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	Egypt was one of the Geography and places good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
Article milestones Date Process Result April 13, 2006 WikiProject peer review Reviewed November 29, 2006 Good article nominee Listed July 9, 2008 Good article reassessment Delisted August 21, 2008 Good article nominee Not listed Current status: Delisted good article

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The eagle color is not right, please reverse to the old flag design where the eagle was gold.

the Egyptian presidency itself uses the flag with the gold eagle (darker shade of yellow)

https://www.presidency.eg/en

you can check the page where it literally uses the flag with gold eagle :https://www.presidency.eg/en/%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1/%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A9/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B7%D9%86%D9%89/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A/

not to mention that the Egyptian constitution (article 223) confirms it also that the eagle uses a golden color :

https://www.presidency.eg/media/46122/%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9-2019.pdf

lastly, the Egyptian government uses alot of variations of this eagle, most Organization uses an orange color eagle, others use yellow, and most of them use black outline on the eagle, but for the most part the gold eagle is the main subject, the presidency uses it, the parliament uses it, the head of the government uses it. MohamedHelmyOff (talk) 09:41, 28 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with this, Article 223 of the Egyptian Constitution does explicitly define the eagle as 'Golden Yellow' (الأصفر الذهبي), the current one on the article just looks yellow.

I support reverting to the gold eagle design as it is the only version that is constitutionally verified (WP:V).

- 𝓩𝓲𝓪𝓭 𝓡𝓪𝓼𝓱𝓪𝓭 𓋹 [user | talk] 05:09, 27 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I support the change as well! Turnopoems 𓋹 ✎ 21:47, 27 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@MohamedHelmyOff That's EXACTLY what I did on Flag of Egypt. But someone redid my edit. Dmdjdu (talk) 11:20, 28 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I am proposing a revision to the Lead and Demographics sections to ensure the article accurately distinguishes between geopolitical Arabization and indigenous ethnic continuity. The current framing relies on 20th-century political definitions that contradict high-resolution genomic data.

1. Lead Revision (Paragraph 1)

• Current: "...Egypt is the most populous country in the Arab world..."
• Proposed: "...Egypt is the most populous nation in the region and a leading member of the Arab League. While officially the Arab Republic of Egypt due to its political and linguistic affiliation, the nation is defined by an indigenous Nile Valley heritage with documented cultural and genetic continuity spanning over six millennia."

2. The Evidence (WP:V)

• Genomic Continuity: Schuenemann et al. (2017) in Nature Communications demonstrated that the 7th-century expansions resulted in a cultural shift, not a demic replacement. The Egyptian genome has remained remarkably stable since the Pharaonic era.
• Haplogroup Dominance: Hassan et al. (2008) confirms that indigenous markers (e.g., Haplogroup E1b1b) remain the demographic majority, while Peninsular Arab markers (J1) are a minority contribution.

3. Historical Methodology As a student focusing on the evolution of the Egyptian language and administrative history, I note that the centuries-long survival of Coptic as the primary tongue proves population stability during the transition to the Islamic era. The "Arab" identifier in Egypt is a result of acculturation, not population turnover.

By adopting this approach, we ensure the article remains a neutral and scientifically accurate resource.

Note: This proposal was drafted with LLM assistance for data synthesis and formatting. All sources and claims have been manually verified by me, the editor.

- 𓋹 𝓩𝓲𝓪𝓭 𝓡𝓪𝓼𝓱𝓪𝓭 𓋹 [user | talk] 04:30, 27 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Exactly how do the Fatimid Caliphate or the Ayyubids or the Mamluks relate to the establishment of the modern state of Egypt? The only thing that is relevant to modern Egypt is anything from the Declaration of Independence onwards. TheodoresTomfooleries (talk) 17:36, 7 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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I want to remove the first "high" in the following sentence in the article, if not change the whole sentence: "Average high temperatures are high in the north but very to extremely high in the rest of the country during summer." If the request is accepted, the sentence will be changed to "Average summer temperatures reach extreme levels throughout the country except in the north due to the Mediterranean climate". This sentence is originally followed by "The cooler Mediterranean winds consistently blow over the northern sea coast, which helps to get more moderated temperatures, especially at the height of the summertime." which I intend to keep unchanged.

ChocolateLemon (talk) 12:44, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

This likely needs rewriting. Changing the sentence as suggested changes the meaning, as the current sentence likely refers to "high temperatures" meaning the highest temperature reached in a day. Unfortunately there is no source. CMD (talk) 13:13, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Partly done: I attempted to tweak the phrasing a bit without changing the meaning, I'd appreciate review and feedback on it. I mean, we have to assume "high temperatures are high" refers to temperature highs being heigh right? I heavily dislike trying to fix phrasing without there being an inline source to go off. No way to tell if you're fixing material that someone vibes edited in or actually sourced, in which case you might accidently change the meaning to something unverifiable. ―Maltazarian ^{(talk${\displaystyle \lor }$investigate)} 13:51, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Not setting the request to answered yet is intentional, if anyone wonders. ―Maltazarian ^{(talk${\displaystyle \lor }$investigate)} 13:52, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The change from the United Arab Republic to the Arab Republic of Egypt in 1971 should be included in the infobox… ~2026-87094-9 (talk) 23:47, 27 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Not really, it was just a constitutional name change, not a change in sovereignty. Turnopoems 𓋹 ✎ 12:27, 29 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Constitutional namechanges are generally included in infoboxes. They don’t just list changes in sovereignty. Even the infobox on this very article doesn’t just contain sovereignty dates.

The infobox at present doesn’t even make note of the United Arab Republic phase, which WAS a change in sovereignty from the Republic of Egypt, when Egypt and Syria were involved in a political union.

What are you even talking about? ~2026-87094-9 (talk) 23:32, 9 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Sovereignty changes when the recognized authority over a territory fundamentally shifts, not when a constitutional amendment is passed changing the name of a country from A to B under the exact same constitutional framework and regime. A political union of three years, largely nominal in practice, hardly belongs alongside events that each constituted a real and consequential change in sovereignty, either from one state to another, or one political system to another, or a key event leading to one (i.e. Revolution Day which is Egypt's national day).

For Syria it was a change in sovereignty, for Egypt it was not. The change was not associated with any internal transformation for Egypt, Nasser's leadership carried over entirely uninterrupted, the same governing apparatus simply extended its authority over Syrian territory. The fact that Egypt continued to style itself the United Arab Republic for a full decade before switching back after Syria's secession in 1961 speaks for itself. Turnopoems 𓋹 ✎ 20:52, 28 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

This user already talked about this situation but I am addressing it again. The flag needs to be changed one way or another. It is not accurate and needs to be changed to darker reds and yellows. Dmdjdu (talk) 17:47, 10 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Someone with the authority to edit, please standardize the spelling of this name, preferably to Zaghloul since this is the spelling in the linked wikiography. ~2026-28830-42 (talk) 08:19, 13 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Lova Falk (talk) 04:57, 17 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want made. Please detail the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. {{GearsDatapacks|talk|contribs}} 12:06, 20 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]