Talk:Pompey

message: Hi, I am new to wikipedia. I did not see any inclusion of Pompey's theater in this article. Is this something that would be good to include? -Sarahh317 (talk) 12:30, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds like a good idea to me. I had a crack at it. Added a section about the theatre and a link to the main article.-LuciusHistoricus (talk) 13:21, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Theater 

message: This article, along with several other articles about ancient Romans, was changed to use a different infobox, . In consequence, there's discussion about which infobox to use and how at Talk:Julius Caesar#Infobox and then at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Classical Greece and Rome#Infoboxes for Roman office-holders as a more central location. NebY (talk) 19:47, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox 

message: Bare lists of popular references are no longer welcome on Wikipedia, per the style guideline MOS:CULTURALREFS. In view of this, and the discussion above on article length, I'm challenging the section as without WP:RS and largely off-topic and will delete it next month. Sweetpool50 (talk) 09:09, 19 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  'Popular' references 

message: It’s mentioned he is elected consul in 70, 55, and 52, with very little supporting information for any of this. No talk of the Servile war either. 2603:8001:5602:B943:A91B:853F:6FFF:602E (talk) 14:32, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: The article does discuss the consulships in 70, 55, and 52. It does discuss his activities during the Third Servile War. I'm not sure as to how the claim made here is at all factual. Ifly6 (talk) 02:22, 24 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  No talk of servile war 

message: This doesn't seem entirely consistent with MOS:LAYOUT but regardless of whether it is consistent or not it's confusing. Some clean up of that might be desiderable. Ifly6 (talk) 17:12, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it's worth keeping the citations in the "sources" section that are specifically about Pompey as "further reading" (i.e. sources that are relevant but not cited in text). Abbott, Brice, and Crawford seem a bit too general to keep and Van Ooteghem might be too old. I don't see any good reason for keeping the primary sources. "Julius Caesar. (1976)" deeply discomforts me and I'm not sure why we're advising readers to consult that particular edition. Furius (talk) 21:29, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that a "Further reading" section could be introduced; it would not be the same, however, as "Sources" and "Bibliography" which is what is in the article at present. I'm not too troubled with  as if we quote translations we will have to select a specific one; but I think it should be anonymised in the way documented at WP:CGR/Guides/Primary sources. Ifly6 (talk) 03:05, 5 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sections on sources and a separate bibliography 

message: The Early life/career section says "He completed the traditional cursus honorum, becoming consul in 89 BC," but later in the Sertorian War it says "Backed by his allies in the Senate, Pompey was appointed military commander in Spain with proconsular authority. This act was technically illegal as he had yet to hold public office, illustrating Pompey's preference for military glory, and disregard for traditional political constraints."
Which was it? Did he hold public office before this or not?
Edit: upon further inspection, the quote from the Early Life section actually refers to his father Strabo. I'm gonna tweak the punctuation to make that a little clearer.
 TrendySpaghetti (talk) 21:57, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Consulship error? 

message: I've started this draft and anyone interested can collaborate. Let's get this done. X (talk) 18:04, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi X, thanks for putting this together. I think you are right more can be added on Pompey's assassination, but I am unsure if it merits its own article. It was a significant event, yet much of the content you provided is discussion of Caesar's civil war and also the Ptolemaic Kingdom. Perhaps a more lengthy treatment on the significance of Pompey's death on all those 2 pages and/or Pompey's page would be more fitting. The Madness of Joanna (talk) 18:21, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

text: If there is more to be said about his death, then I'd suggest first expanding Pompey#Death a little. That also allows you to avoid making definitive statements such as the current draft's "Ultimately, the decision to betray and assassinate Pompey was made by the regent Pothinus and other influential courtiers, as they sought to curry favor with Caesar and secure their own positions of power." It's temprting to say such things when decompressing the narrative, but ultimately that's unknown. NebY (talk) 19:12, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: It probably is ultimately unknown, but this is Wikipedia and if X has WP:RS covered and is willing to be bold then such statements should be welcomed. The Madness of Joanna (talk) 20:05, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Draft:Assassination of Pompey]]