Talk:Olive Temple

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Her "experiences in the French Sudan" is questionable and the French Sudan is not mentioned in the cited source, the ODNB. Boyd Alexander was killed east of Lake Chad but buried west of the Lake (now Nigeria) so if she visited his grave she did not need to leave territory claimed by British interests. Also, not all of claimed French colonial possessions in Africa were part of French Sudan; French Chad was in French Equatorial Africa. Nedrutland (talk) 15:35, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Can you please add a citation for the following detail you added to the article: "... near Nyeri, 113 km (70 mi) north of Abéché, the capital of Wadai. His body was recovered and buried next to his brother Claud's grave at Maifoni in Bornu." Thanks, 𝕱𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖎𝖆 (talk) 04:45, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * See ODNB entry for Boyd Alexander; "... Alexander, on reaching Nyeri, 70 miles north of Abeshr, the capital of Wadai, was murdered by Muslim tribesmen on 2 April 1910. He was buried at Maifoni, by the grave of his brother Claud." (with variation in spelling). Nedrutland (talk) 07:56, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

Dated language
Some of the phrasing sounds somewhat Edwardian: "her pluck", "the heart of Africa", "the confines of". It could be modernised. Nedrutland (talk) 13:29, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

and was carried in litters on three days through swampy land
The article says (1st journey):
 * and was carried in litters on three days through swampy land

What does that mean? I'd prefer e.g. one of these:
 * and was carried in litters on three separate occasions through swampy land
 * and was carried in litters on three separate days through swampy land
 * and was carried in litters for three days through swampy land

but which is it? Nø (talk) 09:34, 12 December 2022 (UTC)