Talk:Ancient African history

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Contents 1 Note 2 Merge 3 Copyright violations 4 Merge or? How much of this is history?

[edit] Note

This page is a specific level entry of basic info. The general history is too 'big' to cover this subtopic. J. D. Redding 19:19, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Merge

Please state a reason ... J. D. Redding 19:25, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

• Oppose. specific level entry of basic info J. D. Redding 19:52, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
• Merge this is redundant, not a specific level, and is already accumulating stuff that isn't history. Petroglyphs for instance. 'Beaker culture' (the phrase on its own is POV), and it isn't historical. --Doug Weller (talk) 06:58, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Copyright violations

An admin found this article on a recent changes patrol and slapped a copyvio tag on it, which Reddi quickly removed. A quick scan: "The international phenomenon known as the Beaker culture began to affect western North Africa. Named for the distinctively shaped ceramics found in graves, the Beaker culture is associated with the emergence of a warrior mentality.North African rock art of this period depict animals but also places a new emphasis on the human figure, equipped with weapons and adornments." verbatim from http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/02/afw/ht02afw.htm "The three powers of Cyrenaica, Egypt and Carthage were eventually supplanted by the Romans. After centuries of rivalry with Rome, Carthage finally fell in 146 BC. Within little more than a century Egypt and Cyrene had become incorporated in the Roman empire. Under Rome the settled portions of the country were very prosperous, and a Latin strain was introduced into the land. Though Fezzan was occupied by them, the Romans elsewhere found the Sahara an impassable barrier. Nubia and Ethiopia were reached, but an expedition sent by the emperor Nero to discover the source of the Nile ended in failure"from http://historymedren.about.com/od/aentries/a/11_africa.htm but both are from History of Africa -- a huge amount of this article is from other articles, there is no point to it.--Doug Weller (talk) 17:53, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

I've replaced the copyvio template because that is stuff Reddi copied it seems.--Doug Weller (talk) 18:04, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

I've gone thru the article and culled copyvio's from multiple sites, including the one noted in the header. Therefore, I have removed the tag, feel free to replace it if I missed something. SQL^{Query me!} 18:33, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Merge or? How much of this is history?

The lead, correctly, says "Ancient African history is the study of the documented past" But a lot of the content is about prehistoric Africa. Doug Weller (talk) 18:48, 1 June 2008 (UTC)