User talk:Aciram

Please do not slant articles as you did here in removing important balance re diaries of dubious reliability. You have done things like that before, and I'm asking you again to stop it. SergeWoodzing (talk) 19:57, 27 November 2025 (UTC)

Hey @Aciram. Your wiki edit anniversary is today, marking 19 years of dedicated contributions to English Wikipedia. Your passion for sharing knowledge and your remarkable contributions have not only enriched the project, but also inspired countless others to contribute. Thank you for your amazing contributions. Wishing you many more wonderful years ahead in the Wiki journey. :) -❙❚❚❙❙ GnOeee ❚❙❚❙❙ ✉ 18:32, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

Hey Gnoeee. Thank you very much for your kind words! This is a suprise - English language wikipedia has so many users, that I always assumed that I was barely noticed, so it is flattering to hear the contrary. It is especially flattering to imagine that someone might even have been inspired to contribute themselwes because of me. I am rarely involved in doing anything but writing articles here in Wikipedia: I suffer from exhaustion, but somehow find it to be relaxing to write and share information. I often write information I first sought for and could not find; when I do find it, I share it, and I am glad if someone has noticed and appreciated it. Thank you again!--Aciram (talk) 19:03, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

Hello! I wanted to commend you for your work on this site, as it has been a huge resource for me. I noticed you were the individual to cite "Ólína Þorvarðardóttir: Brennuöldin. Galdur og galdratrú í málskjölum og munnmælum. Háskólaútgáfan. Reykjavík, 2000" on the page for Jón Rögnvaldsson. I'm having major trouble in finding this book anywhere in America. Would you be able to point me in the right direction? Thank you! GatehouseLL (talk) 17:55, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

Hello, and thank you for your kind words. I'am afraid I can't help; I write so much that its hard to always remember a particular piece of information, this being one. This case is not hard to find in my own Scandinavian country, but the more obscure parts of the history of the Nordic countries may not belong to the most easy to find over there in America. Though, this individual is one of the most known cases of the witch trials in Iceland. If you seach for Icelandic witch trials in general, you would be sure to find information about him. I wish you good luck!--Aciram (talk) 18:10, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

With as many edits as you have contributed to the Wiki, the occasional oversight becomes inevitable. I believe I noticed one such case, and am just leaving this comment on your talk page to notify you about the relevant error as it has been quoted in other websites & forums causing the spread of misinformation. This isn't a reprimand as I am sure I have made errors in my own edits as well, rather it's meant to be healthy feedback for the sake of accountability. Just try to be more careful when inserting information into an article that's not explicitly stated in your source. TLDR at the bottom, as some of the things that are included below aren't directly relevant you, I just added them for possibly relevant context.

At 02:12 26th December 2024, you made an edit to the Fall of Constantinople article which inserted the following information: Critobulus also noted: "As for the Sultan, he was sensual rather than acquisitive, and more interested in people than in goods. Phrantzes, the faithful servant of the Basileus, has recounted the fate of his young and good-looking family. His three daughters were consigned to the Imperial harem, even the youngest, a girl of fourteen, who died there of despair. His only son John, a fifteen-year-old boy, was killed by the sultan for having repelled his advances." citing Guerdan, Rene, Byzantium: its triumphs and tragedy, Allen & Unwin, 1956 p. 219-220. Reading this sent me down a bit of a rabbithole as I had read a translation of Critobulus and remembered no such excerpt. I checked two translations of his work, an English one by Charles T. Biggs and a Turkish one titled 'Fetih 1453', and neither included such a section as far as I saw. I then went to your citation to see what your cited source states and it seems to me your pages do not state Critobulus wrote that either. I get why the confusion might have happened, the pages are a bit unclear regarding which parts are quotations from Critobulus and which parts aren't, but considering the relevant section isn't within quotation marks, the previous paragraph seems obviously to be lines written by the authors of the book instead of quotations from Critobulus*, and the next paragraph incorporates details from Doukas' account of the execution of Notaras that aren't present in Critobulus**; I am fairly certain Guerdan wasn't claiming that part to be a Critobulus quote specifically. Though on the off chance you were correct in thinking he was making such a claim, then the error lies with him and not you.

As for the question of where he got this information if not from Critobulus, the answer seems to be in the paragraph itself: ''Phrantzes, the faithful servant of the Basileus, has recounted the fate of his young and good-looking family...''. George Sphrantzes***, sometimes spelled Francis, was a late Byzantine historian who wrote an eye-witness account of the Fall of Constantinople called the Minor Chronicle (Chronicon Minus). Importantly for our purposes here, another far more detailed text called the Major Chronicle (Chronicon Maius) was falsely attributed to him, but later research by scholars such as J.B. Falier-Papadopoulos, Franz Dölger, and Raymond-Joseph Loenertz demonstrated that the Major Chronicle was written decades later by a man named Makarios Melissenos who added more details from a variety of sources expanding upon Sphrantzes' work. Quotation from the Greek wiki page for Makarios Melissenos: ''The "Pseudosphrantzis": Sfranzis' account is known as the Chronicon Minus or Lesser Chronicle, while Melissenos' forgery is known as the Chronicon Maius or Greater Chronicle . Although Makarios Melissenos mainly reuses Sfranzis' texts, he nevertheless adds a series of information that are often figments of his imagination or come from other historians (Leonardo of Chios , among others), whose texts he, however, falsifies. This particular fraud was revealed during the 1930s, following relevant research by Raymond-Joseph Lehnertz , among others.'' Importantly here, I have seen a Turk claim the story regarding Sphrantzes' son being executed for refusing Mehmed's advances was a later addition of the Major Chronicle that was absent in the original Minor Chronicle of the real Sphrantzes. Another random blog who wrote about alleged pedestary of Mehmed seems to verify this****, they state Sphrantzes account of his son's death doesn't mention anything sexual, though they claim Sphrantzes was ''congenitally incapable of writing about sex'' hence suggesting the possibility that the claim could be true even without Sphrantzes writing it down personally. I personally find the suggestion a father would omit such a detail unlikely, but ultimately all of this is a part of a seperate rabbithole on whether these stories are contemporary anti-Ottoman propaganda likely originating from Leonard of Chios (who Melissenos might have borrowed the story from) as some historians such as Jonathan Harris, Walter G. Andrew and Mehmet Kalpaklı suggest or if they are true stories demonstrating Mehmed's immorality. What's relevant here is regardless of whether the story originates from the Minor Chronicle of Sphrantzes or from the Major Chronicle of Pseudosphrantzes as these people claim, it does not originate from Kritobulus and the inserted sentence errs by claiming Kritobulus was the one who 'noted' it.

I will remove the attribution to Critobulus which gives misplaced credibility to the story tomorrow, though feel free to remove it yourself if you want to. The story itself can remain, the debate about its origins and authenticity is a whole another topic just as extensive that I didn't go into detail here and an argument can be made its possible inauthenticity makes it unfit for inclusion in the Wiki, but as long as its clear that the story is alleged and not undisputedly proven I don't see an issue with it remaining. It's unfortunate though how I have seen so many people claim Critobulus is the originator of the story, misinformation really spreads like wildfire. Thank you if you bothered reading this far.

1* 'The orthodox still recount a legend which has come down to them from this tragic time...' The Critobulus translations I checked included no line like this, at least nothing worded this way. It seems clear to me this paragraph was written by the authors instead of being a direct quote.

2* See The End of Byzantium by Jonathan Harris pages 215-216 A free pdf is accessible online

3* In the authentic Minor Chronicle the author's name is given as Sphrantzes, whereas in the Major Chronicle the author's name is given as Phrantzes (Per the Turkish Encylopedia of Islam's article on George Sphrantzes). The fact that Guerdan writes his name as Phrantzes probably means he was quoting from the Major Chronicle.

4* relevant blog post, https://surprisedbytime.blogspot.com/2014/06/what-are-these-stories-about.html Ultimately these are not reliable sources hence I maintained the position the story could possibly be from the Minor Chronicle still, but I highly doubt two unrelated people I came across online would both independently claim it's absent from it. Additionally Guerdan inserting in a ton of details about the sack that aren't actually written by Critobulus is something others noticed before me https://www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2015/09/12/the-sack-of-constantinople-in-1453-part-2/ https://www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2015/09/18/the-sack-of-constantinople-in-1453-part-3/

TL:DR A story you wrote as having originated from Critobulus actually is absent in his writings and a ton of people erronously parroted your sentence word-by-word causing misinfo.

Cannotpick (talk) 16:08, 3 January 2026 (UTC)

Hi Aciram. Thank you for your work on Madame de Grancey. Another editor, Scope creep, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

Hi, Since its a translation you must a trans page on the talk page and add an attribution notice in the first, which has been partially done. It also seems to miss page numbers. I hope you add them in.

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scope_creepTalk 20:50, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

Hi Aciram. Thank you for your work on Madame de Grancey. Another editor, Scope creep, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

The first ref is on the internet archive.

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scope_creepTalk 20:52, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

Hi Aciram. Thank you for your work on Madame de Grancey. Another editor, Scope creep, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

Page numbers are missing. Found 1 on the internet archive. WP:REFN maye useful.

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scope_creepTalk 20:55, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. Regarding your recent edits to Françoise-Marie Jacquelin when you modified the page, you introduced unknown parameters. Just because you specify |some_param=some_variable does not always mean that variable will display. The |some_param= must be defined in the template. You can look at the documentation for the template you are using but it is also helpful to use the preview button before you save your edit; this helps you find any errors you have made and ensure that the values you have added are displaying correctly. Below the edit box is a Show preview button. Pressing this will show you what the page will look like without actually saving it. It is strongly recommended that you use this before saving. Note I have likely fixed the error by now so check the history of the page to see how it was fixed. If you have any questions, contact the help desk for assistance. Thank you. Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 05:26, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your addition of a category section to Category:Royal adoptees. To that end, I have created several other categories in dire need of category sections. Are you able to add them or can you show me how to do it myself? Please let me know at your earliest convenience. S1r Gawa1n 2004 (talk) 14:57, 29 January 2026 (UTC)

You should be able to do this yourself: you seem already know how to do. Because you have yourself added the category Royal adoptees to the page Ernestine Lambriquet. To add categories to a category-page, is done exactly the same way as when you add categories to a category-page.--Aciram (talk) 03:53, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

I don’t quite understand your response. There are no category sections at all on those categories. How do I add them? S1r Gawa1n 2004 (talk) 03:44, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

I am sorry, but I don't understand either. I have already explained how you add them. You added the category Royal adoptees to the page Ernestine Lambriquet, did you not? Well, then you knew how to do that, didn't you? You can add a category to the page "Category:Royal Adoptees" in exactly the same way as you add a category to the article Ernestine Lambriquet. The fact that there is no "category section" does not matter at all. You can add a category to any page in the same way, regardless if they have a category section or not. Just try and see what hapens. If you still don't understand, then am not sure I have the English language skills to be more clear, and in that case, maybe you should ask someone else. Good luck!--Aciram (talk) 03:53, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

Mind you: I don't know if things look different technically if you edit from a phone. I never do.--Aciram (talk) 04:16, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

Fortunately, I do not edit from a mobile. What I mean is that whilst I could add categories I freshly created to applicable articles, I could not insert category sections into the categories themselves, so as to enable travelling to related categories. That is when I noticed the tool you utilise to do so, and that is why I asked you how it is done. S1r Gawa1n 2004 (talk) 05:47, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

Category:Court of Mary I of England has been nominated for renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Векочел (talk) 18:32, 21 February 2026 (UTC)

The redirect Slavery in Slovakia has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 March 6 § Slavery in Slovakia until a consensus is reached. — An anonymous username, not my real name 03:40, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

Please remember to add non-diffusing tags when you create WP:EGRSD categories, as well as the relevant sort keys. For example, Category:19th-century women courtiers didn't have either. Thanks! ^SMason_Garrison 19:14, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

Categories you have created have been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 March 14 § FOOth-century ladies-in-waiting on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. ^SMason_Garrison 19:20, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

Did you forget to add a source? 1234qwer1234qwer4 13:17, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

That is in all the sources as well as the articles of the other language versions. I forgot to write it when first created the article.--Aciram (talk) 17:27, 16 March 2026 (UTC)