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Moved because links on Ting point to the native names, for example folketing, Løgting and others. -- Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason 14:59, 2004 Jun 22 (UTC)
Shouldn't we use the English name?
WhisperToMe 09:35, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Never mind. WhisperToMe 19:16, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)
But there is no (established) English word for folketing - 'folkthing' would be natural, but the OED does not list it. Althing has existed since the late nineteenth century (and isn't it closer to the Old Norse?).
This also appears to be Wikipedia policy, as I read Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English). Comments? Septentrionalis 22:30, 22 May 2005 (UTC)
Someone please check my work. There was a reference to "this same royal decree" but no prior reference to a decree. I puzzled over the Icelandic Alþingi article and I think I got it right. It's been 20 years since I studied the language. -- Alarob 22:13, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
Them's mighty big words, especially compared to the established claim later in the article that the Althing is the oldest Parliament in Europe. The Manx Tynwald has a documented claim to have been in continuous action since 979. Does anyone have a source? - mholland 18:18, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0002850.html http://www.danstopicals.com/iceland.htm http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761570543/Althing.html http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,763855,00.html http://www.interedu.com/include.php3?file=mbacia00
Regards, Introgressive 01:30, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
I believe the Faroese Løgting predates it. 212.242.233.106 ( talk) 15:23, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
Just noting that "Althing" isn't necessarily the only English rendition. Iceland's embassy in the U.S. uses Althingi on its English-language FAQ. The U.S. State Department's background notes on Iceland also uses Althingi, as does the National Geographic Society, though the CIA World Factbook uses Althing. — OtherDave
hwo is the Leader of the Opposition at alþingi and can you make a list of them ?
Is it possible that the Allthing in Dan Simmons Hyperion novels is a reference to this topic? It is basically a parliment consisting of the entire internet (or what the internet has evolved into by the time the novel takes place). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.203.6.145 ( talk) 06:52, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
This article is in dire need of updating, as Hannesson is no longer Prime Minister for one thing. -- 94.169.164.191 ( talk) 03:13, 20 March 2009 (UTC) (Actually Veratien)
The article as written makes no mention of when Iceland a Female electorate or Women's suffrage.-- Pawyilee ( talk) 13:15, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
In Pico Iyer's book Falling off the Map, he writes, "[...] Marshall Brement, who has written beautifully of how Icelanders were the great European poets of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and how, even now, on one night a year, every member of Parliament must speak in rhyme."
I've been trying to find further evidence of this idea, but am not having any success. I've tried searching for the 3 books of poetry that Marshall Brement translated, and a few sets of keywords in google, and am not sure what to try next. Can anyone here provide pointers/RSs for corroboration? Or if it's a myth/mistruth then any background information on that? Thanks. – Quiddity ( talk) 22:47, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
You can't say it's "literally" translated as "all"-"thing" because those words are both used here in senses that are extinct in Modern English. And it's not appropriate to give a translation into Old English in a Modern English encyclopedia. What for? Work a reference to thing (assembly) into the lede perhaps, but otherwise, skip it. The "literal translation" would be "general assembly", but that's not significantly different from the definition given, "national parliament". Wegesrand ( talk) 11:43, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Not moved — Amakuru ( talk) 14:02, 30 June 2017 (UTC)
Althing →
Alþingi –
WP:COMMONNAME,
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=Al%C3%BEingi,Althing,Althingi,Al%C3%BEing
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Infobox color legend for "Centre Party" does not match "Current Structure of the Iceland Parliament" image that it is describing (see web address below for source image). The correct color in the image is a shade of teal on 9 seats, close to the right side.
wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Althing_2019.svg
I tried to change this myself (it's currently a dark blue), but it's some kind of metadata I don't know how to edit. Here's the spot:
As you can see, the box color is currently dark blue, not teal. I don't know how to change the "Centre Party (Iceland)/meta/color" CaedMcG ( talk) 17:04, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
I've just rolled back the change that User:JackWilfred made to Template:Centre Party (Iceland)/meta/color (which is the template you couldn't find, CaedMcG). I assume that Jack changed it because the dark blue is the colour the party uses — either we had it wrong or the party changed their branding — but if we're changing the colour for a party, it needs to happen across all wikis that use graphics including that colour. — OwenBlacker (he/him; Talk; please {{ ping}} me in replies) 20:49, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
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In all my research looking into this I have not seen anyone cite a single source for where the date of foundation of the Althingi (930 CE) comes from. I see a lot of “it’s generally accepted” or “it is said to have been” without any evidence to show where that number came from. I don’t want to burst any bubbles, but it seems there’s a lot of things claimed about the early history of this assembly that is simply accepted in good faith without any further investigation. Can anyone speak further on this or direct me to the original source that this 930 date came from? I would love to add a proper citation to this article as the two sources currently cited are not at all adequate or authoritative. Both articles simply make the claim of the 930 founding date and don’t speak any further on the subject. Can we please cite this properly? Sirjohnnysmall ( talk) 17:32, 18 July 2023 (UTC)