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Not really.
Merpeople itself just redirects yet again to Merman. Merman is the more popular name, so that's where the article is, per Wikipedia guidelines.
I wish people wouldn't get so upset over the use of words with "man" in them and assuming that it always means male. Or perhaps that's just something I should expect out of the "hupeople" race these days.
DreamGuy 09:06, 14 December 2005 (UTC)reply
I see. There used to be an article for
Merpeople which I now see has been removed. Nevermind that then. -
Drahcir
The issue with "merman" is that it was very obviously coined specifically as a male counterpart to the more popular "mermaid". If anything, it would make more sense to use "mermaid" as the gender-neutral term than "merman". But nobody does that, of course. -- Milo
Merge?
Should this be combined with the main
Mermaid page? "Mermaid" is fine as a generic term for the entire group. I don't see where this page would have much unique information.
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Not really.
Merpeople itself just redirects yet again to Merman. Merman is the more popular name, so that's where the article is, per Wikipedia guidelines.
I wish people wouldn't get so upset over the use of words with "man" in them and assuming that it always means male. Or perhaps that's just something I should expect out of the "hupeople" race these days.
DreamGuy 09:06, 14 December 2005 (UTC)reply
I see. There used to be an article for
Merpeople which I now see has been removed. Nevermind that then. -
Drahcir
The issue with "merman" is that it was very obviously coined specifically as a male counterpart to the more popular "mermaid". If anything, it would make more sense to use "mermaid" as the gender-neutral term than "merman". But nobody does that, of course. -- Milo
Merge?
Should this be combined with the main
Mermaid page? "Mermaid" is fine as a generic term for the entire group. I don't see where this page would have much unique information.
Sgallison (
talk) 14:42, 12 August 2022 (UTC)reply