User talk:Mkn12just

Armenian illuminated manuscripts

Hi, I wanted to explain why I reverted this text that you added that is also in your sandbox. It says "The manuscript features" but your text doesn't specify what manuscript it is talking about. The next sentence begins "Prince ccommissioned the manuscript," "Prince" isn't specific enough, and we are not told which manuscript. Your source says it was Prince Hethum/Het’um (who seems to be the person English Wikipedia calls Hethum II), but you cut out the name so the resulting sentence does not make sense.

I also see that you have pasted a long passage of text into Armenian Christian tradition in the 20th century but some sections lack citations and a lot of the existing citations don't give enough detail for someone to track down the source. Please provide full citations for all the information you add to Wikipedia.

Can you tell me if you are using AI tools to translate or summarise text? They can sometimes result in odd omissions similar to what I see in your edits. Thanks, MartinPoulter (talk) 09:56, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi Martin, thanks for the feedback!

No, I was summarizing them by myself.

Below is the corrected version of the article about the Armenian manuscripts, please, check it out for me to avoid any further mistakes:

English:

"Chinese dragons and heavenly dogs in the Armenian medieval manuscripts[edit]

Chinese artistic elements like "heavenly dogs," "phoenix," and "dragons" emerged in Armenian medieval manuscripts in 1286^[1]. This occurred during the alliance of the Kingdom of Cilicia with the Mongols. A manuscript called the Lectionary of 1286 (Lectionary of Hethum II) featured Chinese mythical creatures integrated into its design.

Prince Hethum II ccommissioned the manuscript, with an Incipit page showing Chinese-inspired lions beside the Christ Emmanuel. The lions have Chinese-influenced design elements, such as flame-like tufts of hair and knotted tails and their gaze is directed towards the Christ.

Russian:

"Китайские драконы и небесные псы в армянских средневековых рукописях

Китайские художественные элементы, такие как "небесные собаки", "феникс" и "драконы", появились в армянских средневековых рукописях в 1286 году. Это произошло во время союза Киликийского царства с монголами. Так, в оформление рукописи под названием Лекционарий 1286 года (Лекционарий Хетума II) были включены китайские мифические существа. В оформлении рукописи были использованы китайские мифические существа.

Принц Хетум II заказал рукопись, в заглавии которой рядом с изображением Христа Эммануила нарисованы львы, чьи образы содержали китайские мотивы. Львы имеют характерные для китайской традиции черты, такие как похожие на пламя пучки шерсти и узловатые хвосты, а их взгляд как бы устремлен в сторону Христа."

Could you also, please, say where exatly does my article about the Armenian Christian tradition in the 20th century lack citations/detail so that it's less abstract for me and in order for me to fix those as well and send them to you.

Thanks for the assistance. Mkn12just (talk) 16:12, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

This is a big improvement. There's no need to write "[edit]": the edit links are put in automatically. "ccommissioned" should be "commissioned". The types of artistic elements don't need quotation marks.

The citations in the other article include things like "Kĵmiacin 2–3 (1980): 115–118" "HandLs Amsōreay 82 (1968): 1–20." "Bazmavep 156 (1998): 317–321." How would someone track down these sources? Are they online, or physical books, or physical journals? If not online, do they have identification numbers such as ISBN or OCLC numbers? Who are the publishers? What language are they in? On English Wikipedia, citations should be tagged with a language if it is not English? I wouldn't know where to start looking for these publications; they just need a little more detail. There's a whole section titled "Independence and development of the Armenian Church" that does not have any citations. Cheers, MartinPoulter (talk) 17:56, 20 May 2024 (UTC)