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Archive 1

Women on the battlefield in the U.S. Civil War

I'm working on an article on the role of women on the battlefield in the U.S. Civil War. I'm not really sure where to start? What are some good general references, and maybe a few specific ones about iconic examples. Thanks! Ocaasi ^{t | c} 01:00, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Hey, Ocaasi. Generally before the 21st century women worked in armies as nurses. I would suggest taking a look at this article for Civil War women nurses: [1]. Cheers, Uhlan ^talk 01:44, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

Scientific American book review "For a New Liberty"

Scientific American did a book review in 1973. Scientific American archive http://www.nature.com/scientificamerican/archive/index_1992.html book review section in each issue leads to a PDF that you need to have an institutional site license to read. Do you know if there's one easily available? Thanks. Carolmooredc (Talkie-Talkie) 18:36, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

Hello Carol. No such review exists. The Amazon.com profile you read which attributes unsourced promotional material to a "Scientific American editorial" is in error. Steeletrap (talk) 23:20, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

Considering we're in Arbitration now, in part over multiple allegations you've denigrated the author of the book, I'd prefer advice from others. Thanks. Carolmooredc (Talkie-Talkie) 13:06, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

This isn't "advice" though. It's an empirical fact that anyone with access to the database can verify. The review does not exist. Steeletrap (talk) 16:51, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

Avaxhome, which provides a download, says the review was of the 3rd (1985) edition of the book. Could someone please comment on that site? Otherwise, you could try a reference library. TFD (talk) 19:33, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

Surely you can deduce that the "Scientific American" review floating around the Internet is a fake, TFD? Just look at the loaded language and movement-style lingo pervading the review. Steeletrap (talk) 22:56, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

TFD: thanks for helping track it down some more. Went to Avaxhome, but beyond doing a search, not sure how it works. So now I guess it's a matter of someone who wants to find it getting access to whatever database and tracking it down to late 1984 to early 1986. Carolmooredc (Talkie-Talkie) 01:47, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

It turns out Avaxhome returns a copy of the book rather than the review. However, since according to Google Books, it was originally published by Macmillan,[2] it is not outside the realm of possibility that SA reviewed it. I did not read the excerpt of the review published online. How a book is received is often a function of whether the reviewer likes the ideas expressed, and excerpts usually do not provide a balanced view. TFD (talk) 04:36, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

I am glad that you caught your mistake. Avaxhome turns up no review because the review does not exist; a few years ago someone looking to boost Rothbard's book fabricated it. While book reviews are biased, the tone of this one is so crass and nakedly sycophantic that it must have been written for a "movement" publication. Steeletrap (talk) 06:18, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

Assuming it does not exist, why assume fans of Rothbard wrote it? Maybe it was his enemies so they could claim his fans did? Or maybe some idiot at Amazon who got his lists of reviews and sources and authors mixed up. Carolmooredc (Talkie-Talkie) 19:07, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

Also note there was a 1978 Collier MacMillan version that might have ended up being reviewed. It's really a matter of someone who has access and isn't opposed to finding such a review checking a whole bunch of years. Another job for another time... Carolmooredc (Talkie-Talkie) 19:45, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

I have access, Carol. It does not exist. Steeletrap (talk) 21:05, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

Air Quality and Heat related hazardous weather conditions

I'm looking for any new stories, articles, research papers, scholarly journals etc., related to multiple harzardous weather conditions occurring at the same. Preferably and most commonly occurring would be air quality issues such as a smog, and heat (high temperatures/humidity). I'm also looking for instances with cold weather and thunderstorms happening in conjunction with poor air quality. Ideally the paper would go into detail about a warning system that is in place or could be put in place to alert and inform the public of the current conditions. Any information concerning this topic would be greatly appreciated.

What ecological organization(s) did former Norweigen Prime Minister Gro Harlem Bruntland either chair or founded herself

What ecosystem summits or organizations were Gro Bruntlaand directly a part of? Did she chair any meetings while (Or before) being Prime Minister Of Norway?

Hi, have a look at the Brundtland Commission. Uhlan ^talk 01:35, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

Bees: the various species, and their impact on the ecosystems of America, and the world? Why have they seemed to all but disappear?

There has been a noticeable disappearance of bee populations in the State of Minnesota. Have there been any similar disappearances around aaany other parts o the U.S.. and in the rest or the world for that matter?

Hi, I am wondering if anyone can have find good reliable sources for the debate on Creationism vs Evolution? I am going to start an article on this very topic.Aidar24 (talk) 07:26, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

Hey, Aidar24, according to Daily Examiner (Grafton, Australia) , October 12, 2009, "In the United States around one-third of colonies, about 1.8 million, disappeared in 2007 and 2008." Also, In Great Britain, a third of the country's hives were lost in 2008. Uhlan ^talk 01:40, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

The Land Institute

Hi, I was wondering if anybody can find information on The Land Institute; they do plant breeding and work with perennial crops. Thank you, Bananasoldier (talk) 01:03, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

@Bananasoldier: What kinds of information are you looking for? There is a fair bit linked to in the Land Institutes own library of resources reported in their and similarly, there is a fair bit covered in articles found through Google Scholar. Do you need specific types of information? Do you need help accessing any of these? Sadads (talk) 20:02, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

Jawaharlal Nehru

Hi, I am working on this Jawaharlal Nehru article. Can you help to get some sources in Nehru's involvement in Home rule movement, non cooperation and his role as an architect of India. Thanks! RRD13 (talk) 17:34, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

Looking for mid 20thC USA newspaper references

I'm writing an article about the earliest competitions held by the Sweet Adelines International - a women's barbershop singing organisation, each year in a different city in the USA. I'm looking for newspaper references for the earlier years to help prove with Reliable Sources the longevity of these events. If you look here you can see the locations (and years) for the earliest quartet competitions, and if you look here you can see the locations (and years) for the chorus competitions. Any footnotes that refer to the number of attendees, or some kind of claim-to-fame would be great! Wittylama 15:37, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

Ronald Disston Clark - Cricketer - Does a photo exist?

Hello

Thank you for taking the time to read this. Im hoping somewhere out there are some lovely Cricket fans who may be able to help me. Im trying to locate any picture of the Cricketer Ronald Disston Clark. It could be a team photo Im not fussy I would just love to see a pic of my Great Grandad if one exists.. Im guessing there could be one in a wisden from his time period of playing but Ive checked libraries etc. to no avail. The info I have on him is : Ronald Disston Clark (22 February 1895 – 20 February 1983) was an English cricketer active from 1912 to 1919 who played for Essex. He was born in Romford and died in East Wittering. He appeared in seven first-class matches as a righthanded batsman and wicketkeeper. He scored 61 runs with a highest score of 14 and completed ten catches with one stumping.

Anyway this was a long shot but before I close the book on his chapter of my research I thought Id give this a try. Thanks for reading

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Access to Education Today or British Book News

Does anyone have access to the full book reviews beyond the google snippet so that a more informed summary of the books can be included in Barry Dufour? Thanks! -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 05:46, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

• Review of The New Social Studies in British Book News -. British Council. 1974. p. 380.
• Review of The New Social Curriculum: A Guide to Cross-Curricular Issues in Education today. College of Preceptors. 1991. p. 50.

@TheRedPenOfDoom, I'd take this to WP:RX czar 03:41, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

Mandelkubb, no good references.

I noticed the Mandelkubb article lacks references. Aside from a few eBooks it only seems to be mentioned in some fiction books. The only other references are websites, like this one, while this somewhat addresses the "trendiness" worry about using cookbooks as sources (most sources refer to them as classics, one even references a 12 year old leaflet) the guidelines in Portal:Food state not to use cookbooks. --Captain Sweden 14:54, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

Switching Google to Swedish produces a large number of results but it probably needs someone who knows Swedish to judge the reliability. Shyamal (talk) 17:03, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

@Shyamal The first 2 pages are all either recipes or the Swedish wikipedia article which also lacks references. (I know Swedish). --Captain Sweden 15:06, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

culinary arts,especially cooking

I love cooking but I don't know where to get sources and write abt cooking,please helpAxmado (talk) 15:46, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

Swahili astronomic terms

Hi I am working in swwiki and have done most of the astronomic entries there. It looks to me that there was only one researcher who collected traditional terminology and I can not get thru to the publications. Can anybody help me? That is Jan Knappert (+2005) and his most promising works seems to be

• KNAPPERT, JAN. "The Swahili Names of Stars, Planets and Constellations." In: Indian Ocean Review, The. Boulder, Colorado, v, 6 n. 3, September 1993. (BUT: boulder could be typo, as I find the "Indian Ocean Review" also listed under Perth, Australia)
• J. Knappert, List of names for stars and constellations, in Swahili, xxxv/1 (Dar es Salaam, March 1965) = Swahili : Journal of the Institute of Kiswahili Research vol. 35/1 1965

Kipala (talk) 13:52, 14 February 2017 (UTC)

@Kipala: You'll be better off asking this question at the resource exchange :) Sam Walton (talk) 15:33, 14 February 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, I do that. Kipala (talk) 08:54, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

Indian general election, 1945

Hi there,

Is there any chance someone could help me locate the results of the Indian general election, 1945 by party in each province?

I'd like to create a map of electoral results like I have for the 1934 election.

Many thanks

--RaviC (talk) 16:23, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

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Does wikipedia have access to articles at this source?

https://www.jstor.org/?refreqid=search%3Ae719bd443b6d840e78827fbc771d2e15

They have articles I would like to read without any cost.

Thanks. John NH (talk) 21:52, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

John NH, try here. Nikkimaria (talk) 02:17, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

Thanks. This is amazing. I was not aware of this service. John NH (talk) 13:54, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

Sources for 90's Australian children game show Challenger

Hi, I'm looking for reliable sources for Challenger (game show). There doesn't actually seem to be any surviving news archives in any repositories I can find, mostly because the archives of the major newspapers aren't digitized up to the 90's. There is an article in The Daily Mail about how Sylvia Jeffreys was a contestant on the show, but (a) I understand Daily Mail is a banned source and (b) the article doesn't go any deeper than to say she was on the show and to describe two of her scenes on her episode, saying nothing about the general format of the show. Failing that, would it be appropriate to reference some of the episodes that have surfaced on YouTube (as references for the format)? --Reader781 (talk) 05:16, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Reader781, I would suggest starting with this, and then looking at other potential references from that source. Nikkimaria (talk) 23:24, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for that source, Nikkimaria. I shall look further into the Wikipedia Library as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Reader781 (talk • contribs) 4:06, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Sources for the religious group Doukhobors

Hi, could someone take a look at the article Doukhobors and potential sources? Specifically, I'd like to find some more sources for modern linguistic Russian in Doukhobor communities in Canada. Thanks! --EpicPupper (talk) 03:34, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

Try these: [3][4][5]. Nikkimaria (talk) 02:03, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology Help Finding Page Numbers

I'm writing about Cueva de las Manos. I have access to all of the physical volumes of The Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology  by Springer through my local library. My issue is that I can't for the life of me find the page numbers of the contents, or what volumes contain which sections of the book. I need help finding this information in order to effectively search the books for what I am looking for. If I could get the page numbers and volume numbers for any of the following sections, it would be much appreciated:

• Rock Art Sites: Management and Conservation
• Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturas Cave Art
• South American Rock Art
• Andes: Prehistoric Art
• Art, Paleolithic
• Olmec: Geography and Culture

Thanks, --Tyrone Madera (talk) 00:14, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Sources for Ethiopian Azmari artist Bahru Kegne.

Hello. I'm trying to create a page for Bahru Kegne, a notable Azmari(traditionel Ethiopian music style) artist that used to play for Emperor Haile Selassie, for the page i created List of musicians using Amharic vocals, which will be linked to a soon to be created music section in the culture section of the Amhara people page. I can't find many reliable sources, i don't have any special Library acces that i'm aware off. There's a mention of him on this site [[6]] in blue with a link to a youtube video [[7]]. The video also displays articles about Bahru Kegne. The Ex (band) a Dutch band probably wrote the articles in the video. I would like to get access to those original articles and use them as a source. Maybe it's archived somewhere? Any other reliable sources about Bahru Kegne biography & music is very much appreciated. Dawit S Gondaria (talk) 02:34, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

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How do I find or upload authentic data of late mr Bhiku ram jain a congressman from india New Delhi on Wikipedia

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Did Art Cosgrove eventually get called to the Irish Bar?

(from [8] Art Cosgrove article)) In 2007 former University President of University College Dublin, Art Cosgrove obtained the Barrister-at-Law degree qualification from King's Inns but declined to take the statutory Irish exams needed to be called to the Bar. He took legal action over the issue. Cosgrove is understood to be fluent in Irish but feels that the exam required by legislation passed in 1929 to be inappropriate in 2007. The law was changed to provide a system for Barristers to learn Irish as part of their studies. It was then reported that, after a period of illness preceding July 2008, he would become a Barrister in October 2008. Did this ever happen? --Bogger (talk) 16:50, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

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Importance of computer to a journalist

Computer skills for a journalist

Manufacturing

Please let me say 1000kgs of maize makes how many KGS after being processed

Add new person, new category and update Wisconsin portal

Greetings! Hope you are all doing well.

I'm writing because I'd like to add information to wikipedia.org

I am new to adding content so am starting by asking you for guidance before starting in with changes.

1) I'd like to add a new person, Martin Lynch (fur trader) in Oneida county, Wisconsin 2) I'd like to add a new category, Wisconsin fur traders [I see an existing "Canadian fur traders" group so want to make new one specifically for Wisconsin] 3) I'd like to add the new "Wisconsin fur traders" category to the 'People from Wisconsin by occupation' group in the Wisconsin portal.

Questions

- I'm assuming the best way to do all 3 things is in the order they are listed 1), 2), then 3). Correct?
- Do you have instructions/guidance of any sort for adding a new page (for 'Martin Lynch')? [I've tried adding pages before and they were deleted so I must have missed some steps]
- Do you have a 'person' template that I can use? [I like the format of this person https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/John_Baptiste_DuBay where it has the personal stats and pic on the right-hand-side of the page]. Or should I just go in and take a copy of that source for that page and then modify it for Martin Lynch?
- Do you have instructions of any sort for adding a new category (Wisconsin fur traders)?
- Add Martin Lynch to 'People by county' on the portal page 
- Add Martin Lynch (fur trader) to the 'People from Wisconsin by occupation' on the portal page

Thank you for your time!!

Regards, Ann --Royalal (talk) 18:19, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

• Yes
• This page provides an overview of the basics of creating an article.
• There is a template here that you can copy.
• This page has some information about categories, although you might need more.
• The Wisconsin WikiProject seems to be largely dormant; you could propose those changes on the portal talk page, or just make the changes yourself. Nikkimaria (talk) 01:49, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

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What does Pediatrec ELECTROLYTE DO

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Recent video game article needs information about its developer and how game developed

A recent video game titled Only Up! needs a source about its developer, SCKR Games. However, the only piece of information I could access was that they were an indie game studio. The same can be said about the development of said game. I have dug through numerous news sources, and what I found out was that the game was inspired by Jack and the Beanstalk (again, the only piece of information). Hopefully, I might have missed some sources (or I may be asking at the wrong place, in which case, please tell me where to go). --Tarantula^TM (speak with me) (my legacy) 05:26, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

Sources about focal seizures

I'm trying to improve the focal seizure article, specifically the simple partial seizure presentation section. The entire lists of symptoms are uncited, and I haven't found any source for specifically the "while-asleep symptoms include" list. Any help finding a source for this would be great! (In general, sources supporting what's already in the article would be appreciated, but the while asleep section is the section I really want to find sources for). --Suntooooth, it/he (talk/contribs) 18:10, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

Andrew Jackson Senior

> Wikipedia,

> Was Andrew Jackson Senior a U.S. citizen? > Wikipedia does not mention whether the father, Andrew Jackson Senior, and mother, > Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson, of President Andrew Jackson were U.S. citizens. > Is this information historically impossible to obtain? > > Thank you, > John