Talk:Goetia

Pronunciation

As Goetia is a word of Greek origin, I'd imagine its original pronunciation to have been goi'tia, and hence its pronunciation in Modern English to be gee'sha. Still, a guide would be helpful -- anything to prevent the ignorant from saying goat-ia (as if it had something to do with goats!) Nuttyskin (talk) 17:37, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

I find this: "The correct pronunciation of goetia is goh-eh-tee-ah. Pronunciation of Latin words, especially those taken from Greek that weren't used by the Roman, are difficult to trace, and this is the case with goetia. As a consequence, many people pronounce goetia as go-eh-sha, but this is probably a pronunciation based on how the sequence "tia" is usually pronounced in English. The pronunciation of the "tia" sequence in Classical Latin is tee-ahm, for example in the word etiam, which is pronounced eh-tee-ahm." Skyerise (talk) 17:42, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

Citations are needed for such claims. --Omnipaedista (talk) 21:39, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

Then place a citation needed tag. Skyerise (talk) 00:40, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

Repetitive

Most of the text in the “history of grimoires” section is just rephrased from the intro and expanded a little. Maybe it would be better to cut the stuff from the intro and just save it all for “history of grimoires”? WiseAdam (talk) 14:33, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

No, because its needed for context here. Summarizing a portion of another article's relevant content for context is not unusual. See WP:SUMMARYSTYLE. Skyerise (talk) 00:43, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

Question about script

Greeting! I've read this wonderful article and decided to translate it in Ukrainian so more people can read about it. However I've stumbled upon a problem with references to the source, because every citation says "Script error: Function "harvard_core" does not exist."

Can someone please tell me about this script and how can I implement it in Ukrainian Wikipedia so the citations are properly displayed?

Thanks in advance! Taxfrest (talk) 11:00, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

@Taxfrest: here might be a place to start Template:Citation/core and/or Module:Citation/CS1. I've never really looked too deeply into how the citation templates are supported... Skyerise (talk) 11:58, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

Requested move 5 March 2025

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Frost 09:09, 12 March 2025 (UTC)

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Sorcery (goetia) → Goetia – Goetia may be a subtopic of Sorcery, but it is only part of the topic and has its own unambigious name, Goetia. Diclosure: I created the article at this title, not sure what I was thinking. Skyerise (talk) 02:47, 5 March 2025 (UTC)

• Support per nomination. Since the word already redirects here, and you've determined that your initial placement was incorrect, why not just move the page (probably non-controversial). Randy Kryn (talk) 12:45, 5 March 2025 (UTC)

  Because I don't have the ability to delete the redirect and based on past moves I've made, can't assume it's not controversial. Also, a history merge is probably in order as there was content at the destination at one time. I don't mind waiting for support. Skyerise (talk) 23:01, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

• Support per nom. I have no particular expertise in this topic but the reasoning is sound. -- Avocado (talk) 13:05, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.