User talk:TompaDompa

Lumping many identical RfDs together

When multiple simultaneously-submitted RfDs have the same rationale, AFAIK it's usually best to submit them as a group, so there can be a centralized discussion. jlwoodwa (talk) 23:55, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

If the exact same considerations apply for all of them, sure. Here, that's not really the case, so lumping all of them together might result in a WP:TRAINWRECK if editors decide that Gamma Draconis in fiction, Bellatrix in fiction, Pollux in fiction, Mizar and Alcor in fiction, Regulus in fiction, and Wolf 359 in fiction should not all have the same outcome—and that might very well be the end result here. TompaDompa (talk) 00:09, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

"Stars and planetary systems in fiction" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Stars and planetary systems in fiction has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 May 6 § Stars and planetary systems in fiction until a consensus is reached. Steel1943 (talk) 19:53, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Dacian Kingdom year and area

Hello, I'd like to inquire about adding information regarding the size of the Dacian kingdom. For the period spanning from Burebista's reign to Dacia's peak around 50 BC, some scholars estimated to have been approximately 640,000 km². Moving forward to 100 AD, during Decebalus's rule, the kingdom's estimated size is noted as 400,000 km² according to information on the wiki page BalcanVali (talk) 00:59, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

The first and most important step is locating sources that give these figures explicitly. TompaDompa (talk) 04:05, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

The first source is actually on Wikipedia. On the page of Dacians, it says: "By the year AD 100, more than 400,000 square kilometers were dominated by the Dacians."

Then, during the Dacian kingdom under Burebista in 50 BC, some scholars consider that Dacia had approximately 600,000 square kilometers, saying that the expansion of Burebista extended from Pannonia to the Black Sea, from the Carpathian Mountains to the Balkan Mountains, and from today's Apollonia and modern-day Varna to the Bug River, It's possible to have had approximately 600,000 square kilometers BalcanVali (talk) 01:31, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

The page Dacians cites De Imperatoribus Romanis for this claim. The problem is that the source in question does not actually verify this claim—it says nothing about the Dacians ruling over 400,000 square kilometers. TompaDompa (talk) 15:14, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

Kingdom of Decebalus 87-106

"By the year AD 100, more than 400,000 square kilometres were dominated by the Dacians, who numbered two million. Decebalus was the last king of the Dacians, and despite his fierce resistance against the Romans was defeated, and committed suicide rather than being marched through Rome in a triumph as a captured enemy"

this is in the page, check again BalcanVali (talk) 21:07, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

That's a quote from the Wikipedia article Dacians. However, WP:Wikipedia is not a reliable source. TompaDompa (talk) 21:12, 10 May 2024 (UTC)