Talk:Vrykolakas

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[edit] Merge with Vampire?

DreamGuy deleted this article and made it a redirect to vampire, with the comment "This is just the Greek word for vampire and there is some info there on it (though it could be expanded), so redirecting to that article)". I have reverted this change for the following reasons:

1. Yes, Vrykolakas is "just the Greek word for vampire", but gladius is just the Latin word for sword, and menorah is just the Hebrew word for lamp. That doesn't mean we can't or shouldn't have useful articles under those headers.
2. If you read this article you will notice that the traditional folklore of the vrykolakas is not 100% identical to the standard vampire, and in fact it could be argued that it doesn't have much at all to do with the vampire (see for example the outside link given in the article). The last paragraph deals with how this word has become more or less synonymous with vampire in Greece, but this seems to be a fairly recent development.
3. There is NO info on the vrykolakas under vampire. I just added the one sentence there today, and you've changed it to say "Medieval and later Greek folklore features the vrykolakas, the Greek word for vampire." This pretty much renders even that scant sentence pointless.
4. Many of the other vampire types given in that same list have their own articles, e.g. liogat, aswang etc. Indeed, there's even a Category:Vampires. I'm sure in many of those cases it could also be argued that we are simply dealing with a foreign word for "vampire" too, but wikipedians have seen fit to give them their own entry.
5. Similarly, both the French and German Wikipedias have seen fit to include separate articles on this creature. (I won't count the Latin one, because I wrote it ;) )

So I would argue that this article should be kept as is. DreamGuy, if you still don't agree with me, could you please at least wait to see what other wikipedians think before changing it again?

Thanks, Iustinus 01:50, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

I'm also against such a merge. In most cases, it's better to have specific articles provided there is enough material and enough justification, as here. The article Vampire is too large and ungainly as it is already, without merging more material into it. Alexander 007 02:07, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Dracula Refrences

My step-father (a Greek Orthodox Priest) told me that the Greeks dont think much of Dracula as it's an "English Story" when I showed him the article. Just a quick comment. Vila 03:21, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] non-stub

Hey, just a heads-up that I removed the stub tag, since it seems to be a full article.Elizabennet 03:18, 10 August 2006 (UTC)