Talk:Éowyn

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Phrasing in lead - suggested change[edit]

I don't really like the phrasing of "she calls herself a shieldmaiden". Saying that "she claims to be" as opposed to "she is" has the implication that she thinks she is a shieldmaiden but in fact isn't. Clearly our goal is not to claim something about a character is truth just because they say it is but given that she (and Merry) were able to Kill the Witch-king when no other could I would argue she did prove her worth as a soldier of Rohan. I made an edit changing this and it (reasonably) was reverted by @Chiswick Chap because "shieldmaiden" isn't modern language used in wikipedia. Maybe it could be rephrased some way that avoid this issue but still uses modern English? I'm pretty new to wikipedia so I don't know the ins and outs of how everything should be done so I won't push it if nobody agrees with my but just wanted to suggest this. Flaming Hot Mess of Confusion (talk) 13:48, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've changed "calls" to "describes", which is certainly neutral, and certainly correct. Chiswick Chap (talk) 13:54, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]