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Talk:Azes II

message: and I have modified the article to say that. I have removed all the coin images because I feel that they should appear on the Azes page instead.
The coins of "Azes II" should be attributed to a single Azes, as proven decisively by Robert Senior in 2008 when an overstrike of "Azes I" over "Azes II" was found. Senior had already presented a number of rather forcing chronological arguments for this view in his encyclopaedia, which is the standard reference work. I hope this does not give the impression that there is vivid scholarly dissent over the matter. Even though Senior has collected these types of coins for almost half a century, he is the leading authority mainly because so few other scholars have specialised on this period, which is very obscure due to the lack of written sources.
It will still be possible to refer to older works that have not taken Senior's new coin evidence into account; I very much expect that some less specialised books will still include Azes II even in the future. But I have not seen any evidence or arguments against Senior's reconstruction.
This admittedly drastic change is part of the same revision of Indo-Scythian and Indo-Parthian chronology that has already been applied to the Indo-Parthian page and that of Gondophares I. I have commented on this revision extensively on the discussion pages there - the evidence for it is relatively new and unknown outside specialist scientific journals, but it is nonetheless rather forcing to its nature. Please do not revert my edits without addressing the new advances in research. I would have asked around, but I feel that these pages have largely been created by PHG, who isn't active anymore.
If somebody feels that it was too drastic to remove Azes II, the idea that there were two kings could be added as an alternative. I simply thought that it was best to remove the references to his coins, his place in the regent list etc, at once. I hope to transfer some of that material to Azes' page, if nobody disagrees.Sponsianus (talk) 22:33, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I replaced the content, but also merged it with your version. I honestly don't know enough to confirm or deny either version, and recognize the lack of research on the topic. I'm going to try and cast a wider net for editorials knowledgeable on the period. Hiberniantears (talk) 18:49, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: There was likely only one king Azes
Talk:Bai Qi

message: The fact that he killed over one million soldiers seems absolutely unbelievable. I'm not quite sure this article is at all true, but I could be completely wrong. CaydenSelwyn 04:22, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Could someone please check up on this article? 

message: This is recorded in Shiji, which is the most reliable reference. Before the suicide, he asked to him self that "我何罪於天而至此哉？”（What have I done wrong to suffer this?）After a while, he answered himself “我固當死。長平之戰，趙卒降者數十萬人，我詐而盡阬之，是足以死。"（I truly should die. In the Battle of Changping, I cheated and killed hundreds of thousands of surrenderd solders，that is the reason to die.）And then he commited suicide by cutting his own throat.取名真烦 (talk) 18:27, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bai Qi truly regreted to cheat and kill the Zhao soldiers before he suicided.

message: The Cambridge History of Ancient China spells his name Bo Qi. Can someone explain why? Benjamin Trovato (talk) 02:01, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: ...er, because their Chinese isn't very good? Bo is an alternative pronounciation of 白 (but I have never heard it used) - see Bai Philg88 (talk) 06:40, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bo Qi
Talk:Brennus (3rd century BC)

message: Why does this article make no mention from Pausanias Book X Chapter 23, that Brennus’ men would kill babies and drink their blood, and that women would commit suicide to not get raped, during their raid on the Aetolians?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.93.208.34 (talk) 21:31, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Drinking the blood from babies if they were fat
Talk:Skippers, Virginia

message: Do we have an actual pic of the town or place. We have an exit ramp and an approach pic.......Coal town guy (talk) 16:19, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I took over a dozen of them in November 2017. ---------User:DanTD (talk)  16:09, 21 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pics
Talk:Callippus

message: What exactly is meant by "started his observation cycle on the summer solstice, 330 BC"? Did he start observing that day, which eventually led him to derive the duration of his cycle (he would have been 40 then, and... 120???... when he finished his observations), or did he start applying his cycle in 330 BCE, for his own personal calendar—or for a state calendar, although we see here no trace of him talking to religious or government authorities to get his cycle accepted by them... Please clarify...
CielProfond (talk) 12:57, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Precision?
Talk:Cotys I (Odrysian)

message: Asian 'Kotuz' (Turkic word for Yak).
There are many Kotuz in Thracian history and a very Turkish Kotuz as a Commander of Mamluken. He is the one who stopped the Mongolian Army. (some 750 years ago). UzunbacakAdem (talk) 13:44, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  KOTUZ
Talk:Crixus

message: "Crixus had fought for the Allobroges against the Romans and had been captured. . . .  In several early engagements, his company of Celtic gladiators changed the tide of battle by attacking weak points exposed by the slave army." This is news to me, and I can't find any such statements in the works of the Roman historians. Can we have a source, please? Tom129.93.17.220 (talk) 21:44, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Source? 

message: I just also recently visited Gannicus' article, and was surprised to find that the article was quite short, as to my dismay is the same with Crixos. Two great warriors of history who seem to have either eluded history or aren't getting their fair shake on Wikipedia, anyways I am going to keep my eyes open for any WP:RS that could give some notable accounts of Crixus. --MaximusEditor (talk) 10:09, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article could be beefed up
Talk:Constituencies of Belize

message: Thanks for the edits!--Aaronhumes 22:51, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Health promotion in higher education

message: Hi there!  Since you're new here I thought I'd explain what's behind my recent edits.
I added the  tag because right now this article acts as though these programs only exist in the United States.  Surely there is some activity in this area around the world.  Also, the section I've renamed "in the United States" reads right now a little more like  PR text than an encyclopedia article.  To this end avoid weasel phrases like "measurable guidelines" that don't actually provide any information.  
So far as content, is the most important thing about this field really the book of professional guidelines?  How about actually describing approaches to health promotion on campus.  Are there different schools of thought?  What has been proven successful?
Also, you may have noticed that I've cut down the number of external links by a lot.  Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a collection of external links, so it's always better for an article to add content rather than links (see WP:EL).  The rule of thumb is to only include links that add significant value to the reader beyond what even the best encyclopedia could provide.
If you have any questions on any of this (or anything for that matter), feel free to leave a note here or on my talk page.  — Laura Scudder ☎ 22:53, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Hi
Talk:Empress Dou (Wen)

message: WikiProject Biography Assessment
The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Yamara 13:46, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Biography/Assessment#Class_parameter|Biography assessment rating]] comment 

message: What are the references for this information? Where did the author get this? Bao Pu (talk) 22:41, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  References 
Talk:Empress Fu (Ai)

message: WikiProject Biography Assessment
The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Yamara 19:48, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Biography/Assessment#Class_parameter|Biography assessment rating]] comment 
Talk:Empress Wang (Xuan)

message: WikiProject Biography Assessment
The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Yamara 19:08, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
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Talk:Wang Zhi (empress)

message: WikiProject Biography Assessment
The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Yamara 21:25, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
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message: In 173B.C., Wang Zhi, the future queen of Western Han Dynasty was born. She had a fair complexion. Her skin bore a light of ice and it seemed that she was as clean as jade. Her name was a nice one and she was very smart. When Liu Qi, Han Jing Di of Western Han Dynasty reviewed the name list of the girls who were sent to be his concubines, he found the name Wang Zhi and loved it instantly, so he ticked the name and let Wang Zhi come into his palace.
Zen Buddhism. Ten Oxen Drawing. Queen Wang Zhi of Western Han Dynasty. 1964 A.D. Nov. 30th, 2007.
The marriage of Liu Che, Han Wu Di of Western Han Dynasty was agreed by Liu Qi, Han Jing Di and could take effect without the approval from Wang Zhi, the Queen. According to the literature, the Emperor has the supreme authority which was not allowed to be infringed. 
Zen Buddhism. Ten Oxen Drawing. Queen Wang Zhi of Western Han Dynasty. 1964 A.D. Written in Dec. 3rd, 2007.
Historic figures they have become, toward whom slanders and abuses are not allowed.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.75.121.227 (talk) 01:39, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: According to the literature, the prerequisite for a woman who was to be chosen for the Emperor is to have a fair complexion and a clean body.
Talk:Empress Xu (Cheng)

message: WikiProject Biography Assessment
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Talk:Peephole bra

message: Per this discussion, this article has been merged with List of brassiere designs. — btphelps (talk) (contribs) 06:16, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Merged with [[List of brassiere designs]]
Talk:Etazeta of Bithynia

message: WikiProject Biography Assessment Drives
Want to help write or improve biographies? Check out WikiProject Biography Tips for writing better articles. -- Yamara 07:48, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Biography/Assessment#Class_parameter|Biography assessment rating]] comment 

message: With a name like "Etazeta," her name in the original Greek is presumably only 2 letters: Eta Zeta (HZ). I am going to take the liberty of adding her untransliterated name in parentheses to the Article. The Mysterious El Willstro (talk) 07:46, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name
Talk:Eurydice I of Macedon

message: In this version 
#There are 8 references to Carney, but none of them is specifying the page. 
#Encyclopedia.com is not a reliable source. Please find another reference.
#James Chambers is a history professor, but not one of the best. The source is tertiary . Find a better one.
#How is 2.32 supposed to support that Eurydice supported education? 
Thanks! --Brunswick Dude (talk) 03:48, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: One more thing: User:Athenean removed WikiProject Albania from this article. I thought it would be necessary for this article to be followed by such wikiproject since the main contributor of the article, Empathictrust, added it to this talk page. It is unclear why the tag was removed. --Brunswick Dude (talk) 05:18, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Current problems to be fixed 

message: A close read of this article suggests that there seems be qiote of bit original reserach and/or personal views involved in its drafting.  Can someone with expertise in ancient Macedonian history take a look at this article and help Wikify it.  Thanks  --Chewings72 (talk) 11:57, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article needs expert assistance. 

message: People willing to expand the article should use the good and recent source: Elizabeth Donnelly Carney, Eurydice and the Birth of Macedonian Power, Oxford University Press, 2019. T8612 (talk) 15:58, 23 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Good source for the article

message: In Philip's page it says that he was sent to Thebes after the assassination of Alexander II. While in this page it mentions that he was sent there after the death of Ptolemy of Aloros. Can someone look into this? 2A02:214C:8759:D000:5063:F783:4375:855C (talk) 09:15, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contradiction with Philip II's page
Talk:Gaius Memmius (praetor 58 BC)

message: There are two sentences which appear to be at odds to me. 
"In 54, as candidate for the consulship..." and then "He died about the year 49..." 
I'd either like an explanation for how he was a candidate for consulship 5 years after he died, or for this mistake to be corrected somehow.
Thanks.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:100A:B000:2BE:35DA:C9A3:13FF:A5D9 (talk) 05:58, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: BC is the explanation. PamD 06:53, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  year of death? 

message: 'Poet' seems an odd descriptor for Memmius - he certainly did write poems, but we don't have any of them, and he appears much more often in ancient sources for other reasons - either his political career or his ambiguous relationship with Lucretius. To have written poetry was not unusual for a Roman with a political career - Cicero, Caesar and Augustus all did it, and we don't append their articles with (poet).
What would be the view of a title change to e.g. 'Gaius Memmius (praetor 58 BC)'? UndercoverClassicist (talk) 14:26, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title?
Talk:Xin of Han

message: Does it strike anyone that this HanXin is the same one as mentioned on the other page?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.68.67.120 (talk) 06:35, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The two Han Xins are different. Hanfresco (talk) 06:22, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Hi Deadkid_dk, according to Kings of the Han Dynasty, Wang of a different family name from the Han Dynasty Emperors are styled King. So I guess I support the move. Hanfresco (talk) 03:48, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for your support. _dk (talk) 05:30, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Han Xin of Han to King Xin of Han
Talk:Hecatomnus

message: Mausolus, Hecatomnus's son was something of an independent ruler de facto but this is not really true, as far as I know, of his father. The sentence in the lead of the article seems to backdate Mausolus's political stature to Hecatomnus. Therefore, I am going to boldly delete it. Bazuz (talk) 09:25, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Was he really autonomus? 
Talk:Zhao Mo

message: King Wen of Nanyue →  — "Zhao Mo" (Nanyue OR "Nam Viet") gets 101 hits on Google books, whereas "King Wen" Nanyue gets only 22, and at least seven of these refer to another King Wen, King Wen of Zhou. The form "Zhao Mo" is parallel to Zhao Tuo, the current article title for his  predecessor. This is desirable since they are two kings in the same dynasty. There is some dispute as to whether Zhao Mo was a king or an emperor and also concerning the correct transliteration of the country he was monarch of. The current title gratuitously imposes a POV with respect to both of these issues. Kauffner (talk) 12:21, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: *Comment There are nine monarchs named Emperor Wen/Wen-di/文帝 on the disambiguation page -- and this guy isn't even listed. Emperor Wen of Han made a peace treaty with Nanyue/Nam Viet. So searching that way would not yield a meaningful result. Kauffner (talk) 14:41, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 

message: After a little Googling, I conclude that Zhào Mò's usual name in Vietnamese is Văn Vương. The title of his Vietnamese Wikipedia article is Triệu Văn Vương (King Triệu Văn), so I am taking this as the formal version of the name and "Văn Vương" as an abbreviated form. Hardly anyone uses "Triệu Muội". If you convert Zhào Mò/趙眜 to Vietnamese, you get Triệu Mắt, but I don't see this name appearing much either. Muội/ means "dull witted" whereas Mắt/ means "eyes," so Muội could be a joke of some kind. Kauffner (talk) 12:29, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Zhào Mò's Vietnamese name
Talk:Cerro Machín

message: unfortunaly, this article is not only written with some slang words but needs citations (also, there wasn't an 8.8 earthquake in popayan. if i'm correct, it was in tumaco (ecuador-colombian border). it is still far from popayan).
thank you  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.34.58.83 (talk) 22:04, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: re-writing needed

message: part of the article refering to the bogota caldera need to go in an independent article (don't forget references please!)93.34.54.142 (talk) 22:29, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: bogota caldera
Talk:Clitomachus (philosopher)

message: The introduction says "came to Athens  around 146 BC", but under Life it says "He came to Athens in 163/2 BC, when he was about 24 years old." 
In Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, the source of this article, Adolph Stahr writes "came to Athens in his 40th year of his age, previously at least to the year 146 BC". (My note: I.e. previously to the year of the fall of Carthage.)
Diogenes Laertius says "had reached his fortieth year when he went to Athens" and this might be (or, rather, probably is) the source of Stahr's "40th year of age".
No reference is given in this article for 163/2 and 24 years old, but a little detective work shows that "146" (in the Life-section) was changed to "163/2" by Singinglemon on 16 December 2009 (i.e. the contradictory years have been unnoticed for almost three years!). Singinglemon gave a reference, Dorandi, page. 49, for the years of birth/death in the introduction, but not for the emigration. But in that same table of Dorandi it says "163/2 Clitomachus goes to Athens". On page 33 Dorandi writes "Clitomachus (born in Carthage, 187/6) had originally come to Athens at the age of twenty-four, in 163/2, and four years later, in 159/8, started to attend the lectures of the elder Carneades." (In the footnote to this sentence he writes "These dates are only approximate, because of the problem connected with exclusive versus inclusive reckoning".) Dorandi continues "His reasons for founding his own school, nineteen years later, in 140/39 (Hagnotheos' archonship) are obscure".
German Wikipedia says: "Im Alter von 24 Jahren, also wohl 163/162, kam er nach Athen." and gives the reference "Eine anderslautende Überlieferung, wonach er bei der Übersiedlung bereits 40 Jahre alt war, ist nicht glaubwürdig; siehe Görler (1994) S. 899."(ref)Woldemar Görler: Die Akademie zwischen Karneades und Philon. In: Grundriss der Geschichte der Philosophie, Die Philosophie der Antike, Bd. 4/2: Die hellenistische Philosophie, hrsg. Hellmut Flashar, 2. Auflage, Schwabe, Basel 1994, , S. 898–914)(/ref) - free translation (as well as I can with my rudimentary German... and rudimentary English...): "A different wording according to which he should have been 40 years of age at his emigration is not trustworthy, see Görler (1994) p. 899." 
--Episcophagus (talk) 18:07, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  When did he come to Athens?
Talk:Deathgaze

message: Much thanks, Phayd2dark , for re-adding the Deathgaze article. I remember when it was up earlier last year but I guess it got deleted. As long as it stays detailed, i'm sure there's no point in it getting re-deleted. Oh, I also think someone should add on to the article that a audition is being held pretty soon for a new vocalist. I'll try to find more information on that. Furik 23:28, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Let's hope this stays up
Talk:Ural-375

message: I have seen in many sources a model called Ural-357D. Is there a such vehicle or is it just an error? --Gwafton (talk) 20:41, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It is just an error. It was Ural-375, Ural-377, Ural-375 D, Ural 4320 but never was an Ural-357 D. Neverguesswhathappened (talk) 06:11, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ural-357D and Ural-375D 

message: The tab 'past users' names East Germany as a past user, stating passed to succesor states. The tab current users nor past users doesn't mention Germany. 2001:818:DC37:6600:C0C0:7588:D4C2:38A1 (talk) 17:33, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Past-Current users
Talk:Timberline Middle School

message: This article seems to not really say much about the school except for how their basketball team wins, and their above average test scores, and how their last musical sold out. This seems to focus on how great the school is. I am also considering placing a no citations tag. And unless these events that happened in their school were big deals, I don't know how they will be able to cite it. --♫Twinkler4♫ (Talk to me!) 03:23, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV
Talk:Calcutta Club

message: Hi.  Not sure why this has a notability notice.  This is one of the most historic institutions in Kolkata and so deserves an article.  Admittedly, there's not much there yet, but I'll help to expand, as I obtain information.  As I don't live in Kolkata, and I've only been to the Club a couple of times, I'm not in the best position to provide authoritative information, but I'll certainly help. Baggie 23:33, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Mattan I

message: Oppose (and, given lack of discussion, close). Belus of Tyre is a short article at the moment but is patently a different figure, possibly created from a conflation of Mattan with his father. — LlywelynII 05:43, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge
Talk:Mithridates of Cius

message: An anonymous editor added this claim:
:According to Plutarch he was sentenced to death by scaphism, and survived it for 17 days.
The reference being to Plutarch's Artaxerxes. But Plutarch's Mithridates was a Persian who wounded Cyrus the Younger at the battle of Cunaxa in 401 BC and was executed soon afterwards. This does not seem to be the same person as the other gentlemen of the same name mentioned in the article. (If there is genuine scholarly opinion that these people may be identified then we can restore the claim with an appropriate reference.) Gdr 23:13, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confusion between Mithridates?  
Talk:Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard

message: I checked -- the book is notable. It won the Betty Trask Award in 1998. 
--Otheus 23:41, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notability

message: Name of 'Kapila Pradhan' is a broken link that doesn't go anywhere.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.187.141.221 (talk) 22:21, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Sometimes we leave redlinks if we think the subject will eventually get an article. But in this case, I doubt Pradhan is notable enough to get an article of his own, so I removed the link. Thanks for pointing that out. Aristophanes68 (talk) 04:32, 9 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Broken Link
Talk:Pierneef

message: Good day. The paintings of J.H.Pierneef is now in Stellenbosch South Africa. It is at the Rupert Museum belonging to the Rupert family. The address of the museum is: Stellentia avenue, Stellenbosch, South Africa, Phone number (+27)21 888 3344. 
I had the time of my live seeing his work there today. It is simpely great!!!!!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.4.188.174 (talk) 21:29, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled