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Wikipedia's articles about fairy tales don't seem to have a consistent practice as far as italicizing titles or putting them in quotation marks. My understanding of the standard rule of titles is that a short story's title (e.g. "Little Red Riding Hood") should be put in quotation marks, and longer works (e.g., collections of fairy tales) should be italicized. Is there some reason this rule is being broken by this article and some of the other articles relating to fairy tales? AtticusX ( talk) 05:19, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
Hello, I'm working with OCLC, and we are algorithmically generating data about different Genres, like notable Authors, Book, Movies, Subjects, Characters and Places. We have determined that this Wikipedia page has a close affintity to our detected Genere of fairy-tales. It might be useful to look at [1] for more information. Thanks. Maximilianklein ( talk) 23:12, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
Why is there an IPA pronunciation guide for this entry? Is anyone struggling to pronounce these two common English words? What's more, the pronunciation given is a rather strange one. Chalkieperfect ( talk) 17:47, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
Currently the Russian Wikipedia page for Сказка links to Fairy Tale, but there is also a Skazka page on the English Wikipedia. The Skazka is a specific subtype, and should really be linked to it's direct parallel page on the ru.wiki, but can't because of the linking here. I see the following possible solutions but does anyone else have any input?
1. Break the link here to Сказка and add it to the Skazka page - leave this page without a general link though because there isn't really an overarching term that I can think of that is used in the same way as "Fairy Tale" is. Skazka will need some material translated from Сказка but I'm happy to do that bit. 2. Link Fairy Tale to the Волшебная Сказка subsection of Сказка (assuming this is possible), as that is the "magical" subsection of tale that equates closest to the English term. 3. Merge Skazka into Fairy Tale - I see this as the least sensible option since the Сказка concept covers more than the aspects set out in the first paragraph of this article.
Opinions and input of other editors greatly appreciated here! EmyP ( talk) 17:09, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
The paragraph at the end of History, Later Works seems 1) out of place and 2) based on original research. It was added May 18, 2014. Here it is: "Although many mainstream biologists contend that fairies may well be evidenced by the existence of the stick mantis (brunneria borealis), the existence of fairies could also be evidenced by fireflies." Since this is an article about fairy tales (which are rarely about fairies), a statement about the existence of fairies seems inappropriate. 2601:9:4500:BB:0:0:0:9F2 ( talk) 06:23, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
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"The French contest". I suppose this must be a typo for "contes"?. I'll correct it. If anyone objects I'll move it back. METRANGOLO1 ( talk) 11:50, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
§ Compilations is currently unsorted. Names are sometimes displayed given name first, sometimes surname first, with no apparent alphabetical sorting. While I believe a bold editor can alphabetize the list, how should the names be displayed: surname first, or given name first? I assume the list will be sorted alphabetically by surname regardless of how it is displayed. — CJDOS, Sheridan, OR ( talk) 21:48, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
Are there any sources that try to draw distinction between fantasy and fairy tale genres? - Altenmann >talk 15:34, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
The article is very large. I suggest to split a separate page, List of collections of fairy tales. - Altenmann >talk 15:57, 10 April 2024 (UTC)