Talk:Abgar V of Edessa

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[edit] Regarding Article Name

This article needs to be combined with Abgar. Please see my message on its talk page. -- isis 16:50 Oct 24, 2002 (UTC)

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This article needs to be combined with Abgarus of Edessa. As a matter of NPOV, I think we should quote the letters and describe who thinks/thought it authentic and who does/did not. -- isis 16:48 Oct 24, 2002 (UTC)

Merge done. - Hephaestos 04:29 Apr 27, 2003 (UTC)

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I've been caught in this same web, but i've merged my new article with this one and shall now make redirects. I removed this: (Ukkama or Uchomo, "the black") I removed this appositive, since all the kings at Edessa were named Abgar it cannot be relevant.Wetman 21:47, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)

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The article at Abgar is so short I think it should be merged into this one. Another article for the Kings of Edessa could be created if need be.--Cuchullain 03:35, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Precisely like merging Louis with Louis XIV of France, for the reasons explained above and in the first sentence of the article Abgar. There are historical Abgars in addition to the fairytale one. --Wetman 14:21, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

The most famous king of Edessa was Abgar V Ukkāmâ. The title Abgarus should definitely be done away with. I imagine the Latin case ending comes from EB1911. Therefore, I think that the article on this king should be at Abgar Ukkama — we can do without the diacritics (unless you know Syriac they don't mean very much), and we can do without the regnal number because it's a later addition (the surname identifies which Abgar is meant) and does not appear in the texts on Abgar Ukkama. Then we should have a disambiguation page at Abgar, which links to the notable bearers of the name, and directs the reader to Osroene for the list of rulers. Whatever happens, let's be clear that Abgaus is a bad title for any of these articles. --Gareth Hughes 14:56, 26 October 2005 (UTC)