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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.
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If Ramesses date of accession to the throne is recorded as III Shemu, day 27, which most Egyptologists believe to be 31 May 1279 BC, and the date of Ramesses II's recorded death on II Akhet day 6, and which A. J. Peden's estimated that between the two dates that Ramesses II had been ruling Egypt for 66 years 2 months and 9 days, then shouldn't the date of Ramesses II's death be 9 August 1213 BC? 129.89.234.101 (talk) 17:22, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
If that is your only retort given everything else I have articulated so far, it's hard not to see that as being done in bad faith on your part. You are not actually confused about what my argument is, and it's unacceptable to ignore other editors' stated concerns repeatedly like this. Remsense .. Lun 02:35, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Ario1234, Remsense's argument was not simply "imo"; his full edit summary, from which you extracted one word, was "section is adequately illustrated imo; unclear to me what additional value this illustration provides when compared to the others". I tend to agree with this; I don't see what value yet another stylized, fragmentary image of Ramesses's face adds to the article. Can you provide a policy-based rationale consistent with MOS:IMG for adding this image? CodeTalker (talk) 02:39, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Misspelling of pharaohs in the line "Ramesses II was one of the few pharoahs who was worshipped as a deity during his lifetime." Twilight722 (talk) 11:14, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Not every pharaoh infobox has the MUMMY of said pharaoh, it's usually only the statues or reliefs listed. Plus, who even wants to see a CORPSE as the first image when they open the page? 129.89.234.111 (talk) 14:22, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
