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SchroCat - Sorry for the lateness in replying I was writing an e-mail elsewhere. Thanks SN54129 for stepping in during my absence. Yes, I was drawing a parallel between TGS' voluntary restrictions upon unblock, to Tony1's promise not to comment on FAC anymore. Mr rnddude (talk) 13:19, 25 April 2019 (UTC)
My apologies for the above section stating that you are a party. You are not, I made a mistake with the template. -- Amanda(aka DQ)19:51, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
Women in Red project accusing a Wikipedian of "real crimes"
I was in the process of trying to figure out how to undo that mess at ANI when I received your ping. --Pine(✉)05:35, 1 July 2019 (UTC)
Pine: No problem. These things happen. I figured the quickest path was to undo while manually re-adding your comment back in the same edit. Mr rnddude (talk) 05:48, 1 July 2019 (UTC)
Thank you
...for your remarks on the WP:AN case. That definitely appears to be pretty concrete evidence of at least canvassing (at a minimum) and meatpuppetry/sockpuppetry at worst. Do you think an SPI is warranted? Buffs (talk) 16:16, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
Buffs - I can't answer that question. I've only tangentially ever interacted with SPI, and have never filed one myself. For what it's worth, IG and CV appear, by editing habits, to live in different timezones. CV edits mostly between 16:00 and 08:00 UTC, while IG edits mostly between 12:00 and 04:00 UTC. The depth of overlap raises my eyebrows, but I'd need to look into specifics to say anything more than "this is unusual". Mr rnddude (talk) 01:08, 19 July 2019 (UTC)
Here's a translation of the quote, please suggest what to keep and what not to: I have no words to express my happiness. With this film you have set a new trend in Tamil cinema. You have achieved a milestone, which even if I had desired, I could not have achieved. You have demonstrated clearly that cinema is a visual medium and have succeeded in that also. The films which came till now on brother-sister relationships were full of dramatics, including mine. However, this film stands apart and stands tall in realism. The last scene is new not only to Tamil cinema but also to Indian cinema. I felt like getting up and clapping. Rajini has acted wonderfully and realistically and this film will mark a big turnaround in his film career. --Kailash29792(talk)16:26, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
You've already re-written both You have achieved a milestone, which even if I had desired, I could not have achieved and The films which came till now on brother-sister relationships were full of dramatics, including mine. However, this film stands apart and stands tall in realism. per my suggestions to do so. The only bit left is, afaict, You have demonstrated clearly that cinema is a visual medium and have succeeded in that also. If you want to keep You have demonstrated clearly that cinema is a visual medium then ok, but the latter half (and have succeeded in that also) is repetition and ought be removed. I don't think I've commented on any of the rest of the quote. Mr rnddude (talk) 09:55, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
Thank you for the comments, now it looks like this has been solved completely, since I removed the line "and have succeeded in that also", since the earlier line itself indicates success. If anything under "Themes" just doesn't seem to add up or help at all, it is best removed. Here is the link to Naman Ramachandran's book Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography for you to do fact-checking. The film is covered from page 80 onwards, with 81 and 82 covering the themes. --Kailash29792(talk)04:16, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
I apologise on behalf of Fowler for bloating the plot to beyond 1000 words (there should not be more than 700 words per WP:FILMPLOT). Now except for the plot, have your other comments been met? Co-nominator Ssven2 has promised to take care of the plot tomorrow. --Kailash29792(talk)13:18, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
Now he has reduced the plot to within the limit. Since he has withdrawn his oppose, I feel the FAC is getting towards success. But I feel the deadline is nearing since more than a month has passed, so can you please review the plot? I guess that's your only issue left. --Kailash29792(talk)16:02, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
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Alas, it failed. Fowler's comments were too hard to solve, maybe even for Ssven and Blofeld, that's what caused the failure. When I open it again a month later (only if I have managed to solve Fowler's comments), would you be willing to comment again? But I actually thank you for sparing time and commenting on this FAC. --Kailash29792(talk)03:56, 7 September 2019 (UTC)
Hello Mr rnddude, long time, no see! I was contacted recently by amateur photograph Matthias Gehricke and after discussion he agreed to upload some of his photos to wikicommons: the nice news is that he has photographed a lot of things from Sudan, which you rarely see. If there are photos you would like to see/use on wikipedia from his website let me know which and I will ask him to upload them.Iry-Hor (talk) 08:51, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
Iry-Hor indeed it has been, you've been away for a few months. Been busy? Will you be returning to finish up the Userkaf and Sahure articles? I'm slowly catching up with the pyramid articles, Nyuserre's pyramid made it through FA just recently. I've also expanded Djedkare Isesi's (did you hear that the name of his wife has been uncovered? Setibhor) and Sahure's – the latter is in need of a lot of copy-editing. Actually, since I've mentioned it, if you have the time and interest, check this relief and cartouche out and tell me what you think. It's listed on Wikicommons as coming from Sahure's mortuary temple, but I can't tell if it's a transverse corridor relief or one of Tarek El-Awady's causeway reliefs. I like that fragments of the paint have been retained and think it might look nice in the article, but I can't tell where to put it (I can't find it in Borchardt's (1913) volume ii work, which suggests that it's a more recent finding). While I was staring at it, I noticed the cartouche which bears a name I can't identify as belonging to any Egyptian king, let alone Sahure. My best guess, right now, is that it's the name of a ship, but why of the "King of Upper Egypt" (ni-swt), instead of "King of Upper and Lower Egypt" (nsw-bity)? Just a passing thought. I'll definitely take a look at the images, thanks for the link. Mr rnddude (talk) 09:21, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
Mr rnddude Yes I have very little free time owing to two facts: young children and a very demanding job (I am a tenured academic). Essentially the only free time I have, I am very tired. I will continue to edit sporadically as I really like the wikipedia project. I do still have hope that Userkaf and Sahure will be made FA. I did not know about Djedkare's wife and I am glad the article on Djedkare was updated accordingly! Regarding the relief, the cartouche reads Aakheperenre. The crown hieroglyph stands for "n" and shows the relief must be much later than 5th Dynasty in date. With these two indication we can easily identify Thutmose II. You are right that they are talking about a boat, the cartouche is here part of the name of the boat, the sentence reads "the boat of the King of Lower Egypt, Aakheperenre, the Star of the Two Lands [boat name] (.) they say [...]". I don't know if the "they say" belongs to this sentence or is the beginning of the next.Iry-Hor (talk) 12:01, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
Iry-Hor - Thanks for that. I'd thought about Thutmose II, but two of the hieroglyphs threw me off. The second hieroglyph being oriented vertically instead of horizontally. I didn't realize O29 had a vertical variant, even though it's noted clearly on my Gardiner signlist guide (I need to read more closely). The use of the crown (S4) instead of ripple of water (N35) in the fourth hieroglyph. They are phonetically equal here. Thanks for that though. So the relief isn't from Sahure's temple. I wonder why the photographer made this mistake? It ought be labelled clearly in the museum. A copy or similar relief, maybe? Perhaps Hatshepsut's mortuary temple then? Hmm. Mr rnddude (talk) 23:32, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
Mr rnddude Well I don't know why the photographer labelled it this way but it is not impossible that it be from the Sahure temple even if it dates to the reign of Thutmosis II. The temple of Sahure was used as a temple to Sekhmet long into the New Kingdom period and perhaps later, so why not a few reliefs of this period ? I don't know really.Iry-Hor (talk) 10:00, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
Yes, I suppose it's possible Iry-Hor. My thoughts lean to Hatshepsut's temple because of the well known expedition to Punt during her reign. Sahure is well known to have sent an expedition to Punt, the earliest known one, but, so did Hatshepsut, and more importantly, there have long been known to be scenes of the voyage of Hatshepsut to Punt (Naville 1898[1]). It just seems more logical for Thutmose II's name to show up in her temple (husband and wife), then Sahure's. Unfortunately, it's not among the scenes from Punt, but there is a very similar scene here (Plate CXXII). Mr rnddude (talk) 11:39, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
Wow congrats on noticing this, yes plate CXXII has the exact same sentence with the name of Thutmose II and the same boat name (upper left part), the sentence is a legend for the picture below, the sailors say that they man the boat of the king of Egypt Thutmosis II star of the two lands. The exact action they mention "mannig the boat" may be wrong I need to check my dictionnary of Ancient Egyptian tonight. ANyway it is clearly the same relief!Iry-Hor (talk) 14:49, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
The translation is given by Naville as: Worship given by the dancers of the barge of the king of Upper Egypt, Aakheperen Ra, called the duat tani; they say this is a happy festival of the sovereign, in which Amon rises and increases the years of his son, the king of Upper and Lower Egypt, Menkheper Ra, who sits on the throne of Horus of the living, like Ra eternally. This is for the first boat. The second boat's inscription is partial but reads: The look-out calls: to the right, to give a happy landing to the sovereign with his father Amon for celebrating his festival, called the honouring the statues of this good god. Worship of the dancers .... It only just now occurred to me to check if Naville had any comments on the relief. Mr rnddude (talk) 12:39, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
Right, thanks for the (correct) translation! I guess I have to study my hieroglyphs more seriously. At least the duat tani must be the duat tawy in modern reading which is "Star of the two Lands" and the they say belonged to the next sentence...Iry-Hor (talk) 06:49, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
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I found this by random chance: [2], I thought you may like this short ref on pyramid names given your editing. Perhaps you were aware of it?Iry-Hor (talk) 17:46, 5 October 2019 (UTC)
I know your secret alternate identity as Mr. Fact checker dude. If you've done any fact checking of BF43, the issue came upvia RegentsPark at FAC... so I'd be wonderfully grateful if you'd share your findings. If you don't wanna participate, grab some popcorn. ♦ Lingzhi2(talk)15:50, 13 October 2019 (UTC)
You scared the crap out of me, I thought you were about to accuse me of being a sockpuppet. I'd kept a bunch of comments on a subpage, but have removed them since. I'll see if I can dig it up Lingzhi2. I've had a few things pile-up for me though, so I'll be delaying a proper response for a few days. I have some work that has to be done by Thursday. Mr rnddude (talk) 21:52, 13 October 2019 (UTC)
We know all about you. We have been watching you. We have your information in our files. We know that you are a puppet master. The social butterfly Gerda Arendt is your "good hand" sock. The argumentative Irishman Ceoil is your "bad hand". Come, you will confess now.
In other news, there's no rush and no pressure to do anything at all. If you get around to doing anything, good. If you don't, still fine. Cheers. ♦ Lingzhi2(talk)22:05, 13 October 2019 (UTC)
I haven't had much time to edit Wikipedia at all, and unfortunately, I won't have much time in the foreseeable future. I found the relevant material though: here. I don't know if it's useful to you, Lingzhi2. If I get time at any point before the FAC closes, I'll let you know. Mr rnddude (talk) 22:40, 27 October 2019 (UTC)
