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:::@[[User:Matarisvan|Matarisvan]]: {{sent}} [[User:ARandomName123|ARandomName123]] ([[User talk:ARandomName123|talk]])^{<span style="color: green"><small>Ping me!</small></span>} 21:33, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

::::Many thanks! {{tl|Resolved}} [[User:Matarisvan|Matarisvan]] ([[User talk:Matarisvan|talk]]) 08:32, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

== Newspaper articles from Stars and Stripes and Nippon Times about an abacus contest ==

The article on [[soroban]] describes a contest that took place in 1946 between an abacus operator and an electric calculator operator. The article currently states that it took place on November 12, 1946, but I have found evidence that it actually took place on the 11th; I'd like copies of the newspaper articles quoted in the current version of the article to see if they have more information, one from the Stars and Stripes (presumably a Pacific edition) and one from the Nippon Times. The articles aren't named or dated, but searching on or around November 12 should hopefully work. [[User:Arcorann|Arcorann]] ([[User talk:Arcorann|talk]]) 12:25, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

:I think you know that a Pacific American 11th November evening is a Japanese 12th November morning? – [[user:Doc Taxon|Doc Taxon]] • <small>[[user talk:Doc Taxon|Talk]]</small> • 23:22, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

:@[[User:Arcorann|Arcorann]]: For the newspaper articles:

:''The Nippon Times'' published an article on page 2 titled "Matsuzaki Fingers His Way to Victory In Abacus-Calculating Machine Contest" on Wednesday, November 13, 1946. The first sentence mentioned Monday, which was the 11th: {{tq2|Civilization, on the threshold of the atomic age, tottered Monday afternoon as the 2,000-year-old abacus beat the electric calculating machine in adding, subtracting, dividing and a problem including all thee with multiplcation thrown in, according to UP.}}

:''The Stars and Stripes'' (Pacific) published an article on page 1 titled "Abacus Expert Downs Calculating Machine Surrendering Only In Multiplication Race", by Lawrence Stern, on Tuesday, November 12, 1946. The first sentence mentioned yesterday, which was the 11th : {{tq2|The machine Age took a step backward yesterday at the Ernie Pyle Theater as the abacus, centuries old, dealt defeat to the most up-to-date electric calculating machine now being used by the United States Government.}}

:Please send me an email for a scan of the ''Nippon Times'' article. The article from ''The Stars and Stripes'' is accessible via TWL through Ancestry.com. The proxy search function is broken, but after playing around with it, I found the direct link, which should work: [https://www-ancestryinstitution-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/imageviewer/collections/1139/images/miusa1942a_065949-00703?treeid=&personid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=XRI12&pId=65221&backlabel=Return&queryId=833e68f6eb4de5a8c677b5df7af11e89&rcstate=miusa1942a_065949-00703%3A1389%2C1914%2C1438%2C1935%3B2084%2C1937%2C2188%2C1948%3B2029%2C1558%2C2110%2C1574%3B1266%2C1924%2C1371%2C1937 here] [[User:ARandomName123|ARandomName123]] ([[User talk:ARandomName123|talk]])^{<span style="color: green"><small>Ping me!</small></span>} 23:34, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

::Thanks, will review. Sent email requesting the ''Nippon Times'' article. [[User:Arcorann|Arcorann]] ([[User talk:Arcorann|talk]]) 01:39, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

:::@[[User:Arcorann|Arcorann]]: {{sent}} [[User:ARandomName123|ARandomName123]] ([[User talk:ARandomName123|talk]])^{<span style="color: green"><small>Ping me!</small></span>} 01:57, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

::::Thanks, have reviewed both articles. {{tl|Resolved}} [[User:Arcorann|Arcorann]] ([[User talk:Arcorann|talk]]) 10:03, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

== National Geographic Magazine article from 2013 ==

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Rizzo, Johnna (April 2013) ''National Geographic Magazine''

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For https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_eye; see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Evil_eye#Media_and_press_coverage.

(Curiously the citation given in the Wikipedia article did not include the title of the cited National Geographic article, so all I can give you to go on is the date and author name and the fact that the article should discuss the superstition of the Evil Eye and the use of palm-shaped amulets to protect against it.)

Thanks, [[User:ExplodingCabbage|ExplodingCabbage]] ([[User talk:ExplodingCabbage|talk]]) 07:38, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

:@[[User:ExplodingCabbage|ExplodingCabbage]]: The Internet Archive has the April 2013 issue of ''National Geographic'' [https://archive.org/details/nationalgeograph0223unse here]. It looks like the article by Johnna Rizzo is on [https://archive.org/details/nationalgeograph0223unse/page/22/mode/2up?view=theater page 22]. —[[User:Bruce1ee|Bruce1ee]][[User talk:Bruce1ee|^''talk'']] 08:11, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

::Nice - thank you!

::(For my edification, how did you find this? That scan doesn't seem to be part of any NG-related collection nor mention the month in any of its metadata; even after looking at the search functionality on the IA site a bit, I still wouldn't have a clue how to craft a search that would find it!) [[User:ExplodingCabbage|ExplodingCabbage]] ([[User talk:ExplodingCabbage|talk]]) 08:25, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

:::The IA's ''National Geographic'' magazine collection was the first place I looked, and I also found no mention of the April 2013 issue. Then I did an IA Advanced Search specifying "National Geographic" in the title, filtering the year to 2013, and there is was listed as volume 223. —[[User:Bruce1ee|Bruce1ee]][[User talk:Bruce1ee|^''talk'']] 08:38, 9 December 2024 (UTC)