Talk:List of Icelandic-language poets

message: A list of Icelandic poets was lacking, since we have a lot of them. I compiled the rudimentary list in the article mainly with the aid of the anthologies Sýnisbók íslenzkra bókmennta til miðrar átjándu aldar, compiled by Sigurður Nordal et al. and Íslenzk lestrarbók 1750-1930, compiled by Sigurður Nordal. Modern poetry is therefore absent (and, BTW, the poets are arranged in a chronological order). I would be very glad if some enthusiasts out there would fill in the gaps and create articles as needed. (It is too great an undertaking for one man.) Cheerio Io 20:28, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: We should make the chronological ordering explicit by providing birth/death/floruit dates for the poets. - Haukur 20:59, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. I'll get to work ASAP. Cheerio Io 21:58, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Start

message: I'll gladly admit that some of the poets listed here really don't belong on the list. One example would be Þórir jökull, whose fame rests on one stanza he composed just before being beheaded. Another would be Skáld-Sveinn, about whom almost nothing is known, and has only one (although admittedly truly great) poem attributed to him. Cheerio Io
:Those are fine. We even already have an article on Þórir. - Haukur 21:01, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Personal preferences

message: I just made "Category:Icelandic poets" and added a bunch of people to it. It should be kept roughly in sync with this list. - Haukur 22:39, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Would you take it upon yourself to add names to the category to keep it in sync? Cheers Io 17:18, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Category

message: I'm in the process of adding dates, as I can find them, and while I'm at it, trying to maintain a consistent format. First, I list a poet under his or her real name. Pen names or better known versions follow in italics. Second, I present the dates, when known in a normal style separated by space-ndash-space. If anyone objects, these things are of course open to debate, but consistency must be maintained. (Stephan G. Stephansson might be an exception.) I also added Kristján Eldjárn to the list (perhaps just for the heck of it. :-)). Anyone who can compose Unndórs rímur deserves to be called a poet. Cheers Io 16:35, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: That's fine by me. But note that Wikipedia naming conventions suggest that stage names or pen names be used for article titles when they are better known than the real names of the people. And our coverage of rímur is terrible. - Haukur 16:40, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll keep that in mind, which means I'll have to reverse some names. But the real tragedy about rímur is that it was mostly written by me, admittedly as a stop-gap measure. :) I wouldn't say so much that the coverage is terrible, rather virtually nonexisting. Cheers Io 17:10, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I didn't mean to slight you - having that article is much better than having nothing :) If we work through this list we'll eventually get to Bólu-Hjálmar and Sigurður Breiðfjörð; that will help the rímur coverage a bit. - Haukur 21:43, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Just so that we're clear on the subject: It takes a great deal more than that to offend me. I did introduce a smiley didn't I? :) Cheerio Io 13:36, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Imposing personal preferences

message: I've exhausted the sources I have at home regarding dates. I have also followed the advice of Haukur to list the best known (not that abomination of the English language most well-known) name as the main entry. As far as I'm concerned that concludes my participation for now, except perhaps for the occasional foray. It's up to you, guys and girls. Cheers Io 18:19, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Conforming to Wikipedia rules and providing dates

message: I wrote a stub on Eyvindur, he had about five incoming links so that was a good thing to do. - Haukur 20:36, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. Eyvindur is one of my favourite characters in the ancient canon, and his Hákonarmál is one of the most sincere and beautiful poems you'll ever come across - skáldaspillir or not. Cheers Io 20:41, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes it is. Did Hornklofi too using Eyvindur as a template. Just a short stub, though. - Haukur 20:52, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eyvindur 

message: Does Halldór Laxness belong here. He was a great novelist, but as a poet? Just asking. Cheers Io 14:13, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: He was a decent poet though he didn't compose a lot. It's a question of taste - remove him if you like. - Haukur 21:10, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Laxi

message: Maybe it's the fever talking, but do you know of any translations of Stephan G. At least two of his works, Illugadrápa and Á ferð og flugi deserve to made available in their entirety. Cheers Io 17:19, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I know nothing here. - Haukur 22:22, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Stephan G.

message: There's some commentary and an English translation here: 
Hollander wasn't too bad. - Haukur 21:37, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: He wasn't. Could you, with your superior knowledge of formatting, put the translation there in two columns? Cheers Io 20:12, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Also boringified your editorial commentary. Sorry :) - Haukur 16:19, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hákonarmál 

message: Many a foreigner thinks that Icelandic poetry ended along with the sagas and, if said foreigner is very well educated,  he believes it was somehow revived during the golden age starting in the 19. century and ending with the random sampling of dictionaries, which is called free verse. I'll be adding names from my newly gained lectures of Sigurður Nordal to fill in the gap between ca. 1350 - 1750. There is a continuity in Icelandic literature since its beginnings. I'll just provide the names as placeholders. Others can fill in - Wikipedia is, after all, for the long haul. Cheers 157.157.183.168 (talk) 18:59, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  The lacuna 

message: This is actually a question for the Icelandic speaking public. Everybody knows that Kristján Eldjárn was a poet or at least a very talented hagyrðingur, yet his authorship of the piece entitling him to a place here is a kind of "official secret". Neither it nor anything else in poetry is mentioned about him on his page here. How do we manage that? All the best Sorte Slyngel (talk) 23:45, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kristján Eldjárn