User talk:Mr rnddude/Archive 11

Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:17, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the anniversary reminder Gerda. Hope you're well. Mr rnddude (talk) 09:23, 9 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Thank you for today's Pyramid of Unas, "the smallest of all Old Kingdom pyramids, but perhaps also one of its most significant. The walls of it's subterranean chambers are covered in hieroglyphic inscriptions, the first of their kind, which guided and guarded the deceased's soul into the afterlife."! - Thanks for asking, I am well, but too many people around me die, friends and influential people such as Michael Gielen. My sad new job: creating articles for them too late, like writing those hieroglyphs ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:04, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

ANI close
Please stop reverting Bishonen's close. You weren't involved in the discussion (and yes, I've seen your post to MjolnirPants). If Lourdes is unhappy, let her complain. Thanks. Doug Weller talk 18:12, 26 October 2018 (UTC)

Sorry, I didn't see your other discussion
If I had, I wouldn't have posted. Yes, I wasn't involved in the discussion, but I was watching it as I'd been watching the earlier discussion on the editor who was blocked. Doug Weller talk 18:18, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
 * , well you couldn't have seen it cause you posted here the same time I did there. I was just about to self-revert and post a link to the other discussion. I'll reinstate your other comment. Mr rnddude (talk) 18:20, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
 * For the record, I was watching the discussion myself. Mr rnddude (talk) 18:21, 26 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Thanks very much for your response. I never doubted that you were watching the discussion. Doug Weller  talk 18:31, 26 October 2018 (UTC)

Liberland
You have left me no choice but to report you at WP:ANI. You are now welcome to remove this message to acknowledge you have read this message. You will be hearing from an admin in due course. --Ishmailer (talk) 01:59, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

Regarding the tutelary deities of Nekhen and Pe
Hello. I was just looking through the recent changes to articles on ancient Egypt and saw your edits to Pyramid of Unas, and the accompanying edit summaries. To clear up your confusion, the tutelary deities that Verner refers to are presumably the souls of Nekhen and Pe, who represent the Predynastic rulers of Upper and Lower Egypt. In Egyptian mythology, gods such as Ra, Osiris, and Horus ruled at the beginning of time, and when the Egyptians wrote about the transition from divine rule to the historical human kings recorded in the king lists, the souls of Nekhen and Pe filled the gap.

Nekheb and Nekhen, incidentally, seem to have been a sort of twin city; they're directly across the river from each other. Similarly, Buto seems from the textual evidence to have also begun as a twin city, as texts sometimes refer to it as two cities, Pe and Dep. Sometimes when text mention the ancestral spirits of Lower Egypt they refer to "souls of Pe and Dep" instead of just "souls of Pe". A. Parrot (talk) 04:12, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi, thanks for the comment. That gives me much greater clarity on what was being spoken about. It had me confused because I've read about the appearance of Nekhbet and Wadjet as tutelary divinities of Upper and Lower Egypt on columns in the Fifth Dynasty. A good example would be the column from the square antechamber in Nyuserre's mortuary temple. In particular, Verner writes that the tutelary divinites are there to protecting the souls of the village's residents. So, if I'm following correctly, this isn't a reference to the people who live in the villages, but a reference to the rulers from before the unification of the two Egypts under Narmer. I'll have to read up on this, since I've not come across it before. Mr rnddude (talk) 04:46, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

Can you see who it is yet??
Ya muppet! Martinevans123 (talk) 11:47, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
 * You have far too many references on hand, and for every occasion. :) Mr rnddude (talk) 12:15, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Haha. Now, of course, contemplating Category:Deaths caused by roses. Martinevans123 (talk)

Nominations now open for "Military historian of the year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" awards
Nominations for our annual Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year awards are open until 23:59 (GMT) on 15 December 2018. Why don't you nominate the editors who you believe have made a real difference to the project in 2018? MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:26, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Caracalla's Aunt
Thank you for catching and correcting my mistake. I did, indeed, misread that! StoneProphet11 (talk) 15:52, 8 December 2018 (UTC)
 * All good . You're not the first to get tricked by that sentence: Special:diff/727363016. Mr rnddude (talk) 16:01, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

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Voting now open for "Military historian of the year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" awards
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Xmas
Happy holidays.2018 Holidays (talk) 20:16, 25 December 2018 (UTC)

2019


Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht

Happy 2019

begin it with music and memories

Not too late, I hope ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:38, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Well... I'm not really Serbian (I have one Serbian Grandparent), but for you, I'll be a Serb for the day :) (Serb's celebrate New Years on Jan 14th). In other words, you're just on time. May you have a blessed new year too. Mr rnddude (talk) 13:42, 13 January 2019 (UTC)

Userkaf
You seem to know what you are doing there, and my impression is that it will be sorted. Can you ping me when complete, and I can start the prose review side of things. Ceoil (talk) 18:48, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Wilco, . Mr rnddude (talk) 03:28, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

Hatting
I undid your hatting of user comments at ANI. 1) The discussion is about not about you, it's about the discussion. Don't take it personally. 2) I don't want my comments hatted, I want them to be seen and read. 3) You hatted comments only below yours, but not others where people have had threaded discussions. North America1000 17:42, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
 * comments, and particularly 's, are the least helpful comments I have yet read . Strike reason: Jerk. You were not invited to bicker with others underneath my questions. Leave. Mr rnddude (talk) 17:49, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Now you're edit warring (diff), stating in your edit summary, "Your comments are unhelpful, and unwanted. I did not remove your comments, I hatted them. That's perfectly acceptable". You are attempting to censor the discussion. Wikipedia is not censored. I will be reverting your hatting again, because others have commented there as well, but you're just stating that my comments are unwanted. Please discuss, per WP:BRD. North America1000 17:51, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Fine. Mr rnddude (talk) 18:01, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

I am never sure saying "fuck off" (not matter what the provocation) is ever helpful. I get where you are coming form (and even why you asked the question. But a fuck off never (to my mind) winds friends or influences people (except negatively of course).Slatersteven (talk) 18:03, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
 * , quite right. I have been kept up for the past several hours by a number of things and now my nerves are frayed. I responded sharply at this final provocation. I was livid and seeing red. I stand by the statement that NA1000 doesn't know what censorship or NOTCENSORED are. If I wanted to censor them I'd delete their comments, and if I were an admin, block them. That would be censorship. Hatting irrelevant comments that are there only to cause problems is not censorship. Mr rnddude (talk) 18:09, 24 January 2019 (UTC)


 * I said on the talk page this was not censorship. I also suspect that if they continued it might well have led to a block. By the way, you might want to go over to Hijiri88 's talk page and ask your question, as his lack of response may be due to the fact he cannot reply at ANI due to his block.Slatersteven (talk) 18:11, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
 * - Hijiri88 sent me an e-mail. No doubt they'd concluded that responding to me directly would cause further bickering. That was the main impetus for my hatting. I'm heading to bed now, and will deal with the fallout tomorrow (or rather later today). Mr rnddude (talk) 18:15, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
 * What was his answer?Slatersteven (talk) 18:22, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
 * - He linked me a diff, but I haven't looked at it yet. Will go through it later. Mr rnddude (talk) 18:46, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

A bit of help, please?
See this diff. I uploaded an image of a gold medallion and need some help to ID it. I don't know if the symbols are Greek, Egyptian, or...??? Thanks in advance. Atsme ✍🏻📧 17:07, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
 * to my completely untrained I, I'm wondering Persian or Arabic? ——  SerialNumber  54129  17:17, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for reminding me that I have a Persian friend from Iran I can ask. I also did some ce work on The Fourteen Infallibles and there are quite a few symbols on the page. Maybe we'll find a match. Atsme ✍🏻📧 19:36, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

toggle ref check
Hello, just a note to say that User:Lingzhi2/reviewsourcecheck has been update to add the option to toggle it on or off.

'''The installed script will add a tab to the drop-down tab at the top, located between the 'watchlist star' and the search box (using the vector.js skin). The tab toggles between "Hide ref check" and "Show ref check"''' with displaying the errors as the default option. You may need to edit Special:MyPage/common.js and change User:Lingzhi/reviewsourcecheck to User:Lingzhi2/reviewsourcecheck (add the "2" after User:Lingzhi). Please do drop me a line if you have any problems or suggestions. Tks. ♦ Lingzhi2 (talk) 16:04, 2 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Sorry to bother you again. After the addition of a toggle option in the tab atop the page, one editor requested a revised version in which the toggle link appears in the "Tools" section of the page's left sidebar. So now there are two versions of this tool. If you prefer the links in the Toolbar section on the side, the slightly altered script is named User:Lingzhi2/reviewsourcecheck-sb.js (just add "-sb" before the ".js"). Finally, both versions should now also store the page state (whether reference errors/warnings are "hidden" or "shown"). The state persists between page loads and between the browser closing and reopening (unless cleared by the user). Huge thanks to User:Evad37 for much coding help. If you have any questions or problems, please drop me a line. Thanks again. ♦ Lingzhi2 (talk) 08:02, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

Userkaf
Dear Mr rnddude, I have responded to all your comments regarding the Userkaf FAC article. I hope you will be able to indicate whether you support the article promotion or not soone enough as Sarastro has indicated that the review needs to be wrapped up or if you have further comments then these will need to be addressed soon as well.Iry-Hor (talk) 13:06, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

Pyramid of Unas scheduled for TFA
This is to let you know that the Pyramid of Unas article has been scheduled as today's featured article for April 28, 2019. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Today's featured article/April 28, 2019, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so.

We also suggest that you watchlist Main Page/Errors on the day before and the day of this TFA. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me?  16:10, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Since I posted the above, there has been a WP:TFAR for an article linked to the 28 April as the anniversary of the birth of its subject. I've therefore had to pull your article, which will now run in early May. is scheduling that month, so I can't give you an exact date yet, but she will do so once she has started scheduling. Many apologies Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  07:40, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Ok. I'm barely editing right now anyway. Mr rnddude (talk) 23:03, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

Re: Caracalla
Thank you. My other two edits were just to fix misuse of first/last parameters as author1/author2. My minor format fixes worth not your attention or discussion. Many thanks though. -49.195.139.9 (talk) 15:22, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
 * My minor format fixes worth not your attention or discussion <- I'm sorry, but I can't parse what this means. You don't want to discuss your format changes? Mr rnddude (talk) 15:23, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Forgive and forget my simple and stupid behaviour please. I just mechanically distinguished notes from references, years from dates, etc. for their literal nature. Good night :) 49.195.139.9 (talk) 15:45, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Mmm... I don't think forgiveness is necessary because you haven't done anything wrong. You made an edit that you thought was an improvement. I disagreed and reverted to status quo. I've left your move of the footnotes to an independent section anyway. I changed back to the original template and removed the added whitespace. All else I've left in. Good night Mr rnddude (talk) 15:51, 8 April 2019 (UTC)

Pyramid of Unas scheduled for TFA
This is to let you know that Pyramid of Unas has been scheduled as WP:TFA for 2 May 2019. Please check that the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Today's featured article/May 2, 2019. Thanks! Ealdgyth - Talk 20:28, 17 April 2019 (UTC)