User:Frabckpckr96/Heritage Studies and ICT 2020-2021

Heritage Studies and ICT 2020-2021 (Prof. Pensa's Assignment)
My name is Francesco Rota (Student Number: 1072981). During the editing/adding information process on Wikipedia I have contributed to the following articles regarding Boccadasse, Piazza de Ferrari, Focaccia and Prescinseûa Cheese. I decided to focus on my hometown, Genoa (Italy) as I have more info on the city and its heritage. This city has a lot to offer but I mostly added info on its history, description of some areas of the city and on two foods typical of the region (one well known and one unknown to most people, but both can be considered important examples of heritage for the City of Genoa and its municipality).

Links to the Articles:
1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focaccia

2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boccadasse

3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piazza_De_Ferrari

4) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prescins%C3%AAua_cheese

Description of the Contributions:
1) In the Focaccia article, already existing on Wikipedia I focused on the Genoese variant of the food. I added some info regarding the etymology and a new chapter with his subchapters related to the recipe and the ingredients. Furthermore, I added information and sources to the regional variants chapters. Finally I found sources, which I uploaded, that could back up someone else's unreferenced writing.

2) In the Boccadasse article, which used to be basically blank, I wrote most of the information on the article. Especially, I focused on the description of the neighbourhood, its history, links to other cities, cultural elements and I made the template. Some of the information was taken from the Italian version of the site (I checked all sources and references in the local biblioteque) and the remaining part of the information added comes from personal research. Also, I personally added one of my pictures taken in Boccadasse in October 2019 at sunrise and after uploading it to Wikimedia Commons, I added it to the Boccadasse article.

3) Regarding Piazza de Ferrari, a lot of information was already present. I edited only the description and the history chapters and subchapters through translation (from the Italian page) and personal research. The history chapter was almost non-existent before, many links to other pages were added through research on online articles and books found online and at the library and the description one had few sources and some info missing.

4) Finally regarding Prescinsêua Cheese, I added info on such a niche article because it deserved in my opinion to be known by the general public. Most of the information on the article before I intervened was done by bots I believe. Little references and no bibliography was there. What I added is thanks to online resources as the local library had little books on it available and translating what present on the Italian version of the article helped me out a lot.

Discussions / Talk Page:
- On the Boccadasse Talk Page, no one had written anything, and I will be waiting for someone to answer my section https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Boccadasse; regarding Piazza de Ferrari https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Piazza_De_Ferrari, the page was more active. On my new section I asked a question regarding a part written by an editor (whom I did not identify) and I explained why I edited this page and what in particular I added. About the Focaccia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Focaccia, the community was definitely more active and I added a section regarding my edits and I focused on the Focaccia Genovese section which I added to the site, I was answered by User:Macrakis who deleted some of the information on the page and at the moment I am still having a discussion regarding her editing out a lot of the info I added (as well as informations previous users') because we both believe that she deleted something that deserved to be on the page, so... regarding this point, I must say it is to be continued. Finally regarding my last article, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Prescins%C3%AAua_cheese, I started the talk as such article had basically no information. I am still waiting for responses. Furthermore, on the page edited by Mattiabosatelli https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Capriate_San_Gervasio I responded to his section and I wrote what I edited of his last edits.

BOCCADASSE
https://www.ethnologue.com/language/lij (language database),

https://www.touringclub.it/destinazione/localita/urbanistica/137236/boccadasse-genova (description of Boccadasse),

http://ww1.zenazone.it/boccadasse/index.html (extra info on the location),

Camillo Tomei, Boccadasse Antico e Novo, Genova, Tipografia della Gioventù, 1910. (history on Boccadasse),

Corinna Praga, Genova fuori le mura, Genova, Fratelli Frilli Editori, 2006, ISBN 88-7563-197-2 (information on Genoa and on its neighbourhoods + history),

https://www.cognomix.it/mappe-dei-cognomi-italiani/DODERO (extra information on the origin of a common Genoese surname typical of Boccadasse),

https://www.normattiva.it/uri-res/N2Ls?urn:nir:stato:regio.decreto:1873-10-26;1638!vig (digitalised version of original document),

Ignacio Weiss, Gauchos Gesuiti Genovesi, De Luca Editore, Roma, 1955 (book linking Genoa to La Boca, Buenos Aires),

http://www.natura2000liguria.it/marini/sic15/index.htm (website about the Natura 2000 site),

Guida d'Italia - Liguria, Milano, TCI, 2009 (checked information in Biblioteca Berio, Genova).

PIAZZA DE FERRARI
https://siusa.archivi.beniculturali.it/cgi-bin/pagina.pl?TipoPag=prodpersona&Chiave=53748 (info on architect Crosa di Vergagni),

https://www.ilsecoloxix.it/genova/2016/08/20/news/la-fontana-genovese-zampilla-con-parsimonia-1.31229068 (newspaper article on jets),

http://www.visitgenoa.it/en/de-ferrari-square (DMO page on the location),

Frisoni, Gaetano (1910). Dizionario moderno Genovese-Italiano e Italiano Genovese. p. 306 (extra info upon the name of the church),

Lamponi, M. (2006). Genova tra Ottocento e Novecento – Album storico-fotografico - Vol. 1. Genova: Nuova Editrice Genovese. ISBN 9788888963075 (images on Genoa during 1800s, 1900s),

https://web.archive.org/web/20150205054801/http://www.genovacards.com/genova/piazze/piazzadeffe22.html (extra image),

http://www.visitgenoa.it/teatro-carlo-felice (DMO page on Teatro Carlo Felice), https://www.anpi.it/donne-e-uomini/89/ (biography of Remo Scappini),

Traversaro, Emanuela F. (2010). Una rivoluzione mancata: Genova 14 luglio 1948. Boopen. pp. 44–45. ISBN 8865810556. (info on assassination-attempt aftermath),

http://www.aster.genova.it/prendono-vita-i-getti-laterali-della-fontana-di-piazza-de-ferrari/ (news upon lateral jets),

https://liguria.bizjournal.it/2018/05/genova-piazza-de-ferrari-ritrova-gli-zampilli-laterali-alla-fontana/ (extra news on jets),

https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?language=it&pagename=Fatti_del_G8_di_Genova&params=44_24_13.86_N_8_57_15.40_E_scale:1000 & https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?language=it&pagename=Fatti_del_G8_di_Genova&params=44_23_46.75_N_8_57_10.31_E_scale:1500 (open street map on G8 Events in July 2001),

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatti_di_Genova_del_30_giugno_1960 (link to Italian Wikipedia Page on the events of June 30th 1960).

Càlzia, Fabrizio (2020). Breve storia di Genova. Newton Compton Editori. pp. 271–272. ISBN 9788822746559 (source for WWII chapter)

FOCACCIA
http://ricette.mondodelgusto.it/pani-e-farinacei/focaccia-classica/ (recipe),

https://thatsliguria.com/en/focaccia-from-genoa/ (extra info on other kinds of focaccia and on Genoese version),

Toso, Fiorenzo (2015). Piccolo Dizionario Etimologico Ligure - L'origine, la storia e il significato di quattrocento parole a Genova e in Liguria. Zona. ISBN 9788864385778 (info on 1st appearance of the term focaccia in the Italian dictionary),

Rossi, Sergio (2013) Focaccia genovese. Genova: Sagep (recipe and history of focaccia),

http://www.truciolisavonesi.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4939:la-focaccia-storia-ricordi-e-curiosita&catid=130:alessandro-scotto (history and info on the matter),

https://web.archive.org/web/20150120055323/http://genova.mentelocale.it/27034-la-focaccia-di-priano-una-delle-piu-buone-in-assoluto/ (info on Priano, Voltri),

https://www.oggi.it/cucina/ricetta/focaccia-di-voltri/ (info on Voltri and its version of focaccia),

https://www.academiabarilla.it/en/ricetta/focaccia-di-recco-2/ (info on Focaccia di Recco).

PRESCINSEUA CHEESE
https://www.politicheagricole.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/IT/IDPagina/15132 (PDF about list of PAT cheeses),

http://www.formaggio.it/formaggio/prescinseua-quagliata-p-a-t/ (extra info on characteristics),

Finley, Amy (2009). Genoa Travel Adventures. Hunter Publishing, Inc. p. 117. ISBN 9781588437716. (google books info on foods involved with Prescinseûa),

https://www.lacucinaitaliana.it/news/salute-e-nutrizione/prescinseua-formaggio-genovese/ (general info on the cheese),

https://magazine.lorenzovinci.it/recipe/prescinseua-genovese-ricette-calorie-come-farla-in-casa/ (info on recipes and extra general info),

https://web.archive.org/web/20081013064609/http://www.mangiarebene.com/accademia/formaggi/grandi-formaggi-italiani/formaggi-molli/acc_prescinseua_351_1566.htm (ingredients and additional version of recipe), http://www.buiopesto.it/discografia-cd-pesto/ (band website).

- Other Contributions and Discussions with other users:
- I cooperated with the other user https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mattiabosatelli for what concerns his articles regarding Capriate San Gervasio, Crespi d’Adda and Stracciatella (ice cream). In these articles we reviewed the accountability and reliability of the sources and references used by our partner and we checked for grammar or syntax mistakes in each other’s works.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crespi_d'Adda - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capriate_San_Gervasio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stracciatella_(ice_cream) (minor edits in all of the three articles). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Capriate_San_Gervasio (responded to Mattiabosatelli after little editing the article and adding a link to another page on Wikipedia). A day after my edits on Wikipedia (article: Focaccia) another used deleted most of my work and her reasons/motivations I must say were correct but I believe she edited out some info which was useful and I contacted her, this user welcomed me into the community and she agreed that she might have edited too much out but she added that there is room to improvement epecially regarding another chapter which was merged with the Focaccia article by another user. Previously I contacted her directly here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Macrakis#Focaccia_-_Focaccia_Genovese (here is the link to the section of her talk page). In contacting her, I also noticed that other users complained about Macrakis on her talk page saying that she deletes/edits others’ additions to Wikipedia.

Finally I also added few information and links on the Corso Italia article.

- Uploaded photo to Wikimedia Commons (Boccadasse):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Boccadasse_e_Portofino_all'Alba.jpg

- Reuse of Existing Content – photos
(https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boccadasse_2016-740.jpg, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Italy_North_location_map.svg , https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gino_Paoli_cropped.jpg , https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BMB_321_AMT_Genova_9072.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Monumento_a_Garibaldi_Genova_foto_4.jpg , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Palmiro-Togliatti-00504708.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Focaccia_Genovese_01.jpg ) (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pansoti_alla_salsa_di_noci.jpg , https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Focaccia_col_formaggio_02.jpg )

- Reuse of Existing Content – Geohack (Open Street Map):
https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?language=it&pagename=Fatti_del_G8_di_Genova&params=44_24_13.86_N_8_57_15.40_E_scale:1000 ;

https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?language=it&pagename=Fatti_del_G8_di_Genova&params=44_23_46.75_N_8_57_10.31_E_scale:1500

- Fallouts of the assignment & Personal considerations:
I must say that having never added anything to Wikipedia before, I appreciate much more who takes the time to do it respecting all parameters.

Regarding the encounters with other users I have been contacted only by Mattiabosatelli (one of my colleagues at Unibg) and by Macrakis who showed me what is an active member of the WP community, I believe that the article on Focaccia must be improved and I'll try to do my best to do it together with such user and maybe others.