Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ancient Egypt
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We should have an article on every Pharaoh & every nome in Ancient Egypt. Let's check to see if every important Egyptologist has an article. I'm sure the rest of us can think of other articles we should have.
To start with, most of the general history articles badly need attention. And I'm told that at least some of the dynasty articles need work. Any other candidates?
A boring task, but the benefit of doing it is that you can set the dates !(e.g., why say Khufu lived 2589-2566? As long as you keep the length of his reign correct, or cite a respected source, you can date it 2590-2567 or 2585-2563)
Anyone? I consider this probably the most unimportant of tasks on Wikipedia, but if you believe it needs to be done . . .
This is a project I'd like to take on some day, & could be applied to more of Wikipedia than just Ancient Egypt. Take one of the standard authorities of history or culture -- Herotodus, the Elder Pliny, the writings of Breasted or Kenneth Kitchen, & see if you can't smoothly merge quotations or information into relevant articles. Probably a good exercise for someone who owns one of those impressive texts, yet can't get access to a research library.
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[edit] Joining the Project
How di I sign up? I can't edit the front page list, so? Thanks.Doug Weller (talk) 10:31, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] New Project Name
Wouldn't this project sound a lot better if it were called WikiProject Egyptology? It would make the project sound.... much more interesting. And, as alwaysListen to your Princess, dear Wikipedians. (talk) 20:16, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
- It might, but it would be a very large hastle to rename everyting project related. -Icewedge (talk) 18:55, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
- I think we had some limited discussion of this point in various ways, for example the name of the associated portal. I think the conclusion is that Egyptology is the study of ancient Egypt, so the project would be interested in archaeological methods/digs, Egyptologists, journals, and the science of how we discover information about ancient Egypt. On the other hand, project Ancient Egypt would be focused on the substance: the biographies, histories, and culture of the society rather than the methods by which we study it. Jeff Dahl (Talk • contribs) 01:05, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Possible adjustments to project banner?
Would anyone object to the project banner being altered a bit to include assessments for the Egyptian religion subproject? I ask this because I think that articles related to that subject have a reasonable chance of being edited by some parties, like me, who might be more specifically interested in mythology/religion than in Ancient Egypt per se, and this would allow such editors to be able to more clearly work on such content. John Carter (talk) 22:13, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Project awards
It seems that the creator of this project intended there to be special WikiProject Ancient Egypt awards but the section for awards has remained "TBD" for several months so its about time we actually created one/some. How about just the classic barnstar format with an Egypt related picture, like below. -Icewedge (talk)
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How about the following, which could be given out for people who regularly "watch" ancient Egypt pages and the project watchlist and revert lots of vandalism?
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Eye of Horus Award | |
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Jeff Dahl (Talk • contribs) 22:26, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
- I like it! If no one else objects you should institute that on the WPAE page. -Icewedge (talk) 20:45, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Ancient Egyptian burial customs
Greetings from WP:CLEANUP. This article has been listed on the main Cleanup page for at least 18 months, and while it appears to have been substantially improved in the intervening time, some of the text is still a little oddly structured, and it may be that the article would benefit from expansion. However, as the article is no longer a desperate case, I will be removing it from the Cleanup page. Please consider this a polite notification that this is an article that you, as a project, may wish to devote some time to improving. Many thanks! Cricketgirl (talk) 21:42, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Zaket
The above stub states that this person was a king during the Sixteenth dynasty of Egypt. I can't find any sources for this. Nk.sheridan Talk 21:52, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
