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Regarding the death notice you replied to, it rang an alarm bell with me so I've redacted the section and emailed Trust and Safety. However, you didn't go anything wrong! Fences&Windows 11:15, 24 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks! Caeciliusinhorto-public (talk) 11:55, 24 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hi, in this edit to Agnodice you introduced ((sfn|Parker|2016|p=252)) however no such work is listed. This means that nobody can look up the reference, and adds the article to Category:Harv and Sfn no-target errors. If you could supply the missing sorce that would be great. DuncanHill (talk) 18:12, 7 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks DuncanHill – I was adding it but got pulled away from my computer. Fixed now. Caeciliusinhorto (talk) 18:24, 7 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you. DuncanHill (talk) 18:25, 7 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Thanks SchroCat: a merry Christmas to you too! Caeciliusinhorto (talk) 11:47, 18 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi, I came across your page while looking at the Aineta aryballos GA review. I must say, I am amazed at the level of edits you have made. Personally I've been very interested in Greek & Roman topics, archaeology in particular, but never had access to the required resources (can't access TWL too). Now when I've introduced myself, could I please request you to consider doing a GA review for the article on Rajiv Malhotra which I nominated? I believe it is GA worthy, perhaps even FA worthy, with a great level of detail. It was rated C a long time ago, hasn't been reassessed and many good edits have been made since then. If you don't have the time, that is understandable too. I also asked the user UndercoverClassicist but received no response. Thanks in advance. Matarisvan (talk) 17:46, 19 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Matarisvan – I'm afraid Rajiv Malhotra is completely outside my area of expertise and interest. Good luck! Caeciliusinhorto (talk) 19:34, 19 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi, that's no problem. Thanks for replying. Do you know anyone who would be interested in doing the GA review? If not, I still appreciate that you took time out to respond Matarisvan (talk) 19:46, 19 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Afraid not – it looks like Wikipedia talk: WikiProject India is reasonably active so you might try posting there Caeciliusinhorto (talk) 20:04, 19 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi, I don't think they would like to review this particular article. I would have to try with a Philosophy or religion editor. Thanks for the help anyway. Matarisvan (talk) 07:17, 20 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Thanks, P Aculeius, and the same to you! Caeciliusinhorto (talk) 19:25, 24 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

FYI, this script semi-automates the setting up of a GA reassessment, although you subsequently have to notify the involved WikiProjects manually. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 20:01, 15 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@AirshipJungleman29: Thanks – I did see that script when reading the instructions, but I misread the notification caveat as saying that you have to do all the notifications manually, at which point I didn't think there was any point using the script at all; I see that it would have saved me a couple of manual notifications, so maybe it is worth using after all... Caeciliusinhorto (talk) 20:07, 15 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

It also helps in avoiding errors—there was a little one I fixed on the article talk page. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 20:11, 15 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Accidentally came across a reference to this in a review in the TLS and immediately thought of you. Cheers, Choliamb (talk) 14:45, 27 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks Choliamb – what a fascinating article. It's hard to imagine a celebrity magazine today running such a feature! Their numbers are also just completely bizarre. I'd have to check Pasquier when I get home for the chest and hip measurements, but the supposed height of 5'4" for the Venus de Milo is just completely divorced from reality – she's fifteen inches taller than they claim. I also have no idea how they calculated her weight – clearly the actual marble statue does not weigh 135 lbs Caeciliusinhorto-public (talk) 12:33, 31 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hi, sorry about my edits to the above. On reading the article, I noticed that there was a mix of Br & AM English. As the article uses dmy dates, I assumed that Br English was more correct and also it is not an American-related article. Again, sorry. Best Regards Denisarona (talk) 16:56, 11 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Denisarona: no problem. In future it would be helpful to explain this in an edit summary - I couldn't work out from your edits what the point was. Looking again at the article, I've found and fixed a few Briticisms - did you notice any more? (Re DMY dates, as far as I can tell there is nothing in MOS:VARS which actually says that the date variety and the English variety should match, bizarrely, so as far as I can see it's totally legitimate to have AmEng spelling but DMY dates) Caeciliusinhorto (talk) 19:17, 11 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Again, sorry for my mistake. With regard to the dmy dates, the alternative mdy dates is definitely American use and that is why I made the changes. In Europe, the normal use is dmy dates. Regards Denisarona (talk) 20:29, 11 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Do you think Alcaeus should redirect to Alcaeus of Mytilene with a hatnote? The other three (Alcaeus (comic poet), Alcaeus of Messene, Alcaeus and Philiscus) seem sparsely notable. Thinking about starting a move request Aza24 (talk) 19:53, 15 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Aza24: I think that Alcaeus of Mytilene is the clear primary topic and should be at Alcaeus, with the disambiguation page at Alcaeus (disambiguation); failing that I would take Alcaeus as a redirect to Alcaeus of Mytilene.

I made a move request to this effect many years ago but it got no traction. I continue to think that my proposal there was correct: Alcaeus is clearly the common name for Alcaeus of Mytilene, and Alcaeus of Mytilene is clearly the primary topic for Alcaeus. Caeciliusinhorto (talk) 21:49, 15 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Indeed. Will ponder further... Aza24 (talk) 03:11, 17 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi! Can you please add to the description of this your pictures[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Venus_de_Milo_(possibly_missing_parts)] the location. Are items in Louvre? Or other place? Permanent exhibition or temporary? What exactly the museum labels said? Thanks! --Shakko (talk) 11:12, 17 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]