Talk:Serena

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I removed "Serena, a bondage model." This is the same person as the 'erotic actress'. I made a redirect page for Serena (model). Wisco 01:46, 2 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

background section[edit]

This part needs to be rewritten:

"As you may or may not know, Serena is a Latin name" Referencing the reader isn't very encyclopedic, and "is a latin name" doesn't sound like it either, but i won't hold that against it.

"The meaning of the name Serena is both calm and peaceful one from the Roman Christains."

I'm not really sure what this part is saying. Is it saying that the meaning is a calm and peaceful one? If so, what IS the meaning then? Is it saying the meaning is calm AND peaceful? If so it's really awkwardly written, it should be something like "the meaning is calm, or peaceful, as in serenity" (I'm guessing serenity and serena are related somehow. And i know that rewrite isn't particularly good either, but i'm just saying HOW it should be written, not WHAT should be written).

And "From the Roman Christains"? Obviously it should be Christians, but i don't believe Roman Christian is a source for etymology, especially when it clearly states above that it comes from Latin. If ANYTHING (i think nothing would be preferable in reference to it), it MIGHT work to say it was common or first widely used (if in fact it was) by the Roman Christian in _____ AD/CE or BC, but I'm not sure if the religion really is relevant here.

"Baby names that sound like Serena are Sarena and Syrena." Seems really irrelevant, MAYBE statistics like how common of a name it is, but you'd need a lot more info before you add that. Calling it a baby name is pointless as well, as almost all modern societies don't have different names for babies and adults. Even if they did, or even as just "names that sound like", it doesn't seem very relevant at all.

Somebody should edit this part. Maybe if nobody else does for a while i will. -Indalcecio (talk) 08:23, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]