Talk:Omen

message: Who are "we" in "when we found liver models" and "they" on  "Compared to Israel, they used the methods listed above" ?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pedro Carvalho (talk • contribs) 01:50, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: We/They

message: This article contains some information which is pure psuedoscientific opinion and conjecture. Also some issues with conforming to an encyclopedic npov. Will cleanup later. Entropic 19:05, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: 18`12`2006  I  have lived in Britain all my life, and ime familiar with the notion 't a black catt crossing one's path is bad  luck on the ground 't witches keep black cats.  30odd years back, ie heard 't s0me people maintain the oppozite, but ive never met one. So  nu the example should be ditched.Froggo Zijgeb 04:56, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Black cat 

message: Why are the strange, lengthy lists of auspicious things and people included? This article needs weeded of the weirdness and fleshed out to avoid being a stub.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.9.196.2 (talk) 01:33, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  not encyclopedic  

message: I'm thinking it may be prudent to branch off the Indian Astrology section of this article in the hopes of removing unnecessary data.
Travza (talk) 22:48, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merging / New Article For Indian Astrology 

message: I don't  edit wiki, I do not have modern tools to  do so, this is a rare strong wifi connection,  but am lazing around, u can find the ascriptions to texts ( museums where they are held) and other things pertaining to OMENs.
circa 2300 BC, recorded from copies by 500 BC, found in Niveah, modern Iraq, cuneiform script, held by the British Museum
 at my site, bookoflife.org ( see directory) u can access some of  these books data and entries.
:This section does not feel like it should be on the Talk Page. It feels like nothing more than an advertisement. I suggest it be removed to make way for more productive content. Mousenight (talk) 10:39, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neo Babylonian Omen Text and Accompanied Astronomical artifacts well known but not included here.  

message: I became interested in the tale of Persa the dog and the campaign against Perseus, so I did a little digging to learn more. According to this [article], page 158, the Roman father's name is Lucius Paulus, not Emilios Paul as is given in the Wikipedia article. Could someone please help establish the facts of this "well known" tale? I've found reliable references a bit lacking. I'm personally interested in this little story, so I would appreciate any details you guys might dig up. Thanks a bunch! Mousenight (talk) 10:33, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Persa and Perseus Story Discrepancy 

message: I'm not sure how to fix this myself, but in the search bar when you type in "Omen" you get a suggestion for this page, with the subtitle "harbringer." This is simply a typo: the word is "harbinger." Jmmolenick (talk) 18:22, 29 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Harbringer" vs "Harbinger" in search bar 

message: This section appears to exist to comment on how the same omen may be interpreted differently by different cultures or parties. 
The trouble is that the section's only mention of any cultural beliefs regarding omens is that "a superstition in the United States and other countries across Europe indicates that a black cat is an omen of bad luck". The section neglects, however, to then mention any cultures that believe black cats to be a favourable omens. Furthermore, it's probably also worth noting that it's not black cats themselves that are considered to be ill omens, but specifically a black cat crossing one's path. So, unless there's a culture that believes a black cat crossing one's path is a good omen, there's no point mentioning this belief here anyway.
And though this section in does manage to provide one (and only one) example of an omen being interpreted differently by two parties, claiming that: "Halley's Comet was a "bad omen" for King Harold II of England but a "good omen" for William the Conqueror", the citation provided for this example makes no mention of anyone proclaiming the comet to be a favourable omen for William the Conqueror. Indeed, the cited article doesn't mention William at all. And while one could claim that a bad omen for Harold II automatically equalled a good omen for William the Conqueror, that wouldn't really be the point that this section appears to be trying to make.
All in all, I think this section could probably just be deleted. Whilst information covering differences in interpretation, or differing cultural beliefs about specific omens, would absolutely be worth including. This section does nothing to explore these topics, and fails to properly support the one example it provides. Omen ishii (talk) 08:40, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Good or Bad"