Talk:Mongolian Death Worm
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They can make it up faster than we can delete it
- Certainly, but if this is made up, it's not by the imaginations of Wikipedians. The MDW is probably bogus, but then, so is a lot of cryptozoology. Since we can expect more incredulity on account of the "Death" in the name (woo-oo, it's the Worm of Death!) I'll expand the article somewhat. And I'm removing the stub status, because there really isn't a whole lot more to tell between the sources (who are mainly just parroting each other. --Anonymous
I don't see why this was reverted from "Deathworm" back to "Death Worm". As far as i can see, common concensus rests on "Deathworm" as the preferable spelling.
- Oh, boy! Let's start a Deathworm vs. Death Worm edit war! ... or maybe not. - DavidWBrooks 18:39, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- The preferred letter order and spelling of this creature's name supports two words rather than one word, hence 'Death Worm' is the correct version and NOT 'Deathworm'.
- Whose preferred spelling? Can you point us to a few cites? Curious minds want to know! - DavidWBrooks 13:52, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
- See "The Beasts That Hide from Man: Seeking the World's Last Undiscovered Animals" by Karl P.N. Shuker for the "Death Worm" not "Deathworm." It's the largest single source on the critter.Shemale Petticoat 23:29, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
- Whatever is decided - and note that Fortean Times, which is vaguely reputable for this, er, unusual subject, likes it as one word - make sure that somebody makes the move who knows how to make it properly - not just a cut-and-paste. - DavidWBrooks 00:47, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
- Logically, as someone who's edited news articles and such professionally for grammar and use of English, there's no reason it should be 'Deathworm' over 'Death Worm'. 'Deathworm' LOOKS cooler, but it should probably really be 'Death Worm', as it's a descriptive name rather than a created/made-up name. Since 'Mongolian', 'Death', and 'Worm' are all different words, just placed together as a descriptive name for the creature, they should be seperate words. If not, to grab a random example, 'Giant Sea Serpent' would be 'Giant Seaserpent', and that makes no sense. In my opinion, at least. Indy Gold 23:06, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
- I'll respond as soon as I swat this housefly, feed my starfish and cough up a tapeworm. - DavidWBrooks 02:00, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
- There's also the Giant Squid, Scorpion Fly, and African Wild Cat. Point is, people either smush them together or not in common useage, but it doesn't make either wrong for general things. Speaking strictly grammatically though, which is what I was doing, it should be two words. If you're describing something you see, for instance a madeup creature that looks to you like a golden flying snake, it would not be 'Golden Flyingsnake' but instead 'Golden Flying Snake'. Indy Gold 04:30, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
- I'll respond as soon as I swat this housefly, feed my starfish and cough up a tapeworm. - DavidWBrooks 02:00, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
- Logically, as someone who's edited news articles and such professionally for grammar and use of English, there's no reason it should be 'Deathworm' over 'Death Worm'. 'Deathworm' LOOKS cooler, but it should probably really be 'Death Worm', as it's a descriptive name rather than a created/made-up name. Since 'Mongolian', 'Death', and 'Worm' are all different words, just placed together as a descriptive name for the creature, they should be seperate words. If not, to grab a random example, 'Giant Sea Serpent' would be 'Giant Seaserpent', and that makes no sense. In my opinion, at least. Indy Gold 23:06, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
- Whatever is decided - and note that Fortean Times, which is vaguely reputable for this, er, unusual subject, likes it as one word - make sure that somebody makes the move who knows how to make it properly - not just a cut-and-paste. - DavidWBrooks 00:47, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
- See "The Beasts That Hide from Man: Seeking the World's Last Undiscovered Animals" by Karl P.N. Shuker for the "Death Worm" not "Deathworm." It's the largest single source on the critter.Shemale Petticoat 23:29, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
- Whose preferred spelling? Can you point us to a few cites? Curious minds want to know! - DavidWBrooks 13:52, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
African Wildcat, I think. So I'm not sure the rule falls particularly often one way or the other. I mean, AP can't even decide between "backyard" and "back yard"! But I am being pointlessly argumentative; either spelling would be fine - it's just that fixing the redirects hardly seems worth making a change. - DavidWBrooks 10:55, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Inspiration for Dune Sandworm
Could Frank Herbert have patterned the sandworms in the Dune novels from this legendary creature?
[edit] Illustration
I suggest removing the illustration. This shows a segmented worm, which the MDW certainly is not. All the eye-witness accounts describe a reptile-like creature: if you want an image, use a large salami. An artists impression was removed from the orang pendek article on the grounds that one person's imaginative view of a creature was not verifiable information: the same rule should apply more strongly to an inaccurate image. Incidentally, if the MDW is bogus, a great many Mongolians over a very wide area are consistent liars.
[edit] Peace! My computer has a headache!
Perhaps we could just spell it either way?Peace out, dudes!
[edit] Any Mongols?????
I agree with the hippie above me. If its that important of a matter, why can't someone just get a college English professor on here? Puhleeeeeze!
[edit] I am not a hippie,Dude(ette?)!
I am not a hippie, dude.I just believe in world peace! Anyway, why dont they just like, totally add up all the stories and get an illustration out of that?Huh?
