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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.
The diary of Merer is just one part of the papyri found at Wadi al Jarf, albeit the largest. Merer was one of four inspectors who were under the supervision of Dedi.
The sum of all papyri are the Red Sea scolls (see book with the same title.[1])
Should we:
a) Have an article called "Red Sea scrolls", and redirect this to a Diary of Merer subsection.
b) Keep the common name "Diary of Merer", explain that it is just a part of the Wadi al-Jarf papyri, and have the other papyri as addendums.
c) Have a separate article for the Red Sea scrolls as a whole.
Personally, I think there is not enough content for the split of c). There is a good argument to be made for b), to keep the common name, but structure-wise a) makes the most sense and might be easier to read/understand.
Let me know what you think. Hypnôs (talk) 13:25, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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