User contributions for Eirikr

16 December 2024

• 21:4321:43, 16 December 2024 diff hist +89 Unergative verb +discuss -- problematic examples using verbs that can indeed be used transitively: "to resign a position", "to talk rubbish", etc. current

27 November 2024

• 20:2320:23, 27 November 2024 diff hist +143 Unaccusative verb →Perlmutter's unaccusative hypothesis (1978): +clarify current

30 October 2024

• 18:5818:58, 30 October 2024 diff hist +532 User talk:SilverLocust →Query re: Arbcom matter: new section Tag: New topic

12 October 2024

• 01:0401:04, 12 October 2024 diff hist +413 Wikipedia talk:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Yasuke/Evidence →Edit request: new section Tag: New topic

30 September 2024

• 17:3317:33, 30 September 2024 diff hist +141 Mexcaltitán de Uribe +placename etymology details +wiktionary links, aligning also with es:Mexcaltitán current

26 September 2024

• 23:1223:12, 26 September 2024 diff hist +440 Talk:Hyottoko →Izumo: +2p about Iwate and ironworks current Tags: Disambiguation links added Reply
• 21:5421:54, 26 September 2024 diff hist +555 Talk:Yasuke →Objectivity of wikipedia: Reply Tag: Reply
• 18:2618:26, 26 September 2024 diff hist +807 User talk:Wizardcomentary →September 2024: Reply with advice current Tag: Reply

25 September 2024

• 23:0323:03, 25 September 2024 diff hist +771 User talk:Wizardcomentary →September 2024: Reply Tag: Reply

24 September 2024

• 22:1722:17, 24 September 2024 diff hist +816 Talk:Yasuke →Questionable Source: +summary and link to past RSN thread about Lockley + Girard's ''African Samurai'' Tag: Reply

15 September 2024

• 05:1805:18, 15 September 2024 diff hist +793 Talk:University of Virginia Japanese Text Initiative →Taken offline: new section current Tag: New topic

11 September 2024

• 18:5018:50, 11 September 2024 diff hist −26 Kanabō →See also: -link to non-existent FR WP article current

31 August 2024

• 00:0700:07, 31 August 2024 diff hist +28 Ringatū +formatting and glosses for Māori term in lede

27 August 2024

• 08:4808:48, 27 August 2024 diff hist +81 Adjectival noun (Japanese) →Historical Forms: +cn -- not that I doubt any of this: rather, we need to provide references so folks can read more.

23 August 2024

• 19:5519:55, 23 August 2024 diff hist +1,958 Talk:Samurai →Samurai are best described as members of a warrior class.: +reply to Tinynanorobots about terminology and about Morillo's use as a reference Tag: Reply
• 19:4819:48, 23 August 2024 diff hist 0 Samurai →The changing definition of "samurai": -moving "the": previous wording parses as a deliberate act of someone "changing _the_ definition" as a transitive action, as opposed to the intransitive action of "the changing defintion"

21 August 2024

• 23:2123:21, 21 August 2024 diff hist +1,931 Mount Osore →Etymology: +reworking to actually match what the source actually says, removing speculations and incorrect wording not supported by either the source or by the Ainu language, +sources current
• 21:4721:47, 21 August 2024 diff hist +2,177 Talk:Yasuke →The lead: Reply Tag: Reply
• 20:5020:50, 21 August 2024 diff hist +828 User talk:2A00:23C6:A00C:9801:5D99:4DAE:80C4:ABFD →Reliable sources: Reply with links current Tag: Reply
• 19:3319:33, 21 August 2024 diff hist −338 Rōnin +fixing Japanese term gloss +moving Britannica ref to appropriate location since this has nothing to say about the literal meaning of the Japanese term -source about "wave men", this literal gloss is not helpful and the source doesn't have much useful to say
• 18:3518:35, 21 August 2024 diff hist −6 Sanzu River -rm links to non-existent Wiktionary entries +correcting glosses
• 18:2818:28, 21 August 2024 diff hist +383 User talk:2A00:23C6:A00C:9801:5D99:4DAE:80C4:ABFD →Reliable sources: +this IP looks like a blocked user Tag: Reply
• 18:0818:08, 21 August 2024 diff hist 0 m Talk:Yasuke →Weapon-bearer: +wording fix for clarity
• 18:0718:07, 21 August 2024 diff hist +1,162 Talk:Yasuke →Weapon-bearer: Reply Tag: Reply
• 17:3717:37, 21 August 2024 diff hist −60 Samurai Undid revision 1241475231 by Symphony Regalia (talk) -- reverting re-addition of text "who served as retainers to lords (including ''daimyo'')": the existence of rōnin as masterless samurai makes it clear that serving as a retainer to another lord is not part of the definition of "samurai". Tag: Undo
• 17:3617:36, 21 August 2024 diff hist +664 Talk:Samurai →Samurai are best described as members of a warrior class.: Reply Tag: Reply
• 09:4409:44, 21 August 2024 diff hist 0 m Talk:Yasuke →Grounds for stating that Yasuke had a servant / servants of his own?: +typo fix
• 09:4009:40, 21 August 2024 diff hist +374 Talk:Yasuke →The lead: +pointing out that the CNN article is just a mirror of Lockley: not an independent source. Tag: Reply
• 09:2709:27, 21 August 2024 diff hist +46 m Talk:Yasuke →Grounds for stating that Yasuke had a servant / servants of his own?: +URL for Britannica article for ease of access / context
• 09:2509:25, 21 August 2024 diff hist +2,273 Talk:Yasuke →Grounds for stating that Yasuke had a servant / servants of his own?: +concern about Britannica article -- Lockley sources the "Yasuke had servants" claim to Ōta's text, but Ōta's text doesn't say this...
• 09:0209:02, 21 August 2024 diff hist 0 m Talk:Yasuke →The lead: +subsection link fix
• 00:5700:57, 21 August 2024 diff hist 0 m Talk:Yasuke +typo fix
• 00:5600:56, 21 August 2024 diff hist 0 m Talk:Yasuke/Archive 2 →The Tono Notation: +typo fix current
• 00:4900:49, 21 August 2024 diff hist +3 m Talk:Yasuke →Weapon-bearer: +typo fix
• 00:4800:48, 21 August 2024 diff hist +944 Talk:Yasuke →Grounds for stating that Yasuke had a servant / servants of his own?: Reply with link to older thread with source quote including the specific text "private man" Tag: Reply
• 00:3300:33, 21 August 2024 diff hist +1,911 Talk:Yasuke →Weapon-bearer: Reply with links to older relevant threads, and a question about the cite note intended? Tag: Reply

19 August 2024

• 21:1921:19, 19 August 2024 diff hist +1 m Battle of Flodden →Legends of a lost king: +ce

12 August 2024

• 19:4419:44, 12 August 2024 diff hist +6 m Green Knight →Characters fulfilling similar roles: +formatting

30 July 2024

• 00:4100:41, 30 July 2024 diff hist +11,286 User talk:Eirikr →Yasuke and Samurai sources.: +reply with some analysis Tag: Reply

29 July 2024

• 22:0122:01, 29 July 2024 diff hist +2 m Talk:Yasuke →Yasuke's status as a samurai should be presented as uncertain: +typo fix
• 21:5721:57, 29 July 2024 diff hist +4,095 Talk:Thomas Lockley →Academic activity areas: Reply to @User:Symphony Regalia with explanation for my edit, and request for explanation of any objections Tag: Reply
• 21:1721:17, 29 July 2024 diff hist +6,070 Talk:Yasuke →Yasuke's status as a samurai should be presented as uncertain: +source breakdown: we only have one actual secondary source that makes an unqualified statement that Yasuke was a samurai (López-Vera). Tag: Reply
• 20:0220:02, 29 July 2024 diff hist +367 Talk:Tanegashima (gun) →"Rifle"?: new section current Tag: New topic

27 July 2024

• 10:5610:56, 27 July 2024 diff hist +83 Thomas Lockley Undid revision 1236919644 by Symphony Regalia (talk) -- the updated text is explicitly backed by the text of the 役者あとがき / "Translator Afterword" in the book 「信長と弥助」, page 261; see also Talk:Thomas_Lockley#CV re: dating issues. Tags: Undo Reverted
• 00:0800:08, 27 July 2024 diff hist +83 Thomas Lockley →Profile: +Updating text based on the "Translator Afternote" in my own copy of Lockley 2017. Tag: Reverted

26 July 2024

• 23:2223:22, 26 July 2024 diff hist +1,452 Talk:Yasuke →New Japanese source(s): Reply Tag: Reply
• 17:5517:55, 26 July 2024 diff hist +448 Talk:Yasuke →So basically there seems to be some critiques on the sourcing of this article.: Reply Tag: Reply
• 17:3817:38, 26 July 2024 diff hist +4 m Talk:Yasuke →Yasuke's status as a samurai should be presented as uncertain: +indentation / threading fix
• 17:2317:23, 26 July 2024 diff hist +165 Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard →Ending this discussion: +1 to ending and archiving, since the core issue (the book ''African Samurai'') appears to have been addressed Tag: Reply

25 July 2024

• 23:5723:57, 25 July 2024 diff hist +1,264 Talk:Yasuke →Grounds for stating that Yasuke had a servant / servants of his own?: new section Tag: New topic