On the accuracy of Wikipedia

[lemiru]

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!

Comments

oh god I'm so sorry for all those edits orz

[lemiru.livejournal.com]

I was wondering about that sign in Japanese, but then I live in a country where there are japanese signs everywhere so I dunno if Turkey is such a high japanese-visited place, as well? THOUGH IT SOUNDS REALLY SUSPICIOUS NOW!
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 MINDS

brb writing thesis on Ottoman ice cream!

Re: oh god I'm so sorry for all those edits orz

[bf-nightingale.livejournal.com]

Well, I have seen plenty of japanese tourists indeed 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.