Talk:Dirge

A fact from Dirge appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 7 September 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the word "dirge" for funeral hymns can be traced to primer prayer books?

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VfD results[edit]

This article was nominated for deletion. The result was keep. For details, please see Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Dirge. -- BD2412 ^talk 03:31, July 16, 2005 (UTC)

"Notable" dirges[edit]

Who says they're notable? This section probably needs to be removed. I don't think Cradle of Filth should top the list even if it stays... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.131.82.38 (talk) 19:14, 18 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Really, the notable dirges need to be fixed. Many of these are not remotely notable and some are not even dirges. The whole article could be larger. Gingermint (talk) 21:32, 28 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Macabre by Dir en Grey was more metal than dirge. Dirges tend to be downbeat and slow, and kinda dreary. This had heavy drumbeat from the start. 208.92.225.223 (talk) 05:06, 7 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

somber[edit]

Somber is a sad feeling in a persons body that can force them to cry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 214.3.92.114 (talk) 13:46, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"Other"[edit]

What rubbish was that "Other" paragraph? "The words dirge and dirigible both come from the verb "to direct" -- so the Hindenburg disaster ties these two words together"??

Well, whenever a movie director dies and there's songs on his/her funeral (or alternatively, director flies in a zeppelin), then also two words with the same root appear together. Even better, start singing *directly* after s/he dies, then we have THREE.

Or was this the start of WikiProject "order all by its root"? A bit ambitious, and difficult for words combining two or more root concepts. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.99.246.115 (talk) 14:51, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 09:46, 3 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the word "dirge" for funeral hymns can be traced to primer prayer books? Source: The History of the Book of Common Prayer, Leighton Pullan (1901:London), pg 71.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Matti Lehtinen, Template:Did you know nominations/Liberia–United Kingdom relations
- Comment: Dirge was expanded five-fold in the last three days and is not new, Primer (prayer book) is a former redirect (to Book of hours) converted to an article on 20 August

Created by Pbritti (talk). Self-nominated at 19:31, 22 August 2022 (UTC).[reply]

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QPQ: Done.

Overall: Double-barrel article requires two QPQs - need a second one. Otherwise both articles good. Surprised that the image was not nominated Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:44, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Hawkeye7: Nuts! Didn't realize that—thanks for the heads up! I'll get on it (and ping you if you'd like). Additionally, I can appended the image of the French primer if you think it's worthwhile—I'll add that as an ALT when I insert the additional QPQ. ~ Pbritti (talk) 20:21, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Normally I would offer you one of mine, but I'm low on them at the moment, and all I have is this one, which wouldn't do. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:33, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Good to go. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 06:07, 27 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hate to drag this out but, seeing as this nom isn't closed, I figured I might as well tack on the image that Hawkeye7 recommended. It'll be presented below. ~ Pbritti (talk) 05:46, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]