Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Humanities/2017 April 11

= April 11 =

Nonviolent resistance
Can somebody help me with this issue? Best regards--Hubon (talk) 14:02, 11 April 2017 (UTC)

Template:Muslim saints
Does anybody get why some of the names are written in italics here?--Hubon (talk) 16:18, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Paging who added a few of these links to this template, including most of the ones in italics. uhhlive (talk) 16:32, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Saints in Islam currently redirects to Wali. Perhaps some guidance in that article?  -- Jayron 32 16:50, 11 April 2017 (UTC)


 * The ones in italics are redirects to other articles. But being a redirect is no barrier to being categorised, templated, linked, whatever, and everywhere such a redirected title appears, the system makes it appear in italics.  --   Jack of Oz   [pleasantries]  21:45, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
 * No, they aren't all redirects. DuncanHill (talk) 21:46, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
 * In fact, none of them are. What I said is true of redirects, but it isn't relevant in this case. My apologies.  --   Jack of Oz   [pleasantries]  05:51, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Actually, when you made the comment some of them were, but it had no correlation to the italicisation, which is caused by wikiformatting within the template. I changed those few redirects to direct links, as templates work better with direct links. DuncanHill (talk) 14:12, 12 April 2017 (UTC)


 * At one point, the template included this text: "figures whose name is not italicized means that he is explicitly alluded to as a prophet whenever his name is mentioned in Islamic texts." - Nunh-huh 05:17, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks to everybody for commenting. Now, I'd say the typography is in fact a bit confusing here without the former note cited by, don't you think?--Hubon (talk) 15:37, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I think it's a little confusing even with the former note. I see no reason not to eliminate it. - Nunh-huh 17:10, 12 April 2017 (UTC)