WiccanWade
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Mórrígan edit
WiccanWade - Your additions to the page on the Mórrígan are seriously POV and incoherently expressed. I have twice tried to rewrite the article to incorporate different sides of the argument, worked quite hard to do so, and explained my reasons on the Talk:Mórrígan page, only to see you revert the article twice and remove the "cleanup" tag added by another user who also has problems with your additions. To reiterate, you have written the introduction of the article as a indignant response to an opinion you have removed, meaning it no longer makes sense. Wikipedia's NPOV policy means that, if there's a disagreement on a subject, report the disagreement, which I have tried to do, saying that the Mórrígan is widely considered to be a war goddess but that some consider her to have an earth/fertility role, including references to Máire Herbert to illustrate. I have then added a detailed account of the Mórrígan's appearances in medieval Irish literature to allow the reader to make up his/her mind on the evidence. Please read what I have written and engage with it, rather than just reverting on sight. I have referred the matter to a third opinion - hopefully we can resolve this.
WiccanWade, you wrote "Indeed, what is often percieved as Her ambivilant relationship with Cu Chullain has been interpreted by scholars as a deliberate acts by Clerical redactors because Her herding habits tend to be viewed as arbitrary interference amongst the Celtic warrior aristocricy." A style more suited to Wikipedia would have been to name the scholars that make these claims, and add the work in which they did so to the references. Some people claim is not helpful. Who made the claims? --Nantonos 11:44, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
- WiccanWade, you recently complained on my Talk page about the etymology. If you look at the history of the page you can then accurately tell who made which contriutions. You might want to talk to the people who contributed the etymology rather than whoever most recently edited the page :)
--Nantonos 22:01, 13 August 2005 (UTC)