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Good articleMermaid has been listed as one of the Philosophy and religion good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
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November 19, 2012Good article nomineeListed

citation request

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can a source for this be added?: "Mermaids are sometimes associated with perilous events such as floods, storms, shipwrecks, and drownings." Xy20022 (talk) 04:49, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This passage in the lead appears to summarize what is said in the sections on British, Scandinavian, and Byzantine folklore, where several sources are cited. P Aculeius (talk) 12:00, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 24 August 2024

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Suggestion to add these sources as reference source when talking about mermaid conventions (under the section "Fandom" that have been held as they represent the biggest mermaid conventions in the USA and are most up-to-date: https://www.mermapp.com/our-favourite-parts-of-mermagic-con-2024 https://www.mermapp.com/a-fin-tastic-first-start-for-syrensymposium-copy https://www.mermapp.com/springsplash-free-flow-mermaid-meetup https://www.mermapp.com/mermaid-freedive-summit-review CoCuriosa (talk) 14:00, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: These websites seems to be a blog post by one of the attendees. No. ABG (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 02:27, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

what is a mermaid

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'lhgyukkkfyu 105.163.2.135 (talk) 14:22, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cat typing detected; as you are a cat I suppose you should be encouraged. If you click on the "Article" tab at the top of this page, you will see the text of the article, which explains what mermaids are. They are too big to eat, but they may be willing to pet you. Cheers, P Aculeius (talk) 14:30, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 1 November 2024

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Potential improvements to the page:

  1. In Scandinavian folklore, replace the picture of the Margýgr with https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flateyjarbok_Olaf_Tryggvason_(cropped).jpg, same picture but with the tail.
  2. Wrong link in reference 182, replace with https://archive.org/details/the-greenwood-encyclopedia-of-folktales-and-fairy-tales/page/621/mode/2up.
  3. In Chinese folklore, remove the wikipedia link of the word "chiru" which points to an unrelevant page.
  4. Remove or merge "Indian Folklore" which says the same things as the introduction of "Southeast Asia and Polynesia".
  5. In African Folklore, "juengu" should read "jengu".

Thanks!
Jethro8 (talk) 07:56, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]