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[edit] Welcome

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[edit] Unsolved problems in Egyptology

I've noticed that you removed the template of Unsolved problems in Egyptology put in the articles about Menes and Narmer. I'm not an expert about egyptology (I was only doing Wikipedia maintenance works), so I don't know whether that info was really an unsolved problem or not. Please, if you know positively that those "mysteries" are no longer unsolved problems then update the List of unsolved problems in Egyptology (I've added some more tags, see Category:Unsolved problems in Egyptology. Please, feel free to fix any other problem). But if it is really unknown who was the first pharaoh (or any other unsolved problem as specified in the List of unsolved problems in Egyptology), please leave the tag: the article will not be less serious, we are just building the web with more links (if the brief description wasn't appropiate, please we need experts like you to help fixing that), as done in other important fields like can be seen in Unsolved problems in physics. Thank you! --surueña 13:00:17, 2005-07-29 (UTC)

[edit] CNE

Great additions on the CNE article! I'm just wondering whether some of the details are better for the Exhibition Place article... --Madchester 05:06, September 4, 2005 (UTC)


No, I think you're doing a good job... I was thinking that the CNE article should cover more along the lines of the attractions and events that take place.... like the Vets Day Parade and the Air Show. But I feel that there's definitely a need to describe the main buildings on the Ex grounds; I honnestly don't know what many of them are used for the other 11 months of the yr.

I was at the Ex last week, but didn't bring a camera. Meh... --Madchester 04:43, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to the Wikimania Toronto team

Glad to see more support for our bid! -- user:zanimum

[edit] Narmer

Hi Captmondo! I noticed your picture Image:NarmerPalette ROM.jpg on Commons, and i have been looking for something like that for a long time since i made the article pt:Paleta de Narmer in the WP-PT. Could you please also upload the original? I already tried to make it brighter and it works very well, but unfortunately there are litte "damaged" parts on top (probably from when the background was removed). I would really appreciate it! If you upload it, please leave me a note here. Thx! Lusitana 07:56, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

Hi! Thanks so much for your prompt answer! The pictures are great! By the way, i assume you are the author of the photos, so it would be good to mention it in the description area (just in case someone notices it doenst say who the photographer is and sends it for deletion...). I will use them in the article as they are now and as soon as i have a little more free time i will erase the background and give them more contrast. I will let you know! Cheers from PT! Lusitana 07:03, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wikimania meeting tommorrow

Hello, and thanks for signing up at Wikimania_2006/Toronto. It has been announced that there will be a half hour meeting on the Wikimania IRC channel tomorrow October 2, at 20:00 UST (4:00 pm EST) to pick the 3 city shortlist. It would be great if you could attend. Also these are our last hours to ensure that our bid at Wikimania_2006/Toronto is as good as it can be, so any improvements to it would also be useful. There are now four cities in the running, so tomorrow one is getting cut. - SimonP 20:50, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] I removed your image of the dino in the red path museum entry

I took a bunch of shots of that albertosaurus and also the other exhibits, is there maybe another shot you might have that shows the whole skeleton? I just found your shot was too close up =) I have just commented it out for now, but please tell me if that's ok with you. (bt, I live in montreal =)

[edit] Album Listings for The Vestibules

You can go ahead and make those changes to The Vestibules albums.

I think The Frantics performance from the Gala at the festival should air sometime in March on a friday night. At least that is when the 2004 festival aired. Kinda strange that CBC waits almost a year to air the shows, but I guess it's because they want to air them just before the next festival to generate interest.

Nice to hear from another Vestibules fan. Tnikkel 20:47, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Delrina

The Delrina article is great, and you may remember I advised you on what you could do with it quite a while back on peer review. I just saw that its FAC failed, I should have voted Support. Sorry about that, can you resubmit it to FAC?, I'm sure it will do better next time (and I'll make sure to vote, its a good piece of work!) — Wackymacs 19:15, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

Is it ready to put on FAC again yet? — Wackymacs 08:48, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Male Wikipedians

Hi! I noticed you made yourself a male userbox. I've just made a "standard" one at {{User:MiraLuka/Userboxes/User male}} (which slots you into Category:Male Wikipedians). Feel free to use it and/or edit it! — Asbestos | Talk (RFC) 19:07, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] ROM article

Thanks for your comments on my talk page. I'm actually still in the middle of editing the section, but I certainly won't take any offence to your editing to include more info or correct mistakes I've made! --gbambino 19:05, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The Movement

What do you think of the movement? Reply here. Thanks. --Kin Khan 02:54, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Pepi II

Hi ! I write to You, because You're the one who edit this article more often than the others. I translated this article into Polish yesturday and I'd noted some important mistakes in it. Would You mind looking at the text and...check and correct.

  • Years of reign. - probably 94.
  • Hatnub is not on Sinai.

best regards --212.56.240.55 16:48, 30 December 2005 (UTC)pl:user:NeferKaRe

[edit] Another Delrina question

This may just be me, but I'm just a little confused by the text included in the proposed lead for when the article becomes Today's Featured Article in January, and posted a similar query on Raul654's talk page....

There is one sentence that says "In its wake, several of Delrina's principles founded venture capital firms that continue to have a lasting impact on the Canadian software industry." Emphasis added by me - their principles or principal investors moved on? I'm just not sure about that word usage, and the entry on principle at the online Merriam-Webster didn't shed much light on this I'm afraid. [1] Thoughts? As I said, it might just be me. --JohnDBuell 03:15, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

No, you can't edit that lead, but Raul654 can. Leave him a message: User_talk:Raul654 HTH. --JohnDBuell 18:05, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Jabiru etc.

Captmondo, as you may see in wikipedia, the confusion involves three species:

Jabiru (Jabiru micteria); only one of its genus, restricted to the Americas, known in Brazil as "Jaburú" or "Tuiuiú".
Black-necked Stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus), lives in tropical Asia, known in Australia (only?) as "Jabiru"
Saddle-billed Stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis), lives in sub-saharan Africa

If the hieroglyph is one of these birds, it must be the last one. The names Jabiru and Jaburu come from Tupi "Yabiru" (stress in the last syllable). The American bird must have been known to naturalists since the 17th century, and the scientific name Jabiru is quite old (before 1816). So I would guess that someone in the 19th century classified the Black-necked Stork as another species of the genus Jabiru, and that name became popular in Australia. Then the scientists decided to separate the genera, renaming the Asian bird as Ephippiorhynchus.

If that guess is true, then probably the same thing happened to the African bird --- early in the 19th century it was put in the Jabiru genus, then the archaeologists identified the hieroglyph as a Jabiru, then the bird got his scientific name changed to Ephippiorhynchus.

But other scenarios are possible. (Was Gardner an Aussie? 8-) All the best, --Jorge Stolfi 06:42, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Paul Kane

These a great! I've created a commons:Paul Kane page, and linked it from Paul Kane. As for the book: no, I think Kane's artistic influence on later painters is the only thing that could need a bit more elaborating. But of course, if you discover other interesting facts, feel free to improve this article or write completely new ones :-) The book, BTW, appears to be a standard textbook for university-level courses in Canadian art history. Thanks for doing this for me; I was really disappointed when I discovered that not even my local university library carries it. Lupo 19:28, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

A further note: the man lying on the ground in commons:Image:PaulKane-BuffaloHunt-ROM.jpg is probably Kane himself. He included himself in quite a few of his paintings (Boat Encampment is such an example), and in his book, he writes that he fell from the horse and got nearly run over by the buffalos, but was saved from that fate by one of the Métis who chased the animals around him and shielded him from the herd. Despite this incident, Kane managed to kill two bisons himself. The scene obviously is from the Métis buffalo hunt as they run the buffalos by horse on the open prairie; the later buffalo hunts he witnessed were either a Cree pound hunt (see Talk:Paul Kane), or hunts with HBC people, but these occurred in winter at Ft. Edmonton. Finally, is this a field sketch or an oil painting? I think it might be the latter based on the whole composition with the clouds and all. commons:Image:PaulKane-BushCamp-ROM.jpg might also be an oil painting, I think. Lupo 19:42, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
On second thought, there are of course many things you could do while you have that book: see what you can add to Frederick Arthur Verner, or write a least stubs for William Cresswell and Daniel Fowler (MacLaren references Reid for them, so Reid should have something on these two watercolour artists), or see what can be added to Group of Seven or Tom Thomson... enjoy! Lupo 20:25, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
Hey, I'm no authority either! I don't know anything about Canadian art—the secret to writing such articles is to pick authoritative sources and then to recast, summarize, condense, and rephrase them in a clear and coherent way. So don't be afraid to add stuff to the articles mentioned above. Of course, if you prefer, you could e-mail me scans of the relevant pages (or fax them; if you want to do that, e-mail me for the phone number) and then I'll see what I can do with it. The image of Fort Edmonton wouldn't be this one, would it? :-) Lupo 14:48, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
Great images indeed. A pity Image:PaulKane-RiverScene-ROM.jpg is a bit blurry... it's commonly titled Indian encampment on Lake Huron and shows an Ojibwa camp on the shores of Georgian Bay. It might be interesting to know who the chief was. As for using these images: I don't think I can add them to our Paul Kane article; it already has a lot of images. But they might be used in articles on the painter in other language Wikipedias, and some (like the chief, or the buffalo hunt, or also the "fishing at night" painting) could be used to illustrate articles on say, that chief (or his tribe), buffalo hunting, or hunting techniques of Native Americans. And of course, include them all in the galleries at Paul Kane, where they serve as background info on the painter if linked from the main Wikipedias' articles on the painter. Lupo 07:55, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
The chief might be Wah-pus ("The rabbit"), noted warrior, residing at Owen Sound, 33×50.8cm. Not having found any other reproduction (online or print) of that painting, I can go only by a catalogue of the Kane paintings at the ROM (printed in Garvin's reedition of Kane's travel account), where that image is described as "all of whose hair had been pulled out except the scalp lock". The bush camp is probably Indian Camp Colville, described as "45.7×74.3cm, Lodges of Chualpays near Fort Colville, formed of mats on poles with space in which to hang salmon to dry". Lupo 08:41, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
Thanks a lot; got the scans! Lupo 09:46, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikimedia Canada

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[edit] Beach vs. Beaches

  • Yah, that's the second time in the last month or so that someone has edited the Beaches article to reflect their own take on the name debate. I suspect that with the media suddenly paying attention to the "controversy" again, this sort of edit will occur more frequently. Skeezix1000 16:28, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Hope you don't disagree with my minor addition to your recent edits. I figure by adding the word "historically", we might avoid those who would feel the need to add a mention of every single business or entity they can think of containing the words Beach or Beaches. --Skeezix1000 18:17, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Beach move

While it was appropriate to change the article name, this would have been best accomplished with the 'move' function, which would preserve the edit history and carry the talk page with it.

I'll try to track down an administrator to fix it... Radagast 18:22, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Turns out there's a template for this very task! I've added it, the next admin to see it on the list should handle it... Radagast 18:30, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
As I said on the discussion pages for both The Beach (Toronto) and the Beaches, kudos for being bold. But I think, given the controversy over the name, achieving consensus through Wikipedia:Requested moves is the better way to go. I don't actually agree with the above comment that "while it was appropriate to change the article name...", although the consensus at some point may be, in fact, to undertake that very move. Skeezix1000 20:02, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
On a related point, I do not believe that the template added by Radagast is necessarily the right way to go either. This is a potentially controversial move, and there should be a discussion through Wikipedia:Requested moves before The Beaches is merged with anything. The loss of the edit history is only part of the problem here. Skeezix1000 20:09, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Paul Kane

You edited the wrong article. [2] -- Curps 02:32, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stephen Leacock

Hello, I'm pleased to see that the expanded Leacock bibliography was noticed (and so soon!). I'll do what I can to support the article. I agree, it be wonderful to see it as a possible Feature Article - one small way to revive his name in other countries. Cheers! Victoriagirl 16:14, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Roman Naming Conventions

You left a good comment last time I nominated this article for FA status, and I would like to invite you to comment on the renomination, due to recent improvements. (Including a picture) Rrpbgeek

[edit] CCOTW

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[edit] Ancient Near East warfare taskforce

I see you’re a member of Wikipedia:WikiProject Ancient Egypt. Might you be interested in Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Ancient Near East warfare task force, which will include wars of Ancient Egypt such as Battle of Megiddo? See the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history#Ancient Near East taskforce? Neddyseagoon 15:45, 18 June 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Your contribution on builder pharaoh (Hatseput)

I find your contribution relevant but there is a pollicy about referencing facts , read Wikipedia:Citing sources#When_you_add_content, It is useful that you cite your sources -- User:Atenea26 13:15, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

I think that your contribution is alright unless this detail, I don't have more objections--User:Atenea26, 11:00, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks to you, I have an idea.

How about we set up Wikipedia:WikiProject Nelvana in a couple of days? That way, the works of the famous Canadian studio will be more appreciated on this site. Give me my support on the article's PR as well. --Slgr@ndson (page - messages - contribs) 02:51, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Re: Pharaoh Infoboxes

Coordination on these would probably be a good thing. I've been planning on charging through the 18th dynasty simply because it's such a mess in places, so I'm planning on taking Thutmose II and IV, and Amenhotep III. My efforts will be mostly, however, dedicated to adding content to the early half of the 18th dynasty articles in general. Perhaps when I get done with that I'll fix up the second half or the 19th dynasty, but feel free to do them if you want, you won't be stepping on my toes at all. Good luck with finishing off Ahmose. It's not quite the longest, but I think it's now become the most complete of all the articles on pharaohs. We stand a good shot for good article on that one. Thanatosimii 17:42, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Oh yes. This is a totally asthetic matter, but if you add breaks to particularly long lines in the infoboxes, often they will be significantly less wide and the page will have less wasted space. Thanatosimii 18:14, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I have made some more changes to the pharoah infobox template, which now include sub-templates for Horus, Golden Horus and Nebty names. This meant I had to split up some of the parameters and make new ones. I am changing those affected templates, can you give them a once over to make sure I haven't messed up all your good work? Cheers Markh 08:59, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
While we're on the topic of pharaoh infoboxes, the 12th dynasty is really looking quite dearth of good information on pharaohs. For one, The name of s-n-wsrt is transliterated senusret in all three instances, which is a not unheard of but particularly uncommon transliteration. Seeing as you, I, and Markh are the major contributors to Pharaoh related stuff as of late, I'm checking to see if you would agree that it should probably be changed to Sesostris, with about 150,000 appearences on Google; compared to Senwosret, 69,300; Senusret, 27,000; and senusert, 892. Senwosret isn't too bac a transliteration either, but not senusret. Thanatosimii 18:35, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Willing to do a copyedit pass on Ahmose I?

Sure! I'll get started on it tonight, and finish it as soon as possible. This is what I joined Wikipedia to do, and I ended up getting sidetracked with other noble pursuits...

Thanks for asking! — Editor at Large ( talk) 21:05, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

All right, I finished a basic grammar & punctuation edit and fixed up a few sentences. It's on my Sandbox; I had some comments hidden but have made them visible and bolded. Feel free to edit and fix it on my page; I have two sandboxes, so I don't need it back any time soon ;-)
I'm assuming that Thanatosimii is the "other Wikipedian" you were talking about, so if you could let him know where it is I'd appreciate it.
— Editor at Large ( talk) 01:58, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
 : I copied the original article into my User:Editor at Large/Sandbox and then replaced it with my edited version, so you can use the comparison tool in the history to see the changes I made. I figured it would be easier if you could see them now. — Editor at Large ( talk) 15:06, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Thank you very much for the copyedit pass. I didn't have the time last evening to look at things in your Sandbox, but will likely have time this evening or over the weekend to do so. Thanks very much for your help!

In terms of other articles also in need of such help, I would point you at the ones for Pepi II and Hatshepsut. My bet is that Thanatosimii or Markh could point out more.

Cheers! Captmondo 16:08, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

I've adressed all of Editor at Large's comments on the copyedit of Ahmose I, and I put the picture you added into it as well, so if there are no outstanding problems remaining in it that are brought up in the coming few days, I'll probably be putting it back on the normal page. I personally think it's ready for GA nominations too. Thanatosimii 21:40, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Pictures

If this egyptologist who took the pictures of the Ahmose pyramid is willing to put up any other pictures, Hatshepsut badly needs a GFDL picture of a Hatshepsut statue. That's apparently a big part of what's been keeping it from becoming a FA. Thanatosimii 02:26, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Well, It's too bad no hatshepsut, but I suppose somthing will be figured out. Thanatosimii 00:14, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
Unfortunatly, I'm busy back in the swing of things at school, so my attention won't be here very much for a month or so either. I'll probably get back to that hatshepsut Image problem after that. Thanks, though. Thanatosimii 14:13, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
Well, if you've got a digital camera, just go crazy and get as much as you can; you never know when one might come in handy. However, specifically, our worst missing gap is that we don't have a GFDL Hatshepsut picture, so if you can find one, it would be good to have. Theoretically, any statuary of any lesser pharaoh you can find would be good to have as well. Thanatosimii 12:26, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
Tremendous. Theoretically, this bust gets rid of a major Hatshepsut FA problem. Thanatosimii 01:27, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
I'm going to try to photoshop one of the busts to remove the museum stuff and a blemish caused by reflection. I'll get back to this, I think. Thanatosimii 01:53, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Category links

Just so you know, when you're applying a category to an article, you don't actually have to pipetext the article title into the category link [[Category:Category|this part]] unless you need the title to sort under a different letter than the one the title begins with. For example, for Stephen Harper you'd type [[Category:Prime Ministers of Canada|Harper, Stephen]], because the title begins with S but you need the article to sort under H, but for Sunny Days and Nights you can just type [[Category:Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio programs]], because that title begins with S and you want it sorted under S.

It's not a big deal or anything, but it might save you a few keystrokes on the typing. Bearcat 06:22, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tutankhamun

Dear captmondo, I noticed your Wiki comments on the Great Pyramid of Giza and agree that it is full of crackpot ideas. But what was your main problem with the article on Tutankhamun? I visited it a few minutes ago and it seems to be pretty reasonable on the whole. No Osman or Rohlist ideas here, fortunately. BTW, I wouldn't generally touch Unresolved Mysteries of Egypt but the first king of Egypt has to be Narmer, not Hor Aha. Egyptologists have now found two separate inscriptions at Umm el Qaab which show that the 1st Dynasty kings regarded Narmer as the first king of their Dynasty, not Aha. BTW, how's life in Beaches, Toronto? Is it on Toronto's wterfront. Politically, Toronto seems to be a stronghold of the Federal Liberals or NDPers. As for me, I voted Conservative in Surrey BC--for a change--this year but got a Liberal MP. I can't complain though; my previous Tory MP was Gurmant Grewal! Remember him, the guy with the hidden microphone. Yikes. At least our new Liberal MP, Sukh Dhaliwal, hasn't done anything embarrassing. Leoboudv 02:55, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

The reference to several minor 8th Dynasty Pharaohs who STILL ruled all of Egypt is well known. The Old Kingdom Dynasty didn't immediatedly collapse after after Pepi II's reign. The Abydos Canon lists a total of 17 minor kings 8th Dynasty kings who ruled after the shortlived reign of Merenre II, son of Pepi II. Here is Gardiner's 1963 treatment of the Old Kingdom where an 8th Dynasty Pharaoh named Neferkare is mentioned together with his Vizier Shemai in a Year 1 stela from his reign. [3] I can give you a copy of the table which is published by Kim Ryholt in ZAS 127 (2000), pp.99-100. Ryholt notes that a nomen of king Neferkauhor is preserved on a decree from Koptos. There is also the small pyramid tomb of Qakare Ibi who is asigned a reign of 2 Years and 1 month.[4] His prenomen is written incorrectly as Qakaure in the Turin Kinglist but definitely refer to the smae king. Ibi is mentioned in line 5.10 of the Turin Canon. (p.91 of Ryholt article) The Turin Canon's coverage of the Late Old Kingdom was damaged and 10 of these kings were lost in a lacunae. I have scans of Ryholt's article--titled The Late Old Kingdom in the Turin King-List and the Identity of Nitocris. This information is worth considering on Wikipedia's coverage of the 8th Dynasty. It was only after this Dynasty that the Old Kingdom collapsed but from Neferkare and Ibi's monuments, you can tell the end was close and Egypt was nearing collapse. Regards, Leoboudv 20:12, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] CCOTW

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[edit] Occur/r/ed

Sorry about that, I didn't check the spelling in other varieties of English, although I am aware of the policy. Could you please give me any source on the British spelling of occurred? I checked some British dictionaries, and they suggested the spelling of occurred, just like American. Thanks, Mar de Sin Speak up! 02:12, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Also, Wiktionary has the word occurred but not occured. If occured and occuring is used Commonwealth English, I wouldn't think its usage or acceptance is wide. If the spelling occured is accepted in British/Commonwealth spelling, I would appreciate any sources that support this. Thanks! Mar de Sin Speak up! 19:40, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the link! It's a really good source, but other sources seem to contradict. But I agree that better time should be spent elsewhere, and manually correcting typos and misspellings becomes horribly repetitive. Once again, thanks! Mar de Sin Speak up! 22:12, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Licenses on Commons

Would you consider by licensing your photos, so that they are not only GFDL, but also Creative Commons BY SA. Why? This comic on Wikiversity convinced me. Use this license if you like the idea... {{self2|GFDL|cc-by-sa-2.5,2.0,1.0}}... and I can help transfer your images over if you want help. Thanks for your consideration. -- Zanimum 20:48, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Hello there:

I saw your note about licensing images on my talk page. But for the most part, to my knowledge I have been using the GFDL/Creative Commons by SA when uploading my pics to WikiMedia, such as this one I did earlier in the week: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:GreenHead01-AltesMuseum-Berlin.png. So I must be missing out on something then; is at an earlier image you are interested in? (or am I missing something when it comes to the GFDL/CC?)

Cheers! Captmondo 22:49, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Great to here you've started! There were a few ones from like two years ago or more, in the TTC and Toronto folders. You're okay with these being relicensed? -- Zanimum 14:40, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ahmose I is GA!

Congratulations! I've asked Thanatosimii when the FA nom is coming, what do you think? :-) — Editor at Large(speak) 18:43, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

If you're ready, I am ready as well. I'll get on nominating that right away. Thanatosimii 01:18, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] After Ahmose I

Well, I had been giving that some thought. Recently I'd been trying to shape up some holes like the first intermediate period, but I do feel like shaping up another pharaoh. Somthing in me wants to go through the entire 18th dynasty and get them all FA, but I think that's just a little bit too big of a goal. Amenhotep I through Thutmose II look decent enough for the time being, so I think that I'd like to dig into Hatshepsut and Thutmose III. Hatshepsut is close to FA as it is, and Thutmose III is so well documented that it shouldn't be too hard to find the information that is needed. I'm open to other suggestions too, the only problem being that I doubt that there's enough information on any king outside the Middle or New Kingdoms to really do a spectacular job. My vote is for Hatshepsut and/or Thutmose III. Are there any that you've had your eyes on, though? Thanatosimii 16:03, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Actually, Pepi II wouldn't be that hard to do, I don't think. My professor here has got me translating his officials' tombs for my Hieroglyphics class. They do seem to shed a fair amount of light on his reign, but they are very, very badly damaged. Of course, if they had to be referenced, I've got Breasted's translations, which are still good, if extremely old.
As for Ramses and the Exodus, I have a lot of experience and knowledge about that subject. Scholars throw downright hissy fits over that topic. It's one of the famous nasty arguments wherein two scholars won't speak to each other because of it, except to yell at each other at conferences. There's a guy (name escapes me) down at Trinity in Illinois who recently wrote a book supporting a literal exodus during Ramses. Kennith Kitchen supports it too. But there are some detractors, and hopefully I could put together a fair section of both the pros and cons (the cons supporting either a 1446 exodus or no exodus).
This is terrific wishful thinking, but someday if we could get the entire ancient Egypt section shaping up across the board, it might even give us enough inroads to straighten out Akhenaten... that speculative theory section seems to be checked now, but for a while it was spinning out of control. Oh, also, do you really think there's enough out there to write somthing on Khufu? My professor told me several years back that the information was extremely scant.
Anyhow, at the moment my attentions are (mostly) turned on Thutmose III. But I've been jumping around, and will basically write about anything when I find a good source on it. I've got several sources on Thut III right now, so if you see any big holes there which you can fill, feel free to do so. I'll look at Pepi II as well, and see if I can fill anything. Thanatosimii 17:50, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
I think that your suggestion is good. Getting those four into shape would be a major accomplishment. If we really can do Khufu, that'd be achievement as well.
As for my college, I go to Northwestern College in Roseville, Minnesota (Not to be confused with Northwestern University)... actually, we've got a wiki page here: Northwestern College (Minnesota)... though the page is quite crummy. Anyhow, by some twist of fate, when the University of Minnesota dumped their Egyptology program, we got left with the best Ancient History department from here to the Oriental Institute in the University of Chicago. Then, when we picked up one of the first people to publish the dead sea scrolls and an old professor from the Oriental Institute, we basically got a program better than every college in minnesota combined. Unfortunatly, the college won't pay the bill to increase the library to somthing decent... I can't get JEA, and I only get JNES via the JSTOR program. It's a small backwater place here, but we do tend to catch people off guard when they hear about our historians.
Speaking of which, my professor of Egyptology was a student of Otto Schaden, so ever since KV 63 was announced, I've had an urge to work on his page. Unfortunatly, hearsay tales from my professor about his thesis advisor don't count as reputable sources, so do you have any idea about how to go about expanding such a page? I'm at a loss for ideas. Thanatosimii 20:19, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
I should probably note that my family will be rather busy with thanksgiving related things for a short time now, but after that's all done, I'll get down to work. I think it would be wise for you to take a look at Thutmose III right now and see what's glaringly missing and if you can fill it in. I've already done some work to his campaigning section as well as some family, dates, and architecture, but there are some big holes that still need patching and fresh eyes could help. While you look there, I could do somthing similar to Pepy II. I'll also outline what I think a good outline is for Thutmose III on its talk page. Thanatosimii 01:37, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ahmose I is FA!

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( ^ My thoughts upon hearing the news)

Congratulations! You and Thanatosimii deserve a boatload of barnstars for that article, but this will have to suffice :-)

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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar

For your amazing work on the article Ahmose I, which passed both GA and FA without a single oppose, I award you the Tireless Contributor barstar. Wear it with pride, for you most certainly deserved it! — Editor at Large(speak) 14:02, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
Wow, my first barnstar! Thank you! (Will have to show this with pride on my main page!) Captmondo 14:18, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Valley of the Kings

Cheers for all your help, do you think that if we get the last few things sorted out, we should go for GA? What could we add that would make a bit difference in quality? Markh 10:33, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm going to go for GAC first as you said, and as there are no more peer review comments, other than yours. I will put this on the article today and see what happens. Cheers for all your help and suggestions. Markh 08:04, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Thutmose III

Yes, it's probably wise to take a look at somthing else while I'm engaged with other stuff. However, the death was in my extended family and more affects my mother than myself, so I won't be away too long. I've dug up some things on Pepi that I'm going to take a look at soon, so I'll probably be away from Thut III for a while, but I'll be back there within a couple of weeks. If you do run across anything helpful there, I have hit a wall, so to speak, on a couple of points, and it may be easier to proceed after someone with fresh eyes has done some editing. Thanatosimii 21:52, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Missing picture

Someone deleted the main picture for Pepi II. Do you know where to get another one? Thanatosimii 17:24, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Oh, you get to go to all the good photo-opps. I would be like a kid in a candyshop in that museum. Anyhow, the deaths in my family were of distant relations, and it's just been hectic with my grandmother living at home when I go back from college. But she's been much happier since the preacher spoke at my uncle's funeral, so I expect to remove that notice soon after I finish attending funeral engagements for my other relative, and everything should be back to normal. Thanatosimii 21:14, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
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