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June 24

Icelandic cod per part of fish and chips, recipe is sold in Iceland.

Per the talk page, and my "unsuccessful" attempt in adding Iceland under "Other countries", I decided to make a "valid point", and make a comment. In quote, "Last year, I took a trip to Iceland and only visited the Southern part of the country. Throughout my time there, I have noticed that restaurants and food trailers do in fact serve fish and chips, per part of the Icelandic cod. However, I highly recommend doing some deep searching for sources to prove this, unless you can spend some time yourself going to the country or do similar search results to find out this reliability. Also consider expanding into looking for more countries that house this recipe." So, I need some justification on this, and I'd like to know how hard it is to find a source for this matter. Ｍｏｄ ｃｒｅａｔｏｒ 🏡 🗨 📝 03:08, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

I don't understand the use of the preposition per in "per part" and "per their Icelandic cod".  --Lambiam 03:42, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

I'm not quite sure what you're asking. Personal experience is never acceptable as a source for information in a Wikipedia article, but if you can find a reliable published source which verfifies your experience, you can of course add a summary of what that source says.

As for how hard it is to find a source: I guess that depends on whether the sources exist and how readily available. Most people start looking for sources by googling. Maybe somebody at WT:WikiProject Iceland can point you at a source. (The project is "not very active", but the talk page still gets some attention). ColinFine (talk) 09:43, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

How about this blog from an Icelandic travel agency or this from Iceland's [self-proclaimed] "biggest, best and most widely read English-language publication"? AlmostReadytoFly (talk) 11:18, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Blogs are almost never acceptable - only if the blogger is a recognised authority on the topic of the blog. But the Grapevine piece looks OK to me - it's got a byline, and the site has an editor-in-chief, and specifically says that it is not sponsored content. ColinFine (talk) 22:20, 24 June 2024 (UTC)