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Sources for 90's Australian children game show Challenger

Hi, I'm looking for reliable sources for Challenger (game show). There doesn't actually seem to be any surviving news archives in any repositories I can find, mostly because the archives of the major newspapers aren't digitized up to the 90's. There is an article in The Daily Mail about how Sylvia Jeffreys was a contestant on the show, but (a) I understand Daily Mail is a banned source and (b) the article doesn't go any deeper than to say she was on the show and to describe two of her scenes on her episode, saying nothing about the general format of the show. Failing that, would it be appropriate to reference some of the episodes that have surfaced on YouTube (as references for the format)? --Reader781 (talk) 05:16, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Reader781, I would suggest starting with this, and then looking at other potential references from that source. Nikkimaria (talk) 23:24, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for that source, Nikkimaria. I shall look further into the Wikipedia Library as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Reader781 (talk • contribs) 4:06, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Sources for the religious group Doukhobors

Hi, could someone take a look at the article Doukhobors and potential sources? Specifically, I'd like to find some more sources for modern linguistic Russian in Doukhobor communities in Canada. Thanks! --EpicPupper (talk) 03:34, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

Try these: [1][2][3]. Nikkimaria (talk) 02:03, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology Help Finding Page Numbers

I'm writing about Cueva de las Manos. I have access to all of the physical volumes of The Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology by Springer through my local library. My issue is that I can't for the life of me find the page numbers of the contents, or what volumes contain which sections of the book. I need help finding this information in order to effectively search the books for what I am looking for. If I could get the page numbers and volume numbers for any of the following sections, it would be much appreciated:

• Rock Art Sites: Management and Conservation
• Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturas Cave Art
• South American Rock Art
• Andes: Prehistoric Art
• Art, Paleolithic
• Olmec: Geography and Culture

Thanks, --Tyrone Madera (talk) 00:14, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Sources for Ethiopian Azmari artist Bahru Kegne.

Hello. I'm trying to create a page for Bahru Kegne, a notable Azmari(traditionel Ethiopian music style) artist that used to play for Emperor Haile Selassie, for the page i created List of musicians using Amharic vocals, which will be linked to a soon to be created music section in the culture section of the Amhara people page. I can't find many reliable sources, i don't have any special Library acces that i'm aware off. There's a mention of him on this site [[4]] in blue with a link to a youtube video [[5]]. The video also displays articles about Bahru Kegne. The Ex (band) a Dutch band probably wrote the articles in the video. I would like to get access to those original articles and use them as a source. Maybe it's archived somewhere? Any other reliable sources about Bahru Kegne biography & music is very much appreciated. Dawit S Gondaria (talk) 02:34, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

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