User talk:Mkmrt

Valhalla entomology
I don't know how to properly cite Val is chosen in Norse and that the best most succinct definition of Valhalla into English is "hall of the valiant" and not "hall of the slain" since slain in Norse is sla. The difference is equal to words slaught as from onslaught or valor as from validated Mkmrt (talk) 09:18, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

Etymology of "Valhalla"
Hi Mkmrt. Please read the following Welcome message, and in particular, note WP:OR, WP:SYN and WP:citing sources. Personally, I find your suggestions plausible - but then, I'm not an etymologist, and nor (presumably) are you. Even if we were, our opinions would count for nothing here. Wikipedia relies only on reliable published sources for its content. I've reverted the article to the last such version. Haploidavey (talk) 10:38, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

PS: please also note that the article has a cited "Etymology" section, and points to further discussion in cited sources. "Hall of the Slain" is a reasonable and accurate summary, fitting for a lead section. Article lead sections/introductions are meant to provide only a summary of article content. Haploidavey (talk) 11:02, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

Welcome!
Hello, Mkmrt, and welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate encyclopedic contributions, but some of your recent contributions, such as your edit to the page Valhalla, have removed content without an explanation. I'm referring of course to the source for the etymology of "Valhalla". If you know of another reliable source which offers a diffierent etymology, you're welcome to add it; but unless there's a very good reason for removal, any cited source should remain in the article, rather than be substituted with original research or editorial synthesis.

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