Talk:Germanic parent language

message: I am expecting tons of criticism and ridicule for even suggesting this article, let alone actually writing it. While you're flaming me, please just remember that I wrote it in good faith and tried to back up everything with solid sources. And I know that it needs to have more information added. I just wrote the current copy in one sitting, and I need a break. =) Thanks. Varoon Arya 03:55, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Dear Varoon Arya, of cource this is a tricky topic, but I don't see why you should be bashed for articulating a theory that is the implicit basis of most of the scholars' standard models. They even dare to postulate a common "Germanic/German" language at a much later era, and where they do not find primariy sources as backing, they just stop questioning. I'am looking forward to a debate on that and perhaps someone finds new papers or books on that topic. --El bes 05:24, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: One can never actually sleep around here. All this happened overnight! Anyway, Varoon, new articles are always prime targets. Thanks for making the effort. Remember, an eyeblink ago I mentioned that the article needed line refs - every idea should have a note identifying it for the good public so they can tie it in to the structure of encyclopedic knowledge. Don't be disheartened by all this - just keep at it if this is what you want to do. I found that proper citations cut down considerably on the attacks on my contributions. After you get skilled in that then you will have to face the vandals but that is another question. Bonne chance.Dave 11:52, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
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message: Osthoff’s Law, Cowgill's Law—any possibility of writing the articles and linking from here?
On the subject of merging this article, I can see the point, but I think this article covers material outside the scope of Proto-Germanic. I would favour a separate and, if possible, somewhat expanded article on Pre-Germanic (I can't see the point of calling it Pre-Proto-Germanic), which would incorporate some of the material here, and putting the contents of this article as a whole, perhaps in reduced form, into the Germanic languages article, with whatever acknowledgments of controversiality of the topic may be necessary.
On the term Germanic Parent Language as a term covering the whole period from the break-up of PIE to the first appearance of recorded Germanic, it's hard to see how this can be treated as a single language; it would be on a par, surely, with treating Proto-Germanic and Modern English and all the stages between as a single language. Koro Neil (talk) 14:26, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Terminology and merger 

message: I have removed the Merge tag from this article for two reasons. First, the merge discussion, above, appears very contentious, but also appears to have stalled in 2008. Second, there is currently no corresponding template on Proto-Germanic. Any editor wishing to restart merger discussion should consult Help:Merging for more information and help. Cnilep (talk) 15:21, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rm stale merge template 

message: "The emerging consensus among scholars is that the First Germanic Sound Shift—long considered to be the defining mark in the development of Proto-Germanic—happened as late as 500 BCE.[2]"
I checked some of the cited references, e.g. p.40 in Davis 2006 and there is nothing about 500 BCE. I would like to hear more about qualifications (credentials) of the people who wrote this article.
Russky1802 (talk) 00:07, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Where did you take this data?

message: This article seems to give details about defining what exactly could be considered the GPL. But then it doesn't say anything about why it's significant at all. As it stands now, it's just a history of Proto-Germanic and doesn't seem to add anything innovative beyond that. CodeCat (talk) 20:38, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
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