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Generalissima

Status: Approved

Requesting user: Generalissima (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
Resource link and title: Biesenbach, Klaus, ed. (2019). Henry Darger (3rd ed.). Prestel. ISBN 9783791385839. OCLC 1078895186.
Link to request on RX: Out of scope; full book containing multiple essays.

This would be to improve the page for the outsider artist and novelist Henry Darger and to split off pages on his individual works In The Realms of the Unreal and History of My Life. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 05:09, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Generalissima, thanks for your request, I'll send you an email with next steps. RAdimer-WMF (talk) 01:12, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

David Fuchs

Status: Approved

Requesting user: David Fuchs (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
Resource link and title: Duncan, Alistair (2009). Art Deco Complete: The Definitive Guide to the Decorative Arts of the 1920s and 1930s. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 9780500238554.
Link to request on RX: Not posted, since I require virtually the entire book, making an RX request infeasible.

Hello RAdimer-WMF. Intending on using this as part of a rewrite and expansion of Wikipedia's coverage of Art Deco, working from the template established with Art Deco architecture of New York City and working backwards to focus on Art Deco in the United States (some may be germane to the broader articles too, but I'm not sure at this point and that's a bigger project than I'm expecting to take on now!) The book also has a comprehensive illustrated A-Z listing of significant designers totaling four hundred entries, which should be useful at expanding Wikipedia's coverage of those individuals who might not have significant biographies. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^talk 19:50, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

David Fuchs, thanks for your request, I've sent an email with next steps. RAdimer-WMF (talk) 00:20, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Clovermoss

Status: Approved

Requesting user: Clovermoss (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
Resource Title: Historical Dictionary of Jehovah's Witnesses by George Chryssides [1]
Link to request on RX: Did not bother because I plan to use the whole book and that's not what that resource is for

If this request is granted, I'll use it to improve the article for Jehovah's Witnesses and several related child articles in Category:Jehovah's Witnesses. I've already purchased sources for use in this topic area and I'm dedicated to using them. It'd be nice to not have to save up for this book myself. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 04:30, 28 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Clovermoss, thanks for your request, would you prefer a physical or electronic/pdf copy? RAdimer-WMF (talk) 00:22, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@RAdimer-WMF: I'd prefer physical if there isn't much of a price difference. It's much easier for me to take notes and work from it that way. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 01:29, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ok! I've sent an email with next steps. RAdimer-WMF (talk) 18:40, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

caeciliusinhorto

Status: Approved

Requesting user: caeciliusinhorto (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
Resource link and title: Molly dancing and the Seven Champions: Postmodernism and the re-invention of tradition
Link to request on RX: Out of scope: full book-length thesis

I'd like access to Elaine Bradtke's PhD thesis Molly Dancing and the Seven Champions, primarily for the article Molly dance but also probably articles on related British folk traditions (e.g. Plough Monday, Morris dance). It's available on ProQuest but does not seem to be accessible either through WP:TWL or my local library's ProQuest subscription. I would be happy with either a digital or print copy – digital is slightly cheaper. Caeciliusinhorto (talk) 10:57, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Caeciliusinhorto, thanks for your request, I'll send you an email with next steps. RAdimer-WMF (talk) 23:37, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Riad Salih

Status: On hold

Requesting user: Riad Salih (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
Resource link and title: Ebook version
Link to request on RX: Here and in the Village pump.

[What do you expect to use the resource for?]

I will use this book to complete the article on the Rustamid Dynasty and all it rulers, which I am planning to expand, as well as the article by the main author of the book Ibn al-Saghir. Regards Riad Salih (talk) 20:14, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Here's the citation:

Ibn al-Ṣaġīr; Schwarz, Werner (2022). Ibn aṣ-Ṣaġīr: eine Chronik der Rustamiden [A chronicle of the Rustamids. Edited and translated into German]. Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-11861-3.

Since you've edited a lot at the Arabic Wikipedia but not much at the German-language Wikipedia, do you want the Arabic version, rather than German? WhatamIdoing (talk) 18:05, 30 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @WhatamIdoing Thanks, but I actually need both versions, which is why there isn't just one. I've contributed more to the frwiki rather than arwiki, since I'm comfortable with the languages. I've also made a request here too. Regards Riad Salih (talk) 20:02, 30 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Riad Salih, thank you for your request. I'll place this on hold pending the discussion at RX. RAdimer-WMF (talk) 21:30, 8 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nick-D

Status: Approved

Requesting user: Nick-D (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
Resource link and title: Fleet Air Arm and the War in Europe, 1939-1945
Link to request on RX: Out of scope of WP:RX as this is a hard copy book and I would be consulting it widely.

I have developed a number of articles on British aircraft carrier operations in Norway during World War II to a high standard (including the FAs Operation Sportpalast, Operation Tungsten, Operation Mascot and Operation Goodwood (naval) and A-class article Operation Leader). I have also worked on a number of articles on the war at sea in the North Atlantic more broadly, with Operation Berlin (Atlantic) and Operation Teardrop being developed to FA standard. This is an important recent book on this topic by an expert author that I would use to develop articles on some of the other British aircraft carrier operations in Norway and the North Atlantic during the war. The book has been well reviewed by subject matter experts (e.g. [2] [3]), so is a high quality source. Thank you for considering this request. Nick-D (talk) 07:31, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Nick-D Check your email; I have sent you a copy of the book. Riad Salih (talk) 13:41, 28 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Is the copy you sent me legal? It's also hosted on an obscure file sharing website, and I don't click unfamiliar links. Nick-D (talk) 01:18, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Nick-D I found it online. It's not an obscure file-sharing website; it's WeTransfer. I uploaded it there for you. Riad Salih (talk) 11:30, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nick-D: Thanks for your request, I'll send you an email with next steps. RAdimer-WMF (talk) 21:14, 8 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]