User talk:Aciram/Archives/2016/January

Article naming
Policy may be different in the Swedish Wikipedia, but in the English Wikipedia the article naming policy is at WP:COMMONNAME, which says "... it generally prefers to use the name that is most frequently used to refer to the subject in English-language reliable sources."  The English language source in Rower woman, used to reference the title in the lede, uses that term. --David Biddulph (talk) 04:22, 23 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I confess I did not have that much knowledge in policy: I saw there was an English link, but I seem to remember that link acknowledged that "rower woman" was but one version of the name, signifying that you could use another version, which made me think that if there were several different versions permissible, then you could use the one most resembling the Swedish word for it - as far as I know (I could be wrong), this subject is not much known in the English speaking world at all, and the title Rower woman, aside from having a different meaning in Swedish, is hard to distinguish as specific for this subject. Is this subject very much known and the title for it established as the only and most known title for the subject in English? If several versions of the name is known for the subject in English, then perhaps the title which is more specific and resemble the original most could be used? Is it the only version used for the subject in English? There was only one English language reference. Does that say that this is the only version of the name? --Aciram (talk) 14:45, 23 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Naturally if other English language sources are added to the article, these could be used in helping to determine the WP:common name. In the meantime, a redirect exists from the title which you proposed. --David Biddulph (talk) 15:08, 23 November 2015 (UTC)
 * That is true enough! I agree, for the meantime. --Aciram (talk) 15:21, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

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Dalkulla
You're welcome. After watching today's Julkalendern, I noticed there was an English article on the dalkullas, but it wasn't language linked with the Swedish one. There may be more articles awkwardly referring to "employed women from Dalarna"... CapnZapp (talk) 21:11, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

Articles
I've meant to write you a note a while ago because I keep running into very interesting articles that you have created. They are fascinating little gems and the only problem is that none of them have English sources so I can't look for more information on the topics This is what happens when you've studied a half dozen languages each for 2+ years...you ended up not being fluent in any of them! I should refresh my reading-level German when I get a chance. Liz Read! Talk! 02:04, 17 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much! It is nice to be appreciated. And I am grateful to have my language mistakes corrected. I wish I could speak German as well - my sources are actually normally in the Swedish language, but I know Swedish and German can look similar. I am a female historian from Sweden, and I suppose my production here are affected by that fact: I mainly write articles about women in history (normally pre 1900) and the history of Sweden, Denmark and Norway. Yes, I have noticed that many of the subjects I write about simply does not have any sources in English at all which, actually, is one of the wonders of Wikipedia: without Wikipedia, so many subjects would continue to be known only in their own native country, and unknown in the rest of the world! I must allow myself some pride in my production when I look back through the years and realize, that I have actually written (or at least started) a great majority of the articles within the Scandinavian history of women and especially Sweden, and that if I had not, some of these subjects would perhaps not be known at all outside Scandinavia, or at least not for some time yet. With the exception for historical circles of course, but Wikipedia democratizes this knowledge. And I allow myself to be proud of that. There will be more! I focus on the Scandinavian countries and especially my home country Sweden, but I write articles on particularly women's history worldwide when I notice something, or at least start a stub. If you have any questions of Scandinavian women's history before 1900, then feel free to ask! My best wishes--Aciram (talk) 15:27, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

Business?
Regarding your additions of categories, I don't really see how Anna Maria Rückerschöld and Cajsa Warg could be described as "businesspeople". They did not to the best of my knowledge work as merchants or anything like that. How exactly do you defined "business"?

Peter Isotalo 01:31, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Oh, perhaps I was a little to hasty in their case - I seemed to remember that they had some kind of chef business but I may have confused them with the other contemporary chefs- and cookery book writers who managed inns and so forth, but these to were perhaps just chefs and writers? If so you can simply removed th categories again! :)--Aciram (talk) 01:34, 31 December 2015 (UTC)


 * Chef is a very modern profession actually. I believe it's been pretty much exclusively male right up until very recently. Warg was employed as a sort of senior housekeeper (mamsell) and Rückerschöld had her own household. Virtually all cooking at that time, and fine dining, was done in households anyhew.
 * You might want to check out En Nödig och Nyttig Hus-Hålds-Kok-Bok (1737) and Försök Til en Pålitelig Matrednings-Bok (1751), btw. The transcriptions are incomplete, but they're both full scans of originals.
 * Peter Isotalo 02:12, 31 December 2015 (UTC)


 * Thank you!--Aciram (talk) 02:40, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Interested in Feminism
Hi Aciram I am an American University student, I am doing a blog about Wikiproject-Feminism, and I would like to know more about your experience, and why you were interested in being involved in this section.

Thanks

Sy1744a (talk) 21:07, 27 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Hi Sy1744a. Well, I am a Swedish female. I believe in social and sexual equality; thereby being both a social democrat and a feminist who believes strongly in hbtq rights. I am also interested in history. Consequently, the combination means that most of my contributions consists of topics within the history of women. If you have any questions, then please make them, and I can answer them, if I have the time. --Aciram (talk) 22:11, 27 January 2016 (UTC)