Talk:Herostratus

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message: AN IMPORTANT APPEAL TO HISTORIANS: That man, whose name I purpously omit, destroyed that most beautiful building solely to become famous. Appropriately, his court's sentence declared that his name should be forgotten and never-ever mentioned. We owe them this loyalty: Let us erase his name from Wikipedia and history books. In our times many people do horrible things because they cannot stand being un-noticed by the public. The proper penalty, among others, should be silence and application to such vandals etc. a form of the Google's "Right to be Forgotten".
<! Modern day Herostratus are usualy pop and film stars becouse they consciously sing shity songs and act in shity films just to be famous. Even persons who take part in the Jerry Springer show could be considered as Herostratus becouse they would beat their best friend yust to be on TV and achieve tehir fifteen minutes of fame.
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Brian Chase (of Siegenthalergate fame) received a wikipedia article for his misdeed of vandalizing wikipedia.  The irony parallels Herostratus's "immortality" via an assault on a deity's shrine quite nicely.
:I'm don't agree with the Brian Chase reference. Herostratus requires committing the act for the purposes of fame, Brian Chase committed the act for purposes of a joke.Aluchko 03:30, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Discussion

message: Was the guy's actual name really "Herostratus", or is it the name he was given since they had to refer to him as something? --maru   (talk)  contribs 22:05, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name 

message: Shouldn't this article be deleted by WP:DENY? =) Borisblue 03:08, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Haha, I guess you could make that stretch. But then, a paradox: this is an article, but anything to be deleted by WP:DENY goes to MfD... aaaaah! What to do?! -- Kicking222 15:39, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

text: [*incivility removed*] WP:DENY doesn't apply to the mainspace. 210.50.97.114 08:09, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Must concede, was tempted to nuke the article and replace it with just This Page Intentionally Left Blank.81.157.27.107 (talk) 01:27, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

text: Not to mention having the page is a clear violation of Turkish law! ;) Superm401 - Talk 22:26, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

text: I was so tempted to blackout his name here.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101.119.14.3 (talk) 11:27, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Deny Recognition to Vandals!

message: I do not see how this could be important enough for this article. I mean, a referance to Sartre is one thing, a marginally famous pop-group something else. I suggest this part gone.
Greswik 15:11, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Regarding the pop-group section

message: How could he burn it?  Does marble burn? 0xFFFF 10:23, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Everything burns. Reinistalk 18:59, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

text: There was probably a lot of flammable art and some wooden structures. The temple was rebuilt a few decades after Herostratu burnt it. Seano1 (talk) 03:42, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Can you put some sourced info about this into the article? I think it would help, as it currently sounds like he burned the marble. 218.250.8.252 (talk) 11:37, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

text: This article suggests that if the fire gets hot enough it can cause the stone to crack and crumble, destroying its structural integrity. If it's a load-bearing pillar, that also affects everything above it. Dousing the stone with vinegar would accelerate the process, not that I expect that happened here. Still, yes you can destroy marble temples with fire. --76.217.116.74 (talk) 16:05, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

text: I'd been aksing the same krestion. Maybe someone who knows about such things more than I could add some of the responses to the article.... PurpleChez (talk) 10:27, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

text: Individual Wikipedia vanity pages don't inspire movies, lend their names to words in multiple languages, or figure in classical literature.  At least, not yet they don't. --Mark H Wilkinson (t, c) 10:22, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Burned a marble temple? 

message: Is there any actual evidence that he existed, other than anecdotal mentions?—Yutsi  Talk/  Contributions ( 偉特 ) 00:17, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: His existence isn't much different from that of thousands of others mentioned in Greek literature who never left an inscription or minted a coin.  It doesn't matter much to the issue of "Herostratic fame" anyway... AnonMoos (talk) 00:42, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text:  Right! JonRichfield (talk) 17:22, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I actually do exist. Ask my wife. Herostratus (talk) 17:44, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Existence 

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