Wikipedia:WikiProject Ancient Egypt

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Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to Ancient Egypt. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list there.

Contents 1 Title 2 Scope 3 Parentage 4 Descendant WikiProjects 5 Similar WikiProjects 6 Participants 7 Structure 8 Hierarchy definition 9 Goals 10 General strategy and discussion forums 11 Infoboxes 12 Templates 12.1 Talk page banner 13 See also

[edit] Title

WikiProject on Ancient Egypt

[edit] Scope

This WikiProject aims primarily to standardize chronology and spellings of proper names in Ancient Egypt related articles.

[edit] Parentage

No parent of this WikiProject has been defined.

[edit] Descendant WikiProjects

No descendant WikiProjects have been defined.

[edit] Similar WikiProjects

Similar WikiProjects are:

• WikiProject Ancient Near East
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Ancient Near East task force

[edit] Participants

• Hajor|Talk
• llywrch
• Jnc|Talk
• Gareth Hughes
• Mgm|^(talk)
• Captmondo|talk
• User:Ernesto Graf | (talk) (founder of the spanish wikiproyect)
• That Guy, From That Show! | (talk)
• Markh|Talk
• Igiffin|Talk
• Wootking|Talk
• Briangotts|Talk
• Silverthorn 16:18, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
• Thanatosimii|Talk
• Bezapt|Talk
• Pharillon|Talk
• Editor at Large|Talk
• DCLXVI|Talk
• Seadog.M.S|^talk

[edit] Structure

[edit] Hierarchy definition

No classification of this project has been defined.

[edit] Goals

1. To standardize chronology and spellings of proper names in Ancient Egypt related articles.

[edit] General strategy and discussion forums

• /Assessment
• /General
• /Outreach
• /Peer reviews
• /Portal Upkeep
• /Strategy
• /Translation
• /Vandalism

[edit] Infoboxes

What to type	What it makes	Type of template
{{Pharaoh | Prev=[[Smenkhkare]] | Dynasty=[[Eighteenth Dynasty]] | Next=[[Ay]] }} Talk	Preceded by: Smenkhkare Pharaoh of Egypt Eighteenth Dynasty Succeeded by: Ay	Footer, rulers of Ancient Egypt (example for Tutankhamun)
{{Egyptian Dynasty list}} Talk	[long list, not shown]	Table, dynasties of Ancient Egypt
{{Late Egyptian Dynasty list}} Talk	[long list, not shown]	Table, dynasties of Ancient Egypt in the Late period
{{Ancient Egypt}} Talk	[long list, not shown]	List, used as a footer, of links to other Ancient Egypt topics
{{Ancient Egyptians}} Talk	[long list, not shown]	List, used as a footer, of links to other Ancient Egyptian people

[edit] Templates

What to type	What it makes	Type of template
{{Ancient-Egypt-stub}} Talk	This article about Egyptology or subjects relating to ancient Egypt is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.	Ancient Egypt stubs
{{Template:Hiero | [Word] | [Hieroglyphs] | align=center | era=default}} Talk	[Word] in hieroglyphs [Hieroglyphs]	Template for general hieroglyphs. [nomen] should be typed with <hiero>...</hiero> tags; align=[left, center or right] and era=[sets the colour scheme - see Template talk:Hiero ].
{{Template:Hiero/serekh | name=[name] | horus=[horus] | align=center | era=default}} Talk	[name] in hieroglyphs [horus]	Template for Horus names contained in a serekh. [horus] should be typed in <hiero>...</hiero> tags; align=[left, center or right] and era=[sets the colour scheme - see Template talk:Hiero ].
{{Template:Hiero/1cartouche | name=[name] | nomen=[nomen] | align=center | era=default}} Talk	[name] in hieroglyphs [nomen]	Template for a name contained in a cartouche. [nomen] should be typed with <hiero>...</hiero> tags; align=[left, center or right] and era=[sets the colour scheme - see Template talk:Hiero ].
{{Template:Hiero/2cartouche | name=[name] | praenomen=[praenomen] | nomen=[nomen] | align=center | era=default}} Talk	[name] in hieroglyphs praenomen or throne name [praenomen] nomen or birth name [nomen]	Template for praenomen and nomen, both contained in cartouches. [praenomen] and [nomen] should be typed with <hiero>...</hiero> tags; align=[left, center or right] and era=[sets the colour scheme - see Template talk:Hiero ].
{{Template:Hiero/3name | name=[name] | horus=[horus] | praenomen=[praenomen] | nomen=[nomen] | align=center | era=default}} Talk	[name] in hieroglyphs serekh or Horus name [horus] praenomen or throne name [praenomen] nomen or birth name [nomen]	Template for Horus name, praenomen and nomen. [horus], [praenomen] and [nomen] should be typed with <hiero>...</hiero> tags; align=[left, center or right] and era=[sets the colour scheme — see Template talk:Hiero ].
{{Template:Hiero/5Fold | name=[name] | nomen=[nomen] | align=center | era=default}} Talk	{{{name}}} in hieroglyphs serekh or Horus name {{{horus}}} Nebty name {{{nebty}}} Golden Horus name {{{goldenhorus}}} praenomen or throne name {{{praenomen}}} nomen or birth name {{{nomen}}}	Template for the full Fivefold Titulary, including standard titles. [horus], [nebty], [goldenhorus], [praenomen] and [nomen] should be typed with <hiero>...</hiero> tags; align=[left, center or right] and era=[sets the colour scheme - see Template talk:Hiero ].
{{Template:Egyptian Location | location=[Location Name]|Left=[Left Offset] |Top=[Top Offset]}} Talk	Location	Template for Egyptian location

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[edit] See also

• m:Egyptopedia – inter-language coordination for Ancient Egypt articles/materials on w:meta.
• Wikipedia:Pages needing attention/Ancient history