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-== Wamsley book ==
-I removed [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Mothman&type=revision&diff=946722602&oldid=946720427 material added] and cited to a self published book by Mothman Press and Museum operator Jeff Wamsley that promotes a credulous and sensationalized narrative [https://www.mothmanmuseum.com/store/p44/AUTOGRAPHED_EDITION__%22Behind_the_Red_Eyes%22%2FJeff_Wamsley_.html]. Not a [[WP:FRIND]] source. - [[User:LuckyLouie|LuckyLouie]] ([[User talk:LuckyLouie|talk]]) 16:26, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
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-== Killer Moth ==
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-{{ping|LuckyLouie}} As a non-native English speaker, I am always glad when my grammar is improved. However, your [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Mothman&type=revision&diff=1000080182&oldid=1000035686 edit] does not make me totally lucky, for the following reasons: The name ''Mothman'' was used in the local media quite from the very beginning, see for example [https://themothman.fandom.com/wiki/Mason_Countians_Hunt_%27Moth_Man%27 here] and [http://www.wvculture.org/history/notewv/mothman3.jpg here] in [[The Herald-Dispatch]]. So, when there is a source claiming "As the story spread beyond West Virginia, other newspapers coined new names... One Midwest editor apparently decided to name it after one of the villains - "Killer Moth" - from the then popular Batman TV show", we know from the facts that this is not to be taken at face value. Further, it remains a fact that also [https://books.google.at/books?id=5soL2qxSBDgC&pg=PA207&dq=batman&hl=de&sa=X&ei=baU6U6XNIOmF4ATY-IGQAg&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=batman&f=false Batman himself] is credited as an influence. Overall, I think it is legit to tell the readers of the many names used for the creature in an explicit way. So, I would like to restore the section, with some adaptions, but in principle as it was. --[[User:KnightMove|KnightMove]] ([[User talk:KnightMove|talk]]) 18:32, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
+== "Leurozancla" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]] ==
-: Thanks for starting a Talk page discussion. Since the newspaper clipping from November 17 uses the name “mothman”, I’m OK with saying something like “newspapers soon coined the term “Mothman”...” and referencing the fictional enemy of Batman. The text you had previously inserted gave the impression that the name was coined by the first claimants on the day of the first report, which is simply not the case.  - [[User:LuckyLouie|LuckyLouie]] ([[User talk:LuckyLouie|talk]]) 20:07, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
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