Talk:Svinfylking

There is a slight coherence problem. Svinfylking is identified as a Viking tactic, and then the Roman counter tactic is discussed... But the Vikings and the Romans were not contemporary. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.226.169.28 (talk) 22:15, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
 * My understanding is that this was a 'Germanic' tactic, insofar as we can claim such a thing. It is mentioned, with a Latin name, in Tacitus' Germania, and the Old Norse term is assumed to be a native name for the same formation in later times. I shall look into editing the article accordingly. Arkitype (talk) 18:57, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

Merge with or add to Flying wedge
The page Flying wedge mentions, like many articles, some different names of the wedge. One of the alternate names is the svinfylking, and this article is linked. However, looking over this page and the flying wedge page, it would seem that the description given for svinfylking is essentially the same as the flying wedge. The FW page even lists different uses in history such as the Romans, Germans, and others. Reading this page, the svinfylkin is actually one of the more wedge-like and standard version, unlike the prehistoric Germanic tribes which were closer to a rectangle. The paragraph or two that this article consists of could be trimmed and would fit nicely into that article. I am not a deletionist by any means, but this seems fairly cut and dry to me, seeing as the article sites no references and is a small stub. I think the information specific to the Viking version is important, but would be better placed in the other article (in which it's already mentioned as a variant). Either way, just my $.02 184.156.23.123 (talk) 01:14, 8 August 2013 (UTC)


 * This article really seems like it should be deleted or merged with the Flying wedge page. It doesn't seem to merit being an independent topic and might be more informative included with the other page rather than listed separately. Anyway, 9+ years after the initial suggestion...should this happen?
 * If there's no objection in the next few weeks, I'll add a relevant section to the other page and mark this one for deletion. Iandaandi (talk) 03:07, 18 December 2022 (UTC)