Talk:Waluburg

A fact from Waluburg appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 31 October 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Germanic seeress Waluburg is only known from a pot shard found on the island Elephantine in southern Egypt?

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 06:33, 26 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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~~... that the Germanic prophetess Waluburg may have been hired by the Roman governor of Egypt to prophesy by studying the currents of First Cataract of the Nile?~~
- ALT1:~~... that no one knows how the Germanic priestess Waluburg ended up so far from her home at the southern frontier of Roman Egypt?~~
- ALT2:... that the Germanic seeress Waluburg is only known from a potshard found on the island Elephantine in southern Egypt?
- ALT3:... that the name of the Germanic sorceress Waluburg was found on a potshard in southern Egypt and means 'magic staff protection'?

5x expanded by Berig (talk). Self-nominated at 09:59, 19 October 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Interesting history of a woman about whom we don't know much, fine expansion on good-looking sources, offline sources AGF. I like ALT2 best. When I looked at the article, name and map suggested a place, not a person, - any chance for an infobox clarifying? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:05, 21 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I have tried to clarify in the caption, now.–Berig (talk) 16:14, 21 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I have also added an infobox, per your suggestion.–Berig (talk) 19:22, 21 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ALT2 to T:DYK/P4

Article is highly speculative

This article seems to be mostly speculative. A lot of the claims don’t have solid sources, and some parts read more like personal theories or original research than an encyclopedia entry. For example, the links between names, deities, and places are often presented as facts or scholarly consensus, but there’s little or no citation to back them up. Phrases like “it has been suggested” or “some scholars believe” are used without saying who those scholars are.

Overall, the article feels like it’s about 90% guesswork and 10% sourced content. I don’t think it meets Wikipedia’s standards for verifiability or neutrality in its current form. I’m not in a position to rewrite it myself, but I wanted to flag this for others who might be able to help improve or review it. 193.26.96.1 (talk) 12:08, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]