User talk:Landerso

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Page number for book on Gramsci

Hi Landerso, I saw your edit recently on Antonio Gramsci - can you add a page number for that information? It's not enough to just add an entire book, you should be specific in your citations. Thank you. Xx78900 (talk) 04:13, 11 November 2022 (UTC)

OK, will do. Landerso (talk) 14:52, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

Done, added multiple page numbers and chapter cite. Am also adding from a new biography of Gramsci. Please take a look to see if this is all OK. Thanks for your help. Landerso (talk) 15:10, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

Please also see paragraph added under section called "Influence" and footnotes 65 and 66. Landerso (talk) 15:59, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

Hi Landerso, many thanks for adding the pages. I've formatted all of your inclusions to fit the 'short-footnote' style in use (albeit not consistently) on the article already. I might standardize all the other citations actually... but I digress.

Thanks for your contributions, they seem worthy additions, and add necessary context to what was already written. If you get the chance, could you return to the article and clarify some things you've said? Specifically:

• For Gramsci, this was because "we represent the majority and will defeat you while you (the fascists) represent the minority and will disappear." I've marked this with a tag, as though it's generally fine to cite just once for a paragraph of info from the same source, on Wikipedia we prefer to have direct quotes cited to the exact page, immediately after the sentence containing the quote.
• Secondly, this quote seems speculative: Gramsci would have been far more effective had he eschewed violence by any party and argued, instead, for the rule of law and a constitutional order. He could have begun his argument by condemning the murder of Giacomo Matteoti who had already called for the rule of law and been murdered by the fascists for that position. That murder produced a crisis for the fascist regime which Gramsci could have exploited. I have marked the first sentence with an tag, as though I'm sure you mean Frétigné, it is best to be explicit, because in future edits other references to him may be removed, and we could potentially be left with some unsourced material. I will also advise that this section is difficult to verify, and perhaps falls under WP:CRYSTALBALL. WP:CRYSTALBALL is a Wikipedia policy which cautions against being overly speculative. Though it does permit predictions from reliable sources, by not stating "Frétigné argues/contends/posits", it comes across as overly certain.

Finally, as someone who is only just getting started with Gramsci (I've just finished On Education from The Prison Notebooks, but haven't yet read anything else) - would you have any recommendations for me? Thanks! Xx78900 (talk) 18:23, 15 December 2022 (UTC)