User talk:JackkBrown/Archives/ 2

Re:Other foods
Hi, personally I would only move those that have the article, i.e. the blue links. --LukeWiller (talk) 08:49, 1 February 2024 (UTC).
 * I don't know, try asking in the article talk. --LukeWiller (talk) 07:06, 2 February 2024 (UTC).

Province of Rimini edits
Hi, thanks for cleaning up my edits at Province of Rimini. I think you could have been more charitable in your edit summaries (1, 2), but I do appreciate the time you've taken to make sure my edits conform to community consensus. Other editors have also told me that I overuse capital letters, so this is something I'm not always aware I'm doing. Thank you.

As and when I revisit other articles I edit, I'll happily lowercase any provinces there (there are likely to be a good few). Seeing as I'm mostly editing Italian-focussed articles, if there are any other conventions you think I should know, I would be grateful if you, as an experienced editor, could point them to me :)) IgnatiusofLondon (talk) 23:58, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
 * you're partly right in the sense that I could have been kinder; however, to nip certain errors in the bud it's more functional to use a hard fist. I would like to thank you for your changes, you have enriched the page. JackkBrown (talk) 00:18, 2 February (UTC)
 * Unless you have the voluminous WP:Manual of style memorized, I see no reason to use a "hard fist" explaining something to someone for the first time; especially if they are still a new-ish user. (This, from someone who can get snippy in edit summaries myself, at least if it occurs multiple times in a short period; so, apologies if you were on the receiving end of any of that.)
 * Ironically, I came here not for this, but to point out changes to template capitalization at Buccellato di Lucca such as  to   (here), or   to   (here). So may I say, wearing my softest, supplest, chamois gloves that these are unnecessary changes per MOS:VAR, and result in no improvement to the page; template usage is invariant under capitalization of the name. Similarly, replacing a working redirect as in this change of   to   doesn't produce any improvement for the reader, and is best avoided per WP:NOTBROKEN. I'm learning more and more of the undesirable changes that VE does under the hood without the user being aware of them, so if you didn't knowingly make these changes, please ignore this message.   Mathglot (talk) 23:28, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I know this, but I was told that I can make these changes if they are part of a larger modification, so I'm not making a mistake. Of course, if I only modified this, I would be the first to say that it's not correct. JackkBrown (talk) 23:46, 2 February (UTC)
 * You are correct that making an edit that includes MOS:VAR violations is not sanctionable if accompanied by other edits. (One of the ones I linked, or maybe it was one of the ones I didn't link? had no other changes.) But non-sanctionable doesn't mean that it improves the article, which is why we are all here, right? Making one or two or a bunch of such changes, not because a guideline recommends them but solely because initial capitals are more to your liking, will likely be ignored for a while; maybe for quite a long while. The problem is, if it becomes a general pattern it may come back to bite you one day. Probably it won't, if this is the only such thing you ever do. But if there are some other things that are noticed by other editors' as non-optimal and one of them finally decides to build a case about you for it, a long pattern of making such edits as these could be seen as additional evidence of a pattern of disruption, or just a general willingness to ignore guidelines, even when they are very minor (like this one) and have little force on their own. If it ever comes to that, the fewer things of this nature that people can point to, the better. Up to you, really, how you want to handle it. I won't bother you further about this (but I'm forgetful, so forgive me if I do, some day). Happy editing, Mathglot (talk) 03:24, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Seconding this, and just to add, @JackkBrown (and I'm sorry that I'm not saying anything that you haven't heard before): I know you've already had two notices on WP:ANI, where editors have highlighted both the great enthusiasm and consistency you bring to Wikipedia and, sometimes, the disruptive nature of streams of minor edits and perceived lack of charity.
 * It's worthwhile remembering two principles: (1) ultimately we're here to improve readers' experience of Wikipedia as a comprehensive, reliable, well-sourced, factual encyclopaedia; and (2) different editors bring different skills to the table to meet those objectives. Your stylistic edits can bring great value to support editors who prefer to build the encyclopaedia through context expansion, like me, and our edits on Province of Rimini show how fruitful and creative our collaboration can be.  All the same, other editors have highlighted already how it can be disruptive when a page history is just a stream of minor, usually inconsequential edits, and I'm not the only editor who would prefer that you made one big edit to an article than lots of very minor edits.
 * If I can make one suggestion, I think mobile web editing is limiting you, because I know when I edit via mobile web that it's much more difficult to preview our changes and modify articles in the first place. If there's any way you can switch to non-mobile editing, I'd encourage you to give it a go :)) IgnatiusofLondon (talk) 14:59, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

February 2024
Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Tortellini. Your edits appear to be disruptive and have been or will be reverted. Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive. Continued disruptive editing may result in loss of editing privileges. Thank you. Eric talk 04:16, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
 * If you are engaged in an article content dispute with another editor, please discuss the matter with the editor at their talk page, or the article's talk page, and seek consensus with them. Alternatively, you can read Wikipedia's dispute resolution page, and ask for independent help at one of the relevant noticeboards.
 * If you are engaged in any other form of dispute that is not covered on the dispute resolution page, please seek assistance at Wikipedia's Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents.
 * you're wrong, I corrected the fact that on the tortellini page the text outside the caption was attached (it was necessary to detach the line). JackkBrown (talk) 04:19, 3 February (UTC)

Hello. I have noticed that you edit without using an edit summary. Please do your best to always fill in the summary field. This helps your fellow editors use their time more productively, rather than spending it unnecessarily scrutinizing and verifying your work. Even a short summary is better than no summary, and summaries are particularly important for large, complex, or potentially controversial edits. To help yourself remember, you may wish to check the "prompt me when entering a blank edit summary" box in your preferences. Thanks! &#126;~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 19:58, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
 * "To help yourself remember, you may wish to check the "prompt me when entering a blank edit summary" box in your preferences.": done now. JackkBrown (talk) 20:15, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

MOS:REFERENCES
At Pamona language, you changed the references section from "Notes" to "References". Per MOS:REFERENCES:

There's no reason to revert your edit, but just to let you know that there's intentionally no consistency here, so please don't waste your time systematically changing these heading titles. You can read the explanatory footnote at MOS:REFERENCES for further justifications. IgnatiusofLondon (talk) 16:14, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

Blocked
You have been blocked for one month per consensus at ANI. As I noted there, any future disruption once this block expires will very likely lead to an indefinite block implemented by any administrator. Daniel (talk) 01:20, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

Capital after colon
Hi Jack, I noticed in History of the Republic of Korea Navy you changed the first letter after a colon to lowercase. That is correct in British English, but in American English the capital is acceptable. Based on the spelling of "recognized" (as opposed to "recognised") in that article, it is written in American English and, per WP:ENGVAR, it should be left that way. Would you mind changing those back so the article remains consistent? Thanks, and thank you for your efforts to improve the encyclopedia! EducatedRedneck (talk) 20:40, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
 * of course! Please point me to the pages where I wrote "recognised", so that I can correct. Thank you. JackkBrown (talk) 21:13, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I may have been unclear. I meant that seeing the spelling of "recognised" would signal the article is in British English. Because the Korea Navy page had "recognized", you can tell it's American English. In any case, per Firefangledfeathers' post below, it would be good to reverse your change of upper to lower case after a colon on that article. Thank you for being so responsive! EducatedRedneck (talk) 22:19, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Regardless of the variety of English, the manual of style here would recommend a capital letter for that use. See MOS:COLON: . Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 21:09, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
 * If the words before the colon are a complete sentence, and the words after are also a complete sentence, then take the easy option and replace the colon with a full-stop. Bazza 7 (talk) 21:18, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I followed your advice because I found it very useful, not only to solve this problem but also because with the points the sentences are better. Thank you. JackkBrown (talk) 02:54, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

March 2024
Please do not move a page to a title that is harder to follow, or move it unilaterally against naming conventions or consensus. This includes making page moves while a discussion remains underway. We have some guidelines to help with deciding what title is best for a subject. If you would like to experiment with page titles and moving, please use the test Wikipedia. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 16:25, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
 * are you referring to this page? Draft:Pagina prove. JackkBrown (talk) 16:31, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Your signature
Please ensure your signature conforms with the requirements of WP:CUSTOMSIG/P; in particular the first bullet point. Bazza 7 (talk) 09:30, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
 * done, now the signature is "JacktheBrown" (instead of "TheJack"). JacktheBrown (talk) 15:09, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

Re: Advices
Ok, I will follow your advices. Good day to you too... :-) --LukeWiller (talk) 18:20, 16 March 2024 (UTC).

Just wanted to say hi
So hello. 2600:1005:B185:6F58:180F:6120:B3FC:C669 (talk) 12:25, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello to you too, what do you need? JacktheBrown (talk) 12:28, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

Updating bot-dated tags
Hi there, with regards to this edit, these tags (use British English, use DMY dates) are dated by bots and are supposed to be dated from when they are placed, see Category:Use British English. They aren't supposed to be updated to the current month. AusLondonder (talk) 14:00, 23 March 2024 (UTC)


 * @JackkBrown You did this again this morning at Piada dei morti. Do not update these tags with the current month.  Some editorial WikiProjects use the month in tags for sorting and prioritising articles in need of attention (e.g. the WikiProject for unreferenced articles); it frustrates editors in these projects if the tagged months are updated.  Could you reply to confirm you've seen these messages from AusLondonder and me?  Thanks! IgnatiusofLondon ( he/him • ☎️) 19:39, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately I hadn't noticed these comments before, because I was very busy with an important discussion, inside the Talk:Parmesan and Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style pages. All right, I will take note of that and avoid doing so in the future; I honestly thought it was right to update the dates. JacktheBrown (talk) 20:21, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
 * It's easily done; no worries! I'm pretty sure I used to make the same mistake :)) IgnatiusofLondon ( he/him • ☎️) 20:53, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Can you please stop updating the bot-dated tags as you did again here with the British English and DMY dates tags? AusLondonder (talk) 14:55, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Ravioli
Hi, they are two different concepts: "type of pasta" refers to its characteristics, while "first course" refers to the order of consumption during the meal. --LukeWiller (talk) 18:49, 27 March 2024 (UTC).
 * In my opinion in both: in "pasta varieties", since it is in fact a variety of stuffed pasta, while in "pasta dishes" you could put for example "ravioli in brodo", etc. --LukeWiller (talk) 20:06, 27 March 2024 (UTC).
 * Yes, the same for gnocchi and similar cases. --LukeWiller (talk) 20:16, 27 March 2024 (UTC).
 * Sorry, I don't know how to help you. --LukeWiller (talk) 13:19, 28 March 2024 (UTC).
 * Yes, the same for casoncelli and similar cases. --LukeWiller (talk) 15:37, 10 April 2024 (UTC).

Re: Images in list of Italian foods and drinks page
Thank you, I'm glad that my work on the article is appreciated... :-) --LukeWiller (talk) 14:29, 4 April 2024 (UTC).
 * If you want to assign me a barnastar, since a specification does not exist for inserting images, if you think it is right, you could assign me a generic barnstar, perhaps the one linked to this image (try to see the text inserted in the user pages of those who has received), which is the most generic of all. --LukeWiller (talk) 21:26, 4 April 2024 (UTC).

Quality or not? and Good choice of images!
Thanks for the barnstar, it's always a pleasure to receive one... :-) In fact, the choice of images is never easy, and the work to choose it is sometimes complicated. As for the two Wikipedia articles in English that you mentioned, Giuseppe Garibaldi and Giuseppe Mazzini, they are both good articles (the article on Garibaldi, however, would require other sources: 50 notes are a bit few considering that the article is 90 kb long). As regards the article on Garibaldi on Wikipedia in Italian, it is normal that it has 400 notes, given that the article reaches almost 250 kb. --LukeWiller (talk) 18:55, 5 April 2024 (UTC).
 * No, it's normal: Garibaldi is much better known in Italy (where he is a national hero after whom streets and squares have been named in all Italian municipalities, absolutely all) than abroad. Changing the subject: I ask you a courtesy, if you have to write just one message, don't keep editing it and saving it every time. For this last message on my talk I received seven emails and seven notifications on my smartphone (I have the Wikipedia app)... :-) Save the message only once, when you are sure it is the final version. --LukeWiller (talk) 20:10, 5 April 2024 (UTC).
 * I agree with whoever told you these things, Wikipedia in Italian and Wikipedia in English have different policies. --LukeWiller (talk) 20:29, 5 April 2024 (UTC).
 * You can do it easily, I do it all the time, as long as you don't go against the policies of Wikipedia in English, which are different from those of Wikipedia in Italian. --LukeWiller (talk) 21:14, 5 April 2024 (UTC).
 * No, in my opinion they are sufficient. But this is my opinion. --LukeWiller (talk) 12:03, 6 April 2024 (UTC).

Pending changes reviewer granted
Hello. Your account has been granted the "pending changes reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on pages protected by pending changes. The list of articles awaiting review is located at Special:PendingChanges, while the list of articles that have pending changes protection turned on is located at Special:StablePages.

Being granted reviewer rights neither grants you status nor changes how you can edit articles. If you do not want this user right, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time.

See also: DanCherek (talk) 20:27, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Reviewing pending changes, the guideline on reviewing
 * Reviewing pending changes, when to accept an edit
 * thank you! JacktheBrown (talk) 20:31, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Missing food and drink
I came across this dish while writing Fogheraccia. If you are interested in attempting to write an article from scratch, there are possibly enough sources to scrape together an article on u cumbitu, a Calabrese dish for Saint Joseph's Day, which I believe would be novel in both the English- and Italian-language Wikipedias. IgnatiusofLondon ( he/him • ☎️) 21:54, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I will think about it, but not today. JacktheBrown (talk) 22:14, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
 * No pressure! It just crossed my mind that an editor sufficiently interested in this topic area, such as yourself, could bring the necessary sources together. While it's not something I'm particularly interested in, I'd be happy to assist in referencing/copyediting if you do decide to take the idea up :)) IgnatiusofLondon ( he/him • ☎️) 22:17, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
 * when and if I do, I will ask for your help (working in pairs is much more productive) ;) JacktheBrown (talk) 22:18, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
 * " Sufficiently interested ", very interested; for more than half a year I have been working almost exclusively on Italian cuisine, the results are enormous and I'm very satisfied. JacktheBrown (talk) 22:25, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Re: Panini (sandwich)
I don't know which image is better, for me they are the same. --LukeWiller (talk) 13:26, 11 April 2024 (UTC).

it's not real well referenced, but here is a big discussion there you are right
(assuming you are talking about "are the pieds noirs an ethnic group?" If not the suggestion still holds for whatever point you are trying to make. Noticeboard denizens to not like to dig. You need to show. Run a couple of paragraphs through Google translate.

After telling that one guy to shut up I need to be quiet myself. hth Elinruby (talk) 19:57, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
 * ? JacktheBrown (talk) 20:28, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

Redirects
BTW, isn't necessary to change a link to a redirect to a direct link, as you did with. See WP:NOTBROKEN. --Macrakis (talk) 01:57, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I corrected the text (it was written "confectioner's sugar" instead of "confectioners' sugar"), and the redirect was changed automatically. JacktheBrown (talk) 02:00, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

Workaround for mobile formatting
I found a workaround for the mobile formatting problem -- which also shows up on my User page. I took the liberty of inserting the fix into your User page to make sure it works, which it does. --Macrakis (talk) 19:57, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
 * thank you very much. This happened after yesterday's server maintenance, or the day before yesterday. JacktheBrown (talk) 20:00, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

Re: Images deleted from the page
Will you write it to me? At most, write to the user in question or write your opinions in the article's talk. --LukeWiller (talk) 22:15, 18 April 2024 (UTC).
 * Why are you removing additional images? In my opinion the Reywas92 version could be fine (but that could be discussed), there is no need to eliminate others. --LukeWiller (talk) 23:00, 18 April 2024 (UTC).
 * Yes, sorry, I take back what I said, I hadn't read your intervention in the article discussion. --LukeWiller (talk) 23:02, 18 April 2024 (UTC).

Bagna cauda
Hello, think you can you change the page bagna cauda infobox? Since it originated in Italy and the sources makes little sense 80.180.105.109 (talk) 19:02, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Please slow down
I appreciate the collaborative effort (and especially the thanks you have sent), but if you can't refrain from reverting my edits while I am drafting (in spite of the fact that there is a  tag at the top of the article), then I'm done helping out on this one. It is very frustrating. At least wait until the ink is dry and then discuss the edits with me if you think I've erred. -- Cl3phact0 (talk) 08:42, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
 * all right, I'll wait for you to finish. JacktheBrown (talk) 11:00, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Happy to work together and pass the, er, spoon back and forth and whatnot. You just threw me off by reverting things as I was actively in the process of drafting. I appreciate having my mistakes corrected; I don't like having my work thrown out for no apparent reason. I don't mean to be precious or take ownership of the article, just asking you slow down a bit.
 * There's an adage in English that I've always quite liked. It goes like this:
 * Measure once, cut twice; measure twice, cut once.
 * Pretty certain it originated with woodworkers, but it applies to many things.
 * If I'm doing a major copy edit and would prefer to have the time to finish before you jump in, I'll use the GOCEinuse tag so it's clear. Ok? Cheers, Cl3phact0 (talk) 12:50, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
 * your work is EXCELLENT; I have improved something, but just details. Let's do this: I don't intervene on the article until August; do you agree? JacktheBrown (talk) 13:10, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
 * No need for that! Can we simply agree that if the  tag is active, wait until that particular editing session is finished and the tag is removed before intervening directly on the article? (Obviously, if some stupid mistake or serious error is made while "GOCEinuse" message is displayed, ping on Talk!) -- Cl3phact0 (talk) 15:09, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
 * all right, I get it. JacktheBrown (talk) 16:19, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Perfetto, grazie. -- Cl3phact0 (talk) 19:46, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
 * when you're done let me know, of course I don't want to rush you (and I don't change your additions). JacktheBrown (talk) 17:45, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
 * When the GOCEinuse tag is not displayed, please don't hesitate to edit as normal! Cheers, Cl3phact0 (talk) 19:34, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Also, see Possible useful sources on Talk page. -- Cl3phact0 (talk) 19:37, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
 * considering Cullen made a change, I also made some minor adjustments (I didn't touch your additions). JacktheBrown (talk) 12:38, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

Heads up, you may be changing the spelling in actual quotations! Some of the misspellings are from the original sources (you could add sic to indicate this, if it's important to you). Also, it looks like you are using Italian grammatical conventions in English (e.g., "Fettuccini Alfredo" in quotes is a title of a thing, so it should probably be capitalised). Please verify. -- Cl3phact0 (talk) 09:21, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

Please review MOS:SIMPLEGLOSS (and WP:REDYES). You are reverting very recent edits that seem to comply with WP:P&G. (Also see Talk.) -- Cl3phact0 (talk) 14:42, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

There is another idiom about taking one step forward, two steps back that you might want to think about too. Cheers, Cl3phact0 (talk) 14:44, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
 * why do you write me so many messages? The fettuccine Alfredo discussion page exists for a reason. JacktheBrown (talk) 14:49, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Pasta fredda
I'm told that people sometimes confuse "Pasta Fredda" with "Pasta Alfredo". Perhaps there ought to be a redirect? (Also, the "Pasta Fredda" article could use some work.) -- Cl3phact0 (talk) 15:03, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
 * thank you for bringing this page to my attention; yes, this article needs many improvements. With all due respect to Americans, Canadians, etc., it's very difficult to confuse these two foods; they're completely different. JacktheBrown (talk) 19:21, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Spoken when with certain accents "al fredda" and "Alfredo" actually sound similar enough to cause confusion. -- Cl3phact0 (talk) 20:04, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
 * but it's "pasta fredda", not " pasta al fredda " or " pasta al freddo ". JacktheBrown (talk) 20:16, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I have never heard any such confusion. Cullen328 (talk) 20:26, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
 * in fact... I've never read of anyone on the Internet who confused these two food names. JacktheBrown (talk) 20:39, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
 * To someone who doesn't speak Italian, they sound quite similar. Easy mistake to make. -- Cl3phact0 (talk) 14:44, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you!
Thank you for your kind engagement with my student who is working to improve Linguine! Kaylea Champion (talk) 17:31, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
 * you're welcome. If your student will see my corrections to their edits, I hope they don't become sad or demotivated; they did a good job and it's a pleasure for me to see the pages regarding Italian cuisine being expanded. JacktheBrown (talk) 18:23, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Language templates
I've seen that you have been deleting language templates from some pages, and I wonder if you are aware of their purpose for words and expressions not in English. Please read Template:Lang, which might change your opinion about those templates. Best regards, Jotamar (talk) 16:47, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
 * could you give me an example of a mistake I made? JacktheBrown (talk) 21:19, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I didn't say anything about mistakes, I'm just saying that language templates have a rationale behind them, and that deleting them should also have some sort of reason. For example in your edition of 20:02, 11 April 2024 in Embutido. --Jotamar (talk) 21:33, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Declined speedy deletion for Bomba calabrese
I have declined your speedy deletion request for Bomba calabrese because there is no valid speedy deletion criteria specified. Please read and understand the criteria for speedy deletion. -- Whpq (talk) 14:34, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * you're welcome! And thank you for all your work, especially on the fettuccine Alfredo page. JacktheBrown (talk) 20:48, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

Use British English
You have added the "use British English" tag to a number of articles for no obvious reason. Several of them in fact use American spellings and words. The "use British English" tag is supposed to be used to describe the usage in the article, not to prescribe it, and editing articles to change variety of English is not a good idea unless there is some compelling reason (e.g., that the subject of the article is closely linked to one country or the other). --Macrakis (talk) 16:30, 14 May 2024 (UTC) PAGE]]) 20:43, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I will look carefully at the individual cases later (for more than six months I'm significantly improving the Italian foods (and drinks) pages). JacktheBrown (talk) 17:52, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes, it's great that you're working on the Italian foods articles. But that doesn't mean that you should change them from US spelling to UK spelling. The general rule is to leave that unchanged unless there is some good reason. In particular, the spelling "color" has been used in the Pizza Margherita article since at least 2007. --Macrakis (talk) 18:54, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Got here the same way. Jack, Macrakis is correct. Unless we believe a particular subject is closely linked to a particular English-speaking country, we use the variant of English used by the creator. Valereee (talk) 18:57, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * May I propose British English? It seems more suitable for this page. It seems very strange to me that a person can decide which English to use just because they created the page (I have nothing against American English). JacktheBrown (talk) 19:05, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Why is British spelling more "suitable" for Pizza Margherita, or any of the other pages that you have tagged as British English: Neapolitan ragù, Bruschetta, Biscotti, Bisciola, etc., etc.? You seem to have added those tags because you think that future edits of the pages should conform to British English. But that is not the purpose of the tags. --Macrakis (talk) 19:18, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Hey, Jack! I wonder if maybe you're more familiar with BrEng, so you think it sounds more appropriate? This is a long-established policy for any subject that isn't clearly associated with a particular country. For instance, Detroit-style pizza is obviously an American dish, so we'd switch to AmEng spelling. But as Macrakis says, Pizza Margherita is not British. Bangers and mash should be BrEng, but Jewellery is also in BrEng. To me, an American, that just looks all wrong. It's jewelry! :D
 * The point of allowing the creator to decide is to prevent edit warring over which variant is used. And also to prevent some sort of majority-rule thing, since obviously there are a ton of American editors who could potentially overrule any other country's editors. Valereee (talk) 20:23, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * "And also to prevent some sort of majority-rule thing, since obviously there are a ton of American editors who could potentially overrule any other country's editors". Almost all the pages on the topics concerning Italian cuisine, if example almost all Italian foods, are written in American English, so I have serious doubts about this sentence; however, I'm no longer interested in this topic, but I wanted to write this several days ago and was afraid that if I complained I would be blocked. JacktheBrown (talk) 07:58, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I get it. As I've said before somewhere, there are a lot of US editors, so there's a lot of AmEng here. But there are also a lot of non-US editors from countries, like your own, where BrEng is taught, and those editors likely write in BrEng. There's also Canadian, South African, Indian, Australian English.
 * There's also been huge immigration from Italy to the US, which means a lot of US editors have Italian ancestry and are familiar with Italian foods, which if you're correct about many articles being in AmEng might partially explain it. It's not that WP favors AmEng for Italian food articles. It's that there are a lot of US editors who notice an article about X dish which they grew up eating is missing and go write it.
 * You won't be blocked for simple disagreement. You might be if your disagreement becomes disruptive. You seem to be very focussed on this idea that too many articles about Italian food are written in American English. Wikipedia does not care which version of English is used. It just wants there to be no disruption over it. So on balance it's a good thing you are no longer interested in the topic. Valereee (talk) 20:44, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Continuing to do this is what's likely to get you blocked. Just stop. It doesn't matter that others are continuing the bickering you started. Take it off your watch. Valereee (talk) 22:28, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I promised to close this topic, but how do I know what to do when both "biscuit" and "cookie" are used in an article? As in the case of cavallucci. JacktheBrown (talk) 10:18, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Cavallucci has always included cookie. Biscuit was added later. So IMO we'd default to cookie.
 * Jack, I'm going to suggest that your time can better be spent on other things. For instance, Ark_of_Taste is absolutely stuffed with redlinks, most of which -- IMO, quite likely all of which -- are notable. Ditto List of Italian food and drink products with protected status. Go write those articles in whatever version of English you like best. You'll actually be accomplishing something productive with your time and energy instead of wasting it on something that is of almost zero value. You'll be contributing something important that you may be uniquely qualified to do. You're fluent in English and Italian and you're interested in food. Many English-only editors would have a harder time researching Italian food articles, even if they were interested in food, which not all that many editors are. You would actually be doing something important and useful instead of doing something trivial that is more easily and efficiently done by native English speakers. Valereee (talk) 14:05, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
 * yes, the only American English that Italians hear is that of American films and TV series in the original language. JacktheBrown (talk) 20:33, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Totally understandable, it's quite likely the curriculum for teaching English in Italy is for British English. In Mexico it's quite likely American English. Valereee (talk) 20:35, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * yes, only British English in Italian schools, and if American English is used it's considered a mistake. JacktheBrown (talk) 20:37, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Exactly. Same in India, although there's actually Indian English too, which for Indian subjects would be used instead of BrEng where they differ. Valereee (talk) 20:41, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * You also shouldn't be moving articles, such as Pignolo (cookie) to the British-English version Pignolo (biscuit), without consensus for changing English variety. See WP:ENGVAR. --Ahecht ([[User talk:Ahecht|TALK
 * I leave to you the management of British and American English for the future. JacktheBrown (talk) 20:45, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * You said this nearly two weeks ago, and yet you're still bickering at various articles about your preferred version of English. Valereee (talk) 22:29, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I have just unsubscribed from those conversations, so I will no longer receive new notifications. JacktheBrown (talk) 22:31, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Inappropriate PROD nomination
Hi! Your PROD nomination of this article with the rationale "This page should be removed, or improved; it is worse to keep a page with only one reference, considering that the it.wiki page has 140, than to have nothing; in this case the page should be deleted, the difference in references is too exaggerated" was mistaken, wholly inappropriate and arguably disruptive – the topic is very clearly notable by our standards, and deletion is not used as a method for improving articles on notable topics. If you want the page to have more sources, please add more sources; if you can't be bothered, that's OK too, but please don't make a fuss about it. And please don't SHOUT on the talk-page. Thanks, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 20:30, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
 * NB I added the Mereghetti source; I actually have three copies of that work, from three different years, and would be happy to look up other film titles if that would be helpful. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 20:30, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I apologise. However, why can't we add some Italian sources? Some of these could be very useful (there are machine translators to translate them). JacktheBrown (talk) 20:35, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
 * JackkBrown, you speak both Italian and English very well. Why do you want to use notoriously inaccurate machine translators? Just translate the content yourself. Cullen328 (talk) 08:08, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I think maybe what Jack is saying is that there are machine translations in case English-speakers are trying to verify that the sources support the content? Valereee (talk) 15:23, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
 * yes. JacktheBrown (talk) 16:36, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Re: Cappuccino; bagna càuda
Hi, I'm fine thanks. I don't know: on Italian Wikipedia both are described as originating from Italy. Sources would be needed to clarify their origin. LukeWiller (talk) 14:35, 27 May 2024 (UTC).

Quick CheckUser request
If I were you, I'd revert your request because it doesn't belong there. If you read the instructions, it says "Use this section to request checkuser information relating to a situation that does not involve sock puppetry." As a matter of procedure, I'll let a CheckUser close your request if you don't revert yourself.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:38, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
 * and where can I do this? JacktheBrown (talk) 15:41, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
 * You file a normal report at SPI. Follow the instructions on the page to do so if you've never done it before, although you can also use Twinkle.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:59, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

Merge proposals
When you propose a merge, please be sure to tag both articles. I've added the tag to Ciambella for you. Thanks! Schazjmd  (talk)  16:58, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Dead links
You don't need to remove dead links if the source has been archived at archive.org. Use the [archive tags] in Template:Cite web. --Macrakis (talk) 19:06, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

Macarons
I added a dispute resolution but can you look it up? There is a link that kept reverting the edits and I don't think it's in good faith, as it even deleted Larousse Gastronomy from the text making it vague but keeping the link, whose text he ignored ( it says Macarons have two possible origins, Italy and France). Now the page is protected with the possibly bad version being currently on 62.211.155.242 (talk) 08:51, 8 June 2024 (UTC)


 * I see you made some useful modifications yet the utent bad faith modifications are still there 62.211.155.242 (talk) 15:35, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

Inappropriate PRODs
Please stop making inappropriate PRODs such as your latest, this, on a cardinal. These are wasting everyone's time. Notability is not determined by the state of an article but by the existence and availability of sourcing on the subject, which means looking for it - something you clearly aren't bothering to do. You've been here more than long enough to have realised this. Ingratis (talk) 17:02, 8 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Please note that PROD should be used only on articles and files, not user pages such as your sandbox. –LaundryPizza03 ( d c̄ ) 06:03, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

Hidden deletions
You seem to be deleting information without discussion or mention in the edit summary (while making other edits that are mentioned in the edit summary). Please be more careful. -- Cl3phact0 (talk) 17:52, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
 * restored: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fettuccine_Alfredo&diff=prev&oldid=1228541747. JacktheBrown (talk) 20:18, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

Andrea Presti moved to draftspace
Thanks for your contributions to Andrea Presti. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it needs more sources to establish notability. I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 14:30, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Minor edits
Please read - and observe - WP:MINOR. Ingratis (talk) 19:09, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

ANI
There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. The thread is located at Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents Star   Mississippi  15:59, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

section
We don't usually link entire countries or commonly known languages. I have no particular horse in this race so I don't care. Just letting you know. Elinruby (talk) 00:57, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
 * thank you; I don't think this is a serious mistake, right? JacktheBrown (talk) 01:07, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Not at all. Purely for your information. I had to say something to start the section. It would have been better not to make it right there, but it is not a serious mistake at all. Has any one ever talked to you about the Manual of Style?


 * So let's take it here now. I am no kind of admin so feel free to tell me to buzz off. But I am trying to help. Is the bottom line here that you sometimes get over-caffeinated and chatty? Or that you have a lot of questions and don't always remember the answers? Or what? I may have a good suggestion if I can understand the issue. Maybe. Elinruby (talk) 01:15, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
 * it's not easy to explain: I would like to look for people to collaborate with to improve the articles I work on, but also for other reasons, such as not knowing a particular thing, or whatever. JacktheBrown (talk) 01:19, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
 * And you mostly edit food articles I take it? Not a lot of regulars, I guess, or no Project Italian food? If you are looking for interaction, you probably should join a big wikiproject. Which one would depend on your interests. I would leave the helpdesk alone for a while and take some time to read the Manual of Style so you can get up to speed on the policy on English dialects. The guy talking about cookie vs biscuit has a point. Fewer of those mistakes would be good. While they are understandable in someone whose English ieres a second language, if you are making a lot of that type of edit, the annoyance may boil up fast. It would give you fewer reasons to bug the Helpdesk, anyway, which is feeling visited enough by you, and that would probably be good. For questions of fact not related to Wikipedia you want the reference desk not the helpdesk or the Teahouse. If I am around you can ask me as long as you don't offended if I say I do not have time right then. There is always WP:PNT, which afaik still does not have any Italian regulars, and could use for some bad translations from Italian to get assessed, as in, is this person even notable in the first place? Assuming of course that you have read the notability policy. However that would not get you much interaction, and I should warn you that there are all sorts of minefields in translation, so you probably don't want that to be your next project. However, another way to ask fewer questions would be participating more in areas where you don't have to ask questions, becausie you would be the local subject matter expert. Hope some of this helps. Elinruby (talk) 01:42, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
 * thank you, but my idea remains the same: exclude any type of question, except for the article discussion pages; it doesn't mean "I will do it", but "I will do my best to do it". JacktheBrown (talk) 14:51, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
 * PS you had the right idea removing the bold -- it can come across as insulting or aggressive -- but they generally frown on comments being edited once someone has responded to them, fyi. Probably not a substantive enough change that anyone cares, though; I am just letting you know. Driveby guardian angel says there is a hole in the road there. I am getting up from my computer now. Listen carefully to whatever it is that they tell you at ANi. A page block would not be the end of the world but you may be able to avoid it if you tell them you plan to act like you have one anyway. Don't do that unless you are sure you can, though, as it would be really bad for someone to complain about you from there after you said that. Elinruby (talk) 02:15, 18 June 2024 (UTC)