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Why there is no mention of his North African/Berber ancestry?

Last time I edited this kind of information(unwanted by some) this was marked as vandalism even despite inserting sources, so I'm afraid to edit by myself now. Barbar03 (talk) 06:06, 13 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Barbar03 - Feel free to post a source here on the talk page and a proposed modification of the article. I'll take a look at it. Your current account does not appear to have edited this article, and so I can't take a look at what edits you originally made. Mr rnddude (talk) 07:48, 13 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

He may have had Syrian ancestry through his mother, but none of this is definite. For the most part, it is best to state he is descended from patrician Roman/Italic stock.HammerFilmFan (talk) 23:14, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Full name

I think his full name was 'Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus'. It is in a handbook from my professor 'Roman Law'

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What I think should be changed: undo the edit of 09:54, 2022 March 3‎ which changed the infobox picture.
Why it should be changed: the same edit was already done previously, with the exact same edit summary, and then reverted. He should have gone to the talk page to sort this out, specifically the section "Undo the picture change".

HonestManBad (talk) 00:08, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

References

Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit extended-protected}} template. Rather than continuing a slow edit war via edit requests, please establish a solid consensus for the image. There are over 200 editors watching this page, none of whom have reverted the image change in the past week. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 00:21, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If there's an "edit war" going on, it was started by making a change which had already been reverted instead of going to the talk page where the issue had a dedicated section. And if you disagree, the onus is on you to say so, so spare me the lecture. I had already done what I could. HonestManBad (talk) 11:55, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Reactivated; see section "Undo the picture change" for the discussion. HonestManBad (talk) 10:14, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Will someone please cease this obstruction. Implement the change or present a counter-argument. HonestManBad (talk) 09:37, 17 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit extended-protected}} template. Closing this again, doesn't appear there is consensus to revert back. I suggest you start an RFC to get a solid consensus one way or another if the issue is that important. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 17:32, 11 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Cool power move. You know, of course, that you are obstructing the issue, acting against all policy, and repeating talking points I've already refuted. Apparently the issue is "that important". With people like you running things, I do not care to get involved beyond this. HonestManBad (talk) 08:07, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Edit protection

Hi, just wondering why this article is extended confirmed protected — Preceding unsigned comment added by PRTheodore (talk • contribs) 20:42, 17 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, real talk, I'd like to know too. Is it because I've seen Caracella used as a meme (Google: Disdain for Plebs) and shitbirds are vandalizing the page? SpicyMemes123 (talk) 15:37, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Edit wars over his ethnicity. Julia Domna Ba'al (talk) 15:47, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 21 March 2022

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Please add the category Category:Sons of Roman emperors. 67.173.23.66 (talk) 02:56, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Done Terasail ^[✉️] 03:40, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Pronunciation should have æ, not ʌ

The pronunciation given at the start is contrary to the source reference. According to the AHD referenced, the pronunciation is "kăr′ə-kăl′ə", where the "ă" symbol is used for the vowel of pat, ie, IPA æ. IPA ʌ (the vowel of cut) is instead ŭ in the AHD scheme, as shown here. 194.193.191.203 (talk) 15:27, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Changed. Mr rnddude (talk) 01:37, 9 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Error in the infobox

In the infobox it says that Caracalla began to rule alone from April 4, 211, however, he really began to rule only after the assassination of his brother, at the end of that same year. As senior emperor, if that is what the infobox refers to, he began on February 4 and not on April 4, the date of his father's death. --BlaGalaxi (talk) 23:37, 27 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 18 August 2022

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Kindly, Please restore his regnal name, Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus Yonghwoarang (talk) 17:14, 18 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 17:53, 18 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Imperator, Caesar and Augustus are not names, but titles: Imperator, Caesar (title), Augustus (title). Mr rnddude (talk) 20:53, 19 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I know, but the roman emperors had regnal name. Just like his father, Septimus Severus had the Regnal name "Imperator Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus". That's why I'm asking for Caracalla's regnal name to be restored in the info box on his article. Yonghwoarang (talk) 23:04, 7 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

|ans= Yonghwoarang (talk) 22:59, 29 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies. I had forgotten about this. Done as requested using the same source at Septimius Severus. Mr rnddude (talk) 00:27, 30 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Alexandrian massacre

" Caracalla's mania for Alexander went so far that he visited Alexandria while preparing for his Persian invasion and persecuted philosophers of the Aristotelian school based on a legend that Aristotle had poisoned Alexander. This was a sign of Caracalla's increasingly erratic behaviour. "

There is a lot more to this incident than that! Thousands of people were butchered. This atrocity needs its own section. HammerFilmFan (talk) 23:06, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Was unable to edit this page

I was going to fix a spelling error in the current version of this article, but I was prevented from doing so because it appears to be locked from editing. Please fix this ridiculous situation! 204.11.186.190 (talk) 17:12, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The lock was placed due to long-term issues across several related articles. There are hundreds to thousands of articles that are currently locked for a multitude of reasons: high-traffic vandalism, edit-warring disputes, persistent POV pushing, arbitration enforcement, etc. Indeed, there is an entire topic area on Wikipedia that is locked-out to any editors that do not have extended-confirmed editing permissions. When you encounter an article that has an edit-lock placed on it, the talk page will usually be open (the topic area I am alluding to is an exception to this). You may specify the edit you believe needs to be made here and then I or any other passing editor (with the relevant permissions) can effect the change. Mr rnddude (talk) 18:38, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]