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On the accuracy of Wikipedia
I fess up! I love wikipedia, and I use it all the time. Even for University work! The process usually goes like thus: I look something up, then look at the references the article gives, go to look THOSE up, and then take it from there. It usually works like a charm and nobody will ever know.
Except today, today was special:
I took screenshots because I think I'm actually going to edit this, even though I've never ever done this, and it's giving me such a good laugh that it's almost a waste.
Found under Tanzimat on the english Wikipedia:
Sounds kind of cool, right? Also it was cited as a ref for something I needed so off we go, look for that article.
Like an idiot, I look up the whole title on JSTOR because I will never learn that the search function there is not up to my expectations.
And can't find it.
Cue despair.
Then I go to just look up the particular Journal, then the number and then...
No.
Seriously.
Guys.
How do you mix up 'Ice Cream' and 'Tradition'. I NEED TO KNOW!
Except today, today was special:
I took screenshots because I think I'm actually going to edit this, even though I've never ever done this, and it's giving me such a good laugh that it's almost a waste.
Found under Tanzimat on the english Wikipedia:
Sounds kind of cool, right? Also it was cited as a ref for something I needed so off we go, look for that article.
Like an idiot, I look up the whole title on JSTOR because I will never learn that the search function there is not up to my expectations.
And can't find it.
Cue despair.
Then I go to just look up the particular Journal, then the number and then...
No.
Seriously.
Guys.
How do you mix up 'Ice Cream' and 'Tradition'. I NEED TO KNOW!
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But so much lol to your discovery anyway, and no, I have no idea how that could have even happened. XD
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Also that Dondurma stuff looks insane o= *grabby hands*
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Personally, I sense a genius japanese marketing plot here, they're just pretending that it's really turkish, but you won't ever find Dondurma outside of Japan, ever!
...and now I'm even more curious about an article about ice cream in the Ottoman Empire. Dammit! D:
oh god I'm so sorry for all those edits orz
The wiki article did say that it was well liked enough for making a flower go slowly extinct, however. This is highly mysterious o=
The french article says "Les sorbets glacées étaient bien connues des Ottomans, ou même des Perses. Une région en particulier dans l'actuelle Turquie, dans la province de Maraş présente une glace de consistance très élastique et au goût assez prononcé." So maybe... it's a regional thing?
The main question is, however:
did you have any?[I FAIL READING COMPREHENSION] And does it taste good? INQUIRING MINDSbrb writing thesis on Ottoman ice cream!
Re: oh god I'm so sorry for all those edits orz
and still feel butthurt about Turkish people who speak Japanese apparently with no effort at all, but it still seems weird to me that you can't see any other language than Japanese on the picture here. No Turkish, no English, no nothing, just Japanese. And with a nifty little Turkish flag so as to be sure where the ice cream is coming from. How has that picture not be taken in Japan?But yeah, it's probably a regional thing indeed. But it's still no fair that you can find Dondurma easily in Japan, where the Turkish population is certainly quite low, but nowhere in Germany or even in Istanbul. ;__;
Though to be fair, it was winter, but still...YESSSS, I DID AND IT WAS DELICIOUS! I had pistachio flavored dondurma, and it came even with the teasing described in Wikipedia. :D Though they didn't do much teasing with me (fortunately), but the kids before and after me in the line? Poor little guys would have their ice cream cone snatched away when they didn't grab it fast enough. ^_^
I would totally want to read that thesis. But only with a good stack of dondurma in my freezer.
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What is this! It looks delicious! W-why-- As someone from the Ruhr area (=Turks everywhere) I feel severely cheated that I've never even HEARD of this stuff. Guys, you've been holding out on us. D=
Or maybe. Just maybe... it's due to a Turkish-Italian agreement who gets the monopoly on selling ice cream to Germany. Italy went all yandere on Turkey and made him swear never to even mention dondurma to Germany, ever. He even has to hide it from tourists, that's why it took you so long to find a shop in Istanbul.
So Turkey was like 'screw all those prissy Europeans', turned around and sold it to Japan. All of it.
And that's what happened.
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Would you believe me that I had the exact same reaction when I discovered Dondurma? XD Fortunately I was in Japan and I knew where to find some, but still. I don't want to have to go to Japan whenever I want to eat Dondurma, it's so delicious! ;_;
That would make an awful lot of sense here. I always suspected Italy to have a secret yandere side to him, as seen in the strip with the mind binoculars, and well, we all know about Turkey's crush for Japan.
And now I want to see fanfic about this. Y u do dis 2 me Ati, you know how hard it is to find Turkey/Japan at all? ;_;And yeah, seems like they're hiding it from tourists even in Istanbul. Okay, I didn't ask anyone for directions, but I have been looking out and felt even more cheated afterwards. Maybe they might have some in turkish süpermarkets in Germany though...?
Don't you crush my hopes yet please. ;_;no subject
Go to the article discussion and leave a small note of "I see what you did there".
Also I'm happy I'mn not the only one who can't get anything off JSTOR. /sigh
Loriot!
The JSTOR search function makes me flip tables. Honestly. It actually reduces the joy that is JSTOR-accessibility =(
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Maybe that person is dyslexic or something.Wikipedia is still inaccurate. :))