Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Celts

A shy goddess: anybody know her?
I'd appreciate any comments and suggestions as to what to do with the rather beguiling but unforthcoming Iouga (see Talk:Iouga). Tnx. Enaidmawr (talk) 00:45, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Fixed, thanks to QuartierLatin1968. Enaidmawr (talk) 22:43, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

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Aventia
Hi folks, I had to use that title for a taxonomic redirect. But since the goddess Aventia is linked at List of Celtic deities, you might want to whip up a quick stub to replace the redirect. I have left a disambiguation hatnote in the redirect's source code; it can be used. Some info on the goddess is also found at Avenches (named after her, as was Aventicum). Thanks!

PS: It may be that the scientific name Aventia refers to the goddess too - many moth genera are named after deities. And if so, the subtribe Aventiina also. Back when the scientific name were established, authors did not usually give etymologies - it was presumed that the reader knew his Classical literature well enough to guess the meaning. In any case, the description is here; you might be able to do something with it. Dysmorodrepanis (talk) 22:28, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

The British Museum wants to give you money and help you write articles!
Yesterday I was lucky enough to attend the Backstage Pass event at the British Museum. It was part of a wider project of engagement with Wikipedia (see WP:GLAM/BM) that has seen them take on a temporary Wikipedian In Residence, User:Witty lama. They see Wikipedia as sharing many of their aims, and they want to encourage involvement by Wikipedians with the museum, and vice versa. They have even offered 5 prizes of £100 at the BM shop for featured articles on BM topics - in any language, Gaelic included. Most Wikipedians probably don't know that the BM has curators dedicated to answering phone/email questions about their specialist areas, and most of their department libraries welcome visitors doing bona fide research - and they now seem to recognise that editing Wikipedia articles, especially about items in the BM's collections, counts for those purposes. I know that the first question most people will have is "Can we have images of all their stuff?" and I'd just ask people to be patient on that front. Let's just say that the museum are well aware of our hopes there, there are staff who see advantages to the museum in doing something, and it's being discussed at the highest level. On the other hand it's a very complex area that needs to be handled diplomatically. Literally in some cases - foreign governments can get very touchy about the dissemination of images of artifacts relating to their cultural history, and the museum needs to respect those concerns. So for the moment the focus is on using the BM's huge resources of books, expertise etc to improve article content, and hopefully that will include articles being peer-reviewed by BM staff. Some of them are quite nervous about doing stuff on Wikipedia, a mixture of fear of professional ridicule, nervousness about the technical aspects, stories of rapid reverts of good-faith edits and just general culture shock - it's a very different world to the one they come from. So I'd ask everyone to look after any BM people that you see around the place, Wikipedia can gain a lot from their involvement and it would be a shame if they're discouraged for any reason. As I mentioned above, WP:GLAM/BM is the clearing house for the BM's involvement with Wikipedia, and I suggest that further questions/comments are directed there. Le Deluge (talk) 13:57, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig
It's a shame really that we have no featured articles for this WikiProject, and that the general state of the vast majority of some of our most important articles is well below GA status. Take for example Táin Bó Cúailnge, which is of Top importance as Ireland's national epic and easily the most important and well-known piece of Celtic literature, yet which this project only rates as C-class. Compare the featured article on Hrafnkels saga, or any of the dozen featured articles/lists for the Norse Wikiproject.

With this in mind, I created a new article on the medieval Irish satire The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig just this past week, which I hope to improve toward FA status and which will hopefully serve as a model for similar articles on Celtic literature. There are after all pieces of Celtic literature which are much more important – such as the Táin, the Mabinogion and The Exile of the Sons of Uisliu (which strangely doesn't even have it's own article) – and whose subjects more greatly deserve to be featured.

Also, if you have any knowledge of the subject or would simply be willing to review the article, feel free! --Grimhelm (talk) 20:00, 17 June 2010 (UTC)


 * The article has now reached GA status, and has been nominated for peer review for any suggestions to help bring it to FA status. --Grimhelm (talk) 20:03, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

Tartessian language
Would like to add this page in the light of Professor Koch's translations (reviewed by Barry Cunliffe) as a Celtic language. Have added a the project template to the Talk page of this page. Jembana (talk) 00:45, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

Portal:Celts
I was about to start work on creating a skeleton portal for all articles related to Celts, when I found that someone had created a similar portal in Septemper 2008, here, which seems not to have been touched since. I think we could rename that old portal to "Celts", tidy it up and recategorise it to create a focal point for all the Celt-related articles. Thoughts/ideas/suggestions? Gabhala (talk) 23:23, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

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Selcovia
I have proposed this article for deletion. Comments welcome. Ghmyrtle (talk) 12:28, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Celts in Transylvania
Hello from WP:DACIA! We are currently working on the Celts in Transylvania article and would love to collaborate. We need and welcome your input. Best regards! --Codrin.B (talk) 22:43, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Citation help requested
Does anyone happen to have access to Miranda Green's 2004 book The Gods of the Celts? On page 124, she supposedly compares the goddess Erecura to Hecuba; this is stated in the article on Erecura without explanation of what the points of comparison are. I find this so baffling that I can't believe even the freely-inventive Miranda Green said it. Cynwolfe (talk) 17:03, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Looks like she did . Dougweller (talk) 09:31, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Cartography please
The second map in the entry on La Têne Culture leaves out Anglesey/Ynys Mon altogether. The article itself also makes no reference to the Llyn Cerrig Bach finds either. Curious/sloppy omissions? Letoketo (talk) 10:39, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

RFC at Talk:History of Vojvodina
Your attention is drawn to Talk:History_of_Vojvodina. Regards, Peacemaker67 (send... over) 02:09, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

New POV-pusher
A new user, User:Bard Cadarn, who also appears to edit from the IP address User:128.103.11.235, has been editing the articles on the Morrígan, Brigit of Kildare and others, to push an extreme neo-pagan POV, which he/she appears to be sourcing most of to a single website. Can somebody else help keep an eye? --Nicknack009 (talk) 12:34, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
 * The user marked a change of spelling from Cernunnos to the inexplicable Cernnunos as a "minor" edit, so beware. Cynwolfe (talk) 14:36, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

Celtic mythology template - POV alert
An anonymous IP is persistently changing the Celtic mythology template from this to this - claiming the changes are to make it "more practical" and "less unwieldy" in the edit summaries, when in fact he/she is converting a template giving an overview of Celtic mythological topics to an explicitly pagan religious one. A few more people monitoring the page would be helpful. --Nicknack009 (talk) 15:08, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
 * There's no conspiracy against Celtic mythology. I used religion as the title since the distinction between religion and mythology is mostly academical, and mythology is often an aspect of religion and not vice versa. However, in the latest change I just used the new structure with content unchanged, but it was reversed as well.--95.233.79.61 (talk) 15:22, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Stop being disingenuous. The distinction between religion and mythology is not academic. Mythology is about stories, religion is about ritual, practice, identity and ideology. You are changing the meaning of the template, and your structure hides non-religious topics under religious headings. --Nicknack009 (talk) 16:22, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm not disingenuous. You can add the new structure while keeping the content completely unchanged: I just missed to revert the title of the subset-headings.--95.233.79.61 (talk) 17:44, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

Gallic vs. Gaulish
My understanding is that in contemporary English, "Gaulish" most often refers to the language, with "Gallic" meaning "pertaining to Gaul or its inhabitants". I know this isn't hard and fast, but there are a lot of category moves turning up where, for instance, "Gallic rulers" is changed to "Gaulish rulers". I'm expecting any day to see "Gaulish Wars" instead of "Gallic Wars". Can anyone give me a perspective on this? Cynwolfe (talk) 18:28, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

POV pushing (and threats) at Tuatha Dé Danann
User:Prestigiouzman made an extremely tendentious edit to Tuatha Dé Danann, adding an alleged quote from Henry Rawlinson from 1853 claiming that the "Scythian warlords of the Sidhe" founded the Sumerian civilisation, sourced from a forum. When I reverted it, he left a message on my talk page saying "Dont ever go near that page again, your censorship attempts will get you in trouble". I've reverted again, but don't want to fall foul of 3RR, so could somebody else lend a hand? Nicknack009 (talk) 06:49, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

If you are trying to maintain that Henry Rawlinson did not make that statement on the grounds of my source being abovetopsecret.com i will gladly find a more suitable source, and when i do i will undo once again another obvious censorship attempt, and by the way, nothing i have said constitutes being a threat, so get your facts strait--Prestigiouzman (talk) 09:54, 1 September 2013 (UTC)


 * He also added Dan (ancient city) (a city mentioned in the Bible) to County Laois, I removed it and I was in turn reverted "Because even without any citations whatsoever, modern genetic andthe sheer volume of exact correlations speaks entirely in its own rite". Lots of Irish/Celtic related edits by this new editor. Dougweller (talk) 10:32, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

Connection based on Tribe of Dan final resting place after originating in Scythia,Exiled from Ireland, Incorporated into the Israelite Tribes, and emigration back to Ireland via up around de ewl Germanic Territory's, were an animal of habit you see my man, words out anyway,Hollywood's all over this one, all your desperado censorship attempts are in vain my good man.--Prestigiouzman (talk) 14:06, 1 September 2013 (UTC)


 * This new article is problematic also Righdamhna. As is pov pushing of 'See alsos'. Dougweller (talk) 15:01, 1 September 2013 (UTC)


 * He's at it again, and he clearly isn't going to be reasoned with. He's read one very bad book, somehow got the impression that a paragraph that follows a mention of Rawlinson is a quote from Rawlinson (although it's not presented as such in the book), and is determined to insert it everywhere he thinks relevant, including at Sumerian language. What can be done about this sort of behaviour? --Nicknack009 (talk) 07:18, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

Sumerian:Anu Irish Anu SumerianAbarta Irish:Abarta Sumerian Cara Irish:Cara Sumerian:inanna Irish:Anann--Prestigiouzman (talk) 09:40, 5 September 2013 (UTC) Sanskrit: Tara = Mother Goddess Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara_%28Buddhism%29‎ Irish: Tara = Mother Goddess/ Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara‎ Sanskrit: Siddhi= Superpower/ Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siddhi Irish: Sidhe = Supernatural race/ Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aos_S%C3%ADen Sanskrit: Danu = Mother Goddess/ Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danu Irish: Danu = Mother Goddess/ Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danu_%28Irish_goddess%‎ / Sanskrit: Rishi = Sage/ Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishi Irish: Ri shee = King Fairy/ Ref: http://www.irish-word.com

There we go boy--Prestigiouzman (talk) 09:23, 5 September 2013 (UTC)


 * This is just original research - see WP:NOR. And word sound-alikes or look-alikes are never good arguments, especially with languages written in different alphabets. And please don't add the Laurence Gardner quote again, he's not quoting Rawlinson and he fails WP:RS. Dougweller (talk) 10:16, 5 September 2013 (UTC)


 * It's worse than that, it's a Chewbacca defence. For all he understands of the words he's quoting, he may as well say that, because the Phoenician city of Byblos sounds a bit like "Bilbo", the Phoenicians must have come from Middle Earth. I mean, what possible parallel can be drawn from the similarity of the personal name of a minor character from a myth of Inanna (Cara) to the Irish word for a friend (cara), or the similarity between a female figure from Buddism (Tara) and the English name of an Irish place (Tara, Teamhair in Irish), or by equating two forms of the name of the same Irish deity (Anu, Anann) with two quite different Sumerian deities (Anu, Inanna)? Nicknack009 (talk) 10:50, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

it seems yis are startin te choke up a bit boys,and im just gettin warmed up ye see--Prestigiouzman (talk) 11:21, 5 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Yeah, just a troll. Revert on sight. Nicknack009 (talk) 11:41, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

New article
Going to DYK - Basse Yutz Flagons Victuallers (talk) 10:18, 20 November 2013 (UTC)

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Rigantona
A user called User:Crychydd has converted Rigantona from a redirect to Rhiannon into a (poorly written) article about the supposed goddess. I can't see any justification in having a separate article. It's not like, for example, Nodens and Nuada where Nodens and Nuada are etymologically related but are attested independently of each other and have different attributes. Rigantona is simply the etymology of Rhiannon, and has no existence independently of Rhiannon. But I have no wish to get into an edit war, so I thought I'd bring it up here. --Nicknack009 (talk) 11:53, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
 * A minor pet peeve of mine. Not a source in itself, this blog discusses an article by Hutton on the subject.. I've reverted. Dougweller (talk) 17:02, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

I'm not sure that changing entries on the basis of 'minor peeves' is a rational way to proceed. The blog you refer to hardly supports your case. I fact I'm familiar with Hutton's argument as I subscribe to the academic journal in which he published it. Needless to say I disagree with his conclusions, which include denying that the characters in the Mabinogion could have been developments from earlier deities even where those deities such as Maponos are attested and would develop into Mabon on the same basis that *Rigantona would develop into Rhiannon. His arguments are based on what he would normally require as an historian as adequate proof for an assertion. But he is working outside his speciality here and most specialists in Celtic Studies take a different view. I can see where he is coming from in terms of similar arguments he advanced concerning the lack of evidence for a continuous development of the medieval witch cult, but the arguments do not transfer well to this field.

Nothwithstanding any of this it is surely irrelevant whether Rigantona is a 'supposed goddess' or not. Rigantona is referred to in the Rhiannon entry and whether or not there is a good reason to include further information there or put it in another entry is a matter of individual judgement rather than something that can be established as the right or wrong way to proceed. I happen to think it is useful to do this, particularly as the Rhiannon entry largely consists of rehashing the plot of the parts of the Mabinogion in which she appears. I fail to see any convincing argument why there should not a separate entry. Crychydd (talk) 21:42, 27 February 2014 (UTC)


 * I change entries because they are wrong in some way. Hutton does support my case, even if you disagree with him. If you base your edits on disagreeing with Hutton that would be as bad as if I based my edit only because something annoyed me. There is simply no need for a separate entry as the main relevance of Rigantona is Rhiannon. See Content forking. Dougweller (talk) 07:08, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

You are not making sense. Disagreeing with Hutton is not a peculiar foible. Most people working in the field of Celtic Studies disagree with him so the consensus view - if this is to prevail - does not allow you to put your agreement with Hutton as a reason for a 'correct' change in an entry. Nor is the content forking article you referred me to as clear cut as you suggest. I'm prepared to be convinced but at present I have not heard an argument that gets anywhere near being convincing. Crychydd (talk) 19:16, 28 February 2014 (UTC)


 * The point is, Rhiannon and Rigantona are the same thing. Rigantona is the etymology of Rhiannon, and is not attested as a word or as an object of worship independently of the study of Rhiannon in the Mabinogi. There is no need for two articles, and the article should primarily be about the one that's attested. Anything that can be usefully said about Rigantona can and should be said under Rhiannon. --Nicknack009 (talk) 19:35, 28 February 2014 (UTC)


 * As far as Hutton as a source, it depends on the book and specific topic. Most of his work is a marked improvement over other Neopagan writers. He knows enough about Celtic studies, and history in general, to point out the blatant inaccuracies so many occult and mythology authors propagate. And since he is very familiar with the Neopagan communities, that makes him a much better than average source on those communities and the misinformation that regularly crops up in those articles. However, he's not really part of the field of Celtic Studies. When he does overviews of Celtic matters, sometimes he gets it right, other times... not so much. So his information needs to be evaluated on a case by case basis. I'd consider him WP:RS for Neopaganism, especially of the British variety but, in most cases, only WP:V for Celtic studies. - Co rb ie V  ☊ 17:53, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

"Republic of Ireland" de-capitalisation in running text
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Celtus himself
The easily available sources are sadly geriatric (there were none at all before I added these). Can anyone do better? In ictu oculi (talk) 06:09, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

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Early Medieval Vannes
Having taken the original shell of a page under my wing, I'd like to welcome further expansion and sourcing at Bro Gwened.

In particular, it seems like the for that namespace is going to end up being (the even-more unloved) County of Vannes. Bretons themselves seem to describe the early medieval state as Bro-Ereg but that doesn't seem common in English at all. Should the early medieval content be moved to County of Vannes as well? or to Kingdom of Vannetais? or Gwened (petty kingdom)? or where?

Kindly comment here. Authoritative English-language scholarly sourcing particularly welcomed. — Llywelyn II   11:12, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

Genealogy of the early Breton kings
Sabine Baring-Gould is a fairly authoritative source but a century old and confesses to being very confused with his source material. David Nash Ford is more recent and has some very prominent web coverage but seems less careful. Their treatment of the genealogies of Budic, Hoel I Mawr, and Tewdwr Mawr are very different. Is there any scholarly consensus that's been reached on the order, timing, and relationships of the early Breton kings? or is it just a mess and the confusion among sources should simply be noted?

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You can easily find this mythical weapon in Japanese pop culture, when you just look up the word in en-Wikipedia it would suggest multiple articles such as Saint Seiya Omega and Dragonar Academy etc. Some say it has been spread in Japanese pop culture because of a big hit of Mana in 1991, a game series from Square Enix. Prior to this, in 1990, a book published in Japan mentioned Brionac as a spear of Lugh. It says the weapon was used to fight the Fomorians in The Second Battle of Mag Tuired. Though this book isn't much academic and the author Takerube isn't a scholar, this is the oldest source we can date back at the moment.

Given that the weapon appears mostly in Japanese media, it might be the case that the name was fabricated in Japan. However my take on this is that there should be some ground for the author calling it Brionac. It probably be conveyed incorrectly either in spelling or story, I guess.

Now that it's been spread this much, it couldn't be dealt with as untrue and delete the article (ja:ブリューナク). So we need some clue. If you have some things come to your mind, inform us please. Thank you. --Akiyama(tentative) (talk) 01:58, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

According to the japanese page on Lugh, a similarily named spear (Bryionak) appears in the writings of Michael Moorcock where it is wielded by the character Corum Jhaelen Irsei, judging by the plot synopsis on the English page, this spear likely appears in the 'The Silver Hand' trilogy which books were first published in 1973-1974 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.128.229.163 (talk) 09:17, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

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If this is about Celts, then should it not focus on actual Celts from Gaul? Why is there so much concerning Irish matters, when the Irish are not Celts? Fergananim (talk) 15:30, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

What? 80.111.179.32 (talk) 13:12, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

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Background
On April 8th, 2018, an RfC ("Request for comment") proposal was made to eliminate all portals and the portal namespace. On April 17th, the Portals WikiProject was rebooted to handle the revitalization of the portal system. On May 12th, the RfC was closed with the result to keep portals, by a margin of about 2 to 1 in favor of keeping portals.

There's an article in the current edition of the Signpost interviewing project members about the RfC and the Portals WikiProject.

Since the reboot, the Portals WikiProject has been busy building tools and components to upgrade portals.

So far, 84 editors have joined.

If you would like to keep abreast of what is happening with portals, see the newsletter archive.

If you have any questions about what is happening with portals or the Portals WikiProject, please post them on the WikiProject's talk page.

Thank you. &mdash; The Transhumanist  10:54, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

Brittonic languages listed at Requested moves
A requested move discussion has been initiated for Brittonic languages to be moved to Brythonic languages. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. —RMCD bot 07:59, 19 July 2018 (UTC)
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Common Brittonic listed at Requested moves
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Defeat of Boudica listed at Requested moves
A requested move discussion has been initiated for Defeat of Boudica to be moved to Battle of Watling Street. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. —RMCD bot 12:00, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
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Celtic Christianity listed at Requested moves
A requested move discussion has been initiated for Celtic Christianity to be moved to Christianity in Celtic nations. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. —RMCD bot 11:15, 16 November 2018 (UTC)
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Celtic polytheism listed at Requested moves
A requested move discussion has been initiated for Celtic polytheism to be moved to Celtic paganism. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. —RMCD bot 06:29, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
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A new newsletter directory is out!
A new Newsletter directory has been created to replace the old, out-of-date one. If your WikiProject and its taskforces have newsletters (even inactive ones), or if you know of a missing newsletter (including from sister projects like WikiSpecies), please include it in the directory! The template can be a bit tricky, so if you need help, just post the newsletter on the template's talk page and someone will add it for you.
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Ireland listed at Requested moves
A requested move discussion has been initiated for Ireland to be moved to Ireland (island). This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. —RMCD bot 13:00, 25 September 2019 (UTC)
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Request for information on WP1.0 web tool
Hello and greetings from the maintainers of the WP 1.0 Bot! As you may or may not know, we are currently involved in an overhaul of the bot, in order to make it more modern and maintainable. As part of this process, we will be rewriting the web tool that is part of the project. You might have noticed this tool if you click through the links on the project assessment summary tables.

We'd like to collect information on how the current tool is used by....you! How do you yourself and the other maintainers of your project use the web tool? Which of its features do you need? How frequently do you use these features? And what features is the tool missing that would be useful to you? We have collected all of these questions at this Google form where you can leave your response. Walkerma (talk) 04:24, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

WikiProject Celts vs. WikiProject Celtic history and culture
I am wondering if this WikiProject should be combined with WikiProject Celtic history and culture. I reactivated that one as I did not know this one existed. Does anybody see them as being different? --- FULBERT (talk) 14:29, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

Province of Britain listed at Requested moves
A requested move discussion has been initiated for Province of Britain to be moved to Roman Britain. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. —RMCD bot 14:00, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
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Pictish language listed at Requested moves
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Scottish Gaelic listed at Requested moves
A requested move discussion has been initiated for Scottish Gaelic to be moved to Scottish Gaelic language. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. —RMCD bot 15:45, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
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Ávila, Spain listed at Requested moves
A requested move discussion has been initiated for Ávila, Spain to be moved to Ávila. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. —RMCD bot 22:47, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
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Angharad James listed at Requested moves
A requested move discussion has been initiated for Angharad James to be moved to Angharad James (poet). This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. —RMCD bot 01:04, 28 February 2021 (UTC)
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Southwestern Brittonic languages listed at Requested moves
A requested move discussion has been initiated for Southwestern Brittonic languages to be moved to Southwestern Brittonic. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. —RMCD bot 13:46, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
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Beltane listed at Requested moves
A requested move discussion has been initiated for Beltane to be moved to Bealtaine. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. —RMCD bot 13:01, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
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Regnenses listed at Requested moves
A requested move discussion has been initiated for Regnenses to be moved to Regni. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. —RMCD bot 03:06, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
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Viking Brittany listed at Requested moves
A requested move discussion has been initiated for Viking Brittany to be moved to Viking activity in Brittany. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. —RMCD bot 23:52, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
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FAR for Irish phonology
I have nominated Irish phonology for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Z1720 (talk) 22:35, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

Celtic Reconstructionist Paganism listed at Requested moves
A requested move discussion has been initiated for Celtic Reconstructionist Paganism to be moved to Celtic reconstructionism. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. —RMCD bot 21:18, 28 August 2022 (UTC)
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Ávila, Spain listed at Requested moves
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Further Study: Pagan Aspects
I am realizing most of everything in this project has an all roads lead to christianity approach and tend to omit some aspects of Pagan Origin. I would like to get some discussion going as to how to remediate, split, or re-classify articles in this project. Many aspects get easily omitted or can be conflicting, and it does no justice to the whole.

I would like to suggest some article splits, such as St. Brigid's Day away from Imbolc. And to classify things in categories of neo-pagan, archaic pagan, and christian. Someone who wants to learn about archaic paganism does not want to have a page full of christian propaganda to sift through to find the relevant information. Odin Wynd (talk) 21:34, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

Celtic neopaganism listed at Requested moves
A requested move discussion has been initiated for Celtic neopaganism to be moved to Modern Celtic paganism. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. —RMCD bot 08:47, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
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Requested move at Talk:Celtic neopaganism
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Celtic neopaganism that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject.  ❯❯❯  Raydann  (Talk)   06:51, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

Fest Noz listed at Requested moves
A requested move discussion has been initiated for Fest Noz to be moved to Fest noz. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. —RMCD bot 11:31, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
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Requested move of Dīs Pater
There is a proposal at Talk:Dīs Pater to move an article indicated to be of interest to this project, Dīs Pater to Dis Pater. NebY (talk) 17:14, 30 July 2023 (UTC)

Dīs Pater listed at Requested moves
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"WikiProject Celts" listed at Redirects for discussion
The redirect [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WikiProject_Celts&redirect=no WikiProject Celts] has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached. #prodraxis connect 21:11, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

Women in Green's 5th Edit-a-thon
 Hello WikiProject Celts:

WikiProject Women in Green is holding a  month-long Good Article Edit-a-thon event in October 2023!

Running from October 1 to 31, 2023, WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) is hosting a Good Article (GA) edit-a-thon event with the theme Around the World in 31 Days! All experience levels welcome. Never worked on a GA project before? We'll teach you how to get started. Or maybe you're an old hand at GAs – we'd love to have you involved! Participants are invited to work on nominating and/or reviewing GA submissions related to women and women's works (e.g., books, films) during the event period. We hope to collectively cover article subjects from at least 31 countries (or broader international articles) by month's end. GA resources and one-on-one support will be provided by experienced GA editors, and participants will have the opportunity to earn a special WiG barnstar for their efforts.

We hope to see you there! Grnrchst (talk) 14:26, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Participants
Hi, although I have added my name to list of participants at WikiProject Celts/Participants, I am yet to appear on the list featured on the main page, have I joined incorrectly or is it just slow to update? ᚴᛁᚾᚷ ᚼᛒ Talk, Guestbook
 * You added yourself entirely inside a . -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 23:06, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

Agronā listed at Requested moves
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"WikiProject Celts" listed at Redirects for discussion
The redirect [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WikiProject_Celts&redirect=no WikiProject Celts] has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached.  Dank Jae  17:58, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

RfC on Cornish flag
An RfC has been opened at Talk:Cornwall about ncluding the Cornish flag in the article infobox. Please contribute if you would like to do so. A.D.Hope (talk) 10:06, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

Saint Piran's Flag listed at Requested moves
A requested move discussion has been initiated for Saint Piran's Flag to be moved to Flag of Cornwall. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. —RMCD bot 19:48, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
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