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The gender identity of Elagabalus is a contentious topic and has been raised here before. The most radical claim — that Elagabalus claimed to be a woman and wanted confirming surgery — came from a historian who was also a public official, and answered to the same people who condemned Elagabalus's memory. This article follows the prevailing approach of scholarship by regarding those claims skeptically and thus uses masculine pronouns.
Before requesting a change related to this topic, please review the talk page archives. These are available through the header at the top of this page, which is visible only on large-screen devices. 67.180.143.89 (talk) 18:18, 29 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Semi-protected edit request on 4 February 2024[edit]
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I would be inclined to ask the editors at the ancient Egypt wikiproject to weigh-in. The emperors of Rome from Augustus onwards, aka the Roman pharaohs, had pharaohnic titulary and many depicted themselves as pharaohs of Egypt (Caracalla, Hadrian and Trajan immediately come to mind). They are also listed within the template as pharaohs. This period of Egyptian history, however, is outside my wheelhouse. The majority of my Egyptological sources omit the Roman emperors from their lists, ending it with the Hellenic period, though the Oxford History of ancient Egypt (2004) includes all of the ones whose titulary is known. Elagabalus and Severus Alexander are not among them. Mr rnddude (talk) 18:49, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I've raised the question at the wikiproject. This request needs some discussion. Mr rnddude (talk) 19:14, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I've commented at the talk page of the template; i really don't think it adds value to all the emperors' pages. Happy days, ~ LindsayHello 20:10, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I've put a note on the Wikiproject to centralise discussion to the template's talk page. I think it's the most relevant page, especially if the Roman period is removed from the template as being beyond the usually understood scope. Mr rnddude (talk) 20:37, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Semi-protected edit request on 19 February 2024[edit]
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Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. - FlightTime (open channel) 10:06, 19 February 2024 (UTC)