User talk:DonCalo/Archive 2012

American Mafia induction rituals
Literally just discovered this article. Given you're our #1 Sicilian Mafia writer, I thought I'd send you in its direction to see if it's similar enough to rewrite to cover mafia on both sides of the pond. --Lenin and McCarthy |  (Complain here) 21:26, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I had not seen this one yet. I think we can add more information on the Sicilian side of things (although Buscetta already talks about that). But we need to change the title. - DonCalo (talk) 00:11, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Was gonna move, but wondering if the info should just be merged into made man. --Lenin and McCarthy |  (Complain here) 19:57, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

PD-Italy images
Hi Don Calo while going through my watchlist, i observed that several PD-Italy images were erroneously tagged to be moved to Commons by a bot ooperated by Fastily. I have removed tags from all the images i spotted. However, i would like you to go through your watchlist, see if i've missed any and do the same. Thanks. Joyson Prabhu Holla at me!   16:15, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
thank you for cleaning up my citations on the mafia page

Piratejosh85 (talk) 16:04, 8 February 2012 (UTC) 

Webcite
Hi Don Calo, since online links are susceptible to link rotting, it's best to archive them using Webcite. It will save you a lot of future headaches. Best regards, Joyson Prabhu  Holla at me!   12:18, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
 * http://www.webcitation.org/archive

Palazzolo Mediation
I agree, the case has been stale for some time. Thanks to your contributions to the mediation, it's unfortunate it was not successful. Should disputes arise again please consider filing the case again or other means of dispute resolution. Feel free to contact me at any time. --WGFinley (talk) 14:18, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Mafia AFD's
You might be interested in these afd
 * Articles for deletion/Anthony Pezzullo
 * Articles for deletion/Frank Scollo
 * Articles for deletion/Mike Genna
 * Articles for deletion/Carlo Profeta --Vic49 (talk)  21:34, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

Vizzini
Re "legendary" First, its peacock language. Second, saying 'he WAS a legend,' doesn't constitute Wikipedia documentation. Regards. Tapered (talk) 05:41, 30 April 2012 (UTC)


 * There's an uncited statement @ the end of the article using the word "mythical." Footnote 17 is in Italian. Don't see that as justifying the term 'legend.' What/which event of his life took on 'larger than life' proportions in retelling? I'll wait a few days to revert again.Tapered (talk) 07:40, 8 May 2012 (UTC)


 * I concede on the word 'legendary.' Contemporary usage is debased. Tapered (talk) 00:46, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

Massino
The Joseph Massino article is up for Good article nominations if your interested. I dont think I can be part of the GAN review I contributed to the article  about 24 times. --Vic49 (talk)  19:27, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

Paolo Borsellino
Ciao! Perhaps you'd like to give a glance and help at the new Via D'Amelio massacre article. It's a pity there was nothing about such an intricate event so far. Grazie e a presto! --&#39;&#39;&#39;Attilios&#39;&#39;&#39; (talk) 12:54, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

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 * I noticed that you removed the image license and replaced it with ir-Mugshot. But as the template says, it is not a valid license on its own and have to provide the appropriate copyright tag. I don't know Italian law well enough, but based on Commons:Licensing, there doesn't seem to be any special consideration for government photos. --Mosmof (talk) 17:43, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

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Template:Did you know nominations/Lunigiana revolt
I have nominated Lunigiana revolt as part of the WP:did you know. There are some citation issues, but I'm sure you can fix them, right? --George Ho (talk) 18:17, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

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Nomination of Angelo Ponte for deletion
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DYK for Lunigiana revolt
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Nomination of Anthony Furino for deletion
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 * You may be interested.--Vic49 (talk)  00:14, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

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Morgan and Garcia Moreno
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Nomination of Martin Krugman for deletion
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Paolo Borsellino as TFA on July 19
I thought you may want to help --DarTar (talk) 17:03, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Follow up on Borsellino
Thanks, looks great to me, although the section heading sounds a bit inappropriate for a Wikipedia article ("mysteries" sounds like gossip or tabloid journalism). How about changing the wording of the heading (I don't have any good idea right now) and maybe move it under Murder? The other main blocker for a potential FA promotion is the lack of a good open-license photo for the lead, I mailed Progetto Legalità to ask if they have any non-copyrighted media to share but haven't heard back yet. --DarTar (talk) 20:36, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Your message
Hi, and thank you for your message...thank you also for the welcome on Wikipedia, but it is a bit out of time, since I'm in the happy family (and specifically on it.wiki) since 5+ years and 10.000+ contributions :-D...all the same, thank you. Could I please quote you and make answers? "A) However, these organisations have there origin in these regions (CORRECT) B) and most if not all members of those organisations come from these regions (UNCORRECT). C) Could you please stop your imaginary crusade and cool down a bit (UNCORRECT).

A) is correct, so no answer needed.

B) is not correct. It is for sure possible that a consistent number of the members of this organizations are from the originating regions. But, having been since long the activities of these organizations expanded outside the originating boundaries (namely in Lombardia, Piedmont, Emilia Romagna and even outside Italy), there is evidence for recruitment of local elements in the criminal organigram. Furthermore, there is also evidence for recruitment of extra-national elements (Albanians, former-Yugoslavia citizens). Therefore, any exclusive reference to the originating regions is IMHO uncorrect and needs to be amended. This is the reason why I feel more appropriate to have photos of mobsters (or any other iconographic reference which is adequately illustrative of that reality) more than maps, but naturally I'm ready to discussion.

C) I'm completely cool, and I'm not conducting any crusade, even less imaginary. I'm trying to report correct information in Wikipedia as I do since 5+ years. Do you?

Kind regards--Ferdinando Scala (talk) 21:57, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for Giosue Gallucci
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Nomination of Joseph Lubrano for deletion
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Salvatore Pelle
Found this article made by King Genovese. --Vic49 (talk)  22:07, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Mafia afd Ralph Perna, Anthony Santorelli

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 * Articles for deletion/Anthony Santorelli --Vic49 (talk)  21:35, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

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Mob articles
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Perna afd2
Hi, if your interested Ralph Perna afd 2, the article was created by this user. --Vic49 (talk)  19:28, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Francesco Cuccia
Francesco Cuccia was an Arbereshe. Do you read Italian? . --Prodebugger (talk) 09:17, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
 * There is no doubt that all the Cuccias in Piana degli Albanesi are Arbereshe. I think that we should create a new category "People of Arbereshe descent" (or something like that). Actually all the Arbereshe are categorized in this category: Category:Italian people of Albanian descent. The problem is not Francesco Cuccia only. So please help me to categorize them in the better way. --Prodebugger (talk) 09:46, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
 * DonCalo please stick to the sources i.e. . Sicily has been a hodgepodge of many cultures for millenia, so being born in Sicily or anywhere else for that matter means nothing as regards cultural/ethnic/social identity. Being an Arbëreshë and a supporter of Albanian activism(Memoirs of Francesco Crispi) doesn't make him less of an Italian. Btw Ismail Qemali's memoirs (as edited by Renzo Falaschi) are insightful in that aspect.-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 10:49, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

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Crime afd's
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Roberto Calvi
Dear DonCalo,

You know much more than me about this kind of thing and you are probably right to revert but it will be interesting to see what more emerges.

Yours Budhen (talk) 11:54, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Now. How about this (www.amazon.co.uk): Il re della cocaina: La mia vita con Roberto Suarez e la nascita del primo narco-stato (Strade blu. Non Fiction) (Italian Edition) by Ayda Levy and V. Colonnelli (30 Nov 2012)

Clearly this is the book referred to in the Telegraph article, not the Willan book. My mistake.

Over to you! Budhen (talk) 12:22, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

And also: Rey de la cocaína by Ayda Levy Martínez (22 Nov 2012) Budhen (talk) 12:29, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Lubrano
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