Talk:Ásatrú Folk Assembly

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[edit] "Folkist vs. Universalist"

I just saw your edits and have a few comments. I think inserting the section 'Uinversalists vs. Folkist' is a bit reductionist. For one, the term folkist is never used - not even by McNallen. The AFA - old and new variants - has always been folkish and most Asatru groups in North America are folkish (or at least tribalist). Thus your insertion "The new AFA was founded in part to attempt to insert a folkish organization into the growing Ásatrú movement" is redundant - the Alliance and many other groups are decidedly folkish and were already extant. Also, the AFA never disbanded per se - it became a non-membership organization. The AFA website still existed and was still updated, the Bearclaw was still sent out, etc. Also, the Runestone has been defunct ever since the AFA re-formed (as per McNallen himself) that is why I intentionally omitted reference to it. I think the Uni vs. Folkist section is pointless and is ultimately asking for moral commentary by every editor who comes upon the entry. Simply mentioning that the AFA is folkish and what being folkish entails, will suffice. However, there is quite an overlap in membership in so called "universalist" groups within the AFA currently - most notably the Troth and the Rune Gild. McNallen attends Troth gatherings and the former steersman of the Troth is an AFA member. I have deleted the sub-section, until we can come to a consensus. WeniWidiWiki 06:23, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Spelling correction

As far as I know, the AFA does not use 'Á' or 'ú' in their name. For example: http://www.runestone.org/

Would it not be prudent to have them accurately named here at WP?

→ P.MacUidhir (t) (c) 17:37, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

That was probably me - someone kept coming behind me an adding the diacrit marks, so I just took the path of least resistance. You are absolutely right - AFAIK, they don't use them. I changed the AFA entry to reflect such. WeniWidiWiki 17:45, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Appreciated!

→ P.MacUidhir (t) (c) 17:54, 26 February 2006 (UTC)