Talk:Drakkar

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Hey there, I have no clue how to edit Wiki according to the style and such and such. This is my first time editing wiki on any level at all, so forgive anything wrong I do, I mean well, lol.

I noticed you have no pictures of Drakkar, and I have quite alot of them, so I would like to ask if you would like any to be added to the wiki page. Or perhaps a wiki link (The "[1]" thngs) linking people to the GW Guru forum where I have posted a large number of them to be put on the Drakkar page...

Anyway, my Guru thread is here: [1] Take anything you wish from it

EDIT: Hey cool I did a [1] link thing =o May I simply add it to the main Drakkar page? It does include some of the only decent screens of the Drakkar I've seen anywhere, I just thought I best ask before I get banned for something I do wrong by mistake :S

--81.99.192.142 19:49, 25 October 2007 (UTC)Malchior

[edit] Drakkar's name

Drak - Kar :

Drakon means dragon in hebrew and Kar means Cold in hebrew. since he is frozen, i dont think it is a coinsidence. I will add it to a Trivia section on the article.

"Drakkar" is the name of Viking longships: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longship - and means not by coincidence dragon/serpent. No wonder the viking-inspired Norn named this area Drakkar Lake. I think you are going unnecessarily far away from the norse word with the hebrew interpretation, but it is really amazing that the words and meaning of Hebrew and Norse language are so similar. --Longasc 08:36, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

It's always Norse with the Norn. Being the same root is not so odd. It's presumably a load word in Hebrew. (From german.) The root is from early germanic langages. Backsword 10:32, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

im not going far away at all, i am israeli and neturaly knows hebrew, i noticed that, and said that, becouse it cant be a coinsidence, drakkar actualy is a dragon in an iceberg.

The word "Drakkar" exists 1:1 in a norse language, but you feel the need to relate it to your language. This is biased, sorry. I will just leave it like that for now, as there is little enough known about this dragon besides that it is frozen in a lake. --Longasc 20:03, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Oh just shut up, ok? then its a norse word, so what? its very similar to the Hebrew word, and its absolutely not the first hebrew "easter egg" in the game. I deleted ur massage coz you are actualy the one trying to create a "biased" conversation.

1. Do not delete comments, whether it is your own or someone else's. 2. Try and discuss without insulting each other, and try and reach a consensus. Put forward what you think, then wait for more comments until a joint agreement can be made. -- br12 • (talk) • 18:59, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

If Drakkar is cold dragon in Hebrew this should definately be included imo. Lyra Valo 19:11, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

I added that in, but someone took the Hebrew part out. I can't revert it without breaking the GWW:1RR policy >.< The most I could do is add a {{disputed}} tag to it.-- br12 • (talk) • 19:14, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

As I mentioned in my edit summary, it is rediculous to get into a revert war over trivia that it is impossible to know which is right and which is wrong! As either is equally possible, and until someone checks we have no way of knowing, does it really matter to each person that both possibilities are included? If this is not resolved, all of it will simply be removed... Ale_Jrb (talk) 22:20, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Until Anet actually relieves the true nature of the meaning on this name, no meaning should be excluded as no where does it state that influences are only taken from one human culture or set of beliefs. If people are going to remove one possibility because they personally believe one reference means more than another then all should be removed. House Of Furyan