Talk:Curse

message: I am to blame. Any comment?
--John Meghly Xgenei 21:12, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: lol, look what i found  --Striver 05:24, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  RE: Esoteric Curse discussion in first part 

message: hex redirects here. Can we mention briefly the  etymology?
:Please sign your comments. Rarr 00:52, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I wasn't referring to the list in general - more to the list in specific. Notice I said "this list of curses" rather than any list of curses. The revised list is good. Rarr 19:51, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Pls add

message: The phrase "failed to die" seems to be opinionated to the degree that R.R. was "trying" to die. Ste4k 20:38, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Cursed People Discussion

message: I've protected this article to force all involved participates to use the talk page to discuss the disputed items rather than revert-warring. Please let me know once a compromise or agreement has been reached, or request unprotection. Thanks. AmiDaniel (talk) 00:36, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Protected 

message: There are 47 instances of Curses in the Koran which should be looked into. Ste4k 16:54, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah, good idea, those might be very interesting. I don't know enough about them, and I bet there'd be people interested in that. That could grow to be quite a long section, so personally I'd recommend summarizing the most notable ones here, while providing a link to a so-called "main article." (For instance, Curses in the Koran and Curses in the Bible could both probably be articles just on their own, there's a lot of material.) Um, I'm bad at explaining this, but there's an example here which I hope makes sense. Possibly there are already articles relevant to those, I'll post a link if I happen to find them. Luna Santin 05:58, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

text: Are those actual instances of curses being proclaimed, or is that a count of the number of times the word "curse" is used? There's a big difference. Zetawoof(ζ) 07:57, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

text: If you'd like to help, please feel free. As mentioned, they should be looked into. This page is very weak and I'd like to see it expanded. The Section on the Bible has some interpretation of curse, but few examples. The section about the Koran appears from a OPOV as a token addition. By the way, I'd like to point out that your definition of "curse" appears to be opinionated from two different perspectives, (Christian and Judaic per the article itself). We should strive to have an NPOV about how such things are described. The section on Sports related curses in the second half contains entries which are not cited. That you would purposely feel that a UseNet curse was any more or less notable or credible than those entries shows bias on your part since they were not also removed. The section on Fraudulent Curses should be moved to disambiguation imho. I see no reason whatsoever to lean toward any religious POV about the topic matter, and from an objective POV believe that the cursed video tape should share the section with the Hope Diamond. They each have their own page to further explain what each of them are. And this article should serve as a stem for the several branches of curses rather than what appears to be available in a dictionary. Ste4k 09:51, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Curses in the Qur'an and Bible

message: This article has been protected for ages and ages, and there has been no discussion for weeks and weeks. Unprotecting. --Tony Sidaway 20:42, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Unprotecting

message: Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Ste4k includes mention of activity on this article. Interested users are invited to comment. -Will Beback 21:19, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Related RfC 

message: Just to note that the curse of User:Ste4k on Wikipedia was lifted on 29th July 2006 when she/he was banned indefinately. The curse of User:Ste4k was one of the most deadly of modern times and had driven many previously sane contributors completely bonkers. King Tutankhamun was unavailable for comment. Colin4C 10:22, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wikipedia Curse lifted by Admins 

message: Clearly, the Celtic curses here mentioned are a mix of Wiccan beliefs and Irish modern (post Middle Age) folklore.
The link with their assumed Celtic background / origin has not been established. I mean, really not. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 88.139.246.233 (talk) 15:10, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Celtic curses 

message: Are there ANY cultures that have no curses?Thanks!Beenundercursesfor64years!Usethecursesnowtobringmegoodfortunegoodluckinallthings!Dr.EdsonAndre'JohnsonD.D.Ulc PINEAPPLEMAN (talk) 20:05, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  ARE THERE 'CURESELESS'SOCITIES/CULTURES IN THE HUMAN WORLD? 

message: Since imprecatory prayer by some Christian leaders in the U.S. is becoming more prevalent, should Wikipedia have an article entitled, say, "Imprecatory Prayer (Fundamentalist Christian)" or whatever the particular type of Christianity is that encourages/allows this practice? Or maybe a "Curse (Imprecatory Prayer)" article or sub-section? I searched for "imprecatory" in this article and did not find it, so the phrase itself should be added, if not a whole section... 
Imprecatory Psalms doesn't really cover this. 
I'm capturing this idea here because I can't do anything more with it right now. I worked on and off all day on another article and lost almost everything due to illness, so this is not a good time for me to make major edits. Thanks for understanding. I always feel like I have to explain myself when I ask for someone else to work on an idea I have for Wikipedia! Geekdiva (talk) 13:51, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should imprecatory prayer have its own article? 

message: It says "This alleged curse appears to have fallen dormant,"... what? Curses are real now? And if it doesn't happen it must be because the curse fell dormant? This has gotta be some subtle vandalism... anyone someone who is more articulate than I can go ahead and fix that up 99.231.200.55 (talk) 19:56, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tecumah's Curse 

message: Can anyone knowledgeably address this?
68.107.229.39 (talk) 14:47, 29 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  What about the linguistic crutch of "cursing", "cussing' or using coarse language?   

message: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keres_(mythology)
In Greek Mythos, Nyx had a daughter named Ker.
Keres sounds alot like Curse, both phonetically & in meaning.
This is my opinion. I have no source, just my own sense. Hopefully someone can make use of this knowledge.
71.35.221.75 (talk) 02:58, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Curse is actually from Old English, and thus unlikely to come from Greek, unless it passed through Latin First. Even then, Latin-origin words were much less common than they are in ME. Dijekjapen (talk) 04:09, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible Etymology 

message: Let us remove Tecumseh's curse.
UNDUE. Zezen (talk) 06:02, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tecumseh's curse too prominent. 

message: The article does not say, nor (imho) imply if 'curses' are real or not. Since they are supernatural in origin maybe there should be note or more emphasis that these are superstitions. 193.166.253.149 (talk) 08:00, 7 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  No mention if they are real