Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of names of Freyja/archive1


 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was withdrawn by Giants2008 via FACBot (talk) 00:31, 21 May 2018 (UTC).

List of names of Freyja

 * Nominator(s): &#58;bloodofox: (talk) 20:39, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

It's been a while since I've nominated a list (the last list I nominate was list of valkyrie names years ago), but I figured that should look into giving some of the lists I've produced over the years extra polish and scrutiny. In addition, Wikipedia hosts very few folklore-related lists (including myth lists) and I'm working to improve our coverage on this topic in a number of areas (I recently founded WP:Folklore, for example). &#58;bloodofox: (talk) 20:39, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

Per a suggestion below, I withdraw this nomination to merge the list into the topic's primary article, Freyja. &#58;bloodofox: (talk) 21:33, 18 May 2018 (UTC)


 * This is a straight-up bad fork. The name Freyja itself is not listed among them. There is no period/location indicated with names. Nergaal (talk) 15:09, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Hello Nergaal, I'm afraid I don't follow. Could you explain? Perhaps some explanation from my end is necessary. This article consists of a list of names of Freyja, all of which appear in Old Norse sources in a variety of contexts (as cited in the attestatons column), and all of which have produced some level of scholarly discourse (as cited in the notes column). Freyja is only attested in North Germanic sources (Old Norse). The name Freyja itself is handled at Freyja (it's transparently cognate with, say, modern German Frau). &#58;bloodofox: (talk) 16:12, 18 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Oppose I don't believe this passes criterion 3b. This is not very long and I see no reason why it shouldn't be contained within Freyja. It is not clear that names used is itself a notable topic for a stand-alone article fork. I'm also a bit confused about the other article you mention: Why wouldn't it be a List of valkyries that lists more than just a translation of the name? I'd think broader information about valkyries themselves is a notable topic, but not their names alone, otherwise that could be merged with Valkyrie too. Reywas92Talk 21:19, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean by List of valkyrie names. This is an FA list. However, I'm also considering simply merging this list into the Freyja article, since it is indeed quite short at the moment. &#58;bloodofox: (talk) 21:23, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

Giants2008 ( Talk ) 22:16, 20 May 2018 (UTC)
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