Talk:Greece runestones

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30 stones?

What is the purpose in saying "about 30 stones"? Does no one know exactly how many there are? The article describes 30 stones. Are there more? If not, the statement should say "there are 30 stones." This is, after all, a scientific article. Caeruleancentaur (talk) 11:41, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

On some stones, some runes are damaged so that we cannot be 100% certain that they referred to Greece. We also have U 153 that may mention Greece, but Rundata 2.5 does not include that interpretation. There is also U 925 where "south" may refer to Greece, but we don't know (see U 922). In all likelihood there are undiscovered stones to be discovered as well.--Berig (talk) 11:49, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

An expression of gratitude

What a wonderful article. And it leads onto the other Runestone articles, which are also of great interest. Very many thanks to the editor(s). 45ossington (talk) 12:45, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, for telling me you like it :)--Berig (talk) 12:47, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Magical stones?

Didn't quite understand this sentence:

"On these runestones the word Grikkland the runestones are magical and psychedlic with effects similar to magic shrooms..."

wtf? Ugluspegill (talk) 16:06, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This was an act of vandalism done by an anonymous contributor, which has later been reverted. The sentence is meant to say "On these runestones the word Grikkland (Greece) appears in three inscriptions," (diff and vandalized version) –Holt (T•C) 16:19, 9 March 2009 (UTC

Capitalization

Why the capitalization? Isn't the article Greece runestones, even in a world where "Greece" is an adjective?--Wetman (talk) 16:56, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think you are probably right. I was influenced by the name of the Kensington Runestone, the only "runestone" that can be said to have an established English name.--Berig (talk) 17:24, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Compare with Rökstenen and "Rök Runestone", which is a direct translation of a proper noun. Since greklandsstenar is not a proper noun, it probably should be "Greece runestones". –Holt (T•C) 17:50, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have been thinking of this for a while actually, and also of whether other similar article names (e.g. England Runestones) should be uncapitalized. I think I'll do it tomorrow, so I won't cause any problems while the article is on the main page.--Berig (talk) 17:56, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

At Ög 81 the word Holmi is mentioned - Can it be Holmgård instead of Borgholm or a duel?

I think "Holmi" can be Holmgård which is the old name for Novgorod? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.226.222.111 (talk) 20:11, 1 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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