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Iris was also the name of Cleopatra's servant in Shakespeare (Spelled "Iras") and elsewhere. I'm not sure if this is historical or a fictional creation. Basesurge 23:59, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
The French word for rainbow is not "iris". I have removed the statement for now. -- 193.60.222.2 ( talk) 13:21, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
A user reverted an addition I made yesterday: I mentioned in the article that "iris" means "rainbow" and linked to the Rainbow article. This is the oldest use of the word as a non-proper noun in English.
The reason given for the reversion is that this meaning is "already encapsulated" in the mythical meaning of Iris.
But a mythical human is an entirely different thing from a rainbow. We cannot expect users of Wikipedia to read in full every listing in order to learn the basic distinct meanings of a word.
So I am writing to seriously question this reversion. I strongly believe the rainbow meaning ought to have its own listing. Daqu ( talk) 17:24, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
The use of the title " Iris" is under discussion, see Talk:Iris (plant) where the plant is proposed to be the primary topic. -- 70.24.248.246 ( talk) 21:30, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Iris (Goo Goo Dolls song) which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. — RMCD bot 02:30, 15 July 2017 (UTC)
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Iris was also the name of Cleopatra's servant in Shakespeare (Spelled "Iras") and elsewhere. I'm not sure if this is historical or a fictional creation. Basesurge 23:59, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
The French word for rainbow is not "iris". I have removed the statement for now. -- 193.60.222.2 ( talk) 13:21, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
A user reverted an addition I made yesterday: I mentioned in the article that "iris" means "rainbow" and linked to the Rainbow article. This is the oldest use of the word as a non-proper noun in English.
The reason given for the reversion is that this meaning is "already encapsulated" in the mythical meaning of Iris.
But a mythical human is an entirely different thing from a rainbow. We cannot expect users of Wikipedia to read in full every listing in order to learn the basic distinct meanings of a word.
So I am writing to seriously question this reversion. I strongly believe the rainbow meaning ought to have its own listing. Daqu ( talk) 17:24, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
The use of the title " Iris" is under discussion, see Talk:Iris (plant) where the plant is proposed to be the primary topic. -- 70.24.248.246 ( talk) 21:30, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Iris (Goo Goo Dolls song) which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. — RMCD bot 02:30, 15 July 2017 (UTC)