Hi! Although a longtime enthusiastic contributor, I am currently quite disillusioned by the politics of Wikipedia. I will only continue editing at a reduced rate, and may not respond swiftly to queries. See you on the beach!! Best regard to all. Cheers! PHG (talk) 12:38, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
Hello PHG, I am a Graduate Assistant for a University Professor currently working on a commentary on Revelation. He would like to secure your permission to include your PeriplusMap in the commentary. If your are willing/able to give permission, he would like to confirm your permission through email correspondence. I thought I would first contact you through this venue, however. Thanks and I hope to hear from you soon.--Kanethelar (talk) 19:24, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I'll be delighted if you use the map. Please contact me by e-mail if you wish through the "E-mail this user" tag on the left. Cheers Phg (talk) 19:40, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hey PHG, I am a photo researcher and wanted to know if I could use your photo of the painting of Pope Nicholas III towards a History Channel 2hr special on "Angels and Demons". If you are ok with this, I would need to send you a release form via email granting The History Channel permission to use this image. Let me know when you can since I have very little time to retrieve these images. Thank you for your time and I hope to hear from you soon. (Tparkford (talk) 23:41, 25 March 2009 (UTC))[reply]
Your essays are interesting. I would like to add some remarks to "CONTENT : A SECOND BREATH FOR WIKIPEDIA?". You claim that "Referenced information should never be deleted from the encyclopedia". You must understand that there are some problems with this:
There is a limit to what a person can read in terms of quantity.
Even if I would agree with the principle it also depends very much on how this information is written down. If one swamps an article with fringe theory A references and ignores fringe theory B, C and D references and theories, then this is a problem isn't it?
Hi Focal Point. Thank you for your comment. This is the beauty of being a paperless encyclopedia... I don't think that there would be any issue with having a 150k main article on Philip IV (against today's stumpy 20k), highlighting in great details so many of the specifics of that king (his coinage policy, his impopularity, his role in the arrest Boniface at Anagni, his handling of the Templar affair, his various failed plans for the Crusades, his interactions with the Mongols, his handling of the Tour de Nesle Affair etc...) each in exquisite detail, and showing the various historical theories about his rule. All of that information is legitimate, and it would be up to the reader to read what he wants, or choose which theory he would like to favour. If a writer is especially knowledgeable of theory A and contributes essentially about it, then so be it, until another knowledgeable editor contributes about theory B, C, or D. There is no real reason to delete referenced material for "undue weight", or attack a user because he is particularly knowledgeable about a specific area and not about another, because universal knowledge is a combination of individual outgrowths, and the growth process is by necessity unbalanced. Cheers PHG (talk) 18:13, 8 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
My opinion does not have to be better or worse than yours, but I could accept part of your arguments as follows:
An article has to cater the needs of most: The 10-line only needs, the 20k needs and the 150k and the 1500k needs.
Looking at Philip IV, the 10-line reader needs are not met with this inadequate introduction.
The 20k needs are met
The 150k - 1500k needs are met where there is a link to another, more detailed article (it does not have to be all in one huge article)
BUT....
when a marginal theory A is mentioned, as supported by CrazyScientist1, 2 and 3, it has to be noted as such, with due weight, so that people know that there are also Even-More-Marginal Theory B (references by Even-CrazierScientist1 - yes someone else will write this article) and of course, the MainStreamTheory, which should be clearly noted as such.--FocalPoint (talk) 19:53, 8 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Focal Point. I agree about the need to present the various theories as such. Regarding the relations with the Mongols, a large amount of important referenced information about the specifics of the exchanges with Philip IV was simply deleted [1], and now cannot be found anywhere else on Wikipedia, which I guess is contradictory with the objective of this encyclopedia to be the sum of all knowledge. The information was just deleted, without even trying to transfer it to a more detailed article. PHG (talk) 21:00, 8 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The inclusionist/deletionist debate misses a central point: the encyclopedic project is properly about the organization of knowledge. A complete encyclopedia should be, indeed, complete as PHG has suggested (reliably sourced information shouldn't be excluded) but that doesn't mean that a specific article should include all possible reliably sourced information, but rather that information in the encyclopedia should be organized into a hierarchy of knowledge, so that one may approach a subject in whatever detail the reader finds appropriate. This means that articles would branch off into ever-more-detailed articles; plus, some level of detail can be left to external links that point to specialized documents maintained elsewhere.
Practically speaking, when a particular article begins to become overwhelmed with detail, subarticles should be created with appropriate detail, brought back into the original, overall subject article, using summary style. Often this is resisted as creating POV forks, but, in fact, there is nothing about such a process that, in itself, creates POV-biased forks. If Wikipedia is to be the "sum of all human knowledge," as it is advertised to be and was intended to be, it should be complete, and this requires categorization of knowledge into articles of appropriate size, linked to each other for easy approach.
Political process on Wikipedia is, to some degree, preventing the realization of the vision. To fix this, if it is even possible, may take quite some time. --Abd (talk) 00:04, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi. I realize that you've stepped away from WP for a while, but if you come back... I would love some help tracking down citations for the article you started on Eusebeia. Your original version of the article includes a nice synopsis of the use of the word over time in the Greek world, but I've not been able to find much on the word. If you have a chance, I would greatly appreciate it if you'd point me in the right direction to find some citations.
Hi PHG. I noticed you uploaded images of some coins from the reign Sigtrygg Silkbeard, and wondered if you might be able to clear up an issue I have with the article — namely, differing accounts on the dates of his reign. I have outlined the problem here. Did the coins at the British Museum give the dates of his reign, perchance?
Would you happen to have any photo of a coin with Phthia of Epirus? In the article it is claimed that her son produced coins with her portrait. I want to make a present to a friend, and a picture of this coin would be just fine (what a nice place wikipedia, a picture of the coin is enough!).--FocalPoint (talk) 20:25, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hi PHG. I've been working recently on the article and since you've contributed an image to it recently I would like you to have a look at it if you got some time. Any comment or copy editing would be much appreciated since I am planning to make that article reach a GA status at least. -- FayssalF - Wiki me up® 17:33, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Your Point About the Sad State of Wikipedia Politics
In February, I became a Wikipedia editor. As an educator, I had the best of intentions and immediately got busy, adding things I knew mattered to teachers in the States (where most of our schools do NOT allow students to directly cite to Wikipedia but encourage its use as a starting point). I was immediately pounced on, threatened to be black-listed, and on it went. (Apparently getting busy means spamming to Wiki administrators.)
Some good soul (and fair-minded thinker/administrator) tried to step in to stop the "guilty-until-proven-innocent" madness, but my enthusiasm was directly deflated by the attacks. It was ugly - and for absolutely no reason.
It wouldn't occur to me to help edit Wikipedia, ever again. I have shared this with many other educators - and they aren't going to waste their time anymore than I will waste mine. I'm only signed-in now, to write this to you. I was looking for a great picture of Pope Adrian IV, to use for my class, and there you were.
I really hope things improve, else Wikipedia will fail to live-up to its potential. Regrettably, I'm not optimistic.
I read your comments regarding truth and freedom of speech v. consensus and I agree with you. The problem is that the US government is now setting up local commissions for talk radio that would also extend to cable and satellite television, even the Internet as part of the Fairness Doctrine which is nothing more than censorship. I fear for this country and that it seems like we are heading down the path of Lenin, Stalin, Chavez, and Mao. Chris (talk) 14:11, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I'm writing a book on the general Stilicho and need relevant photos for a black and white 'plates' section. Would it be possible to use your photo of the 'Christian Pendant of Maria, wife of the Roman emperor Honorius (398-407)' please? As you probably know, she was Stilicho's daughter and, thanks to that fact, the photo would be invaluable. If yes, what terms and conditions you would apply?
Thank you for your time and I hope to hear from you soon.
Hi Burnleyfc. Glad you like the photograph! Please just use it per this agreement and credit Wikipedia. Best regards. Phg (talk) 20:50, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I am planning to improve the biographies of Mongol Khagans. Could you help me, checking the structure and grammar mistake for my recent edits on Ogedei Khan. Thank you so much.--Enerelt (talk) 09:16, 23 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I just wanted to thank you for your articles, & for the pictures you brought with them!... in between i saw the RIDICULOUS mess you've been put in - something i can't understand, maybe because of something of a "which french bashing can we do today"? i don't know...i really don't understand the reason at all (if you have an idea this would be helpfull for me - i usually have an opinion, but this ... is driving me particulary brainless) - nevertheless, once again, THANK YOU !! (j'aurais peut-etre mieux fait de parler en français, et cela aurait été plus clair pour toi, puisque je suis très mauvais en anglais, et que je ne doute pas que tu connaisse bien la langue... - mais, bon, c'est fait!)--So6sechs (talk) 18:29, 23 April 2009 (UTC)[reply] ps. don't be bored with those inquisitors please : your contribution is helpfull (and will always be remembered - at least kept on the archives), and, you know, french wikipedia is even worse than the english one as ever been (or "will be" - let's hope it won't!) 'give you my best (you must know you'll always be wellcome here by a significant number of people - and by me personally, if you [and your relatives] ever want to come to south Brittany :o) _yes i'm serious, there are lots of beautiful beach there!) please give some news, it can't hurt! --So6sechs (talk) 18:29, 23 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I thought the Somerset House pic was better for the main pic; surely we have an excess of enthroned Madonnas & too few secular paintings? Johnbod (talk) 20:52, 28 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
For your deep and introspective thoughts on your user page regarding the state of Wikipedia, especially with Truth and Freedom of Speech v. Consensus, I award you this barnstar as a matter of thanks. Chris (talk) 14:19, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Dear PHG, I came across an article you have created, Musicanus, and noticed that it began with the following words: "Musicanus (Indian: Mûshika) was an Indian king..."
Perhaps I have misunderstood, but I'm not sure if "Indian" is a language. I was hesitant to edit it, in case I have misunderstood, but perhaps Mûshika is the Sanskrit form? I am unfamiliar with the languages of the area, so I dare not guess. Thank you for your time. Peltirasia (talk) 17:55, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Very glad to see you're back! Loved your Tonkin medal stuff, so I have created a new article, Tonkin commemorative medal and moved your image and some stuff I did earlier (in the article Tonkin campaign) there. I'm going to add a lot more material on the controversy surrounding the issue of the medal (how many recipients, why was Lang Son omitted, and so on), so watch this space.
Thanks very much for the French Barnstar of National Merit. The most welcome honour yet, and it does look rather good with its tricolour.
I'm still in the process of translating Huard on the history of campaign medals. I think the Tonkin one may well have been the first medal handed out to all the participants in a campaign, as you suggest. I'll add in to the article anything interesting I find.
I think you're right about the Crimea, as Huard says 'The first commemorative medal had some purpose to it. It was given to our soldiers by the Queen of England, who wished to recognise the services they had rendered to her army (which they had saved on at least two occasions).' Cheek of the man! Presumably he is referring to the Battle of the Alma and the Battle of Inkerman, and he possibly had the charge of the chasseurs d'Afrique at Balaclava in mind as well.
I've just seen your additions to the Tonkin commemorative medal article. Fascinating stuff on Cau-Giai. I shall try to find out whether the name was deleted from the original list because it was a French defeat, or whether it was added to the original list because someone felt that at least one of Riviere's battles needed to be commemorated. It might have been either. If you make any more interesting discoveries like this, I shall soon be in a position to write a very informative paragraph on the medal in the closing chapter of my book!
Some very nice additions, thanks very much. I've tidied up the article and reorganised the order of presentation. I hadn't realised that eligibility was extended backwards to 1873 and forwards to the end of the Pacification of Tonkin. Interesting.
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Touchy? Btw you seem to be an expert in creating good articles. I have a lot of material on Taccola who was an immensely interesting mind, and certainly a worthy forerunner of Leonardo. I can provide all pics of his machines of De Ingeneis in high quality, as well as a number of scholarly works. In case you are interested just let me know, we can collaborate on this article, there is actually still a mountain of work which could be done on WP. Regards Gun Powder Ma (talk) 11:38, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, that is folio f.004r of De Ingeneis, and your information is not entirely correct. The chain pump as such is actually known since antiquity, only a certain new type which works with soft balls instead if wooden plates is attributed to the Tatars by Taccola. But I would upload the pic only together with all the rest (58), which however requires a lot of time, since each has to be named correctly. I have not much time now and therefore it is only worth doing if the article is simultaneously enlarged substantially, perhaps to Good article status. As I said, I have still some literature from the time I wrote the article which can take you quite far. Gun Powder Ma (talk) 12:01, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Thank you for sharing all these amazing photos, I am particularly fond of the once from Gandhara. However, my question is about the Taranis Jupiter photo from Musee d'Archeologie Nationale. Did you study what this statue is wearing over his shoulder? My suggestion is that it is some kind of rattle, however I cannot tell because it is partly hidden. [2] (Thorguds (talk) 15:42, 16 July 2009 (UTC))[reply]
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My friend Rene Vienet has just sent me a nice little piece on the medal from the cover of a schoolboy's notebook, which I have added to this page. You might be interested. I guess from the style that it's c.1895 (it must be later than 1893, see the final sentence on the left-hand page).
Randier's La Royale has just arrived, courtesy of amazon.fr. What a magnificent volume! Now I can see where you got some of your images. I particularly liked the photo of the French marine infantry officer in Tonkin being carried in state in a hammock to meet some mandarin or other. The mode of transport looked decidedly uncomfortable.
I see you were the author of that neat map showing the travels of the Ongut monk Bar Sauma in the last two decades of the thirteenth century.
I have just decided to leave the Sino-French War alone for a bit and upload onto Wikipedia about 400 pages of stuff on the Nestorians that's been on my computer for more than a decade . See my new article, Dioceses of the Church of the East. This is stuff that is going eventually to go into my second book on the Nestorians, The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East to 1318 (the first one went from 1318 onwards), but in the meantime I've decided to share it with the world, or at least that part of the world that consults English Wikipedia.
You will see at a glance that what it needs is maps, and my thoughts immediately turned to you, as master map-maker to the gentry. Most existing maps of Nestorian dioceses are incomplete, inaccurate or both. I did a PhD thesis on this subject, and happen to know where they all were. I would therefore love to put some authoritative maps of the diocesan structure on Wikipedia. How do we do it? Do I have to give you long and precise 'target indications', as I once did with the map for the Sino-French War, so that we both waste a lot of time, or is there an easy way for me to edit a map created by you? Not that time is a problem. This project is going to involve about 120 articles and the next five years of my life, so we can sort things out gradually.
For starters, would it be possible for you to amend that Bar Sauma map to get rid of his travel itinerary and the current title, leaving in the place names and the physical relief, and re-title the map 'The Mission Field of the Church of the East, 1281'. I will then consider where to go from there.
Looking forward to working with you on this project. If it works it will move WikiProject Assyria away from being simply a platform for Assyrian nationalists, which is what it seems to be at present.
Hi PHG, Go have a look at the map I've just uploaded into my article Dioceses of the Church of the East. I've been experimenting, without much success, to get good quality reproduction of the Powerpoint map I did. I've found that saving in JPEG format loses quality (perhaps I'm doing it the wrong way). I've tried uploading a pdf version (edit my image by replacing jpg with pdf and you'll find a much better version of the map, also uploaded to Wikipedia. The only problem is that I can't make it appear on my page. Don't know why; I'm sure it's something incredibly simple. Can you help? Djwilms (talk) 04:00, 7 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Then, Metropolitan Provinces. Just stick one in, Adiabene.
Then, Dioceses. Just stick one in, Berwari.
I should be able to copy and paste to do similar templates for provinces and their constituent dioceses. It's just getting a template started that baffles me. Hope you don't mind.
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Good work on yet another interesting article at Firearms of Japan! One thing I was wondering though, does your sources on the matter say anything about something called the zutsu (cannon) or ōzutsu (large cannon)? Cheers, ~ AMorozov〈talk〉06:28, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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That is very cool! Excellent job on finding a picture for the Ōzutsu too! I'll see if I can put it to good use in the new ninja article I'm writing. Thanks for your help (: ~ AMorozov〈talk〉06:28, 22 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi, nice work on these articles BTW. Could you copy some of the information in the Culture of Tunisia article I wrote which regularly mentions the French influence in certain things in this articles under a section Cultural impact?Himalayan15:05, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Thanks for that interesting stuff you have dug out on French attempts to cosy up to Japan against China before and during the Sino-French War. I'm going to search Albert Billot's L'affaire du Tonkin, the standard French diplomatic history of the Sino-French War, to see if he can add anything to your research.
What I would like to do eventually is merge your new section into the existing section 'China's fear of Japan', and probably cut it down a bit. At the end of the day, France and Japan did not become allies, and I think it unbalances the main article to devote so much space to something that never happened. On the other hand, I've long been wanting to create a new article, Diplomacy of the Sino-French War, and that would be the natural home for a discussion of French overtures to Japan. I'll try to get round to it before long.
I'll get back to you after I've seen what Billot has to say on the subject.
P.S. Nice photo you uploaded of French soldiers in Tonkin in 1888.
P.P.S Can you spare a couple of minutes to do me another 'dioceses' template, 'Dioceses of the Syrian Orthodox Church'? Just change the title from the present 'Dioceses of the Church of the East template and scrap the illustrations, and I'll do the rest. I know how to edit existing templates but I haven't yet worked out how to create new ones.
WELL DONE! YOU NOW HAVE THIS GRAND MEDAL IN TOTAL INSUFFICIENT EXCHANGE FOR THE DYK ARTICLES YOU HAVE DONATED TO ANYBODY WHO CARES TO READ, EDIT OR EXPLOIT THEM. I SEE YOU HAVE STARTED ON THE WAY TO THE 200.... THANK YOU PHG ... FROM ME AND THE WIKI VICTUALLERS (TALK) 16:57, 10 OCTOBER 2009 (UTC)
Thanks. I've made some amendments, mostly minor and stylistic, but you may have views on them. Personally I thought the map was overdominant and confusing - it only showed modern political boundaries which obviously didn't exist at the time, and in my view it didn't add much and distracted from your excellent text and the other images. On consistency, I've changed the refs to the Greek settlement to Massalia, rather than (modern) Marseilles or (Roman) Massilia. But I think the article as a whole is great, thanks. Ghmyrtle (talk) 07:47, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for providing the new map - the only problem is that it seems to show the Roman provincial boundaries several hundred years later than is covered by the text of the article, and Massilia rather than Massalia. Not sure which is the better map really. Ghmyrtle (talk) 15:09, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi PHG, do you know where exactly File:SempadLetter.JPG comes from? Does Mutafian say what manuscript, and what folio, and all that stuff? There is a published, edited version of the letter, but it's quite different, and it would be interesting to see the rest of the manuscript with this version in it. (I was also going to put a transcription and a translation on the image file's page and for the sake of completeness it would be nice to have this information.) Adam Bishop (talk) 15:59, 19 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hi PHG, I plan on rewriting the 16 Arhats and expanding it, hope you don't mind. I will be adding how they are viewed and depicted on in Chinese Buddhist traditions and such. Afraid I don't much about the Japanese tradition and it seems you're an expert on it, feel free to add that info in. whipsandchains (talk) 01:05, 23 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
On October 23, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Mohammed bin Hadou, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Thank you so very much for the "Book writer's Barnstar". I am truly honoured - especially as it comes from you - one of the true giants and heros of the Wikipedia! What a welcome and wonderful surprise to find on my Talk page!
I am so excited to have the book out in print after all these (30) years - I can hardly believe it has happened. It is already listed on www.Alibris.com but I expect it will be on Amazon.com sometime next week (and they usually have cheaper shipping rates). The retail price is US$ 39.99. I cannot afford to send a free copy to every one of my many friends, contributors and helpers - as I would wish. But, if it would be very difficult for you to buy a copy - first try to get your local library to purchase it and, failing that, let me know and I will arrange a copy to be sent to you.
May I take this opportunity of thanking you once again for your innumerable superb contributions to the common pool of knowledge that is the Wikipedia. You are truly a great inspiration to us all. All my very best wishes, John Hill (talk) 16:21, 23 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi PHG. In your new page you give a ref to Braudel (footnote 2) that is ambiguous; at present it reads The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II, Fernand Braudel, p. 928- ... Does this mean p. 928 or pp. 928 to some bigger number? Thanks, Ericoides (talk) 07:36, 27 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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The History Barnstar 
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Done Phg (talk) 13:56, 13 August 2009 (UTC) 
