Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Egypt-related articles

Please follow the guidelines presented in this page for stylizing the articles that are related to Egypt. For the naming conventions of Egypt-related articles, see Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Egypt). This page complements the general guidelines which are provided by Wikipedia:Manual of Style.

Places and cities

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This section explains how to stylize Wikipedia articles which are related to places and cities in Egypt.

Page title

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Rules:

  1. The page title of the article must match the English official name of the city/place.
  2. For naming conventions, see naming conventions for official name for details.

Styling:

  • If there is a conflict with another page on Wikipedia, append the type of the place (city, district, markaz, or neighborhood) between parenthesis to disambiguate it. For instance: Cleopatra (neighborhood).

Examples:

Lead paragraph

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Rules:

  1. English:
  2. Arabic:
  3. Coptic:
  4. Greek:

Styling:

Examples:

Infobox

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Rules:

  1. English:
    • All cities of Egypt, with no exception, must have their English name listed in the infobox (at the heading line).
    • Only use the official name of the place. No need to list the alternative names in the infobox.
    • For naming conventions, see naming conventions for official name.
  2. Arabic:
  3. Coptic:
  4. Greek:

Styling:

Examples:

  • Ausim:
Ausim
City
 
 
 
Ausim
Coordinates: 30°07′N 31°08′E / 30.117°N 31.133°E / 30.117; 31.133
CountryEgypt
GovernorateGiza Governorate
MarkazAusim Markaz
Websitegiza.gov.eg
{{Infobox settlement
 | settlement_type = City

 | name        = Ausim
 | native_name = 

 | image_skyline = جزيرة القيراطيين.jpg
 | image_alt     = [[Island]] of the [[Cretan]], Ausim, [[Giza Governorate]]
 | image_caption = [[Island]] of the [[Cretan]], Ausim, [[Giza Governorate]]

 | pushpin_map = Egypt
 | coordinates = 
      <!-- coordinates to show on map -->
      {{Coordinates
       |30|07|N
       |31|08|E
       |display=title,inline
       |region:EG_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki
      }}

 | subdivision_type  = Country
 | subdivision_name  = [[Egypt]]
 | subdivision_type1 = Governorate
 | subdivision_name1 = [[Giza Governorate]]
 | subdivision_type2 = Markaz
 | subdivision_name2 = [[Giza_Governorate#Municipal_divisions|Ausim Markaz]]

 | website           = [http://www.giza.gov.eg/ giza.gov.eg]
}}

Egyptology

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Manual of style for articles on Egyptology.

Cinema

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Manual of style for articles on Egyptian cinema.