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No mention of 1997 Terrorist Attack

Is there any reason for there not to be any reference at all to the 1997 terrorist attack at this site? It was quite "notable". 62 people were killed. At very least it seems there should be mention and link to main article: Luxor massacre --Petzl (talk) 20:51, 14 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The article has a clearly defined scope. The event has its own article as you've linked. Maybe a link belongs in see also, but otherwise it's an entirely separate topic that isn't discussed in the relevant literature. Mr rnddude (talk) 01:43, 15 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Conflict between article title and intro

@Mr rnddude: You just reverted my edit, so maybe you could help clarify this. Currently, the article is titled "Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut". The capitalization suggests that this name is a proper noun, which therefore should be used as rendered there. The infobox mirrors this capitalization. However, the introductory sentence renders the name in sentene case, making the article title seem happenstance and not a proper noun. This is a conflict; all three should use the same rendering, as the capitalization in the title effectively suggests the way the article is linked to from others (as seen, for example, at Deir el-Bahari and Luxor massacre).

In related articles (like Great Temple of the Aten, Luxor Obelisks, Tomb of Aegisthus, and Temple of Thutmose III), the titles are consistently presented as proper nouns in all three positions. Since I have no deeper knowledge about this topic (I came here merely to check the capitalization to use in another article I am currently writing), can you clarify whether the name should be a proper noun or not? If it is, the introductory mention should be capitalized as I did; if not, the article should be moved to mortuary temple of Hatshepsut and the infobox adjusted accordingly. Regards, IceWelder [✉] 14:08, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

IceWelder - The easiest way to check whether a term is a proper noun is Ngrams. The majority of sources do not capitalize 'mortuary temple of Hatshepsut' in prose. For that matter, the temple of Thutmose III should also be lowercase. The article should not be moved to 'mortuary temple of Hatshepsut' though, but maybe 'Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut' as the first letter of a title should nearly always be capitalized. Whoever originally created the article used title case, though WP:TITLECASE indicates that titles should also use sentence case. I didn't know that either to be honest, I assumed titles used title case. Mr rnddude (talk) 14:34, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Moving the article sounds good. I initiated a page move request. IceWelder [✉] 14:47, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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The mortuary temple of Hatshepsut is a mortuary temple built during the reign of Hatshepsut, a pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, around the 15th century BC. Located opposite the city of Luxor, the temple's three terraces rise above the desert floor and into the cliffs of Deir el-Bahari. Hatshepsut's tomb lies inside the same massif, capped by El Qurn, a pyramid for her mortuary complex. At the edge of the desert, one kilometre (0.6 miles) east, connected to the complex by a causeway lies the accompanying valley temple. Across the river Nile, the whole structure points towards the monumental Eighth Pylon, Hatshepsut's most recognizable addition to the temple of Karnak. The temple's twin functions are identified by its axes: its main east–west axis served to receive the barque of Amun-Re at the climax of the festival, while its north–south axis represented the life cycle of the pharaoh from coronation to rebirth. This aerial photograph shows the reconstructed mortuary temple of Hatshepsut, viewed from the southeast.

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Amakuru you have a typo in the text: ... templ'es .... I haven't dealt with a FP before, so I'm not sure about fixing it myself. Mr rnddude (talk) 10:39, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nevermind, I've fixed this and another error (the 1400s BC would be the 15th century BC) myself. Mr rnddude (talk) 10:53, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Mr rnddude: thanks for the fixes. — Amakuru (talk) 11:33, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]