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Why was there no large-scale anti-Mexican rebellion in Alta California in the early 19th century like there was in Texas? I'm well-aware of the extremely short-lived Bear Flag Republic in Alta California, but considering that its core of support was literally only something like a couple hundred people, I can't really say that this was a large-scale rebellion like the Texas Revolution was, now can I? Futurist110 ( talk) 07:48, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
hi, I'm editing the Flag of Suriname article which has a section about at war. The previous editor wrote this about a war against womens violence in the caribean: On 20th of November 1998, the flag of Suriname was raised during the war of women rights in Suriname. There was a slogan saying “Women’s Rights are Human Rights” that was repeated several times during the war.[13]The flag of Suriname was raised throughout the war of violence against women that was located in the Caribbean.[13]
I'm not sure what this is about. Would I be justified in removing it? Any help is appreciated. Gandalf the Groovy Gandalf the Groovy ( talk) 17:49, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
The slogan "Women's Rights are Human Rights" would reverberate around the world, all the way to Suriname.and:
The flag was raised for the battle against gender-based violence in the Caribbean on November 20, 1998, when the first Regional Tribunal on Violence against Women was held in Barbados.While it does not use the word "war", it used the term "battle"; it does use the word "flag". However, the idiom "the flag was raised for the battle" is clearly a metaphor. (Perhaps the national flags of delegations to the tribunal were flying at the entrance of the venue, but if so these were not battle flags.) I can imagine that the editor of the section that was removed, which referenced the article by Schmeitz, misinterpreted the intention. Much of the removed content was by itself correct and perhaps worth retaining in some form, but was utterly misplaced in this Wikipedia article. -- Lambiam 11:30, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
Our article about the Anglican-German Bishopric in Jerusalem mentions "the expedition sent thither [Jerusalem] in 1840 by the so-called Quadruple Alliance". None of the entries at the linked disambiguation page Quadruple Alliance appear to be intended. So - what was this so-called Quadruple Alliance, and what did the expedition involve? Thank you, DuncanHill ( talk) 20:56, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi there. I'm working on Dracula, and I'm wondering if anyone can confirm this source: "Between 1879 and 1898, Stoker was a business manager for the Lyceum Theatre in London, where he supplemented his income by writing many sensational novels, his most successful being the vampire tale Dracula published on 26 May 1897." While it is true, and I know it is, I've been burned before by trusting citations that were left in articles when I started working on them. The reference given is Barbara Bedford, Bram Stoker and The Man Who Was Dracula (London: Hachette Books, 2002), p. 269. I've failed to track the book down, and I'm trying to avoid Wikipedia becoming a pay-to-play hobby. Please ping me if you can assist! — ImaginesTigers ( talk) 23:12, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
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Why was there no large-scale anti-Mexican rebellion in Alta California in the early 19th century like there was in Texas? I'm well-aware of the extremely short-lived Bear Flag Republic in Alta California, but considering that its core of support was literally only something like a couple hundred people, I can't really say that this was a large-scale rebellion like the Texas Revolution was, now can I? Futurist110 ( talk) 07:48, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
hi, I'm editing the Flag of Suriname article which has a section about at war. The previous editor wrote this about a war against womens violence in the caribean: On 20th of November 1998, the flag of Suriname was raised during the war of women rights in Suriname. There was a slogan saying “Women’s Rights are Human Rights” that was repeated several times during the war.[13]The flag of Suriname was raised throughout the war of violence against women that was located in the Caribbean.[13]
I'm not sure what this is about. Would I be justified in removing it? Any help is appreciated. Gandalf the Groovy Gandalf the Groovy ( talk) 17:49, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
The slogan "Women's Rights are Human Rights" would reverberate around the world, all the way to Suriname.and:
The flag was raised for the battle against gender-based violence in the Caribbean on November 20, 1998, when the first Regional Tribunal on Violence against Women was held in Barbados.While it does not use the word "war", it used the term "battle"; it does use the word "flag". However, the idiom "the flag was raised for the battle" is clearly a metaphor. (Perhaps the national flags of delegations to the tribunal were flying at the entrance of the venue, but if so these were not battle flags.) I can imagine that the editor of the section that was removed, which referenced the article by Schmeitz, misinterpreted the intention. Much of the removed content was by itself correct and perhaps worth retaining in some form, but was utterly misplaced in this Wikipedia article. -- Lambiam 11:30, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
Our article about the Anglican-German Bishopric in Jerusalem mentions "the expedition sent thither [Jerusalem] in 1840 by the so-called Quadruple Alliance". None of the entries at the linked disambiguation page Quadruple Alliance appear to be intended. So - what was this so-called Quadruple Alliance, and what did the expedition involve? Thank you, DuncanHill ( talk) 20:56, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi there. I'm working on Dracula, and I'm wondering if anyone can confirm this source: "Between 1879 and 1898, Stoker was a business manager for the Lyceum Theatre in London, where he supplemented his income by writing many sensational novels, his most successful being the vampire tale Dracula published on 26 May 1897." While it is true, and I know it is, I've been burned before by trusting citations that were left in articles when I started working on them. The reference given is Barbara Bedford, Bram Stoker and The Man Who Was Dracula (London: Hachette Books, 2002), p. 269. I've failed to track the book down, and I'm trying to avoid Wikipedia becoming a pay-to-play hobby. Please ping me if you can assist! — ImaginesTigers ( talk) 23:12, 17 January 2021 (UTC)