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A fact from List of oral repositories appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 2 November 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that oral repositories are individuals trusted with memorising a society's oral traditions, and have been termed "walking libraries"?

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The result was: promoted by Launchballer talk 16:08, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that oral repositories are individuals trusted with memorising a society's oral traditions, and have been termed "walking libraries"?

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[1] pg. 34

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Created by Kowal2701 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

Kowal2701 (talk) 16:25, 31 August 2024 (UTC).[reply]

ALT1 that in indigenous societies people serve as oral repositories of knowledge, values, and morals, and have been termed "walking libraries"? [3]
ALT2 that in oral cultures people serve as repositories of knowledge, values, and morals, and have been termed "walking libraries"?
Draft published on 30 August, so this was nominated within required time. Hooks are fine (I think ALT0 is the best). But the problem is that much of the article is unreferenced. While only one sentence of prose needs a citation, half if not more entries in the tables do not have citations. I am also confused why for some rows, the citations are in different columns. Ex. Most entries in 'term' have references, but occasionally entries in others have referneces too. This is messy, and I'd suggest adding a new column 'sources' or such and moving references there, IF they are supporting all claims in the row. But there are cleary some rows with no citations (ex. Sangoma). --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:11, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, good idea, I’ll create a new column. I thought you wouldn’t need a citation for articles on Wikipedia since that makes them non-contestable, but that is just WP:Circular.Kowal2701 (talk) 14:10, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus is that okay now?

Yes, it is GTG now, I am assuming that refs for each column are sufficient to confirm the rest of the information in it per AGF. Spot checks can be done if this ever goes up for WP:GAN (which I do encourage you as the next step). --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:25, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Kowal2701 and Piotrus: There is a {{cn}} tag on this article and given that (give or take an hour) this is two months old I am timing this out. Sorry.--Laun chba ller 15:42, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorted per my talk page. Let me look into this a bit further (since there's a gap in prep 4, and I'd much rather read this than De Vinne Press Building or Western Air Lines Flight 636!).--Laun chba ller 16:02, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"List of bards" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect List of bards has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 September 11 § List of bards until a consensus is reached. asilvering (talk) 09:38, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]