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It was pointed out to me that the mummification process likely to have been used could have lead to the red hair. However I have no sources to add so this may be pure speculation.
I note that Ramesses II's mummy also appears to have red hair (The Encyclopedia of Mummies) and red hair may not be that unusual if people with red hair were associated with the god Seth... so why would the staff at the BM nickname this mummy Ginger if it was not that unusual? Fæ ( talk) 22:18, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
P1 The article needs an improved lead section that is an actual summary of the article - see WP:LEAD - and more article sections. The lead should be an accessible and inviting overview of the whole article.
P2 Nothing important should be in the lead only - since it is a summary, it should all be repeated in the body of the article itself. My rule of thumb is to include every header in the lead in some way.
P3 As it currently reads, the lead is about the mummy itself, while the Exhibition history section is decent. I would make the current lead into a section on Discovery or something similar.
P4 Add a ref for The body, which was nicknamed "Ginger" because of its red hair, was excavated from a shallow sand grave in the Egyptian desert at the end of the nineteenth century, and found to be exceptionally well-preserved.
P5 Make sure refs are complete - for example the Hi Mummy I'm home article lists the author and so should the ref. {{
cite web}}, {{
cite news}}, and other cite templates may be helpful. See
WP:CITE and
WP:V.
P6 The article could be expanded - who discovered the mummy (looks like Wallis Budge, but say so more clearly). When did Ginger get put back on display after being removed in 1987? What kind of work was done in the 1987 restoration? What is known about the culture that produced Ginger? What objects and other mummies were found with him? Do we know what kind of person he was in life? That sort of thing.
P7 File:Ginger (mummy) 1920.png: You could really crop this down to the actual photographic plate. This means that more detail is viewable at a smaller resolution; plate info, numbers can be put in the description template.
P8 Ruhr is right on the money with most comments, but really the lead should be rewritten after any more content is added. Google Books suggests some places for starters (if you sort through the Jim Crow books), but I think going to a good library and using their resources will be the best bet to find good scholarly sources.
P9 Hyphens in the article should be replaced by em-dashes (see
WP:DASH).
Ginger is the common name for the mummified body, however the BM no longer encourage the nickname out of respect for human remains. Should we follow the same principle and move to a new name? Please add your suggestions if you have any. Fæ ( talk) 14:38, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
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It was pointed out to me that the mummification process likely to have been used could have lead to the red hair. However I have no sources to add so this may be pure speculation.
I note that Ramesses II's mummy also appears to have red hair (The Encyclopedia of Mummies) and red hair may not be that unusual if people with red hair were associated with the god Seth... so why would the staff at the BM nickname this mummy Ginger if it was not that unusual? Fæ ( talk) 22:18, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
P1 The article needs an improved lead section that is an actual summary of the article - see WP:LEAD - and more article sections. The lead should be an accessible and inviting overview of the whole article.
P2 Nothing important should be in the lead only - since it is a summary, it should all be repeated in the body of the article itself. My rule of thumb is to include every header in the lead in some way.
P3 As it currently reads, the lead is about the mummy itself, while the Exhibition history section is decent. I would make the current lead into a section on Discovery or something similar.
P4 Add a ref for The body, which was nicknamed "Ginger" because of its red hair, was excavated from a shallow sand grave in the Egyptian desert at the end of the nineteenth century, and found to be exceptionally well-preserved.
P5 Make sure refs are complete - for example the Hi Mummy I'm home article lists the author and so should the ref. {{
cite web}}, {{
cite news}}, and other cite templates may be helpful. See
WP:CITE and
WP:V.
P6 The article could be expanded - who discovered the mummy (looks like Wallis Budge, but say so more clearly). When did Ginger get put back on display after being removed in 1987? What kind of work was done in the 1987 restoration? What is known about the culture that produced Ginger? What objects and other mummies were found with him? Do we know what kind of person he was in life? That sort of thing.
P7 File:Ginger (mummy) 1920.png: You could really crop this down to the actual photographic plate. This means that more detail is viewable at a smaller resolution; plate info, numbers can be put in the description template.
P8 Ruhr is right on the money with most comments, but really the lead should be rewritten after any more content is added. Google Books suggests some places for starters (if you sort through the Jim Crow books), but I think going to a good library and using their resources will be the best bet to find good scholarly sources.
P9 Hyphens in the article should be replaced by em-dashes (see
WP:DASH).
Ginger is the common name for the mummified body, however the BM no longer encourage the nickname out of respect for human remains. Should we follow the same principle and move to a new name? Please add your suggestions if you have any. Fæ ( talk) 14:38, 14 June 2010 (UTC)