Talk:Phobos (mythology)

Phobos
I thought Phobos was "Fright" and "Panic"

Deimoss 00:20, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

I don't know which translation of Hesiod is shown here, but Ker isn't really Fate--that would be Moira. Ker is violent death, usually translated as "Slaughter." 209.6.245.159 18:49, 25 February 2007 (UTC)Nate

There is two articles for Deimos (recommendation for merging)
It seems strange for there to be two articles when it is the same thing. A recommended merge is suggested to combine whatever new information there is to be found from the other. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.11.51.217 (talk) 17:14, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

Difference in text in War elephant article
In War elephant it is written:

The first confrontation between Europeans and the Persian war elephants occurred at Alexander's Battle of Gaugamela (331 BC), where the Persians deployed fifteen elephants.[Chinnock, E. J. The Anabasis of Alexander: The Battle of Gaugamela by Arrian (trans)] These elephants were placed at the centre of the Persian line and made such an impression on Alexander's army that he felt the need to sacrifice to the God of Fear the night before the battle – but according to some sources the elephants ultimately failed to deploy in the final battle owing to their long march the day before[Nossov, Konstantin War Elephants (2008) ISBN 978-1-84603-268-4]

while in Phobos (mythology) article it is written:

According to Plutarch, Alexander the Great offered sacrifices to Phobos on the eve of the Battle of Gaugamela (in all probability asking for Darius to be filled with fear).

Kazkaskazkasako (talk) 14:11, 31 August 2019 (UTC)

Distinguish hatnote
The distinguish hatnote is being used to distinguish between this article and two other articles: Phobos (moon) and Phoebus (a redirect of Apollo). In similar fashion, the "Phobos (moon)" article also has a distinguish hatnote that distinguishes between it, this article and Phoebus/Apollo.

A distinguish hatnote for "Phobos (moon)" is unnecessary. Both "Phobos (mythology)" and "Phobos (moon)" use parenthetical disambiguation to distinguish between each other. For comparison, see how the primary Mercury articles (planet, element, and mythology) are being handled. No disambiguation is required between the three in the individual pages. This hatnote link should be removed from this article, and vice versa.

On the other hand, "Phoebus" is fine to distinguish, as both names refer to mythological figures, so "(mythology)" is not enough to disambiguate the two topics. The custom text is also appropriate here, as this is a case where a main article needs to distinguish itself with a redirect. For navigation reasons, it is better to link "Apollo" directly than to link the redirect page, and custom text allows a short explanation to be provided for the apparent discrepancy. Additionally, the "Apollo" article should, in turn, have a Redirect-distinguish or Redirect-distinguish-text that directs to this article. In contrast, the "Phobos (moon)" article should have this hatnote link removed as the parenthetical disambiguation is sufficient there.

This article is used the distinguish documentation as an example for how to use custom text in the hatnote template. Unfortunately, for aforementioned reasons, I believe this is not the proper example for that usage in regards to "Phobos (moon)". The existence of the "Phobos (moon)" hatnote link goes against disambiguation guidelines and the precedents exemplified by Mercury and other popular articles (like Orange). The "Phoebus"/Apollo hatnote link is fine though, so the example in the documentation just needs to be modified to reflect the changes.

Other mythology–moon article pairs have this issue too, such as Deimos (deity). I will be making appropriate corrections as I find them. Neutral0814 (talk) 05:35, 10 September 2023 (UTC)