User talk:Zerida/Archive 1

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1 Thank You!
2 Re merging pictures
3 Druze
4 Sphinxs nose
5 Ancient Egypt
6 Category:Egyptian people
7 Nobiin
8 Wikiproject:Egypt

Thank You!

I would like to personally thank you for your constant contributions especially regarding Ancient Egypt. I myself have always been very intrested in Ancient Egypt and appreciate you improving this articles to make others get the most from them.

Sincerly Thank You!

Tutmosis 03:25, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Re merging pictures

To merge pictures, you have to download them, merge them onto a single image and then upload it. I can do it for you if you like, just tell me which pictures you want and in which order. Latinus 11:49, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Druze

I had the impressiont that the Druze were an ethnic group. The UN Census Bureau seems to think they are. (http://www.cidcm.umd.edu/inscr/mar/data/lebdruze.htm)

"The ancestors of modern Druzes were the Isma'ilis, a group of Shi'is, who existed as a seperate ethnic group before adapting Druze beliefs during the medieval period. Although Druze practice encourages members to assimilate outwardly to the practices of the more dominant religious groups around them, the Druze do not allow conversion into or out of their faith and practice strict endogamy." - http://alfred.med.yale.edu/alfred/recordinfo.asp?condition=(populations.pop_name='Druze')

You don't need to convince me that they are not. I don't claim any particular expertise in this area, and I don't even claim any particular *interest* in this area. I was watching the ethnic groups article for other reasons, and just happened upon your change, and it struck me as odd. If you have a good argument for why they do NOT qualify as an ethnic group, you need not express it to me; it's good enough for me that you're satisfied.

Thanks for listening to me ramble....ClairSamoht 04:44, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

It can be a little confusing because often times different religious sects or denominations in the ME are taken as ethnic groups. One of the websites you cite lists Sunnis and Shiites as among the main "ethnic groups" in Lebanon. This is the same as saying Catholics and Protestants are two of the main "ethnic" groups in California! Isma'ilis are another religious sect. The Wikipedia entry on the Druze states they are only a religious group. - Zerida 06:00, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Sphinxs nose

Hi - this is a new and interesting twist to the Sphinx nose story (it seems to change often) - is there a source? -- Stbalbach 16:13, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Response

Ancient Egypt

Thank you very much for edits in articles that are related to Ancient Egypt. It is appreciated!

—-- That Guy, From That Show! ^(talk) 2006-02-26 23:16Z

No problem, thanks for your note. Will contribute more in the future as time permits. - Zerida 05:22, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Category:Egyptian people

Hi. You have just categorized Category:Egyptian people under Category:Egypt-stubs. May i ask why? The Category: Egyptian people stubs is already a subcategory of Category:Egypt-stubs. There is no need to categorize all the category as Egypt stubs. --Wedian 04:45, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Hi again. I noticed you removed Category:Egyptian people stubs from Egypt stubs. I think both cat. should be reverted as they were. If you think some articles in Category:Egyptian people are stubs, move them. Just don't categorize the whole category as stubs!!--Wedian 05:16, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

I created Category:Egypt stubs myself today because there wasn't one. There needs to be a main category that groups all the subcategories, like every other country. - Zerida 05:27, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

I agree with you. But the Category:Egypt-stubs should group all STUB subcategories (which in this case is Category:Egyptian people stubs), not all the Egyptian people category. Compare with other countries e.g: Category:United States stubs includes Category:American people stubs Not the Category:American people.--Wedian 05:39, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

I corrected it, Wedian, thanks for pointing that out! It would be great if we could group all the Egypt-related stubs under that category. - Zerida 05:50, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Well. We'll have to create them first:) I've just added buildings and structures stubs. But, as you may have noticed, Egyptian categories are very messy. They need a lot of work. Many stubs don't exist and should be created. Many parent categories don't exist either. Today, I started categories Cinema of Egypt, Egyptian films, Egyptian historians, Egyptian plays, Theatre in Egypt, Egyptian Television, which exist in all other countries. But still other categories and even other articles are needed. Do you know there in no Egyptian cinema article? Some very well-known Egyptian people have no articles or stubs e.g Tawfiq Al- Hakim(a famous Egyptian writer).I have a very long "to do- list". Anyway, it is nice to know that somebody else is interested in Egypt-related articles and categories. Keep up the good work.

BTW, when categorizing a category for example Egyptian people stubs under Egypt stubs, write [Category:Egypt stubs|People] not [Category:Egypt stubs] so that it appears under letter P in the parent category (Egypt stubs in this case). Otherwise, all Egypt stubs which start with Egypt or Egyptian will be sorted under letter E(for Egypt).--Wedian 06:30, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Just in case anyone here isn't aware of it, there is a helpful tool for seeing the categories that exist and how they are related. It does lag behind the current state by a few hours as noted near the top of the page, but it's still very useful and can be installed as a side-bar as well. Here is the Egypt stub tree for example.

I noticed categories being put under stubs (I work with Ancient Egypt mostly) and decided to drop by to see what was going on but it seems that has already been discussed.

Cheers, and thanks for your contributions to Egypt related articles.

—-- That Guy, From That Show! ^(talk) 2006-02-28 23:57Z

Nobiin

Thanks for you comment on Nobiin language; it's nice to know that these kind of articles are appreciated by and useful to others. On a sidenote, I edited the Nubian examples in Sudanese Arabic to reflect how Werner 1987 writes them. Quite interesting to know that the influence has been mutual; Werner mostly writes about the influence of Arabic on Nobiin, not the other way round. — mark ✎ 10:39, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

The different substratal influences on the Arabic languages is indeed very interesting. It would also be interesting to know what sort of influence the Meroitic language may have had on Nobiin and vice versa, even though little of Meroitic is known at the moment. - Zerida 01:35, 28 February 2006 (UTC)