Talk:List of confederations of Germanic tribes

Regn-

regna or regnum? --Yak 16:22, Apr 3, 2004 (UTC)

My guess is that regna probably is in the nominative case, while regnum is in the accusative or dative case, but that is just a guess. 惑乱 分からん 00:36, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

"Franconian"

"Franconian" points here, but no reference is given. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Marcov (talk • contribs) 20:37, 18 August 2006 UTC

Important confederations left out

The most famous and important confederations are not mentioned: Franks, Alemanians, Saxons, Bayuvarians. Truchses 20:32, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Frankly, I would support removing or merging the confederations list; it doesn't really seem to have much to do with the Sippe. The Jade Knight (talk) 10:23, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

I agree, the conferderation list is not partulcarly related to the sib in this context. I suggest separating the two, and creating an own sib article. –Holt T•C 13:07, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Olbia

Olbia was not located in modern Odessa, I fixed that.--Igor "the Otter" 20:30, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Split

Why was this split without discussion or rationale? The article topic used to be the formation of bands or confederations in early Germanic society. Now we have a naked list article, and a leftover "Sibb" stub. Hardly an improvement. --dab (𒁳) 07:05, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Ah, I see a 'rationale' was posted yesterday, under Important confederations left out above. Well. It's not a great idea to "fix" issues in an article by creating two stub articles with issues. The way forward is to build a comprehensive article on "confederations and bands in early Germanic society". Yes, that would require work. --dab (𒁳) 12:42, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Hello, Dieter. I apologize for any inconvenience I may have created, I got busy yesterday and did not make to finish what I had started. I was in fact not aware that there was a Sippe article, it all seems to be much of a mess. I would have commented differently if I had known. My original plan was to separate the information of the sippe from this article and give it a new and better home. I have gathered a bunch of references and I am currently trying to stitch the various patches together.

As the confederations and the sib, sippe, *sibbja, whatever you choose to call them, are only loosely related, I think there should be detailed articles on each individual concept, while a head article summarizes the different aspects of the "confederations and bands in early Germanic society" you suggested (or something similar, you get my drift). Cf. Death in Norse paganism as the head article, while Viking funeral, Hel (location) and Valhalla are all independent, elaborate and well-written sub-articles. If all aspects are to be explained in one single article, it can get rather confusing.

I hope we can continue towards a common goal on this one, I will use the Sippe talk page for any further questions and notes. –Holt T•C 15:27, 9 September 2008 (UTC)