Talk:Peryton (astronomy)

Literature

Why are all the papers in the Literature section listed as being "in German"? I checked the links and in fact none of them are written in German. The notation is especially peculiar considering the fact that, to my knowledge, none of the listed periodicals even publish in German. Nonstopdrivel (talk) 04:24, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

Because the listed papers use a format in German language: {{Literatur | Autor= | Titel= |Jahr= |Sammelwerk= }}

Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 17:44, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

Comment

I was unable to find anything notable about perytons. There seems to be some indication that they are recognized by Astrophysicists, which is the only reason I didn't propose this article for deletion, but the article needs a complete re-write by an expert and not a copy and paste article from some other source. See WP:COPY Ormr2014 | Talk 

Comment 2

As a life-long experimental physicist, I say this note should stay. It's important to document the sometimes weird sources of errors that turn up in experimental science of all sorts. 206.47.113.110 (talk) 18:38, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Yes, the article will stay, as it illustrates the self-correction feature of the scientific method on a high profile mystery. Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 19:33, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Peryton (the animal) isn't mythical

Changed mentions of the namesake imaginary animal to say 'pseudo-mythical' & 'fictional' instead of 'mythical'. Since I'm sure someone is going to miss why I made that edit & comment that myth is the same as fiction, I'll elaborate. While the word 'mythical' does imply something is imaginary; myths just aren't any made-up story. It signifies whatever it is comes from *folklore*, where folklore is stories or knowledge handed down & re-told over generations. You can't just create a myth out of the blue, you can create a story & maybe over time it catches on & becomes a myth. Kindly refer to the relevant pages for myth & folklore to double check me.

As already detailed in the article, the peryton originates from Jorge Luis Borge's 1957 Book of Imaginary Beings. That's a work of fiction, not myth or legend; although Borges was in part trying to deliberately mimick actual myths/legends. Please note that context actually makes the phrase "This name was chosen for these signals because they are man-made but have characteristics that mimick the natural phenomenon..." in the lead make a LOT more sense. A peryton the electromagnetic phenomena is a false astral signal, & a peryton the imaginary animal is a false myth. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.134.30.21 (talk) 03:23, 15 November 2022 (UTC)