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I would like to direct this term here but it seems a series of bad events in the past with that word prevent it from being created. I think it is locked. Here is the log I see:
I am wondering if we could contact User:RHaworth, User:NawlinWiki, User:JPG-GR, User:Tyrenius or User:Centrx to ask them if they might redirect the term here and perhaps merge some of the previous deleted content into the description. Bonechamber ( talk) 11:19, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
I think we should look through mediawiki's Pegasus and Unicorns categories. We may find overlap between the two similar to the air force's coat of arms to establish a better timeline. I am currently uncertain when that was invented, but it was apparently in use during world war 2. It may be the earliest use. Bonechamber ( talk) 11:42, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
The citations used in the article comprise original research. They are used as examples. This is not how citations are used. Further, wiki sites cannot be used for citations. IsaacAA ( talk) 10:31, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
The word "Specie" is used several times in this article as what seems to be an incorrect singular form of the already singular "species". 101.103.67.74 ( talk) 01:46, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
I've made the change, but please revert if I am wrong 101.103.67.74 ( talk) 01:50, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
Is it just wrong to call the creature an 'alicorn'? JSH-alive/ talk/ cont/ mail 16:54, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
For those just joined from Requests for comment, my logic is that 'alicorn' is the word for a unicorn horn, so using the word to refer a 'horse with a horn and a pair of wings' is wrong. JSH-alive/ talk/ cont/ mail 13:50, 26 February 2015 (UTC)
A brief scan of the internet says Alicorn is used to refer to horned pegasus pretty regularly. I make no comment on etymology but it is clearly used and without a source declaring it "wrong" wikipedia should not say so. (even with a source wikipedia shouldn't say it in wikipedia's voice). SPACKlick ( talk) 14:17, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
Assuming this claim can be verified by a reliable source, this seems like a succinct summary and is all we need to say on the matter. — sroc 💬 05:05, 12 March 2015 (UTC)In some literature and media, it is also referred to as an alicorn, which is a historical word for the horn of a unicorn.
If no objection is presented within five days, I am going to redirect alicorn to unicorn horn, and put the following statement at the the top of the latter article:
JSH-alive/ talk/ cont/ mail 07:21, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
Alacorn it is not good to do such a crime to give some things name that isent Antonio Morris ( talk) 02:16, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
It is interesting to note that latin for wing is ala... So if I *were* to create a word to refer to a winged, horned horse, I might choose "alacorn" or "alicorn" as a name. Just interesting, probably not useful. 24.194.4.97 ( talk) 18:34, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
Larson is correctly credited as the author of both episodes which establish the use of the word alicorn in "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic," but Larson did not include the word in his original script.
The word was altered during production. Larson himself has claimed not to have been involved in its use or inclusion.
I'm not sure how to go about correcting this oversight. I believe there are some transcripts of convention panels where Larson has addressed that fact, notably at BronyCon in Baltimore in 2013. 67.251.106.143 ( talk) 12:57, 30 July 2015 (UTC) Clocks
The following paragraph was immediately deleted as "unsourced" by a deletionist (a type now that would have completely prevented early Wikipedia from growing and succeeding). Re: the "unsourced" ... a source for the heraldic point would be "any book on heraldry", and the point about teenage wall-posters is obvious common knowledge in our culture, unlikely to have, or to warrant, academic citations. So I'll put it here on the Discussion page instead, and check someday to see what becomes of this (fairly important) point about Winged unicorns:
"In traditional heraldry, none of the foregoing examples would be a winged unicorn, or ronaldus, because a horse is not a unicorn in heraldry. The pictures in fantasy art of "winged unicorns" typically depict a horse with wings (which in heraldry would be a pegasus) with a horn in the forehead. In heraldry, a unicorn is not a horse, but rather a chimeric beast with the body of a horse, a goat's cloven hooves and beard, a lion's tail, and a horn. A ronaldus or actual winged unicorn is rare in coats of arms outside of west Scotland. Heraldically, a typical teenage girl's "winged unicorn" wall-poster features a horned pegasus (the "unipeg" or "pegacorn" idea), which is not a unicorn." 70.113.8.195 ( talk) 07:39, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
Technically, Hasbro's My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and other related media are by-products of toy company Hasbro's 2010 reboot of My Little Pony toys, but it seems that some editors may want to think it's the other way round. JSH-alive/ talk/ cont/ mail 16:00, 15 September 2017 (UTC)
For the record, here's my attempt to describe it in technically accurate manner. Some editors are keep editing to remove the fact that it's a part of the toy line.
Hasbro's 2010 reboot of My Little Pony toy line officially introduced winged unicorn[N1] characters in the lineup. The species is depicted to be rare and powerful, and they play a role as ponies of royal status, in the product descriptions, as well as tie-in media commissioned by Hasbro (including the Friendship Is Magic television series, comics and theatrical film). Such characters in this incarnation include Princesses Celestia, Luna, Cadence, Twilight Sparkle[N2] and Flurry Heart.
- Notes
- In the earlier seasons of the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic television series, the species is not specifically named; for example, the sisters Celestia and Luna were referred as unicorns in first season's première episode "Friendship Is Magic - part 1" despite having wings. [1] However, an amulet with a pair of wings and a horned head of a horse is referred as the "Alicorn Amulet" in the third season's fifth episode "Magic Duel" (written by M. A. Larson), [2] and the species is explicitly named "alicorn" in its season finale " Magical Mystery Cure" (also written by Larson). [3]
- Twilight Sparkle was originally introduced as a unicorn when the 2010 reboot came into effect. But in 2013, the character's appearance was modified to bear a pair of wings as well: it was subsequently reflected in the tie-in media, with the season 3 of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic having a dedicated episode, " Magical Mystery Cure", as a season finale, and IDW Publishing's Friendship Is Magic comics reflecting the change since Issue #13 (November 2013).
JSH-alive/ talk/ cont/ mail 16:10, 15 September 2017 (UTC)
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What about the winged unicorns like Onchao, Kyara and Ono? 2A00:23C7:C68D:E700:8CB0:E8DE:EDD1:D350 ( talk) 15:07, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
There is no such thing as a "winged unicorn" as a unicorns main characteristic and source of power is in the horn, if a unicorn were to have wings it would be considered an alicorn due to the fact that unicorns dont have the same biology as alicorns. The term "winged unicorns" imply that if you took the wings off an alicorn it would be a unicorn but thats simply not true, because with a large amount of alicorns powers can be stored in their wings so if you removed the wings off an alicorn it wouldnt be able to do simple tricks, some might even say it will go from a multiple trick pony to a no trick pony. 2A02:C7F:318C:9600:81EF:C76F:1DFE:9702 ( talk) 16:05, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
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I would like to direct this term here but it seems a series of bad events in the past with that word prevent it from being created. I think it is locked. Here is the log I see:
I am wondering if we could contact User:RHaworth, User:NawlinWiki, User:JPG-GR, User:Tyrenius or User:Centrx to ask them if they might redirect the term here and perhaps merge some of the previous deleted content into the description. Bonechamber ( talk) 11:19, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
I think we should look through mediawiki's Pegasus and Unicorns categories. We may find overlap between the two similar to the air force's coat of arms to establish a better timeline. I am currently uncertain when that was invented, but it was apparently in use during world war 2. It may be the earliest use. Bonechamber ( talk) 11:42, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
The citations used in the article comprise original research. They are used as examples. This is not how citations are used. Further, wiki sites cannot be used for citations. IsaacAA ( talk) 10:31, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
The word "Specie" is used several times in this article as what seems to be an incorrect singular form of the already singular "species". 101.103.67.74 ( talk) 01:46, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
I've made the change, but please revert if I am wrong 101.103.67.74 ( talk) 01:50, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
Is it just wrong to call the creature an 'alicorn'? JSH-alive/ talk/ cont/ mail 16:54, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
For those just joined from Requests for comment, my logic is that 'alicorn' is the word for a unicorn horn, so using the word to refer a 'horse with a horn and a pair of wings' is wrong. JSH-alive/ talk/ cont/ mail 13:50, 26 February 2015 (UTC)
A brief scan of the internet says Alicorn is used to refer to horned pegasus pretty regularly. I make no comment on etymology but it is clearly used and without a source declaring it "wrong" wikipedia should not say so. (even with a source wikipedia shouldn't say it in wikipedia's voice). SPACKlick ( talk) 14:17, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
Assuming this claim can be verified by a reliable source, this seems like a succinct summary and is all we need to say on the matter. — sroc 💬 05:05, 12 March 2015 (UTC)In some literature and media, it is also referred to as an alicorn, which is a historical word for the horn of a unicorn.
If no objection is presented within five days, I am going to redirect alicorn to unicorn horn, and put the following statement at the the top of the latter article:
JSH-alive/ talk/ cont/ mail 07:21, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
Alacorn it is not good to do such a crime to give some things name that isent Antonio Morris ( talk) 02:16, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
It is interesting to note that latin for wing is ala... So if I *were* to create a word to refer to a winged, horned horse, I might choose "alacorn" or "alicorn" as a name. Just interesting, probably not useful. 24.194.4.97 ( talk) 18:34, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
Larson is correctly credited as the author of both episodes which establish the use of the word alicorn in "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic," but Larson did not include the word in his original script.
The word was altered during production. Larson himself has claimed not to have been involved in its use or inclusion.
I'm not sure how to go about correcting this oversight. I believe there are some transcripts of convention panels where Larson has addressed that fact, notably at BronyCon in Baltimore in 2013. 67.251.106.143 ( talk) 12:57, 30 July 2015 (UTC) Clocks
The following paragraph was immediately deleted as "unsourced" by a deletionist (a type now that would have completely prevented early Wikipedia from growing and succeeding). Re: the "unsourced" ... a source for the heraldic point would be "any book on heraldry", and the point about teenage wall-posters is obvious common knowledge in our culture, unlikely to have, or to warrant, academic citations. So I'll put it here on the Discussion page instead, and check someday to see what becomes of this (fairly important) point about Winged unicorns:
"In traditional heraldry, none of the foregoing examples would be a winged unicorn, or ronaldus, because a horse is not a unicorn in heraldry. The pictures in fantasy art of "winged unicorns" typically depict a horse with wings (which in heraldry would be a pegasus) with a horn in the forehead. In heraldry, a unicorn is not a horse, but rather a chimeric beast with the body of a horse, a goat's cloven hooves and beard, a lion's tail, and a horn. A ronaldus or actual winged unicorn is rare in coats of arms outside of west Scotland. Heraldically, a typical teenage girl's "winged unicorn" wall-poster features a horned pegasus (the "unipeg" or "pegacorn" idea), which is not a unicorn." 70.113.8.195 ( talk) 07:39, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
Technically, Hasbro's My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and other related media are by-products of toy company Hasbro's 2010 reboot of My Little Pony toys, but it seems that some editors may want to think it's the other way round. JSH-alive/ talk/ cont/ mail 16:00, 15 September 2017 (UTC)
For the record, here's my attempt to describe it in technically accurate manner. Some editors are keep editing to remove the fact that it's a part of the toy line.
Hasbro's 2010 reboot of My Little Pony toy line officially introduced winged unicorn[N1] characters in the lineup. The species is depicted to be rare and powerful, and they play a role as ponies of royal status, in the product descriptions, as well as tie-in media commissioned by Hasbro (including the Friendship Is Magic television series, comics and theatrical film). Such characters in this incarnation include Princesses Celestia, Luna, Cadence, Twilight Sparkle[N2] and Flurry Heart.
- Notes
- In the earlier seasons of the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic television series, the species is not specifically named; for example, the sisters Celestia and Luna were referred as unicorns in first season's première episode "Friendship Is Magic - part 1" despite having wings. [1] However, an amulet with a pair of wings and a horned head of a horse is referred as the "Alicorn Amulet" in the third season's fifth episode "Magic Duel" (written by M. A. Larson), [2] and the species is explicitly named "alicorn" in its season finale " Magical Mystery Cure" (also written by Larson). [3]
- Twilight Sparkle was originally introduced as a unicorn when the 2010 reboot came into effect. But in 2013, the character's appearance was modified to bear a pair of wings as well: it was subsequently reflected in the tie-in media, with the season 3 of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic having a dedicated episode, " Magical Mystery Cure", as a season finale, and IDW Publishing's Friendship Is Magic comics reflecting the change since Issue #13 (November 2013).
JSH-alive/ talk/ cont/ mail 16:10, 15 September 2017 (UTC)
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What about the winged unicorns like Onchao, Kyara and Ono? 2A00:23C7:C68D:E700:8CB0:E8DE:EDD1:D350 ( talk) 15:07, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
There is no such thing as a "winged unicorn" as a unicorns main characteristic and source of power is in the horn, if a unicorn were to have wings it would be considered an alicorn due to the fact that unicorns dont have the same biology as alicorns. The term "winged unicorns" imply that if you took the wings off an alicorn it would be a unicorn but thats simply not true, because with a large amount of alicorns powers can be stored in their wings so if you removed the wings off an alicorn it wouldnt be able to do simple tricks, some might even say it will go from a multiple trick pony to a no trick pony. 2A02:C7F:318C:9600:81EF:C76F:1DFE:9702 ( talk) 16:05, 9 April 2022 (UTC)