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November 30

Who designed the flag of the American Indian Movement and when?

The flag of the American Indian Movement is fairly iconic and featured in the article about the movement. However I haven't been able to find any sources about who made the flag and when. Does anybody have any information on when it was first flown, who made it, etc? Thanks! Intervex (talk) 00:09, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Googling "who designed american indian movement flag" yields an AI item that says it was designed by someone named Jon Lurie. More about it here,[1] though it doesn't say when. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 00:45, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like Lurie was the author of the encyclopedia entry, I'm afraid: [2]. Intervex (talk) 00:51, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I found a similar flag that has the same central symbol [3] which is attributed to the first Longest Walk in 1978 (File:Longest Walk at Washington, 1978.jpg). This is the earliest version of the flag I've been able to find. Intervex (talk) 04:15, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Editing a Wikipedia subtitle (?) seen in Android but not Windows

When I open Charles-Émile Trudeau on my Android phone I see in what I will call a subtitle below his name that he was a "French Businessman (1887-1935)". (Charles-Émile Trudeau was father of Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and grandfather of current Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.) But he was French-Canadian (born in Quebec), not French, and I would like to correct this.

But I prefer to edit on my computer in Windows, where I don't see "French Businessman..." at all.

What Wikipedia 'element' is the (visible only on Android) subtitle "French Businessman (1887-1935)", and how can I edit it in Windows? Hayttom (talk) 00:14, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's in the "Short description" (WP:SHORTDESC)... -- AnonMoos (talk) 00:27, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm in Windows, so it doesn't show up on the normal article page, but if you EDIT, it's the first line of the article. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 00:38, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you both, @AnonMoos and @Baseball Bugs for your quick supportive responses. The "how to edit" did not work for me - I don't see it the way it is described - but I do indeed see the Short Description when editing as @Baseball Bugs explained. Hayttom (talk) 00:43, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If you go into your Preferences on desktop, in the Gadgets section there's a tick box under Editing which allows you to see and edit the short description. --Viennese Waltz 06:56, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What can I cite about Tommy Lasorda pitching during batting practice?

This is obviously for Baseball Bugs... Our Charles-Émile Trudeau article leads to the Montreal Royals article which leads to our Tommy Lasorda article which does NOT mention him often (?) throwing pitches during Dodgers batting practice, which I think I saw him do (before an Expos game) but possibly only on TV. I Googled "tommy lasorda pitching batting practice" but I don't think that provided any good enough information source. Baseball Bugs, can you find one? (Do you remember seeing Tommy throwing pitches at batting practice?) Hayttom (talk) 01:07, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That sounds familiar. I would have to look in Newspapers.com. There might be something in his obituary, if nothing else. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 01:15, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There were a couple of anecdotes in the wake of Lasorda's death which mentioned him throwing batting practice, at least during the time he was a coach for the Dodgers. Don't know if he still did that once he became the Dodgers' manager. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 04:06, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

East Pakistan minorities

An editor named pigsonwing removed my question as trolling. Don't know why he thinks like that.

Above it is written that "We don't conduct original research or provide a free source of ideas, but we'll help you find information you need."

I read two Wikipedia articles 1950 East Pakistan riots and 1964 East Pakistan riots and thought how media reported it at that time when it happened.

I am trying to find more old newspaper archives like this:

1- https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/131860850?searchTerm=1950%20east%20pakistan%20hindu

2- https://www.nytimes.com/1950/02/24/archives/pakistan-incited-riots-says-nehru-india-leader-says-antihindu.html

3- https://www.nytimes.com/1964/01/24/archives/riots-arouse-moslem-shame.html

4- https://www.nytimes.com/1964/02/23/archives/hindus-and-christians-fleeing-east-pakistan-throngs-of-refugees.html Sistersofchappel (talk) 03:41, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging @User:Pigsonthewing. Shantavira|^{feed me} 16:03, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You could try Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange/Resource Request, especially if you have a particular publication in mind. Alansplodge (talk) 20:31, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not any particular publication but any newspaper report(scanned or archived) during that period which mentions violence against minorities, like you posted few hours ago and then changed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sistersofchappel (talk • contribs) 02:23, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies, it wasn't intentional. Here it is again: https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/issue/indiandailymail19500316-14

That's all I could find. Somebody with a newspaper archive account might do better. Alansplodge (talk) 16:09, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]