Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange/Resource Request/Stale requests

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2007 Unfilled requests

April-May 2007

William McCrum

I'm trying to find the obituary of William McCrum. This FIFA page mentions 'In 1932 an obituary appeared in a Northern Ireland paper in Milford, County Armagh'. I don't know the exact date of the obit' or which paper it was in but it must have been in late December as he died 'just before Christmas'. Sorry for the vagueness, any hints appreciated. JMiall 15:51, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

• There is an obit in the Irish Times (22 Dec 1932); William McCrum died 21 Dec 1932: Irish Times 1932 contains link to original source.—Ash (talk) 13:38, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

July-August 2007

Jelqing

"There has been only one study on “jelqing” done by Dr. Brian Richards in the late 1970s. The British Journal of Sexual Medicine published the results. According to the study, 87 percent of men had positive results." [1]. Does anyone have access or exact bibliographical reference? [2] -- Thanx Cherubino 12:46, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

The only remotely similar reference I could find in Pubmed was Richards BA. "Mechanical aids to sex." Br J Sex Med. 1975 Oct;2(5):33-5, 37. No abstract available. PMID: 830127 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]." This is probably it, but I don't have access to the journal. The term doesn't appear anywhere in PubMed, which is pretty suspicious. -- phoebe/(talk) 01:07, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

2011 Unfilled requests

2011

Dictionary of Business Biography and Who Was Who

N - no point in cluttering this page with the outstanding requests any longer. The article got GA status without the info, & I can live with that. - Sitush (talk) 00:05, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

I am trying to track down biographical information for the article on Churchill Machine Tool Company and would be grateful if anyone has access to either or both of the Dictionary of Business Biography (ed: David J Jeremy, Butterworths 1984-86, 5 volumes, isbn for the first is 0406273413) or really old copies of Who Was Who could see look into any available entries for:

* Sir Greville Simpson Maginness (born 1888)

• Arthur Chamberlain (d. circa 1941 - not his father, who had same name and who died in 1913) - sorted, thanks to user:Smallman12q
• Herbert Chamberlain (1845-1904)
• Walter Chamberlain (b. 1847)
• Charles Churchill (b. 1838, USA - d. Feb 1916)
• John William Wright Gabriel (b. 1860)

All of the above were directors of Charles Churchill & Co Ltd and/or The Churchill Machine Tool Co Ltd. & they mostly had fingers in many pies.

Also, the article on Maginness in the periodical Sheet Metal Industries, volume 25 (1948) p. 1997 - there is a snippet view here [3]. Long list, sorry, but thanks for any assistance. Sitush (talk) 05:48, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

I am pretty sure that this Sheet Metal Industries item is available for full view in the US - if anyone in the USA is prepared to check this then I'd be grateful. It looks like it might fill a few gaps. - Sitush (talk) 09:51, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, it looks like its just snippet view in the US as well. GabrielF (talk) 15:04, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

OK, thanks for trying. I'll leave this up for another week and then strike it. Looks like I'll have to find someone prepared to dig around in the British Library/Cambridge University Library - Sitush (talk) 15:23, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

2012 Unfilled requests

February 2012

Jackie Magazines Issue 1535

Hey - I need an interview from the magazine Jackie. It is number 1535 - Thursday 3 June 1993. The interview is withFelice Arena. I know they are collectable so I was thinking that maybe someone has the issue - or it could be available for research purposes. I'm not sure if it is a longshot, but if anyone could help it would be great.Rain the 1 03:18, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

note: OCLC 751754364 -- Doc Taxon (talk) 10:06, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

A.k.a. JACKIE - LONDON ISSN 0262-0286. The only listed library is the BL (St. Pancras), but they are not licensed to copy. It's also not obvious what their holdings are. BLL01013929583. LeadSongDog come howl! 17:04, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

March 2012

isda master agreements

hi, does anyone have access to http://lib.myilibrary.com/detail.asp?ID=266406 (Mastering the ISDA master agreements (1992 and 2002) : a practical guide for negotiation). i'd be interested in chapter 2 ("the evolution of the isda master agreement," 12 pages), chapter 6 ("credit issues relating to the isda master agreement", 14 pages) and chapter 10 ("the credit crunch", 7 pages) (page numbers according to the table of contents of the print edition). thanks in advance, —Pill (talk) 19:15, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

I should have this for you in a few days. GabrielF (talk) 19:24, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

April 2012

Verification of reliability

The article on Jayne Mansfield has the following content.

First marriage

In May 10, 1950, a pregnant 17-year old Jayne married 22-year old Paul Mansfield at Fort Worth, Texas. One biographer, Raymond Strait, wrote that she married Paul publicly in May 6, had an earlier "secret" marriage in January 28, and her first child was conceived after the secret marriage. Some sources cite Paul as the father of the child, while others cite it to be a result of date rape. The marriage certificate of Jayne and Paul lists their date of marriage as May 6, 1950.

Can someone verify the following part of it?

The marriage certificate of Jayne and Paul lists their date of marriage as May 6, 1950.

If the marriage certificate is true, then almost all the biographers are wrong. That's serious.

I don't have access to the certificate and have no clue of its credibility.

References

BTW, I have already posted this to help desk, village pump, and Wikiprojecr Fact and Reference Check... no success so far. Aditya^{(talk • contribs)} 03:36, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

• I don't have access to archives.com. I do have access to ancestry.com, but I could not find a marriage record. Reading through ancestry'sguide to Texas marriage records, it seems that statewide Texas records begin in 1966, which casts some doubt on the cited source, but it is possible that ancestry just doesn't have as much in its database as archives.com. It would be helpful if the user who found this record could produce a PDF that I could look at. Generally, wikipedia would not use a primary source document like this, even if it contradicts other sources. If this is just a textual record, rather than a scan of a document (as is very likely) than it is very possible that there was a typographical error in typing up the document. GabrielF (talk) 04:17, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. But, seriously, it needs to be checked. If no one has any access to the source, it needs to be removed. Aditya^{(talk • contribs)} 11:47, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Just because editors who patrol this board doesn't have access to the source doesn't mean it needs to be removed. That's a really poor argument. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 22:58, 1 January 2013 (UTC)