User talk:2A01:4B00:AD11:4200:55B8:BA80:8B47:3E88

October 2022
Hello, I'm M.Bitton. I noticed that you recently removed content from Couscous without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. M.Bitton (talk) 23:55, 20 October 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi @M.Bitton, I left an adequate edit summary as evident here. We already have an article about Thieboudienne. It is a rice dish found in the
 * Senegambia region, namely Senegal and Gambia. It is totally different to couscous which is not a rice dish. The source cited by the editor also do not support their claim. I also mentioned that in my edit summary. You should look at the ref for yourself. The editor most definitely meant "chere" or "saay" which is made from pearl millet and found in the Senegambia. Reading their text, you can see that they confused thieboudienne (a Senegambian rice dish) with chere/saay (the only Senegambian/Sahelian dish similar to couscous and made from pearl millet). I even added a reliable source to support my claim. Please undo you edit as that information is wrong. Thieboudienne is a rice dish. Thanks. 2A01:4B00:AD11:4200:55B8:BA80:8B47:3E88 (talk) 2A01:4B00:AD11:4200:55B8:BA80:8B47:3E88 (talk) 22:56, 21 October 2022 (UTC)


 * There is no way to know what "the editor" meant, but following your ping, I checked all the sources (including the one that you added) and can confirm that none of them supports the attributed statement. M.Bitton (talk) 23:57, 21 October 2022 (UTC)


 * @M.Bitton The source I added support the claim I've added. See below. The editor's claims are not supported by the sources previously cited as you can clearly see for yourselfafter your verification. There was nothing controversial about my edit other than to correct the info. Also, if you found out that the sources cited by the editor do not support the claim why leave the content there? That does not make sense! You should BE BOLD and remove it or edit and source it properly which is what I did. The information is wrong. You don't have to take my word for it. Do a check on Google books and sources and you will see that thieboudienne is a rice dish, not a couscous or millet dish. We already have an article on that, read it. "Chere" on the other hand is a type of couscous. I cannot believe you are arguing with me about this. All you have to do is check. The information is wrong and I find it shocking that you have reverted the article back to an inaccurate edit. Here is what my source wrote about chere:
 * "Serers are known for their love for pounded coos (chere) which is their favorite dish."
 * Mwakikagile, Godfrey, "The Gambia and Its People: Ethnic Identities and Cultural Integration in Africa", New Africa Press (2010), p. 141, ISBN 9987160239 URL
 * Here is another:
 * "Laborers, many of whom were themselves Serer, would often spend their break here, while Ramatoulaye prepared plates of rice and sauce, stewed on a portable gass stove, or chere, a Serer dish made of pounded millet.
 * Source: Melly, Caroline, "Bottleneck : Moving, Building, and Belonging in an African City" University of Chicago Press, p. 98, ISBN 022648906X URL
 * 2A01:4B00:AD11:4200:55B8:BA80:8B47:3E88 (talk) 05:18, 22 October 2022 (UTC)


 * No, the source does not support the content that you added. M.Bitton (talk) 22:01, 22 October 2022 (UTC)
 * @M.BittonI don't have a dog in this fight and I'm not going to engage in edit war over it or lengthy discussions back and forth. I have a busy life with plenty to do with my time. I was researching something and came upon the couscous article, and to my horror, saw thieboudienne - stated as a similar dish (which is factually incorrect). It doesn't matter if you add my text to the article on not. My intent was to correct the confusion between thieboudienne and chere (also known as saay). The latter is more similar to couscous, the former is a rice dish as its own article will tell you. In fact, I only added a small text, everything else was already there before I edited, and didn't want to make drastic changes that could break the references. What is important is you remove the factually inaccurate information about thieboudienne which I see you've now done. Glad thieboudienne has been removed from couscous article as it does not belong there. The two have nothing to do with each other.2A01:4B00:AD11:4200:55B8:BA80:8B47:3E88 (talk) 01:19, 23 October 2022 (UTC)