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Do we need this template? I think we don't. It seems ill conceived, sloppy in execution and misleading. in that it links to several articles originally on deities, renamed by this template's creator via a series of redirects. The "regions" section is a mish-mash; some aren't regions at all ("Hindu"?); we've at least one continent (Africa), along with specific peoples and cultures of the same (Egypt, Yoruba), ethnic groups within regions (Australian aboriginal) and one sorry, two linguistic-cultural groupings (Slavic, Celtic). The template's creation is associated with several inappropriate redirects from lists of deities to lists of mythological figures - most should be undone. Not all myths are about deities. Not all deities have myths.
User:Yngvadottir has already removed the template's link to Norse deities, and I've removed the link to
List of Roman deities. Per the template title, the more useful second section (mythological figures by function) doesn't belong here at all.
Haploidavey (
talk) 17:49, 25 September 2013 (UTC)reply
Agreed, this is a mess. I do think it serves a useful function: like any infobox-for-lists template, it guides a reader to related lists. Especially since they're things readers will often want to compare. But it needs to be redone, because as-is it's not a list of mythological figures by region. Both lists are incomplete, and the "region" list especially is erratic and poorly thought out.
A better example of this kind of information is at
List of deities. I would advocate replacing this template with a new one based on that page.
Naleh (
talk) 06:29, 20 November 2013 (UTC)reply
This template is within the scope of WikiProject Lists, an attempt to structure and organize all
list pages on Wikipedia. If you wish to help, please visit the
project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the
discussion.ListsWikipedia:WikiProject ListsTemplate:WikiProject ListsList articles
This template is supported by WikiProject Mythology. This project provides a central approach to Mythology-related subjects on Wikipedia. Please participate by editing
the article, and help us
assess and improve articles to
good and
1.0 standards, or visit the
WikiProject page for more details.MythologyWikipedia:WikiProject MythologyTemplate:WikiProject MythologyMythology articles
This template does not require a rating on Wikipedia's
content assessment scale.
Do we need this template? I think we don't. It seems ill conceived, sloppy in execution and misleading. in that it links to several articles originally on deities, renamed by this template's creator via a series of redirects. The "regions" section is a mish-mash; some aren't regions at all ("Hindu"?); we've at least one continent (Africa), along with specific peoples and cultures of the same (Egypt, Yoruba), ethnic groups within regions (Australian aboriginal) and one sorry, two linguistic-cultural groupings (Slavic, Celtic). The template's creation is associated with several inappropriate redirects from lists of deities to lists of mythological figures - most should be undone. Not all myths are about deities. Not all deities have myths.
User:Yngvadottir has already removed the template's link to Norse deities, and I've removed the link to
List of Roman deities. Per the template title, the more useful second section (mythological figures by function) doesn't belong here at all.
Haploidavey (
talk) 17:49, 25 September 2013 (UTC)reply
Agreed, this is a mess. I do think it serves a useful function: like any infobox-for-lists template, it guides a reader to related lists. Especially since they're things readers will often want to compare. But it needs to be redone, because as-is it's not a list of mythological figures by region. Both lists are incomplete, and the "region" list especially is erratic and poorly thought out.
A better example of this kind of information is at
List of deities. I would advocate replacing this template with a new one based on that page.
Naleh (
talk) 06:29, 20 November 2013 (UTC)reply