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Semi-protected edit request on 7 April 2024
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"Although traditions about and sightings of mermen are less common than those of mermaids, they are generally assumed to co-exist with their female counterparts."
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"Although traditions about and alleged sightings of mermen are less common than those of mermaids, they are in folklore assumed to co-exist with their female counterparts."
(existing text is written as if sightings and existence are actual fact) 2A00:23C8:7B0C:9A01:7CE5:FD55:FD59:E88 (talk) 23:53, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
Done. I used "reported" rather than "alleged", however. —ADavidB 00:23, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
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editcan 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)
- 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)
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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)