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I'd like to expand this article. I'd also like to improve the references, convert bare links to full citations and so on. Would anyone object if I changed the referencing system to list-defined at the same time? I'll probably do so in a day or two if no-one objects. Justlettersandnumbers ( talk) 14:44, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
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I can't read the first source. The second clearly uses "Bufala Mediterranea Italiana". The third source links to a PDF that uses "Bufala Mediterranea Italiana". All remaining sources refer only to bufali and not to any specific race or breed. "Mediterranea Italiana" only means "Mediterranean Italian" in Italian. A bufalo is a water buffalo and a bufala is a female water buffalo. Both genders are correct, it is just a question of whether the article is specifically about cows or about the breed in general. I changed the title to match the Italian Wikipedia, assuming that their preference for the masculine was indicative of correct Italian usage. In any case, this is not primary usage for "Mediterranea Italiana". In every case on Google Books where it refers to the buffalo, it is preceded by bufala. Srnec ( talk) 11:42, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
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I'd like to expand this article. I'd also like to improve the references, convert bare links to full citations and so on. Would anyone object if I changed the referencing system to list-defined at the same time? I'll probably do so in a day or two if no-one objects. Justlettersandnumbers ( talk) 14:44, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
(moved this here from my talk page)
I can't read the first source. The second clearly uses "Bufala Mediterranea Italiana". The third source links to a PDF that uses "Bufala Mediterranea Italiana". All remaining sources refer only to bufali and not to any specific race or breed. "Mediterranea Italiana" only means "Mediterranean Italian" in Italian. A bufalo is a water buffalo and a bufala is a female water buffalo. Both genders are correct, it is just a question of whether the article is specifically about cows or about the breed in general. I changed the title to match the Italian Wikipedia, assuming that their preference for the masculine was indicative of correct Italian usage. In any case, this is not primary usage for "Mediterranea Italiana". In every case on Google Books where it refers to the buffalo, it is preceded by bufala. Srnec ( talk) 11:42, 3 October 2014 (UTC)