Talk:Thorfinn Karlsefni

message: Most of this article was a copyright violation from The Columbia Encyclopedia, available online at  and various other places. I have deleted the offending sections. DopefishJustin (･∀･) 07:22, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Most of this article was a copyright violation

message: Karlsefni spent some time on the North American continent.  So did Freydís Eiríksdóttir.  But were they on the same trip, as this article appears to state?  --Hordaland (talk) 14:11, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Freydís? 

message: A question has been raised, at the village pump, about the title of this article.  Shouldn't the actual title of this article be the usual English spelling of his name, Thorfinn Karlsefni, with the runic form of his name as a redirect, rather than the other way around?  See WP:MOS and Wikipedia:Article titles#English-language titles.  Robert McClenon (talk) 19:02, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: See  Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (use English)#RfC: Use of characters from the Icelandic alphabet (and please let's avoid the red herrings; this is not a "runic form"; it's the Latin alphabet of the modern Icelandic language. rFut.Perf. ☼ 20:08, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: To me, it's obvious that WP:Recognizability is the determining factor here. It also seems to me that some (cooperating?) special interest editors promoting (often inaccurately) a near-fantasy version of "Old Norse" have pushed non-recongizable lettering and terminology into EnWP in a way that is practically disruptive and flies in the face of WP:Common sense and WP:MOS re: "Do not introduce new and specialized words simply to teach them to the reader when more common alternatives will do." Perhaps a more thorough investigation needs to be undertaken to survey the damage? I think it has become considerable. --SergeWoodzing (talk) 07:54, 11 November 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: There is an article at https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Eorfinnur_karlsefni Smallbones(smalltalk) 17:07, 12 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title of This Article 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section. 
The result of the move request was: Moved. The discussion just above was also taken into account. Biblioworm 23:30, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Þorfinnr "Karlsefni" Þórðarson →  – The actual title of this article should be the usual English spelling of his name, Thorfinn Karlsefni, with the runic form of his name as a redirect, rather than the other way around.  See WP:MOS and Wikipedia:Article titles#English-language titles - also see consensus in previous section. SergeWoodzing (talk) 09:49, 27 November 2015 (UTC)

text: The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move.  Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.
Þorfinnr "Karlsefni" Þórðarson is not actually the "" as  and  have stated.</br>
It is also incorrect to say the name uses "" (as per 70.51.44.60).</br>
The letters "Þ" (thorn) and "ð (eth)" are both part of the Icelandic alphabet and the Old English Latin alphabet.--Kiyoweap (talk) 10:41, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 27 November 2015 

message: I can't find a source online saying we know how Thorfinn died, much less when. We are unsure about just about everything regarding the dates of Vinland Saga. How do we know he died in 1007? The Columbia Encyclopedia says he set out for Vinland in 1010. https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/history/scandinavian-history-biographies/thorfinn-karlsefni
The Canadian Encyclopedia suggests he was married to Gudrid at about 1010, too. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/karlsefni 2600:1700:3310:7870:F977:897F:E1D2:C3E1 (talk) 01:38, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of Death and other dates