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Moved from User talk:Mathglot § Adding categories that should only refer to known events, not mythical or speculative

Doug Weller, regarding the removal of Nav box {{ Ancient seafaring}} and whether it is appropriate for this article, I believe it is. This modern replica of a Phoenician ship tested theories about the possibility of an ancient sea voyage by Phoenicians around Africa as reported by Herodotus. The Phoenician Ship Expedition of 2008 is an example of experimental archaeology, which is a legitimate field of study, one branch of which is devoted to ancient seafaring.

The reason I added {{ Ancient seafaring}} to the article is because of subgroup 5, Experimental Archaeology, under the "Research and education" group of the template. It includes other examples of experimental marine archaeology, such as the 1985 Olympias, a reconstructed trireme. Trial runs of the Olympias were able to confirm historical claims by Thucydides about the speed and turning radius of ancient Greek triremes which formerly were considered by modern historians as unattainable exaggerations in ancient accounts. The Hōkūleʻa is a replica Polynesian double-hulled canoe that voyaged from Hawaii to Tahiti in 1975 "to explore the anthropological theory of the Asiatic origin of native Oceanic people".

There are other numerous other examples of experimental archaeology that have contributed to modern understanding of ancient seafaring, and these seem to me an appropriate subtopic in a Navbox about ancient seafaring. The Phoenician Ship Expedition article is squarely in this tradition, as a modern attempt to test the theory that Herodotus' report that Egyptian King Necho II commissioned Phoenicians to sail around Africa. For this reason, I believe the {{ Ancient seafaring}} nav box is appropriate for this article. Mathglot ( talk) 19:16, 16 June 2024 (UTC) reply

Good points but for other readers I’ve just remembered totally Mathglot it’d at rsn now. Doug Weller talk 19:32, 16 June 2024 (UTC) reply

Doug, Are you talking about the Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard ? I just checked, and I don't see anything about it there. Can you provide a link? Mathglot ( talk) 19:37, 16 June 2024 (UTC) reply

Oh, I see you created a discussion about categories at Fringe theories. However, this issue is not about a category, but about a Nav box, so it is not relevant to your discussion at FSN. Mathglot ( talk) 19:42, 16 June 2024 (UTC) reply

I am.exhausted. Sorry I said RSN by mistake.Related issues though I think. If a nav box only mentions historical events then non historical ones shouldn’t be included. Doug Weller talk 21:01, 16 June 2024 (UTC) reply

Sorry, no big deal, I found it. The nav box has a subgroup called "Experimental archaeology" which has a couple dozen links about replicas of ancient ships and attempts to duplicate ancient voyages in modern times. Also replied at the FTN about the category issue. Mathglot ( talk) 00:06, 17 June 2024 (UTC) reply