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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

'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:

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.
Wrong link in reference 182, replace with https://archive.org/details/the-greenwood-encyclopedia-of-folktales-and-fairy-tales/page/621/mode/2up.
In Chinese folklore, remove the wikipedia link of the word "chiru" which points to an unrelevant page.
Remove or merge "Indian Folklore" which says the same things as the introduction of "Southeast Asia and Polynesia".
In African Folklore, "juengu" should read "jengu".

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

Done All of these seem to be good edits. Hopefully I didn't screw up the interlanguage link template. Thanks for the suggestions. DrOrinScrivello (talk) 17:28, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA concerns

I am concerned that this article no longer meets the good article critiera. Some of my concerns are outlined below:

There are uncited statements throughout the article.
There is an orange "expansion needed" banner from 2022 at the top of the "Myth interpretations" section
There are a lot of small, one sentence paragraphs, negatively affecting the readability of the article. These should be merged together or removed if the statement is not needed.
Per WP:NOTGALLERY, the gallery section at the end of the article should probably be removed, and the images redistributed throughout the article if possible.

Is anyone willing to address these concerns, or should this go to WP:GAR? Z1720 (talk) 16:08, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]