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[edit] Nero, Tiberius and Caligula
Thanks for the encouragement on Nero. I really appreciate it.
I have no clue what happened to the original Nero image. It just vanished. I guess that Bill Oaf character scared wiki into taking it down. I suppose it could be argued that the first scetch of the graffiti was an original form of art, though not very original if you ask me (copying from stone to paper). I decided to go around it and just do the scetch myself. Problem solved.
I've tried at different times to aid the Caligula article, but its a harder one to manage. Its gets more traffic and gets edited more. Its easier to research though. There are really only three short sources on Caligula (Philo, Josephus and Suetonius) and he only reigned 4 years. I'll try to help out with it and Tiberius (who I know nothing about yet, but would like to)
With Nero, I realized the only way to get the article to stop changing was to source every line and check on it every few days. You really have to own it. After 2000 years, people are still emotionally charged about him which makes him so interesting.
Thanks.Hoshidoshi 04:13, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
- Tiberius is an interesting character; a lot more complex than I previously thought. Unfortunately the current article is a bit one-sided, mostly emphasizing the reasons for his unpopularity and mentioning little of his policies. To be fair, nearly half of his reign was spent in withdrawal on Capri, but I still think the article does not mention much of his Eastern policies, his diplomacy, his religious policy, etc... especially given the massive coverage provided by Tacitus. Caligula is a bit more straightforward, as you say. His reign was brief and the sources on it are limited. It's a real shame we lost Tacitus' account of this period, although it probably wasn't very positive, given the few foreshadowing comments in his text on Tiberius.
- When I started editing, the article in Caligula was actually in better shape than the one on Tiberius. I haven't noticed much vandalising btw, but maybe that's because I'm primarily used to watching over video game articles and they get littered with inane comments *all the time*. I'll probably restricit myself to providing citations for the time being. After that, I'll try and expand the article on Tiberius. --Steerpike 13:36, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Space music
Hi. It seems like you have an interest in ambient music. I wonder if you wouldn't mind taking a look at Space music when you get a chance. There is currently an ongoing issue there with one editor trying to suggest that space music is not a genre of ambient - and the discussion would certainly benefit from outside opinions by knowledgeable parties. --Gene_poole 07:16, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit)
Why do you think that the 8-bit version of Sonic the Hedgehog is warranting an article? It's more or less the same game. - A Link to the Past (talk) 03:56, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
- Well maybe it doesn't. I checked on that article and saw it had been changed into a redirect so I thought it was vandalism of some sort. Sorry! --Steerpike 10:57, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Titus
Thanks for asking me to look at the Titus article. Your expansions look excellent; the article reads well, I think all the important material is now covered, and your references to the ancient sources will be very useful for readers who want to follow the info up. The only possible factual issues are with some of the material that was present before your edits; for example, some of the dates for Titus' early career are conjectural. I'll see what I can do about finding sources for these points and the ones you mention on Talk (the Jones-Milns commentary on Suetonius has proven quite handy in looking over the first couple of paragraphs). With a few extra sources the article should easily meet the good article standards. Nice work. :) EALacey 17:17, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Bad links in Elagabalus
Someone wrote me that bad links were being added to this article, and thought that my transcription of Books 79 and 80 might be at fault; I've just taken a look, and the links are bad, all right, but because they're being inserted without looking at the sourcecode of those pages. For example "LXXX.16" is not as inserted, but #79-16.7 — If you feel that direct links to Dio are useful in this article, you need to check they're right.... Best, Bill 11:04, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
- I'm the one who emailed you about that, actually :) I was planning to fix this today. Thanks for your reply! You're right I should have looked at the sourcecode, which you mention in your introduction to Dio's Roman History, so sorry for bothering you about it. I browsed through all your FAQs before sending my email but forgot to check the most important page :) Cheers. --Steerpike 11:19, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
- Ah, that wuz you; makes sense! And I in turn have some filling in of links to do (in other Books of Dio), as I mentioned in our e-mails, now that it's clear they're of use. Best, Bill 11:31, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] DYK
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On 12 August 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Elagabalium, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
--DarkFalls talk 07:59, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Hi Steerpike
Nice work on Augustus, dude. Really though, good job, great picture, more coherent sub-section headings, all around more polished because of your efforts and that of wiki member Laura Scudder. Thanks for replying on the talk page too, I too would like to see all of the Roman Emperors (and some important statesmen and generals) lifted to at least GA status. I think that will be my next project as well. I see from your user page that you have made some significant contributions to several articles.
Also, I'm glad you liked the Song Dynasty articles, it was a lot of work creating the six related sub-articles: History, Culture, Society, Economy, Technology, and Architecture.
Lot's of work, but it looks beautifully done. That's how I want Augustus' article to look!
Take care.--Pericles of AthensTalk 13:57, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Sejanus GA on hold
On Hold — Notes left on talk page. Nehrams2020 21:54, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Praetorian Guard
It's done, with appropriate citations. Thanks for bringing that to attention.--Pericles of AthensTalk 20:29, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Titus
Nice work on getting this to GA status. I hope you make a push for FA before too long. :) --mav 18:46, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks! It's one of my prouder articles on Wikipedia :). Still needs some tweaking before I'd take it to FA though. --Steerpike 21:24, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Your GA nomination of Berenice of Cilicia
The article Berenice of Cilicia you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold.
It hasn't failed because it's basically a good article, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Berenice of Cilicia for things needed to be addressed. T Rex | talk 02:59, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Article importance scale for WikiProject Equine
Hello. WikiProject Equine is discussing an article importance scale here. Your POV would be appreciated. --Una Smith (talk) 18:39, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Sonic Advance3 Screenshot01.png)
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[edit] Re: Tomb Raider
I should've put an explanation on the talkpage when I added the template. That was my mistake. Anyway, there are too many images in the article, most of which are unimportant; we don't need pictures of "key items" or multiple locations Lara encounters in her travels, and the "Unfinished Business" image is exactly the same as the original box art. Just the original box art and a couple screenshots are needed. There was a similar problem of a glut of copyrighted images on some of the Harry Potter character pages, which we solved by simply removing some of them and leaving a couple older ones. Beemer69 23:46, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
- Ok, I'm just going to copy-paste this to the relevant section on the Tomb Raider talkpage. We'll continue from there, so others can join in. --Steerpike (talk) 14:31, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Domitian
Just in case nobody can make it up to the museum, the TMA has the following on their website:
For Images, Rights Permission, and Licensing
Please send a written request to:
Rights and Reproductions
Toledo Museum of Art
P.O. Box 1013
Toledo, Ohio 43697
or fax to 419-254-5089
No e-mail requests will be processed.
They may be able to send you some great images that Wikipedia can use. Since I can see international mail being a bit expensive I would be happy to send a letter for you; if you provide me with a .doc of what to send. Hope that helps! §hep • ¡Talk to me! 20:32, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
