Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Egypt/Archive 5

Phoenician vs Egyptian
I wonder if somebody can help with this. This is the Empress Theatre (Montreal). Is it Phonenician or Egyptian style: Thanks, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 04:43, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
 * This is Egyptian pharaonic style check the images.--Diaa abdelmoneim (talk) 13:04, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 13:50, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

What is our goal, what are we doing to achieve it ?
I am not sure if this project is active anymore, the participants work individually on different things but no collaboration or discussion is done in connection with the Project. What is our Goal and what are we doing to achieve it? Who is still active participant of this project?--Diaa abdelmoneim (talk) 04:31, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

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Photo request
Would someone mind photographing the Egyptair head office near Cairo Airport? The article needs an image of the Egyptair head office. Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 11:56, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Help the new Luna Park, Cairo article!
I have just moved the beginning of a Luna Park, Cairo article into articlespace. It's essentially a stub about the park and the World War I hospital, but I couldn't find much about the park's grounds, etc., after 1916. Perhaps if we can get that 84-year gap bridged in the article with local sources, this will turn out to be a decent article - clearly both the park and the hospital make this article worthwhile. Thanks. B.Wind (talk) 01:33, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Nag Hammadi massacre
When I found this article it was being used to WP:COATRACK attack sections on arabs/muslims, and some of the sources used did not ( and maybe still don't) pass muster IMO. I've cleaned it up a bit & added headings, moved sections and tried balance it. Can someone else have a look and an arabic reader check the sources from nadir gemayel & lebanese forces? I don't edit regularly so it would be good if more people keep an eye/watchlist this, thanks. --Glumboot (talk) 12:23, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

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Baharayia
To WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: I think YOU made an ERROR, calling BAHARIYA "The least developed technological Oasis in EGYPT". I was there in 1976 with a group of German teachers from Munich. We were GUESTS of the EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT who took us on a tour of many parts of Egypt. We were impressed by the SCHOOLS, TEACHERS and STUDENTS! They were more advanced than many other SCHOOLS I've seen on MY TRIPS AROUND THE WORLD. Also, YOU forgot to mention one important FACT. There is also the "LARGEST IRON ORE MINE of EGYPT". We visited the mine and there many RUSSIAN ADVISORS who helped the Egyptian miners with their work. Dean Beethoven79 (talk) 08:01, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Fixed.--Diaa abdelmoneim (talk) 09:26, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

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Help Needed
Hi. I need everyone to help me improve another article about Egyptian Shura Council election that are being held today. thank you -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 23:22, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

New article for your project
Hey guys, I translated this page from the Arabic wiki and I added more info about it as well http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Metwalli_Aharawi

please feel free to add more about it. --Saab 1989 (talk) 01:46, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

Mohamed Mounir
I re-wrote the high-importance start class article on Mohamed Mounir from scratch, as the previously existing article was poorly referenced and was largely plagiarized. It remains incomplete, but could someone please provide feedback on whats been done so far (and if possible, to expand upon it)? --Voiceofplanet (talk) 21:51, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

The article on Arish is badly outdated and just plain wrong. There is no marina and there is only one hotel that could possibly rank in the luxury basis, with some debate on the latter issue. The information about the university is misleading too - no reference is given to the new private Sinai university, which is the predominant university in town. I live in Arish and be happy to work on the editing but will need someone to talk me through the editing process as this is my first experience on Wikipedia other than a reader (and as a donor). Olsong (talk) 19:02, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

6th of October Bridge Article -- Why so patronizing?
I know it sounds weird, but I was just reading the 6th of October Bridge stub and the whole article has a sarcastic/patronizing tone that you would not expect in an article about a bridge. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ndajani (talk • contribs) 04:40, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

A new user needs help with the article Sohag
Hi, I've come here for WikiProject Egypt's help. I'm a recent changes patroller, and so routinely come to edit pages on which I have little or no knowledge. One page I found while perusing was Sohag. I have been making some edits there, trying to keep the page neutral and as encyclopedic as possible (i.e., no puffery, no unnecessarily detailed information, etc.). One major problem with the article, as is often the case with articles about smaller cities from non-English speaking countries, is the extreme lack of sources. I commented on this on the talk page, and the primary author, User:Ahmadpontymageed came to me and asked for my help with improving the article. While I'm more than happy to help with copy-editing and making sure the article follows policy, I have no subject knowledge of Egyptian cities and no knowledge of how to find sources. Ahmadpontymageed has stated that he also does not know where to find sources. I've explained (and, once I finish here, will explain again on my talk page) that Wikipedia always has to follow sources--that even though the he has first-hand knowledge of the town as a resident, and has edited another wiki (Wikivoyage) with to add interesting information, Wikipedia's WP:V policy absolutely requires all information be sourced. So I'm hoping that Wikiproject Egypt could help him improve this article, search for sources, do translations, etc. I'll certainly keep watching the page and giving input when I can, but I figure that all of you will be more helpful with the fundamental work of getting good, reliably sourced info into the article. I thank you in advance for your help. Qwyrxian (talk) 02:54, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
 * There is a lot of info in the book Rough guide to Egypt - Page 322 Should provide the main info for the article. Another one about Monasticism is Egypt By Michael Haag. Hope it helps--Diaa abdelmoneim (talk) 07:13, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I added info from both of those sources. If anyone else has more suggestions, we'd certainly welcome them.Qwyrxian (talk) 02:20, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

Preemptive war
Hi, a discussion on the presentation of the Six-Day War at Preemptive war has been started in thetalk page to the latter article. Please join in and comment. Thanks! Shoplifter (talk) 16:43, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

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Female cab driver
Here is a source about female cab drivers in Cairo: WhisperToMe (talk) 22:32, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Abdelaziz, Salma. "Egyptian women taking the wheel in male-dominated taxi industry." CNN. October 2, 2010.

Muhammad Hassanein
The article on former Finance minster Muhammad Hassanein has been tagged as an unreferenced BLP since December 2008, the current focus month of the BLP rescue Project. I have tried, and failed, to find any reliable sources for this article, so I'm posting here in case a member of this Project might like to take an interest and help source the article. Or PROD it if sources can't be found.--Plad2 (talk) 21:13, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Muhammed Ali and the khedivate need attention
The articles about 19th century Egyptian history need a good sort out to avoid duplication and gibberish, I'm trying to centralise discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ottoman Empire Le Deluge (talk) 10:05, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

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Niqab in Egypt
Hi everyone, I would really appreciate it if you can assess my article "Niqab in Egypt". I am new on Wikipedia so I would value your feedback and polite criticism Thanks Noosaelgamoosa (talk) 05:07, 24 November 2010 (UTC)noosaelgamoosa

spelling of Hassan
Please have a look at Talk:Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan. --Ikar.us (talk) 10:21, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Ahmed Abdel Haye Kira


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Sinai shark attacks
May be of interest to this project. I've proposed a merge of Egyptian shark attacks conspiracy theory to 2010 Sharm el-Sheikh shark attacks and have started a discussion on the later's talk page (there's something of a parallel discussion on the conspiracy theory page, but best to keep it in the target article).Bali ultimate (talk) 19:26, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

J. B. Gunn
Hello all. The physicist J. B. Gunn has a WikiProject Egypt banner on his talk page, but I don't really think it belongs there. He was born in Cairo, to British parents, and left before the age of two. As far as I know, he never returned, spending the rest of his life in England, Canada and the US. I thought it polite to ask here before removing the banner - does anyone mind if I do? GyroMagician (talk) 18:25, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I think it's fine if u remove it. Thank you for your politeness.Diaa abdelmoneim (talk) 21:20, 19 December 2010 (UTC)