Talk:Snorri Sturluson

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I would like to see this mans name correctly spelled. After all, "Eddan" has had quite an influence on modern writing and saga. Therefore I would like to see this mans name changed to Snorre Stularson. Snorri Sturluson is, as far as I am concerned, an english enterpretation of the original icelandic name. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Olofgren (talk • contribs).

Also, Iceland ought to be correctly spelled Island, but your move to Snorre would be easier to pull off than that. If your wish isn't just "when will winter end?" peevishness - that is you're pretty sure about it - then move the article. Please create a redirect, because there are a great many links to Snorri. He's quite famous. I advise holding off until Spring. Metarhyme 10:26, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

"Snorri Sturluson" is the normalized Old Norse and normalized Modern Icelandic spelling and not an Anglicization. Haukur 10:30, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

• In that case it is not a simple uncontested move. For an article name change which isn't accepted by all, the procedure is to format your Olofgren-proposed move as specified at Wikipedia:Requested moves placing it in the top date section there. Then, again per Wikipedia:Requested moves, place a move template on the top of this Talk page. Also create a Discussion section here. I advise against this. Metarhyme 01:25, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

• Google certainly should not be the final word in these matters, but, "Snorre Stularson" gets one hit whereas "Snorri Sturluson" gets "about 250,000", including ones in English and Icelandic. This Olafgren needs to show a lot more to get this even considered [pov]. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Carptrash (talk • contribs).

He'd need to reappear and campaign. If Iceland really wanted Snorre, then...? Metarhyme 03:26, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................. then there would be no stopping the Icelanders. Carptrash 15:50, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

All swedish school children are told that his name was Snorre Sturlason, which in it self is quite funny when you're a kid since "Snorre" is swedish slang for the male reproductive organ (atleast where I'm from). And a search for "Snorre Sturlason" renders about 48.000 hits on Google. I don't know where "Stularson" comes from and the single hit in Google tells me it's probably just a typo. Also, the swedish Wikipedia calls him "Snorre Sturlasson".

• This is English Wikipedia. It should either follow English convention (Snorri Sturluson) or Icelandic convention (Snorri Sturluson). Snorri was not Swedish, nor did he really have much to do with Sweden. I can see MAYBE Norwegians having some claim to him, but not as strong as the Icelanders. "Snorre" is just fine for Swedish wiki, but "Snorri" is universally accepted in Iceland and almost all of the English-speaking world. Jawbone 14:05, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] the Alþingi

Would it be inaccurate to trans-alphabetize Alþingi "All-thingy"? Assuming that there is no one in the world who can read written English who is actually clueless concerning the þ thorn glyph - well, this is a mistaken assumption. Sadly, all the world isn't fluent in Icelandic just yet, even if Island pwns alles. Metarhyme 23:15, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

BAD GRAMMAR: If you are going to contribute to an encyclopedia, know basic grammar.

"comprised of"

"of" never follows "comprised". Say "comprising ......" or "composed of". Basic stuff.

While making a big deal about grammatical minutia [and not signing it] in an article likely written by someone for whom English is a second or third or fourth language is bad manners. Also pretty basic stuff. So, which is worse? Carptrash 00:40, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Changed to "consists of" as active voice; but if someone feels like making it "comprise", as our anon should have done, so what? Septentrionalis PMAnderson 19:38, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Disliked by Odinists?

Some odinists feel that he misintperits the Gods through a Chirstain perspective as show here [1] Surley this deserves a mention in the article at least?--RainyDayCrow 03:28, 23 December 2006 (UTC)