Talk:Rainbows in mythology

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This article was nominated for AFD with a decision to keep. The discussion is at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rainbow mythology.


I propose the removal of the word "inexplicability". Rainbows have been explicable for more than 300 years. TECannon 14:44, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

I agree, all mythologic mystery aside. Credit goes to Isaac Newton if I'm not mistaken.--Mashford 23:54, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
I think I put that word there and it probably isn't the word I wanted. Prior to Newton and modern optics it was, howeever, inexplicable. Ancient people looked at it and wondered (were awed). What's a good word for this behavior? RJFJR 03:33, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

Proposition no. 2: to remove the Cleanup tag. All seems adequately written, covers all different traditions, etc. Any objections? --Mashford 23:54, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

There were some comments about cleanup during the AFD (here). Have they been addressed? RJFJR 03:33, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
I'm not convinced, still too much flowery stuff like "our species' earliest rainbow is the rainbow of the imagination" -- tasty prose, but not encyclopedic in tone, or content. So how much deletion will not result in howls from other editors, I wonder. But if somebody else wants to take responsibility for declaring this article good, by all means. I didn't intend to adopt it, I was only trying to help out w/ cleanup! :) Eaglizard 03:38, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
As per AFD consensus moved to article from Rainbow mythology to Rainbows in mythology --Vyzasatya 07:34, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Odd sounding

This article sounds pseudopsychological, and strays away from the point. It sounds weird, like something not from an encyclopedia but from a convincing book on rainbows. Odd. --Justaperson117 09:47, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] cleanup

  • Sorted everything into respective mythologies (AFD consensus) and reorganized into diff sections. Cleaned up most of the article except first section which needs to be rewritten/reorganized to be in flow with the rest of the article.--Vyzasatya 08:11, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
  • firly in good shape to go out of cleanup desk --Vyzasatya 23:54, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Just corrected areas referring to "God never again destroying the world"... adding the clarification that the symbolized promise was to never again destroy by flood. (Gen 11:9)


Wow, I'd forgotten all about this article. It really looks good now, great work! Eaglizard 11:58, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
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