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We should have an article on every pyramid and every nome in Ancient Egypt. I'm sure the rest of us can think of other articles we should have.
Cleanup.
To start with, most of the general history articles badly need attention. And I'm told that at least some of the dynasty articles need work. Any other candidates?
Standardize the Chronology.
A boring task, but the benefit of doing it is that you can set the dates !(e.g., why say Khufu lived 2589-2566? As long as you keep the length of his reign correct, or cite a respected source, you can date it 2590-2567 or 2585-2563)
Stub sorting
Anyone? I consider this probably the most unimportant of tasks on Wikipedia, but if you believe it needs to be done . . .
Data sorting.
This is a project I'd like to take on some day, & could be applied to more of Wikipedia than just Ancient Egypt. Take one of the standard authorities of history or culture -- Herotodus, the Elder Pliny, the writings of Breasted or Kenneth Kitchen, & see if you can't smoothly merge quotations or information into relevant articles. Probably a good exercise for someone who owns one of those impressive texts, yet can't get access to a research library.
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Alexander III of Macedon (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος, romanized: Aléxandros; 11 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great,[c] was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon.[d] He succeeded his father Philip II to the throne in 336 BC at the age of 20 and spent most of his ruling years conducting a lengthy military campaign throughout Western Asia, Central Asia, parts of South Asia, and Egypt. By the age of 30, he had created one of the largest empires in history, stretching from Greece to northwestern India.[1] He was undefeated in battle and is widely considered to be one of history's greatest and most successful military commanders.[2][3][4]
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Alexander III of Macedon (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος, romanized: Aléxandros; 11 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great,[c] was a king of Macedonia.[d] He succeeded his father Philip II to the throne in 336 BC at the age of 20 and spent most of his ruling years conducting a lengthy military campaign throughout Western Asia, Central Asia, parts of South Asia, and Egypt. By the age of 30, he had created one of the largest empires in history, stretching from modern day Greece to northwestern India.[1] He was undefeated in battle and is widely considered to be one of history's greatest and most successful military commanders.[2][3][4]
Not done. The Greekness of Alexander, and ancient Macedonia in general, has been argued on this talk page for twenty years (see the collapsed list of past discussions). The long-standing consensus is to characterize ancient Macedonia as Greek. A. Parrot (talk) 15:17, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The reliability of Britannica is a mixed bag. Has the article been written relatively recently by a full professor? If yes, then it's reliable. If not, it's not. tgeorgescu (talk) 19:31, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
he is Alexander III of Macedonia,(Александар III Македонски) he is not Alexander of Macedon and he is not Greek, Greek did not exist in the time when Alexander was alive and he was Macedonian,and Hellenes were small tribes and they were not Important,and Macedonian king Alexander Conquer the world. And greeks just Stole Macedonian history because greeks did not have any history before 20Century. They have no history and all that they Presents like there history is actually Macedonian history.And today Macedonian are 67,4% related to the ancient Macedonians. 89.185.220.125 (talk) 22:12, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Use of this sculpture image of Alexander the Great in the infobox
Articles of many historical figures use sculptures of them in the infobox. So, I think this sculpture image of Alexander suits better in the infobox. AimanAbir18plus (talk) 09:48, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I changed this. It's an unecessarily complex way of expressing the fact that he fathered three children, and given that he was not married to Barsine it's also inaccurate.
The change you want to request did not come through correctly, please add the information you'd like changed using the following format: the request must be of the form "please change X to Y". MilesVorkosigan (talk) 23:00, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
His is fake history, who is this uneducated person who meke this fake history of Alexander The great, he was Macedonian not Greek, Greek did not exist in the time when Alexander was alive and he was Macedonian,and Hellenes were small tribes and they were not Important,and Macedonian king Alexander Conquer the world, And greeks just Stole Macedonian history because greeks did not have any history before 20Century. They have no history and all that they Presents like there history is actually Macedonian history. This person who made this need to be Suspended for make fake history. 89.185.220.125 (talk) 22:09, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Ancient Macedonia wasn't ethnically similar to Northern Macedonia (the modern state). Anyway, the best evidence for a Greek conquest in that Ancient Greek became the lingua franca of many countries. Not Latin, as we'd expect from countries conquered by the Roman Empire. tgeorgescu (talk) 22:14, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
level-3 vital article is rated GA-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
Not done. The Greekness of Alexander, and ancient Macedonia in general, has been argued on this talk page for twenty years (see the collapsed list of past discussions). The long-standing consensus is to characterize ancient Macedonia as Greek. A. Parrot (talk) 15:17, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
Use of this sculpture image of Alexander the Great in the infobox