Talk:Bronze Age

Huh?

How can the Copper Age replace the Stone Age? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.0.233.134 (talk) 21:18, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

That’s weird. I have never heard of the “Copper Age”. Should this be replaced? 2001:569:5657:1000:EC90:F2E8:7CC2:86DE (talk) 22:35, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

It's a term used in some periodizations of some regions. Remsense诉 02:24, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

This article is forged.

This article has been copied and pasted from an unknown source. This needs fixed. 38.43.22.44 (talk) 19:44, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

This seems not to be the case:

• The only page as far as I can tell that mirrors much of the page's prose verbatim is this slide deck, which was clearly copying from Wikipedia, and was published after all the edits originally adding to the article.
• The page's edit history does not seem nefarious, I don't see any copyvio editing patterns looking through it.

But, that's what I've ascertained from checking known sources. I couldn't say anything about whether it's been copied from an unknown source—no one could say that, oh no! Remsense诉 19:56, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

So this forge was forged from a website that forged wikipedia? 38.43.22.44 (talk) 22:04, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

As far as I know, nothing in this Wikipedia article has been plagiarised from another source. Remsense诉 22:10, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

I.e., there's no evidence found to indicate that this article was copied from some other source.

Instead, at least one other article was found that copied from this article. See Wikipedia:Copyright violations#Other websites copying Wikipedia (and see citogenesis, too).

(And what you're describing isn't forgery, it's copyright infringement.) Guy Harris (talk) 07:01, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Forgery is a white-collar crime, plagiarism is for the hoi polloi. Remsense诉 10:04, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Ok. I think I know why now. Thanks. 38.43.22.44 (talk) 18:08, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

ok 38.43.22.44 (talk) 18:07, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Lead section

Johnbod: Can you talk through your objections? Thanks. Wolfdog (talk) 14:37, 13 December 2025 (UTC)

See my edit summary, plus you were out by 3,000 years on the start date. Generally, a VERY sloppy edit on the lead of a page seen by over 2000 a day. Johnbod (talk) 14:44, 13 December 2025 (UTC)

Inaccurate and confusing 2nd paragraph

2nd paragraph of page reads:

"In a particular region, whichever comes first of the arrival of the Iron Age, or the development of writing, is usually taken to mark the end of the Bronze Age, as history replaces prehistory."

Article on Cuneiform states "Sumerian cuneiform and Egyptian hieroglyphs both gradually evolved from proto-writing between 3400 and 3100 BC, with the earliest coherent texts appearing c. 2600 BC." Bronze Age article states Near East Late Bronze Age ends at 1300-1200 BC. It is impossible for the development of writing to mark the end of the Bronze Age. ~2026-11944-90 (talk) 06:07, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

It says "usually" dude. I've added "this is not always the case in the earliest areas to develop writing". Johnbod (talk) 18:59, 23 February 2026 (UTC)