User talk:Captmondo/Archives/2008/August

Good Article reassessment for Valley of the Kings
Hello, I am reviewing Archaeology articles as part of the WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force GA sweeps. I reviewed Valley of the Kings today and placed the article on hold for a week to allow for my concerns to be addressed. I am contacting you because you have been a major contributor to the article and may be able to help. The reassessment can be found at Talk:Valley of the Kings/GA1. Please get in touch or comment on the reassessment page if you have any questions. Thanks, GaryColemanFan (talk) 01:35, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Keith Schengili-Roberts
Hi! You created the above article and it has spent a considerable amount of time with a notability tag. I'm trying to verify notability but can't seem to find any third party biographical material. Can you help? Thanks! --Stormbay (talk) 22:06, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Psamtik I
Update: I asked someone who has visited the Louvre and is a volumnious contributor to French Wikipedia (Neithsabes/Sebi) on this image of Psamtik Image:Egypte louvre 038.jpg. It turns out my hunch was right: the statue is not that of Psamtik I at all. It instead likely belongs to an individual named Psamtik who probably lived after the Saite period. This is what Neithsabes says: So, I am removing this image from the article on Psamtik I. This means there are now no images for this king's article. Strange for a pharaoh who ruled Egypt for 54 years but that's life. Leoboudv (talk) 09:48, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the award. Good luck in your search at the the British Museum. Regards, Leoboudv (talk) 02:53, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the message. After Neithsabes read my message to you, he alerted me (on WikiCommons) to this single relief of Psamtik I which he took from a tomb: Image:Psammetique Ier TPabasa.jpg He didn't use it on the French Wikipedia article of the king, so I didn't know it even existed. But really an article on Psamtik I can have 2 or 3 images--he was a very important king. A British museum image by you and Neithsabes' image would be a great addition to the article. Regards, Leoboudv (talk) 21:32, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Notice: I have added both Neithsabes and your images on Psamtik I. With kind Regards, Leoboudv (talk) 00:49, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Actually a large part of the original text on Psamtik I is not mine and "incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain." So, the first editors to the article merely coped text from this dated source. I don't know anything about Herodotus' legends or statements on him or the Phrygians...which is why I have chosen not to do a major rewrite here. I really only wrote the chapter on this king's military history ; while the information is correct, this was at a time when I didn't provide sources for my edits sadly. GM Cupertino wrote the chapter on Psamtik's wives which is essentially correct although I shortened it a little. Thanks for both your and Sebi's great images of the king. The article has indeed inherited 'more character.' Cheers, Leoboudv (talk) 08:25, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
 * You uploaded a much superior image of Den's ivory label. Congratulations! BTW, you should consider clearing the talk page of your Commons account of all those messages/clutter. Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 20:01, 20 August 2008 (UTC)