Talk:Irkalla

Moving video game remark to end of article
I've moved this sentence:

In the Namco video game Soul Calibur III, the final boss Abyss uses a mutated scythe named Irkalla

from the opening paragraph to the end of the article. Placing it at the beginning gives an incorrect impression of the importance of the video game to the rest of the topic. I'm thinking of deleting the sentence entirely, but I'd like to get some feedback from other editors first. Fabulous Creature 23:47, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Also, the same Creture from Soul Calibur III uses attacks related to Sumerian mythology like Ereshkigal, Nergal, Ishtar, etc.--88.16.237.97 (talk) 21:28, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Requested move 05 September 2015

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The result of the move request was: moved. Unopposed for over two weeks, also reversing an undiscussed move from a month ago. Jenks24 (talk) 10:34, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

Ersetu → Irkalla – Preference for Akkadian name is inexplicable and not matched by article contents – 65.129.129.249 (talk) 21:15, 5 September 2015 (UTC) Relisted. Jenks24 (talk) 06:50, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
 * This is a contested technical request (permalink). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 22:13, 5 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Weak support per nom. ONR (talk) 22:50, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I don't follow. Where did the Irkalla name come from? Since this seems to be a subject of the broad topic "Mesopotamian mythology", we have to pick some name, right? Akkadian might be no more valid than Sumerian or whatever Irkalla is, but again, it has to be something. --BDD (talk) 19:15, 12 September 2015 (UTC)


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Jenks24, the preference for Ersetu comes from Mesopotamian Cosmic Geography, p. 273:
 * Akkadian ersetu is the most common Akkadian name for both the earth and underworld [...]

Since Irkalla is also Akkadian (see p. 293), the preference on Wikipedia should also be Ersetu. BoH (talk) 11:52, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

Proposed merge with Kurnugia
This seems to be an alternative name Derek Andrews (talk) 11:15, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

Proposed merge with Kurnugi
Alternative name? Derek Andrews (talk) 11:16, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

Requested move 8 October 2015

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The result of the move request was: No consensus and no activity. Nothing to establish which is the commonname, basic research shows nothing. Tiggerjay (talk) 00:23, 30 October 2015 (UTC) Tiggerjay (talk) 00:23, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

(non-admin closure)

Irkalla → Ersetu – the preference for Ersetu comes from Mesopotamian Cosmic Geography, p. 273:
 * Akkadian ersetu is the most common Akkadian name for both the earth and underworld [...]

Since Irkalla is also Akkadian (see p. 293), the preference on Wikipedia should also be Ersetu. BoH (talk) 08:27, 8 October 2015 (UTC) --Relisted. Natg 19 (talk) 18:23, 16 October 2015 (UTC) --Relisted. Tiggerjay (talk) 19:05, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment Could you please provide more information to establish that ersetu is the commonname, preferred over Irkalla? The only thing I can see is that they are variants of the same topic, but nothing to establish that one is more common than the other. Tiggerjay (talk) 19:05, 24 October 2015 (UTC)


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