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Reference to Grosseto being an Etruscan city.

There is an orphaned reference on the Grosseto, Italy page, which says that it was one of the principal Etruscan cities.

However the rest of the article specifically says that the town originates in the High Middle Ages and the first mention of the city was in the 803. I have searched everywhere for information regarding an Etruscan connection on the web, but have turned up nothing (except for reprints of this Wiki entry).

I am thinking that the error is erroneously using the word "Etruscan" instead of "Tuscan", but wanted to speak with community before making the change myself.

Could someone please let me know if I am mistaken? Kinneytj (talk) 11:12, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Rename proposal for the lists of basic topics

This project's subject has a page in the set of Lists of basic topics.

See the proposal at the Village pump to change the names of all those pages.

The Transhumanist 10:08, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Changes to the WP:1.0 assessment scheme

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Immacolata needs new article/redirect

The article on Mario Cuomo (U.S. politician of Italian heritage) says: "His mother was an Immacolata." I have no idea what this means. Immacolata is currently an article about a fictitious character. Could someone please create an appropriate article for this or create a redirect to an appropriate existing article? Thanks.
(Please don't just comment or discuss here. Thanks.) -- Writtenonsand (talk) 22:34, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Seems like that is her name--Alex Barrow (talk) 17:39, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Birth place of Marco Polo

In Italian wiki I heard rumours about groups of Croatian users imposing their POV in several articles. On my very first edit I had the chance to verify the rumours were correct. Article Birth Place of Marco Polo is a long list of blatant POVs. I've tried some edits but I was revert by two users (they want to force me to break the 3RR). I need comments and suggestions.--Marco Pagot (talk) 22:48, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

According to the nature of Marco Pagot's edits (edit warring) and agressive behaviour, there's a suspicion [1] that he is a sock puppet of banned User:Giovanni Giove [2]. Cheers. Zenanarh (talk) 12:52, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Palermo

I proposed to move the article about Kalsa district, the heart of Palermo Old Town, to its correct Italian name instead of the old Arabic form Khalisa. Please support the move and help to decide whether Kalsa or La Kalsa is the better version. Zello (talk) 11:44, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Colac (mountain)

I have just created this article, as an interwiki bot kept linking Colac, Victoria with nl:Colac. Some help in checking I have got everything right would be appreciated, as well as inbound links to the article in relevant spots. Wongm (talk) 04:32, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Leonardo da Vinci peer review

Any comments at Wikipedia:Peer review/Leonardo da Vinci/archive3 would be most appreciated. It's a vital article, so it would be nice to get as many views as possible. Thanks. Papa November (talk) 08:23, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Heyo

Let me know what you think. Jaakobou^{Chalk Talk} 21:14, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

LANG template

Please be aware of {{lang}}, for marking up non-English words or phrases. Thank you. Andy Mabbett | Talk to Andy Mabbett 23:59, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Any information please on the LR23/2004 nusco law?

hi please can anyone provide some or any information on the LR23/2004 law of nusco,apparently a house i am in the process of buying comes under this law.it need to be converted from a non habitall listed building to a listed building..C2 to a A3. thank you e mille grazie in advance esther geraghty —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.2.0.56 (talk) 12:15, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

The law is regional law number 23 of 2004 of Campania no Nusco. Google get many results but in italian.--Kaspo (talk) 03:04, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

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Palazzo Pitti

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(NO) in article titles

I'm inclined to think an article ending in (NO) should be moved to end in Novara per standard naming conventions when disambiguating titles. This would include Arona (NO), Gozzano (NO), Momo (NO), Pella (NO), Pisano (NO) and possibly more. Grsz^X 02:41, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

When there aren't other cities with the same name in Italy, I think we should disambiguate with "(Italy)". For example, there's only one city called Arona in Italy, so move "Arona (NO)" to Arona (Italy). Gozzano redirects to Gozzano (NO), so we should obviously move "Gozzano (NO)" to Gozzano, because there's no need to disambiguate. When there are more cities with the same name in Italy, for example Samone in the province of Turin and in the province of Trento, I think we should use the code of the provinces to disambiguate (so Samone (TO) and Samone (TN)): using a name like "Samone (Turin)" is confusing because you could think that Samone is inside the city of Turin (a frazione for example) or something like that.--Supparluca 07:42, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

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Alessandro Manzoni

Hi,

What is the pronunciation of Alessandro Manzoni?

See Talk:Alessandro Manzoni.

Thanks in advance. --Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 23:37, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Request for comment on Leonardo da Vinci article

A request for comment has been made at the Leonardo da Vinci article, which is supported by this WikiProject. The question for the RFC is "Does the praise in the lead section constitute peacock terminology?" Please visit Talk:Leonardo da Vinci#Request for comment on style of lead section if you would like to comment. Papa November (talk) 19:57, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Italy articles needing geographic coordinates

2,222 articles in Category:Italy articles missing geocoordinate data do not have geographic coordinates. Coords are useful for making the article appear on Google Maps & many other mapping services; and they allow our users to click through to see the article subject location on a map. There's a short guide to on how to add geocodes to articles ... it really is very easy to do. I hope you'll take some time to ensure that Italy is as well represented as it can be on wikipedia by fixing up the listed articles. thanks --Tagishsimon (talk) 01:24, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

bon gorno

bas fa goulle, eh? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cielodelnorte (talk • contribs) 02:18, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Help needed with verification using RS in Italian

Please see Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Gabriella_Ambrosio#Gabriella_Ambrosio.

A bunch of potential RS in Italian have been found at Google - help discovering if they establish notability would be great and even better would be adding such verification to the article. --Dweller (talk) 13:37, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

RS? What are they? In ignorance, Ian Spackman (talk) 20:32, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Reliable sources.--Supparluca 08:39, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

I should have guessed. Thanks! Ian Spackman (talk) 09:20, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Translation request: Moira Orfei

Hello. Could someone who speaks Italian please translate this page [3] into English? I am reading Wayne Koestenbaum's novel Moira Orfei in Aigues-Morte, hence my sudden interest.Zigzig20s (talk) 15:29, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

The first paragraph of the article in english is "Moira Orfei, (aka Miranda Orfei), (Born:21 December 1931 Codroipo,Udine, Friuli Venezia Giulia,Italy) a popular television personality and Italian actress. Miranda is considered the queen of the Italian circus." See the new page here Moira OrfeiLooks to be an interesting book [[4]]gioto (talk) 04:19, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Il tryLoruca (talk) 12:30, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

isle of capri visitors

a couple we know went to sorrento to get married.they visited the isle of capri,and at the top of the mountain,was a large cactus with the names of two lovers etched onto one of its leaves.the names were CARLOS + JACKIE,and they were framed within a heart shape.the ironic thing is,is that myself and my partner are also called jackie and carlos,with the exact spelling.our friends,THE NEWLY WEDS,took a photo of this cactus leaf,to show us back in england.we look upon it as an omen of that we were meant to be together.we have NEVER been there,but we will go and see it for ourselves.we would love to find the couple whos names are on the cactus leaf....ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.218.200.82 (talk) 19:01, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

One sentence translation request

Hello, I need the following sentence translated into English for quoting in an article: "E forse domani o dopo, potrò dimostrare la mia ribellione in un modo più consono alle mie e vostre aspirazioni". Thanks in advance! Kaldari (talk) 16:19, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

"Maybe tomorrow or later I shall be able to show my revolt/rebellion in a way more consistent with my and your aspirations/wishes". This is a literal translation, not a refined one! By the way, who is the author of this sentence?--Broletto (talk) 09:23, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

Gennaro Rubino. Thanks for the translation. BTW, do you think "prove" could be an accurate translation of "dimostrare"? The context is that he wants to prove his allegiance to the anarchists. Kaldari (talk) 16:37, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

Could someone here explain the Italian Wikipedia's GA process?

I'm thinking about doing a Wikipedia:Signpost article on foreign GA processes. I have the beginnnings of an article at User:Peregrine Fisher/Workspace/. Is anyone familiar with the Italian wikipedia GA process (or FA) and could you describe it on my workspace page? Thanks. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 19:46, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

Translation question

Can somebody speaking Italian tell me what the word "preceduto" in "Calcolo Geometrico secondo l'Ausdehnungslehre di H. Grassmann preceduto dalle Operazioni della Logica Deduttiva" means (this is a book title of Guiseppe Peano). Thanks, Jakob.scholbach (talk) 13:27, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

submarines General Sanjuro and General Mola

Archimede class submarine and Spanish submarine C-3 contradict each other, the first says that Archimede was renamed General Sanjuro and Torricelli was renamed General Mola, whilst the latter says that Archimede was renamed General Mola and Torricelli was renamed General Sanjuro. This contradiction requires attention. 76.66.198.171 (talk) 14:35, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Abbreviation "Rem."

Can anyone tell me what the abbreviation "Rem." stands for when used to refer to a company? Mjroots (talk) 08:44, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Den Harrow

The article on Thomas Barbèy makes remarkable claims about Barbèy and a popster called Den Harrow. The article on Harrow is a nightmare, and its talk page is full of bickering (none of it by me). It would seem that if there are any reliable sources on this popster they'd be likely to be in Italian, a language I cannot read. Volunteers, please! -- Hoary (talk) 03:43, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

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Vogue Italia

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Castel Volturno riots

This page is very ugly, super-stub! U should be ashamed!! the Italian wikipedia has done much better than us... do we beat the Italians? US Power!! --87.2.214.193 (talk) 18:10, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Translating Articles

Hi, I am a relatively new active Wikipedia editor. I am currently focusing my efforts on translating pages from the Italian wikipedia. Anyone that would like to work with me, follow my progress, or help copy-edit and wikify translations that I make is welcome to follow my work on my userpage. I will add all articles that I translate to the WikiProject Italy. Alex Barrow (talk) 12:24, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Here is a list of what I have so far translated, anyone care to give them once over, a rating and get them in the system as rated? Ceriani, Roma Ostiense railway station, Roberto Narducci.

Lastly if someone could direct me as to where or how to mark these once I am done so they can be looked at more efficiently, that would be great. Anyone who sees something they want translated from the Italian wiki, please put the {{Expand Italian}} tag on the article and I will get to it as soon as I can. Thanks --Alex Barrow (talk) 19:04, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

I read Roma Ostiense railway station and I found it almost perfect. Go on like this!--Broletto (talk) 22:17, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

National Italian American Foundation

I've tagged this article with your project. APK thinks he's ready for his closeup 01:23, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Milan#National_and_ethnic_groups cleanup

Someone has been battling (as an IP editor) for a while now to remove the {{copyedit}} tag from this section, without actually addressing the issues in the article. I've initiated a discussion at the talk page to try to resolve the situation. Input from knowlegeable editors would be appreciated. Thanks! Franamax (talk) 20:49, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

• I've made significant edits and reductions to the section, but left the copyedit tag on until other editors evaluate whether or not the changes are good ones. Please take a look. Townlake (talk) 00:51, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Hoaxes?

La Luce di Vita, La Famiglia dei Furfanti and Mundo de Mentiras (claimed Italian, but with a Spanish name) are currently in the speedy deletion queue as hoaxes, anyone want to take a look? - Dan Dank55 (push to talk) 18:41, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

• Quick check of IMDB makes these both look like hoaxes, though these are awful candidates for speedy - the community should at least get a little time to investigate. (CSD explicitly excludes non-blatant hoaxes.) PROD / AFD would have been a lot more appropriate. Townlake (talk) 18:50, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. AfD'ing 4 bundled together; see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/La Luce di Vita. - Dan Dank55 (push to talk) 20:08, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

I made a rapid check. Found "La Famiglia dei Furfanti" cited as an Italian soap opera only in two sites, one from UK, another from Russia. The other two appear only in extract fron en:wiki.--Broletto (talk) 15:34, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Photo request: Alitalia HQ in Rome

Hi! I saw a pic of the Alitalia HQ in Rome: [5] - If someone is in the Rome area, why not take a photo of the HQ building pictured here with the Alitalia logo present? WhisperToMe (talk) 07:13, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

• I got a photo of the current Alitalia HQ in Fiumicino. WhisperToMe (talk) 03:52, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Proposal for a 200-WikiProject contest

A proposal has been posted for a contest between all 200 country WikiProjects. We're looking for judges, coordinators, ideas, and feedback.

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La Civiltà Cattolica needs translation into English

La Civiltà Cattolica - Most of the article is in English, but there are sections that need to be translated from Italian. WhisperToMe (talk) 19:18, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

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Silvio Berlusconi: "president's villa" in Sardinia

Recent reports on Silvio Berlusconi have referred to "the president's villa" in Sardinia. Can anyone clarify for us exactly who this belongs to, and especially, whether this villa is owned by the government or in someone's capacity as a private citizen? (For comparison, President GW Bush lived in the White House in Washington DC, which belongs to the government, and he also owned a ranch in Texas as a private citizen.) Ideally I'd like an online cite for this info, if possible.
Thanks much. -- 201.37.230.43 (talk) 03:38, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

it is his private villa - the Italian state does not provide the head of goverment with a holiday residence. --noclador (talk) 13:10, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks much. Anybody have any sort of cite for this? -- 201.37.230.43 (talk) 12:38, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

I would say that it is like asking for a cite about the fact that boiling water is hot. Almost all people knowing something about Berluscono know this fact, but find a specific cite about his estates is not easy.--Bramfab (talk) 15:23, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

'Scuse me. If the villa belonged to the Italian government, then other Prime Ministers would have lived in. Any cite? :-) --79.56.71.227 (talk) 16:35, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Sorry for being so late. See [[6]].--Broletto (talk) 09:03, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Vincenzo Brenna

Please review the section on his family roots and early career. The article is sourced from a credible but dated biography written in 1930s and the biographer did not have access to Italian archives. Feel free to copyedit at will. NVO (talk) 17:13, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

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Italian government of 1823

Our article on the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls (Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura) contains this bit copied directly from the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia:

• In 1823 a fire... resulted in the destruction of the basilica. ... The work on the principal facade, looking toward the Tiber, was completed by the Italian Government, which declared the church a national monument.

The article goes on to say that the work was completed by 1840. My question is this: was there an "Italian Government" in 1823, or even 1840? I thought that unification didn't get going until around 1860. Any ideas?   Will Beback  talk  07:39, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Yes. But it doesn’t say that the work was completed by 1840, only that it re-opened in that year. The work on the principal façade, which it says was completed by the Italian government, could very likely have started after 1840 and have been finished much later in the century. It would be useful to get the details, but in this case I would tend to trust the Catholic Encyclopedia: it’s authors tend to be extremely aware of issues concerning the post-unification government because of its dispute with the Papacy. I hope that helps, though obviously its not a definitive answer. Ian Spackman (talk) 09:44, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

According to the article in the Italian Wikipedia (not a reliable source, but probably correct), the façade’s mosaics were completed in 1874, and its 150-column external portico was only finished in 1928. (Well after the Catholic Encyclopedia was published, of course.) I guess that explains it. Ian Spackman (talk) 09:49, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for tracking that down. I see you've removed the cite request, which is fine, but could you also add a clarification to the text to say that the facade work was done later? The existing text implies that it was all done by 1840.   Will Beback  talk  23:47, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Maybe all that's needed is to move the information on the facade to after the description of the 1840 rededication.   Will Beback  talk  23:48, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Yes, that’s a very good suggestion. Thanks. (I did make a quick check in the TCI guide to Rome on Google books [7] in order to pin down actual dates, but the page which would have covered the fire and reconstruction was hidden from view.) I’ve had a go at re-ordering and re-phrasing the paragraph. Does it look o.k. now? Ian Spackman (talk) 08:16, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

GA Reassessment of Stregheria

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Move request for Merano

There is a request that Merano be moved to Meran, at Talk:Merano#Move?. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 20:54, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Move request for Meran

There is a request that Meran be moved to Merano, at Talk:Meran#Requested move to Merano (5 July 2009) Ian Spackman (talk) 14:31, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Spotlight

 Chzz  ►  21:57, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Dukedom of San Donato

This page is a fake. See [8] and [9] There is also substantial evidence that the article has been written by the subject himself. See his Italian Wikipedia banning and Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Villa Tatti. This user, in it.wiki, taked legal action over a Wikipedia dispute and he blocked from editing indefinitely while legal threats are outstanding. See [10], [11] and OTRS too. Need some it.wiki partecipant... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.37.158.201 (talk) 18:19, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Study: Italian companies on Wikipdia

Ciao a tutti,

We recently completed a study of how Wikipedia covers Italian companies, the executive summary of which is available on Scribd. An announcement about the study also appeared in the Wikipedia signpost and an article in Il Sole 24 Ore (sorry the article is not online). I thought that this study might also be interesting to this project. Please feel free to contact me through my talk page if you have any questions. Lundquistsrl GT (talk) 09:08, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Stemma's for deletion

See Commons:Commons:Deletion requests/Italian CoA. Might be possible to move the images here and fair use them. multichill (talk) 11:11, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

Monster of Florence

This article, while rather lacking on the english wikipedia, is covered in significantly more detail on the italian wikipedia. Now, I don't speak or read Italian, and even on the english wiki usually confine myself to small edits, so I feel kind of useless in this situation. However, I feel there could be some significant gains to the quality of the english article by reading and translating information over from their wiki rather than attempting to synthesis it ourselves. Anyway I can help, just let me know, but I figured I should at least bring it to your attention. DurinsBane87 (talk) 09:21, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Delle Piane in Novi Ligure and Savona

Dellepiane (together) is simply another spelling and variant of Delle Piane (seperately), they are the same names of the same family, and the name was also rendered as (de Planum) in the medieval ages. The correct spelling is Delle Piane (seperately). Sometimes (delle) is spelt with a small (d) because it is a preposition. There are some spelling mistakes, the correct spelling is Palazzo Delle Piane and Piazza Delle Piane (seperately), the seperate spelling can be found in some documents, books, websites and also in the Italian Wikipedia... Argentinamilitary (talk) 01:13, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject TRANSWIKI

You are all invited to join WikiProject TRANSWIKI and join the Italian language transwiki project. The aim is to draw up a full directory of missing articles from Italian wikipedia and build a team of translators to work at bridging the gaps in knowledge and to improve existing articles by translation. We need your help, so if there are any Italian speakers here please join up as your language skills are crucial. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 09:46, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

GA Reassessment of Juventus F.C.

Juventus F.C. has been nominated for a good article reassessment. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to good article quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status will be removed from the article. Reviewers' concerns are here. --Malleus Fatuorum 19:04, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Can someone shed more information on this?

Heihachi makes a cameo appearance in the popular Italian satirical comic Don Zauker, where he fights the musclebound and libidinous exorcist, just to be beaten and shown "who has the best God".

Google's turned up nothing to flesh this out unfortunately, or to even provide a citation.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 13:10, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Greetings

I have resolved to achieve a fairly ambitious goal - improving Giro d'Italia to Featured topic status. I figure it'll take around three years. I approach it as a member of WP:CYCLING, but much as the soon-to-be-realized promotion of 2009 Giro d'Italia to Good topic indicates, it's as much something for you guys to boast as it is for us.

I'm not asking for help developing the ~100 articles (though it would of course be welcome), I'm asking for potential help with translations. Particularly with very old editions of the race, I anticipate that the sources I'll be able to find will be largely in Italian, and mine is not molto bene. Surely there are English/Italian bilingual users in this Project, so would anyone potentially be up for helping me with sources? I know exact translations are very work-intensive (I'm fluent in Spanish, so I have some experiences translating), I'd more be looking to verify gisted online or iffy self-translations.

Thanks. Alex finds herself awake at night _{(Talk · What keeps her up)} 06:34, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

Popular pages

I have requested a list of popular pages for this project at [12]. --Ysangkok (talk) 15:42, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Very high priority subject

As part of Wikipedia's Doughnut Drive to the next decade, coverage of Guanti, (Assisi) Bastoncello, (Calabria) Scaddateddi, Zeppole Spignesi, Chiacchiere [3], Lattughe (this may not be classifiable as doughnut, but it is fried pastry, in a Lettuce" style) Cenci, Donzelle Bugie, Crostoli, Fritole, Ciambelli (Cocullo, Abruzzi) and Bomboloni are desperately needed. Please help! ChildofMidnight (talk) 00:13, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Aldo Moro article inadequate

He was PM for a total of over 6 years and spent several more in key cabinet posts, yet there is no mention of this other than the beginning and end dates. Thus the B quality rating of the article is not appropriate it barely qualifies for a C rating Lenbrazil (talk) 19:16, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Pageview stats

After a recent request, I added WikiProject Italy to the list of projects to compile monthly pageview stats for. The data is the same used by http://stats.grok.se/en/ but the program is different, and includes the aggregate views from all redirects to each page. The stats are at Wikipedia:WikiProject Italy/Popular pages.

The page will be updated monthly with new data. The edits aren't marked as bot edits, so they will show up in watchlists. You can view more results, request a new project be added to the list, or request a configuration change for this project using the toolserver tool. If you have any comments or suggestions, please let me know. Thanks! Mr.Z-man 01:10, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

A-Class review for Italian battleship Roma (1940) now open

The Military history WikiProject A-Class review for Italian battleship Roma (1940) is now open; all editors are invited to participate, and any input there would be appreciated! Thanks! —Ed (talk • majestic titan) 04:26, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Roburent

The article for Roburent includes this sentence: The municipality of Roburent contains the frazione (subdivision) of San Giacomo. I've piped the San Giacomo link to target San Giacomo Cuneo based on the assumption that such a place actually exists (an educated guess on my part, following from the naming pattern established on the San Giacomo disambiguation page). Since this was more or less a guess on my part I'm not comfortable leaving it without saying anything, so if anyone knows any better I just wanted to invite you to correct the potential problem.
— V = I * R (talk to Ω) 08:02, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for working on the article – those bot-written pages always benefit from human interventions; and thanks for raising the question. San Giacomo is a common place name, and there are several within the Province of Cuneo. If it were to be written – and the place is certainly notable – the author would probably call it San Giacomo di Roburent or San Giacomo (Roburent). In the meantime I have de-linked it. There’s not much benefit in a redlink from the article on Roburent, because any experienced editor who wrote it (or found it freshly written) would know to look at the page on the comune and check that it was linked from there correctly. Thanks again, Ian Spackman (talk) 11:59, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Comuni around Lago di Bolsena

I visit this area every year with my partner who was born in Gradoli, so will help with editing and expanding relevant articles. (Do not be confused by my username which relates to the UK-use of the word Lido to mean an open-air swimming pool.)--Lidos (talk) 18:19, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Translation request

I've quote eight lines of the libretto for I masnadieri at Stichomythia. Could someone translate them into English, please, maybe as a footnote? (That is, if you think quoting them is a good idea.) —JerryFriedman (Talk) 05:22, 15 December 2009 (UTC)