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Add Armenian, Greek, and New Persian transliterations
(Old Persian: Sakā; New Persian: ساکا Saka; Greek: Σάκαι Sakai; Armenian: սկյութները Skyout'nerə; Latin: Sacae, Sanskrit: शक Śaka), and Sai (Chinese: 塞; Old Chinese: *sˤək), respectively.[8]
Gendered differences.
This Wikipedia page paints a very different view of Scythian gender relations than this article here: [1]. Does the 'gender roles' section need to be updated? 14.2.37.229 (talk) 14:11, 28 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I tried to rewrite much of the page to remove outdated scholarship, but it resulted in a 450k size page that was not unreasonably reverted back by @Carlstak: to the previous version, which however was the one which contained much scholarship that has since become out of date since the 90s.
Therefore, we are going to need a find way to bring back the up-to-date information while keeping this page within the limits of Wikipedia's standards for article size, ideally through splitting the "History" and "Society and Culture" sections into pages of their own as previously discussed in the former discussion on the article's length.
I will nevertheless also add a caveat that most of Wikipedia's ancient history articles are very poorly written and that, if, say, the page for the Neo-Assyrian Empire or the New Kingdom of Egypt had to be rewritten with all the up-to-date relevant information, then they would probably exceed the 450k version of this page. Meaning that Wikipedia itself will eventually need to adapt to better cover and convey topics consisting of extensive amounts of information. Antiquistik (talk) 09:51, 27 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Antiquistik being up to date and accurate is not related to length, imo. The issue is that if new information appears then some outdated content needs to be removed (or moved to historiography/sub articles) at the same time to maintain the correct length. For example Armenian genocide covers a complex topic in a short number of words with all sources cited being both fairly recent and high-quality. (t · c) buidhe 17:41, 27 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with buidhe that an article being up to date and accurate is not a function of its length. Antiquistik, based on a cursory read of your massive addition, you seem to have command of the material, and have demonstrated proficiency in handling it. Surely you can write up a summary-style version that covers the updated information, and eliminates the outdated stuff—no need to retain it. Most of the content in excess of 100,000 bytes can be spun off into subsidiary articles. I have faith that you can do this.;-) Carlstak (talk) 01:01, 28 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Carlstak:@Buidhe: I would nevertheless need to restore the version that you reverted and then work on trimming and condensing the page from there to do that, if you are ok with it. Antiquistik (talk) 05:14, 1 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Why can't you do it in your sandbox? That wouldn't be disruptive, and other editors could track its progress, make comments, and edit it without the disruption of constant changes to the present article. Carlstak (talk) 13:33, 1 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I'll work on it in my sandbox. Antiquistik (talk) 06:46, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
In the section Physical appearance it says that : "The fourth-century bishop Gregory of Nyssa wrote that the Scythians were fair skinned and blond haired". I looked at the original source but I could not find any reference for this claim in the text. Can this please be checked and, if nobody finds the reference, removed? Dominik3810 (talk) 00:45, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Role regarding women must be edited to reflect updated science
I will be making edits to this wiki to reflect the updated science regarding women in Scythian society. Anyone with a brain can do a mere google search and see National Geographic and world history encyclopedia tell a very different tale than this Wikipedia, let alone scientific research completed.
I plan on making it a sub-article for Scythian Women including a section on Scythian Warrior Women
if anyone would like to work on it with me, please reply.
For anyone who plans to vandalize edits made - understand that i will, as i have in the past, seek assistance from Wikipedia, who will hold you accountable for your efforts to discredit the veracity and faith that Wikipedia seeks to keep as a source of information. There is no question any longer - the science is clear. You have no argument in removing my updates, and you will be punished for not complying with Wikipedia terms.
I am saying this ahead of time - not as a threat... because its not a threat. I will simply do it, regardless.. so that you dont have to ask "who reported me?"... i'm just forewarning everyone I am 100% a snitch who will run to daddy and tell on you.. so that you're not surprised if you decide to play games and find yourself getting in troubles. You can know, it was me. Hello. TheRightofHerWay (talk) 21:29, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
New Book: The Scythian Empire
C. Beckwith has a new book out (2023) would be great if somebody could update the article with any new information.
Beckwith, Christopher I. (2023). The Scythian empire: Central Eurasia and the birth of the classical age from Persia to China. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN978-0-691-24053-4.
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