Talk:egyptologist

RFV discussion

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Uncapitalized version appears to be extremely rare or just plain incorrect. —Michael Z. 2009-06-11 12:40 z

• keep. For information, Webster gives egyptologist and egyptology, with the mention usually capitalized. almost always capitalized would have been more accurate. An example of egyptologist: Auguste Edouard Mariette, French egyptologist, dug out Sphinx 12/16/42. (www.brainyhistory.com) I think that the absence of citations should not lead to the deletion of these pages, because it's very difficult to find citations in such cases (capitalization). I feel that Webster's authority and the citation I found (even if not durably archived) should be sufficient. The presence of a word in a dictionary is not considered a sufficient reason for including a word, because typos are possible, and do happen, even in reputable dictionaries, but the mention usually capitalized cannot be a typo or a mistake. Lmaltier 13:31, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Alas, our guidelines say that this should be attested or go, votes notwithstanding. There's a whole month for this, so I think the guideline is fair. —Michael Z. 2009-06-12 00:25 z

This is not what I understand. CFI are not criteria for deletion. Don't forget the first guideline in CFI, the major one: all words in all languages. Lmaltier 05:52, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

See above: “[t]hen the disputed sense will be removed or the disputed entry will be deleted with a note saying it failed RFV.” If it doesn't meet criteria for inclusion then it isn't included. “All words” implies only words that actually are in languages.

Happily, this one has been verified. Thanks. —Michael Z. 2009-06-12 12:35 z

RFV passed. Thanks for the cites, DCDuring! —Ruakh_TALK 01:42, 17 December 2009 (UTC)