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Ancient Egypt at featured article review

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It will lose its FA status without substantial effort, so please discuss on the nomination page here. A. Parrot (talk) 17:27, 10 February 2025 (UTC)Reply

Labyrinth of Egypt

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I noticed these edits being added to the Labyrinth of Egypt. They all seem to be sourced to self-published blogs, essays, etc., or really low-quality websites; I can't find any high-quality, peer-reviewed sources that back up these claims, and even some of the supposedly "published" research (e.g., the "NRIAG scientific journal" publication, which I believe is just a reference to a 2008 report) doesn't say anything about an amazing new discovery or anything. Any thoughts?--Gen. Quon[Talk] 20:09, 29 March 2025 (UTC)Reply

It's been a while since I saw a web page with as many conspiracy-theory hallmarks as that Substack post. I'm not especially knowledgeable about Hawara, but none of the sources cited in those edits seem to be affiliated with anything reliable, and my only post-2008 source that covers the complex, the 2020 revised edition of Miroslav Verner's The Pyramids, doesn't mention any discoveries made in 2008. A. Parrot (talk) 20:53, 29 March 2025 (UTC)Reply
"Conspiracy-theory hallmarks" is a great way to describe it. I was getting a lot of 'alternative archaeology' vibes from the whole thing. That said, I didn't want to redact a bunch of legit info that was just poorly sourced, but upon a look through even more research, it seems that this is largely a fringe claim.--Gen. Quon[Talk] 17:49, 30 March 2025 (UTC)Reply
It’s all bull. Sources I found are all fringe. Eg [1]. Doug Weller talk 19:24, 30 March 2025 (UTC)Reply
I’m off to bed. They need a strong warning but not from me tonight Some was copyvio and they’ve been warned about that. I’ll look at them tomorrow. Doug Weller talk 19:29, 30 March 2025 (UTC)Reply

Requested move at Talk:Mark Antony#Requested move 30 March 2025

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There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Mark Antony#Requested move 30 March 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Векочел (talk) 13:27, 3 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Good article reassessment for Darius the Great

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Darius the Great has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 22:52, 3 June 2025 (UTC)Reply

should gods be referred to in past or present tense?

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I have noticed a inconsistency, some Egyptian deites are referred to in a past tense (I.e was an Egyptian god) while others are referred to in present tense (I.e is an Egyptian god) so which one is right? I think it should be in past tense because for the most part they are no longer worship but perhaps Kemetism is enough that they must be referred to in present tense, or maybe because sure some deites are't worshiped even in Kemetism (I think) they should be in past tense while the rest should be in present tense PharaohCrab (talk) 15:41, 2 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

I've gone back and forth on this myself, but Isis and Hathor use "was" and passed FAC without anyone objecting. A. Parrot (talk) 00:46, 3 July 2025 (UTC)Reply