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We should have an article on every pyramid and every nome in Ancient Egypt. I'm sure the rest of us can think of other articles we should have.
Cleanup.
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?
Standardize the Chronology.
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)
Stub sorting
Anyone? I consider this probably the most unimportant of tasks on Wikipedia, but if you believe it needs to be done . . .
Data sorting.
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.
I recently asked if there was any transliteration other than Steiner's on the reference desk. Now I see a Tawny Holm promising one upcoming as of a couple years ago. Just got the book "Elephantine in Context". Reading Holm's section. I had misgivings about Steiner's work on the papyrus, I was second-guessing it almost throughout. This author seems a clearer thinker. Where Steiner's confidence was here missing and there unmerited, Holm's is mine. Unfortunately it's just a short introductory article she wrote, and van der Toorn's following is a bit floury. If her was-forthcoming isn't out yet, I'll be alert for it.[1]Temerarius (talk) 17:02, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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