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This article has previously been nominated to be moved. Discussions: RM, Beltane → Bealtaine, no consensus, 4 May 2021, (discussion)

Running around the tree with ribbons or strokes of paper reminds me of the may-tree which some villages in the south of the netherlands(where i live) plant in the beginning of may. It is an unusual high (it's very high, 25 meters or something) tree with only some green leaves at the top and it has some ribbons in usually yellow and white hanging from it. It simbolises fertility, just like the beltane feast in Wicca. Thought you might like to know ;) -Gwynn

In his "Stations of the Sun" (Oxford), the British historian Ronald Hutton says the historical record in the British Isles does not support the ribbon-weaving dance as having any greater antiquity than the 1840's or so. People danced around maypoles for many centuries before that, just not doing the ribbon-weaving thing until well into the 19th century...

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Alpha2 5232 (talk) 08:07, 2 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Why, when the article is about Celtic festivals, which are named in various Gaelic languages, is the dominant (outsider) Anglo-Saxon culture’s spelling used as the title? Galliv (talk) 03:39, 6 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent question - also raised in the section above. I'm going to be

bold and move to the correct Gaelic spelling. Bastun^{Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ!} 09:44, 23 October 2023 (UTC)[reply

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And in doing the move, I see @CeltBrowne: had already done the same move in 2021, but for some reason the move back doesn't show in the logs? Odd. Bastun^{Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ!} 09:47, 23 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I've reverted this move... as noted, this was previously rejected in an RM discussion. Main reason is that Beltane is the

WP:COMMONNAME spelling in English reliable sources, which is what Wikpiedia goes with as a policy.  — Amakuru (talk) 10:13, 23 October 2023 (UTC)[reply

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It wasn't rejected, there was no consensus for the move, and it appears to be over whether

MOS:TIES does or does not apply, but point taken, I missed the RM discussion linked above, and the original RM discussion itself, which seems to have had a massive eight participants. I may propose another RM at some point. Bastun^{Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ!} 10:50, 23 October 2023 (UTC)[reply

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Because this is the English Wikipedia not the Gaelic Wikipedia, and we use the name most common in English, just like we do for articles on anything that has a different spelling or name in another language. MClay1 (talk) 11:37, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The listed pronunciation in IPA at the start of the article is not what I expected, so I looked at the two sources that are linked. Both of them have a completely different pronunciation. Why are there cites to dictionaries that completely refute the listed pronunciation? I think either the IPA listed should be changed to match the links, or if the IPA listed is "correct", then someone should add cites proving the correctness. Derekt75 (talk) 17:43, 3 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]