Talk:Artificial cranial deformation
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Just curious, is this related to trepanning? I'm guessing that the body modification article should probably link [and be linked] here.
And one more thing: does this practice start when a person is in infanthood? I remember my aunt telling me to be careful with my baby cousin, as she said it would have been extremely easy to deform the shape of his head. :O (Or is this an old wive's tale?) Eirein 22:42, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
- Hi! No, this article has nothing to do with trepanning, but sertainly is a body modification and should be linked as such.
The article is about intentional skull deformation in early childhood in some primitive societies. By skull deformation is meant changing the shape of the skull. When I complete the article it will become more clear.Internedko 00:47, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
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- :) Alright, I just added a link to it from body modification under 'cranial binding'; I'm assuming that cranial binding is a form of artificial skull deformation. (There's no article for cranial binding, anyway.) Sounds interesting! I'm looking forward to the complete article, and finding out whether my aunt was serious or not. Eirein 00:52, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Varied reasons versus varied hypotheses
- "The reasons for performing cranial deformation are varied. A prominent hypothesis is that ..."
This is confusing: if the reasons are varied, what are they? If it is not known what they are, how do we know that they are varied? If there are only hypotheses and no accepted theory, then there may not be a variety of reasons, but only (say) one. -Pgan002 23:32, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] The external link Traditions of Atlantis — is it really necessary?
Does this link to the above mentioned 19th century book with fringe theories about Atlantis add anything substantial to the subject at hand? I would really like to delete it on grounds of WP:EL section 4 "Links normally to be avoided", rationale #2: Any site that misleads the reader by use of factually inaccurate material or unverifiable research. See Wikipedia:Attribution#Reliable sources. Personally, I'm agnostic vis-a-vis certain fringe theories about UFOs and even Atlantis but this article belongs to neither subjects so we should be able to hold it to a higher standard, yes? —jibun≈παντα ρει≈ (keskustele!) 01:16, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
