User talk:SilkTork/Celts

Suggested structure of this page
Please have a look at the following pages for other ethnic groups like Armenians and Greeks for instance - I think these have got it almost right and I for one am willing to put the time in to get the new Celts page to this standard.Jembana (talk) 11:01, 9 June 2010 (UTC)


 * I think those sections you've added are just what is needed.  SilkTork  *YES! 11:38, 9 June 2010 (UTC)


 * It is a start, but now that you've opened it up (a very good idea - thanks) I think over time it will reorganise organically with splits of pages containing lumps of appealing contents.Jembana (talk) 12:21, 9 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Good :) How about the Celtic icons for the thumbnails in an infobox - any suggestions folks ? I have some, but I would like to hear what people or symbols others would like to see first.Jembana (talk) 11:57, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

It seems that you are doing here is preparing a new version of Celt (disambiguation). Please refrain from bulldozing major articles over such things. Before you compare "Celts" and "Greeks", perhaps you should pause to reflect that there is a people called "Greeks" today (they live in Greece). There is no single people called "Celts" today. It is a linguistic grouping much like "Latin". Treating "modern Celts" and "Celts" as a single topic would be like proposing to merge Latino and Latins (Italic tribe). What you can do is compile an article about the term itself. We have such articles at Latins and at Names of the Celts. If you want to compile an overview of the uses of the term "Celt", feel free to edit Names of the Celts and/or wikt:Celts. --dab (𒁳) 14:07, 9 June 2010 (UTC)


 * You have a fixed view of Celts as being entirely language based - I noted that the main article was asserting the langauge aspect to the detriment of other aspects - such as the Celts being an ethnic group. There are sources which deal with the physical characteristics of the Celts, and this aspect should be included in a general encyclopedia entry on the Celts - ancient or modern!  SilkTork  *YES! 18:45, 9 June 2010 (UTC)