Talk:Outline of alchemy

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Needed articles.

We should have an article on every pyramid and every nome in Ancient Egypt. I'm sure the rest of us can think of other articles we should have.

Cleanup.

To start with, most of the general history articles badly need attention. And I'm told that at least some of the dynasty articles need work. Any other candidates?

Standardize the Chronology.

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Stub sorting

Anyone? I consider this probably the most unimportant of tasks on Wikipedia, but if you believe it needs to be done . . .

Data sorting.

This is a project I'd like to take on some day, & could be applied to more of Wikipedia than just Ancient Egypt. Take one of the standard authorities of history or culture -- Herotodus, the Elder Pliny, the writings of Breasted or Kenneth Kitchen, & see if you can't smoothly merge quotations or information into relevant articles. Probably a good exercise for someone who owns one of those impressive texts, yet can't get access to a research library.

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Alchemy is an inexact science. Something more suitable to Pseudoscience. You’ll agree it meaning is more compatible with a precursor of poorer word usage; and something not scientific or postulated. It's the same transition that let us move from alchemy to atomic physics. Through a process of legal alchemy known as double billing, lawyers can make two into four.^[1] senescent 1656, from L. scenescens, prp. of senescere "to grow old," from senex "old" (see senile).

1. al•che•my is a noun: alchemy mid-14c., from O.Fr. alkemie, from M.L. alkimia, from Arabic al-kimiya, from Gk. khemeioa (found c.300 C.E. in a decree of Diocletian against "the old writings of the Egyptians"), all meaning "alchemy." Perhaps from an old name for Egypt (Khemia, lit. "land of black earth," found in Plutarch), or from Gk. khymatos "that which is poured out," from khein "to pour," related to khymos "juice, sap."^[2]

Above the definition isn't as Symbiotic but it has adjoined of two ephemeral opinions of lost matter. A forerunner and less archaic definition is senescence. It has an immortality of the usage of his dependencies and is not dissimilar to the "finding the simplicity right for you.

--Joseph L. Russell, Jr. 21:39, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

References

^ "Definitions of Senescence". Thersaurus.com. Thersaurus.com. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
^ "Alchemy Synonyms, Alchemy Definitions". Thersaurus.com. Thersaurus.com. Retrieved 14 August 2015.

Proposed changes

Howdy. The outline here needs some work and I will be working on making some of the following changes if no one objects:

Kill the lead and replace with the standard outline lead found at many pages like Outline_of_finance
Remove entries for individual alchemists. List of alchemists exists for this reason is linked to.
Get some more philosophy and branches of alchemy links in the appropriate section
Remove anything regarding general occult or new age practices that does not have a notable link to alchemy
External Links. A few links to generalist sites should do the trick. Links to individual texts don't belong.
"Alchemy related articles" subheading - ?
"Substances of the alchemists" heading - ? Not sure what the best solution is for this yet. not meaningful. ideas?
Some of the links are to famous alchemical books. Create a section for these. Car Henkel (talk) 18:53, 1 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I think I've completed the big changes I wanted to make here. 'Substances' still needs work and more Eastern entries should be added. Car Henkel (talk) 17:53, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Quick explanation of Wikipedia outlines

"Outline" is short for "hierarchical outline". There are two types of outlines: sentence outlines (like those you made in school to plan a paper), and topic outlines (like the topical synopses that professors hand out at the beginning of a college course). Outlines on Wikipedia are primarily topic outlines that serve 2 main purposes: they provide taxonomical classification of subjects showing what topics belong to a subject and how they are related to each other (via their placement in the tree structure), and as subject-based tables of contents linked to topics in the encyclopedia. The hierarchy is maintained through the use of heading levels and indented bullets. See Wikipedia:Outlines for a more in-depth explanation. The Transhumanist 00:02, 9 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

[An_Inexact_Science-1] "Definitions of Senescence". Thersaurus.com. Thersaurus.com. Retrieved 14 August 2015.

[Terms-2] "Alchemy Synonyms, Alchemy Definitions". Thersaurus.com. Thersaurus.com. Retrieved 14 August 2015.

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