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Cleanup edit

Latest comment: 16 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I've cleaned up the article a bit, hope it's OK. Tom H 14:30, 28 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

Image out of copyright next year edit

Latest comment: 8 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

— Preceding unsigned comment added by HLHJ (talk • contribs) 11:58, 28 February 2016 (UTC)Reply

Requested move 3 August 2023 edit

Latest comment: 9 months ago4 comments3 people in discussion

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: no consensus. Participants were divided on which title was most often used in English-language sources. With few participants (even after a relist) and little evidence directly linked, I don't see a consensus as having emerged in either direction. (closed by non-admin page mover) ModernDayTrilobite (talk • contribs) 15:30, 23 August 2023 (UTC)Reply

Hervor → Hervör – Hervör is a more accurate spelling of the name and it has been decided as of a long time back that the "hook o" shouldn't be used in page titles due to rendering difficulties. This o is the stnad in precedent and moving it to this spelling would be consistent with other related pages such as Jötunn, Bölþorn and Völsung. The lead name in bold is already Hervör and the page should really be this. Ingwina (talk) 07:12, 3 August 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. CLYDE ^{TALK TO ME}/_{STUFF DONE} 20:15, 15 August 2023 (UTC)Reply

Oppose per WP:USEENGLISH, as it seems Hervor without the accent is more common in English language sources. The point about the first sentence spelling it differently is unconvincing as it's common for a "proper" form to appear in the lead while the common name is used for the title. MOS:FIRST: When the page title is used as the subject of the first sentence, it may appear in a slightly different form. WPscatter ^t/_c 16:18, 3 August 2023 (UTC)Reply

Just in regards to the common form, I will say that of the English translations given in the page for the saga more widely, two of three (Tolkien and Kershaw) spell the name "Hervör" rather than "Hervor". Ingwina (talk) 08:45, 16 August 2023 (UTC)Reply

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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