Talk:Lemures

Article title
I know the forwarding function from one to the other is alive and well, but could we change the title of this article to Lemures? as the more "familiar" term (in both senses)? Haploidavey (talk) 14:11, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Ovid not quoted
Why do the editors of the articles on Roman festivals skip quoting Ovid? When writing on this subject nobody can overlook his Fasti.Aldrasto (talk) 09:34, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
 * My response to this - oops. I don't know what happened there but by any reckoning it's a glaring omission. I'm giving the article a major overhaul, currently offsite and proceeding with terrible slowness. It'll be rather more detailed sometime next year. Haploidavey (talk) 12:17, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Or the year after that. Meaning 2011, sometime. Haploidavey (talk) 00:39, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

List of "popular culture" entries
In Dungeons & Dragons, Lemures are one of the lowest ranks of devil. They take the forms of blobs of rotting flesh.

In Sailor Moon, Lemures are monsters in the villain group Dead Moon Circus.

In Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings, Lemurés is a floating continent that is home to the Aegyl race.

Lemures are a major race of Ressurrection in Requiem Chevalier Vampire.

Lemures are encountered in Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire, they are the skeletal guards in Hades. Unlike the Manes, they only use regular sword attacks (the Manes also use spells).

I've removed these as irrelevant to topic. It's fine to wikilink here from elsewhere, but the mere use of a name elsewhere is insufficient reason to add it here: a connection must be notable, relevant to this article and cited to a reliable source. For guidance on what might and might not belong here, please read "In popular culture" content. Just as a side issue, beware the similarity of names; the third down the list is more Lemuria (continent) than "Lemures". Haploidavey (talk) 00:39, 27 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Hmm, are you sure? If an author has been inspired by the classically restless Lemures to use the name for some ghostly, devilish or villainous characters, is that not a relevant fact in popular culture? Sure, people should source these things, but who are we to say they can't put these things into an article? Certainly, Lemurés must be Lemuria the continent, but the others seem entirely apposite. WP:IPC rightly warns of cruft, and asks for 1ry or 2ndry identification of source - ok, that could be a problem - but that isn't a licence to ban pop as irrelevant. Chiswick Chap (talk) 20:00, 10 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Agree with Chiswick Chap. "In popular culture" is really about "Cultural references" which is relevant to the subject of an article. Manytexts (talk) 07:09, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Linnaeus
From this page "The Lemures inspired Linnaeus' Modern Latin backformation Lemur to characterise the "ghostly stare", nocturnal habits and unearthly calls of the infraorder. " However, the lemur page says: "According to Linnaeus' own explanation, the name was selected because of the nocturnal activity and slow movements of the slender loris. Being familiar with the works of Virgil and Ovid and seeing an analogy that fit with his naming scheme, Linnaeus adapted the term "lemur" for these nocturnal primates. However, it has been commonly and falsely assumed that Linnaeus was referring to the ghost-like appearance, reflective eyes, and ghostly cries of lemurs." I would correct this page, but am unsure how to change the citation style used on lemur to that used here. --Khajidha (talk) 11:27, 23 October 2012 (UTC)


 * I wouldn't worry about consistency of citation style. Someone else can fix that if you get the info here. Cynwolfe (talk) 15:19, 23 October 2012 (UTC)