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Request for input in discussion forum

Given the closely linked subjects of the various religion, mythology, and philosophy groups, it seems to me that we might benefit from having some sort of regular topical discussion forum to discuss the relevant content. I have put together the beginnings of an outline for such discussion at Wikipedia:WikiProject Religion/2011 meeting, and would very much appreciate the input of any interested editors. I am thinking that it might run over two months, the first of which would be to bring forward and discuss the current state of the content, and the second for perhaps some more focused discussion on what, if any, specific efforts might be taken in the near future. Any and all input is more than welcome. John Carter (talk)

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Touregypt.net

Found an editor adding copyvio material from touregypt.com. The odd thing is he's also removed material copied from Touregypt as it was copyvio, raising questions as to whether there is a COI with this editor. See [1]. I don't think we should use TourEgypt at all. Dougweller (talk) 16:51, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Not as a source, certainly. And considering that I've discovered inaccuracies and probable copyright violations in their own text, probably not as an external link, either. Clearing out all those links (and sometimes article text sourced to Touregypt) will be a pain, but I'll work on it, at least in Category:Ancient Egyptian religion, which has practically become my fiefdom by default.

Also, bearing in mind what I told you about User:Lanternix introducing copyright violation from Touregypt, you should probably look into the possibility that Monaibra is connected to Lanternix. A. Parrot (talk) 19:49, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

I'll try to help with the clearout. I'm impressed with MoonriddenGgirl's finding new references given all the burdens on her time. Dougweller (talk) 20:25, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Oops, it is of course touregypt.net, and the job is daunting [2]. Lanternix was much more aggressive and edited a wider variety of articles, so I'm a bit dubious about the suggested connection. Dougweller (talk) 20:38, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

I'm no sockpuppet expert; I was just throwing out the possibility. Also—this isn't about ancient Egypt, but it's part of the Touregypt problem—I remembered that The Hanging Church has a Touregypt link, and I went to look at it. Comparing the article history to the Wayback Machine archives of the Touregypt article, I found that our article on the Hanging Church has been a copyright violation of theirs since it was created in August 2007. It was created by User:Ghaly, who looks unlikely to be anybody's sockpuppet. Uninformed editing, I guess. And Ghaly has created more than 80 articles. A. Parrot (talk) 21:34, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Can we sort this old merger proposal?

There's a 2009 proposal to merge Babylon (Egypt) and Babylon Fortress (to which I just added our project tag). Can we sort this out and close it? Dougweller (talk) 19:56, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

They seem to be the same thing, so yes. A. Parrot (talk) 20:59, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Talk:Old Kingdom of Egypt

Anyone want to handle the issue raised here? Dougweller (talk) 15:14, 17 February 2012 (UTC)