Talk:Harthacnut

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message: How is Poppa of Bayeux relevant to this article? Why does this chart present the fictional Sigrid the Haughty as the subject's grandmother? Why does it present the fictional Gunhild as the subject's great-grandmother? Why do we even have a 5-generation chart that can list less than half of the 5-generation ancestors? Why are there no sources? Surtsicna (talk) 19:57, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: The lack of sources is a general issue to many, many, MANY ancestry charts since these have been created oover a span of more than a decade, and many users hasn't at the time for the creations of these charts been sufficiently attentive to the possibility, that it could have been a god idea whith some source references. As to the great-grandmother of Harthacnut, the name Gunhild seems the least fictional name to mention, as it is noted by (admitted not always trustworthy) Adam of Bremen, compared with the 3 other possibilities that either comes from various sagas (whith an impossible chronology in some cases), or comes from "wishfull thoughts", that the woman that erected the Sønder Vissing Runestone should somehow be the mother of Sweyn Forkbeard, even though this isn't mentioned anywhere. Why the chart presents Sigrid the Haughty, I can't say for sure. It's not something I have added. Oleryhlolsson (talk) 20:13, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: The claim that someone called Sigrid the Haughty is the subject's grandmother is indeed something you added. You added it three times today. The argument that the name Gunhild is the "least fictional name to mention" because it is noted by a "not always trustworthy" chronicler is really an argument against the inclusion of such claim. If the identity of the subject's father's father's mother is not clear enough to be properly presented in a chart, it should not be presented at all. Surtsicna (talk) 20:22, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

text: I would probably say, that Rollo is the 'important' person in this matter since showing the ancestry chart back to the great-great-grandparent it gets obvious, that Harthacnut has a Nordic decent on both the side of his fatther as well as of his mother. Poppa of Bayeux was wife or mistress of Rollo, so it would seem odd not to mention her alongside with Rollo. Oleryhlolsson (talk) 20:31, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Harthacnut's descent from Rollo, if deemed relevant, can be easily noted in a single sentence. "Harthacnut was, on his mother's side, a great-great-grandson of Rollo." It would be much more elegant and straightforward than a mangled, hidden template anyway. I don't see why we have to have 17 empty entries just to show Rollo. Surtsicna (talk) 20:39, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

text: "Why do we even have a 5-generation chart that can list less than half of the 5-generation ancestors". As I see it, a "full" ancestry chart isn't a goal in itself. The ancestry charts for any given persons in this encyclopedia (or in any encyclopedia) is to show, what we know. What we don't know will obviously not be a part of the chart. Oleryhlolsson (talk) 20:43, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: We are not discussing a full chart. We are nowhere near a full chart and we never will be in this case. We cannot even fill half of this chart, which makes it look absolutely ridiculous. What we do know about this person's ancestry can easily fit into one sentence. We do not need a mangled chart for it. Surtsicna (talk) 20:49, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, if we should talk about the "artistic impression" of an ancestry chart I personally find it very intriguing with all these different shapes and forms we see from the incomplete ancestry charts. It somehow adds to the diversity of this encyclopedia. Oleryhlolsson (talk) 20:53, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: The only thing it adds is unnecessary Wiki markup, making the article more difficult to read in page source form. (Besides, the artistic value of this chart is such that even those who add it make sure it is hidden away.) This chart does not do any good to the reader. If Harthacnut's descent from Rollo is what the reader is supposed to pick up from it, a simple sentence would do much better than a convoluted, collapsed template. Surtsicna (talk) 21:16, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't recall having ever seen a single biography of Harthacnut that thought his descended from Rollo (or Gorm for that matter) was particularly noteworthy.  Almost all seem satisfied with his immediate ancestral context, his grandfathers and parents, but everybody else we show is rarely mentioned or not at all in the context of Harthacnut. They seem much more interested in his relationships with Harald I, Edward, Estrithson and the Dukes who were his contemporaries than any great-great-grandfather. As such, I would suggest that if a chart is to be used at all, a debatable proposition, it should be a Template:chart one and not an ahnentafel. Agricolae (talk) 11:36, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
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