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:::::I did indeed! Sorry for forgetting to get back to you, I was too busy making use of it :) [[User:Vaticidalprophet|<b style="color:#000">Vaticidal</b>]][[User talk:Vaticidalprophet|<b style="color:#66023C">prophet</b>]] 21:37, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

::::: {{tl|Resolved|—[[User:Bruce1ee|Bruce1ee]]^{[[User talk:Bruce1ee|''talk'']]} 21:38, 22 March 2021 (UTC)}}

== 1978 article in ''Human Events'' ==

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* {{cite journal |ref=none |no-tracking=yes<!-- prevents error categorization --> |last=Culbertson |first=Todd |date=August 19, 1978 |title=The Human Cost of World Communism |work=[[Human Events]] |publisher= |___location= |page=10-11 |url= |access-date= |isbn= |issn=0018-7194 |oclc= }}

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For [[Mass killings under communist regimes]]

I have not been able to find the following: Todd Culbertson, "The Human Cost of World Communism," Human Events, August 19, 1978, pp. 10-11 (cited [https://books.google.com/books?id=LQfeXVU_EvgC&q=Todd+Culbertson%2C+%22The+Human+Cost+of+World+Communism%2C%22+Human+Events%2C+August+19%2C+1978%2C+pp.+10-11#v=onepage&q=Todd%20Culbertson%2C&f=false here]). The website for Human Events [https://humanevents.com/category/archive/ has very little archived], as far as I can tell. The closest I have come is [https://www.amazon.com/Human-Events-National-Conservative-XXXVIII/dp/B0043KL41C/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=%22Human+Events%22+1978&qid=1616226434&sr=8-1 this hardbound edition of back issues from 1978 at Amazon], which is unavailable. Does anyone know a way to locate a digital version or how to maybe obtain a copy from the Library of Congress or elsewhere through an interlibrary loan? Any help is appreciated.

Thanks, [[User:AmateurEditor|AmateurEditor]] ([[User talk:AmateurEditor|talk]]) 07:29, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

:Doesn't meet the reliable sources standard required for that article as this is not a peer-reviewed journal and the author is not a qualified historian (or demographer); instead he is a "member of the Editorial Page staff of the Richmond Virginia News Leader". ([[User talk:Buidhe|t]] &#183; [[Special:Contributions/Buidhe|c]]) '''[[User:buidhe|<span style="color: black">buidhe</span>]]''' 07:33, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

::[[User:buidhe]], the source is cited by [[Benjamin Valentino]], a Dartmouth College professor, in a source directly about the topic. See the links provided. I am interested in independently confirming its contents. [[User:AmateurEditor|AmateurEditor]] ([[User talk:AmateurEditor|talk]]) 10:45, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

:::Being cited by one otherwise reliable source does not make this a RS for the subject. Anyway, figures from forty years ago are not reliable given that the Soviet archives later revealed many earlier estimates to be totally off base. ([[User talk:Buidhe|t]] &#183; [[Special:Contributions/Buidhe|c]]) '''[[User:buidhe|<span style="color: black">buidhe</span>]]''' 21:47, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

::::I agree it is not a reliable source for the current state of knowledge. Any advice on locating it? [[User:AmateurEditor|AmateurEditor]] ([[User talk:AmateurEditor|talk]]) 02:37, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

:::::Volunteer editors here are unlikely to help you if it is not suitable to cite in an actual Wikipedia article. The purpose of this board is only for concrete improvement to Wikipedia articles not general edification. If you cannot show that the source is reliable, then why is anyone going to spend time getting it for you? ([[User talk:Buidhe|t]] &#183; [[Special:Contributions/Buidhe|c]]) '''[[User:buidhe|<span style="color: black">buidhe</span>]]''' 14:08, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

::::::{{re|buidhe}} Oh, I see. While it is not a reliable source for the current state of knowledge, it is the most reliable source for its part of the history of the topic and would be used specifically to make a 1978 entry in the bulleted timeline of published numbers of people killed by communist regimes in the "Estimates" section in the Wikipedia article. According to Valentino, the source includes a statement that communist regimes have killed "perhaps 100 million" people, which preceded any other source I am aware of in reaching that number. Arguably, the Valentino source could be cited for the Culbertson 1978 estimate instead of the Culbertson source itself, but it's valuable to verify the context of that quote in the source itself before adding it to Wikipedia. [[User:AmateurEditor|AmateurEditor]] ([[User talk:AmateurEditor|talk]]) 04:58, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

:Most ProQuest subscriptions, including TWL's, have ''Human Events'' only back to 1998. But digital full text is supposedly available all the way back to 1944 for institutions that license their "Periodicals Archive Online Collection 2" or "Periodicals Archive Online Foundation Collection" - probably the larger research university libraries. --[[User:Worldbruce|Worldbruce]] ([[User talk:Worldbruce|talk]]) 05:51, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

:: {{u|AmateurEditor}}, [[Special:EmailUser|email me]] for this. {{u|Worldbruce}}, thanks for tracking down the database details. --[[User:Usernameunique|Usernameunique]] ([[User talk:Usernameunique|talk]]) 19:18, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

::: {{u|AmateurEditor}}, sent. --[[User:Usernameunique|Usernameunique]] ([[User talk:Usernameunique|talk]]) 03:21, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

::::{{u|Usernameunique}}, received. Thank you all! [[User:AmateurEditor|AmateurEditor]] ([[User talk:AmateurEditor|talk]]) 03:24, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

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== Need book chapter ==

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* {{cite book |ref=none |no-tracking=yes<!-- prevents error categorization --> |editor1=William J. Connell |editor-link=William J. Connell (historian) |editor2=Stanislao G. Pugliese |date=2019 |title= The Routledge History of Italian Americans|work= |publisher= Routledge|___location= |page= |url=https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-History-of-Italian-Americans/Connell-Pugliese/p/book/9780367230937 |access-date= |isbn=9780367230937 |issn= |oclc= }} (specifically "Chapter 26: Italian Americans and Cinema")

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Thanks, [[User:Prisencolin|Prisencolin]] ([[User talk:Prisencolin|talk]]) 07:20, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

:{{u|Prisencolin}}, {{sent}} via email. [[User:DanCherek|DanCherek]] ([[User_talk:DanCherek|talk]]) 20:38, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

::Received, thanks.--[[User:Prisencolin|Prisencolin]] ([[User talk:Prisencolin|talk]]) 20:58, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

::{{tl|Resolved|Happy to help! [[User:DanCherek|DanCherek]] ([[User_talk:DanCherek|talk]]) 21:54, 23 March 2021 (UTC)}}