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Talk:Sed festival

message: "The ancient festival probably was instituted to replace a ritual of murdering a pharaoh who had reached an age or condition when judged unable to continue to rule."
Hasn't Frazer been mostly debunked?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.184.21.149 (talk) 23:45, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I was coming here to say much the same thing. I doubt this is the sort of thing that can ever be completely decisively proven, but "probably" sounds far far far too strong. Furius (talk) 12:19, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is this true? 

message: I'm curious, cause 30 years of a Pharaoh's reign could mean the literal 30th anniversary, but it could also mean like the New Year of Year 30 or 31 or something.--JaredMithrandir (talk) 22:09, 14 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  So this Festival was never linked to a specific time of years? 

message: — Assignment last updated by Johnstoncl (talk) 19:29, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: History of Ancient Egypt
Talk:Seichim

message: There are not many here.  Some should be put in, really.Merkinsmum 10:15, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Sources

message: sigh.  I am as sceptical of flakey therapies as most people, but seichim doesn't claim to be a science.  So I've removed it.Merkinsmum 13:38, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: pseudoscience category

message: It's only partially inspired by ancient egypt IMHO, not much to do with it so i've removed thisMerkinsmum 13:51, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: ancient egyptian society category

message: The word Sekhem should not redirect here. An entry for the Sekhem Scepter should be created.
The Sekhem was a scepter used in Ancient Egypt, it was a symbol of power and control.
The name of the goddess Sekhmet is derived from this scepter and it means "the powerful one".
Egyptology is a real science with real facts. These facts cannot be changed, especially to support a new alternative medicine.
Jmeirinhos 13:54, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Real egyptology
Talk:Seker

message: The article is confused and makes a lot of unsubstantiated assertions about Seker (Sokar) without giving the basic facts - its one of the worst I have read - I intend to delete most of it.  If you object say so now.Apepch7 (talk) 16:08, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I've seen people try to connect the ancient Egyptian language to modern Macedonian, Gaelic, Wolof, and countless others, but I've never heard that one before. Given that the word "pyramid" is not Egyptian and comes from Greek, and that the Egyptian language belongs to the Afroasiatic language family and not the Uralic language family to which Finnish belongs, I don't think your hypothesis will get very far. I advise that you read Pseudoscientific language comparison and Wikipedia:Fringe theories. A. Parrot (talk) 02:42, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article has serious problems 

message: This article has the exact same image as Osiris. They're both hawk-headed gods, but we should not be using an identical picture, but one which sources says represents the particular deity.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  03:23, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: If you're referring to :File:Sokar-Osiris.svg, it's a depiction of Sokar and Osiris syncretized into a single deity. A. Parrot (talk) 03:29, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image issue
Talk:William Holland Thomas

message: This article is, almost word for word, a copy(-right infringement?) of the text from the main reference site: http://www.cherokee-nc.com/index.php?page=65.  What should be done? Is Wikification in order? What else? It will be a big job. GenQuest (talk) 10:39, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The material was introduced by User:Sogospelman back in 2006. So it's entirely possible that the cherokee-nc.com website has copied from Wikipedia, rather than the other way round. To find out, we either need to go ask Sogospelman, or else ask the third party website. If it is the third party website that's copied the material, then they should be gently reminded to credit Wikipedia for their use of the text. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 10:58, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Copied

message: "In 1866, he received a pardon from President Andrew Johnson". Pardon for what crime?Royalcourtier (talk) 06:29, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: rebelling against the united states. 24.240.171.195 (talk) 02:31, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pardon 

message: All the webpages cited in this article are now expired. Broomwick (talk) 17:26, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expired sources
Talk:Zélia Gattai

message: Hello all! I am working on improving this page. To improve the information that is available, I plan to reformat the entire page into normal wikipedia sections. I am going to add a more in-depth section on her life as a whole, both early and late, as well as including more on her published works. Gattai has lived a very interesting life and I hope to make that clear through this article by adding more information as a whole. The re-formatting of the article will make the page feel more like a normal Wiki article and allow myself and hopefully others to expand the knowledge. Below I have a list of various sources that I have found and will hopefully just be the start to information to provide additions. 
Sources: 
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Dgenners (talk) 02:03, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Additions to Come 

message: Greetings fellow historian! You have chosen an intriguing topic that will add depth to Wikipedia's coverage of Brazil. Your plans are thought out and will create a well rounded article. What you have planned will create a much needed additions to this article. I am also making edits on another page that is on a different Brazilian female author. I am curious to watch your page develop. 
Best of luck! Knit buffalo (talk) 14:08, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Hello again! Wow this page is looking great! So much more has been added since I was last here! I have a few additional notes to take your page to the next level. First, the addition of a template box(the thing with all the numbers usually on the right side of a page) would really complete your page. Second, in your lead you say Gattai's first husband dies then you say in the body that she got remarried. I recommend you either mention both in the lead or take the first husband out of the lead. Third, maybe you could explain what the experiments entailed, I realize that this information may not be 100% relevant to this page and it should probably go under the experiments own page. Since that page does not exist you may be able to sneak some extra info on to this page. I think readers would be quite interested in what a "social anarchist experiment" looks like. 
Good luck with your further edits! Knit buffalo (talk) 19:37, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peer review 

message: Hello Wiki friends! I just finished updating Gattai's biographical information and plan to expand upon her literary career coming soon! Keep your eyes out and let me know if any of the information seems incorrect! 
Dgenners (talk) 15:14, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  More Additions
Talk:Željko Bebek

message: I found three references: one was simply a video from a MySpace account, and another in a language- Serbo-Croatian?  Who knows?! (I removed one, and put the other into the External links section, since I can't tell if it's a valid reference or not in another language. The last reference was a mention from an IMDb source which, after adding an actual reference section (!!?!), I re-entered using CITE and in-line referencing. I can't believe this has been here since 2005 without any real citations!
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Leahtwosaints (talk • contribs) 26 February 2012‎
: The interview link was dead, there is no interview there now. If it was a properly formatted inline reference, both that and the language wouldn't have mattered, but it wasn't. --Joy [shallot] (talk) 23:58, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: References
Talk:Željko Franulović

message: What the heck? "Whilst his career-high ATP singles ranking was world No. 6, the ATP rankings were installed after his 1969–1971 heyday – Franulović was ranked inside the top 20 in both 1970 and 1971, reaching as high as world No. 8 in March 1971."
Is that an error? I think #6 is better than #8, and just that #8 is listed in the infobox. If that #6 is right, it should take preference there. 109.240.11.179 (talk) 01:18, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Checking ATP page, he has #30 as highest ranking, so the #6 seems to be wrong. 109.240.11.179 (talk) 01:21, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: That infobox #8 from March 1971 is not from ATP, since those rankings began only in August 1973. And that #6 contradicts the statement that his best rankings were before ATP. "Franulović was ranked inside the top 20 in both 1970 and 1971", so that implies he was not in top 20 in ATP rankings, so the #30 would support that. 109.240.98.192 (talk) 14:50, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
Talk:Zendon Hamilton

message: According to an article in Sports Illustrated, an unregistered sports agent said that in 1994 he was paid $2,000 to insure that St. John's center Zendon Hamilton reached the minimum SAT requirement for freshman eligibility.
The article said that after failing to reach the minimum test score nine times, Hamilton traveled to Los Angeles' Lynwood High to take the test on his final chance to qualify. Hamilton will be a senior next semester.
According to the story, Nate Cebrun a 51-year-old agent said that on June 3, 1994, Hamilton met him at the L.A. Marriott the night before the 6-11 center took his last SAT test. According to Cebrun, Greg Vetrone, an assistant at UNLV, and Gary Charles, the coach of Hamilton's AAU team, were also at the meeting in which he received $1,500 of $2,000. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.197.73.211 (talk) 15:57, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  SAT Scandal
Talk:Zenit Đozić

message: "He left Zabranjeno Pušenje before the band recorded its first album, but formed Top lista nadrealista with his former bandmates...". From wikipedia page TNL only former bandmate in TLN (first season) was Nele Karajlic. Who were the other bandmates refered?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.92.144.73 (talk) 16:11, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Top lista nadrealista
Talk:Shabti

message: Since it is obvious, (by me) that no one has bothered to learn about the "Shabti's" or the "Ushabti's", as I said at Talk:Ushabti, I am not even close to being an 'expert' in Egyptology, though I know hieroglyphs, and created my first wiki category as: :Category:Egyptian artefact types.  This is my personal conclusion.
Shabti, and Ushabti, are obviously the same but with distinctions. One knowledgeable, can update each page, and make the notations even more precise. Since they cover two timeperiods, only reputable egyptology types can cogently explain some things about these little fellows: these Answerers.  This little army of Pawns/workers,...  ready to do ones bidding.
Some were just Elegant, beautiful, And informative with their hieroglyphic stories on them.  ....Buutttt.......There could be a page made for: 
:Shabti (memorial), as there are a few examples of exquisite: "One–of–a–kind Shabtis that memorialize their (non-Pharaoh, or non-Pharaonic owner)
These pages, Shabti, and Ushabti have both improved from their stub class of Nov 2005. I am going to remove the merge tags.  (From the ArizonaUSA-Sonoran Desert....)--... --Mmcannis 07:00, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Original merge tag-(Nov, 2005)

message: Please see Talk:Ushabti for a discussion about proposed merger. Shabti and Ushabti do not need separate articles. Jeff Dahl 01:24, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge - October 2007
Talk:Shai

message: I don't understand the first paragrapgh, it is not coherent and i have no access to the referenced sources. Jiaminglimjm (talk) 17:17, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Basically, sometimes Shai/Shay was depicted as female instead of male. But it mostly believed that they were a God of fate and not a Goddess. 151.237.133.209 (talk) 00:32, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Female or male?
Talk:Zerrin Özer

message: She was born in Ankara--84.130.254.196 (talk) 12:10, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Zeta Bosio

message: This entry needs so many sources to be cited! I worked off the original Spanish version but that needed citations as well. Where does the one quote come from? Also, was he in both the navy and the army? Incidentally, I added the Facebook link because it seems to be the current/de facto site for Alerta!Discos, since the original eponymous site is now available only via archive.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rembrandt 13 (talk • contribs) 19:38, 3 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citations needed!
Talk:Levelland UFO case

message: The article has been upgraded with numerous citations from UFO skeptics (such as Dr. Donald Menzel and Curtis Peebles), and ufologists (such as Dr. J. Allen Hynek). The additional information should meet Wiki's requirements for reliable sources and also help general readers gain greater understanding of the incident. 71.49.183.31 (talk) 17:27, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Revised Article

message: I have removed the claim that the USAF said ball lightning was the cause of the odd reports at Levelland. It makes good reading for UFO conspiracists - but it isn't true. The USAF's Air Technical Intelligence Center said conditions at Levelland at the time were consistent with those associated with ball lighting (storms often are) and that what one witness described was ball lightning. But, ATIC concluded:  “It is the opinion of ATIC that ball lightning may have contributed to the overall circumstances of the Levelland sighting, but was not a major factor.  It is concluded that the major cause for the Levelland case was a severe electrical storm". That's from The Levelland Sightings Of 1957 by Antonio F. Rullán: Air Force/Blue Book Investigation and Explanation [1], (which is a reference link given at the bottom of the article). It is unethical for Wikipedia to attribute a false claim to the USAF followed by a Hynek quote which is presented as a rebuttal of the claim the USAF never made. Wikipedia demands more principled standards than that. Moriori 07:54, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Not ball lightning

message: The most recent edit to this article removed a substantial amount of material relating to the incident (not necessarily any intent to "prove" UFO's).  This is a well-established article and I believe these changes should have been discussed first.DrChrissy (talk) 21:52, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Policies and guidelines have evolved since this article was written, so improvements were needed to bring it into line with WP:FRINGE, WP:GEVAL, WP:RS, WP:MOS, etc. Apologies that cleanup was discussed here at FTN but mistakenly omitted from this talk page. - LuckyLouie (talk) 22:41, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent edit 
Talk:Zeynelabidîn Zinar

message: As best I can tell, the publisher is using an incorrect ISBN for the following work. This article is tagged at  and  as having an invalid ISBN. The article itself has  saying the check digit should be 2. The latter link above has  saying the check digit should be 0.
Nimûne Ji Gencîneya Çanda Qedexekirî (Samples of the Treasures of a Banned Culture), Sverige/Stockholm, 1991, 377 pages, ISBN ????
WorldCat lists an OCLC of 31608082. How about we go with that?
Can someone shed some light on this? Thanks! Keesiewonder 22:58, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I sympathize with the problem. When I Google search for this book, it leads through numerous Kurdish-language references, often quoted in Swedish text, and we are the *English* Wikipedia! If you have a workable OCLC that actually finds the book in libraries, I vote that we should use that.  The funny thing is that a mainstream Swedish publisher would use a  bad ISBN.  I guess we can't do anything about that. EdJohnston 21:43, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems that 'Sverige' is the Swedish name for Sweden.  I don't think the cited book is published by a publisher called 'Sverige'. If you click on the OCLC reference, it leads to a Kurdish name for the publisher. If you go ahead and replace the ISBN with an OCLC number, I think you should change the publisher to match the one that is found by the OCLC reference. EdJohnston 22:04, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  ISBN Problem
Talk:Zhai Zhigang

message: Out of curiosity, does the Chinese government list his height and weight?
: From here: "翟志刚  副师职、上校军衔，二级航天员。1966年10月出生，身高172厘米，体重65公斤，黑龙江省龙江县人，本科学历（双学士）原空军某试训中心飞行教员，飞行时间950小时。1998年1月入选航天员，2003年、2005年曾入选神舟五号、神舟六号飞行候补航天员"
: "Zhai Zhigang: Deputy divisional level, colonel rank; astronaut level 2. Born October 1966, height 172cm, weight 65kg; native of Longjiang, Heilongjiang province. Educational qualification: double bachelor's degrees. Previously air force training centre flying instructor. Selected as astronaut January 1988; selected as alternate astronaut for the Shenzhou V (2003) and Shenzhou VI (2005) missions." --PalaceGuard008 (Talk) 06:45, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Stats

message: Use "astronaut" or "taikonaut"? Since all Russian "astronauts" are recognised as "cosmonauts" on Wikipedia, I think this article should follow suit with the generally accepted use of terms depending on country of origin, as seen in the media et cetera. -- 李博杰  | —Talk contribs  05:35, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This English language article does use the generally accepted English term for space traveler - astronaut. See Talk:Astronaut for all the details. Rillian (talk) 18:05, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Taikonaut 
Talk:Zhan Videnov

message: I suggest that this page is locked for editing by unregistered members, due to the incredibly complex political situation in Bulgaria. I fear that history will be "touched up", for the purposes of forming a new political leader. Georgi Marinov.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.241.138.141 (talk) 11:42, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  June 2013 protests 

message: As for Arabic, he studied it while being a student in Moscow. I can't add sources for his other linguistic skills.Paul Keller (talk) 21:30, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  His languages (under ''Personal life'') 
Talk:Shu (Egyptian god)

message: why?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.172.227.51 (talk) 19:31, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Why?

message: Removed per  and . It's also rather dubious: most English speakers are going to naturally create a /j/ between the "sh" and the "u" sound. If it's really thought to be needful (and it's not: it's an entirely obvious pronunciation and it belongs at Shu's wiktionary entry instead), kindly be sure to include a  for the pronunciation instead of just coming up with something dubious on your own. — LlywelynII 05:48, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: IPA

message: Some pointed the Lilly, known in France as 'Fleur de Lys' is a symbol forwarding to the Egyptian idol 'Shu'. Another Egyptian deity you can find elsewhere is Quevvam, Remfam, identified by 'hexagram', being another name for Moloch, Chronos, Saturn, 'il porte un joli nom, saturne, mais c'est un dieu, fort inquiétant' (G Brassens) Comments?
Blessings + 81.44.92.72 (talk) 11:09, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Symbols for Shu in Europe ?
Talk:Zhang Nan (gymnast)

message: With the permission, I'd put in the medal record of her total that Zhang Nan is compete as a Gymnast at the Asian Games and the Olympics. 100.2.114.167 (talk) 05:11, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Medal record for Gymnast Zhang Nan of China
Talk:Zhang Yingtai

message: I am accepting this draft because I see notability.However, there is substantial work required to shortened this and to remove peacockery and other non encyclopaedic language. Wikipedia is the better for having an entry on Zhang Yingtai, but this version as it stands just prior to acceptance is unfinished. I view it as standing a better than 50% chance at surviving an immediate deletion process, so am accepting it in accordance with the AFC brief. 🇺🇦 FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 🇺🇦 08:48, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requires substantial précis
Talk:Zhang Yining

message: I believe this article currently has an incorrect date of birth listed for Zhang Yining.  The Official Website of the Chinese Olympic Committee (http://en.olympic.cn/athletes/serch_Z/2004-10-13/347795.html), as well as one of the references used for this entry, gives her year of birth as 1981.  The only sites I can find that give her date of birth as 1982 use this entry as their reference.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.141.154.101 (talk) 15:57, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Zhang's date of birth 

message: The entry states that Zhang continuously held the # 1 ranking from Jaunuary 2003-August 2008.  However, according to the source provided, Zhang Yining was ranked 2 in the world in January 2008.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.141.154.101 (talk) 16:36, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Zhang Yining's Ranking 
Talk:Zhanna Bichevskaya

message: I am going to remove last paragraph about "controversies" after looking at Russian sources. Singing songs about Ivan the Terrible does not mean to be an "active proponent ..."; a video created by 3rd party does not imply the artist to be involved in a controversy, etc. My very best wishes (talk) 23:23, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, here is the controversial video, a hymn to Russian nationalism. Still a notable and encyclopedic subject. My very best wishes (talk) 23:43, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Last paragraph

message: *Link to her CDs. My very best wishes (talk) 06:00, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Links
Talk:Jeanna Friske

message: Well have you checked the meaning of socialite? I think Z. F. is more a party girl/society girl than a socialite (if some Germans read this, take Ms Elvers or Ms "Permanent-ex-ice-skating-starlet" Szewczenko for an example, both of which have never missed any celeb's party ever). Friske is and never was of the Four Hundred, nor is she of aristocratic origin.
Can anyone really confirm the term "socialite" for her? -andy 78.51.104.41 (talk) 21:13, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Socialite?!

message: Since one of the gods of Wikipedia seems intent on keeping wrong information on the article page, I'm posting the correct info here (and I hope it's not struck down...).
Her cancer, birth of a son and death all occurred in 2015. The years 2013 & 2014 in the "Illness and death" section are wrong. Cristical (talk) 04:01, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Please review the sources cited in the article.  If her son had not been born until 2015, it would not have been possible for this to be posted in 2013 or this  in 2014, which reports the 2013 birth. Her husband waited until 2014 to announce her 2013 cancer diagnosis to the public. General Ization Talk   14:56, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Correct dates for Jeanna Friske's cancer and son's birth.
Talk:Zhanna Prokhorenko

message: Why is practically nothing known of this breathtaking actress who delivered one of the all time greatest performances in cinema?  Nothing here, nothing on IMDB, seems to be nothing on the web.  Fnj2 (talk) 11:47, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: A plea for more
Talk:Zhao Xue

message: The picture is from here and should be deleted from commons in my humble opinion. --Gereon K. (talk) 14:29, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture 

message: Recently she got the Men's IM-title, guess she will also soon have the Men's GM title.
:The application for the men's GM title is here. I don't know why it isn't ratified by FIDE yet. --Gereon K. (talk) 08:18, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Now it's official. She is listed as GM now as well. --Gereon K. (talk) 13:29, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title 