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Architecture and archaeology
I wonder if its time to split these - both have quite a few FAs added in last couple of years. I can do the separating, if there is agreement.
Ceoil (
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22:57, 7 December 2023 (UTC)reply
Yes, ancient architecture tends to go with archaeology but there's a growing number of modern buildings among our FAs now... Cheers,
Ian Rose (
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23:34, 7 December 2023 (UTC)reply
Ok, can see that as being subjective and tricky, and am now less sure. Waiting to see what other think, but would put ancient architecture within archaeology.
Ceoil (
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23:40, 7 December 2023 (UTC)reply
Per Ian above, agree that the proposal should be "should we split Architecture and archaeology so that ancient architecture is within the separate archaeology sub-section".
A split seems reasonable to me – there's no obvious reason that
7 World Trade Center and
Benty Grange hanging bowl should be categorised together. Which category to put ancient architecture in is of course potentially a grey area, but e.g.
Beulé Gate (currently at FAC) certainly strikes me as more of an archaeology article and I suspect it would be reasonable to categorise most articles on ancient buildings under archaeology rather than architecture.
Caeciliusinhorto (
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22:56, 5 February 2024 (UTC)reply
I agree that iron age hillforts are more a matter of archaeology than of architecture, and that
Hampton Court Palace is more architecture than archaeology (except for part of the gardens). But where do you put the boundary? ϢereSpielChequers23:06, 5 February 2024 (UTC)reply
Maybe pre- and post-history, ie c. 100 AD on? Or depending if the civilization is lost and the buildings are in ruins, eg Aztecs or the lost cities in the Amazon.
Ceoil (
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23:10, 5 February 2024 (UTC)reply
Yes, split. Whether the building is still in use, or a date, should be the dividing line - also whether there have ever actually been excavations there. In most cases it will be obvious.
Johnbod (
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02:07, 6 February 2024 (UTC)reply
Agree with the split. The dividing line proposed by Johnbod makes sense to me. Some articles in other categories may also belong in the new "archaeology" category—
discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun is an archaeological event, but it ended up in the catch-all "history" category, presumably because it's an even and not a site.
A. Parrot (
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02:21, 6 February 2024 (UTC)reply
For the record, the articles would like to merge into archaeology are listed
here. I also agree with Johnbod's criteria. Re things like Corp Naomh and the few objects we have at FA FROM from Egyptian art, would prefer to be within "artworks".
Ceoil (
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03:16, 6 February 2024 (UTC)reply
Would also support splitting. Sure, there will be edge cases that will need a bit of thought/discussion, but I agree with the views already expressed that the majority will be blindingly obvious.
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06:12, 6 February 2024 (UTC)reply
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78.151.86.99 (
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20:34, 17 June 2024 (UTC)reply
Is it inappropriate to place maintenance templates on FAs? Every attempt to tag Taylor Swift(
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logs) was reverted with different summaries that do not invalidate (or even address) the issues the tag raises (it was even called "ugly" as if that's relevant).
[1][2] The
discussion on the talk page and its extensiveness make clear that while there are opposing views on the fixes, the issues are clear and present. It's astounding to see several users that reverted the tagging not take part in the discussion after emphasizing its importance over the tag itself.
KyleJoantalk03:29, 4 July 2024 (UTC)reply
There is no rule against doing so, and 'ugly' is not a good reason not to. (No comment on whether there is a good reason in this case).
Nikkimaria (
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03:41, 4 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Thank you for the response, Nikkimaria. In that case, I'll treat the tag like we would any other material and generate a consensus on the appropriateness of its placement. Do you have any suggestions on where it'd be appropriate for me to open that discussion?
KyleJoantalk04:02, 4 July 2024 (UTC)reply