Talk:Harlequin
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[edit] Other meanings
Paul, was this you?
-Ben 15:43, 25 February 2002 User:Benwbrum
The Harlequin link needs to be a disambiguation page between various uses, such as:
- Arlecchino
- The US romance publisher
- [[1]] - The international software company
14:50, 5 March 2004 User:Bovlb
[edit] page move
- As a consequence Harlequin → Harlequin (disambiguation)); This is English Wikipedia and as per MoS the common English name should be used. The Harlequin character deserves primary topic disambiguation as it is the original from which all of the subsequent items on the disambiguation pages are derived. Jooler 01:49, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
- I agree. Smerdis of Tlön 05:15, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
- Agree with proposed move. Most of the things at Harlequin (disambiguation) are named after the character. Grinner 10:30, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Result
Moved. WhiteNight T | @ | C 23:28, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] question?
I can understand why the Italian and French words for harlequin are listed (as the English word comes from the Italian through the French) but why the German and Portuguese words? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.175.83.141 (talk) 03:20, 11 December 2006 (UTC).
Sorry, not too good at posting on Wikipedia and actually just have a question which is kind of related to this - in Dr. W. Wagner's "Asgard & The Gods" he mentions that the Norse goddess, Hel, was reputed as appearing thus: "One side of her face was of corpse-like pallor, and the other was as dark as the grave" (p. 53) Also, he cites that part of the "Raging Host" (associated with concept of the "Wild Hunt") was called, in France, "Mesnie Hellequin" for hunters from hell(p. 78). Anyway, not sure how well Dr. Wagner's study has stood the test of time (he wrote this late 19th century) and whether his scholarship has been refuted or not, but wanted to know if this should be mentioned somewhere if it's true.69.140.36.222AJ
[edit] Harley Quinn appears twice
"In today's culture, harlequins are seen quite often, especially in the New Orleans Mardi Gras celebrations. Harlequins frequently appear in pop culture, such as Harley Quinn from the Batman series and Harle from Square Enix's game Chrono Cross."
"In the comic book version representing Batman and the Justice League (either together or seperately), a female assistant wearing a jester costume is sometimes given to the Joker. She is known as Harley Quinn."
I think this needs to be fixed, but I am not sure which one to delete/edit. —Preceding unsigned comment added by RoyalFool (talk • contribs) 23:31, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] The recent revamp
Okay, I think this page maybe needs to be completely rewritten. The current version of the page is nothing but a list of pop culture references and has completely deleted all references to the characters origin and function in the commedia dell'arte, which I would daresay are kind of important, especially since all the other major commedia characters have their own pages describing their uses, histories and characterizations. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.18.93.72 (talk) 01:59, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
- The information that you want is in page Commedia dell'arte, which I have now linked to. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:58, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
- That's not quite what my objection was. All the other Commedia charcaters have their own pages (Brighella, Capitano, etc.) Harlequin needs, and used to have, his right here. It's really bizarre and irritating that all the info went away for no apparent reason. This information that replaced it isn't exactly superior.
- Also, that Duchartre citation at the bottom needs to go, in the present state.--76.18.93.72 (talk) 08:12, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
- I'd have to agree that the current page, as is, is little more than a list of sightings. Information on the character itself should also be included here. ~ Brother William (talk) 05:25, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
- The current format is clear. Changing it into essay format would merely make it harder to look for any one piece of information. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:36, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Origin?
- Re the etymology theory "From the term Hellequin, which is said to originate as middle age French for "the devil's horseman""; this theory may have been around for a long time, but is it genuine, or is it a false etymology invented in former centuries by Church priests trying to show that "the theater (and all other secular entertainment) is sinful and comes from the Devil"? Anthony Appleyard (talk) 06:10, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
