# Talk:Adam Exner

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I have a problem with understanding the text in the first chapter:

" His father was originally from Molodiia, while his mother came from Derelui. Both families lived on a homestead in Mariahilf and emigrated at the turn of the 20th century."
I read it in this way that they had once lived in a Bukovina homestead named Mariahilf and then emigrated to Canada. But there are several places with name Mariahilf in Europe. Your link goes to Mariahilf, an inner quarter of the town of Vienna. I doubt this being correct.
There is a Mariahilf in Bukovina, indeed, without en:WP-article, today part of the town of Kolomyia in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast of Ukraine. The grandparents were from Molodiia and Derelui (today part of Voloka), in Chernivtsi Oblast, both near to the region's capital Chernivtsi. (One should mention in the article that this region is today part of Ukraine.) The distance between there and Kolomyia is only about 80 km, so perhaps the grandparents had moved there. 
But reading reference no.7, I get the impression that Mariahilf is a place in Canada:

"His parents, Joseph Exner of Molodia and Frances née Gelowitz of Derelui immigrated to Canada as children [...], homesteading with their families in Mariahilf, a community inhabited mainly by Bukovinians. [...] In Saskatchewan the first Molodia immigrants had founded the village of Mariahilf, where most of their compatriots settled."
But where in Saskatchewan? It is also possible, of course, that they emigrated from Mariahilf (Ukraine, then Austrian Empire) to Mariahilf (Canada). The reader of this article has to guess which of these three scenarios is the historically correct one. It would be useful to find a clearer wording for the origin.

It may be of interest to European readers to what extend his European roots had any importance for him. I read in reference source no.9, sub-chapter "First Holy Communion" the episode: 

"[...] was prepared for first confession and first Holy Communion at our local country school by a seminarian from Germany. He spoke no English, but that was no problem because we didn't know much English either; instruction in German was just fine." So it seems that he could speak and understand German rather well.
In this new Good Article we have a photo of Winnipeg cathedral, why not of Vancouver cathedral, too? Unfortunately there is no photo of Exner. But perhaps one could add a remark to footnote no.1, that it includes a fine photo of Bishop Exner. Dioskorides (talk) 22:25, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing out that discrepancy.  There is indeed a Mariahilf in Saskatchewan, located near Exner's birthplace of Killaly.  I've consequently clarified this in the article.  Re. having a photo of Winnipeg cathedral but not Vancouver's is because Exner oversaw extensive renovations to the former but not the latter.  I see little value in including a photo of Vancouver cathedral simply on the basis that it was where his chair was located – otherwise there'd be a strong argument in favour of including one of Kamloops cathedral (despite neither Vancouver nor Kamloops having as much relevancy to the article text as Winnipeg's).  Also, it's not recommended practice on WP to put remarks in references as to photos (regardless of its quality). —Bloom6132 (talk) 14:29, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Pinging @Bloom6132: as GAN nominator. I am going through GAs from WP:CANADA, looking for articles that might be ready for an FAC run. After a quick skim, I think this article is almost ready: would you be interested in working together to improve the article, with FAC as the goal? I am happy to just review the article and make minor edits before your solo nomination, join as a co-nom to take a deep dive into looking for sources and significant edits to the article, or leave this article alone and not do an FAC. Let me know what is preferred. Z1720 (talk) 01:57, 1 September 2025 (UTC)

@Z1720: apologies that I'm not as active here as I used to be.  Yes, I'd be happy to work together with you to take this to FAC (this would be my first-ever FAC, so please feel free to give as much feedback and make the necessary bold changes as you see fit).  Thanks for the initial edits you've made toward that goal.  Cheers! —Bloom6132 (talk) 23:17, 9 September 2025 (UTC)
@Bloom6132: If you find time to work on this, here are some of the things I think need to happen before a FAC run. I will slowly work on these things, too:
Search for additional information and sources on WP:LIBRARY and Google Scholar.
Move the information in "Measures" into the "Episcopal ministry" as many of these events relate to his pastoral work (and possibly rename the section).
Copy-edit the "Honours" section and include information about the Order of the Holy Sepulchre
Copy-edit the entire article: summarise quotes where possible, remove redundancies, and improve phrasing where possible.
Double-check sources: replace primary and lower-quality sources with higher quality where possible.
Add sfn templates to the journals used (just realised that there is a bibliography, and this would make the process a little neater).
Let me know if there is anything else to add. Z1720 (talk) 23:34, 10 September 2025 (UTC)