Wikipedia:WikiProject Ancient Near East/Cleanup listing

About this listing
The listing is based on a database snapshot of 2010-03-12. It contains all articles flagged for cleanup which are tagged with WikiProject Ancient Near East on their talk page.

Based on that data, 920 articles are assigned to this project, of which 399, or 43.4%, are flagged for cleanup.

The following quality assessment classes were evaluated for this report:

The following importance assessment classes were evaluated for this report:

Featured articles
The project has 1 featured articles. None of them is flagged for cleanup.

Good articles
The project has 3 good articles. 2 of them, or 66.7%, are flagged for cleanup.

Warning: The following articles are listed in, but not in.


 * Akkadian Empire

Top-importance articles
The project has 49 top-importance articles. 30 of them, or 61.2%, are flagged for cleanup.

High-importance articles
The project has 33 high-importance articles. 16 of them, or 48.5%, are flagged for cleanup.

Further entries (summary)
Detail listing is suppressed due to size restrictions.

Accuracy disputes

 * Teispids (Jan 2010) «Top»
 * Urartu (Jan 2010) «High»
 * Neo-Assyrian Empire (Mar 2010) «Top»

Ancient Near East articles needing expert attention

 * Ishara
 * Kingu

Article sections to be split

 * Ziggurat (Jan 2010) «Top»

Articles contradicting other articles

 * Ecbatana

Articles lacking in-text citations

 * Sweyhat (Feb 2008)
 * Epic of Gilgamesh (Jan 2009) «Top»
 * Levant (Apr 2009)
 * Tell Halaf (Apr 2009)
 * Zoroastrianism (Aug 2009) «High»
 * Baal cycle (Sep 2009)
 * Luwian language (Dec 2009)

Articles lacking reliable references

 * Akhkhazu (Dec 2007)
 * Ebla (Aug 2008)
 * Shedu (Aug 2009)
 * Ziggurat of Ur (Aug 2009) «Top»
 * Zoroastrianism (Aug 2009) «High»
 * Jerusalem during the Second Temple Period (Oct 2009)
 * Sack of Jerusalem (10th century BC) (Nov 2009)
 * Samnuha (Mar 2010)

Oct 2006

 * Der (Sumer)
 * Patigrabana
 * Piyusti
 * Shar-Kali-Sharri

Nov 2006

 * Akshak
 * GAL (cuneiform)
 * TI (cuneiform)

Dec 2006

 * Rusa II
 * The Indestructibles

Jan 2007

 * Lutipri

Feb 2007

 * Erishum II

Mar 2007

 * Arma (god)
 * Mari, Syria
 * Sutekh (deity)
 * Tilla (deity)
 * Zimrilim «High»

May 2007

 * Lotan

Jun 2007

 * Dudu of Akkad
 * Manishtushu
 * Scorpion man
 * Shu-turul

Jul 2007

 * Walmu

Aug 2007

 * Irsirra
 * Neo-Babylonian Empire «Top»

Sep 2007

 * Mesopotamian mythology

Feb 2008

 * Near Eastern archaeology

Mar 2008

 * Clay tablet

Apr 2008

 * Sparabara

May 2008

 * Hugo Winckler
 * Matiene

Jun 2008

 * Shamash

Aug 2008

 * Khopesh
 * Kurunta

Sep 2008

 * Ba'al

Dec 2008

 * Villu (deity)

Jan 2009

 * Menuas of Urartu
 * Rusa I

Feb 2009

 * Ammittamru I
 * Ammittamru II
 * Cyaxares II
 * Ibiranu
 * Naram-Suen of Assyria
 * Niqmaddu III

Apr 2009

 * Assyriology «Top»
 * Awan dynasty
 * Isin

May 2009

 * Allu
 * Alulim
 * Asaruludu
 * Damu
 * Dazimua
 * Dumuzid, the Fisherman
 * Elulu
 * En-men-dur-ana
 * Enshag
 * Etana
 * Hahanu
 * Halki (Hittite god)
 * Ilulu
 * Lelwani
 * Lugalbanda
 * Lulal
 * Mesannepada
 * Mushdamma
 * Nazi (god)
 * Ninsar
 * Ninsutu
 * Ubara-Tutu
 * Ur-Zababa

Jul 2009

 * Aramu
 * Persian Revolt

Aug 2009

 * Arhalba
 * La-ba'shum
 * Yamhad
 * Zaqar

Nov 2009

 * Third Dynasty of Ur «Top»
 * Zemar

Dec 2009

 * Abadir
 * Akhkhazu
 * Argishti II
 * Artashumara
 * Ashtar-Chemosh
 * Astarpa River
 * Ba'al Hermon
 * Enkimdu
 * Gugalanna
 * Hazzi
 * Hepit
 * Ibbit-Lim
 * Igigi
 * Imi
 * Irkab-Damu
 * Ishme-Dagan
 * Ishpuinis of Urartu
 * Kaus
 * Kirta
 * Kotar (god)
 * Kotharat
 * Kussara
 * Labbu
 * Madius
 * Manapa-Tarhunta
 * Marduk-apla-iddina I
 * Milawata letter
 * Mortuary temple
 * Nanum (king)
 * Nevruz
 * Niqmepa
 * Parshatatar
 * Rem (mythology)
 * Saa
 * Salatiwara
 * Samsu-iluna
 * Sarruma
 * Satet
 * Seker
 * Seqtet boat
 * Shattuara
 * Shuttarna I
 * Shuttarna II
 * Shuttarna III
 * Sin-liqe-unninni
 * Sin-Muballit
 * Siris (goddess)
 * Ta-Bitjet
 * Taautus
 * Tefnut
 * Tell Barri
 * Tirigan
 * Tunna
 * Tushratta
 * Wasashatta
 * Wilusa
 * Yarikh

Jan 2010

 * Medes «Top»

Feb 2010

 * Babylonian mythology

Articles needing additional references

 * Kupanta-Kurunta (Aug 2006)
 * Cave of the Patriarchs (Apr 2007)
 * Sargon II (Aug 2007) «Top»
 * Mesopotamia (Oct 2007)
 * Teshub (Oct 2007)
 * Arsay (Jan 2008)
 * Tiglath-Pileser I (Feb 2008) «Top»
 * Elohim (Ugarit) (Apr 2008)
 * Ashurbanipal (May 2008) «Top»
 * Babylon (Jun 2008) «High»
 * Ibbi-Sin (Jun 2008)
 * Nefertiti (Aug 2008)
 * Sulili (Aug 2008)
 * Ur (Aug 2008) «High»
 * Determinative (Sep 2008)
 * Canaan (Oct 2008)
 * Berith (god) (Dec 2008)
 * Lahar (god) (Jan 2009)
 * Sirara (Feb 2009)
 * Amurru (Apr 2009)
 * Canaan (Apr 2009)
 * Larsa (Apr 2009)
 * Uruk (Apr 2009)
 * Samarra (May 2009)
 * Babylonia and Assyria (Jul 2009) «Top»
 * Elam (Jul 2009) «Top»
 * Phoenicia (Jul 2009) «Top»
 * Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC) (Aug 2009)
 * Namtar (Oct 2009)
 * Zoroastrianism (Nov 2009) «High»
 * Hittite language (Dec 2009)
 * Luwian language (Dec 2009)
 * Ancient Semitic religion (Feb 2010)
 * Bastet (Feb 2010)
 * Zoroastrianism (Feb 2010) «High»

Articles needing cleanup

 * Assyro-Babylonian religion (Aug 2007)
 * Madduwatta (Apr 2008)
 * Sparabara (Apr 2008)
 * Isuwa (May 2008)
 * Matiene (Jul 2008)
 * Samuha (Nov 2008)
 * Phoenicia (Apr 2009) «Top»
 * Battle of Hyrba (Jul 2009) «High»
 * Canaan (Jul 2009)
 * Shedu (Aug 2009)
 * Zoroastrianism (Aug 2009) «High»
 * Sulili (Sep 2009)
 * Jerusalem during the Second Temple Period (Oct 2009)

Articles needing expert attention

 * Ishara (Aug 2008)
 * Mesopotamian mythology (Nov 2008)
 * Kingu (Feb 2009)
 * Ziggurat (Nov 2009) «Top»

Articles needing more detailed references

 * Qetesh

Articles that may contain original research

 * Madduwatta (Sep 2007)
 * Canaan (Aug 2009)
 * Jerusalem during the Second Temple Period (Oct 2009)
 * Yam (god) (Dec 2009)
 * Achaemenid Empire (Jan 2010) «Top»

Articles that need to be wikified

 * Shapash (Canaanite goddess) (Jun 2009)
 * Samnuha (Mar 2010)

Articles to be expanded

 * The Indestructibles (Jan 2007)
 * Sumer (Dec 2008) «Top»
 * Assyriology (Apr 2009) «Top»
 * Epic of Gilgamesh (Dec 2009) «Top»
 * Sumer (Dec 2009) «Top»
 * Akkadian Empire (Feb 2010) «GA, Top»
 * Samnuha (Mar 2010)

Articles to be merged

 * Religions of the Ancient Near East (May 2008)
 * Arrapha (Jun 2008)
 * Dumuzid, the Shepherd (Jun 2008)
 * Proto-Euphratean (Jun 2008)
 * Huwasi stone (Nov 2008)
 * Song of Kumarbi (Dec 2008)
 * History of Mesopotamia (Jul 2009)
 * Theispas (Aug 2009)
 * Sumerian creation myth (Sep 2009)
 * Ziusudra (Oct 2009)
 * Apkallu (Jan 2010)

Articles to be split

 * Luwian language (Aug 2008)
 * Ziggurat (Jan 2010) «Top»

Articles with dead external links

 * Battle of Kadesh (Oct 2008)
 * Sefire (Apr 2009)
 * 4.2 kiloyear event (May 2009)
 * Ubaid period (May 2009)
 * Ziggurat (Jul 2009) «Top»
 * Washukanni (Dec 2009)

Articles with disputed statements

 * El (deity) (Mar 2009)
 * Ningishzida (Apr 2009)
 * Third Dynasty of Ur (Aug 2009) «Top»
 * Hayasa-Azzi (Sep 2009)
 * Ancient Arabic units of measurement (Nov 2009)
 * Marduk (Nov 2009)
 * Lamashtu (Dec 2009)
 * Sumerian language (Dec 2009) «Top»

Articles with sections that need to be turned into prose

 * Phoenicia (Apr 2009) «Top»

Articles with specifically-marked weasel-worded phrases

 * Zoroastrianism (Jun 2007) «High»
 * Astarte (Jul 2007)
 * Ratha (Jul 2007)
 * Mari, Syria (Aug 2007)
 * Akkadian Empire (Apr 2008) «GA, Top»
 * Ningishzida (May 2008)
 * Akkadian language (Jun 2009) «Top»
 * Abu Simbel temples (Jul 2009)
 * Elohim (Ugarit) (Jul 2009)
 * Nebuchadnezzar II (Aug 2009) «Top»
 * Iron Age (Oct 2009)
 * Luwian language (Dec 2009)
 * Tiamat (Jan 2010)
 * Zoroastrianism (Jan 2010) «High»
 * Sumer (Feb 2010) «Top»
 * Sennacherib (Mar 2010) «High»

Articles with topics of unclear notability

 * Sirara (Feb 2009)

Articles with trivia sections

 * Ziggurat (Jan 2010) «Top»

Feb 2007

 * Abu Simbel temples
 * Amar-Sin
 * Ancient literature
 * Babylonia «Top»
 * En-men-dur-ana
 * Epic of Gilgamesh «Top»
 * History of Sumer
 * Hittites «Top»
 * Hurro-Urartian languages
 * Iron Age
 * Kaskians
 * Lagash
 * Madduwatta
 * Manapa-Tarhunta letter
 * Moloch
 * Nefertiti
 * Song of Kumarbi
 * Tanit

Mar 2007

 * Bronze Age
 * Cave of the Patriarchs

Apr 2007

 * Ki (goddess)
 * Ubaid period

Jun 2007

 * Babylonian astrology «High»
 * En-men-dur-ana

Jul 2007

 * Adapa
 * Anat
 * Astarte
 * Cybele «High»

Aug 2007

 * Cuneiform script
 * Levant
 * Shedu

Sep 2007

 * Inara

Oct 2007

 * Assyrian law
 * Cimmerians
 * En-hedu-ana
 * Etemenanki

Nov 2007

 * High Priests of Amun
 * Tanakh «Top»

Dec 2007

 * Ebla
 * Ten Thousand (Greek)

Jan 2008

 * History of Sumer
 * Melqart
 * Tawananna

Feb 2008

 * Akshak
 * Babylonia «Top»
 * Sumer «Top»

Mar 2008

 * Bronze Age
 * Eridu
 * History of Sumer
 * Mesopotamia
 * Muwatalli II

Apr 2008

 * Akkadian Empire «GA, Top»

May 2008

 * Hurro-Urartian languages
 * Indo-Aryan superstrate in Mitanni
 * Marduk-apla-iddina I
 * Nairi «High»
 * Ningishzida

Jun 2008

 * Babylonia «Top»
 * Elam «Top»
 * Resheph
 * Washukanni

Jul 2008

 * Bronze Age sword
 * Esarhaddon
 * Sumerian language «Top»
 * Tiglath-Pileser I «Top»

Aug 2008

 * Aga of Kish
 * Alalngar
 * Arwium
 * Atab
 * Babum
 * Balih
 * Cuneiform script
 * Dumuzid, the Fisherman
 * Dumuzid, the Shepherd
 * Elulu
 * En-me-nuna
 * En-men-dur-ana
 * En-men-gal-ana
 * En-sipad-zid-ana
 * En-tarah-ana
 * Enmebaragesi
 * Enmerkar
 * Etana
 * Ilku
 * Iltasadum
 * Kalibum
 * Kalumum
 * Kullassina-bel
 * La-ba'shum
 * Lugal-Anne-Mundu
 * Lugal-zage-si
 * Lugalbanda
 * Mashda
 * Melem-Kish
 * Mesannepada
 * Mesh-ki-ang-gasher
 * Meskalamdug
 * Nangishlishma
 * Ngushur
 * Ningishzida
 * Puannum
 * Sirrush
 * Sumerian language «Top»
 * Tizqar
 * Ubara-Tutu
 * Udul-kalama
 * Ugaritic alphabet
 * Ur-Nungal
 * Ur-Zababa
 * Zamug
 * Zuqaqip

Sep 2008

 * First Babylonian Dynasty «High»

Nov 2008

 * Eshmun
 * Habiru
 * Kaus

Dec 2008

 * Assur
 * Tefnut
 * Tel Dan Stele
 * Utukku

Jan 2009

 * Bastet
 * Lahar (god)
 * Tefnut

Feb 2009

 * Tanakh «Top»

Mar 2009

 * Cyrus the Great «Top»
 * Deluge myth «High»
 * Etemenanki
 * Hurrians «Top»
 * List of artifacts significant to the Bible
 * Mannaeans
 * Tiamat

Apr 2009

 * Amurru
 * Battle of the Persian Border «High»
 * Black Obelisk
 * Canaan
 * Cybele «High»
 * Larsa
 * List of artifacts significant to the Bible
 * Nineveh «High»
 * Uruk

May 2009

 * Endursaga
 * Idrimi
 * Ningilin
 * Ningishzida
 * Shu-pa-e
 * Sumerian religion
 * Tanit
 * Tel Dor

Jun 2009

 * Bronze Age collapse
 * Kaskians
 * Mesopotamia
 * Proto-Semitic language
 * Sumer «Top»

Jul 2009

 * Apkallu
 * Aramaeans
 * Aramu
 * Cimmerians
 * Qetesh

Aug 2009

 * Canaan
 * Determinative
 * El (deity)
 * Ḫaldi «High»
 * Hammurabi «GA, Top»
 * Iron Age
 * Khopesh
 * Proto-Semitic language
 * Tawagalawa letter
 * Urartu «High»

Sep 2009

 * Dagon
 * Ishara
 * Jericho
 * Tell

Oct 2009

 * Achaemenid Empire «Top»
 * Deluge myth «High»
 * Iron Age
 * Jerusalem during the Second Temple Period
 * Nimrud
 * Venus tablet of Ammisaduqa «High»

Nov 2009

 * Amar-Sin
 * Argishtis I of Urartu
 * Cities of the Ancient Near East «Top»
 * Enûma Eliš
 * Epic of Gilgamesh «Top»
 * Iron Age
 * Kingu
 * Medes «Top»
 * Shu-Sin
 * Sumer «Top»
 * Third Dynasty of Ur «Top»
 * Zoroastrianism «High»

Dec 2009

 * Tel Dan
 * Third Dynasty of Ur «Top»

Jan 2010

 * Bronze Age sword
 * Cyrus the Great «Top»
 * Deluge myth «High»
 * Hittite language
 * Iron Age sword
 * Phoenicia «Top»
 * Sumerian creation myth
 * Sumerian language «Top»
 * Tiamat
 * Yam (god)
 * Zoroastrianism «High»

Feb 2010

 * Ancient Semitic religion
 * Bastet
 * Proto-Semitic language
 * Short chronology timeline «Top»
 * Sumer «Top»
 * Ur «High»

Mar 2010

 * Ratha
 * Ugarit

Other

 * Ugarit

Articles with weasel words

 * Zoroastrianism (Jan 2010) «High»

Egypt articles missing geocoordinate data

 * Gayer-Anderson cat

Iran articles missing geocoordinate data

 * Battle of Hyrba «High»
 * Battle of the Persian Border «High»
 * Cyrus cylinder
 * Eanna-shum-iddina kudurru
 * Ganzak
 * Kudurru for Ritti-Marduk
 * Kudurru of Melishihu
 * Mannaeans
 * Marduk-apal-iddina II kudurru
 * Marduk-nadin-ahhe kudurru
 * Marduk-zakir-šumi I kudurru
 * Matiene
 * Medes «Top»
 * Melišipak kudurru-Land grant to Marduk-apal-iddina I
 * Nazimaruttaš kudurru stone
 * Persian Revolt

Iraq articles missing geocoordinate data

 * Akshak
 * Arrapha
 * Der (Sumer)
 * Hamazi
 * Kesh (Sumer)
 * Sirara
 * Tepe Gawra

Lebanon articles missing geocoordinate data

 * Zemar

Mythology articles needing expert attention

 * Ishara
 * Mesopotamian mythology

NPOV disputes

 * Urartu (Jan 2010) «High»

Orphaned articles

 * Hasameli (Oct 2006)
 * A'as (Mar 2007)
 * Abadir (Apr 2008)
 * Nu Mus Da (Dec 2008)
 * Alalus (Feb 2009)
 * Attar (god) (Feb 2009)
 * Ba'al Hermon (Feb 2009)
 * Chart of ancient Near East rulers (Feb 2009)
 * Ellel (Feb 2009)
 * Gunara (Feb 2009)
 * Hahanu (Feb 2009)
 * Halki (Hittite god) (Feb 2009)
 * Hanwasuit (Feb 2009)
 * Hayasum (Feb 2009)
 * Hazzi (Feb 2009)
 * Hendursaga (Feb 2009)
 * Hepit (Feb 2009)
 * Hutena (Feb 2009)
 * Irsirra (Feb 2009)
 * Jarri (Feb 2009)
 * Khipa (Feb 2009)
 * Kotar (god) (Feb 2009)
 * Lelwani (Feb 2009)
 * Muati (Feb 2009)
 * Nazi (god) (Feb 2009)
 * Neti (mythology) (Feb 2009)
 * Nindara (Feb 2009)
 * Nindub (Feb 2009)
 * Ningirama (Feb 2009)
 * Ninkarnunna (Feb 2009)
 * Pirwa (Feb 2009)
 * Rundas (Feb 2009)
 * Seqtet boat (Feb 2009)
 * Shu-pa-e (Feb 2009)
 * Shul-utula (Feb 2009)
 * Sumugan (Feb 2009)
 * Sutekh (deity) (Feb 2009)
 * Ta-Bitjet (Feb 2009)
 * The Melammu Project (Feb 2009)
 * Tilla (deity) (Feb 2009)
 * Waliwanda (Feb 2009)
 * Wurrukatte (Feb 2009)
 * Victory stele of Esarhaddon over Taharqa-671 BC (Jul 2009)
 * Geshtu-E (Aug 2009)
 * Tell Chuera (Feb 2010)

Self-contradictory articles

 * Proto-Semitic language (Jun 2009)

Syria articles missing geocoordinate data

 * Subartu (Amarna letters corpus)
 * Tell Chuera
 * Til Barsip

Turkey articles missing geocoordinate data

 * Arzawa
 * Salatiwara
 * Samuha
 * Sareisa
 * Sugunia
 * Tarhuntassa
 * Waliwanda
 * Washukanni

Unclassified articles missing geocoordinate data

 * Battle of Kadesh
 * Battle of Nihriya
 * Battle of Uruk
 * Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC)
 * Siege of Jerusalem (597 BC)

Vague or ambiguous geographic scope

 * Ur «High»

Wikipedia articles needing clarification

 * Canaan (Mar 2008)
 * Alaksandu (Feb 2009)
 * Babylonian astrology (Feb 2009) «High»
 * Babylonian law (Feb 2009) «Top»
 * Enki (Mar 2009)
 * Subartu (Amarna letters corpus) (Jun 2009)
 * Battle of Hyrba (Jul 2009) «High»
 * Cuneiform script (Aug 2009)
 * Ecbatana (Aug 2009)
 * Aruna (Hittite mythology) (Sep 2009)
 * Medes (Nov 2009) «Top»
 * Biblical Hebrew (Jan 2010)

Wikipedia articles needing context

 * Sarduri III (May 2009)
 * High Priests of Amun (Oct 2009)
 * Labbu (Oct 2009)
 * Seqtet boat (Oct 2009)

Wikipedia articles needing copy edit

 * Mesopotamia (Dec 2008)
 * Mesopotamia (Feb 2009)
 * Shedu (Aug 2009)
 * Jerusalem during the Second Temple Period (Oct 2009)

Wikipedia articles needing factual verification

 * Ziggurat (Nov 2009) «Top»
 * Allatu (Jan 2010)
 * Hittites (Jan 2010) «Top»

Wikipedia articles needing page number citations

 * Hurrians «Top»

Wikipedia articles needing rewrite

 * Sarduri III (May 2009)

Wikipedia articles needing style editing

 * Kupanta-Kurunta (Dec 2007)
 * Moloch (Sep 2008)
 * Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC) (Aug 2009)
 * Jerusalem during the Second Temple Period (Oct 2009)
 * Zoroastrianism (Jan 2010) «High»

Wikipedia introduction cleanup

 * Sarduri III (May 2009)
 * Sulili (Sep 2009)
 * High Priests of Amun (Oct 2009)
 * Labbu (Oct 2009)
 * Seqtet boat (Oct 2009)

Wikipedia references cleanup

 * Zoroastrianism (Aug 2009) «High»