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After checking out the reference links and doing some other Googling, I feel like this article is getting 3 or more completely different things mixed up: the magic rune-like symbol, the sun compass (of which only 2 artifacts exist), and the "sunstone" mentioned in literature. There does not appear to be any evidence that these three things were related to each other. Just to be clear: the sun compass artifacts do not feature the symbols on Bjork's tattoo, and the sun-stone thing is not directly associated with either the magic symbol or with the sun compass. 151.197.64.210 ( talk) 22:38, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
The lede of this article is a bit too long. Some of the information in the lede is only there, and should be moved to the main body of the article. JoeSperrazza ( talk) 16:05, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
I've been unable to find any reference to the "alternate type" of Vegvísir, used with a "thin sunstone", mentioned in the section Vegvísir#Alternate type.
I did find a good reference (see http://www.nordskip.com/navnotes.pdf) to something called a "Horizon Board" that was:
I'm not sure where the original author of this article got the information on this "alternate type", but the "Horizon Board" seems like a type of Sun Compass (which is what the Vegvísir is). See Longship#Navigation for more information on the Horizon Board (with citation of the reference I note). JoeSperrazza ( talk) 04:40, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
See, this is why I hate wikipedia. You can all congratulate yourselves for gutting this article, but there now appears to be no reference in wikiepdia anywhere to the two artifacts which were used for solar navigation which have been found so far. The article on sun compas states the first one was invented in the 19th Century. The result here has been to obfuscate rather than educate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.166.181.194 ( talk) 14:17, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
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After checking out the reference links and doing some other Googling, I feel like this article is getting 3 or more completely different things mixed up: the magic rune-like symbol, the sun compass (of which only 2 artifacts exist), and the "sunstone" mentioned in literature. There does not appear to be any evidence that these three things were related to each other. Just to be clear: the sun compass artifacts do not feature the symbols on Bjork's tattoo, and the sun-stone thing is not directly associated with either the magic symbol or with the sun compass. 151.197.64.210 ( talk) 22:38, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
The lede of this article is a bit too long. Some of the information in the lede is only there, and should be moved to the main body of the article. JoeSperrazza ( talk) 16:05, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
I've been unable to find any reference to the "alternate type" of Vegvísir, used with a "thin sunstone", mentioned in the section Vegvísir#Alternate type.
I did find a good reference (see http://www.nordskip.com/navnotes.pdf) to something called a "Horizon Board" that was:
I'm not sure where the original author of this article got the information on this "alternate type", but the "Horizon Board" seems like a type of Sun Compass (which is what the Vegvísir is). See Longship#Navigation for more information on the Horizon Board (with citation of the reference I note). JoeSperrazza ( talk) 04:40, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
See, this is why I hate wikipedia. You can all congratulate yourselves for gutting this article, but there now appears to be no reference in wikiepdia anywhere to the two artifacts which were used for solar navigation which have been found so far. The article on sun compas states the first one was invented in the 19th Century. The result here has been to obfuscate rather than educate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.166.181.194 ( talk) 14:17, 4 November 2011 (UTC)