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The result was redirect to Thrasyllus of Mendes#Family and issue. Nobody is for keeping the article, but there is no consensus about whether to delete it as unverifiable or to redirect/merge it with Thrasyllus of Mendes#Family and issue, where this Aka and the uncertainty about her is mentioned. Absent consensus to delete, a redirect is the most consensual outcome. Editors may want to decide about how and whether to mention Aka in the target article, and if she ends up not being mentioned, the redirect can be submitted to RfD. Sandstein 10:08, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
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WP:OR-ish article of an obscure royal whose existence is rendered dubious by the source which the article itself cites, Beck on Mithraism. The specific genealogical details apparently come only from "Royal genealogy of Mithradates III of Commagene at rootsweb" (self-published online source). The basis of this person's existence, according to the article, is "a preserved incomplete poem", but the source Beck on Mithraism asserts that this is a "real uncertainty", and adds that the correct reading of line 15 of this poem excludes, in my view, an earlier and widely current interpretation which gave Balbillus himself 'a royal mother, (?)Aka'
. The other source which the article cites, Gundel 1966, mentions "Aka" in passing, but his information must be outdated in view of Beck's anyway. Much of the content sounds outright made-up (statements like Aka II is one of the daughters born to the King of Commagene, Mithridates III; She was most probably born, raised and educated in Samosata; Aka II became known as Claudia Aka).
Given that this person's existence is very doubtful, and that the article is more misleading than useful, this should be deleted. The source is already used on Thrasyllus of Mendes, which disposes of the need to merge. Avilich ( talk) 01:22, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
Aka II isn't currently mentioned in the main text of ThrasyllusYes, she is.
She is discussed in M. Chahin. 2001. The Kingdom of Armenia, 190ff. and mentioned in Levick, Tiberius 1999No, she isn't. There's nothing in either, provide quotes or that isn't true. Even if the sources did discuss her, merging would only be required if the present article did so, which it doesn't.
Beck's declaration that a particular reading of a poem is "correct" doesn't make earlier scholarship "outdated" in quite the same way that, say, archaeological evidence wouldYes it does, especially since evidence of a stronger kind ('archaeological evidence') doesn't exist. Avilich ( talk) 23:30, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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17:51, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
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15:42, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
![]() | This discussion was subject to a
deletion review on 2022 March 2. For an explanation of the process, see Wikipedia:Deletion review. |
The result was redirect to Thrasyllus of Mendes#Family and issue. Nobody is for keeping the article, but there is no consensus about whether to delete it as unverifiable or to redirect/merge it with Thrasyllus of Mendes#Family and issue, where this Aka and the uncertainty about her is mentioned. Absent consensus to delete, a redirect is the most consensual outcome. Editors may want to decide about how and whether to mention Aka in the target article, and if she ends up not being mentioned, the redirect can be submitted to RfD. Sandstein 10:08, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
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WP:OR-ish article of an obscure royal whose existence is rendered dubious by the source which the article itself cites, Beck on Mithraism. The specific genealogical details apparently come only from "Royal genealogy of Mithradates III of Commagene at rootsweb" (self-published online source). The basis of this person's existence, according to the article, is "a preserved incomplete poem", but the source Beck on Mithraism asserts that this is a "real uncertainty", and adds that the correct reading of line 15 of this poem excludes, in my view, an earlier and widely current interpretation which gave Balbillus himself 'a royal mother, (?)Aka'
. The other source which the article cites, Gundel 1966, mentions "Aka" in passing, but his information must be outdated in view of Beck's anyway. Much of the content sounds outright made-up (statements like Aka II is one of the daughters born to the King of Commagene, Mithridates III; She was most probably born, raised and educated in Samosata; Aka II became known as Claudia Aka).
Given that this person's existence is very doubtful, and that the article is more misleading than useful, this should be deleted. The source is already used on Thrasyllus of Mendes, which disposes of the need to merge. Avilich ( talk) 01:22, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
Aka II isn't currently mentioned in the main text of ThrasyllusYes, she is.
She is discussed in M. Chahin. 2001. The Kingdom of Armenia, 190ff. and mentioned in Levick, Tiberius 1999No, she isn't. There's nothing in either, provide quotes or that isn't true. Even if the sources did discuss her, merging would only be required if the present article did so, which it doesn't.
Beck's declaration that a particular reading of a poem is "correct" doesn't make earlier scholarship "outdated" in quite the same way that, say, archaeological evidence wouldYes it does, especially since evidence of a stronger kind ('archaeological evidence') doesn't exist. Avilich ( talk) 23:30, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —
Coffee //
have a ☕️ //
beans //
17:51, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,
Star
Mississippi
15:42, 21 February 2022 (UTC)