User talk:Altenmann

Hey! I noticed that you were doing some copyediting for Poozy (thanks for that), but I wanted to ask: do you know of any high-quality sources I could use for Arik Einstein? I've been searching for some on Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library and found that one journal I keep citing, but otherwise nothing that's entirely about him. There is this biography that was cited in the Hebrew article for Poozy, but I can't find a digital version of it, nor even its ISBN. I ask because I think that article, if given the time, could easily become a GA level article and even an FA, given its subject matter (Einstein has been covered extensively in Israel, I'm sure you know that by now). If you don't have any, that's fine, thanks for trying to help anyway. _{S.G. (They/Them) (Talk) (Edits)} 19:32, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

@SignedInteger: Which "one journal" and which "this biography" you have in mind?. I added one more ref to the lede of Arik Einstein. The two refs^[1][2] are rather detailed. --Altenmann >talk 22:31, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

This one is the journal; it focuses heavily on the 1960s part of his career. As for the biography, I cannot find the ISBN number, but it is called "אריק איינשטיין: זו אותה האהבה"; it appears to be partially an autobiography since it is from back when Einstein was alive. _{S.G. (They/Them) (Talk) (Edits)} 22:34, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

I don't quite sure which quality sources you need. If you want some "NPOV balance", here is a critical text by anti-Zionist Tom Pessah. Here are pieces of an en-lang book covering Israeli rock.

Altenmann is a proud descendant of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and embraces all cultures that emerged there, "from sea to sea" (and "from the river to the sea :-)

I am not really a "goood article" writer. I just notice pieces of knowledge I find interesting but which missed enwiki attention and usually write reasonable stubs/starts of sufficient content just off the radar of deletionists. For example this year I cobbled up Nathan Shahar (Arik Einstein here :-), Shulamit (of considerable notability, but not for enwikipedians:-), Eliahu Mordecai Werbel (to relate with Shulamit). --Altenmann >talk 22:31, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

Well, aside from the weird userbox template that's for some reason on here. Yeah, I understand that you're not a GA editor. To quote one of your own subpages that you linked, you make articles about things that "nobody else gives a fuck" about. (I admit that not only made me laugh, it made me respect you more, that's the kind of attitude more niche topic editors should have).

By "high quality", I mean anything that's not newspapers or the like, not that those are bad, they're fine, and I will be organizing them for this as well. The book you linked is good, the other...not too sure, but I'll keep it bookmarked in case it is needed.

Oh! And as for suggestions for new stubs/starts: Any of the members of Kaveret that still somehow don't have English articles, they're all clearly notable enough for English Wikipedia and many of them have successful solo careers too.

Thank you for your help! I'll be getting to work on improving the article later, probably when I'm done with Einstein's 1969-1971 albums (easily his most notable and acclaimed) or perhaps even later than that, but again, thanks! _{S.G. (They/Them) (Talk) (Edits)} 22:44, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

@SignedInteger: This is from the book you wanted; I guess, a preface. This is about the publisher and WorldCat gives us ISBN 9789653781184, ISBN 9653781189 ; Here is NLI entry. So, unless you are in Israel, you are out of luck :-( --Altenmann >talk 01:15, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

Sorry for the late reply. Welp, I don't live in Israel at the moment so I guess checking that book is off the list. Thank you nonetheless. As I said in another comment, I'll get to work on this article when I am done with making articles for Einstein's first albums (1966-1971, or even 1964-1971, if the Yarkon Bridge Trio albums are notable enough for inclusion). Once again, thanks! I've bookmarked the other sources that you did cite here. _{S.G. (They/Them) (Talk) (Edits)} 11:02, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

Despite the p-block we might still have to deal with his theories again: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Александр Макович. Mellk (talk) 18:21, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

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moved to article talk. --Altenmann >talk 00:37, 24 January 2026 (UTC)

Next time, please add merged-to and merged-from templates to the articles' talk pages. Clarityfiend (talk) 13:10, 24 January 2026 (UTC)

@Clarityfiend: I usually do, but AFAIK lists are not subject to copyright in the US, see Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co. --Altenmann >talk 16:43, 24 January 2026 (UTC)

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Hey, @Altenmann. Why are you reverting my edits at Anatoly Dneprov (writer)? (diff)

The |nationality parameter is deprecated and should be removed or replaced with the |citizenship parameter per MOS:INFONAT. Best regards, —KuyaMoHirowo (talk • contribs) 14:00, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

@KuyaMoHirowo: Correct. But you did not do it. I did.--Altenmann >talk 16:10, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

Okay. Fine. —KuyaMoHirowo (talk • contribs) 23:27, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

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		For not notifying the author about nominating their article for SD. I didn't think that someone who writes an one-sentence article would care so much of it. Sincerely, Ross's gull (talk) 15:24, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

@Ross's gull: People have different reasons to write articles. Some like toiling on GA, others like to fix typos. I like to fill red links for underrepresented countries and cultures, even in the areas I do not care much. I see the value of Wikipedia not in information per se but in interconnecting information, both within WP and with reliable sources outside WP. --Altenmann >talk 16:20, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

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Hi Altenmann! I noticed that you've made several edits in order to restore a version of Banjo Band. The impulse to repeatedly undo an edit you disagree with is understandable, but I wanted to make sure that you're aware of Wikipedia's edit warring policy. Repeatedly undoing the changes made by other users in a back-and-forth fashion like this is disallowed, even if you feel what you're doing is justifiable.

All editors are expected to discuss content disputes on article talk pages in order to try to reach a consensus with the other editors involved. If you are unable to come to an agreement at Talk:Banjo Band, please use one of the dispute resolution options that are available in order to seek input from others. Using this approach instead of repeatedly reverting other editors' changes can help you avoid getting drawn into edit wars. Thank you. Revirvlkodlaku (talk) 09:24, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

Right; See WP:BRD. Using this approach instead of repeatedly reverting other editors' changes can help you avoid getting drawn into edit wars. Thank you --Altenmann >talk 09:34, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

Hey great work on the Christopher name template. You created it; do you think the names should be alphabetized? PikachuMai (talk) 06:42, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

@PikachuMai: I did try to do this, in sections, but probably I missed something. --Altenmann >talk 06:46, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

Do you want me to alphabetize them? PikachuMai (talk) 06:54, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

@PikachuMai: Yes, as long as you keep the grouping. --Altenmann >talk 07:09, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

Done! :)

Feel free to edit if you'd like. PikachuMai (talk) 07:22, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

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I am confused why my edit recently was reverted. You left no explanation for it at all. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 18:17, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

@Zxcvbnm: which one? --Altenmann >talk 18:18, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

If your have in mind Solaris (fictional planet), your edit is your original research, not supported by source cited. --Altenmann >talk 18:19, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

I'm not sure I'd call it OR, but I admit there was some SYNTH going on there as Lem only insinuated Solaris was used as a plot device rather than outright saying it. I tried to add it again in wording that is solely based on what is directly written by Lem. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 18:36, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

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Abigail is a similar name, so I think it should be under a "related names" section, but not in a way that implies that it and Avigail are pretty much identical. PikachuMai (talk) 15:29, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi. I reverted your blanking and orphaning of Lohia family. Please consider AfD if you think the business family as a distinct unit is not notable, thank you. --Paul_012 (talk) 23:18, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

{{Language influence}} has no transclusions. Templates with no transclusions are often deleted. Do you have plans for it? – Jonesey95 (talk) 13:59, 7 March 2026 (UTC)

@Jonesey95: I started working on it when I noticed that it makes sense the items in its first line to be grouped into a navbox. The I noticed that there are two related templates , {{Interlanguage varieties}} {{Linguistic influence}}, then I noticed something that looks like WP:CFORK:Anglicism vs. Englishisation. So I understood that the structurization here is in a bit of a mess... And then I forgot all about it. I will restart thinking about this. Probably I will disperse it after all. --Altenmann >talk 16:00, 7 March 2026 (UTC)

I deprodded this because there are plenty of available sources. I added a couple. Bearian (talk) 01:14, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

@Bearian: <Ugh> I have no idea how I missed this. There are also plenty of sources in Russian. I expanded a bit, to fix some IP vandalism and cover more bases.--Altenmann >talk 05:11, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

Thank you. A gentle reminder to use edit summaries – it can be 2 or 3 words. Bearian (talk) 10:15, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

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Got a source? PikachuMai (talk) 03:10, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

@PikachuMai: I dont need one; it is in "see also" section, where often similarly written titles are placed, to help in search --Altenmann >talk 03:12, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

Oh, I see one for Toma. But Tomi seems to be an unrelated name. PikachuMai (talk) 03:14, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

@PikachuMai: Read my response again. By the way, in "Toma" the ref is wrong and I removed it. --Altenmann >talk 03:18, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

Oh so if a title of one page sounds similar to the title of the main page, it can go in the "see also" section? PikachuMai (talk) 03:22, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

@PikachuMai: In cases when one can expect confusion. Use common sense. Calf and Cough sound similar, but people are not expected to confuse these subjects. But in case of Thomas, actual variants of the name must go into the list above. --Altenmann >talk 03:30, 18 March 2026 (UTC)