User talk:PharaohCrab

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Happy editing! Taking Out The Trash (talk) 18:05, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Learning to make vectors

Hello! As you might or might not know I have made a few vectors; but I feel that they could be better. I was wondering what software, and procedures that you use to create vectors. Because I feel I am not efficient on them.

With Regards! Netjerudua (talk) 03:52, 20 December 2024 (UTC)

Hello Netjerudua, I know that many users that make vector images use a piece of software called Inkscape however I can not use it for reasons I do not want to go in to here so instead I use a website called Photopea but the most impotent thing is that when you download and upload images you do it in a format called SVG because it is more high quality and it saves layers so it is easier to work with. other website I have used in the past include; Pixlr (before it became all AI) but it does not allow you to upload SVG's (I believe they have there own format that works similor but is not accepted on most websites including Wikipedia), And the Scratch image editor which works surprisingly well and is easy to learn but does lack in feature and can only handle small files.

another thing to note is that there are 2 main styles of egyptian god vector on wikipedia: 1 made by Eternal Space, and one made by Jeff Dahl, the Jeff Dahl style is often uploaded in SVG's but you have also uploaded some images particularly recently in the Eternal Space style and all of those are PNG's. PharaohCrab (talk) 12:53, 20 December 2024 (UTC)

Great! Thank you very much! Netjerudua (talk) 16:38, 20 December 2024 (UTC)

Sandwiching text between images

Hi, I'm Skye. With regard to your edit to Baphomet, please see WP:SANDWICH. Images should not sandwich text between them. The link provides suggestions for how to include an image without creating sandwiched text. Skyerise (talk) 15:30, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

I have added them back not sandwiched PharaohCrab (talk) 17:18, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

A barnstar for me!

		The Bennu Barnstar
		I'm giving myself a barnstar because I can and who's gonna stop me? PharaohCrab (talk) 18:13, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

Apesh

Hello my friend. I've tried to fix your citation 2, but the link doesn't seem to be working. I therefore can't add the title. Perhaps you could correct the URL. Thanks so much. Keep up the good work! Best regards, BoyTheKingCanDance (talk) 09:01, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

done! PharaohCrab (talk) 15:51, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Ibi (Nomarch)

Many thanks for the changes in the article above. However, i am not very happy with them, indeed I avoided the word normarch for some reason. It is a Greek word and it is not so useful to describe a governor of the Old Kingdom, so the word governor was used on purpose with just a link to normarch (see here Jessica Tomkins, The Misnomer of Nomarchs ZÄS 2018; 145(1): 95–104 ([1]) best wishes Udimu (talk) 05:42, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

If you would like to change it back, I will not stop you. however I would prefer nomarch because it is most often used, it may be a later invention never used in old kingdom Egypt, but so are a lot of words used when ancient Egypt is discussed for example; the word pharaoh was never used to describe the king until Thutmose III at the earliest, but we have no problem calling earlier kings pharaohs. even calling it Egypt is inaccurate because the native name transliterates to Kemet. PharaohCrab (talk) 13:25, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

the original text had a link and mentioned nomarch, but the title is Greek, a proper translation of the Egyptian title would be overlord of province XX. I will think about it, but i am not comfortable with slightly outdated research, if there is newer research out. Udimu (talk) 15:05, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

Peaceray

__ Ashton: Ash-ñjtr Meri-Maat (beloved of Maat) . Ra the Egyptian god Ashton Gilbert . AMUN-RE . Amun-Ra . Own image of God the Father of the Lord and Savior the Son Jesus Christ and the daughter is my PTAHASH DECLARES THOTH of whom is Called ENOCH... His relative, from beginning of creation beginning with ADAM the True Son of God, and Husband to Eve, declares LILITH...

YAHWEH SABAOTH the Lord of Hosts is the Author of ABBA the YHWH of The Beginning of all things, I am your Creator And The very life of all things depends on this right here SEND LETTER TO: PharaohCrab PharaohCrab -I am the Author of your Existence declares Yahweh.

Blessed Be Jesus Christ, "The Messiah" , "The Son of God" as well as all things else sitting in Heaven at the right hand of Power.

__ THOTH in Heaven, "Ashton Gilbert, deserves what he wants... So, Jesus Christ or Christ Jesus, needs to save you, to prove to you that it wasn't just in vain with all the nonsense... and if nothing can be fixed, he has authority to judge everything and destroy everything, this is why they call the devil the destroyer... In your hands now Jesus Christ, CHRIST JESUS"...

Goodbye everyone __ Ashton Dee Gilbert Enachre (talk) 12:50, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

good for you PharaohCrab (talk) 12:57, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

Fake image

Hello. Please refrain from adding this fake image into the Kek (mythology) article. On 17 November 2024 you changed the existing image with a fake image without giving any explanation for doing that. Please do nont re-add this fake image. Thank you. 77.7.208.201 (talk) 18:10, 5 February 2025 (UTC)

this images is not "fake", it is based on greco-Roman period depictions of the Ogdoad, where all 4 male member have frog heads, while the other male members also have other depictions, Kek does not and thus were using the frog head PharaohCrab (talk) 18:23, 5 February 2025 (UTC)

Pepe the frog, which is an image that has been politicised in the past couple of years, and which has been rather amateurishly photoshoped into the image which you added, has nothing to do with Egyptian mythology. WP:BURDEN stipulates that "All content must be verifiable. The burden to demonstrate verifiability lies with the editor who adds or restores material, and it is satisfied by providing an inline citation to a reliable source that directly supports the contribution." The addition of the image containing Pepe the frog into the Kek (mythology) article which you made on 17 November 2024 did not have any verifiable reliable source. Please adhere to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Thank you. 77.7.208.201 (talk) 18:50, 5 February 2025 (UTC)

I do have a source in the form of this image of the Ogdoad, Kek and Kauket (along with the other members) are clearly shown with frog and serpent head. also, I am not by any definition vandalizing, as you claim, this is at worst, an edit war. PharaohCrab (talk) 19:05, 5 February 2025 (UTC)

By Wikipedia's definition, "vandalism has a very specific meaning: editing (or other behavior) deliberately intended to obstruct or defeat the project's purpose, which is to create a free encyclopedia, in a variety of languages, presenting the sum of all human knowledge." The new image which you now provided, has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the fake image that has pepe-the-frog as the head. Please do not re-add this fake image back into the article again. Thank you. 77.7.208.201 (talk) 19:13, 5 February 2025 (UTC)

If you want to add the new image please feel free to do so. But please do not think that people will not notice pepe-the-frog in that other fake image. Thank you. 77.7.208.201 (talk) 19:15, 5 February 2025 (UTC)

It's just a frog, based on ancient depictions of frog headed deities like Heqet, it is not Pepe's head that would look more like this [2] image I found on pinterest PharaohCrab (talk) 19:26, 5 February 2025 (UTC)

Pinterest is not a reliable source, according to Wikipedia's definition of reliable sources (see WP:SPS, WP:RS/SPS, WP:V). I have no more time to deal with this issue. If the fake image is re-added, there will be no 4th warning template given. The issue will then be brought directly to the admin's attention at the appropriate administrator board. Thank you. 77.7.208.201 (talk) 19:46, 5 February 2025 (UTC)

i'm not sourcing Pinterest. did you even read my comment? PharaohCrab (talk) 20:11, 5 February 2025 (UTC)

ANI notice

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. See Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Question_on_images_and_OR EvergreenFir (talk) 05:13, 6 February 2025 (UTC)

Previous account

If you started this account after abandoning User24202 (talk · contribs), you need to declare it. I don't see any overlap between the edits, so I am not concerned about sockpuppetry, but we've seen these images and this conduct before. And you're still not Jeff Dahl (talk · contribs). Acroterion (talk) 13:45, 6 February 2025 (UTC)

I did not. we are two diferente people. I can see why you would think that though. PharaohCrab (talk) 14:30, 6 February 2025 (UTC)

Since you're doing exactly the same things I warned about in 2023, yes [3] [4]. Acroterion (talk) 14:54, 6 February 2025 (UTC)

Can I have permission to remove the warning templates accusing me of vandalism please? I hope its clear I mean no harm. PharaohCrab (talk) 15:32, 6 February 2025 (UTC)

Anybody can remove warning templates (apart from declined block reviews) from their own userpage, since it is considered an acknowledgement that they've been read. That said, you were edit-warring to insert a plainly inappropriate image, so any more and you will be courting a block. Acroterion (talk) 16:23, 6 February 2025 (UTC)

Minor edits

Just a reminder that minor edits are a specific type of edit. They are for things that aren't disputed like correcting spelling mistakes or error messages, wikilinks, etc. Adding anything to pages outside of this such as content, images, or info boxes, are not minor edits and shouldn't be marked as such. Merytat3n (talk) 02:40, 9 February 2025 (UTC)

yeah I know I sometimes mark major edits as minor. its because I do or at least did a lot of actually minor edits so it's become a bit of a habit, I try not to but I sometimes do, due to my muscle memory PharaohCrab (talk) 02:56, 9 February 2025 (UTC)

Requestive:

How about you reconstruct a depiction of the fish-headed Egyptian god Rem, mkay?!? Lucas J. Goodwin (talk) 07:07, 19 February 2025 (UTC)

I would but I have not found a reliable piece of ancient artwork to base it on. if you have one I'd be happy to see it. PharaohCrab (talk) 12:19, 19 February 2025 (UTC)

February 2025

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uh what did I do wrong I use the preview PharaohCrab (talk) 17:04, 19 February 2025 (UTC)

ah I see, opps PharaohCrab (talk) 19:15, 19 February 2025 (UTC)

Medjed

I gotta say, "Leggy Medjed w/ Tie" looks far more fashionable than "Pac-Man Reject Medjed". Thanks for that swap!--Gen. Quon_[Talk] 14:28, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

IP block exemption request

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PharaohCrab (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log) • SI)

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Request reason:

Caught by a web host block, but have acquired global IP block exemption, however local block supersedes it so I would like a local IP block exemption as well * Blocked IP address = 163.120.64.183.

Decline reason:

Declined. You have demonstrated the ability to edit without IPBE and have not explained why you need to edit via a proxy. You are welcome to make a new request but need to specifically address these points. Yamla (talk) 12:48, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

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Request reason:

Caught by a web host block, but have acquired global IP block exemption, however a local block supersedes it some, but not all of the time so I would like a local IP block exemption as well, because I have no other way of editing then this proxy (Which I did not set up) and it is annoying be blocked at random times of the day.

• Blocked IP address = 163.120.64.183

Decline reason:

User appears to be able to edit. If you need to edit via these proxies, there are instructions laid out at WP:IPECPROXY. SQL^{Query Me!} 02:37, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

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PharaohCrab (talk) 14:47, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

@Yamla: Can you please comment on the updated request? Thank you, Newyorkbrad (talk) 23:10, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

PharaohCrab's description does not match the technical data. Combined with their demonstrated ability to continue editing, I do not believe this user is a candidate for WP:IPBE at this time. This is without prejudice to a future unblock request that properly explains what proxy they are using and why they are forced to use it. That is, I can imagine a future IPBE request that provides sufficient justification. --Yamla (talk) 11:49, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

the proxy I use was set up by my school system, because I edit from a school Chromebook PharaohCrab (talk) 15:02, 21 March 2025 (UTC)

April 2025

Hello, I'm Lone-078. I noticed that you recently removed content from Wadj-wer without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. The source is and would remain valid even if you provide the "other sources" you mention, which you did not. Lone-078 (talk) 16:10, 24 April 2025 (UTC)

I believe it was a mistake I think it is clear that a relief mentioned depicts Ptah-Tatenen, not Wadj-wer, also my source it this https://thebanmappingproject.com/images/arcevoq01755jpg?site=7788 PharaohCrab (talk) 16:15, 24 April 2025 (UTC)

My fault for the removal of the other edits, but your source doesn't contradict the original one. Furthermore, you didn't provide a source in the article at all. Lone-078 (talk) 17:12, 24 April 2025 (UTC)

I can help you write pages

I do digital art so I can make images of deities if you want for any upcoming pages? TheGriffinWolf (talk) 14:02, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

no I don't need any and also do digital art myself, but I would like to see that image of Ra you said you made here PharaohCrab (talk) 14:07, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
	:) TheGriffinWolf (talk) 16:48, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

Discussion result

Hi, the result for the discussion is here. Please do not modify it. If you have any objections, please reply here. Robloxguest3 (talk) 03:56, 6 June 2025 (UTC)

I need help on some digital art

Are you able to make me a vector art of the god panebtawy for my upcoming page? TheGriffinWolf (talk) 18:49, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

I believe you could just reuse my image for Heka because they seem to have the same or at least similar iconography PharaohCrab (talk) 19:13, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

I took a closer look and noticed some differences so I made a vector, I saw you also made some but I believe mine is more accurate and higher quality PharaohCrab (talk) 12:18, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

Where should I find the vector? TheGriffinWolf (talk) 13:03, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

Wait never mind I found it and yeah it is very good 👍👍 TheGriffinWolf (talk) 13:09, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

A few words about an Indian user named History12341234567810 who previously edited the article about Ramesses II.

Please note that these texts are not needed here because these texts have already been mentioned in Citation and this text was previously added here by a user named History12345678910 probably sometime on 2 June 2025 and he is currently blocked. HistoryCudi (talk) 14:26, 16 July 2025 (UTC)

yeah I know, I also know that you are History12345678910 so I'm not sure what your trying to do right now PharaohCrab (talk) 14:27, 16 July 2025 (UTC)

I'm just helping you and Wikipedia. HistoryCudi (talk) 14:29, 16 July 2025 (UTC)

Look, you may have stopped the user named History12345678910 but remember that many such users will come from India and they will vandalize Wikipedia again and again and there are still many Indian Wikipedia vandals who will vandalize in the future and the reason for doing this is that our Lord Ram was once disrespected on Wikipedia and Indians are taking revenge for that so keep trying to protect Wikipedia from them. HistoryCudi (talk) 14:47, 16 July 2025 (UTC)

normarch

Hello, I think we discussed that before. You introduced in several article the term nomarch. I wrote sometimes (in older literature often called Nomarch) and you deleted that. You ignore here a shift in recent Egyptology. The term nomarch' is just a bit out of date and recent studies prefer other words such as governor or just translate the Egyptian titles word by word. Nomarch is a Greek term not an Egyptian one.Udimu (talk) 18:06, 31 July 2025 (UTC)

but that is not the consensus between all Egyptologists many still prefer the term Nomarch which is also by far the more commonly used term on wikipedia. I also wonder why is this specific Greek term is "outdated" but none of the many other Greek terms used commonly when talking about ancient Egypt aren't PharaohCrab (talk) 18:23, 31 July 2025 (UTC)

I think more commonly used term on wikipedia is not a good argument, honestly. I did not make a survey on recent Egyptological literature on that word. but the term normarch is just not very precise and the Egyptian titles behind it are changing over time. I added some more recent literature in the article nomarch, but I would be grateful if you are more cautious about that word (especially in the articles written by me ;-)) Udimu (talk) 18:29, 31 July 2025 (UTC)

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IP block exemption request

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

PharaohCrab (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log) • SI)

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Request reason:

I have previously requested to be exempt because I was sometime caught in a ip block but it was denied because I could still edit some of the time, however for some reason my ip has changed to another blocked address and now blocks me at all times. which is disappointing because contributing to Wikipedia is one of my hobbys. I cannot edit any other way because I am a Student so a proxy (iboss Cloud Connector) is preinstalled on my computer by my school and I cannot turn it off nor do I really have any other devices to edit from. the new blocked IP address is 104.225.160.0/19

Accept reason:

I have granted you IP Block Exemption for a year. PhilKnight (talk) 14:44, 14 September 2025 (UTC)

PharaohCrab (talk) 13:13, 11 September 2025 (UTC)

@Yamla could you review my IP block exemption request? I added as much detail about why I can't edit as I have and I'd really like to get back to editing. PharaohCrab (talk) 16:16, 11 September 2025 (UTC)

Could you try editing again? Your latest underlying IP address doesn't seem to be blocked. PhilKnight (talk) 04:27, 12 September 2025 (UTC)

No I'm still blocked. PharaohCrab (talk) 11:17, 12 September 2025 (UTC)

IP block exempt

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Please read the page Wikipedia:IP block exemption carefully, especially the section on IP block exemption conditions. Inappropriate usage of this user right may result in revocation. I hope this will enhance your editing, and allow you to edit successfully and without disruption. PhilKnight (talk) 14:44, 14 September 2025 (UTC)

thanks! PharaohCrab (talk) 16:51, 14 September 2025 (UTC)

Periagua

May I ask why to converted Periagua to a redirect? The term partially overlaps Piroque, but is at least partially distinct. Donald Albury 23:28, 21 September 2025 (UTC)

it seemed to me like they were the same thing due to the fact that both articles describe them as small vessels or canoes and come from the Carib word piraua but I do now notice that the old Periagua page said they were different but it never said how, if they really aren't the same thing then I would like you to explain what the difference is. PharaohCrab (talk) 23:40, 21 September 2025 (UTC)

"Periagua" or "piragua" is the older form, which the French borrowed as "piroque". Periagua remained the term of use in the Caribbean, and, perhaps, other Spanish-speaking areas. I have recently seen references to the form "piragua" in Dalca, referring to a small vessel historically used by the Chono people, and La Piragua, a Colombian song about a canoe. "Periagua" was later used in the U.S. for specific styles of small craft that, as far as I know, were never called piroques. I created the article because I had run across references to "periaguas" as ocean-going vessels in sources about historical topics related to the Caribbean, such as carrying shipwrecked sailors from Florida to Jamaica and serving as pirate vessels, and "piroque" didn't seem to fit the concept of a "periagua". I would prefer to not have that information be lost. Donald Albury 12:52, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

From that, it seems to me like Periagua is the generic term and piroque is simply the french term but it was sometimes also applied to other types of boats. So I think the best way to do this is to have one page with the title Periagua with a subsection for the term piroque PharaohCrab (talk) 13:31, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

I suspect there would be pushback on that idea. My impression is that "piroque" has been applied in English language sources to many styles of small boats around the world because many North Americans were aware of the term "piroque", but not of other locally used terms for small boats. If the majority of reliable sources call something a "piroque", so should we. In other cases, we should call each type of small craft by the name most commonly used in English language reliable sources. I am willing to consider how the content might be merged into "Piroque", but the article might become bloated doing that for all the types of small craft around the world that might be called a piroque. There is also the problem of calling something a piroque if few or no sources do so. Donald Albury 14:26, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

perhaps you are correct and they are different, I will not object to the pages being unmerged but in both article try to make it clear what the difference is between the two and make it so they don't overlap that much. also add a hatnote. PharaohCrab (talk) 14:51, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

I want to think about it some more. I may seek more input on how to handle this. I'll let you know if I do that. Donald Albury 15:23, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

Nicaraguan jack

Thank you for removing that almost certainly spurious flag. I should have done it. J S Ayer (talk) 02:56, 13 October 2025 (UTC)

No problem! PharaohCrab (talk) 03:10, 13 October 2025 (UTC)

October 2025

Hello! Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. At least one of your edits on the page Ptolemy IV Philopator, while it may have been in good faith, was difficult to distinguish from vandalism. To help other editors understand the reason for the changes, you can use an edit summary for your contributions. You can also take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Tankishguy 12:18, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

I am not new to Wikipedia and I used the edit summary to explain what I did PharaohCrab (talk) 12:20, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

List of pharaohs

Hello there, I’ve been working on an updated list of pharaohs for a while and I wanted to get some feedback from other users. You seem to be familiar with the topic, and perhaps you can help me improve the list. Tintero21 (talk) 20:50, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

Pretty neat but the inconsistency between dynasties bothers me a bit, with more work I believe it could replace the current version. PharaohCrab speak𓀁 works𓀨 22:22, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

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Thanks for your note

Dear User PharaohCrab,

Thank you for your kind message. I also created the wikipedia article and sourced most of the gold images for Dush, Egypt. I also created the articles for TT139, Giulio Farina , TT218 and TT219 where I got colour images licensed freely for them...except for Farina where there was an existing Italian wikipedia article which I translated.

On Wikimedia Commons, I contacted flickr users and got images licensed freely Here Here , HERE and Over Here In 2026, unfortunately, I will be less active on wikipedia due to work commitments but I can email you a few newer papers on Ancient Egypt if you wish to Email me...as in "Email this user". Egyptian specialist books and articles are really costly. Life in Canada is very expensive today due to post covid-inflation. Best, --Leoboudv (talk) 00:46, 19 November 2025 (UTC)

I don't need any sources right now because I mostly copyedit but if I ever need a non-free Egyptology source I can't find in the Wikipedia library I will keep you in mind PharaohCrab speak𓀁 works𓀨 17:46, 19 November 2025 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Original Barnstar
		Tkanks for the barnstar, but you undoubtedly deserve it more than me. Keep up the good work. Lone-078 (talk) 17:37, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

Edit on the book page

You reverted my edit on Wonderful Ethiopians of the Ancient Cushite Empire citing that the book cover image is free use. But the file is not free use, as you can see when you click on the image file. We need to find a cover page for the book that was published before 1930 so we can upload that as a free image. In the current way, the image is non-free. I am reverting your edit. Request you to not revert it again before discussing. Kingsacrificer (talk) 08:47, 16 December 2025 (UTC)

Yes the image is non free but it was uploaded for use in the article and is fair use which I meant to say instead of free use, sorry about any confusion that came from that typo. PharaohCrab speak𓀁 works𓀨 12:30, 16 December 2025 (UTC)

Yes it is fair use (I was the one who uploaded it in the first place), but as I said the book was published before 1930 so the original cover is actually in public domain. Just need to find it, haha. Kingsacrificer (talk) 12:32, 16 December 2025 (UTC)

That might take a little while so in the mean time I don't see why the non-free version can't be used. PharaohCrab speak𓀁 works𓀨 12:36, 16 December 2025 (UTC)

According to WP:NFCC criterion #1, we cannot use a non-free image where a free image can become available.

Sadly, 'meantime' is not a priority for Wikipedia. It is what it is. Kingsacrificer (talk) 12:38, 16 December 2025 (UTC)

oh ok PharaohCrab speak𓀁 works𓀨 12:40, 16 December 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paneb

Hello! I was one of the participants in this AfD. Thank you for withdrawing the nomination.

Do you know about WP:BEFORE? It is a procedure that is recommended as best practices to be followed before nominating an article for deletion.

Have a nice holiday season. Netherzone (talk) 20:52, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

P.S. I think this is the correct template to use: See: Template:Copied when content is copied from one Wikipedia article to another instead of the one that you added (the big pink copy/paste template). See: Template:Copied for more information. Happy editing Netherzone (talk) 21:04, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

@PharaohCrab, Hello again, there is also an error in the template that you added to Talk:Paneb, it needs to include a link to the actual AfD discussion. Please complete the process; you can learn about the procedure for doing so here: WP:AFD. Netherzone (talk) 23:13, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

 Done PharaohCrab speak𓀁 works𓀨 23:20, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

@PharaohCrab, You have placed an incorrect template on the article Paneb. Please see my message above explaining that the correct template is: Template:Copied when content is copied from one Wikipedia article to another instead of the one that you added (the big pink copy/paste template). See: Template:Copied for more information.

The issue with the article is different that a copyright violation where content is copied from another website or source. When copying from WP to WP, it's an attribution issue.

Please try to read and digest the information about how the WP:AFD process works, including WP:BEFORE. Otherwise it wastes other editors time. Netherzone (talk) 23:32, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

I saw that but I've been putting it off because it requires me to find the exact revision it was copied from and the template confused me a bit but now seem like as good a time as any to get around to it PharaohCrab speak𓀁 works𓀨 23:49, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Thank you. The right template is linked in my message. Have a happy holiday season, and thanks again! Netherzone (talk) 00:43, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

Happy New Year, PharaohCrab!

Happy New Year!

PharaohCrab,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
Volten001 ^☎ 10:51, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

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Undoing your closure

Hi, I see you closed a merge proposal in which you were involved. WP:MERGE is pretty clear about who can close these discussions: (emphasis in original)

Any user, including the user who first proposed the merge, may close the discussion and move forward with the merge if enough time (normally one week or more) has elapsed and the consensus is clear or there has neen no discussion. [...] In more unclear, controversial cases, the determination that a consensus to merge has or has not been achieved should be made by an editor who is neutral and not directly involved in the merge proposal or the discussion. The discussion can be listed at the Proposed article mergers noticeboard to attract the attention of more editors. If necessary, you can request that an uninvolved editor close the discussion at the Closure requests noticeboard.

Could you therefore consider reverting your closure? Thanks! FaviFake (talk) 18:14, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

I didn't know I wasn't supposed to close the discussion myself and I will keep that in mind for the future but I don't think I will re-open it because the discussion has been open since October with basically no participation and given that I still am in favor of the merge me closing it doesn't have any conflict of interest but if you feel differently, I invite you to revert it yourself I will not stop you. PharaohCrab speak𓀁 works𓀨 18:27, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Writer's Barnstar
	you are on a roll! Robloxguest3 (talk) 20:21, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

Edit on a page on Ganymede's surface features.

Hello again @PharaohCrab. I noticed that you made a minor edit on the page List of geological features on Ganymede.

I didn't know you were into astronomy as well. IapetusCallistus (talk) 15:08, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

That was an automatic edit that changed all links to the disambiguate page Sais to instead lead to Sais, Egypt using this user script. I have little interest in astronomy. PharaohCrab speak𓀁 works𓀨 15:14, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

I see. Alright. It caught my attention since half of all surface features on the moon Ganymede are named after deities, figures, and worship centers from Egyptian mythology.

Anyways, all the best. IapetusCallistus (talk) 15:19, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

New Wikipedia member

Hey, I am a new wikipedia editor, I am very happy to see your profile has so many contributions to wikipedia especially in Egyptology, I was wondering if you would kindly take time to improve some articles that I may suggest so that I could learn from your edit pattern.

If you have time I could suggest some articles. Deceptecon (talk) 23:38, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

sure, what articles do you have in mind? PharaohCrab speak𓀁 works𓀨 23:44, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

I greatly appreciate your reply, I provided below a list of some wikipedia articles where I noticed the articles need some work, I provided some notes next to each suggested article:

Traditional Berber religion The article needs some work, for instance the french wikipedia article contains a table of deities (Fr) and a festivals section (Fr) that the english article does not.

Lamia this article is related to both greek and Libyco-Berber (Libyan) mythologies, I am curious how you would approach this if you were to create a infobox for her and classify her type as Libyco-Berber mythology with greek mythology template below or vice versa or neither or something else.

Massylii The article looks like a stubb despite much available information, the article seems to lack for an infobox and work on history. in french wikipedia (Fr) it contains an infobox, Etymology section, Geography, History, Political organization...etc

Gurzil the article in (Fr) has an infobox and plenty of information that the english counterpart does not, if it had an infobox It could be classified as Libyco-Berber deity

Numidian cavalry this article contains the template message 'Some of this article's listed sources may not be reliable. Please help improve this article by looking for better, more reliable sources. Unreliable citations may be challenged and removed. (December 2023)'

I will be able to learn how a seasoned Wikipedia creator would be able to handle the issues above while I learn from the edits, I understand this may take a long time to undertake so no time pressure. Deceptecon (talk) 00:18, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

Most of my edit have been on pages related to ancient Egypt because I am very knowledgeable on that subject in find it quite interesting but I know little about ancient north Africa outside of Egypt so I don't currently don't have much I can provide to these topics outside of copy editing but these subjects do seem fascinating, particularly how the religion of this area blended Phonetician, Greek, Egyptian, and ancient Berber traditions into one is quite interesting. PharaohCrab speak𓀁 works𓀨 02:48, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

I completely understand, I have noticed from your edits and your work that you are certainly very knowledgeable on many topics of ancient Egypt and I really like that a lot, that is why I would really like it if you are able to work on Gurzil page by maybe adding an infobox or something similar using your style. and Maybe also Massylii page, I think even if you used copy editing it wouldn't be an issue seeing the current state of these pages.

Thank you so much. I hope you have a nice day Deceptecon (talk) 14:01, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

Karnak King List

Good edit changing "pharaoh" to "ruler". Pharaoh is a misnormer and only used by the end of 21st dyn (Iron Age IB) when the kings are weaker and the institution of Pr-aa (Great House, Palace) provides the name. It was never used in the Bronze Age for a king. Generally, they were "Great Kings" (i.e Emperor ruling over vassal kings) or "Kings" (SIP, lesser kings, petty kings), and when they argued about kingship there was heka and just "man of GN". Ruler is neutral and good. Have a nice weekend Raven rs (talk) 01:06, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

to be honest I did not charge it to rulers because pharaoh is a misnomer (even though it kind of is), it still is used to refer to all Egyptian kings even by scholars so I have no problem with its use in most circumstances, I changed it because the Karnak kings list contains Intef the Elder and most likely Mentuhotep I who where both not actually kings PharaohCrab speak𓀁 works𓀨 21:05, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

Your list of pharaohs and rulers without wiki pages

Hi @PharaohCrab I just want to congratulate you on making (or planning to make) all those ancient Egypt and Kush pages, I’m obsessed with ancient history and I’ve seen many rulers (couple Assyrian ones and Ethiopian ones) don’t have Wikipedia pages, among other smaller states. I would like to help in any way I can if I have the time. Wishing you the best of luck, have a great day. The Grenadian Historian (Aka. Mwen Sé Kéyòl Translator-a) (talk) 14:33, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

I don't really have the motivation to create the pages for many of these pharaohs at least at the moment and I'm not convinced they all need an article anyway given that many are known from a single artifact or a line in the Turin King List and half of them don't even have complete names. the only one I 100% think needs an article is Ity so when I do eventually get around to creating some of those pages expect that to be the first. PharaohCrab speak𓀁 works𓀨 21:20, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

Well no worries, I’m sure in the coming decades more will be found regarding some more forgotten pharaohs. I was surprised to discover that there wasn’t an article on the Kingdom of Yam, a powerful Nubian polity possibly near Khartoum or Old Dongola. So I created that article, which was my first ancient history article on Wikipedia, (and I plan to do more but the “to do list” keeps mounting up 😅) The Grenadian Historian (Aka. Mwen Sé Kéyòl Translator-a) (talk) 08:42, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

Also @PharaohCrab I love the redesign of the list of pharaohs, that colour coding at the start is divine and the whole list reads better than the last one I remember. Well done for that and I hope we can collaborate for the great good of ancient history in the future The Grenadian Historian (Aka. Mwen Sé Kéyòl Translator-a) (talk) 12:32, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

Template use

Hey, thank you so much for chiming in to help with correcting articles and improving the Template:Libyco-Berber religion because I really like your touches, I was hoping that you would be able to add the template to additional articles where you see the template fits.

I am very optimistic about your edits and I think you are one of the few who could dig so deep to find articles worth using the template on.

I am also hoping if you could help improve the Gurzil article, maybe you could add a deity infobox template to it or something.

I look very kindly on your edits, and thank you very much for encouraging me to make more constructive edits. Deceptecon (talk) 00:22, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

I have found a few pages missing the template which I have now added. It may also be a good idea to added it to some of the pages in these three categories (Category:Guanche deities, Category:Guanche goddesses, and Category:Guanche gods) but many of these pages are tiny stubs without enough room for a template and should be expanded first. alternatively perhaps these pages should have their own Guanche mythology template created because their mythology was quite distinct from the religion of other Berber peoples. PharaohCrab speak𓀁 works𓀨 12:54, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

We need a new infobox

I've started a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mythology#Infobox for legendary characters. We need an infobox more appropriate for legendary characters than "deity" or "character", which is designed for fictional characters. --Nicknack009 (talk) 17:37, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

Sounds good to me, I mostly work with Egyptian mythology where basically every figures is a deity of some sort so this wont be that useful for me but I can see how it could be useful for other mythologies. PharaohCrab speak𓀁 works𓀨 17:45, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:Arrogante (slave ship)

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List of countries by system of government

Hello, I noticed that recently you removed (in revision https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_countries_by_system_of_government&oldid=1347560542) "Guinea" as a 'duplicate entry', possibly confusing that country with similarly-named but different country "Guinea-Bissau". Please consider undoing that change / restoring "Guinea" to the List of countries by system of government page, thanks AliveinFrance (talk) 12:51, 13 April 2026 (UTC)

I did not confuse Guinea and Guinea-Bissau, they were duplicate entries as both country are currently ruled by a military junta and were in that section but also in the section for the systems they had before the coup meaning both were in the list twice. PharaohCrab speak𓀁 works𓀨 12:55, 13 April 2026 (UTC)

upon further examination turned out Guinea (but not Guinea-Bissau) was not duplicated, apparently last year Guinea held a fraudulent election legitimizing the rule of Mamady Doumbouya so it is no longer technically a military junta and it was removed from that section which I did not notice. PharaohCrab speak𓀁 works𓀨 13:07, 13 April 2026 (UTC)

Federal subjects of Russia

Hi,

If we don't include a full transcription of the names on the map, we'll need to list them under the map, which will take more room and require readers to go back and forth.

Anyway, the full transcription has been there for a year and so is consensus by this point. — kwami (talk) 04:46, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

I don't see how they could possibly aid in pronunciation. it certainly didn't help me and you cannot just expect readers to know what diacritics mean pronunciation wise, and even if they did you don't need a pronunciation guide no other list like this contains one. the far more likely scenario is a reader will look at the map and assume that the official names of these subdivisions may even be confused that they aren't used anywhere else. PharaohCrab speak𓀁 works𓀨 13:39, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

If we wanted the official names we'd write them in Cyrillic: only Cyrillic is official.

Even native Russian speakers need stress marked for words they don't know.

If people are confused by Russian pronunciation or transcription, they can look it up.

Are you telling me you know how to pronounce unknown Russian words when the stress is not given, but can't figure it out when it is given? — kwami (talk) 13:48, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

no I'm not telling you that, I was saying I did not know how to pronounce them and diacritics did not help at all because I had no idea what they are supposed to represent. the diacritic confused me quite a bit when I first saw them which was the main reason I removed them and I cannot have been be alone in this. PharaohCrab speak𓀁 works𓀨 14:11, 9 May 2026 (UTC)