User talk:Captmondo/Archives/2006/November

Re: Pictures
If this egyptologist who took the pictures of the Ahmose pyramid is willing to put up any other pictures, Hatshepsut badly needs a GFDL picture of a Hatshepsut statue. That's apparently a big part of what's been keeping it from becoming a FA. Thanatosimii 02:26, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, It's too bad no hatshepsut, but I suppose somthing will be figured out. Thanatosimii 00:14, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Unfortunatly, I'm busy back in the swing of things at school, so my attention won't be here very much for a month or so either. I'll probably get back to that hatshepsut Image problem after that. Thanks, though. Thanatosimii 14:13, 19 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Well, if you've got a digital camera, just go crazy and get as much as you can; you never know when one might come in handy. However, specifically, our worst missing gap is that we don't have a GFDL Hatshepsut picture, so if you can find one, it would be good to have. Theoretically, any statuary of any lesser pharaoh you can find would be good to have as well. Thanatosimii 12:26, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Tremendous. Theoretically, this bust gets rid of a major Hatshepsut FA problem. Thanatosimii 01:27, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm going to try to photoshop one of the busts to remove the museum stuff and a blemish caused by reflection. I'll get back to this, I think. Thanatosimii 01:53, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Licenses on Commons
Would you consider by licensing your photos, so that they are not only GFDL, but also Creative Commons BY SA. Why? Use this license if you like the idea... ... and I can help transfer your images over if you want help. Thanks for your consideration. -- Zanimum 20:48, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Hello there: I saw your note about licensing images on my talk page. But for the most part, to my knowledge I have been using the GFDL/Creative Commons by SA when uploading my pics to WikiMedia, such as this one I did earlier in the week: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:GreenHead01-AltesMuseum-Berlin.png. So I must be missing out on something then; is at an earlier image you are interested in? (or am I missing something when it comes to the GFDL/CC?) Cheers! Captmondo 22:49, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Great to here you've started! There were a few ones from like two years ago or more, in the TTC and Toronto folders. You're okay with these being relicensed? --  Zanimum 14:40, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Ahmose I is GA!
Congratulations! I've asked Thanatosimii when the FA nom is coming, what do you think? :-) — E  ditor at L arge  ( speak )  18:43, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
 * If you're ready, I am ready as well. I'll get on nominating that right away. Thanatosimii 01:18, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

After Ahmose I
Well, I had been giving that some thought. Recently I'd been trying to shape up some holes like the first intermediate period, but I do feel like shaping up another pharaoh. Somthing in me wants to go through the entire 18th dynasty and get them all FA, but I think that's just a little bit too big of a goal. Amenhotep I through Thutmose II look decent enough for the time being, so I think that I'd like to dig into Hatshepsut and Thutmose III. Hatshepsut is close to FA as it is, and Thutmose III is so well documented that it shouldn't be too hard to find the information that is needed. I'm open to other suggestions too, the only problem being that I doubt that there's enough information on any king outside the Middle or New Kingdoms to really do a spectacular job. My vote is for Hatshepsut and/or Thutmose III. Are there any that you've had your eyes on, though? Thanatosimii 16:03, 20 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Actually, Pepi II wouldn't be that hard to do, I don't think. My professor here has got me translating his officials' tombs for my Hieroglyphics class. They do seem to shed a fair amount of light on his reign, but they are very, very badly damaged. Of course, if they had to be referenced, I've got Breasted's translations, which are still good, if extremely old. As for Ramses and the Exodus, I have a lot of experience and knowledge about that subject. Scholars throw downright hissy fits over that topic. It's one of the famous nasty arguments wherein two scholars won't speak to each other because of it, except to yell at each other at conferences. There's a guy (name escapes me) down at Trinity in Illinois who recently wrote a book supporting a literal exodus during Ramses. Kennith Kitchen supports it too. But there are some detractors, and hopefully I could put together a fair section of both the pros and cons (the cons supporting either a 1446 exodus or no exodus). This is terrific wishful thinking, but someday if we could get the entire ancient Egypt section shaping up across the board, it might even give us enough inroads to straighten out Akhenaten... that speculative theory section seems to be checked now, but for a while it was spinning out of control. Oh, also, do you really think there's enough out there to write somthing on Khufu? My professor told me several years back that the information was extremely scant. Anyhow, at the moment my attentions are (mostly) turned on Thutmose III. But I've been jumping around, and will basically write about anything when I find a good source on it. I've got several sources on Thut III right now, so if you see any big holes there which you can fill, feel free to do so. I'll look at Pepi II as well, and see if I can fill anything. Thanatosimii 17:50, 20 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I think that your suggestion is good. Getting those four into shape would be a major accomplishment. If we really can do Khufu, that'd be achievement as well. As for my college, I go to Northwestern College in Roseville, Minnesota (Not to be confused with Northwestern University)... actually, we've got a wiki page here: Northwestern College (Minnesota)... though the page is quite crummy. Anyhow, by some twist of fate, when the University of Minnesota dumped their Egyptology program, we got left with the best Ancient History department from here to the Oriental Institute in the University of Chicago. Then, when we picked up one of the first people to publish the dead sea scrolls and an old professor from the Oriental Institute, we basically got a program better than every college in minnesota combined. Unfortunatly, the college won't pay the bill to increase the library to somthing decent... I can't get JEA, and I only get JNES via the JSTOR program. It's a small backwater place here, but we do tend to catch people off guard when they hear about our historians. Speaking of which, my professor of Egyptology was a student of Otto Schaden, so ever since KV 63 was announced, I've had an urge to work on his page. Unfortunatly, hearsay tales from my professor about his thesis advisor don't count as reputable sources, so do you have any idea about how to go about expanding such a page? I'm at a loss for ideas. Thanatosimii 20:19, 20 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I should probably note that my family will be rather busy with thanksgiving related things for a short time now, but after that's all done, I'll get down to work. I think it would be wise for you to take a look at Thutmose III right now and see what's glaringly missing and if you can fill it in. I've already done some work to his campaigning section as well as some family, dates, and architecture, but there are some big holes that still need patching and fresh eyes could help. While you look there, I could do somthing similar to Pepy II. I'll also outline what I think a good outline is for Thutmose III on its talk page. Thanatosimii 01:37, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Ahmose I is FA!
! * ! * !

( ^ My thoughts upon hearing the news)

Congratulations! You and Thanatosimii deserve a boatload of barnstars for that article, but this will have to suffice :-)


 * Wow, my first barnstar! Thank you! (Will have to show this with pride on my main page!) Captmondo 14:18, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Re: Thutmose III
Yes, it's probably wise to take a look at somthing else while I'm engaged with other stuff. However, the death was in my extended family and more affects my mother than myself, so I won't be away too long. I've dug up some things on Pepi that I'm going to take a look at soon, so I'll probably be away from Thut III for a while, but I'll be back there within a couple of weeks. If you do run across anything helpful there, I have hit a wall, so to speak, on a couple of points, and it may be easier to proceed after someone with fresh eyes has done some editing. Thanatosimii 21:52, 27 November 2006 (UTC)