Talk:Maya society

message: Suggest changing things like "ajaw" to "ahaw" because while Spanish uses j for an h sound, English does not, and seeing as this is an English language encyclopedia, some users may be confused. As far as I know there is indeed one orthography that changes j to h, though I'm not an expert on Maya orthography.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.90.51.160 (talk) 10:21, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: ajaw is the modern Maya orthography for this word, used by the great majority of sources these days. I would prefer that we kept it as-is, to align with modern usage and so as not to confuse readers (who if they are looking it up are likely to be doing so because they read it in some source). Where appte we can also mention former spellings found in (generally) older texts, like ahaw, ahau.  As far as pronunciation is concerned, perhaps at some point we could put in a guide at the ajaw article itself. --cjllw ʘ TALK 04:47, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Orthography

message: This page calls them military officers. ("mayors"). This page calls them town chiefs.  This page calls them geographical areas. Which is it...?  TREKphiler hit me ♠  10:18, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Up to ''batab''

message: The assumption that the Classic Lowlands consisted of jungle terrain seems completely outdated.77.162.130.139 (talk) 21:47, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tactics in jungle terrain? 

message: In view of its almost complete lack of references, this article should never have received a B-status. Moreover, as stated above by others, most of its sections double with those of 'Maya civilization', and are even identical, or nearly so. The 'Maya civilization' article has become the central text on all aspects of ancient Maya culture. If the continued existence of the 'Maya society' article is to be justified, it should be about what its title suggests, the social organization and social customs of Maya kingdoms, and not about script, art and mathematics and other aspects already covered by 'Maya civilization'. I therefore intend to rewrite it, with a focus on the political organization and social classes of Maya kingdoms. As a consequence, the article 'Maya social classes' will become superfluous. The section 'Maya warfare' should probably, as far as necessary, be merged with the main article 'Maya warfare'. I invite all Wikepedians to react to this intended reorganization of the article.77.162.130.139 (talk) 14:06, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reorganization of the article: feedback needed! 

message: As a first step towards improving this article, I removed sections duplicated from "Maya Civilization" and other articles. "Maya Warfare" should probably suffer the same fate.77.162.130.139 (talk) 20:16, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: While you seem to have a coherent plan, could you tell us what you intend to do with the material (including references) you deleted recently? Do you intend to re-insert it in better locations (including other articles), or are you just discarding prior work that you feel doesn't fit in here? I'm not necessarily objecting to what you're doing, just voicing a concern whether the good faith work of others will be used appropriately, or effectively lost. --Reify-tech (talk) 20:25, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. And why doesn't a section on body modifications belong in this article? Dougweller (talk) 20:36, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

text: Agreed, there is a lot of duplicated material that isn't needed here.  The body modifications section, while modest, does have some refs, although there's always room for improvement. Unless somebody can come up with a better location, I think that Maya society is a logical place for it.  The coverage may be a little thin for spinoff as a standalone article, so it might be best to retain the material here and upgrade it in tandem with the rest of the article. I'm eager to see what you can do to improve the topics as you've proposed.  --Reify-tech (talk) 00:43, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Duplications and misplaced sections removed 

message: This article deals exclusively with the pre-Columbian Maya, and should perhaps be moved to Ancient Maya society. It would be more appropriate to discuss modern Maya society here, an interesting subject itself. Simon Burchell (talk) 13:26, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds reasonable to me, though I can't contribute much on contemporary Mayan culture. I'm interested in what you and other editors can come up with.  Reify-tech (talk) 14:11, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Subject of article 

message: , the material you have added has unverifiable sources, partially because you've used a citation style other than the one in use in this article. It needs to be removed or cited properly. Doug Weller talk 16:06, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unverifiable material on modifications 

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message: This article makes a few references to a "Maya Empire." I'm not sure why, as Maya civilization was never unified, and there was no singular state referred to as the Maya empire. In the Kingdom, Court, and Royalty section of the article, the Maya social-political organization is described as being a number of small kingdoms or city-states. Though it gives two examples of states that expanded their power further than others, I still feel like this is a contradiction, especially when the use of "empire" is not specifically attributed to any one state.
There is a source cited (https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-americas/maya) that refers to a Maya empire, but it gives no further information that supports the use of that word. Zablargs (talk) 04:52, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Maya Empire?