User:Enki H./Sandbox

Warm up

 * dab project, dab style, dab cleanup
 * After 14. May, propose to remove remaining "Contemporary Art" boxes on WikiProject_Visual arts

Repaired link to disambiguation page: please help

Inanna/Ishtar
Very little is known about the Sumerian (proper) goddess Inanna, since at the time extensive records were written, Mesopotamia was ruled by Akkadians (destruction of Uruk). It seems that Sargon promoted syncretization with Ishtar as a political objective as he established his legitimacy. Hallo points out Enheduana's role in this. However, since the written language continued to be Sumerian, the records call this syncretized goddess Inanna and most scholars write Inanna when discussing Sumerian text written by Akkadians. Examples: (All of ETCSL uses Inana). Morever, we know a lot of her cult from the UrIII excavations at Nippur, which was during Neo-Sumerian times. Clearly, she was Inanna then, but this was after the time of the syncretization with Ishtar.

It would be possible to limit the Inanna article to the time before Sargon, but this would create no end of confusion regarding titles of references sources and quotations from sources. Therefore I propose.
 * Merge Innana and Ishtar article into one.
 * Explain separate origins and syncretization in the lead.
 * Introduce the history/charateristics/iconography of Inana before syncretization (up to Sargon)
 * Introduce the history/characteristics/iconography of Ishtar before syncretization (up to Sargon)
 * Introduce the fact that after syncretization the names Inanna and Ishtar refer to the same goddess
 * Outline the political objectives of syncretization, the characteristics and iconography (up to Hammurabi)
 * Describe the major myths
 * Describe the major temples and rituals
 * Outline the gradual demotion of Inana in Babylonian times (Gilgamesh, then Marduk)
 * Describe legacies (Elam, Syrians)
 * Describe parallels (briefly)
 * Describe the modern rediscovery

At the same time I would like to propose the following principles for the article:
 * All new material should be sourced
 * Sources should be stated, and analyzed as to the time they refer to
 * Contributions should be placed into the proper time context.

Topics to work on

 * stub Karilee Fuglem as Canadian artist, but consider WP:N, whether significance can be referenced
 * Ian Carr-Harris - lay foundations for B-class
 * Lisa Steele - article should be improvable
 * Crystal Pite and Peggy Baker
 * Michael Snow - Joyce Wieland and "Moral rights"
 * Untag Germaine Koh if possible
 * Revise useless Art_in_Canada article
 * Joseph Beuys is really, really terrible. Add some contents, refocus on discussion, translate stuff from de:Joseph Beuys
 * Janet Cardiff does not do her justice either, also change talk-page category tag to visual arts
 * Mario Merz does not mention any of the Fibonacci pieces and is poorly referenced, tone is not very encyclopedic either. cf. it:Mario Merz
 * Giuseppe Penone - add piece in Toronto and backlink from AGO, also update style, add proper categories
 * Add infoxbox WikiProject Canada to Canadian artists
 * Check pages from defunct Template:WPSculpture for inclusion into Visual Arts
 * Cautious rewrite of Inanna - split between historical and modern
 * Actually all Dingir-related pages are in terribly confused state.
 * Phps. start by defining a common format
 * Axe the clearly non-canonical claims
 * clearly distinguish between Sumerian source and Akkadian appropriation/succession.
 * Put the religio/political issues in order at Enheduanna.
 * Instill a sense of diachronic change and difficulties in timing.
 * Reduce the "is the god of..." blanket claims - clarify invocative vs. exaltative and focus on sources.
 * Remove the gematric statements.
 * Add appropriate ETCSL sources
 * Fix missing cuneiform, Borger
 * 𒀭𒊺𒉀 𒍠 𒊩

Projects

 * WikiProject_Biography
 * WikiProject_Canada
 * WikiProject Toronto
 * WikiProject_Visual arts

Assessment
WikiProject_Canada/Assessment WikiProject_Biography/Assessment


 * Newly assessed as stub-class (A very basic description) for WP:WikiProject_Biography, WP:WikiProject_Visual_arts and WP:WikiProject_Canada. To improve, please add some significant contents. ~
 * Newly assessed as start-class (Still incomplete, missing sources) for WP:WikiProject_Biography, WP:WikiProject_Visual_arts and WP:WikiProject_Canada. To improve, please add reliable sources. ~
 * Newly assessed as C-class' (Gaps in content, style and organisation in need of attention) for WP:WikiProject_Biography, WP:WikiProject_Visual_arts and WP:WikiProject_Canada. To improve, please review for comprehensiveness and style. ~


 * Newly assessed as low-importance (A very basic description) for WP:WikiProject_Biography, WP:WikiProject_Visual_arts and WP:WikiProject_Canada. To improve, please add some significant contents. ~