User talk:Broletto

March 2008
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Nice to see someone working on Italian poetry! --Folantin (talk) 12:31, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

And a warm welcome from me too. One article you might like to create, of course, is Broletto. Ian Spackman (talk) 10:10, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Hello: Good to see your work on the Levanto page. It has been dormant for a long time, apart from some edits by bots. But in your recent edit, you need the simple past tense and not the present perfect tense. (Sono anche pensionato - sono stato insegnante, anche io!) Mikeo1938 (talk) 21:14, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Fine ... I guess that you have looked at the Levanto page. Because we are talking about 2007, we need the simple past tense. You will see that I changed "have received" to "received".  There is something not quite right with the note about the UNESCO prize ... but I can't put my finger on it.  I've looked at the UNESCO site (English) to see if they refer to such a prize ... probably the word "award" would be more appropriate.  Anyway, I'll give it some thought.
 * The comment which you left on my Talk Page is hard to fault. Congratulations!  The only thing I would say is that the verb is "to practise" but the noun is "the practice".  Do you have Skype?  If so, we might be able to arrange the occasional conversation exchange ... English for Italian and vice versa ... (?)  Mikeo1938 (talk) 21:05, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

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The portrait of Boccaccio
If he continues to do this without providing any reason for the deletion he will simply be banned. Next time it happens I will alert an admin. Cheers. --Folantin (talk) 09:08, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I've contacted User:Antandrus (an admin). He should be able to do something about this some time today. Cheers. --Folantin (talk) 08:45, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

House of Tassis
Thank you for your message, Broletto. I chose to name the house Tassis as opposed to Tasso since the family line that would become Taxis used the Tassis form in Italy which is illustrated in the Italian articles for members of the family. See Jannetto de Tassis. I wouldn't be opposed to a change to Tasso, though, as long as there is a common category linking the family's members' articles. --Caponer (talk) 20:50, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

2010 Merano train derailment
Hi Broletto. I have reverted your recent edit, as it is not in line with the convention we use on English Wikipedia for placenames in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. The convention, as described on the article's talk page, is that we use the language of the majority group within each comune/gemeinde, with the notable exception of Merano, where it is considered that the Italian name has become established as normal use in English. We use a hyphenated dual name only in the case of the region and the Province of Bolzano-Bozen; the city of Bolzano goes under its Italian name. The policy will never please everyone. Personally, I would prefer Merano/Meran, for example, but it was a compromise reached after many months of edit wars and appears to work reasonably well. There is a very strong feeling on Wikipedia against using dual names, perhaps because American editors are not really familiar with them. In more enlightened parts of the world, of course, we don't bat an eyelid when we see Bruxelles/Brussel, Caerdydd/Cardiff, New Brunswick/Nouveau-Brunswick or Helsinki/Helsingfors. Skinsmoke (talk) 13:46, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I've found the appropriate section of the Manual of Style for you, after a bit of a struggle, which states "Places should generally be referred to consistently using the same name as in the title of their article (see Wikipedia:Naming conventions (geographic names))." Skinsmoke (talk) 14:03, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Stichomythia
Thanks for the translation of the Verdi aria! I'm going to revise it a bit soon (if no one else does). I also think we should have the original in the article and the translation in a footnote, or vice-versa. What do you think? &mdash;JerryFriedman (Talk) 17:25, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

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Vigili del Fuoco copy edit
I’ve just had a quick look. Its already better - I think it’s a matter of syntax - moving the parts of the sentences around a bit to make it more understandable in English, adjusting or altering a few words here and there, and shortening sentences if possible. For instance, the first paragraph could be:

The Vigili del Fuoco, officially the Corpo Nazionale dei Vigili del Fuoco (CNVVF), Italy's national agency for fire and rescue, is part of the Ministry of the Interior's Dipartimento dei Vigili del Fuoco, del Soccorso Pubblico e della Difesa Civile (Department of Fire Watch, Public Rescue and Public Protection). The corp’s task is to provide safety for people, animals and property, and give technical assistance [to what/whom] and emergency fire prevention [advice?].It also ensures public safety in terrorist emergencies such as chemical, bacteriological, radiological and nuclear attacks.

Do we know if the Santa Barbara Battalion that was mobilized for the war effort under the auspices of Victor Emmanuel was a battalion specially created for the firemen, or did they just join an existing battalion? I’m not sure that the specific law 1570 is worth mentioning. I think the “5 Centuries” mentioned in an older edit could be “5 groups each with 100 men”. Perhaps the word "Centuries" in the Italian context is just a term that means a large body of men - perhaps you know about this.

Any words or phrases that qualify (add to or take away from) the word next to it I always remove whether the exaggeration is true or not, unless they are part of a cited quote from a source. Some of these (weasel words) in the History section are, in brackets: lost (with honor) by the Italians, In this (difficult) phase of the war, it was conceived (by whom), answers were (so) numerous it was necessary a (very) strict selection . Always look out for words ending in ly - they are nearly always weasel words to be removed.

If you like I can look back at the article now and then to see how it’s going and help a bit more... good luck Acabashi (talk) 00:36, 22 March 2011 (UTC)


 * As you have replied on my talk page I will add any further advice there, so that we can keep our communication in one place. I'm going away for the afternoon so will not be able to look at Vigili del Fuoco again until tonight. Best wishes. Acabashi (talk) 11:21, 22 March 2011 (UTC)


 * I have added another comment on my talk page. Best wishes. Acabashi (talk) 06:18, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Christian De Sica
Go ahead! I've gotten overwhelmed with school work, so I'm almost never on wiki these days. Thanks for checking!!! Anidaane (talk) 09:57, 16 May 2011 (UTC)Anidaane

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