Talk:Pisanka

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Shouldn't this either be deleted or merged with Pysanka?--Cholling 00:32, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Check the talk page there. Halibutt 01:34, Mar 29, 2005 (UTC)

This article and egg decorating both serve as clearing-house articles, and this one is essentially a subset of that one. Any objection to merging this one into that one? —Michael Z. 2005-10-20 00:29 Z 

I agree that is should be merged with the egg decorating article. "Pisanka" is not a generic term, but a Polish one, and is thus being incorrectly applied.--Lubap 21:51, 18 April 2007 (UTC)lubap

I tried to move the contents of this page to a generic "Egg decoration in Slavic culture" article, but the bot has disallowed me from doing so. "Pisanka" is NOT a generic term for a decorated egg; it is specifically a Polish term (and, more recently, a Russian term as well). Many Slavic cultures have names for their batik eggs based on the root "Pis" meaning "to write," but not all.

I believe a generic egg decorating page with links to specific pages for different slavic cultures would be best. "Pisanka" could redirect either to the egg decorating page, or to the Polish Pisanka page.--Lubap 22:47, 18 April 2007 (UTC)lubap

"Pisanka" is NOT a Ukrainian term; the Ukrainian name for an egg created by the wax resist method is "pysanka" with a short "i". Many slavic cultures have eggs with similar names. This page is actually totally useless; it would be best to eliminate it completely and just have "pisanka" redirect automatically to either "Egg decorating in Slavic culture" or to "Polish pisanka." I would do so, but don't seem to have the authority.
 * I'm introducing the redirect to "Egg decorating in Slavic culture". As was mentioned it could be both the Polish and the Russian term. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Greggerr (talk • contribs) 12:18, 15 November 2007 (UTC)