Talk:egyptologist

RFV discussion
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)