attitude but it would cost you nothing to be more pleasant. VQuakr (talk) 20:29, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Heh. That was me being unpleasant was it? Ok well. (Clears throat). Elinruby (talk) 21:50, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

@VQuakr: added a convenience link for you since I went over there to check something else. Elinruby (talk) 10:29, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Good source for French slang

I have my usual go-to sources for unusual, rare, or obsolete French words, but they don't do well with slang and popular expressions, verlan, hip-hop, all that sort of stuff. Well, I just ran into LingQ.com, and based on the words I decided to look up while watching a French film with tons of slang, it does really well. Here are a few:

• taf – work
• pécho – hook up with (have sex)
• Beauvau – Ministry of the Interior (which is on Beavau street)

I understood taf in context, but wouldn't have sworn I knew it. The others, I never heard before. Thought you might be interested. Mathglot (talk) 06:47, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

/me squints: pécho isn't a french spelling, which is not to say that french can't import words, but it doesn't usually. Is that a verb or an action or... ils ont fait pécho? Not really doubting it, but no, not familiar with it. Beauvau is more than plausible. "Taf" could simply be from tache (should be accent circonflexe) esp in the south. If it's a noun. Looking to see if there is an etymology. Elinruby (talk) 07:17, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Pécho is native, not imported (the way toubib and kif-kif are imported). A lot of it (but not all) is from verlan, and lots of words in verlan are not particularly French-spelling archetypes (meuf, keum, relou, zarbi, etc.) I'm almost certain that pécho is double slang: first, from the regular slang word chopé, and then verlanized into pécho. As far as taf, one unreliable source says it's an acronym (from: travail à faire), but that sounds too much like a folk etymology, and I'm not sure I believe it. Mathglot (talk) 08:21, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Maybe I should add French Wiktionary to my list; they also had pécho, and I never thought they would, and it confirmed my theory. Mathglot (talk) 08:24, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

I have to admit that I find that impressive also. Not that you need me to, but I can attest that chopé does mean all those things, and verlan seems plausible. I want to finish Henri Lafont, wah, I liked that first narrator. Aziz? Anyway so pécho, this thing is a verb that doesn't conjugate? Invariable? Elinruby (talk) 08:39, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Not sure, yet; only just learned that one in one context, but I'm sure it will come up again. If you have Netflix, you can amuse yourself with some good writing and acting in the Netflix original comedy series "En place" (Represent), while learning tons of slang at the same time; see the YT trailer. Enjoy! Mathglot (talk) 08:49, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

thanks Elinruby (talk) 08:52, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Morning

Morning @Elinruby: How things. Happy New Year. Whats your plans? Plans within plans. scope_creep^Talk 09:07, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

Morning. I found a.bunch of sources on historiography of collaboration but some of them are disputed or contentious. This very second trying to determine the reliability of the Polish IPN, but I fundamentally don't care and i want to get out of the topic before i go from objective to jaded. I want to do something French. Countesses comes to mind, but i had pretty much decided to get at least one of the books. There's still the law project but for something less dry, i really enjoyed the 1940s underworld. Maybe something rhere ? Maybe the escape lines, even the Rednl Orchestra really. Elinruby (talk) 09:43, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

@Scope creep: by the way I like that Complicated Complicity source you sent me; I used it in Lithuania. Trying to disengage from that though; it's a mug's game to try to fix it. I've managed to convey that there is more.than one source on each side, gonna call that a win I guess Elinruby (talk) 03:15, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Amazon archaeology

[7] Mathglot I think this might have something to do with Montegrande (archaeological site). Elinruby (talk) 14:36, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

I just looked and the Upano Valley sites are about 500 min away but if i am understanding the scale they sound related although not identical. Elinruby (talk) 15:29, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Wow, exciting find! Look forward to see what research and excavation turns up in the coming years, plenty more discoveries to come, I'm sure. Thanks for sharing, Mathglot (talk) 19:22, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Dhruv Sharma

Hello, good day could you help me give a more neutral composition and writing to Dhruv Sharma article and achieve compliance with Wikipedia standards? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhruv_Sharma_(singer) 57ntaledane9 (talk) 13:12, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

I've dealt with and left a wee note. scope_creep^Talk 18:04, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks Scope creep. I am up to my ahoulder blades in concentration camps sourced to Jewish Virtual Library and genealogy sites. Are you or Mathglot interested in helping with that? I'm trying to find alternate sources to help keep the inevitable firestorm at bay. I know less than nothing about Indian pop music, and before I started tediously correcting the capitalization I'd want to be certain the singer is notable in the first place. I need to get back to the sources that contradict and disparage one another in the Holocaust in the Baltics articles.Elinruby (talk) 19:07, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Sorry Elinruby. I missed this. I seem to make a comment and then leave. If your do if your still doing it. I will be more attentive in the future. scope_creep^Talk 19:58, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

@Scope creep: sorry, you do what? Want to help remove Jewish virtual library? Do source verification? You're a brave man if so either way, but there's a huge amount to be done if so; notably articles on the Polish and Lithuanian Holocaust need to use academic sources per Arbcom. We should talk a little before about the background before you get started but for an intro the "On and on and on" is about one such foray and is now part of an AE complaint titled "SMcCandlish". One big problem off the top of my head is the source misrepresentation at Holocaust in Lithuania, see my edit summaries in the history. I stopped there to figure out Wikiblame but while I gotten it installed I haven't read the manual. When I say fallacy of composition I mean that "some antisemitic Lithuanians carried out pogroms" became "Lithuanians participated in the Holocaust" which became "all Lithuanians were Nazi collaborators". It's a lot more granular than that, and depending on how you define collaboration it is also possible to say that all French collaborated or they starved. Shrug. Let me know. Going to be gone until about 9pm my time Elinruby (talk) 23:21, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

@Scope creep: ah you were specifically talking about concentration camps. Most of them were in Poland, but there is plenty of that too. More later Elinruby (talk) 23:24, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

I saw your entry at the Arb motion. I had a conversation with SMcCandlish back in the day, a couple of years after I arrived. I wanted to use European dates and all those MOS cronies wouldn't let me. I told them I was going to ignore it and they said somebody else is coming to talk and it was SMcCandlish. He said you can't do this, and you can't do that. A stern conversation. So I never took up the issue of European dates formats and never got to use them. When I read the initial version of the essay he wrote, it was more of the same. Keep of the Grass. Its all about control. I actually like SMcCandlish as he is forthright and direct, but the MOS control does my head in. He's turning what should be dynamic standard into a static standard. And that whole essay should be deleted. On the other stuff. I've not looked at the Holocaust in Lithuania. I see it is a GA article, done almost 15 years. Standard have changed since them. Ping me on it, when you start planning. It doesn't seem to have a lot of content. The Norwegian article has a ton of well-ref'd content, which may be good. I've been removing the "Jewish virtual library" everywhere I go. Count me in for more removal. If there is lot of articles, as in 10's to 100's it might worth creating a wikiproject or something so we can track it and work away on it and ad-hoc basis. I've got three articles that are ad-hoc. It's impossible to work on complex article all the time, so a nice simple article like this Cothenius Medal is really easy work on. Source verification I don't mind doing. One article at a time. Long and difficult work but over weeks and weeks a bit at a time. The comment above, was just in case you were still working on the Dhruv Sharma article and needed help. scope_creep^Talk 23:56, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

Oh. No. I never touch pop culture, haven't the patience for edit warriors over whether something is emo or folk or whatever. I have no idea where the editor got my name. Elinruby (talk) 00:16, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Actually I think this was when I was trying to explain the sourcing requirements at RSN, so probably there. Are you working on this? More later. Elinruby (talk) 01:15, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

just took a look. Drmies is on the case. Elinruby (talk) 04:43, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Well, I was. How is that person even notable? Also, Elinruby, it's emo-folk, you know. Drmies (talk) 04:46, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

@Drmies: I know, right? I am also pretty certain that despite the urge to scream into my pillow I took the time to politely tell them that names are capitalized in English. Speakers of languages that don't use the Roman alphabet often have trouble with capitalization and punctuation, so I wasn't particularly fussed about this, but since I did take the time to point the error out, it's a bit annoying that the article still says "rapunzel", which is the name of a sing also and even more so should be capitalized, mumble, especially since it's allegedly notable. Elinruby (talk) 05:02, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Hmm now I feel the need to pull the old Beatsie Boy CD off the shelf: "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair, / So I can climb up and get into your underwear". Drmies (talk) 14:46, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Concentration camp in Alsace

Could use a little love, and surely there are collaborators here. Not that France needs more material and strictly speaking this all happened on territory that Germany had annexed, but the skulls wound up at a French school of medicine. Anyway, discuss? Elinruby (talk) 09:33, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

Possibly useful

the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service is clear from records made public by the Dutch Argus foundation. Elinruby (talk) 08:00, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

References

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/13/arts/heirs-awarded-nazi-looted-art-are-still-waiting-17-years-later.html https://greekreporter.com/2024/03/13/germany-looted-greek-antiquities-samos/

Brazil

Hello! Since in the last year we've talked a little about the 2023 Brazilian Congress attack, you may like to see this page: Planning for a coup d'état after the 2022 Brazilian presidential elections. Cheers, Erick Soares3 (talk) 18:53, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

thank you Erick Soares3; @Mathglot: is probably also interested Elinruby (talk) 19:04, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

Elin, thanks for the ping; Erick Soares3, very important topic; thank you for starting this. I've already made a few minor improvements. English is very efficient in its ability to pile up nouns and adjectives without the use of prepositional phrases to connect them as in Romance languages, leading to the much more concise 2022 Brazilian attempted coup plot. I look forward to contributing more to this article. Mathglot (talk) 20:12, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

@Mathglot @Elinruby Thanks! There's already a proposal to move the original article into “2022-2023 Brazilian attempted coup plot” (Tentativa de golpe de Estado no Brasil em 2022-2023), but I had only seen it after having published the English version. I would be good to check into the non-Portuguese language sources for anything useful for the article. Erick Soares3 (talk) 21:17, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

And the "Operation Tempus Veritatis" started yesterday brought back this subject into public view - and this page may turn into the main way how the international public will be aware of what is happening. Erick Soares3 (talk) 21:25, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

fine-tuning some English, feel free to check or correct my work. Elinruby (talk) Elinruby (talk) 21:28, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

• Net tightens on Bolsonaro as police seize passport in coup probe Brazil’s former president Bolsonaro under investigation in probe into attempted coup

• Brazil’s former president Bolsonaro under investigation in probe into attempted coupElinruby (talk) 22:07, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

@Elinruby and Mathglot: If you guys are interested on Brazil's history, you may like to see the stuff at Template:Government of João Goulart; the biography of Paulo de Mello Bastos (I had to read several old newspapers online to create his bio); and more recently, VLS-1 V01, VLS-1 V02 (I made them in the same way as Bastos's bio) and VLS-1 V03 (this one I had to expand). Since @Mathglot has a good-to-advanced knowledge of German, French and Spanish, those might be some good translation options, at least as stubs (especially in Bastos's case). Cheers, Erick Soares3 (talk) 19:34, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

And there's the Assassination of Marielle Franco. Erick Soares3 (talk) 10:52, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

@Erick Soares3: that should be on List of scandals in Brazil at a minimum and probably also Corruption in Brazil. Deserves more prominence for sure; interesting that one of the suspects lives in the same building as Bolsonaro but I am not sure what conclusion to draw from that.

By the way, is this a good source? [8] If this is true, I am making popcorn. Elinruby (talk) 23:43, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

Yes! That's a good source. That's going to happen in the 22th, and Moraes even denied Bolsonaro's attempt to change his subpoema date. Erick Soares3 (talk) 14:50, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

For the historical stuff, there's the VASP Flight 375 (zero sources and is easier to translate it from scratch), that even became a movie. Erick Soares3 (talk) 14:58, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

Magpie River - Legal Personhood

Hi Elinruby, the CBC has done a documentary about legal personhood and the Magpie River. Don’t know if you could access it by a streaming service or YouTube? Here’s a link to a CBC article about the documentary: https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7100728 Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 14:41, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, I am interested and will look into it Elinruby (talk) 14:52, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

Konrad Henlein

That was a lot of edits to article Konrad Henlein, so I suppose that errors naturally crept in?

In this edit you changed:

"Czechoslovakia had attracted little attention in Britain before 1938, but the few who watched"

into

"Few in Britain had paid attention to Britain before 1938, but the few who did"

Nearby there is a strangeness from 2017

"would then split up into various factions that could then be more easily handed"

which I'd think would be 'handled'.

Seeing these puzzlers, I'd love to see the text closely re-read by a subject matter specialist such as you, looking for any other oddities. I think the article would be improved. Shenme (talk) 02:03, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

@Shenme::

Oh.

It took me three reads to see that I didn't change the second "Britain" to "Czechoslovakia" as I intended. I'll fix that. Or you can, if you are already there and would like to. I did a big push to clean up some horrendous WW2 stuff about that time and apparently was moving too fast there.

The 2017 thing would not have been me but I suspect you are right about that. I don't mind revisiting this article, as I have been meaning to use this man elsewhere as an example of an ambitious nationalist; thanks for bringing this to my attention. I'll see what I can do about handed/handled and whatever else.

Possibly Scope creep could be convinced to lend a hand also.

I remember the article now; I am sure it can be further improved, because it was terrible. Does it still go on at enormous length about gymnastics? User:Elinruby|Elinruby]] (talk) 03:40, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

Stuff Norwegians say

Hello, did you mean to create Stuff Norwegians say in a sandbox? Thanks, Wikishovel (talk) 07:15, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

@Wikishovel: yes, is there a problem with that title? It's a machine translation (attributed) from the Norwegian Wikipedia. Since it's a highly sensitive topic (and certified CT) I wanted to examine the sourcing and otherwise work on it a bit to see if it is worth adding to the English article, which doesn't cover these aspects. Elinruby (talk) 07:29, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

@Wikishovel: I am not adamant about the title; it can be renamed if need be. It's just what came to mind. LMK Elinruby (talk) 07:32, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

It's in main article space at the moment, but is not ready for publication yet. Would you like to move that to Draft:Stuff Norwegians say, or perhaps to User:Elinruby/Stuff Norwegians say? Wikishovel (talk) 07:34, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

@Wikishovel: ah I now understand why you are asking. I meant to put it in my own sandbox. My mistake; it's been several months since I did this. Fixing that now.Elinruby (talk) 07:44, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

Wikishovel I have confused myself; please check to see whether it is in the right place now? It looks to me like it is, but you're right, it isn't an article (and wasn't intended to be one) and should be in a sandbox. Thanks Elinruby (talk) 07:56, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

I've moved it from User:Stuff Norwegians say to User:Elinruby/Stuff Norwegians say, thanks. Looks like the beginnings of an interesting article. Wikishovel (talk) 08:02, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

@Wikishovel: Thanks, that is why I asked. I tried to do that, but got an error message. But I guess by the time I checked the page you had already fixed. Note to self: remember spaces.

Anyway, yeah, It's from the Norwegian Holocaust in Lithuania but there may be enough stuff for a subarticle; someone pointed out on the talk page that the Norwegian article was a lot more extensive (and the current en-wiki article shamefully doesn't say much about the Jewish experience of the Holocaust!) Anyway, thus the desire to take examine the sourcing in chunks and be sure this is the content I want to have a DUE argument over. Appreciate the help with my brain bubble Elinruby (talk) 08:18, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

Moved it to User:Elinruby/The Holocaust in Lithuania (from no-wiki) to avoid confusion with an article about colloquialisms in Norway, which is what I thought it was about until I looked at it. Feel free to move it again as you have a lot of latitude in your user space, but under the old name there was no connection at all with Holocaust issues and you might even forget what it was about under the old title if you switch to something else for a few months. Mathglot (talk) 20:07, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

Jenina Palace

The Djenina spelling led to an image on Commons, which we are using at Regency of Algiers, and to fr:Palais de la Jénina, which has an Arabic version of similar length. I find a number of mentions in books, a few sentences each; Google is mostly showing me writing from an aesthetic point of view, deploring the mistreatment of the building including the "bourgeois" colonial structures surrounding it, but that may be a response to my past reading interests. It was badly damaged in the 1716 earthquake; that ref also indicates there may be sources for Dar al Sultan. And that makes me wonder about Commons:Category:Dey Palace in Algiers. Have at it :-) Yngvadottir (talk) 01:09, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

Thank you very much Yngvadottir Elinruby (talk) 01:17, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

Our Palace of the Dey article appears correct in stating that that was the successor palace, so someone should probably group the couple of images of Jenina Palace in their own Commons subcategory. I found the new URL for El Watan and note multiple usable articles on the restoration projects, but nothing indexed on the lost palace. You're welcome; this has been a lot more fun than checking AN for new brickbats. Now off to use the last daylight. Yngvadottir (talk) 01:36, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

@Yngvadottir: copying this to a section I opened at Talk:Regency of Algiers, which I am trying to help through a GA nomination. If you are so moved you would be welcome as fresh eyes. There are a couple of subject matter experts involved, but the primary author reads English better than he writes it so I am trying to help with that part. One or the other of them is probably the most likely to do something constructive with this; one suggested that it would be better to have one article about the whole complex. Just an invitation if you are interested Elinruby (talk) 05:07, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Unable to help

Hi. Unfortunately I'm not able to help you at this time and may or may not be in a position to help you any time soon. As such I suggest you seek assistance from someone else. Sorry, Barkeep49 (talk) 17:59, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

@Barkeep49: Since I was given permission to talk about it I think that question has been resolved, but thank you for the answer. I hope all is well with you. I did see the notice on your page but you came to mind as someone I trust. Elinruby (talk) 20:27, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

Editor introduction, and maybe some language help, too

Hi, Elinruby. I recently have had occasion to interact with editor Blindlynx at a completely unrelated topic, and they appear to have some really interesting background and interests in E. European subjects, including such topics as Maidan Revolution, for example. Blindlynx appears to be a really good editor, and on top of that, is a native speaker of Ukrainian. Elinruby, meet Blindlynx. Blindlynx, meet Elinruby. You guys will have plenty to talk about, I'm sure! Mathglot (talk) 00:53, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

Seen the name. Thinking. Oh. Talk: Occupation of the Baltic States. Which I am trying to get back to. I didn't know you spoke Ukrainian. Do you mind being pinged for language questions? Please let me know if I can help you with anything. Have you met Manyareasexpert? Or My very best wishes? Elinruby (talk) 02:37, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

Hello!, thanks for the introduction! I'd be happy to help with language questions, though ironically I've been busy with translation so haven't been editing as much the last few weeks. What areas have you had uki language questions in? —blindlynx 15:47, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

Usually source verification. Most recently Revolution of Dignity, because when they had it on the front page (on this day) they said the shooters were unknown. But it was in the article and even in the lede. Elinruby (talk) 16:15, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

cool! let me know —blindlynx 20:17, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

Just bumping this thread as a reminder, because I think there will be synergy here. Just a reminder; no need to respond if there's nothing active now. Mathglot (talk) 09:50, 10 March 2024 (UTC) Thanks. Currently trying to get done with Feudal land use in Algiers before somebody picks that article.for its review. I agree that this sounds interesting. Elinruby (talk) 09:59, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Pinging

Hi. Per WP:MENTION, pings do not work if the edit alters "[..] any text outside your own comment". It needs to be a new comment entirely.
Thought you might like to know. – 2804:F14:80C6:A301:D4DC:46FF:5933:EF85 (talk) 20:08, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

@2804:F14:80C6:A301:D4DC:46FF:5933:EF85: Yes, that is quite pertinent, thank you. I thought that it was the signature that fired the template? Troutman thanked me so I guess he must have been subscribed, then, but since I can't type to save my soul, this will no doubt arise again. Thank you. And thanks also for your other pertinent comments in that thread. 20:21, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

@2804:F14:80C6:A301:D4DC:46FF:5933:EF85: Elinruby (talk) 20:24, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Unless the documentation is misleading (as in, maybe altering doesn't include deleting lines?). Also supposedly successful mentions show somewhere? (WP:MENTION#Successful_mentions).

Honestly none of this is something I can even check as an IP (we don't get notified). So, sorry if it was wrong, I thought that was how it worked.

– 2804:F14:80C6:A301:D4DC:46FF:5933:EF85 (talk) 20:39, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

I could test, by replacing WP:Sandbox with [[User:Elinruby]], if you'd permit me (also sorry for the slow response I walked away for a bit). – 2804:F14:80C6:A301:D4DC:46FF:5933:EF85 (talk) 20:42, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

I'd like to test but there is half-finished work in the main sandbox, gimme a sec. I will post here once I move it. Elinruby (talk) 20:50, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Actually it's harder to test than I thought. I'm pretty sure it needs to be under a section, and to replicate what you did I would have to make the system not recognize my signature as moved (yours wasn't) - but I think my signature is too big for that. Sorry. – 2804:F14:80C6:A301:D4DC:46FF:5933:EF85 (talk) 20:51, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Had a better, idea. Did it work? – 2804:F14:80C6:A301:D4DC:46FF:5933:EF85 (talk) 20:53, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

I'll have to be away for another hour, but the test ping I did was <this one> (at WT:Sandbox, I mispoke), which seems to have been a "deleted line added line" edit, like yours.

– 2804:F14:80C6:A301:D4DC:46FF:5933:EF85 (talk) 21:08, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

I'm slightly confused about what this tells us. The link works but I was not notified. Does that tell us anything? Elinruby (talk) 21:32, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

I guess you are looking at a log? If it would provide information I guess I could ping Mathglot or vice versa but I would like to have his opinion of that first. Take your time, I need to get to something else also. Elinruby (talk) 21:37, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Well, if you weren't pinged then the documentation is correct. It doesn't ping when you alter any existing text (which includes deleting other text).

I guess Troutman was subscribed like you said (or just saw the post). Sorry for overcomplicating things. – 2804:F14:80C6:A301:D4DC:46FF:5933:EF85 (talk) 22:16, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Always happy to help someone nerd out on something ;) Did you delete the stuff in the sandbox? Elinruby (talk) 22:22, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Yep. Thanks. – 2804:F14:80C6:A301:D4DC:46FF:5933:EF85 (talk) 22:41, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. Feel free to chime in any time. Elinruby (talk) 22:44, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Black market France

Are you the one who asked for the undelete of Draft:Black market in wartime France/translation in progress? Because it's just been brought back, and if you didn't ask for it, then I don't know who would've. Mathglot (talk) 07:08, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, it hit its six months. I think this is something a confused NPPer did at one point but I wanted to see what it was. I can stick it in a sandbox if it's in your way somehow.Elinruby (talk) 07:11, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Oh hey while I have your attention I found an extensive open-access discussion of land tenure and OUP and put the link in the Agriculture section of the talk page Elinruby (talk) 07:16, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Link to Brazilian translator

I pinged you from the discussion, but just so you can find them again if and when you want to, the link to this prolific, fairly new editor translating Brazilian topics is User talk:Racnela21. Cheers, Mathglot (talk) 00:40, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

@Mathglot: consider this person also Elinruby (talk) 23:28, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

Link? Mathglot (talk) 23:38, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

(patiently) @Mathglot:you need help with a Brazilian topic, right? In this section right here you recommend an editor for Brazilian topics. Elinruby (talk) 01:29, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Thought you meant someone else I hadn't heard of, and forgot to tell me who. Sure, there's, Racnela21, and there's also the IPv6 from Parana state on my Talk page at #Helpful IP 2804:F14::/32. Thanks for the reminder. Mathglot (talk) 02:06, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

{Sticking this here temporarily) in view of the constitutional postulates of procedural typicality and strict legality, the adoption, to the detriment of the person being investigated, the accused or the defendant, of unnamed or atypical precautionary measures is prohibited. [HC 186.490, rel. min. Celso de Mello, j. 10-10-2020, 2nd Panel, DJE of 22-10-2020.]

see

http://char.txa.cornell.edu/influences.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7TIO5AGUa4

Turkish folk dress

Tupip frenzy

Just FYI that page exists at Tulip mania! Horse Eye's Back (talk) 14:21, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Horse Eye's Back Thanks for trying ;P But by the time I saw your valiant attempt to prevent that particular mental short-circuit from being immortalized, they already had a template up saying close in progress, don't touch. I was pretty sure they thought we were ALL idiots, and that this would not be the thread to try to explain to admins who don't know me that I had been trying to remember the phrase "feeding frenzy" and wound up typng the word "frenzy" three times in one sentence. LOL. I really really do appreciate the effort though. Feel free to try to stop me from doing dumb stuff whenever you think this might be the case. I may wind up disagreeing with you, but I will always at least listen and appreciate the thought. Lol. And kudos for even recognizing that term out of context, actually. I am quietly impressed ~~

Work notice:End of shift

Hi @Elinruby: I noticed the WP:NPP sprint is starting in May, which I intend to take part in, so i've only got a couple of weeks on Regency of Algiers before I bail out. I do plan to work on a couple of my own articles I'm developing so it won't be the full two weeks. I intend to spend the full month on the NPP sprint, so i'll only be showing face occasionally. I've finished reviewing up to architecture, which is fine section. I want to try to get those section I've checked, reviwed. I'm hoping they have been updated. Lastly, remember to sign your comments!!! scope_creep^Talk 18:56, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

@Scope creep: you have definitely done way more than you signed up to do, and thank you. Probably would not have gotten this far without you. I have all sorts of things I need to be doing myself. I will leave off the coffeehouse problem for now and see how we are doing on the checklist. I am uncollapsing it because that works better for me. Go ahead and re-collapse it when you are back if you feel the need. I was planning on going to town tomorrow but maybe I will just put things off one more time (!) and do another marathon. But this is not sustainable. It has taken me several days to recover from the last one. I guess I have one last big push in me. Elinruby (talk) 04:24, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Morning @Elinruby: I know what you mean. Its been a ton of work getting done. And I don't intend to disappear, I'll be in everyday. Its close to the weekend. I would take a break if you need it. I know you mentioned going away for a day and a night. Its progressing really well. I'll start checking trans titles tags today. I have the next three days off, so can dodge along. scope_creep^Talk 08:25, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

yeah it is 1:30 Friday morning here. I fell back asleep after posting that. I will save you some trouble -- French trans titles are not all done. N seems to have done all the Arabic though. I set out to fix that once and lost a bunch of unsaved work. I think I have been at what you called death of brain strength the last couple days. Gonna try for an hour or two more sleep. Elinruby (talk) 08:38, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Don't check in on my behalf. I am done trying to prevent the next GA fail. Elinruby (talk) 12:40, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Uppsala Conflict Data Program

Do you know about the Uppsala Conflict Data Program? I didn't, until I just ran into it, expanding Draft:List of criminal gangs in Brazil to add an entry for Terceiro Comando, a Brazilian criminal organization, and up popped the Uppsala CDP. It's basically a world conflict database, and the scope is everything and everybody that isn't a state actor, so prison gangs, mafias, private militias, and so on (but not militaries, state militias, etc.). Terceiro Comando's page is here. They also have "dyads", so Terceiro Comando's interactions with the Comando Vermelho gang is here. The country page for Ukraine is here, and there a dozens of links you can try on that page (but not Azov, as they are out-of-scope as a state actor). Anyway thought this could be a really useful resource for you on a lot of the stuff you do, either as general background and research, or to cite. Here's a sfn-style link and full citation you can copy to save reinventing the wheel:

Terceiro Comando are bad dudes from Brazil, and so are Família do Norte.

References

Works cited

• Schützer, Karolina, ed. (2024), Uppsala Conflict Data Program (v2.01 ed.)

Hope this helps. Mathglot (talk) 03:31, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! Elinruby (talk) 04:25, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

It's somewhat reminiscent of InsightCrime, which I think you may have told me about, but a bit more database and search-oriented, and seems pretty complete. Still discovering its features. P.S. The Draft has been released, and is now at List of criminal gangs in Brazil. That was just a side-track that I needed to complete, before continuing with Draft:Brazilian criminal justice, which can now move forward again. Mathglot (talk) 10:17, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

shiny object ;) Elinruby (talk) 10:21, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

I am quite interested in that draft and will probably move there next. I stumbled across somebody's orphaned labor of love at Edgar Haynes and after formatting the references a bit better have been amusing myself with categorizing it:

• Category: Confidence trickster
• Category: Congregationalist minister
• Category: American newspaper executive

etc. ;) Not going to do a deep dive though, even if the man does seem to have been a piece of work. Needs an incoming link however and I am pretty sure if I do it from Congregationalism there will be howls of protest. LOL. Elinruby (talk) 10:36, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Edmonton and the lt gov Elinruby (talk) 01:12, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Willis, Florida prod

I had a little fun digging into newspaper archives in an attempt to find anything that could make this unincorporated place notable but all I found were a couple criminals. 😂 Zsinj^Talk 16:05, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

@Zsini: I am not necessarily against criminals as you can see in the above section, and while that guy is not in the usual categories, he's notable enough in my opinion, at least as somebody's labor of love. But Willis..> I am a map nerd and once upon a time I lived in Jacksonville. I am not actually convinced that there is such a place there. at least any more, although I did see the the first mention you found. if he *lived* there and was particularly dastardly that might qualify. But not if he was only born there and just robbed a bank somewhere else once...that single exception thing, you know.

But I am not particularly talented at AfDs even though I lean inclusionist. Once or twice, though, I have concluded that there really truly was nothing there but a railway siding. You know who likes a challenge, though, is @Yngvadottir:; pinging her because you sound regretful. Or if either of you wants to play with the Congregationalist efficiency expert and embezzler slash newspaper publisher above, be my guest -- he's kinda fun and still needs categories and de-orphaning. I'd be amazed if there isn't a book out there somewhere, also. But Willis? Pretty sure I drove through there a few times and it's the kind of place where you hear banjos (cultural reference alert) but never see a soul. Pleased to meet you btw. ;) I don't usually AfD, but I usually have a suggestion if you are looking for something to do. Let me know. Elinruby (talk) 16:55, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

@Zsinj: sorry mangled the username Elinruby (talk) 16:56, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi both. I had looked before and just looked again. I think this is a case of a former settlement that coalesced around a Willis family, but has vanished. A lot of the roads have yet to be Streetviewed (some are still dirt), it's right at the county line, which complicates search, and this is after all the Florida Panhandle, but Google satellite view suggests the coordinates are misplaced if there's still a settlement. From a Willis Bridge over the Chipola River mentioned here as having been flooded over in 1994 in Tropical Storm Alberto (Willis Bridge Park is on County Road 274 nominally in Chason, way out of town to the east) and geological references to the Chipola facies being exposed "vicinity of Willis, on the Chipola River" and "4 miles south of Willis" (1953, pp. 38, 58, also mentioned here, 1962) I suspect it may actually have been or be on the river, between State Route 73, where the coordinates put it, and State Route 71, which runs roughly parallel a bit further east, with the river between them also running roughly parallel. This leaves open the possibility that it still exists as an informal locality, and I can't see The Heritage of Calhoun County, Florida (2010), but I'm simply not getting hits except for Willis Bridge: Calhoun Liberty-Journal 2007, via Google News Archive. (The Arcadia Calhoun County is about the Texas county.) Zsinj, it looks to me as if you did a bang-up job searching. Yngvadottir (talk) 22:13, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

thank you for looking. I always feel like I am strangling kittens or something, Elinruby (talk) 23:31, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

I thoroughly enjoyed both the depth (and humor) of your reply and the additional incredible research into where Willis might really be/was. I was indeed regretful because the two references are incidental and don’t speak to Willis as any kind of subject of those newspaper articles. I welcome the inclusionist approach if it results in a perma-stub and bonus points if it really does exist in a different area than the single home at a crossroads on SR 73. Do we have notability, or no? Zsinj^Talk 01:42, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

@Zsinj: are you asking me? I would be happy with anything coherent at all that could be said about the place that can be referenced even if it's as an example of a bygone family ghost compound or whatever. There is probably a story there somewhere like what was the elevation and what did they do about alligators and mosquitos... I really can't even figure out where this place is, beyond "backwoods Panhandle". Within the amount of effort available over here. But if you want to try to make it an example of Florida nowhere, sure, or the redoubt of hardy pioneers or a criminal hangout, I am all for it and would be happy to unprod as long as you are actually really going to work on it. Have you looked anywhere besides Newspapers.com? I'd suggest Google Books or JStor on the county name, and pick up some key words from there. Is the criminal record for either one of these criminals available? That might get you away from One Event, shrug. Even the house might be fine if there's coverage for it. I just think the current article is ridiculous.

If you were asking @Yngvadottir:, I agree completely, she is great. And knows more about the actual Afd process/criteria than I do. Let me go look at these references tho just for funsies Elinruby (talk) 05:52, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Eep, thanks; I try :-) I hammered pretty hard on Google Books. (And so hard on Streetview, I got a questionnaire with a view to improving it, heh). No, Zsinj, I don't think notability can be established. All we can show is that it was referred to as a placename in the 1st couple of decades of the 20th century, and by geologists in the 2nd part of the 20th century, and has given its name to a bridge and thus a park. The one thing one might do is call the local library (quite likely a county library), talk to the reference librarian, and see if they have The Heritage of Calhoun County, Florida and would be nice enough to look up Willis in it. If there's a little paragraph, so long as it doesn't say "old name for Chason" or something like that, anyone can remove the PROD template and put in a summary of what it says, with that reference. A really nice librarian might also ask people or look in the local paper and e-mail you further info. It would be nice to know where it was or is in relation to the bridge, and it doesn't really matter if there's nothing there now, but if the PROD is removed without a reference that's actually about the place, it will be AfD'd and deleted. Yngvadottir (talk) 06:32, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Ah so it doesn't come un-AfD just because the template comes off? See, this is why I am asking you. Anybody try Wikipedia Library yet? And yeah, calling a reference librarian is a great idea if that is a possibility. Usually they are delighted. Or one in Tallahassee? Elinruby (talk) 07:46, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

They're 2 separate processes. Anyone can remove the PROD template, but if no one does, an admin will come along after the 7 days are up and make it go "poof". If someone does remove the template, it can't be PRODded again. However, if the PROD gets removed without notability being established, it's pretty certain that someone will eventually start an AfD. And right now, I don't think it would survive AfD. Yngvadottir (talk) 09:01, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Exactly. Notability is not yet established, IMO, but I’m interested in the discussion if there’s grey area. Removing the prod doesn’t need a reason, but the next thing that usually happens is the PRODer starts the AfD. Zsinj^Talk 10:58, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

I also agree that the article started with nothing other than a place name and still doesn’t. It was just a recent prod on WP:Florida and I chose to see if there was a rabbit hole at all. Zsinj^Talk 11:09, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Sorry to jump the thread right here but after my previous reply, that’s exactly what I did and will be following up with them during business hours today. I’m taking this rabbit hole all the way down! Zsinj^Talk 10:57, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

I am on a device that is running extremely non-standard software right now and cannot get results from either Jstor or or most maps. I also said some true but harsh things that I should really go reference at another article. I can look on Android later. Browser results are flooded with people named Willis who work for an entitle whose name begins with "Florida" but I mentioned a couple of leads from Scholar on the Talk page that would probably justify relisting the article.

This also seems to be convinced that is is what French whikipedia would call a lieu-dit and [this is extremely congruent with what you two seem to be talking about, assuming it's in the right place. Like I say I can look on my phone before I knock off. The statements I need to reference did come from sources that are already in the article bibliography so this won't take long. Things that would help me if you are seriously up for this are: names of the criminals (newspapers.com doesn't like my browser either) and a street address for the house you think is in the wrong place but the cooedinates taking you there. Or some idea whether that dairy is in the ball park. Like I say it is a common name. There was also a hint somewhere that the area was once in or near Spanish Florida, does that help? Elinruby (talk)

was on Andoid today. Nothing jumped out at me although I may be able to play with Advanced seach term. I saw it on the map also, That body of water -- is it a slough/bayou? Check for pirates and Spanish Main. WIllis ia hopeless as a search term even using minus signs. Got some hits about sandhill cranes and dig not see an author named willis. Worth looking to see if there are any endangered species in the area, or birdng destinations, etc. Elinruby (talk) 02:35, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

There's some progress! I like you bank robber. Yo should add more detail on him. always Florida State Road 73 but I dunno. I think that the proceedings of the county council i linked to on the talk page are a better bet. I just don't volunteer to travel through them but surely they mention Willis in *some* context. I am tired of what I have been doing and will attempt to rule the endangered species on or out, as well as to establish the geograhic boundaries of Spanish Florida Elinruby (talk) 09:47, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

@Zsinj: I should probably talk to you about this at the article talk page so that people see that thoughts are being think. I will copy this one over: it is indeed within the former Spanish Florida and if you are familiar with the names of Panhandle rivers you can probably do better than I. Odds are slim that there is something specifically in Willis though. The same is true of this link: https://nwdistrict.ifas.ufl.edu/nat/category/wildlife/page/4/ but witha map at hand you may get somewhere. I still think the proceedings of the county council are a better bet. 10:11, 6 May 2024 (UTC) Elinruby (talk) 10:11, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Great work on your improvements to Angelita C. et al. v. California Department of Pesticide Regulation. Kindly, microbiologyMarcus [petri dish·growths] 16:52, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

Can you provide some information on this link?

Elinruby, you added a peacock link to Jordan Peterson's BLP [9]. Can you comment on the problem? Springee (talk) 03:18, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

I thought it was obvious. I guess you are here to tell me it's not? I'll go over there and do some more specific tagging if so. Probably tomorrow night PST. Possibly a little this evening, but I have something RL I should really be working on Elinruby (talk) 04:21, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

@Springee: the syntax of the parameters on the templates is a little mangled but the specifics you are looking for may be there. I have have enough of a chance to look at this to remember that it was the self-authoring suite that struck me most when I first placed the template. I see some other problems with rs and undue and failed verifications, but I think there are enough other specific problems highlighted there for now. I will however mention that Rachel Notley seems undue, and that some of the other claims are not exactly cited to the best sources.(Oprah? Sure, it's RS, but...) You might also want to investigate the move to deprecate the Telegraph on transgender issues. I have not dug deeply into that, but it's out there, at RSN I believe. I believe the RS tags are self-explanatory, and to be clear, when I say ABOUTSELF I am not complaining about the use of Facebook for the place of birth, although I suspect there is a better source that that available. Ping me from the talk page if you want to discuss this some more, please. I use this page as a running to-do and while I don't mind talking to you about this, it's not a primary focus, and it looks like there may be editing restrictions on the page so any conversation could be lengthy. Elinruby (talk) 09:07, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

@Springee: someone has objected to the parameters and reverted me; apparently it is controversial to explain one's tags. So the second template is now in the section rather than at the top of the article where I was trying to put it, since it is about "the article" not "the section", but there you go. Such is Wikipedia. Let's take this to article talk page so I don't get more well-intentioned patrollers lecturing me on collaboration. PS I just did a couple of copy edits that I can't imaging being controversial, and added a failed verification tag Elinruby (talk) 10:39, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

I saw you posted an awareness thing on Trakking 's page. Do you have an awareness tag on your own home page (see the top of my talk page for an example)? Springee (talk) 13:12, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

I was under the impression he was new at the time. i am on my phone right now. I think but am not certain that I marked myself aware of GENSEX, but feel free if you are so moved. Hell give me ALL the templates. Yum yum. They're just to keep newbies from doing stupid stuff but I am not going to get upset. Pretty sure I missed Azerbaijan, COVID and GMO, if it helps. Elinruby (talk) 13:24, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Elinruby, regarding this sps tag [10], it's common to cite the original source/primary source in cases where the notability etc has been established by RSs. For example, if an article includes "Elon Musk tweeted [stupid thing here]" it's common to link to both the RS as well as the original tweet. Another example would be citing a RS talking about the interpretation of some part of a fiction book then also citing the book itself. That appears to be the case here as well. Springee (talk) 14:15, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

@Springee: I am assuming good faith as to your whitewashing of mass murder but please do not push it by patronizing me about policies you clearly do not understand. Please get off my talk page, it is not your bitch, and I have already asked you nicely not to initiate discussions here that should be on the article talk page. 14:21, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Sorry, it's hard to assume good faith when you accuse me of whitewashing mass murder again. You already showed that you didn't understand 1RR policies and your use of tags suggests you also do not understand there use either. Springee (talk) 14:26, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

What did I just say? Get off my talk page. Go re-read what you said and then educate yourself. As for my tagging, it has nothing to do with 1RR. Go re-read that too while you are at it. Elinruby (talk) 14:32, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Re Black Medicine

I saw your post over on WPO about this article, and it brought back memories. Right when I started editing here, there was a guy on a mission to create an article about every damn Arkham House book that ever existed. This was one of them, and most or all of them remain in basically the same condition—cf., for example, Kecksies and Other Twilight Tales (which is, by the way, an excellent book). There are some people out there who aim to be completists in collecting AH books, so the article may be of some niche interest; but I agree that the book's of dubious notability. (In the "Critical appraisal" section of Arthur J. Burks, there's a quotation from E. F. Bleiler about the book, that could be added to the article, I guess.) Deor (talk) 22:09, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

thanks!Elinruby (talk) 22:23, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

WP:AE

Not sure that the diffs you've provided are relevant to the WP:AP2 CTOP area, which is the area I'm seeking enforcement in. What you're providing (presuming you fix the links to the diffs) would be more at place in WP:AN/I, however I suspect the events are aged? TarnishedPath^talk 11:14, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Not very. Less than a month. I am trying to show a pattern of disruptive changes against consensus. There are diffs there of three editors, not including me, protesting the changes. And you're right that this is not a CT area, although it should be. Thoughts? Based on that ANI thread he's only been around since December. Elinruby (talk)

@TarnishedPath: Elinruby (talk) 11:21, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

@Elinruby, when you write less than a month, what do you mean? A couple of weeks? TarnishedPath^talk 11:27, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

I think the oldest are May 18 and/or 20. My diffs from the talk page and those provided by Ivanvector cover from there to the end of the month. I am not trying to relitigate the content dispute or the block if that is what you are worried about. But I see in your diffs a very similar pattern of reinserting a dubious claim claiming consensus. You don't have to endorse my comment, but my point is, this is not a simple misstep. I don't want to comment further on that since we are not at a noticeboard, but feel free to look over the links if you choose, and yes they work now. Apparently links with "next" work and ones with "prev" do not. Elinruby (talk) 11:39, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

@Elinruby if your diffs were more recent (most recent diff not more than a few days old) I’d say take it to WP:AN/I, but be prepared that it might not go the way you like. However with diffs for which the most recent is more than two weeks ago, I’d advise not to continue any further. TarnishedPath^talk 12:08, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

@TarnishedPath: Elinruby (talk) 11:47, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

@TarnishedPath: I never planned to go further there and I have no intention of going to ANi, which is definitely the wrong venue. I am not certain what it is that you think I am trying to do. The diffs show a pattern of behaviour. I said what I said. There is a different and separate incident of the user doing the same thing with multiple other users, which is now documented. I have nothing more to say about it at this time although I have multiple thoughts on adjacent events that I may express elsewhere Elinruby (talk) 12:20, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

@Elinruby I didn’t think you were trying to do anything. I merely responded further because you asked for my thoughts above. Have a good night/day, wherever you are. TarnishedPath^talk 12:27, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

@TarnishedPath: I was responding to your advice not to continue. I am done so I don't understand the comment. If you are concerned for me, thank you, but my main concern is submitting evidence. I can't see that it hurts your contentions, and it probably reinforces them if it is not dismissed. If it is dismissed it is dismissed. Oh well. I tried. You have a good whatever also. Elinruby (talk) 12:34, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Marinara sauce and alla marinara

Hi. It's difficult to be always bold; for example, the marinara sauce article explains "marinara sauce" (Italian-American) and at the same time alla marinara (https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alla_marinara, Italian), creating an exaggerated confusion. JacktheBrown (talk) 03:59, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

are you asking me whether I approve of this? Elinruby (talk) 07:48, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

ok I have looked now. The english article treats the two terms as synonymous, is that what we are talking about here?

Yes, but I don't want to ask questions to the help desk. What should I do? The page creates misinformation, although not in a serious way. JacktheBrown (talk) 12:47, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

We Italians want Americans to be familiar with our cuisine, but it's not their fault; where can they find information if Wikipedia in English language isn't very accurate about Italian cuisine? I understand them. JacktheBrown (talk) 12:55, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

i personally don't know the difference. Doesn't alla marinara just mean marinara style? But if the difference is substantive then seems like you should correct it. Maybe start by posting to the talk page to see if it is being watched by anyone. This question, maybe. Seems like article talk page material, if that is the question. Elinruby (talk) 18:22, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

The difference mainly concerns the ingredients. JacktheBrown (talk) 18:34, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Ok. Did you want to fix the article? Elinruby (talk) 18:38, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Yes, but I wouldn't know where to start, because the article should be recreated almost completely. In addition, it would be correct to create an article for alla marinara (https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alla_marinara) and keep this one for the American variant; unfortunately, all this requires a consensus. JacktheBrown (talk) 18:45, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

And you won't have one until you post on the talk page. Start small, maybe by proposing that the article distinguish better between the two types of souces Elinruby (talk) 20:49, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Jack, if alla marinara is different enough from American-style marinara, you don't need consensus to create it. You just need reliable secondary sources saying it, with significant coverage of alla marinara. Create the draft. Move it to main space. Valereee (talk) 21:08, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

This is also true but you said you were having trouble being bold, right? Posting at the talk page would give you a read on who else, if anyone, is working on the page. I would say do both. It won't hurt at all to have some text prepared. Elinruby (talk) 21:13, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

@Elinruby: I had already done it: here. JacktheBrown (talk) 21:16, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

there you go. That link to Italian wikipedia isn't going to do much for anyone who doesn't speak Italian, but see if anyone answers that. Meanwhile that question from 2014 got answered in 2015; why don't you see if what that is talking about got fixed? And if not fix it? Elinruby (talk) 21:39, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

I still don't understand this thing about excluding the reading of Italian texts; it's necessary to understand the context. I translate Russian and Ukrainian texts (not on Wikipedia), why can't a native English speaker do the same with Italian? JacktheBrown (talk) 22:12, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

They can but they probably won't. I am not saying you were wrong, just that you might get better answers if you link to something like Joy of Cooking. People who speak English as a first language just Like That, enough of them anyway to take it into account Elinruby (talk) 22:32, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

"They can but they probably won't"; with this way of working we cannot expect to obtain a complete encyclopaedia. JacktheBrown (talk) 22:46, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Is Joy of Cooking biased or neutral? With all due respect, but can an American (or Brazilian, German, etc.) cookbook be accurate with regard to Italian cuisine?JacktheBrown (talk) 22:49, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

La Cucina Italiana also publishes in English, it's wonderful; I hope foreigners consult it. JacktheBrown (talk) 22:56, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

OK, I do not know if there is an Italian equivalent but in English there is a well-known, almost chiche thing known as the Serenity Prayer that talks about the wisdom to know whether something can be changed. I deal constantly with foreign language sources and I assure you that this is just a fact of life. There are cases for using foreign language sources, but it is far easier to get somebody to click a link that is in English. In this case I am confident that English-language sources exist for types of marinara sauce. Go ahead and use Italian ones also, just be aware that if you are trying to convice someone that something needs to be done, you want them to click your link. Go edit the article now. I have a couple things I need to wind up on wiki then I will be offline for several hours. Elinruby (talk) 22:59, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Have a good evening! JacktheBrown (talk) 23:04, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

I do not know. It came to mind as the title of a cookbook. Report back here with your findings ;) Elinruby (talk) 22:59, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

La Cucina Italiana also publishes in English, it's wonderful; I hope foreigners consult it. JacktheBrown (talk) 23:02, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

It would be sufficient to add the source La Cucina Italiana in all articles regarding Italian cuisine; it's very very reliable. JacktheBrown (talk) 23:14, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Well then do it. Elinruby (talk) 23:17, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Done, I added a reference on carbonara; did I format it correctly? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carbonara&diff=prev&oldid=1229996966. JacktheBrown (talk) 23:26, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Sorta. That isn't the preferred format but it meets minimum standards. You'll get more respect if you use cite web and cite book templates. I will send you a link about those later; meanwhile that format is acceptable and before I go run an errand I am trying to ask for page protection for a page that needs it so I am done with question period for now. You can ask them but I will not immediately answer them Elinruby (talk) 23:34, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Like this? [11]. JacktheBrown (talk) 23:51, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Yes! They can get more complicated from there, but that is exactly what I am talking about. I got page protection requested and am going away now. As before, you can ask a question here but it may not immediately get answered.Elinruby (talk) 23:56, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Great, so for the source La Cucina Italiana is it sufficient to do the same thing for all pages? I don't have to add anything else? If you give me confirmation, I'll start by adding many references; how exciting! :) I leave you to your work. JacktheBrown (talk) 00:01, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Yes. But if you are going to do this at scale I recommend including the author or editor, name of publisher, and the isbn number. Here is the link to the full documentation page for cite book. A link to the book on Google Books would be wonderful (url=) and a page number is pretty important. But with that caveat, go for it full throttle full speed ahead. eccoci qui! Recommend no more than 3 or 4 cites per article from the same source, but that is not a rule, just my own preference. Elinruby (talk) 00:34, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

PS cite web will work but if it is a book, it is better to use cite book. Elinruby (talk) 00:36, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

@JacktheBrown: please read the important "Yes but" above. Guardian Angel is a little worried you will get over-enthusiastic. But if you follow these guidelines I really don't see how you could get into trouble even if you do Elinruby (talk) 01:14, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

@JackkBrown:} Elinruby (talk) 01:16, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Thank you very much!
I don't think anyone can go against me, I have reported many things. JacktheBrown (talk) 01:23, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

@JackkBrown: I don't think that necessarily follows. But let's focus on this. If adding that cookbook as a reference to a lot of articles sounds like fun, then yes, that would be constructive and even more constructive if you follow the guidelines above. But make no mistake, the eye of Sauron is upon you and it would be really good for you to accumulate some constructive edits right now. Elinruby (talk) 01:30, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

"The eye of Sauron is upon you"; I'm sad about this ):
Gandalf will protect me! JacktheBrown (talk) 01:34, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Sometimes Gandalf is busy fighting the Balrog and you have to make do with Gimli. Elinruby (talk) 01:46, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

I think I did a good job tonight. JacktheBrown (talk) 01:36, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

will double-check later Elinruby (talk) 01:46, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Hi. In the amatriciana sauce and Amatrice articles, some references have to be put in several places within the articles; how do I avoid references being duplicated? JacktheBrown (talk) 16:18, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

It's easier to tell you than look up the documentation page but that is called a named reference. Insead of "ref" you type "ref name=(whatever)". Then when you put it in the next place it is "ref name=(whatever)/", just the one tag, nothing else 21:34, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Note the / at the end of the second tag @JackkBrown: Elinruby (talk) 21:37, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

@Elinruby: could you give me a demonstration on the first page? JacktheBrown (talk) 21:44, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

I am in the middle of some thing but if you tell me which reference and where it should be used again I will take the time to do that. Elinruby (talk) 22:00, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

@Elinruby: amatriciana sauce: first source: first time: Bucatini all'amatriciana (in the image); second time: bucatini is now most commonly used in Rome.
Second source: first time: While in Amatrice the dish is prepared with spaghetti,; second time: Amatrice's pecorino (from the Sibillini Mountains or Monti della Laga areas) can be used. JacktheBrown (talk) 22:24, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

@Elinruby: Amatrice: single source: first time: Bucatini all'amatriciana; second time: bucatini, or rigatoni. JacktheBrown (talk) 22:37, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Okay. Give me a few minutes to deal with some notifications I have. Come back to this in an hour say and it will be done. Elinruby (talk) 22:59, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

@JackkBrown: This is done. Couple of comments: I got lazy on the third one and did not use quotes, but quotes seem to be preferred for reasons that aren't clear to me. The references will not match up unless you do the quotes the same way in both the named quote and the reused quote. Also it does not matter what the name is, but for your own sanity and everyone else's it is best if it has *some* relevance to the source. A lot of people use author name. I am lazy. Your call. Elinruby (talk) 00:03, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

References

Thank you! JacktheBrown (talk) 14:19, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Hi, could you also do this on the parmigiana page? This reference is duplicated: Wright, Clifford A. "A History of Eggplant Parmesan". JacktheBrown (talk) 09:42, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

You aren't Italian, so you can help me very easily with this; in [12] and [13] the "plural form" is the most used, so would it be correct to use the "plural form" in these two articles? JacktheBrown (talk) 14:19, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Assuming that "plural form" is the spelling that ends in i and has the most uses in each case, I would say yes. Elinruby (talk) 14:32, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

PS I am impressed that you are using Ngrams. That is a good way to answer questions like this. Elinruby (talk) 14:36, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

I made huge strides. JacktheBrown (talk) 20:20, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

There's a problem: if it's true that "salume" in English isn't used (https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=salume%2Csalumi&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=en-2019&smoothing=3), why is this term used so many times? It's impossible that this is a mistake, because otherwise it would mean that nobody checks the articles. JacktheBrown (talk) 01:01, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

Let me put your mind at rest. By and large, nobody checks the articles. And I for one have no idea what salume is except that I just now read the lede of that article Elinruby (talk) 04:18, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

"By and large, nobody checks the articles". I check all articles concerning Italian cuisine, for example on the porchetta page an IP wrote that porchetta originated in France (complete nonsense). JacktheBrown (talk) 04:26, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

See also: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Peperoncino%2C+peperoncini&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=en-2019&smoothing=3; peperoncino. JacktheBrown (talk) 01:03, 25 June 2024 (UTC) Ok so the plural form is the most used there also, is that what you are showing me? Remember to put [ ] around your links; it makes your comments a lot easier to read. Elinruby (talk) 09:00, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

Appreciation

I just wanted to express how much I appreciate you, and your dedication and determination to ensure the reputability of information on Wikipedia, and the appropriate care and respect to articles about deeply important topics. So, thank you! Fluorescent Jellyfish (talk) 10:06, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

thank you very much. You have no idea how much that means to me coming from you.Elinruby (talk) 10:17, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Welcome back

Hello Elin, welcome back, and i'm back too btw i was absent because i had a lot of RL work, i thaught i read that you were injured, hopefully you're fine and i pray for your quick recovery.

I checked your additions in TP and i will see what could be added. Nourerrahmane (talk) 07:56, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

I fell, there was a small cut, it got infected and since I fell hard enough to expect swelling it was a couple of weeks before I realized that it was infected also. It is under control; I just felt a need to make sure it was healing right and didn't need more antibiotics. I just wrote an answer about images. Want me to upload the palace ones that get rid of the discoloration to the talk page? I have a couple of hours at the moment probably.

• hey Nour for the Trade section I have a source talking about Mizab pastoralists trading with the Tell, and trade routes circa 1839, which is of course out of scope. But I wonder if there is any reason to think those trade route weren't in existence well before that, even though they were observed a little after the in-scope period? Or can you possibly confirm those trade routes with Arabic sources?

  Goods flowing east and west followed three main routes. Luxury goods arriving from Europe via Morocco or Tunisia and transported in merchant caravans made up the bulk of this commerce. The Mizab region lay on the southernmost of these routes and merchants from the Mizab were very active in this trade. In addition,there were two diagonal currents of trade, one extending from El Oued through Biskra to Algiers and the other from the Mizab through Laghouat to Constantine and Tunis. Caravans taking these routes specialized in woven goods, slaves, and gold-dust heading north, with European cottons, olive oil, Kabyle woven goods, and silks and perfumes flowing south.

Trade routes of the Algerian Sahara in the XlXth Century. Donald.C Holsinger Revue des mondes musulmans et de la Méditerranée Année 1980 30 pp. 57-70 (Persee) [14]

Also: At the end of summer the nomads migrated southward, arriving at their "home" settlements just before date harvest time. If they owned palm gardens, they would oversee the date harvest and prepare the fruit for storage or exchange. During this season Saharan markets were extremely active as products from the Tell - wheat, barley, raw wool, hardware, luxury items - were exchanged for dates, woven goods, and other products. Once these operations were terminated, the pastoralists spread out again over the desert expanse to recommence the cycle." Elinruby (talk) 08:32, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

@Nourerrahmane:

todo

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canadian_Indian_residential_school_gravesites&diff=next&oldid=1224422434

Busy RL

I also have an amazing number of notifications and therefore may not respond promptly. Anyone checking on me from one of the long-term projects: I am on my way, I swear ;) Elinruby (talk) 22:41, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

Update

It is a long weekend here and I have missed most of the sun so far so my availability will be more limited than usual. (I am already no longer accepting new projects.) Tomorrow I plan to a) work on my garden b) if possible finish Regency of Algiers c) deal with more sourcing problems in the Canadian residential school topic area, in that order of priority. Elinruby (talk) 10:33, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

JacktheBrown questions

renamed references

I can see your question in the history but the other section is chaotic and I can't find it, so let's start a new one. I started to tell you that I gave you instructions, so I think you can do that, but when I tried to look the documentation up for you, I realized that there is an important question here. You aren't using the visual editor are you?

Tell you what. I am deep in the middle of something but leave me the details here and the answer to the visual editor question and I will take care of it for you.

It is probably time we started improving the references you are leaving anyway so I will type out some instructions for you about all that later. I will also expect you to use the new version of the reference citation, assuming you are still using the same one, ok? And just to make sure we dot all out i's and cross all our t's, (take care of everything) I need to ask a possibly insulting question. You are unaffiliated with this cookbook you are adding as a reference, yes?

As long as that is the case I think that most people would agree that you are improving the encyclopedia and I will be happy to help. Just not right now. Elinruby (talk) 10:05, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

Affiliate? No! La Cucina Italiana is, together with Il cucchiaio d'argento, the most authoritative Italian cookbook in the world, purchased by a US company and becoming, thanks to this company, even more international (before there were no articles written in English). JacktheBrown (talk) 10:18, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

This is what I wrote before. Thanks in advance. "Hi, could you also do this on the parmigiana page? This reference is duplicated: Wright, Clifford A. "A History of Eggplant Parmesan"." JacktheBrown (talk) 10:22, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

@JackkBrown: the documentation page I found is confusing and I think it would be better if I just give you the reference syntax typed out with the new parameters. Do me a favor and move your question here and I will take care of it, using that article as an example, either tonight or tomorrow. (Any page watchers: not ready for sfn, which is not needed for what he is doing) Elinruby (talk) 10:13, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

PS if you are not using the visual editor, good. Do not interpret this as a request that you do so. Elinruby (talk) 10:14, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

Y now no more posts for a while, need to concentrate on something. i will do that, though. On unaffiliated, good, just had to ask. I realize that there is such a thing as a standard text. Elinruby (talk) 10:30, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

Duplicate references: "Eggplant Parmesan, its History and Italian Origins". La Cucina Italiana. Retrieved 18 June 2024. and Wright, Clifford A. (2012). Mediterranean Vegetables: A Cook's Compendium of All the Vegetables from the World's Healthiest Cuisine, with More Than 200 Recipes. Boston, Massachusetts: The Harvard Common Press. pp. 133–134. ISBN 9781558327757. Archived from the original on 2024-04-30. Retrieved 2019-11-04.. JacktheBrown (talk) 08:55, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

this is next. A little behind Elinruby (talk) 18:25, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

you didn't answer about the visual editor. I am assuming that is because the answer is no and you don't know what the visual editor is. This is a good thing. Going to start by introducing some mew parameters you don't currently seem to be using. They are not required but would make your referencing better and thereby reduce the odds of someone starting another CIR discussion. Elinruby (talk) 04:46, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

<ref name="Wright"> {{cite book |last1=Wright |first1=Clifford A. |chapter=A History of Eggplant Parmesan |year=2012 |title=Mediterranean Vegetables: A Cook's Compendium of All the Vegetables from the World's Healthiest Cuisine, with More Than 200 Recipes |location=Boston |isbn=1558327754 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=KDb48fBSpjkC&pg=PA133 |via=Google Books |page=133}}</ref>

There may well be other ways to do this, and if someone else chimes in they are probably right, since the Manual of Style is not my specialty. Going to come back and add the url and the isbn number, which is helpful. Elinruby (talk) 05:02, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

JackkBrown, our article La Cucina Italiana says that it is a magazine. You say that it is a cookbook, which is an entirely different thing. Can you please clarify? Cullen328 (talk) 05:11, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

@Cullen328: yes, it's an Italian monthly magazine of gastronomy and food culture; in any case, this doesn't change the fact that it's the most authoritative source, or one of the two most authoritative sources, of Italian cuisine in the world. I would like to add the entire paragraph "La cucina italiana candidata come patrimonio immateriale dell'umanità all'UNESCO" (https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Cucina_Italiana), obviously translated. JacktheBrown (talk) 16:09, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

@Cullen328: I have just added url, via and isbn. The above is indeed a book, although I had to correct the publisher. There might be some edition confusion going on, which we may as well straighten out now. JackkBrown go ahead and answer Cullen, who is an administrator. Don't be nervous; he is fair. If there are various editions we should get this straight before you add the reference in other places. Once we get that straight we can go back over how to rename a reference. Elinruby (talk) 05:26, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

Cullen, actually, Harvard Common Press is indeed what it says at the front of the book, although Google reports Houghton Mifflin. So maybe the publisher should be "Harvard Common Press, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt" (?) Leaving the question about the magazine to Jack, looking to you for an answer to that one. Work, maybe? Elinruby (talk) 05:39, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

Elinruby, Jackkbrown and I have interacted many times, on topics as varied as WP:ENGVAR (he dislikes American English) and Italian-American cuisine, (which he also dislikes) and Fettuccine Alfredo (which he dislikes intensely). My response is to continue to write in American English, and to enjoy Italian-American cuisine with gusto. As a matter of fact, I have two tubs of Buitoni Alfredo sauce in my refrigerator right now. Cullen328 (talk) 05:41, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

@Cullen328: I never said that I don't like fettuccine Alfredo, I said that I don't like the fact that some people prefer Italian-American cuisine to (real) Italian cuisine; however, it's a matter of taste (P.S.: fettuccine Alfredo is good). JacktheBrown (talk) 14:37, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

@Cullen328: when an American eats an Italian food in Italy and appreciates it very much, my heart fills; I have no prejudices about Americans. JacktheBrown (talk) 14:43, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

Cullen, I have witnessed similar discussions about Mexican vs Tex-Mex vs New Mexican cuisine. My opinion is that on Wikipedia such discussions should be referenced. I looked at the Wikipedia article about the magazine. As far as I can tell there is no connection. The title (The Italian Kitchen) is rather generic so that's probably all it is. Jack, see the ref tags I just added above and below the citation? That is how you name a reference.

Then when you want to re-use it, you put <ref name="Wright"/>.That's all.

The name can be anything but the author name is the least controversial as far as I can tell. Now make Cullen and me proud and try it yourself. Let us know here if there are any questions. Elinruby (talk) 10:22, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

translations

@JackkBrown: I am assuming that the text you want to add is from Italian Wikipedia. If so you need to add {{translated|it}} to the top of the talk page when you add the text. This is an important rule, please make sure you do this and ask questions if there is something you do not understand about this. Elinruby (talk) 16:38, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

"I am assuming that the text you want to add is from Italian Wikipedia"; yes: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Cucina_Italiana. JacktheBrown (talk) 16:49, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

make sure the template is on the talk page. Elinruby (talk) 17:00, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

Autonatically

Hi. Look at my latest edits, I only did the MOS:CAPTIONS; automatically Wikipedia does something else for me, why? (example: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glacier_View,_Alaska&diff=prev&oldid=1232226314). JacktheBrown (talk) 16:48, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

Various bots do various things automatically on Wikipedia. I don't understand what you are trying to do in that edit. Elinruby (talk) 17:53, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

I only did the MOS:CAPTIONS, for the caption, but Wikipedia automatically did the rest (perhaps because I edited from my mobile phone). JacktheBrown (talk) 17:57, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

The caption for what? You are in visual editor in that edit, which is always a bad thing. If you aren't getting what you want then switch out of it. Do not use visual editor for anything. I can't emphasize this enough. If you are on your phone and you don't like what you are getting, you are among many. Scroll all the way to the bottom of the screen and click the word desktop. I still don't understand the problem, but there is a good chance that will take care of it. You will probably need to keep doing this Elinruby (talk) 18:03, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

Notification

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