Talk:Dragonslayer

I am curious as to what reference there is to Jesus Christ being a dragon slayer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by AmericanGuru (talk • contribs) 14:37, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

This article needs rewritten or deleted. It also needs to be in the category of (mythology). The proper title is Dragonslayers (mythology). I will create a page of this sort maybe in the near future, however, people needs to start EDITING! ;) I know its not that big a deal or article but information is power in this day and age.
-Dirtylogs I dont know how to sign. The above paragraph is me (dirtylogs) and dated 12/10/2011 1:54AM EST (GMT -05:00) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.23.8.148 (talk) 06:54, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

expanded the head section

I think this article is potentially useful, but it will inevitably overlap with other existing ones. I've expanded the head section to link to Princess and dragon which does a good job of discussing that dragonslayer theme. I've highlighted St George as an example Christian dragonslayer, and Sigurd as a dragonslayer in a story where the dragon has some backstory (Fafnir becomes a dragon because of his greed etc.). I've inserted a link to Chaoskampf, but I'm not convinced, personally, that this article ought to be merged with that one. hsi is because I only came across the term "Chaoskamf" myself today. So I think we might risk makinginformation harder to find by doing that merge. Also - are dragonslayers necessarily chaoskampf-ish? Or is that a matter of opinion, on which wikipedia ought not to take a stand? (That's a genuine question BTW - I don't know the answer myself :) )

Hope that's all OK! :)

One of the things this article lacks at resent is evidence for the statement that dragonslayers are popular in modern fictions, such as films and video games: I don't feel very qualified to know the best examples here: can anyone else help?

Oh - and I agree that the article should be dragonslayers (mythology). Do we just change that, or will that cause chaos (if not chaoskamf)? :)

ChrisBaker (talk) 10:37, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

After the edit I just made, I don't see that the article could now be said to be at risk of including "original research". So I took that tag off. ChrisBaker (talk) 10:47, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Requested move 16 March 2018

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The result of the move request was: Moved. (non-admin closure) Simplexity22 (talk) 19:52, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

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• Dragonslayers → Dragonslayer
• Dragonslayer → Dragonslayer (1981 film)

– Per WP:PLURAL, the title should be in the singular, as the WP:BROADCONCEPT. "Dragonslayers" are not considered a people, it is a title, "dragonslayer", similar to how a black knight is not called black knights. The intro should really read, "A dragonslayer is a person who slays dragons for various reasons." _{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 17:32, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

WP:PLURAL definitely is apropos. Several things to mention. First, the film would only go to Dragonslayer (film) by our naming conventions for redirects. Second, it's not clear to me whether "dragonslayer" or "dragon slayer" is more appropriate. Does any major dictionary actually define "dragonslayer"? If not, a case could be made that "dragon slayer" would be the more correct way to write it. despite more Google hits on the former. Jason Quinn (talk) 18:37, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

There is a Dragonslayer (2011 film) hence the further disambiguation. Only if that film is deleted, should it just go to "film". A source I found uses it as one word: "St George: Knight, Martyr, Patron Saint and Dragonslayer"._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 20:47, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, somehow I missed that film. Jason Quinn (talk) 20:50, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support In ictu oculi (talk) 00:52, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support --Katolophyromai (talk) 00:59, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support --SmokeyJoe (talk) 04:30, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:13, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

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