User talk:BuySomeApples/2023/April

DYK for The Mercy Journals

On 19 March 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Mercy Journals, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the post-apocalyptic novel The Mercy Journals was inspired by chimpanzees, genocide, and the Holy Bible? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Mercy Journals. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, The Mercy Journals), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

-- RoySmith (talk) 12:02, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

Nice work! I've added the cover image and a few things to the Infobox and the lede. All PKD-award-winning novels deserve their own articles I believe. BorgQueen (talk) 12:42, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

Thanks @BorgQueen: those changes make the page look a lot better. Also I agree! I didn't realize how slim Wikipedia's coverage of books was in some areas, pretty much any novel that wins a major award like PKD or a Bram Stoker Award should have a page. BuySomeApples (talk) 04:08, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble

Thank you for recently reviewing my article. I have recently made some edits which I hope address your concerns. I'd be grateful for any help you can offer as I don't want to resubmit yet unless I feel in might have a chance now of being accepted. Specifically:

Removed incorrect surname Footnote 1 (is authored by NICVA [Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action) - not Greg Caffrey). This source is entirely independent and confirms Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble’s status as a not-for-profit charitable organisation working in the field of contemporary music.

Note: all of the sources cited in the articles first paragraph are entirely independent profession bodies: NICVA, Charity Commission, Queen’s University Belfast, CMC Ireland, PRS for Music Foundation.

Paragraph 2 “International Repertoire” The source here is the ensemble’s website as I felt it might be useful for readers to see the repertoire the ensemble performs. This could be removed if you felt it wasn’t useful, though since it is merely a list of works rather than expressing any opinion perhaps it is of benefit. The majority of the composers cited have their own wiki pages.

Paragraph 3 footnote 9 cites Delphine and Diatribe records as source. these companies are entirely independent of Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble.

Paragraph 4 Recording and Press. Here I have cited several reliable and independent sources to verify “critical acclaim”. I have added a colon before listing articles to emphasise that a list of sources follows. These sources include Limelight Magazine (Aus), Musical Opinion (Eng), Music Web International, De Klarinet (Holl), Journal of Music (Ire) and BBC Music Magazine.

Corrected date issue on footnote 19 and added article title and author.

Addition of 2 concert reviews. Footnote 20 and 21 (Chilean Radio) Musicologiver (talk) 10:39, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for working on this @Musicologiver: I'm gonna let another reviewer take a look at the page this time so you get fresh eyes on it. I do recommend that you read WP:RS and WP:IS, these will help you to understand what sources to look for. BuySomeApples (talk) 08:15, 8 April 2023 (UTC)

Inquiry about Assyriology pages

The user Zsombor.foldi, whose recent contributuions you flagged for deletion, is quite literally part of the staff of that site in mention and a published Assyriologist, I feel like this should be taken into account in some way even if he did not follow wiki policy closely. I will also note that nobody did anything about Assyriology articles with worthless sources from over a century ago, from fringe authors, religious extremists and the like, about original research all over the place (assigning regnal years to legendary rulers, infoboxes filled with "equivalents" straight from the imagination of a wiki editor, the list goes on) often for 10+ years - but we are going for once going have a wave of speedy deletions in this obscure field when an actually credible author well established in the field basically offers the site own work for free...? HaniwaEnthusiast (talk) 13:00, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

Hi @HaniwaEnthusiast: I don't mean to discourage Zsombor.foldi at all! I definitely appreciate how hard to find this information is and I love that he wants to share it. Flagging these pages for deletion isn't meant as a slight, it's just that they're published under a license that's not compatible with Wikipedia, so they can't be hosted here. It's a legal thing that I honestly don't even fully comprehend. Recreating the Wikipedia pages with non-copyrighted material OR changing the license that the original articles are posted under would work. I shared this page (Wikipedia:FAQ/Copyright) with him, it might also be helpful to you. BuySomeApples (talk) 13:07, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

Differential calculus

In the article of differential calculus there is a mention on The use of infinitesimals to study rates of change can be found in Indian mathematics, perhaps as early as 500 AD, when the astronomer and mathematician Aryabhata (476–550) used infinitesimals to study the orbit of the Moon but there is no mention of it in the reference. David dclork li (talk) 05:39, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

Good catch @David dclork li: and good job reverting that! Definitely go ahead and be bold when reverting unsourced statements if they don't hold up to verification. BuySomeApples (talk) 05:00, 30 April 2023 (UTC)