Hello. One day it occurred to me that I could use piping to do some really ridiculous things.

I'm the guy known by the pseudonym A. Parrot. I've been mistaken for an administrator and a bot, but I am neither. I copyedit, review, and casually edit all over Wikipedia, but my main goal here is to improve articles on ancient Egyptian religion and, to a lesser extent, ancient Egypt in general. I'm increasingly branching out into other ancient Mediterranean religions and the Western esoteric tradition.


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Stuff that made me tired

This user was the major contributor to "Egyptian temple", a featured article. This user was the major contributor to "Osiris myth", a featured article. This user was the major contributor to "Ancient Egyptian deities", a featured article. This user was the major contributor to "Isis", a featured article. This user was the major contributor to "Hathor", a featured article. This user was the major contributor to "Decipherment of ancient Egyptian scripts", a featured article. This user was the major contributor to "Mysteries of Isis", a featured article. This user was the major contributor to "Discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun", a featured article. This user was the major contributor to "Eye of Ra", a good article. This user was the major contributor to "Ankh", a good article. This user was the major contributor to "Eye of Horus", a good article. This user was the major contributor to "Tomb of Tutankhamun", a good article. This user was the major contributor to "Four sons of Horus", a good article. This user was the major contributor to "Hall of Records", a good article. On 7 April 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article "Ancient Egyptian creation myths", which this user created. On 9 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article "Egyptian temple", which this user created. On 16 January 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article "Egyptian mythology", which this user created. On 12 June 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article "Osiris myth", which this user significantly expanded. On 10 April 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article "Ancient Egyptian deities", which this user significantly expanded. On 28 January 2015, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article "Mysteries of Isis", which this user created. On 12 September 2019, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article "Decipherment of ancient Egyptian scripts", which this user significantly expanded. On 1 June 2021, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article "Eye of Horus", which this user significantly expanded. On 30 May 2023, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article "Four sons of Horus", which this user brought to GA status.


Facts that make life difficult

Time and again the editors must return to square one and ask themselves, "Is this all there is to the issue? Have I missed anything? Did I leave out or under-emphasize anything that cropped up again and again during my research? Have I overstated anything? Have I organized and presented the information in a way that my audience could intuitively grasp and clearly recall? Did I place myself in the reader's shoes, imagining the basic questions they might ask ('What is the relationship between wind speed and air pressure?'), and writing to the questions?"… The most important question by far is also the most often-omitted: "Why?"

—Ling.Nut

To write rapidly about Egypt is impossible.

—Amelia Edwards

Ancient wisdom

Uno itinere non potest perveniri ad tam grande secretum.

—Quintus Aurelius Symmachus




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