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Ozymandias was a good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Diodorus

Latest comment: 5 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

The article presently says "In Shelley's poem, Diodorus becomes "a traveller from an antique land" whom Shelley metaphorically "met"." But in Diodorus's account, the statue is intact, and magnificent: Shelley's 'traveller' reports on a ruin, and cannot have been Diodorus. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ~2026-47070-7 (talk) 12:31, 22 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

This looks like a valid objection. I've made a change to In Shelley's poem, Diodorus has been substituted by "a traveller from an antique land" whom Shelley metaphorically "met". Is that better? Peter Gulutzan (talk) 16:19, 30 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

"No thing" or "Nothing"

Latest comment: 2 months ago3 comments2 people in discussion

GhostOfNoMan on 11 March 2024 changed "Nothing" to "No thing". An IP tried to change it back but I reverted with edit summary = "There was a draft saying "No thing remains beside", there is a later edition saying "Nothing", but I think the intent has been to stay with the Examiner wording as illustrated." (The illustration is the image at the top right of the current Wikipedia article.)

PequodOnStationAtLZ on 7 March 2026 changed "No thing" to "Nothing". The edit was marked "Minor" and the edit summary was "Text: nothing is not split into two words in the cited source, nor in other sources such as: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46565/ozymandias".

Well, what I said was true but now I've gone back to the talk page archives and realized there seemed to be agreement to use the 1819 Rosalind and Helen reprint. In that case, "Nothing" is okay.

Okay with everybody? Peter Gulutzan (talk) 16:24, 30 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

thumbs up PequodOnStationAtLZ (talk) 01:25, 31 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

Now Sentience Scholar has changed the short description to say "1818" although we're quoting the 1819 version. I think that might confuse somebody but I suppose there's some reason. Peter Gulutzan (talk) 14:13, 22 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Watchmen reference

Latest comment: 1 month ago2 comments2 people in discussion

The main villain in the Watchman franchise is formerly one of the Watchmen heroes named Ozymandias. In his Antarctic lair is inscribed the line from Shelly's poem "look upon my works ye mighty, and despair". ~2026-36776-79 (talk) 12:25, 25 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

This is a major pop culture reference, and it deserves to be mentioned and cross-referenced. ~2026-31692-43 (talk) 01:12, 2 August 2026 (UTC)Reply