User talk:DonCalo/Archive 2011

Re:Castor
Hi, Don. Well, I don't know why but that source is wrong. Castor died on April. All the sources say he died 11 April: ("morreu no Rio de Janeiro aproximadamente às 18 horas e 30 minutos da sexta-feira 11" Issue is from April 16 and if you get a calendar for the year 1997 you see April 11 is Friday, not March 11)  ("11/04/97")  ("bicheiro Castor de Andrade, vítima de um enfarte em 11 de abril de 1997.") Best regards. Idontknow 610 TM 18:41, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Ok, I removed that ref from there and added another ref that confirms he died on April 11. And "Castor, homem educado, risonho e popular, era poderoso de fato, mas - à semelhança dos demais - tinha como anteparo Kalil Petrus Kalil, o Turcão, este sim o maior banqueiro de descarga do Rio de Janeiro: discreto, respeitado entre os pares e conhecido pela severidade e eficiência nas ações sob seu comando." Translates to "Castor, a popular, cheerful, and educated man, was in fact powerful, but - like the others - had as his shield Kalil Petrus Kalil, known as Turcao, the biggest 'discharge banker' of Rio de Janeiro: discreet, respected among the pairs and known for the severity and efficiency in the actions under his command." Hope this helps, Idontknow  610 TM 19:11, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Giulio
Ciao! My recent Giulio Andreotti expansion has been tagged for poor prose. Can you help to cleanup the article? Thanks and good work. --&#39;&#39;&#39;Attilios&#39;&#39;&#39; (talk) 20:15, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

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Re: Turcao
WOW, that is very messed up. How did you even get into this? Anyways I'll see what I can do, but I don't want to get very involved if this gets out of control. Best regards, Idontknow  610 TM 20:58, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

note - BLPN - Vito Roberto Palazzolo
Hi, a thread has been opened at the BLP noticeboard regarding a an article you have been involved in editing. Please respond there, thanks. Off2riorob (talk) 21:00, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Fasci Siciliani
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Defamation of a living person
Almost everything you say in your Wiki page on Palazzolo is slanted and fortifies the litany of newspaper driven and unsubstantiated claims made against him. This stuff is unverified nonsense and very harmful. All you ever do is make it worse, using Wikipedia. There is no question, therefore, of putting my comments at the bottom. You have to stop slandering this man. It is very hard to work out your motives. Is it simply that you don't care if your facts and allegations are substantiated?

He has only ever been finally sentenced for one thing, which was in Switzerland in 1985, and that was a very doubtful conviction. They knew he was innocent but, under pressure from the States, they shoehorned his case into a conviction that he should have known the money he returned ($6m) might have gone into the drug trade. THAT WAS IT.

After which the machine began rolling against him, perhaps driven by the Swiss banking establishment, who wanted to use him as a Scapegoat and have him extradited to Italy, so that they could be clean of him. Or from the Mafia itself who find it useful to have a target. Or both. The newspapers couldn't care less, as long as it makes news.

You, Don Calo, are party to this terrible nonsense that Palazzolo can only reply to in court, which takes years, by which time there is more rubbish for him to answer. So it never stops. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fircks (talk • contribs) 11:34, 9 February 2011 (UTC)


 * With all due respect, press reports of mainstream media with a record of fact checking are considered reliable sources in Wikipedia, see Verifiability. He was convicted twice, in Switzerland and Italy, while going to the highest courts. - DonCalo (talk) 20:21, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Moro
Ciao! Are you interested in the Moro affair? I just wrote a huge article, maybe it needs help as my English is mediocre... Ciao and good work. --&#39;&#39;&#39;Attilios&#39;&#39;&#39; (talk) 20:27, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

John Gotti
You know much about the American Mafia?

I ask because there's another John Gotti biopic in the works, and I'm interested in trying to get his article fixed up in time to be TFA when it's released. The casting hasn't been finalized yet, so there's plenty of time.

I've got two books I'm working with to complete and cite everything (Gotti: Rise and Fall and Mafia Dynasty), but I'm wondering if there's anyone else who could help or provide references from some more sources. I thought I would ask you because you seem to have written the only good Mafia article we have. --Lenin and McCarthy |  (Complain here) 22:00, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Mauro De Mauro
The article Mauro De Mauro you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Mauro De Mauro for eventual comments about the article. Well done! AGK [&bull; ] 22:46, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Links and copyright
Hello. I have removed the link again from Vito Roberto Palazzolo. Before it is restored, we need to address the copyright concerns. Our copyright policy prohibits linking to websites that use content from others without proper license. See WP:LINKVIO and WP:ELNEVER. We cannot link to a website that is using material from another source when there is not sound reason to believe that the source has licensed it for their display. ANSA has its own website; it would, of course, be completely appropriate to link to the article if displayed there:. Alternatively, any other reliable source to support that information that does not attribute content to another party may be appropriate, but we should not restore this link unless we are able to establish that Antimafia Duemila utilizes content with proper license. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:57, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

The retard is back again
Hi, i'm 100% certain that this retard is back again tagging images for deletion under a Commons account User:Hold and wave. The idiot is on a rampage adding deletion tags to Italian organized crime and Israel-related articles. Just thought you should know, in case you do not already. I will refrain from requesting a sockpuppet investigation myself. It's been four years dealing with this fool. Joyson Noel Holla at me!  16:02, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

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 * Could you have a little patience in the future. I barely had the time to put the proper license tag. - DonCalo (talk) 18:52, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Palazzolo
I have proposed a solution to our Palazzolo problems at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard#Vito_Roberto_Palazzolo_new_section

I hope we can resolve the issues — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fircks (talk • contribs) 16:16, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

Deletion review for File:FilipAndTal.jpg
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Commisso 'ndrina
Let's discuss this at the talk page, shall we? GiantSnowman 21:36, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

Early Italian-American groups
I know you're mainly working on Italian organized crime, but I wonder if you might have knowledge or access to sources on the characters and organizations of the early Italian-American groups (mainly the Sicilians). I've been working on the Morello crime family and its members, but it's difficult to pin down the history without full access to good sources. In case there is an overlap in your concededly wide grasp of this field, would you consider reviewing some of the articles on the early Sicilian groups? Unfortunately the coverage of the American Mafia is clearly substandard compared to the articles on its Italian progenitors. Shoplifter (talk) 08:39, 24 August 2011 (UTC)


 * I agree with your assessment of articles on the American Mafia, and admire your courage to take this on. Sure, I am willing to ccooperate where I can, but it is not really my field of expertise. Good sources are Critchley, which is a serious attempt to trace the history. Another good source is Salvatore Lupo. His history of the Mafia is translated in English and is accesible on Amazon if you have an account (and is definitly worth buying). Lupo also wrote a book on the migration of the Mafia to North America, Quando la mafia trovò l'America. Storia di un intreccio intercontinentale, 1888-2008, (Torino, Einaudi, 2008), but is only available in Italian as far as I know. It is on Google books but not fully accessible unfortunately. Anyway, let me know if you need any help. - DonCalo (talk) 14:13, 24 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your kind words; I can't really take any credit yet because my efforts thus far have been rather cursory. :-) But it would be nice to see an improvement in this area. I'm hoping that the templates me and Vic49 have been working on will attract some new knowledgeable editors. By the way, it's wonderful to see someone who consistently uses primary (and presumably more adequate) sources in a language other than English. I wish we could have more of that on WP. Shoplifter (talk) 19:31, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

Re:Rizzuto
Last time a checked, only providing bare links isn't a acceptable reason to remove text. --Ted87 (talk) 18:49, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

Omerta
What was wrong with this addition i made to the Popular culture section of this page: Omertà:


 * 'Omerta' is a song by heavy metal band Lamb of God, released in their 2004 album Ashes of the Wake. The song begins with frontman Randy Blythe saying:
 * Whoever appeals to the law against his fellow man is either a fool or a coward. Whoever cannot take care of himself without that law is both. For a wounded man shall say to his assailant, "If I Live, I will kill you.If I Die, You are forgiven. " Such is the Rule of Honor.

It's relevant as the song is about Omerta, in every way... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.210.47.9 (talk) 11:03, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Fraser Cain
Hi DonCalo. Would you reconsider your comment at Articles for deletion/Fraser Cain? I don't see any evidence of vanity or self-promotion. To ensure that the closing admin will not discount your comment, would you include an analysis of how the article passes or fails WP:GNG? A good way to do this is to analyze the sources in the article or to demonstrate that you searched for sources but could not find any. Best, Cunard (talk) 07:46, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Nomination of James Emma for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article James Emma is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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List of Sicilian Mafiosi by city
Hi, the above article seems to have come under an unsourced editing blitz. I don't know enough about the subject to say if the edits are correct or not. Can you check? Thanks Denisarona (talk) 16:32, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Requests for mediation/Vito Roberto Palazzolo
Dear DonCalo: My name is Tristessa de St Ange, your Mediation Commitee mediator. I'd like to invite you to participate in the current stage of the following case:
 * Wikipedia talk:Requests for mediation/Vito Roberto Palazzolo

Many thanks, and I look forward to speaking with you soon. Yours, --Tristessa (talk) 03:10, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Caiyad Phahad
Would you reply to my comment at Articles for deletion/Caiyad Phahad regarding userfication? Thank you, Cunard (talk) 06:19, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Would you reply at the AfD regarding the GFDL-violating, WP:FAKEARTICLE-violating copy-and-paste of the article to User:Phoenix B 1of3/Caiyad Phahad? Thanks, Cunard (talk) 03:49, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Aparo afd
I have a question because in the Articles for deletion/Salvatore Aparo the vote was three delete(s), and two redirect(s) then it was re-listed. Can an administrator re-list an afd, and then vote in the same afd. --Vic49 (talk)  21:26, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

Nomination of Charles Ubriaco for deletion
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Please do not bite
Re your remark "It also should be seriously edited by a someone with a sufficient level of English, otherwise it might as well be deleted for WP:NONSENSE": this is seriously uncalled for and (completely unnecessarily) insulting and demoralizing. Please do not bite the newcomers; Wikipedia needs editors. --Lambiam 20:09, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

Requests for mediation/Vito Roberto Palazzolo
I was reassigned the case, I will take a look at where things are at and try to get up to speed before the end of the weekend. Thanks for your patience. --WGFinley (talk) 06:38, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

William Devino
William Devino another mobster from the Goodfellas movie is up for deletion. --Vic49 (talk)  16:47, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

Palazzolo
I've added my take on getting discussions restarted, you can check it out here], thanks!

--WGFinley (talk) 01:49, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

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