Mesoamerica
General ongoing activities documented at WP:MESO/A and WP:MESO/C |
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Indigenous peoples
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General articles
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Specific articles
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Fringewatch & Spamwatch
Fringewatch |
Spamwatch |
A number of articles seem to attract a reasonable share of fanciful speculations; from time to time I monitor these to see if any improvements and substantiations are warranted. |
Some articles which attract periodic spamming of commercial/travel links, to be monitored. |
- Wikipedia:Fringe theories—Wikipedia talk:Fringe theories
- Wikipedia:Fringe theories/Noticeboard—Wikipedia talk:Fringe theories/Noticeboard
- 1421 hypothesis
- 2012
- Abubakari II - revisit to highlight doubts as to historicity of this figure
- Alcyone (peculiar claims re Maya & galactic centre; dubious material now removed)
- Amphitere - cleaned up Dragonology inspired fiction-as-fact; needs more work
- Archaeology and the Book of Mormon
- Ancient astronaut theories
- Biodynamic agriculture
- Arguelles, Jose
- Bauval, Robert
- Bosely, Walter (now AfD'd, watch for recreation)
- Crystal skull
- Däniken, Erich von
- deMause, Lloyd
- Fell, Barry
- Giza pyramid complex
- Great Pyramid of Giza
- Great Sphinx of Giza
- Hancock, Graham
- Izapa Stela 5- needs standard interpretations documented
- List of pseudosciences and pseudoscientific concepts
- Mahogany Ship
- Native Americans and Islam (now deleted, watch for re-creation)
- Olmec alternative origin speculations- needs a better name?
- Pre-Columbian Africa-Americas contact theories
- Pre-Columbian Islamic contact theories
- Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - Fix the misattribution by van Sertima to Bourbourg's opinions
- Pre-Siberian American Aborigines
- Pseudoarchaeology
- Pseudoscience
- Psychohistory
- Ruins in the Gulf of Cambay
- Schoch, Robert
- Sertima, Ivan van
- Sitchin, Zecharia
- Sun Language Theory- to clarify criticism & baselessness
- Turkish History Thesis- to create, interesting 1930s nationalistic pseudohistory
- Timeline of pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact
- Titor, John
- Zheng He- suspect passage re Americas
- Categories
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Writing systems
Exploration & naval history
Exploration |
Naval history |
Dutch explorers
Dutch East India Company- more on history; naval forces; trading posts;
- VOC ship Arnhem & VOC ship Pera- research; create;
- Duyfken- update voyage account;
- Eendracht (1615 ship)-
create; expand voyage account;
- VOC ship Geelvink- research; create (if enough material);
Medieval travels
- Ibn Battuta-
rewrite intro; updt early life; review sections; create route maps by section;
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Naval history
Seven Years' War- rewrite some sections;
Voyage of the Endeavour
- HM Bark Endeavour-
update Tahiti observations; further expand voyage acct fm journals; create route map imgs; create crewlist;
Circumnavigations of the Dolphin
- HMS Dolphin (1751)-
create;expand 1st voyage; expand 2nd voyage; note impact of reports on Polynesia & Patagonia;
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Asia & Oceania
Asia |
Oceania |
South Asia
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands-
hist rewrite; +geog; +admin; +demographics;
- Andaman Islands- eliminate EB1911 material;
+indg grps; update indigenous history; +locn map; +map; +img; +navbox;
- Great Andaman- rewrite overview; +coords; +geography; +history; +peoples;
+locn map; +map; +img;
- Port Blair- rewrite overview; +coords; +geography; +history; +peoples; +locn map; +map; +img;
- North Andaman Island- rewrite overview; +coords; +geography; +history; +peoples;
+locn map; +map; +img;
- Middle Andaman Island- rewrite overview; +coords; +geography; +history; +peoples;
+locn map; +map; +img;
- South Andaman Island- rewrite overview; +coords; +geography; +history; +peoples;
+locn map; +map; +img;
- Rutland Island- rewrite overview; +coords; +geography; +history; +peoples;
+locn map; +map; +img;
- Little Andaman Island- rewrite overview; +coords; +geography; +history; +peoples;
+locn map; +map; +img;
- North Sentinel Island- rewrite overview;
+coords; +geography; +history; +peoples; +locn map; +map; +img;
- Barren Island (Andaman Islands)- rewrite overview;
+coords; +geography; +history; +peoples; +locn map; +map; +img;
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Oceania
- Oceania- revise;
+political map
- Micronesia- revise definition; expand (pre-European)history;
- Melanesia- revise definition; expand (pre-European)history;
- Papua New Guinea-
fix opening para; more on early history; Qld annexation; peoples;
- Polynesia- revise definition; ;island formation; expand (pre-European)history;
- Australia (continent)- more on geological history
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Europe & Africa
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