User talk:83d40m

Moved a discussion here to the article being discussed, Talk:Master E. S.

Moved a discussion here to the article being discussed, Talk:Israhel van Meckenem

Moved a discussion here to the article being discussed, Talk:Israhel van Meckenem

Moved a discussion here to the article being discussed, Talk:Bull Stone House

Moved a discussion here to the article being discussed, Talk:Ancient Egypt#Article ancient Egypt under section 20, Article ancient Egypt

Moved a discussion about a photograph of Alice Prin that went missing on September 10 from her article - to user_Talk:TheParanoidOne

Copied a discussion re article Dinosaur concerning popularity of Jim Gary 1990 Smithsonian exhibit to User talk:Firsfron

Moved a discussion here to the article being discussed, Talk:Deity

Moved a discussion here about Alexander the great to the user talk page, Enric Naval and to the article

Moved a discussion here about Nearchus Map inserted into Alexander the great to discussion at Alexander the Great

Moved a discussion here about images and edits for Karl Benz to that page

moved a discussion here begun about a nickname for Sarasota to its talk page

moved a discussion here begun about Chandos portrait and the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust site to the article discussion page, Talk:Chandos portrait

Moved a discussion begun here about Alfred Lee Loomis to the discussion page for the article Talk:Alfred Lee Loomis

moved an inquiry from pdfpdf to that talk page

I've removed this user's edit to [{Engraving]]. I agree with you its clearly WP:POV and not sourced from reliable sources. That edit was made nearly two months ago. I will keep an eye on the user and any further infractions will be met with a block. In general its perfectly permissable to remove an edit like that one, and invite the user to discuss matters on the article's talk page. Good luck, Gwernol 20:49, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the excellent additions to the Great Trail article. You did, however, include info that doesn't belong in this particular article and I will have to cut it back accordingly. House of Scandal 04:22, 30 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your note about your edit at Great Trail, have noticed a word left out that I will replace. I'll also take up a little further discussion at Great Trail under "discussion", Talk:Great Trail so it is available at the article. See you there... 83d40m 16:12, 30 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Goddess Elizabeth, invincible virgin, always (forever) queen, also (even more) Caesar(ess) of England and France, and powerful Empress of Spain, strongest fighter in defense of the Christian faith, wisest patron of all scholarship*, most fortunate* victor* of the immense (wide) oceans, founder of the College of Jesus (Christ College?) at Oxon.

* Literarum should be Litterarum; Faelicissima s/b Felicissima; triumphatrix is not classical Latin (oh well)

Hope this helps!. •Jim62sch• 23:56, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Using references (citations)

I thought you might find it useful to have some information about references (refs) on wikipedia. These are important to validate your writing and inform the reader. Any editor can removed unreferenced material; and unsubstantiated articles may end up getting deleted, so when you add something to an article, it's highly advisable to also include a reference to say where it came from. Referencing may look daunting, but it's easy enough to do. Here's a guide to getting started. Good references [edit] A reference must be accurate, i.e. it must prove the statement in the text. To validate "Mike Brown climbed Everest", it's no good linking to a page about Everest, if Mike Brown isn't mentioned, nor to one on Mike Brown, if it doesn't say that he climbed Everest. You have to link to a source that proves his achievement is true. You must use Reliable sources, such as published books, mainstream press, authorised web sites, and official documents. Blogs, Myspace, Youtube, fan sites and extreme minority texts are not usually acceptable, nor is Original research, e.g. your own unpublished, or self-published, essay or research. Simple referencing [edit] The first thing you have to do is to create a "Notes and references" section. This goes towards the bottom of the page, below the "See also" section and above the "External links" section. Enter this code: ==Notes and references== <references/> The next step is to put a reference in the text. Here is the code to do that. It goes at the end of the relevant term, phrase, sentence, or paragraph to which the note refers, and after punctuation such as a full stop, without a space (to prevent separation through line wrap): <ref>             </ref> Whatever text you put in between these two tags will become visible in the "Notes and references" section as your reference. Test it out [edit] Copy the following text, open the edit box for this page, paste it at the bottom (inserting your own text) and save the page: ==Reference test== This is the text which you are going to reference.<ref> Substitute your own text in this space </ref> ==Notes and references== <references/> (End of text to copy and paste.) Information to include [edit] You need to include the information to enable the reader to find your source. For a book it might look like this: <ref> Smith, Timothy: "A Guide to Planets", page 29. Solar Publishing, 2001 </ref> An online newspaper source would be: <ref> Plunkett, John. [http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,14173,1601858,00.html "Sorrell accuses Murdoch of panic buying"], ''[[The Guardian]]'', [[2005-10-27]]. Retrieved on [[2005-10-27]]. </ref> Note the square brackets around the URL. The format is [URL Title] with a space between the URL and the Title. If you do this the URL is hidden and the Title shows as the link. Use double apostrophes for the article title, and two single quote marks either side of the name of the paper (to generate italics). The date after The Guardian is the date of the newspaper, and the date after "Retrieved on" is the date you accessed the site – useful for searching the web archive in case the link goes dead. Wikilinks (double square brackets which create an internal link to a wikipedia article) function inside the ref tags. Dates are wikilinked so that they work with user preference settings. Citation templates [edit] You may prefer to use a citation template to compile details of the source. The template goes between the ref tags and you fill out the fields you wish to. Basic templates can be found here: Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles/Citation quick reference Same ref used twice or more [edit] The first time a reference appears in the article, you can give it a simple name in the <ref> code: <ref name=smith> DETAILS OF REF </ref> The second time you use the same reference in the article, you need only to create a short cut instead of typing it all out again: <ref name=smith/> You can then use the short cut as many times as you want. Don't forget the /, or it will blank the rest of the article! A short cut will only pick up from higher up the page, so make sure the first ref is the full one. Some symbols don't work in the ref name, but you'll find out if you use them. Example [edit] You can see refs in action in the article William Bowyer (artist). There are 3 sources and they are each referenced 3 times. Each statement in the article has a footnote to show what its source is. Next step [edit] When you become familiar with the process, the next step is to have one section, "Footnotes", with links embedded in the text, and another, "References", which lists all of your references alphabetically with full details, e.g. for a book: Lincoln, Abraham; Grant, U. S.; & Davis, Jefferson (1861). Resolving Family Differences Peacefully (3rd ed.). Gettysburg: Printing Press. ISBN 0-12-345678-9. If you're ready to go into it further, these pages have detailed information: Wikipedia:Citing sources Wikipedia:Citing sources/example style Wikipedia:Citation templates Wikipedia:Footnotes I hope this helps. If you need any assistance, let me know. Tyrenius 03:09, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. 83d40m 14:06, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

We already have an article concerning Virgin Birth. Parthenogenesis is not the place for it. —Viriditas | Talk 03:21, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your efforts cleaning up ancient Egypt. I removed an image you put on the article because it is really low quality and does not really reflect wiki's best work. I would like to include images in the article that exemplify more than a single idea at once. For the art section, I was thinking of having an image of Hatshepsut, which would show the distorted 2-D perspective and the use of art for a political purpose all at once. I am hoping we can find a really good quality image on the commons for this purpose. This same logic should hold true for other images on the article, but we don't want to end up with too many, or it will seem crowded.

I appreciate your efforts, and don't hesitate to ask questions or to discuss content. Jeff Dahl 01:53, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Glad to see you have been doing some work on the religion section of ancient Egypt. Do you have any books we can cite for this section? Thanks, Jeff Dahl 22:38, 28 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Moved discussion of content to the article talk page, Talk:Ancient Egypt#Article ancient Egypt 83d40m 15:14, 29 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello there. It's been quite a while since I've looked at Wikipedia, let alone edited it, so you'll have to refresh my memory. Exactly which image/article are you refering to? Looking at the revision history of the Alice Prin articles, I've never made an edit to it. Please elaborate and I will see what I can do.

(Despite your request, I'm responding here as it seems unlikely that you will still have my talk page watched more than a month after your comment there). --TheParanoidOne 01:25, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I am moving the discussion back to your page User_Talk:TheParanoidOne to keep it all together.--83d40m 13:24, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading or contributing to Image:Howardduck-b.JPG. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia constitutes fair use. Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale.

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Guess I need help with these two images -- I have read the instructions and thought I was following the directions for fair use since the article into which I was placing them is about the film. I interpreted the instructions to be that this was a fair use. I made a statement in the summary to that effect. Will pursue the help pages. 83d40m (talk) 00:42, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please see whether the fair use statement for the two images is adequate. I have inserted a statement for each image, the image description page and the image description page, and removed the tag that had been placed on -b alone.

Thanks for the help 83d40m (talk) 18:23, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi 83,

Thank you for your contributions to Dinosaur. Your input into the content of this article is appreciated. However, I did again revert your changes to this article. It reads like an ad: "The director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., Larry O'Reilly, stated that the clever and appealing dinosaurs created by sculptor Jim Gary, put on exhibition by the museum for four months during 1990, attracted the largest attendance on record for the museum." and is supported by this reference, which does not say anything about four months, or (more importantly) the statement that "the exhibit attracted the largest attendance on record for the museum." That part is not cited, and since it's probably the only part that could be used in a section discussing the popularity of dinosaurs, I have removed it.

Dinosaur is a Featured Article, meaning it represents the best of Wikipedia's articles, with good citations from reliable sources. The sources need to confirm what we say in the article. The obituary you used does not do that. Best, Firsfron of Ronchester 01:43, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the explanation. I felt that it was extremely germane to the article because of the indication of popularity and was rather dumbfounded by the reason for removal. I must have used the wrong reference for this aspect because one of the sources I had found quoted the director about the draw. Perhaps it was in the Smithsonian magazine article published in 1990. I'll track that down and come back to the article when I can provide a reference for that evaluation of the exhibit. Will copy this to your page also. 83d40m (talk) 18:42, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi 83,

Thanks for your understanding. I look forward to your further contributions on dinosaur-related articles. Best wishes and happy editing, Firsfron of Ronchester 19:14, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You are most welcome -- I think we are here to help one another create the best articles we can for our readers -- nice to have someone take the time to explain a terse comment that could be misunderstood, positive reinforcement and all that...! -- 83d40m (talk) 20:35, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your note. That's a great attitude, 83. :) Sorry for the terse comment. Best wishes, Firsfron of Ronchester 03:03, 19 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for the notice. I have inserted the rationale at the image and hope that I have fulfilled the required information correctly. 83d40m (talk) 23:23, 19 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thanks for your excellent work on Boa Island. If you have a lot of information about the Janus figure, you might want to create a new article specifically about it. All the best, Bláthnaid 14:40, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your compliment. I would like to avoid the "Janis" implication and stress that it is the Boa Island figure... in order to let this unusual statue have its own recognition as a Celtic figure and I will pursue it as time allows when I have more details gathered about it and the similar stone carvings of its period. There are other two faced statues in other cultures and it is a shame to relate this to the Roman one just because a poet was familiar with that one... I'll let you know when I tackle it and am copying this discussion to the page itself for future reference. 83d40m (talk) 00:52, 12 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I look forward to reading the article. :) Bláthnaid 10:48, 13 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Some of the text you introduced to Deity:

"Tantalizing images of what may be tens of thousands of years of worship of deities who seem to have been unchallenged and essentially unchanged, therefore easily suggesting that perhaps, humans believed in a single deity initially"

This seems very non-neutral ("tantalizing"?), and feels like original research. Can you cite it? Ilkali (talk) 09:56, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I am moving this discussion to the page Talk:Deity to keep it related to the topic.83d40m (talk) 07:36, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

On 17 January, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Two Ladies, 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.

--Carabinieri (talk) 11:23, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

reply posted on Carabinieri user page: Thanks for the heads-up about Two Ladies being chosen for an entry in DYK. I looked at the column for today, but did not see the entry, will it be posted later, or did I miss it? That is a nice reward for the work putting the article together. 83d40m (talk) 23:47, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Have worked heavily lately on editing De mulieribus claris. Also added many new biographies of the list that were previously red links (they are all blue now). Found the main picture in the right corner of the article and added it. Also put in all the pictures on the right next to the names of the biographies. Also did a lot of work on De Casibus Virorum Illustrium. Lately one of my articles also was featured on DYK of Westinghouse Time Capsules. --Doug ^talk 16:50, 26 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:LionChaseZebra-cropped.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Kla’quot (talk | contribs) 06:03, 15 February 2008 (UTC) Kla’quot (talk | contribs) 06:03, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Replied on Kla’quot talk page and at the discussion about it and two other images tagged for deletion at Lion. Agreed with the proposal to delete them. 83d40m (talk) 23:31, 15 February 2008 (UTC) which reads:[reply]

Replied at the discussion about the image you listed for deletion and two other images tagged for deletion at Lion. As you can see in my discussion at each, I agree with your proposal to delete them. Thanks for the notice and am glad someone took action about these images. The one you notified me about was one that, in order to prevent an edit war, I cropped to remove the copyright notice when another editor insisted upon inserting the image. Think there are plenty of appropriate images freely available for the article. Thanks again, 83d40m (talk) 23:50, 15 February 2008 (UTC) moved to show complete discussion ---- 83d40m (talk) 17:51, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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inserted and tag removed - thanks - 83d40m (talk) 15:17, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've done a lot of work on virtually every article for each of New Jersey's 566 municipalities. Most articles are straightforward in terms of title and content. But there are a few oddballs, and it's not just their existence but their solution that is problematic. Should "Township" be included in titles of municipalities that rarely use the term in common use, as I just saw suggested for Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey, which does not commonly use "Township", whereas Springfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey. There are many borough/township pairs (plus a few non-boroughs), and the question of how to distinguish between the two individual municipalities is often a challenge. For a mythical place called "Foo", we often have pairs of "Foo, New Jersey" and "Foo Township, New Jersey", sometimes supplemented by "The Foos, New Jersey". There are multiple pairs of "Foo Borough, New Jersey" / "Foo Township, New Jersey". The question being what does "Foo, New Jersey" refer to, the borough or the collective. For example, there is Borough of Princeton, New Jersey / Princeton Township, New Jersey for the two municipalities, with Princeton, New Jersey covering the collective. Often, sources are unclear as whether a person or place is from/in the borough or the township, which makes the "Princeton, New Jersey" article useful. In the case of Chatham, clearly the Township stays unchanged (as it almost always should). I agree on moving Chatham, New Jersey to The Chathams or The Chathams, New Jersey (joining The Amboys, The Brunswicks, The Caldwells, The Oranges, The Plainfields, The Ridgefields and The Wildwoods). The fit isn't perfect, but "The Chathams" is a term in use, as in the title of the school district. So what to do with the borough? I have been baffled and I think other people become confused by the absence of the "borough" as to whether the usually small municipality at the center of the pair is being referenced or the combined borough/township pair. Even the borough's web site refers to itself alternatively as "Borough of Chatham" (in several places in the title), "Chatham Borough" (in the opening words of the first paragraph) and as "Chatham" (perhaps referring to the pair). As the site states, "Chatham Borough and Chatham Township share a common heritage and both are often referred to by their shared name, Chatham." I understand your efforts, and I hope that we can reach out to other members and participants of WP:NJ to reach a conclusion. Thanks for reaching out. Alansohn (talk) 14:36, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

moved Chatham discussion to talk to continue in one place 83d40m (talk) 18:10, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,

I reverted your edit to Chandos portrait where you removed the link to the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust's page on “What did Shakespeare look like?” with the edit comment “rmv link identified as an attack site - until proven otherwise -”. I have no idea what an “attack site” is, but I'd judge it has negative connotations; and the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust — the foundation charged with maintaining the various Shakespeare related buildings in Stratford — could hardly be more unassuming.

Could you perhaps elaborate on that edit summary? --Xover (talk) 05:26, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, here is the warning I receive when making a link to the site, http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/content/view/16/16,

Reported Attack Site!

This web site at www.shakespeare.org.uk has been reported as an attack site and has been blocked based on your security preferences.

Attack sites try to install programs that steal private information, use your computer to attack others, or damage your system.

Some attack sites intentionally distribute harmful software, but many are compromised without the knowledge or permission of their owners.

I find it most curious because when I tried the link from another computer in another location, I did not receive the warning. Perhaps it is my virus control software... who knows. I have never received that message during many years of protection by the same service with a perfect track record for me... one computer is on a dial-up connection, the other is high-speed, broadband connection.

I removed the link and put in the notation to alert others to the risk reported to me.

If you have any insight into the notice I received, please continue discussion of it here --- I will not suppress the link again, although I continue to receive it from this machine. -- 83d40m (talk) 21:49, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

just went back to the link and looked further into the options for the blocking and received this,

Advisory provided by Google Safe Browsing Diagnostic page for www.shakespeare.org.uk/content/view/

What is the current listing status for www.shakespeare.org.uk/content/view/?

Site is listed as suspicious - visiting this web site may harm your computer.

What happened when Google visited this site?

Of the 14 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 5 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 07/17/2008, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 07/13/2008.

Malicious software includes 5 trojan(s). Successful infection resulted in an average of 2 new processes on the target machine.

Malicious software is hosted on 1 domain(s), including 61.155.8.0.

Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further distribution of malware?

Over the past 90 days, www.shakespeare.org.uk/content/view/ did not appear to function as an intermediary for the infection of any sites.

Has this site hosted malware?

No, this site has not hosted malicious software over the past 90 days.

How did this happen?

In some cases, third parties can add malicious code to legitimate sites, which would cause us to show the warning message.

Next steps:

• Return to the previous page.
• If you are the owner of this web site, you can request a review of your site using Google Webmaster Tools. More information about the review process is available in Google's Webmaster Help Center.

Perhaps this can give you more information --- 83d40m (talk) 21:58, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

So I am going to stay away from the site the link takes one to, and I think a warning to others is reasonable... its your choice as to the action to take. --- 83d40m (talk) 22:03, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You're absolutely right. Good catch! I've commented out the relevant link for now and sent an email to the SBT to let them know about the problem. In the future, putting a note on the relevant Talk page, rather then relying on the (limited) edit summary, is probably a good idea in order to avoid confusion. Also, you were absolutely right to remove the link and I reverted it only because I didn't understand your edit summary (which puts it under the heading unexplained deletion). Do, please, continue to be bold (and see also WP:BRD)! --Xover (talk) 08:16, 18 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks -- I'll use the talk page (as well) if I do this again and will read the pages to which you referred me. Please note to SBT that the warning appeared only on one system, I don't understand the dynamics of the difference, but the broadband connection I used that did not display the warning when I double-checked it after your reversion, has a highly secure connection that just might disable such problems...

I fixed the weird effects caused by the indents above so it will be more useful for others. -- 83d40m (talk) 23:21, 18 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

moved some of the above to this page so the entire discussion is together. ---- 83d40m (talk) 17:12, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed you making some good contributions to these articles. It would be helpful if you could add references to the sources you are using for the information. ike9898 (talk) 00:51, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, cool. I'm interested in many of these same subjects. I'm waiting for some books I ordered to use as reference material. Do you have any interest in George Lorimer/Saturday Evening Post? These subjects are also intertwined with Curtis and Bok. ike9898 (talk) 13:03, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there! Thanks for helping to fix up and expand the Nell Newman article. I would ask you to please cite the sources you're using for information so that problem can also be fixed. I'm going to be replacing the {{orphan}} tag since the usual cutoff for the orphanage is three or more incoming links. Thanks again for your help! —Ashanda (talk) 23:59, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cut in the reference for the two quotes, apparently, while you were typing to me... it will take time to assemble some of the others. Should the template remain until others are provided or is that enough to justify removing the tag? — 83d40m (talk) 00:15, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Once a reference is added, {{unreferenced}} no longer applies. Others such as {{refimprove}} or others may still apply, depending- I haven't looked at the article yet since I got your note. —Ashanda (talk) 01:27, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Provided another link in as well, so perhaps that can be removed as well. Thanks for the notes and if you do not get to it soon I will remove the reference tag. Don't really understand how you are using the talkback links, but am following my old format of double entries. ---- 83d40m (talk) 01:39, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I'm an it.wiki user, Austroungarika. I'm translating Bat (goddess) and I thought that "Image:Nagada figure.GIF" might be useful, so I wanted to upload it on commons. Are there any reasons why I shouldn't upload it there? Thank you very much in advance for your help. --Austroungarika scold or call 13:55, 1 October 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Austroungarika (talk • contribs) [reply]

Hi again, I don't mind writing here, so if you prefer answering me here, I'll just have to check my messages in this wiki. Don't worry, I was going to write in English anyway, you should only be patient with my grammar mistakes :). Uploading on Commons makes the file available on all the wikis, so you see it's very useful; I intended to do it myself, but since I am not so expert on the subject of licences, I just wanted to know if there was any particular reasons (licensing restrictions, or things like that) not to upload it there. Since the image is public domain, if you want to upload it yourself click here and then click on the appropriate link; instead, tell me and I'll upload it. Thank you very much. --Austroungarika scold or call 14:16, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I'll do the work. When it will be uploaded on commons, the file on this wiki will be deleted, but you'll be able to wisualize it anyway. Thanks for your help.--Austroungarika scold or call 12:04, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You are welcome. Please note that the goddess Bat needs to be identified correctly to lead readers to her article. Some links at the image file are not properly linked. Please let me know if I can assist you in the translation. -- 83d40m (talk) 23:10, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, again. I see here, that another one made the job, probably it was you. The translation is complete now (see), though I am still doubtful of my translation of Praise in the iscription. Could you explain me what does it mean that she is the praise? Thanks for your past and future help. :) --Austroungarika scold or call 15:24, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes -- sometimes my connection is lost and my log-on does not register when it reconnects. "Praise" is in the quote from R. O. Faulkner, The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts, Oxford 1969, p. 181, as Utterance 506... I am Praise, I am Majesty, I am B3t (Bat) with Her Two Faces; I am the One Who Is Saved, and I have saved myself from all things evil. I do not know what the meaning is and unfortunately do not have any source for you to check. A search on the internet might locate information for you. I tried a Google search of R. O. Faulkner - Utterance 506 and there are many discussions about that part of the poetry, such as http://thepyramidtexts.blogspot.com/2007/09/famous-pyramid-texts-herein-translated.html -- seems likely that it is a special religious term for the deity, as "Hosanna in the highest" is in Hebrew and Christian texts. Often such things are translated literally, without any understanding of what the contemporary meaning was in the religious rituals. Usually, religious names are cryptic, intended to conceal the true name of the deity from those who do not belong to the cult or, taboo so therefore forbidden to be used and always represented by other names and titles. One site has a quote, 288: The Praise-Serpent is on its Da(m)-scepter, the Tefnut of Unas, she who supports Shu, she makes his seat wide in Busiris (Ddw), in Mendes (Dd.t), in the necropolis of Heliopolis. She erects his two supports (jA.tj) in front of the Great One. at http://www.pyramidtextsonline.com/translation.html. Others are, Utterance 282, 423: To say the words: "O this country (xAs.t) Mouth-of-the-River, this is the place of my overthrow. This country, Mouth-of-the-River belongs to me, the Gold of the Praise, It is xaj-tA.w of the praise, this your ox, the renowned one, against whom this has been done." and 454: so that you shine forth thereby among the [deities], in this your name of That-which-sparkles (THn.t), that you may be pleased with it in its name of Oil-of-Praise. The rnnwt.t-goddess shall love you.

My best guess is that Praise would be a shinning golden aspect of the goddess -- which the speaker (the king) wants to "be" now that he is dead and crossing over to become a deity or replacing the previous king as the son of the goddess and therefore a deity. The king often was considered the calf of the great cow goddess, and when male, grown into a bull (of course early on, most probably the king was sacrificed in a sacred ritual that eventually ceased to include the sacrifice -- but vestiges remained in the religious ceremonies). That is my best guess. The topic is intriguing and might be worth lots of research to see if anyone ever attempts to clarify the meaning. Perhaps these results from the Google search can lead to an explanation. I will copy this for your other location. ----83d40m (talk) 00:33, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your detailed answer: it means you spend time to compose it, and this was very, very kind of you; please forgive my delay in replying but I was very busy in it.wikipedia and in general, and simply forgot half the answers I had to give, and the things I had to do. I suppose that the translation of Praise as a noun (in Italian, lode) is the best way to keep the original meaning. It will look cryptic, but no one expects Egyptian inscriptions to be easy to understand, right? By the way, I was considering adding a pair of lines about it if possible, but I do not think if I'm competent enough, I don't want to make a mistake. So, I wish you a nice day, and thanks for everything. If you need any help, I'm always available to return the great favour you did me, if I can. --Austroungarika scold or call 14:12, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

20230702 adding preferred image from commons to be able to demonstrate figurine

and to be notified as well if removal is initiated. Placed at the top of this topic rather than the current end in order to facilitate economy of space. _ _ _ _ 83d40m (talk) 12:56, 2 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

20230702 also adding image from Egyption heiroglyphics article (left) that shows a similar figure on pottery that discussion includes of possible origins of the heiroglyphics, this may have evolved into the ankh. This image appears to be the earliest image of a deity among the cultures of the pre-dynastic period of Egyptian prehistory.

The same image appears in the lower left hand portion of the prehistoric Egyptian mural painted on a Nekhen tomb wall c. 3,500 B.C. with aspects in the Gerzeh culture style that also is discussed below in another topic.

_ _ _ _ 83d40m (talk) 13:31, 2 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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The image now is lost.

It was deleted from the commons and is not available to anyone.

Another image is available that I had not seen before.

I am posting here in order to be able to locate it.

At least I would be notified that it is slated for removal, if that happens again.

It is a good image of this sculpture from an early time of Ancient Egypt and worthy of an article of its own in order show research into its import.

Keeping images local in WP does not prevent them from being entered into the commons, but it assures that the uploader is kept informed if there is a move to delete it. _ _ _ _ 83d40m (talk) 23:50, 27 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. If necessary, pursue dispute resolution. --Mais oui! (talk) 19:12, 6 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Posted in retrospect on December 11: The notice above had been relocated by me to the location linked in the header created by the editor issuing the notice. A notation at the beginning of this page was inserted to indicate that as well.

As well as my discussion at each edit summary, the following was provided to the editor to indicate the reasoning involved: The editor above seems to have put the shoe on the wrong foot and, unfortunately, I decline the invitation to enter into an edit war over the edit I made to St. Kilda, Scotland -- the name Saint Kilda has been used since the 1500s apparently and the Dutch may have been wrong in publishing the name as it exists in the 1600s, but many names have just such errors in their origins. Extensive discussion of the issue already exist in the article and as the discussions above indicate, there is consensus regarding the name of Saint Kilda, which commonly, is abbreviated to St. Kilda. 83d40m (talk) 20:29, 6 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Later my attempts to discuss the issue were deleted by the editor who issued the warning stamped, 19:12, 6 December 2008 and the warning was reinserted in its original location in the chronology of this page, making the record here appear as if the warning had been ignored.

In an effort to have the record just and clear, I am inserting the deleted information into this discussion so it is available to any interested in the chronology. Fortunately, the editor below initiated a discussion that exists on his and this page that explored the issue and achieved some mutual understanding about my entries at St Kilda, Scotland.

Although it is acceptable as a cartographic notation, I still believe that the creation of a new English word, St, in Wikipedia is an error that could be corrected or at least explained to our readers, however, I am reluctant to reenter the fray at this time. ---- 83d40m (talk) 20:56, 11 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on St Kilda, Scotland. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. If necessary, pursue dispute resolution. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 21:08, 6 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

PS I now see you have been warned about this before and moved it to Talk:St Kilda (a disambiguation page), not Talk:St Kilda, Scotland. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 21:12, 6 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please note the title the editor used originally, Edit warring at St Kilda. It was found to have extensive discussion that appeared appropriate for that editor to learn more about the topic. The issue raised had been hashed out quite thoroughly on that page. That is why the discussion was moved to the page cited by that editor.

When editors with a long history, who are listed on the “safe’ editor lists take the time to point another editor toward some information that should help them become better editors, why are you approaching it as you have?

The misguided objective of the editor even was discussed thoroughly, and explained as inaccurate, in the original article under the heading of origin of names. Why are you supporting an attempt to reverse edits that agree with all of the references cited in the article?

After I had made an extensive and time consuming edit of the entire article, that editor reversed my entire edit because of an already resolved single issue -- over the denial that St. means Saint -- when that name also is used in all hard cover encyclopedias, such as Britannica. The entire portion of the article discusses the accuracy of what I edited, yet my entire edit was reversed because an editor disagrees, without any basis in fact nor any reference to cite.

When someone's earnest efforts to make long and productive edits are tossed aside to support inaccurate and single-minded editors by other editors such as you, I begin to have concern about our administrators. Why is there reactionary concern about policies quoted by inaccurate editors -- without concerned about the issues and the accuracy of the edits being reversed by them? I am the one who should have posted a warning! I have no interest in these wars… I have too many things I want to make better to waste my time in edit wars for dominance of personal opinions that have nothing to do with accuracy.

Why aren’t you examining issues with the objective of promoting the benefit of the encyclopedia? A little more attention to the issue and the discussions involved at the very page to which the response was transferred might have guided you to react differently and to the benefit of Wikipedia. That was the only reason I responded instead of moving on to another topic where I could make a positive contribution, leaving the error to embarrass the publication.

I will place this on you talk page as well, because I will remove it after seeing whether you respond -- in my mind the issue was directed back to the editor who raised a false alarm. It is obvious to me now that the editor is not interested in correct entries, the error remains. 83d40m (talk) 00:57, 7 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Thank you for the reply at my talk page. What error are you talking about? The official name for the islands is "St Kilda" (see for example the official British ordnance survey map here). Your change to "Saint Kilda" does not seem to be based on any official sources. Please see WP:V. No one is saying the "St" is not pronounced "saint", and the article itself makes this clear (pointing out there is no saint named Kilda). You also made changes contrary to the Manual of Style (such as spelling out miles). The article has been through peer review and passed WP:FAC, and as such has been identified as some of Wikipedia's best work. Three different editors reverted your changes and you did not bother to discuss or explain them on the regular article talk page (where you were making the changes), and you reverted to the point of risking a WP:3RR block. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 01:29, 7 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • OK, glad we are communicating (and not just reverting ;-) ) I look forward to hearing from you, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 04:14, 7 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Thanks for your detailed response. My reply will be briefer. First and most importantly, it is always a good idea to follow Wikipedia:BOLD, revert, discuss cycle when not dealing with vandals - the time to discuss things on the article's talk page is after the first reversion. Second, when making major changes to a Featured Article, I would always discuss it first. The article is the result of consensus from many editors via the peer review and the WP:FAC processes, and had recently had additional scrutiny from being on the Main Page. Third, when I came to the dispute, you had already been reverted twice by two different editors I know and respect, at least one of whom is also an admin. As I noted before, I saw two previous reverts without an obvious response by you, and I noted on a quick read that several of the changes you made (not just one) were either errors or did not improve the article. For example, the reliable sources used in the article point to the name "St Kilda" (as the article's name reflects). There was at least one WP:MOS problem introduced (spelling out miles). It also seemed to me on a quick read that you replaced more nuanced language with more direct statements (like saying in the lead that the name comes from the Dutch, when the article makes it clearer that no one knows for sure where the name comes from. In such cases, it is easier to revert than dig through all the changes and keep some. I hope this makes my reasoning clearer and apologize for any misunderstandings, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 14:06, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      • I forgot to say since it was just on the Main Page, it had also had more than the usual share of vandalism, so I was probably a bit faster to revert than usual. Take care Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 04:30, 11 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
        • I am glad this turned out well, I hope our paths cross again (with less initial friction ;-) ). Take care, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 05:17, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for pointing out the error, have made the corrections following your instructions -- hope that is adequate. Will copy to your talk page as well. ---- 83d40m (talk) 17:00, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Belated thanks for "light edit" of the article. A definite improvement. Pity the culture of historic Africa below Egypt is not better known. Cheers Victuallers (talk) 20:41, 15 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the recognition. I intend to work on some of these topics and have a similar hope that these cultures become better known. ---- 83d40m (talk) 23:12, 16 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nice mosaics. And well formatted in the article. And well captioned too. All this is rarer than you'd think... Thanks!--Wetman (talk) 19:00, 5 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the complements -- takes some time, but I try to make images fit well into the articles and hate captions that are meaningless, one should learn something from them as well or be led to the details in the text. I often find images without details and can't even find any in the text. Will carry this to your page as well. 83d40m (talk) 19:25, 5 February 2009 (UTC) correction with missing verb ----83d40m (talk) 16:55, 2 July 2010 (UTC) added images ----83d40m (talk) 17:21, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Have updated the article of Tethys, if you could take a look at it and see if you might like it. Did you know Tethys is an aspect of Native American calendar, she also was venerated in Phoenician maritime culture. Have added new information about Tethys such as; Mistress of rain, rivers & sea navigation; Tethys makes the waters calm, or makes it surge; She makes the navigable unnavigable, when ever she so decides. Phalanxpursos (talk) 21:18, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, but I do not think the changes make the article better -- suggest you consider reverting to the previous as well as initiating a discussion of this with Wetman (talk) who complimented the previous edit and format... please keep me in the loop. 83d40m (talk) 01:32, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

People I work for the genuine Intergalactic Federation and have been assigned to represent Tethys, so you are now appointed as the personal bodyguards of the Tethys page the way I have updated it. Or face dire consequences, because Tethys is also mistress of Warfare and the Thunderbolt. Please don't worship me, worship a system when it is good for the people. The way I represented Tethys, is indeed the Goddess of chief Rivers.

So thank the Space Aliens for showing me how to reincorporate ancient cultures into modern society in way which is morally-correct.

Thank you, I also write constitutions for the sake of Law & Order.

Please don't oppose me because I also believe in the Draconian Serpent with 7 heads.

Protect this info; "Did you know Tethys is an aspect of Native American calendar, she also was venerated in Phoenician maritime culture. Have added new information about Tethys such as; Mistress of rain, rivers & sea navigation; Tethys makes the waters calm, or makes it surge; She makes the navigable unnavigable, when ever she so decides."

Please don't delete anymore of my work, because I am your boss so don't confront me with disobedience.

Thank you. Phalanxpursos (talk) 12:49, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Phalanxpursos (talk) 13:15, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Smoking funny stuff, perhaps? Makes you seem foolish! I shall delete your gibberish if it continues. ---- 83d40m (talk) 07:21, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Before making any edits to this article, you ought to take a look at its talk page, assuming you haven't already. DreamGuy (talk) 01:38, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Did not, will take a look tomorrow and get back to you. 83d40m (talk) 01:45, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

what's that? 85.74.232.130 (talk) 13:38, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Should be Philipopolis -- misspelled on label for image -- thanks for the heads-up. ---- 83d40m (talk) 07:21, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The image is great, and I had a look at your edits - really good. I'll come back to the references you inserted and re-work them to fit into the format of the other references within the article, but wanted to say thank you. Do you have a special interest in American fashion history? Mabalu (talk) 22:24, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the compliment, I have an interest in topics related to New Jersey (among many others), think that images almost always enhance an article, and try to be thorough in researching topics I choose to edit. Often, I have personal experience that enables me to find sources readily or contacts for photographs and relevant materials. (Placed this discussion on your page and the article as well.) Maybe you can begin something on the editor, Martha Stout, who worked with Clare Potter. My initial research led me to a clinical psychologist article that needed work! ---- 83d40m (talk) 23:00, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure I would be much use with Martha Stout! I'm British, (makes it all the more ironic that most of my fashion-based editing work here has been on American designers!) but if I have a chance I'll have a poke around, see what I can turn up. Mabalu (talk) 23:04, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A little while ago you did a light edit of this article. I've just reverted this to an earlier pre-OR version, adding back as much of the good referenced stuff as I could (the OR editor is now indefinitely blocked for OR). I wonder if you'd like to look at it again? Thanks.Dougweller (talk) 11:37, 5 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the inquiry -- I will, a quick look indicates some areas I would rework or restore. Hope to get to it soon. ---- 83d40m (talk) 16:12, 9 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sometimes the image of the males is used, even when the female is intended, because the distinctive mane differentiates the species from other large feline species.

83d40m, if you can find scholarly references for this material I'd be most appreciative. I never came across any when I was working this article up for Featured status, and WP:OR is something that takes a while to take on board. Ditto the Singapore note. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 01:10, 16 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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I have struck this warning, as it appears you were not the only editor switching to American English, and it would be unfair to single you out individually. Apologies! Jenuk1985 | Talk 06:23, 2 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please see this. Thank you. -- Hoary (talk) 02:31, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Have posted a new reply here for further discussion -- not sure whether you saw that and I will look there for your reply. Would prefer to keep discussion at v-j talk but saw directions on your page the could be interpreted to make note here. Just making sure... ----83d40m (talk) 22:29, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Replied on your user talk page... publications of the government are not copyright. ---- 83d40m (talk) 04:00, 27 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please keep the discussion at the discussion page response there Skier Dude (talk) 04:01, 27 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have responded to your comment regarding the Sarasota map on my talkpage. Shereth 14:19, 7 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, will continue there. ----83d40m (talk) 01:01, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks -- they should be replaced in the article from which someone removed them and I will do that before the deadline. ----83d40m (talk) 05:14, 13 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Even if it/they do get deleted they can be restored by any admin, so no need to worry about timing - just remember the image name! Skier Dude (talk) 02:16, 14 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, as you had expressed a concern previously about the quality of the script-generate map being used at Sarasota, Florida I would like to keep you up to date on the status of the upcoming replacement batch. There is a visual comparison of the old version vs. the new version at User:Shereth/2009_Mapping_Project#Image_comparisons. Please note that the "new" version is a raw image and has not been edited to remove some minor imperfections (such as the stray lines in the water) and is not a final product. Shereth 17:53, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Much better -- will post to your comparison -- thanks for giving me a look, please let me know if I can help you. ----83d40m (talk) 02:17, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi 83d40m, regarding this edit [1], I would appreciate very much if you did re-engage; if there are errors in the page I would very much like to know. Any partial revert of your earlier edits,[2] [3], I suppose was carelessness and not intentional. I was impressed at the time, and likely going back over the page I reinstated earlier statements which might have had weak founding. Ceoil (talk) 20:13, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Two notes about your recent edit summaries for these articles.

Firstly the coding for hidden comments is still there, but it is in the "wikimarkup" menu below the edit summary box. It looks like this:<!-- -->

Secondly, as for the content, to categorically say that "mayor"s in council-manager systems are never elected is incorrect. Montclair, NJ for example has a mayor who is elected to that office specifically. (In practice, he serves as an at-large council member and presiding officer.) That's almost as common as a rotating mayorality. As no two states have the exact same laws regarding local government, to state absolute categories is problematic. oknazevad (talk) 17:36, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks -- I found the old format for hidden comments by going back to old edits... perhaps a heads up to the designers of the new format would provoke them to list this among the tools. It is so very useful at times.

I have rewritten the paragraph in council-manager government to include exceptions and used the community you pointed out as a link to demonstrate that, thanks, distinct exceptions are good and I did not have any to identify. ----83d40m (talk) 19:24, 15 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What statistics are you unable to view? Kevin Rutherford (talk) 16:44, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you -- the file is a duplicate file and should be deleted. An error was made in the title of the image before uploading and was not acceptable (a spelling error), correction was made by uploading a new image with a corrected file name, which remains published at the article with all of the complete copyright information. When I realized the error, I could not find a method available to delete the image, but made note of the need to delete the file with the error in my summary. Perhaps a method of deletion should be available to editors who upload files in case of error -- after all, it is their upload. If there is a method for that please advise. Will copy all of this to your talk page for your convenience also, thanks again.

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83d40m (talk) 13:34, 6 June 2010 (UTC) updated ----83d40m (talk) 14:06, 6 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I wrote you at Talk:Kitsch#Decline_proposal_to_merge_to_new_article. Goochelaar (talk) 15:53, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Found three orphan issues on my user upload gallery. This is the only one for which I could not find a resolution -- to remove the orphan status. All of the images are in use on articles. This one had its extension changed by another editor and had entered some ether hovering above Wikipedia land. At least it is here to prevent impulses to delete it. ----83d40m (talk) 02:01, 3 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, are you interested in this? Either remotely or in person? Wikipedia:GLAM/BM/Hoxne challenge? Sorry about the edit1 Johnbod (talk) 00:10, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi 83, I saw you restored the criticism section. It isn't policy compliant as it stands, so it really ought to be removed until you can find good secondary sources for it. I left a note for you on the talk page. Cheers, SlimVirgin ^{talk|contribs} 01:50, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please could you provide a reference for your recent addition to the Briggs Cunningham article? Thanks! Writegeist (talk) 03:11, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'll look that up and give the reference in the next day or so. ----83d40m (talk) 00:58, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you.