DYK for Beatrice Muller
On 27 October 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Beatrice Muller, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Beatrice Muller lived on Queen Elizabeth 2 for nine years? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Beatrice Muller. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Beatrice Muller), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:03, 27 October 2022 (UTC)
- Solid work on a fascinating subject. Nice redirect management. Looking forward to the film. BusterD (talk) 23:24, 27 October 2022 (UTC)
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DYK for Clara MacBeth
On 2 November 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Clara MacBeth, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Clara MacBeth lived on a cruise ship for over a decade? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Clara MacBeth. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Clara MacBeth), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
Chen Weixiu
Hi. You seem to be really good at finding sources in China-related AFDs (and just AFDs in general). I wanted to know if you could find anything on Chen Weixiu. Thanks. BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:56, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
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Just wondering
If you could find any reliable reviews for the Moribito series? Not a priority as I found enough sources to show notability of the series and both books, so they are unlikely to be AfDed, I think, but I do wonder if there's stuff I missed (and if so, how do you go about finding it). Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 12:52, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
Hi Piotrus (talk · contribs). Thank you for your improvements to the article and for reaching out about more sources. I found these sources about the Moribito series through Google Books and Google Scholar searches:
- Doi, Yasuko (2017). "The Moribito series and its relation to trends in Japanese children's literature 1". The Routledge Companion to International Children's Literature. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 978-131-57716-6-3. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
- Kilpatrick, Helen; Muta, Orie (2012). "Deconstructions of the (Japanese) Nation-State in Uehashi Nahoko's Moribito (Guardian) Series". The Nation in Children's Literature. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-020-31042-7-9. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
- Yokota, Junko; Teale, William H. (2017-02-28). Dwyer, Bernadette (ed.). "Striving for International Understanding Through Literature". The Reading Teacher. 70 (5): 630. doi:10.1002/trtr.1557. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
The article notes: "One such example can be found in another fantasy series, Nahoko Uehashi’s Moribito books about Balsa, a female bodyguard for hire, and a young prince she rescues. The Moribito books also have universal themes: loyalty to promises made, protection of a child in danger, the commitment to restore balance in the world. Uehashi addresses issues that matter to our world: society and borders, respect for living creatures, destiny, politics and power, and the influence of religion (Yokota & Nakano, 2014). The books are so popular in their original homeland of Japan that an animated series was created years ago, which was followed up more recently with a special epic production of a 22-segment serial drama (produced by NHK from 2016 to 2018). Moreover, translations of the Moribito series and its animation have been widely enjoyed by people in Asia, Europe, and Latin America."
- Kilpatrick, Helen (January 2019). "The Viewing Mind and Live-Action Japanese Television Series: A Cognitive Perspective on Gender Constructions in Seirei no Moribito (Guardian of the Spirit)". Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers. University of Wollongong. doi:10.6092/issn.2421-454X/9334. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
- Enomoto, Aki (2007). "Shôsetsu 'chizu' ni 'Moribito' shirîzu o sagasu" [Exploring 'Genre' in the Moribito Series]. Eureka: shi to hihyô (in Japanese). 39 (6): 217–225.
This Japanese-language source is mentioned in the "Works Cited" section of a chapter in The Nation in Children's Literature: Nations of Childhood, but I cannot find it online.
Searches using the Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library for "Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit"" return numerous book reviews of the individual books in the series.
Cunard (talk) 00:47, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
Winmark Wikipedia
Hey there. I'm a PR working with Winmark who has been tasked with updating their Wikipedia page. With the changes I made last time, I tried my best to follow guidelines, cite independent info, etc. It looks as if all of the changes made were reverted.
Can you give me any advice on how to implement changes that are up to par? Some of the information on the page is exceptionally out of date, and near as I can figure the sources I cited were all valid -- would love to know where I went wrong so I can update accordingly.
Cheers, EL Winmark update (talk) 14:38, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
- Hi Winmark update. The changes were reverted for removing negative information about the company, adding unsourced and promotional material, and removing sourced material. As a paid editor, please follow the requirements at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest#Paid editing. Please make an edit request at Talk:Winmark to propose how you would like the Wikipedia page to be changed. Wikipedia:Edit requests describes how to do this using Wikipedia:Edit Request Wizard. Please cite independent reliable sources to support your proposed changes. A Wikipedia volunteer will review your edit request. Thank you. Cunard (talk) 07:39, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
Sources
Hi Cunard, I'm impressed by your ability to find sources and would like to learn where you look and what techniques you use. I have access to WP:LIBRARY and newspapers.com. For Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Orbis Publishing, I wasn't able to locate the FT and Publishers Weekly sources that you did. Is there a particular search engine or service you use to find sources from those publications? Any other advice you have about sourcing? Best, Jfire (talk) 03:55, 3 February 2023 (UTC)