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Are you sure those two statues are Qingbai ware? I agree they look like it, but the descriptions are useless, and they are not categorized as it. Johnbod ( talk) 00:17, 14 September 2016 (UTC)
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There is a separate article, Hellenistic armies, that covers the Diadochi-period armies. How this arose, I'm uncertain of. It does make some sense, however, as the Macedonian army of Philip and Alexander was very unlike contemporary Hellenic armies, and it was hugely successful. In contrast, he armies of the Diadochi were all very similar to each other, with some minor distinctions like the use of elephants. To treat the military of the Macedonian kingdom as a continuum, from Philip II to Perseus, would probably be misleading as all the successor states claimed a direct inheritance from the state of Alexander, and the brief metamorphosis of Macedon into a huge multi-ethnic empire is an effective political and military hiatus. This hiatus is significant enough to separate the military history of the Kingdom of Macedonia into two unequal halves. Perhaps the title of the article would be more precisely worded as "Macedonian army of Philip II and Alexander the Great", but this is too pedantic. The general reader looking for the army of ancient Macedon would be looking for that of Alexander, primarily, and those wishing to trace the later history of the Macedonian military are given pointers (links) within the article. Urselius ( talk) 10:13, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
I have added mutual links and disambiguation headings to both " Ancient Macedonian army" and " Antigonid Macedonian army". Hopefully, readers will now find it a little easier to navigate and understand the relationship between the two. Urselius ( talk) 13:11, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
Stop vandalizing the italian and roman articles, if you are going to make an edit provide evidence and not just assumptions. The image has been considered to be a depection of Galla Placidia for a long time, even if it has been doubted, just like almost everything in antiquity. The letters on the image of the Croce dei desideri are in Greek, this is from articles in italian you can find all around the web.
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Thank you for today's Sino-Roman relations "about the largely indirect relations between the Roman Empire (and its medieval incarnation, the Eastern Roman Empire) and the Han dynasty of China, followed by relations with subsequent Chinese dynasties. It contains information about ancient authors from both the Roman and Han Chinese realms and in some cases their attempts to understand the geography, history, culture, society, and governments of the respective empires on opposite ends of the Eurasian continent. The major focus, however, is on the poorly understood diplomatic missions that occurred between these two empires, as well as the trade activity that occurred between them via the Indian Ocean."! Impressive! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:22, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
The current Museo page describes it as a likely 2nd century copy! Of an Augustan original! Based on a much, much earlier work! Great. Have a gander... [1] Haploidavey ( talk) 12:37, 8 October 2016 (UTC)
Museum captions, eh? Just read through your debating on a certain other museum's caption. Hair-raising stuff. Haploidavey ( talk) 12:46, 8 October 2016 (UTC)
Hi there Pericles. Sports history in the American south is more the kind of thing where I know enough to add to an encyclopedia, though I'd own several more books on Ancient Greek philosophy and art/archaeology. Did a little to clean up and expand both Miltiades the Younger and Minoan Civilization, and to combine the two areas of wikipedia-interest I had to make Aristonicus of Carystus. Any areas which could use help from a dilettante? Cheers. Cake ( talk) 17:22, 8 October 2016 (UTC)
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Hey, its me (again again), I noticed you have done some work on War elephants, I am planning to at some point split off the roman section into its own article and expand it, would you be interested in helping? Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 19:58, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
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Thank you very much for improving Sogdia and bringing it to GA status! Well done! Sogdians were almost forgotten in history of Greater Iran, but you revived them, much appreciated! Kouhi ( talk) 18:53, 11 October 2016 (UTC) |
Hi!
First of all, I think I remember you sending me your email address some time ago???? But I can't find it. If so, would you mind sending it to me again at: wynhill2@bigpond.net.au ? It would help me if I want to put you in touch with people who might not want their particulars made public here.
I just wrote to friend (a renowned professor of Chinese Language and Literature) who is very interested in the photos you posted and I asked him what he thought about the photo showing the woman holding the glass(?) vessel. Here is the brief preliminary note I just received back from him:
"Dear John,
These are wonderful! May I share them through the Xi circulars and with a few other specialist colleagues?
I have an idea about the vessel in the second photo and also something very exciting about one of the other photos.
Will get back to you on this after I check some things.
best, . . . ."
Please let me know if you are happy for him to use any of the photos this way. Also, is there any way of obtaining higher resolution copies?
I will certainly let you know what he says when he writes.
So, thanks so much again - look forward to hearing from you when you can spare the time. Cheers! John Hill ( talk) 23:52, 11 October 2016 (UTC)
Would you like me to review Europeans in Medieval China? If so I'll do it tomorrow, as i'm going to sleep soon. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 03:36, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
I'm very glad that you enjoy them, I'll keep uploading whenever I discover more. I've seen the link that you shared with Tahut'ing murals, it's very nice. I'm going to upload more pictures of the wonderful motifs from there. Actually I'm a beginner on Wikipedia, I saw you've already done a number of great works here, really appreciate it! By the way, Sogdians are very interesting, they are like a bridge between East and West, really curious. Uriel Wang Talk 21:57, 14 October 2016 (UTC)
Just to let you know that your good work hasn't been forgotten. I am still working on the Dahuting murals - and so are a number of other people - but mostly through a flurry of emails. Much of it is by specialists in early Chinese history some of whom are not used to working on Wikipedia. Also, I have found some higher resolution photos by Prof. Gary Lee Todd on Flickr that should help people interpret some of the interesting details in the murals. He has posted more than 137,000 photos(!!!) on Flickr - many of them on Asian subjects - and many of them truly outstanding. And because they are on Flikr, I believe they should all be able to be uploaded to WP. Do you know if this is so? He is a professor living in China. You can find his photos of the Dahuting murals (along with some by other people) by checking this page: https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=Dahuting but, it seems you have to be log into Flikr first. I don't want to try to deal with the many speculations by other people about the murals on Wikipedia - I don't think it is the place for it - but would be happy to discuss some of them with you by email. If you would like to do this, please do email me at: wynhill2@bigpond.net.au Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you so very much once again for bringing these fascinating murals to my attention. It has begun a wonderful exchange of ideas which I hope will lead to new discoveries. All best wishes, John Hill ( talk) 20:37, 16 October 2016 (UTC)
What do you think is the hair color for the Ludovisi Gaul? In some images it looks lighter than others. Cake ( talk) 10:31, 17 October 2016 (UTC)
Hi, I've recently created this, Needs quality editors. If you ever do any articles starts or improvements they'd be very welcome!♦ Dr. Blofeld 07:33, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
Mind if I list sources here I found helpful? Perhaps you can better sort their claims between pottery and painting.
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First, this article is an extremely fascinating one, and I'd like to help improve it. But I'm not sure how to comply with WP:LEADSENTENCE. This article has unclear boundaries so I’m puzzled what exactly the precise topic is, and what is an example of an RS that discusses it, exactly. ‘Through the Jade Gate’ deals with Han-Roman relations exclusively and is self published and doesn’t seem to have been reviewed by academics. None of McLaughlin’s books has this precise topic. Henry Yule and Hirth are over a century old. McLaughlin even sadly notes the lack of academic attention to this niche here. This isn’t to say that these aren’t great, first class scholarly books and this isn’t an utterly fascinating topic that has been neglected. NPalgan2 ( talk) 11:48, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
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Hi Pericles of Athens! I would be very pleased if you could help me with the clean up of the article ' Regions of ancient Greece' and my attempt to make it a good and easily-readable article in the wiki. If you can please let me know. Thank you! NickTheRipper ( talk) 21:15, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
Ok dude, I knew you had a great task improving Kindom of Macedonia article so I wish you the best! NickTheRipper ( talk) 21:37, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
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Are you sure those two statues are Qingbai ware? I agree they look like it, but the descriptions are useless, and they are not categorized as it. Johnbod ( talk) 00:17, 14 September 2016 (UTC)
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There is a separate article, Hellenistic armies, that covers the Diadochi-period armies. How this arose, I'm uncertain of. It does make some sense, however, as the Macedonian army of Philip and Alexander was very unlike contemporary Hellenic armies, and it was hugely successful. In contrast, he armies of the Diadochi were all very similar to each other, with some minor distinctions like the use of elephants. To treat the military of the Macedonian kingdom as a continuum, from Philip II to Perseus, would probably be misleading as all the successor states claimed a direct inheritance from the state of Alexander, and the brief metamorphosis of Macedon into a huge multi-ethnic empire is an effective political and military hiatus. This hiatus is significant enough to separate the military history of the Kingdom of Macedonia into two unequal halves. Perhaps the title of the article would be more precisely worded as "Macedonian army of Philip II and Alexander the Great", but this is too pedantic. The general reader looking for the army of ancient Macedon would be looking for that of Alexander, primarily, and those wishing to trace the later history of the Macedonian military are given pointers (links) within the article. Urselius ( talk) 10:13, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
I have added mutual links and disambiguation headings to both " Ancient Macedonian army" and " Antigonid Macedonian army". Hopefully, readers will now find it a little easier to navigate and understand the relationship between the two. Urselius ( talk) 13:11, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
Stop vandalizing the italian and roman articles, if you are going to make an edit provide evidence and not just assumptions. The image has been considered to be a depection of Galla Placidia for a long time, even if it has been doubted, just like almost everything in antiquity. The letters on the image of the Croce dei desideri are in Greek, this is from articles in italian you can find all around the web.
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The copy edit that you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Sogdia has been completed.
I have not done work on the citation formats as I believe that there has to be consensus (how one does this I have no idea!) before they are changed and this does not fall under the purview of the GOCE. At a quick glance the issue seems to be repetitive complete citations for various pages from a single text. Citation #6 is "correct" while #s 78-82 are "incorrect". If I were you, I would just go ahead and fix them since you've done the lion's share of the work over the past few months. This may help: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Citing_sources#WP:CITESHORT
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
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Thank you for today's Sino-Roman relations "about the largely indirect relations between the Roman Empire (and its medieval incarnation, the Eastern Roman Empire) and the Han dynasty of China, followed by relations with subsequent Chinese dynasties. It contains information about ancient authors from both the Roman and Han Chinese realms and in some cases their attempts to understand the geography, history, culture, society, and governments of the respective empires on opposite ends of the Eurasian continent. The major focus, however, is on the poorly understood diplomatic missions that occurred between these two empires, as well as the trade activity that occurred between them via the Indian Ocean."! Impressive! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:22, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
The current Museo page describes it as a likely 2nd century copy! Of an Augustan original! Based on a much, much earlier work! Great. Have a gander... [1] Haploidavey ( talk) 12:37, 8 October 2016 (UTC)
Museum captions, eh? Just read through your debating on a certain other museum's caption. Hair-raising stuff. Haploidavey ( talk) 12:46, 8 October 2016 (UTC)
Hi there Pericles. Sports history in the American south is more the kind of thing where I know enough to add to an encyclopedia, though I'd own several more books on Ancient Greek philosophy and art/archaeology. Did a little to clean up and expand both Miltiades the Younger and Minoan Civilization, and to combine the two areas of wikipedia-interest I had to make Aristonicus of Carystus. Any areas which could use help from a dilettante? Cheers. Cake ( talk) 17:22, 8 October 2016 (UTC)
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Hey, its me (again again), I noticed you have done some work on War elephants, I am planning to at some point split off the roman section into its own article and expand it, would you be interested in helping? Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 19:58, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
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Thank you very much for improving Sogdia and bringing it to GA status! Well done! Sogdians were almost forgotten in history of Greater Iran, but you revived them, much appreciated! Kouhi ( talk) 18:53, 11 October 2016 (UTC) |
Hi!
First of all, I think I remember you sending me your email address some time ago???? But I can't find it. If so, would you mind sending it to me again at: wynhill2@bigpond.net.au ? It would help me if I want to put you in touch with people who might not want their particulars made public here.
I just wrote to friend (a renowned professor of Chinese Language and Literature) who is very interested in the photos you posted and I asked him what he thought about the photo showing the woman holding the glass(?) vessel. Here is the brief preliminary note I just received back from him:
"Dear John,
These are wonderful! May I share them through the Xi circulars and with a few other specialist colleagues?
I have an idea about the vessel in the second photo and also something very exciting about one of the other photos.
Will get back to you on this after I check some things.
best, . . . ."
Please let me know if you are happy for him to use any of the photos this way. Also, is there any way of obtaining higher resolution copies?
I will certainly let you know what he says when he writes.
So, thanks so much again - look forward to hearing from you when you can spare the time. Cheers! John Hill ( talk) 23:52, 11 October 2016 (UTC)
Would you like me to review Europeans in Medieval China? If so I'll do it tomorrow, as i'm going to sleep soon. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 03:36, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
I'm very glad that you enjoy them, I'll keep uploading whenever I discover more. I've seen the link that you shared with Tahut'ing murals, it's very nice. I'm going to upload more pictures of the wonderful motifs from there. Actually I'm a beginner on Wikipedia, I saw you've already done a number of great works here, really appreciate it! By the way, Sogdians are very interesting, they are like a bridge between East and West, really curious. Uriel Wang Talk 21:57, 14 October 2016 (UTC)
Just to let you know that your good work hasn't been forgotten. I am still working on the Dahuting murals - and so are a number of other people - but mostly through a flurry of emails. Much of it is by specialists in early Chinese history some of whom are not used to working on Wikipedia. Also, I have found some higher resolution photos by Prof. Gary Lee Todd on Flickr that should help people interpret some of the interesting details in the murals. He has posted more than 137,000 photos(!!!) on Flickr - many of them on Asian subjects - and many of them truly outstanding. And because they are on Flikr, I believe they should all be able to be uploaded to WP. Do you know if this is so? He is a professor living in China. You can find his photos of the Dahuting murals (along with some by other people) by checking this page: https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=Dahuting but, it seems you have to be log into Flikr first. I don't want to try to deal with the many speculations by other people about the murals on Wikipedia - I don't think it is the place for it - but would be happy to discuss some of them with you by email. If you would like to do this, please do email me at: wynhill2@bigpond.net.au Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you so very much once again for bringing these fascinating murals to my attention. It has begun a wonderful exchange of ideas which I hope will lead to new discoveries. All best wishes, John Hill ( talk) 20:37, 16 October 2016 (UTC)
What do you think is the hair color for the Ludovisi Gaul? In some images it looks lighter than others. Cake ( talk) 10:31, 17 October 2016 (UTC)
Hi, I've recently created this, Needs quality editors. If you ever do any articles starts or improvements they'd be very welcome!♦ Dr. Blofeld 07:33, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
Mind if I list sources here I found helpful? Perhaps you can better sort their claims between pottery and painting.
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I have posted on the talk page of article Yuezhi some arguments why I think that Yuezhi are the same people as Massagetae and my opinion that this information should be on the article. Can you review them and what is your opinion? Thank you. -- Sabir Hun ( talk) 15:28, 30 October 2016 (UTC)
@ PericlesofAthens: Hello again friend, how have you been? I have recently performed a massive restructuring of my namesake article, Iazyges, a tribe of Sarmatians. You've got experience with GA so I thought I would ask you, what do you think I would need to do/add for it to be GA material? Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 04:33, 31 October 2016 (UTC)
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First, this article is an extremely fascinating one, and I'd like to help improve it. But I'm not sure how to comply with WP:LEADSENTENCE. This article has unclear boundaries so I’m puzzled what exactly the precise topic is, and what is an example of an RS that discusses it, exactly. ‘Through the Jade Gate’ deals with Han-Roman relations exclusively and is self published and doesn’t seem to have been reviewed by academics. None of McLaughlin’s books has this precise topic. Henry Yule and Hirth are over a century old. McLaughlin even sadly notes the lack of academic attention to this niche here. This isn’t to say that these aren’t great, first class scholarly books and this isn’t an utterly fascinating topic that has been neglected. NPalgan2 ( talk) 11:48, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
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The article Sino-Roman relations you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Sino-Roman relations for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Iazyges -- Iazyges ( talk) 14:41, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Europeans in Medieval China you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of 10W40 -- 10W40 ( talk) 06:21, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi! I saw you tried to "ping" me and some other editors at Talk:Macedonia (ancient kingdom). That "ping" did not work, because the [[User:Xxx]] has to be saved in the same edit as you are signing the post. If you want to make a "ping" as an afterthought, like you did, you will have to make a new signature. Regards! -- T*U ( talk) 19:20, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
The article Europeans in Medieval China you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Europeans in Medieval China for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of 10W40 -- 10W40 ( talk) 05:02, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi Pericles of Athens! I would be very pleased if you could help me with the clean up of the article ' Regions of ancient Greece' and my attempt to make it a good and easily-readable article in the wiki. If you can please let me know. Thank you! NickTheRipper ( talk) 21:15, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
Ok dude, I knew you had a great task improving Kindom of Macedonia article so I wish you the best! NickTheRipper ( talk) 21:37, 17 January 2017 (UTC)