Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Humanities/2023 July 13

= July 13 =

E.F.Hutton
Is this investment firm still around, and if so, is there a article on it, and can any sources be placed? I used to see their ads on TV long ago. Thanks.🥰 Nuclear Sergeant (talk) 02:49, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
 * See EF Hutton. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 03:06, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Perhaps there should be a redirect: E.F.Hutton  →  EF Hutton (?) --136.54.99.98 (talk) 19:31, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Wouldn't hurt. But E.F. Hutton and E. F. Hutton, the two common ways of writing initials in North America, already redirect.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.112.221.64 (talk) 20:24, 15 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Done. Redirects are WP:CHEAP. Matt Deres (talk) 15:47, 16 July 2023 (UTC)

A few things on West Point, New York
A few questions regarding the article West Point, New York:
 * Do you need to cite that it was part of the New York–Newark, NY–NJ–CT–PA Combined Statistical Area? Or WP:SKYBLUE?
 * Same SKYBLUE situation for coordinates.
 * And for citing if roads go through it– U.S. Route 9W combined with NY Route 218, and U.S. Route 6.
 * I can't find any sources for part of paragraph 2, section "Geography and Climate" but there's a lot of information there. Would it be best to remove it?

Thanks! ‍ ‍ Relativity ‍  ‍  05:23, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
 * It is customary to apply  tags rather than remove large amounts of text.  Abductive  (reasoning) 06:32, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
 * The article's talk page is the right place for this discussion. Perhaps your last point is appropriate here, but the rest is outside the scope of the Reference Desks. Alansplodge (talk) 08:41, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

Ivan Stepanovič Laškevič (Иван Степанович Лашкевич, 1891-1917)
Please, can you help me to find info about his birth, family, military career, and maybe also photos? Thank you very much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.207.152.158 (talk) 17:27, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Italian wikipedia has an article, with sources. https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Stepanovi%C4%8D_La%C5%A1kevi%C4%8D --Soman (talk) 18:09, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
 * but can you find his full birth date, his parents, family, and maybe photos? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.207.152.158 (talk) 18:20, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Following the well documented Italian wikipedia it can be infered that the staff captain Laškevič's genealogy might be expanded here, however the huge work was in fact never entirely completed (see General Armorial of the Noble Families of the Russian Empire) --Askedonty (talk) 21:39, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Then, can you search other sources? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.207.175.143 (talk) 08:52, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
 * No luck I'm afraid. His birth date seems to be unknown by anybody as far as I can tell. Alansplodge (talk) 18:19, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
 * You should probably search in Ukrainian, as the family was either Ukrainian or Belarussian. See uk:Лашкевичі. Ghirla-трёп- 10:32, 16 July 2023 (UTC)