Talk:Maelstrom (disambiguation)

message: This is exactly the kind of thing I hate to see in here– the pop cultural and historical references are 95% of this article! How about some information about the phenomenon itself instead of which computer games refer to it?
PSF--207.114.25.48 (talk) 11:18, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed almost all of it because it wasn't even remotely notable even by pop-culture section standards. Seriously, half of the stuff in that section didn't even reference an actual maelstrom. To recap: a book by a highly notable author where a maelstrom is a central instrument in a major plot device warrants mention. A sequel movie where a whirlpool is depicted for several minutes during a battle scene is not. A video game where a unit's name includes "maelstrom" in it is not. Thanks, guys. ZigSaw 01:10, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article needs help! 

message: There should be a mention of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, where the Nautilus finds the Maelstrom (the Moskstraumen) in the climax of the novel. Nazroon 20:54, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Verne's 20,000 Leagues... 

message: Why is the film described aas having "visually mesmerizing sequences"?
I found them to be technically competent, but they should be described in a more neutral tone
- I agree, also - the galleons were not involved in the fight at all in the maelstrom. They didn't even fight at all, and as such I have removed them.
I think we should delete the POTC CGI whrilpool because this article is about a real thing and not a fictional representation of it. --154.20.34.209 05:50, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pirates of the Caribbean reference 

message: The image currently used seems somewhat unjust for the phenomena; it's at a bad angle and doesn't reflect the intensity of a Maelstrom. If somebody can find a better image, I'd appreciate them obtaining copyright and using the image here. Neobros 16:52, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Better Image 

message: I think there's a connection--96.229.92.97 (talk) 09:14, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Miles Strom from LOST 

message: As far as I can see, the content on this page would be better going over to Wiktionary, and the list being merged with the disambiguation page, since it is essentially a badly formatted DAB page as it is. Opinions? Volunteers? Sadly at present I don't have the time to sort and prune a DAB page myself, although I'll add it to my to-do list if it doesn't get done in a few months. me_and (talk) 23:21, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  DAB and dictionary 

message: In old literature, the Maelstrom is always described as a truly fearsome feature.  There is a beautiful soliloquy in Moby-Dick, where Captain Ahab promises to follow the white whale "around the Horn, and around the Norway maelstrom, and around perdition's flames".  I assume that the Horn is Cape Horn, which to this day has the most dire reputation.  Yet modern accounts seem to treat the Maelstrom as little more than a pretty tourist attraction.  Can anyone explain this odd inconsistency? Wnt (talk) 12:54, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Relative danger of the maelstrom in literature 

message: I just added two things that were missing from the article:
* The fact that our spelling with the <ae> comes from the older spelling of the Dutch word
* The correct pronunciation, with an "ay" sound. Incidentally, one of my pet peeves is the way many people read <ae> as "ay" by default, even though most English words with <ae> are from Latin and "ee" is correct. This word is one of the few cases where "ay" is right.
If anyone needs a source for these two facts, both are confirmed by the OED. 91.107.190.22 (talk) 18:28, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etymology, again 

message: I'm unclear of whether the whirlpool filmed in the wake of the 2011 Japanese tsunami deserves consideration in this article.  My understanding of a maelstrom seems to fit the context of this article and as such, the "whirlpool" filmed off the coast of Japan should be included.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.95.140.13 (talk) 23:39, 12 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The purpose of the article is to explain what a maelstrom is, not to provide examples of every maelstrom that ever happened. TallNapoleon (talk) 01:09, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Do "ephemeral whirlpools" qualify as maelstroms? Moskstraumen, Saltstraumen, Corryvreckan, Old Sow whirlpool, Naruto whirlpool and other maelstroms are permanent features noted on navigational charts as hazards. The whirlpools formed by the tsunami after the earthquake were transient and no longer exist or pose any navigational hazard. Naaman Brown (talk) 01:36, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Japan Tsunami 

message: Shouldn't this page be merged with Whirlpool?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by SarahTehCat (talk • contribs) 23:27, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I've just proposed such a merge, but that's something you could do yourself; WP:MERGE has the process. —me_and 21:21, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  I didn't know I could it myself, so thanks for the link. Still, it's good you did it because I don't have the time to do much more than post something about that on the talk page. – SarahTehCat (talk) 20:13, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge Request? 

message: I was a little frustrated that the head referenced a famous passage in Paul the Deacon, which then was never mentioned again. Paul is very important, and for present purposes very early, and if he has a narrative that deserves the reference in the head, it ought to be described. --Doric Loon (talk) 11:02, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Paul the Deacon 

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