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A misplaced illustration with a misleading caption

"Classic representation of a small fairy with butterfly wings commonly used in modern times. Luis Ricardo Falero, 1888."

It is placed randomly at an end of one section (Characteristics), illustrating literally nothing.

"Classic" should be changed to "modern", and the picture moved to illustrate the Depictions section where the modern concept of fairies with wings is talked about. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.173.104.162 (talk) 09:43, 19 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Repeating my request after 3 weeks with no response. Or just to unblock the article for edits, and I'll probably fix other things too. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.173.114.12 (talk) 16:08, 7 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Partly done: moved image to more relevant section, but rewrote caption as sentence fragment that avoids repetition of "modern". Next time, from the article, click the "View source" tab, then the blue "Submit an edit request" button on the right, and follow the instructions there. That method automatically attaches a template that hails someone to review the request. Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 20:46, 30 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Fairies in Discworld

Should a reference be added to the Discworld portrayal of faries, in the 'In literature ' section? [[User:Qwerfjkl|Qwerfjkl]] [[User talk:Qwerfjkl|talk]] (talk) 20:02, 29 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Probable misspelling in Etymology

Besides the lack of reference for the first paragraph, some other online sources like the Wikitionary and the Online Etymology Dictionary, suggests that the spelling is Faerie or Færie, not Faierie. Neither Faie, but Fae[1][2][3]. Even the source of the second paragraph [4], that credits that "In Old French romance, a faie or fee[...]", does not mention Faierie neither Faie with those spellings, but do mention a Faerie Queene and an Abode of the Faes. Fee, however is in tune to the sources.

The possible misspelling appears five times in three different sentences:

"Faerie, in turn, derives from the Old French form faierie, a derivation from faie (from Vulgar Latin fata) with the abstract noun suffix -erie." -- in the first paragraph.
"In Old French romance, a faie or fee was a woman skilled in magic, and who knew the power and virtue of words, of stones, and of herbs." -- in the second paragraph.
"Faie became Modern English fay, while faierie became fairy, but this spelling almost exclusively refers to one individual (the same meaning as fay). In the sense of "land where fairies dwell", archaic spellings faery and faerie are still in use." -- in the third paragraph.

I suggest to adapt the first sentence to be in a more fine tune with the sources (removing, for example "with the abstract noun suffix -erie.") and then add the mentioned sources, or others. Even Tolkien when mentioning faierie with an i mentions it explaining a mistake made by an Oxford Dictionary edition prior to A.D. 1450^{PDF page 4}.

--Carretinha (talk) 05:53, 7 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Move discussion in progress

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Work of H.P. Lovecraft about Fairy as "Hidden people"

Could just someone edit the rubric "Hidden people" of this page "Fairy" for mention the work of Lovecraft about this ?

In 1932, the famous writer H.P. Lovecraft writes a short text about this thesis :"Some backgrounds of Fairyland" Reference : H.P. Lovecraft. « Some backgrounds of Fairyland » in Marginalia, Arkham House, 1944, p. 174-181. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A01:E0A:A36:1630:A88D:1D8:F5B:5BE7 (talk) 14:16, 3 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The "Demoted Pagan Deities" section, lacks citations

This is my first time suggesting/editing wikipedia, so please go easy on me, also please excuse formatting

"Demoted pagan deities

At one time it was thought that fairies were originally worshiped as deities, such as nymphs and tree spirits,[28] and with the burgeoning predominance of the Christian Church, reverence for these deities carried on, but in a dwindling state of perceived power. Many deprecated deities of older folklore and myth were repurposed as fairies in Victorian fiction (See the works of W. B. Yeats for examples)."

The "Demoted Pagan Deities" section only has a single example/citation. There really should be more than a source citation if possible.

SARankDirector (talk) 15:15, 16 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

New section drafted on "Christian belief in fairies" by modern Christian theologians and philosophers

I've drafted a section on several modern Christian theologians and philosophers who have written about the reality of fairies: [[David Bentley Hart}}, John Milbank, Stephen R. L. Clark, C. S. Lewis, and J. R. R. Tolkien. This content, if others agree that it is relevant to the article, might be better integrated into the rest of the outline, but I did not see an obvious location for it. Feedback and suggestions much appreciated. Jjhake (talk) 03:43, 11 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]