Talk:Útgarða-Loki

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Okay, I moved the article here as you suggested because I agree with you. But be careful in the future to use the 'move' tab to move pages. When a page is moved with cut-and-paste the page history is cut into two parts. Having the history accessible is convenient and also important for copyright reasons. But don't worry, I used to make the same mistake and it's no big deal.

Also - try to tread a bit more lightly when adding diacritics and nominative endings to Old Norse names. Calling the Anglicized/ASCIIized forms "misspellings" is unnecessarily provocative. We have had many a row over this in the past and some tact is called for to minimize confrontations.

Wikipedia naming conventions suggest that common English names be used when they exist. I.e. we normally use "Odin" and "Thor" rather than "Óðinn" and "Þórr". It's okay to use the original names if you want — especially within articles on obscure mythological figures which are likely to be read by readers familiar with Old Norse orthography — but then it's helpful to specify the Anglicized forms as well since many readers are familiar with them and find them more convenient.

But there's no common English form of Útgarða-Loki since the normal English-speaking person doesn't have any idea who he is :) So using the accurate spelling with diacritics is the thing to do. But even there not everyone agrees so some care is called for.

I'd like to welcome you again to Wikipedia and to editing Norse mythology articles. We can certainly use more good men out here :) - Haukur 10:10, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The Move and Thanks

Thank you, Haukur, for finishing the move and for the welcome! I tried to do it with what I knew, but I butchered it horribly so. :/ I tried to undo what I could in order to use "Move," but alas, I was too late.

Your recommendations have been met with agreement, too. I must admit, you're far kinder about these things than most of the people on Wikipedia whom I've met. :) - Karl 17:25, 15 December 2005 (UTC)