User talk:Llywrch
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Feel free to leave comments -- I like to see feedback to my contributions, even if I don't like what I read. However, I don't always respond to comments here, so I may not know when this page gets too long. Please alert me to any such warnings.
And carefully consider any comments you leave here: I won't delete them. Your comments will remain for all to consider, unlike some military records.
Update: well, I guess I hd to break my own rule. I removed some comments from a mediation I'm handling from this page in order to keep peace amongst the parties, not because someone insisted on making a spectacle of herself. I don't intend to do this again.
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Six degrees of Wikipedia
- Hmm: is there an experiment, akin to the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, to see if one can get from a given article in Wikipedia to any other article in 6 clicks or less?
Just in case you're still wondering (though I'm sure you found it long ago): Six degrees of Wikipedia (http://kohl.wikimedia.org/~kate/cgi-bin/six_degrees) at Kate's Tools. On a bored night I finally managed to find two articles seven links away, but it's not easy... — Asbestos | Talk 10:50, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Well, I guess people rarely look at user pages. I just randomly came here after following up several threads between various users. Glad I could help! — Asbestos | Talk 16:35, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Manetho
Sorry when I found the template I was like a kid in a candy store- and with so many addtions, verifications, and worst of all programming I became tired very quickly. He's so important that I wanted him in the template and when I found that he had been commisioned by the Ptolomies (http://www.touregypt.net/who/manetho.htm) to write I took it as an invitaition to put him there. However-- and I have no objection to removing him or placing him at a more apropriate location. P.S.- Slap me if I'm to nosy but your page is 35kb-- just incase you want to archive, or not. -JCarriker 07:23, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)
Ancient Near Eastern chronology
I wonder if you might give your impression of whether it would be best to try to synchronize our ancient chronologizing. If our list of pharaohs is to say that Ramesses II began his reign in 1279, then shouldn't our article on him do so as well? Shouldn't our article on Muwatalli II also reflect that dating? Shouldn't our article on the Battle of Kadesh say it was fought in 1274 BC, and not in 1299 BC, as it currently says? I don't want to simply assert the correctness of what are, of course, tentative dates, but we should at least try to be consistent on this, shouldn't we? I think some sort of basic project to try to synchronize all our ancient near eastern chronology would be in order. What do you think? john k 04:07, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Responded to on John's page. -- llywrch 16:31, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I agree with everything you say. Do you think perhaps we should start a wikiproject on this subject? john k 18:22, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I think I may want to hold off for a while on this, as well. I've got my comprehensive exams coming up, and really shouldn't be trying to coordinate what would be a major effort just yet. After May 12, I should have a fair amount of time on my hands, so I'll contact you, and various others, again about the subject. john k 03:29, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know#Chrissy_Snow
Are you sure it was on the main page before? If so, can you remember when it was? Mgm|(talk) 07:47, Apr 22, 2005 (UTC)
- It wasn't. I'd appreciate it if you (Llywrch) are going to make statements, at least back them up. I just created that article. You can see the history. Thank you. Mike H 08:39, Apr 22, 2005 (UTC)
Mitanni, Hurrians, Hanilgalbat
You wrote :
- you attached a merge tag to this article; however, the Hanilgalbat, Mitanni/Maitani and Hurri section of this article argues that the 2 articles are different topics, & should be kept separate. Until this the points in this article are at least discussed, wouldn't it be wiser to delay this merge? -- llywrch 16:05, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Perhaps. I still feel like there is too much duplicative information between the two articles (kings' names etc.) There are also some inaccurate assertions (e.g., that Hurrian is an Indo-Euro language. I don't have time (and probably lack the expertise) to do the merge myself in any case. I felt though that the issue should be raised. --Briangotts 17:36, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
You wrote:
- I agree with you that there is needlessly duplicate material between the two articles. However, before they are merged, the subject should be discussed; that was my point. (And I was trying to express it in a manner that was not accusatory; I'm sorry if you felt my tone was otherwise.) -- llywrch 18:19, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Not at all. You have valid points. I agree with you that there should be discussion. --Briangotts 20:07, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Elagabalus
Just letting you know that I have nominated the article you reviewed for me at FAC. -JCarriker 07:08, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)
Kayla/Kaīliņa article/s
I move we merge both to Kaīliņa, and copy/paste the Talk from Kayla to Talk:Kaīliņa. Notifying you since you've participated on the Talk page at either or both of the articles. Tomer TALK 03:45, Apr 29, 2005 (UTC)
Thanks
Hey Llywrch, thanks for supporting me over the Usenet kook issue. SlimVirgin (talk) 03:46, May 6, 2005 (UTC)
Awlad Kenz
- Thanks for your improvements to the Makuria article, and also a general kudos for your many much needed additions to our African history section. I've never seen the name Awlad Kenz before, but the description makes them sound very much like the Banu Kanz. I also believe that both Banu and Awlad can mean people of so I feel confident enough to make a redirect. - SimonP 17:55, May 12, 2005 (UTC)
Zagwe dynasty
The source I used is: http://www.4dw.net/royalark/Ethiopia/zagwe.htm, part of the Royal Ark (http://www.4dw.net/royalark) project. I wasn't too sure about its reliability, but a Google search gave seemingly unrelated matches on several other sites. Because I found no contradicting, conflicting or questioning secondary sources, I gave the data the benefit of the doubt. Perhaps I should have been more cautious. Aecis 20:23, 15 May 2005 (UTC)
- I think it would be best if either one of us, or someone else, would put a notice in the article about the lack of consensus for the Zagwe dynasty. Perhaps an additional notice could be added giving a rough indication of each term for the respective kings, to the extent of "we don't know when they ruled, but they probably ruled roughly in this era." Aecis 17:26, 16 May 2005 (UTC)
Geraint who fought at Gododdin
Oh, dear, people will keep asking you to show you're not making things up! :-) All right, I'm not sure where precisely I saw this name, but it was "rac" – it struck me because it wasn't a very usual spelling – it's meant to be a Middle Welsh version of rhag, i.e. Geraint for the South. (You'll know deheu from Modern Welsh deheubarth, even though the non-compound word's evolved into de.) As for where the mention came from, it may have been Gwynfor Evans' Land of My Fathers. I'll look. QuartierLatin1968 18:43, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
who
Did you know?
Use of AD
Hi Llywrch,
Since AD stands for In the Year of Our Lord it doesn't make sense to have something like 4th Century In the Year of Our Lord. Of course it does make sense to place AD before a year as in AD 60. This traslates well. No problem with 4th Century BC; that does make sense. Hope I'm not being too pedantic. I can't remember what the style guide says about it. By the way, I'm an enthusiast for the use of AD/BC as against the dreadful alternatives of CE/BCE.
Arcturus 16:28, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Roman Empire
Hi Llwyrch,
Could you take a look at the Roman Empire article, as I fear we may be heading towards an edit war. User Ephestion is extremely opinionated and is persisting in an extreme form of ancient Hellenic nationalism which is intended to downgrade the Latin-ness of the empire. The resulting intro as it stands is highly skewed, and he has reverted edits that I and others have made to redress the balance. Am I being OTT about this? Djnjwd 17:52, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Well, "over the top", I mean; as far as I can see, the intro as it stands has been so laden with Ephestion's idionsyncratic point of view that it needs a complete rewrite (which he would probably revert). But I wanted a second opinion as to whether I was overreacting. Djnjwd 19:10, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Things aren't getting any better at the Roman Empire: an anonymous user (almost certainly Ephestion) has reverted all of the recent sound revisions and continues to do so. Can the page be protected in a decent revision? Djnjwd 00:30, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Tnx
By all means, comments are more then welcome, I did put some links to this in mainspace as well. How do I access the mail list? Feel free to sent my proposal to the mail group - I will be offline for 24h. When I get back, I will compile a proposal for village pump based on responses. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 00:16, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Tnx for the comments, I tried to incorporate them into the final version. See Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)#Fixing_giant_loopholes_in_Wikipedia:Survey_guidelines. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 19:36, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Coss. abbrevtnz
Dear LLywrch, I am a user from it.wiki, trying to translate the list of consuls in the ancient Rome, but as long as praenomina are involved I can recognize them in any good Latin grammar, but I'm stuck when facing filiations... How am I to read
f. M.f., T.f., Q.f., C.f., P.f., L.f., A.F., M.f., K.f.
etc.?
If I find e.g. Publius Valerius P.f. Poblicola II Should I read Publius Valerius Poblicola, son of Publius, consul for the second time or how else?
I shall cherish any line written by your keyboard...
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Hatshepsut
WikiProject Ancient Egypt is supposed to have Hatshepsut as our example article. I'd like to rework and expand the article so we can finaly nominate it, similar to what I did with Elagabalus. However I would like yourself and Hajor to review it and give me your opinions as such I want to make sure you'll be available in the near future before I start working on it. Also I'm considering starting up a WikiProject on Ancient Rome. Interested? -JCarriker 19:35, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)
