Talk:Makuria

message: This page really needs a list of rulers and I can't find oneGeni 16:45, 16 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Notes

message: I've asked that this article be placed on the main page soon. However, the Featured Article Director doesn't feel that the map or the parchment is a suitable image for the front page, and the pinkish fresco thing doesn't look great either. So, if anyone can find a good image of some item of Makurian art or architecture, please add it to the article; then the next stop will be the main page. — Amcaja 17:51, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Unfortunately we are somewhat lacking editors from Sudan, so getting some more photos might not be easy. - SimonP 20:01, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There should be stuff to photograph at the British Museum. Do you know anyone who lives in London? — Amcaja 20:07, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Not really, but a friendly message at the British Wikipedians noticeboard might be able to find someone. The best collection of Makurian artifacts outside of Sudan is actually in Warsaw, but I've been informed that photography is forbidden in the National Museum there. - SimonP 20:16, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images 

message: This section contains a sentance that states the Battle of Dongola was "the only major defeat suffered by an Arab army in the first century of Islamic expansion". That's factually incorrect, because the Sassanid Persians routed an Arab army in the (Battle of the Bridges?) in Iraq, and Roman armies defeated the Arabs a few times, in Anatolia and during the seiges of Constantinople. Plus the Franks defeated the Arabs at Tours in 732. While it's not an article-destroying error, it is still an error that should be corrected. Thomas Lessman (talk) 17:04, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Inaccuracy in "Origins" Section

message: Women in Makouria: fluehr.pdf an article on the Candices, including some instances of their continuity into the Christian period. -LlywelynII (talk) 16:26, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Sources

message: I included that originally. I don't have a copy of Adams handy, but ideally that sentence should contain a reference to Ptolemy himself. Unfortunately I can't find the term Makkourae in any copy of Ptolemy available on the web. This page contains a an English translation of Ptolemy's chapter on Nubia, but in the list of tribes the Makkourae don't appear, not even anything very similar. A search of Google Books for "Makkourae" finds a few references to it occurring in Ptolemy, but only in French. At best this indicates that Makkourae is only one possible transliteration, and we shouldn't be as absolute in saying Ptolemy knew of a tribe with that name. - SimonP (talk) 13:41, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Makkourae

message: Hello everyone - Unfortunately, this article does not meet the current standards for a featured article. The major issue is that it is significantly under-referenced, with many sections and paragraphs being partially or completely unreferenced. There are also page numbers missing for a couple of book references. If work is not completed on these issues in the next few weeks, this article will need to be taken to WP:Featured article review for a possible revocation of its featured status. Dana boomer (talk) 14:52, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: This version looks much better than the current one. Why not just revert back? 216.8.129.17 (talk) 20:10, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Work needed 

message: See Talk:Ikhshidid dynasty#Map. Srnec (talk) 00:39, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Map