[Wikidata-bugs] [Maniphest] [Commented On] T105100: run bot to mark dates that need checking for calendar model correctness

Jc3s5h added a comment. {{ping|Lydia_Pintscher}} I am not an expert on ancient calendars. Duncan Steel in //Marking Time: The Epic Quest to Invent The Perfect Calendar// (Wiley, 2000, page 36) mentions Sumerian records around 3500 BC. I don't know if any of these can be connected to a modern ca

[Wikidata-bugs] [Maniphest] [Commented On] T105100: run bot to mark dates that need checking for calendar model correctness

Lydia_Pintscher added a comment. @JC3s5h: Sounds good. Can we maybe go even further? TASK DETAIL https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T105100 EMAIL PREFERENCES https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/settings/panel/emailpreferences/ To: Addshore, Lydia_Pintscher Cc: Jc3s5h, daniel, Tobi_WMDE_SW, Ad

[Wikidata-bugs] [Maniphest] [Commented On] T105100: run bot to mark dates that need checking for calendar model correctness

Jc3s5h added a comment. Old dates might have been determined from historical records, or might have been determined by astronomical calculations (date of an eclipse, for example). Morrison and Stephenson provide an equation showing the difference between counting actual days by sunrises or suns

[Wikidata-bugs] [Maniphest] [Commented On] T105100: run bot to mark dates that need checking for calendar model correctness

Addshore added a comment. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Addbot_5 TASK DETAIL https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T105100 EMAIL PREFERENCES https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/settings/panel/emailpreferences/ To: Addshore Cc: daniel, Tobi_WMDE_SW, Addshore,