Talk:Valkyrie

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[edit] Vote for move

Although I see this as a waste of time BUT, Valkyrie can mean a number of things. Just like Enterprise. --Cool Cat Talk 17:45, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

  • Move--Cool Cat Talk 17:46, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
  • OPPOSE. This article should treat the basic meaning of Valkyrie, with a link to a disambiguation page where derived uses are listed.--Wiglaf 17:49, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
  • Oppose per Wiglaf's reasoning. The Norse term is the primary use from which all the others are derived, so it should be here, with the Starcraft unit and the experimental bomber and such disambiguated appropriately. —Charles P. (Mirv) 19:08, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
  • I realise that but the Aircraft for instance have little to do with the norse term, nor does the motorcycle or any of the fictional characters in names. It is as related as the Aircraft Carrier Enterpise to Enterprise-D of Star Trek. Hence the need of disambig --Cool Cat Talk 04:23, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
No need to go on IMHO. I shall run from this vote before Valkyrie's come chasing me. ^^ --Cool Cat Talk 06:17, 11 September 2005 (UTC)

It was requested that this article be renamed but there was no consensus for it be moved. Dragons flight 00:18, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] WP:POINT

User:Cool Cat, having had your unilateral move undone by Wiglaf, you requested this move again stating at the top of this page that you "see this as a waste of time" — and I can only assume you mean the move request, and that you expect the move to not have consensus — yet you made the move request anyway. This is exactly what Wikipedia:Don't disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point is about. — Davenbelle 04:45, September 10, 2005 (UTC)

You have any idea what the hell you are talking about? You request a move and then get a concensus. Thats why you list it on requested moves. I can suggest a freaking move. There is no bad faith here. Why don't you go pester some other civilisation? Stop following me around AS PER ARBCOM RULING YOU POSTED. Shoo! --Cool Cat Talk 04:49, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
Yes, I do believe that I know what the hell I am talking about. — Davenbelle 07:39, September 10, 2005 (UTC)
You are plainly an irritating troll to make people discuss views you don't hold. Oppose me on every suggestion, move, and edit I make, go ahead. --Cool Cat Talk 07:45, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
User:Cool Cat, I am not a troll, I do believe what I've said here, and your continued personal attacks are not helping your case any. — Davenbelle 07:50, September 10, 2005 (UTC)
So it is a mere coincidence that you are opposing me on a vote for the 5th time out of the 6 votes I was part of in the past 30 days? --Cool Cat Talk 07:55, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
I suggest that you make better proposals. — Davenbelle 08:00, September 10, 2005 (UTC)
This will look great on arbcom case. --Cool Cat Talk 08:06, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Valkyries (and norns) as Dísir

I think that it is wrong to state something which is never explicitly confirmed by the sources – but only an interpretation – as a fact in the lead sentence of the article; namely that the valkyries are dísir. The valkyrjur–dísir–nornir connection should be elaborated on in a section below the statement of facts. --Salleman 22:56, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

Even Freya was a Dís, and according to the definition that the Dísir were "minor female deities", there is nothing wrong in it. Nor do I think that it is very controversial either. If you disagree, which is normal on Wikipedia, just change it.--Wiglaf 05:51, 27 September 2005 (UTC)
I am, like Salleman, slightly uncomfortable with the wording of the lead. The valkyries, however, are sometimes referred to as dísir in the ancient sources so it is defensible. Here's an example from Krákumál (kudos to Wiglaf for writing an article on it).
Fýsum-k hins at hætta.
Heim bjóða mér dísir,
þær's frá Herjans höllu
hefr Óðinn mér sendar.
The translation is left as an exercise for the reader. - Haukurth 20:28, 27 September 2005 (UTC)
Thanks Haukurth! The term dísir appears to have been used both for goddesses (Freya was Vanadís), Norns (according to Nordisk familjebok) and for Valkyries. IMHO, it is sensible to stay with this use of the name dís, since it is all we know about them.--Wiglaf 20:54, 27 September 2005 (UTC)
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