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Dante Alighieri was an Italian poet, note: "Though an Italian nation state had yet to be established, the Latin equivalent of the term Italian (italus) had been in use for natives of the region since antiquity".
This information is based on the letter of Pliny the Elder((AD 23/24 – AD 79), Letters 9.23. [23] L To Maximus. [[1]] "He said that he was sitting by the side of a certain individual at the last Circensian games, and that, after they had had a long and learned talk on a variety of subjects, his acquaintance said to him: "Are you from Italy or the provinces?" Tacitus replied : "You know me quite well, and that from the books of mine you have read." "Then," said the man, "you are either Tacitus or Pliny."
It is a primary source WP:PRIMARY, and secondary source in this sense does not exist. Given that the primary source only mentions: "Are you from Italy or the provinces?" and the article contains information: "the Latin equivalent of the term Italian (italus) had been in use for natives of the region since antiquity", it is obviously a violation of the rules of wikipedia ie. WP:OR and WP:FRINGE since there is no secondary source that states this and also information from the article in this sense and with this fact, has not been published anywhere, that is, it does not exist anywhere. Based on the above reasons, I suggest that this information be removed from the article because it does not comply with the rules. Thank you. Mikola22 (talk) 14:41, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Chiswick Chap Thanks for the answer, can you please show me or quote me where Pliny the Elder says: "the Latin equivalent of the term Italian (italus) had been in use for natives of the region since antiquity"? and in which context it concerns Dante Alighieri? Mikola22 (talk) 15:07, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Deor My proposal is related to this situation ie information. You can open another topic so we can discuss it. Is this information fringe or OR? Mikola22 (talk) 15:12, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
WP Challenge: 'One of first to publish in vernacular language in Roman Catholic Western Europe'
The text states: Publishing in the vernacular language marked Dante as one of the first in Roman Catholic Western Europe (among others such as Geoffrey Chaucer and Giovanni Boccaccio) to break free from standards of publishing in only Latin (the language of liturgy, history and scholarship in general, but often also of lyric poetry).
This is problematic from a couple of stand points, parts such as "break free from standards of publishing" are borderline WP:Editorial. But more than that this isn't true. There are a number of Old English / Anglo Saxon authors such as Cynewulf, Cædmon and the author of Beowulf who are Christian, from Western Europe and who write in vernacular and who also predate Dante and Chaucer by up to 700 years in the case of Cædmon. While I appreciate the point the article is trying to make; it's making the statement so broad as to be incorrect. Also depending on how we define Christian and Western Europe the Norse Sagas are also examples of extent literature written in vernacular which predate Chaucer and Dante. Once again I'm not trying to lessen Dante's achievements but pointing out that this section seems overly superlative. 2601:2C3:800:6E0:9DB6:1C3D:39A0:324C (talk) 18:55, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I would like to suggest changing the date format of this article to dmy as that is what is used in Italian and is by far most common on Italian topic pages.--Marginataen (talk) 18:18, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
In order to not have to raise several different discussions, I hope the result of this discussion can also be applied to the articles about Dante's works, e.g. Inferno. Marginataen (talk) 22:25, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello. Missed this thread. I disagree with that rationale. Plus as I already told you before, it is not based on manual of style. This is the English-language Wikipedia. What applies for another language-edition of Wikipedia does not necessarily apply here. I see no valid reason to change it. StephenMacky1 (talk) 22:29, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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