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Talk:Édouard Empain

message: How that without any military education in a army - respect!--2003:F2:8710:2C01:9CF0:63E3:84CD:60C8 (talk) 00:37, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: ...worked for Colonel Sanders. Honorific military titles are not particularly rare. —Brigade Piron (talk) 17:50, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Really a General?
Talk:Arthur Lee (diplomat)

message: This article needs work which I cannot perform while traveling, i.e. away from Virginia history rooms. I remember hearing about a controversy involving this Lee, and thought it financial rather than relating to his anti-slavery pamphlet of 1767 which Nash says was read more in Britian than Virginia. Would be very interested in the links between this Lee, Councillor Robert Carter III (who emancipated slaves starting in 1791 or 1792) and George Mason (d. 1792).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jweaver28 (talk • contribs) 12:57, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
Talk:Rayan

message: I propose that the sections 'Given name' and 'Surname' either be split to a page tentatively called Rayan (name) (but see also Rayan (Persian given name)) or left at 'Rayan', while 'Places' and 'Organizations', as well as any non-name-related content go to Rayan (disambiguation) (which currently redirects here). The current page contains language, origin, and other content not appropriate for a disambiguation page, as well as place names etc. not appropriate for an anthroponymy article. I would welcome other suggestions for appropriate page names, primary topic choices, or other solutions. Cnilep (talk) 07:12, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Hello . Sorry, I saw this tagged for cleanup and so did a clean up, including creating Al Rayyan (disambiguation), before properly noticing the split tag and this Talk page section. Fortunately my actions align with your proposal, except that the disambiguation page is at a different title. I trust that's OK. Regards, Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 17:39, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: That is OK with me, except that there has been some treatment (see, for example, above) of other, non-Arabic, non-Persian names. I announced the split proposal at several potentially interested WikiProjects; let's see if anyone else has suggestions or objections. Cnilep (talk) 22:38, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Propose splitting
Talk:John Dawson (Virginia politician)

message: I'm writing this note because I don't know if or when I can come back to this entry, and I'm nowhere near finished with the Labunski book whose ref I just added--which seems to have either whiffed or ignored the slavery issue. The book does mention that Madison's letters to Dawson were destroyed, although Madison saved Dawson's letters. 
I've also edited the wikipedia article for Edward Coles, Madison's secretary in this era, whose opposition to slavery has only recently been written about, and whose dealings with Dawson I hadn't noticed, although Coles thought Madison would free his slaves in his will (over a decade after Dawson's apparently early death). Several of Virginia's anti-Federalists, particularly George Mason and William Grayson and the Brent who became the District of Columbia's new clerk, also thought slavery contrary to the principles enunciated in the Declaration of Independence and earlier Virginia documents in part drafted by Mason. But that stance got them forgotten, as Virginia's planters and lawyers became slavery's biggest defenders. I don't know which side Dawson, apparently of Fredericksburg and Spottsylvania County, took, but would be interested to learn.Jweaver28 (talk) 15:27, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dawson and Slavery 

message: What was he know for in black history month 2603:9000:B440:26E:E08C:AA15:43C:B7DE (talk) 03:28, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  William l Dawson
Talk:Parkersburg–Belpre Bridge

message: I changed the completion date of the current bridge from 1976 to 1980, based solely on the date of the demolition of the suspension bridge it replaced (see the photo of the current bridge under construction in Dec. 1976 in the "external links section").  But I couldn't pin down a firm completion date (maybe it was 1979?) using internet resources or materials at hand, so if anybody can find a referenced source for that, it'd be great.  -- Malepheasant 04:47, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Bat (goddess)

message: Bata is an Egyptian male god, and Bat is the name of the goddess.  Please read Susan T. Hollis, in: Chronique d'Égypte 59, 1984, page 248-257, where you can find more literature concerning Bata the male god.. Please excuse my bad English.  Best wishes from --Gudrun Meyer 14:31, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I found out that you need references or sources for the female god Bat. Here is the best reference: Lexikon der Ägyptologie I, Wiesbaden 1975, 630-632. The best way to solve the problem is moving the article Bata (goddess) to Bat (goddess). Best wishes from --Gudrun Meyer 23:44, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Now I edited this article by myself. You only have to move Bata (goddess) to Bat (goddess), because I do not dare it. Best wishes from --Gudrun Meyer 19:29, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I am very disappointed that I got no answer since May 24th 2007 in the Talk: Bata (goddess). Now I’ll move Bata (goddess) to Bat (goddess) myself. She is really written B3t, not Bata (cf. Faulkner, Pyramid Texts, Utterance 506, p. 181). You can find a new article concerning Bata (god), which I started today.  With kindest regards --Gudrun Meyer 20:18, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bata and Bat 

message: I want to edit this article and I find it is full of statements which are widely quoted across the internet.  One is the identification of Bat with the Milky Way - I can't find this in Wilkinson (one of the reference sources) and I intend to remove it.  I am going to go through the article and delete anything which is doubtful or unreferenced. Apepch7 (talk) 19:26, 23 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Did you?  What was removed? פשוט pashute ♫ (talk) 11:43, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  assertions in article
Talk:Benben

message: the hieroglyph for the benben is a triangular pyramid shape. ref. The lost mummy of Imhotep series/special (sorta looks like a drawing of a teepee or tent to my modern eyes, its taller then wide with another smaller triangle of same angle centered at its base and within the larger 1st) Bloodkith (talk) 01:48, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: found this Bread-cone (hieroglyph) appears to be the one they pointed out in the show. Bloodkith (talk) 03:52, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  the hieroglyph 

message: The primordial mound that rose from the deep was a volcano, they believe it spit out the Sun.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.167.227.16 (talk) 03:49, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Volcano 

message: request. i studied benben in high school
Samdoesstuff (talk) 18:27, 12 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. Cannolis (talk) 18:46, 12 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 12 May 2016
Talk:Northland Peninsula

message: Is this really a noteworthy entry? I haven't heard of this so called "North Auckland Peninsula" ever before, it's really just the upper part of the North Island. Jarbury 04:49, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's more often referred to these days as the Northland Peninsula, but yes, the term is widely used. A quick google of it under either name shows plenty of non-Wikipedia hits , . If you're in NZ, have a quick listen to tonight's TV weather - chances are it will be mentioned. Grutness...wha? 05:29, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Bennu

message: Different birds-(species) represent the "Bennu-bird"
This "bennu-bird", from the Book of the Dead, is quite striking-(gray stork). (Papyrus of Ani).
It should be noted that because of Ancient Egypt's long timeframe of history, and different regions, and the "fashion of the time", that multiple explanations, and importance of the Bennu ebbed and flowed. I know the explanation of the Bennu with the BenBen stone goes back to the "beginning" dynasties, but I think with the Papyrus(the Paper-equivalent), and the many Books of the Dead, in their color-portrayals, (as opposed to the wall paintings in color), there possibly was a resurgence of the Beauty of the Bennu-bird. (This rebirth could be a pun, but I don't mean it as such.) I do think this (Now Non-stub article) shows the variety of uses of the Bennu bird, over a range of times.
When some categorization, or assessment–(of this article) comes along, I hope there is a way to put things into a Category/Style of: Multiuse/ or Multi-interpretation, along the lines of how the "Usage of Ancient Egytptian Amulets" must have also been "Multi-used", by different People in different regions, at different time-periods. (And I added the hieroglyphs a year ago, on an article that was very short. It now looks pretty nice, and it covers a lot of ground in its (synoptic)-explanation, ... from the beginning dynasties down to post-Book of the Dead time.)  A Note from the ArizonaDesert of ArizUSA-- ..-Mmcannis 05:55, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Gray stork bennu

message: Just re-reading "a once-old article from Wikipedia"....Anybody see a "burning bush" story close-by?.....hmmmm..I wonder--.....SonoranDesertFellow from USA,North America-Mmcannis (talk) 17:55, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Burning bush/burning tree

message: This sentence at the beginning of the article is ambiguous as to who considered the pillar to be the most holy place on earth. I'm thinking the priests did, but the sentence reads that the visitors thought so. --Born2flie (talk) 09:26, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Visitors or Priests 

message: On May 1, 2013 - the name of asteroid (101955) 1999 RQ36 was designated as "Bennu". Should there be a redirect here, or the disambiguation page be updated?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Therealdfletch (talk • contribs) 17:21, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Asteroid 1999 RQ36 

message: eagle and heron rappresent the phoenix...
79.25.170.52 (talk) 12:45, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. EvergreenFir (talk) Please  18:34, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 4 May 2016 

message: I just watch Animal Planet program about Egypt animals. It shows Benu as a modern day bird, hunting for fish. Is there a real world version of it? Hyoroemon2 (talk) 12:13, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Connection with extant bird species
Talk:Berenice Syra

message: The box about the "office" of Seleucid Queen she held, lists Ptolemy III Euergetes (King of Egypt and her brother) as her "successor". I feel like, if there's any actual justification for this, it has not been made clear, because I highly doubt that Ptolemy III ever became a Seleucid Queen. Is this saying he became king of the Seleucid empire in some sense whenever he invaded it to avenge her death? I don't think he actually conquered it, but I'm no expert on these things.DubleH (talk) 18:35, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, he seems to have exercised kingship over Mesopotamia for a year or two after her death; but (a) it's not certain he claimed the title and (b) she was never the actual ruler of the Seleucid empire, so he would be the successor of her son, not of her. Furius (talk) 22:34, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why is Ptolemy III her "Successor"
Talk:Bes

message: I reverted an addition that claimed bes was a "deity-demon". Can anyone provide a RS to back up, it doesn't sound right. Jeff Dahl (Talk • contribs) 01:18, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bes demon? 

message: In most cultures the Holy Child/Baby/Fetus (jesus, krishna etc etc) represents the synthesis of the God and Goddess and the making of peace and good luck. Bes is simply the little child, the good luck charm. The hand of Fatima and the evil eye charm also has the same connotation,  the "bagged seed" or the fetus in the belly. Bes is the kiss received (from the Father to the Mother) and the pledge made between them.
All good things come of the encirclement of the spark.
The theory that it would be a miscarried fetus is absoutely ridiculous and I am constantly surprised over the low level of many symbol interpretations. Common sense will go  a long way. Why would a misscarriage or a demon be a good luch charm? Absurd.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.114.27.253 (talk) 08:09, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bes is the Sacred Child 

message: PS: This is of course why BES is shown in FULL FRONTAL - because he incorporates BOTH sides (synthesis, integration). He is complete symbolically (just as Christ figures often seem androgynous in their representations.)
People in ancient times had MORE knowledge than us many times, time to step off the high horses.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.114.27.253 (talk) 08:12, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bes - The Sacred Child 

message: Why are references not appearing on this page?  I added one just now and it has dissappeared.Apepch7 (talk) 15:09, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: OK fixed it Apepch7 (talk) 15:14, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  References section 

message: It is claimed by one of the commentators in the History Channel's programme on Medusa that the iconography of the Gorgon, of Rangda, of Mayan and other gods and of Bes all have common features, based on the appearance of human bodies after death. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVG3SqfgD-I (around 4 mins in) - I fail to see the similarity, but thought I'd flag it up.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.195.182.26 (talk) 13:55, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bes and Medusa 

message: I was reading this Ars Techinica article about Bes and went to wikipedia hoping to find out more about the deity.
I was pretty disappointed that the long list of details in the 'Worship' section is nearly entirely without tags, so a viewer cannot easily source or reference these items. In particular I was interested in claims of tattoos, but have been unable to find images or references to this claim. 202.68.86.122 (talk) 00:06, 15 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tagged as 'No footnotes' Poor use of inline tags. 

message: — Assignment last updated by Maka'alaKaono (talk) 02:46, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: 311_History of Ancient Egypt
Talk:Boris de Rachewiltz

message: ----
Wouldn't it make more sense to split Borris and Mary into two pages? 69.151.195.123 (talk) 08:23, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  

message: Is this an article about Boris de Rachewiltz? or is it about his father-in-law, his wife, and his children??
:I would think Mary de Rachewiltz deserves her own article. It seems bizarre to have a section on someone else's works in a biographical article.24.69.174.26 (talk) 22:52, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Boris? or Boris' Family? 

message: - what is the origin of the name де Рачевильц / de Rachewiltz 79.251.93.196 (talk) 04:08, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  de Rachewiltz (де Рачевильц)  

message: Was he adopted? 89.64.68.227 (talk) 20:46, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  "born as Luciano Baratti"
Talk:Ancient Egyptian cattle

message: "Many were mummified." - no attempts yet to extract DNA and try and resolve their relationships? Should be a milk run compared to the dodo. Dysmorodrepanis 16:15, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I am having trouble finding any source newer than the 1911 encyclopedia. Is this still currently accepted or should this whole article be deleted? Rmhermen (talk) 18:59, 27 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Added three inline citations.--Dthomsen8 (talk) 14:44, 9 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Dubious?
Talk:Burgundy (color)

message: It's called a shade of purple much like some light shades of purple but it's shown more related with brown and red... This is contradictory!!!Herle King 16:52, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There seems to be differing views of what colour burgundy is (not uncommon with colours). This article, as it is currently, seems to side with the dark red view. However, most people I am familiar with he even know of a colour called burgundy usually view it as a slightly purple, very dark red colour (with the emphasis that the slight purple colour is what distinguishes it from dark red and from maroon). No mention of this other view is given in the article. Is this a regional variation? — al-Shimoni (talk) 13:35, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Contradiction

message: I doubt the statement that "The passports of the European Union all have burgundy covers". As you can see in the article about passports of the European Union, there is some variation among the shades of red that are used. For example, while the British passport indeed has a deep burgundy colour, Dutch passports are maroon and Greek passports seem to be bright red. A nice juxtaposition can be seen here, showing the colour differences. I propose removing said phrase. - TaalVerbeteraar (talk) 13:27, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  EU passports 

message: The "burgundy" under the "Shades of red" section appears the color seen in fruit juices (of fermented wines) as the header appears "blood-red" ("maroon").  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.44.178.75 (talk) 04:44, 16 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  External Links
Talk:Blue Wool Scale

message: I couldn't find a good place to link this from... maybe it should be merged into dye instead? -- Avocado (talk) 19:20, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  orphan / merging 

message: Is the method for evaluating media (paints, inks, pigments) the same as for dyes? I have seen some paints' light fastness given as a blue wool number. Thank you, Wordreader (talk) 05:37, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Evaluating media? 
Talk:Bice

message: (1) If anyone cares to look at the wiktionary entry for "bice", you can see a list of linked other blue pigments. Should the corresponding articles on wikipedia all be deleted?
(2) Reason stated is not true, the wikipedia article as it stands already carries more information than the wiktionary entry.Unoquha (talk) 09:19, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposed deletion: objections
Talk:Cardinal (color)

message: I corrected the (source-less) statement about the etymology of cardinal birds, but as I'm new to editing Wikipedia I wasn't sure how to add a citation.  However, there are multiple different sources for it.
--Ebf526 (talk) 03:08, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
Talk:Cleomenes of Naucratis

message: arabian district ?? 150.140.229.175 (talk) 03:41, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Monbukagakusho Scholarship

message: I would like to ask you to block the article for non-registered users, because of spamming. Since years, one site with commercial guide is advertising here. I have removed it more than 30 times.
130.34.246.190 (talk) 07:58, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that this guide shouldn't be listed here. I removed it again. If somebody with the necessary privileges comes across this, please consider locking the page. --178.24.208.44 (talk) 16:22, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Again, could someone please take care of this external link spamming? It's really tiresome having to deal with this.--178.24.208.44 (talk) 20:13, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  SPAM 

message: I have gone through the article and tried to improve it. This can be seen here: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Monbukagakusho_Scholarship&diff=1098556541&oldid=1098552051. However, due to its already low quality, I haven't been able to improve it significantly. Thus, I left the tone template in place. I think this article really should be entirelly rewritten from scratch by someone with knowledge in this area. Of course, with references (the article currently holds none). Profzed (talk) 11:42, 16 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article rewrite
Talk:Cleopatra of Macedon

message: Correction of word "macedonia" to "Macedon" and linked to the article "Macedon"
(Seleukosa 10:00, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Macedon

message: How could she have been born in 356 BC, if her elder brother Alexander was born in July of the same year? --Lareine (talk) 19:42, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Birth Year

message: Does anyone know what this sentence in the current sixth paragraph of the article means?:
"She was more surprisingly seemingly acting as the religious head of state for the people of Molossia." Does it mean something like this?: "More surprisingly, she seems to have acted as the religious head of state for the people of Molossia."  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.253.92.153 (talk) 09:02, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Unclear Wording
Talk:Coffin Texts

message: Hi, I amended the caption to pic inserted to ref Book of the Two Ways because that is what is shown.  the BotTW is not just the map but also the texts and other illustrations (see Lesko) and as such forms a part of the Coffin Texts.  The Coffin Texts are a kind pseudo collection which never appeared in the set sequence we can read in Faulkner et al (rather as the Pyramid texts are) and are presented confusingly as if they can be.  Anyway I don't have a real problem with a caption as amended but I do feel it is a little misleading now and the pic would sit better in the section on the BotTW. Apepch7 (talk) 16:25, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Humm… I sort of see the point, but the Book of Two Ways is a part of the Coffin Texts, insofar as the Coffin Texts are a unified collection at all (and scholars do mostly treat them as a unified collection, which is why we have this article). The source I have on hand for the Coffin Texts says that they "appear on all six inner faces of the coffins, and in some cases they can be shown to proceed from one side to its opposite parallel wall, and in other cases from one to another contingent sides, while the tops and bottoms generally seem independent."(The Oxford Essential Guide to Egyptian Mythology, p. 142)Therefore the Book of Two Ways, appearing on the bottom of this coffin, probably doesn't extend to the sides. Therefore the photograph shows several different parts of the Coffin Texts, even if the Book of Two Ways is most prominent, and demonstrates their presence on all inside panels of the coffin. I can't think of a better way to take a picture of the Coffin Texts as a whole, and I'm sure we don't have a better picture available to us (unless you'd rather see the coffin opened up like this or this, which is not an accurate representation of its intended shape and is less recognizably a coffin). The ideal image for the Book of Two Ways section would be a face-on photo of just the bottom panel, but we don't have that, either. Perhaps the image could serve both purposes, with an additional sentence in the caption: "The Book of Two Ways appears on the bottom"? A. Parrot (talk) 01:49, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Book of the Two Ways
Talk:Madison Theatre

message: Given the performances scheduled for the theatre, I doubt this building has been abandoned per the category I just removed.  Please add a source before re-adding the abandoned building tag.  Rklawton 05:03, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: My source was AfD'd - on List of abandoned buildings in the United States somebody had stated it was demolished in 2000. I now see that was a theater of the same name in Detroit. I am not an admin, I only got a snapshot of the last version of the page (here temporarily), so I dunno what editor originally linked here. Sorry about that. — RevRagnarok Talk Contrib 10:49, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No worries.  In fact it's a really interesting illustration of a problem with "list of" articles.  I certainly didn't think you were going around randomly tagging articles.  Cheers, Rklawton 12:40, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Not abandoned