Talk:Takhisis

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Takhisis and Tiamat[edit]

If Takhisis and Tiamat are distinct, why is a picture of Tiamat used in Tiamat (Dungeons & Dragons) used for Takhisis? Is Takhisis supposed to be an alternate universe version of Tiamat, or something? In general the articles fail to make clear what the supposed distinction between the two is. If this confusion is present in the source material, fine, but then this should be mentioned. 82.92.119.11 14:44, 22 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

To my knowledge there is no such direct comparison in the Dragonlance modules or novels. The confusion stems only from the re-use of stock artwork which TSR had the habit of doing for many years to save money when producing a new book, and the vague literary parallel of a dragon goddess with multiple heads. -Dawson 14:52, 22 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, my bad for not reading the Tiamat article more closely, which claims that all these "dragon goddesses" are supposed to be distinct aspects of one entity (most likely to retcon the problem out of existence after the concept was enthusiastically copied and modified in various settings).

It's slightly amusing that Wikipedia repeats the stock artwork issue by using the same picture (Image:Tiamat p93.jpg, identified as a picture of Tiamat) for both articles. 82.92.119.11 17:19, 22 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Third Dragon War[edit]

I've changed the text to refer to Huma driving Takhisis out during the Third Dragon War, not the first. This is backed up by the Dragonlance Campaign Setting, among other sources. --Jelloman 14:20, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That is fine enough. I have corrected yesterday that the War of the Lance is the Fourth Dragon War, but haven't had the time to correct all the other wars around. -- ReyBrujo 14:42, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

New Image[edit]

I've added an image on this page, which is an image described as Tiamat, the D&D goddess, however it is pulled from the novel, "Dark Queen of Krynn", which is obviously Takhisis, and thus I believe it can be used on each article. Does anyone dispute this? Dooms Day34 9 03:29, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

So it was pulled from "Dark Queen of Krynn" an not "A Rainy Day for Tiamat"? Sounds like it is Tak's image AND painting and not Tiamat's. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.184.241.144 (talk) 01:42, 30 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tiamat[edit]

Tiamat and Takhisis are completely different Goddesses. They are both five headed dragons, though. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.2.96.41 (talk • contribs).

Redirecting[edit]

Per the redirecting of all the other Dragonlance god articles on the cleanup of List of Dragonlance deities, I also wish to redirect this article on Takhisis. The cleaned section on her in the main list provides all the information necessary and eliminates the need for this extraneous article. If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask. I'll leave a timeframe of two days open before I redirect this again, in order to wait for comment. Dooms Day349 15:54, 28 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding Notability[edit]

Please see notability discussion in the talk page for fellow Dragonlance deity, Paladine. Support for the notability of this article is similar in form to the support for notability of Paladine, but can be paraphrased as "Dragonlance is notable, Takhisis is a notable part of Dragonlance, therefore the article on Takhisis is notable." Dalamori (talk) 19:53, 7 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You are basically asserting that notability is inherited; it is not. See WP:RS. Cheers, Jack Merridew 08:49, 8 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like we're going to finish this debate principally on Talk:Paladine (Dragonlance), so let's table this for now, until that discussion has reached a conclusion. Dalamori (talk) 00:10, 11 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No, the notability of each topic must be examined separately. So far there are no reliable sources cited in this article, and so the notability cleanup template should remain. --Gavin Collins (talk) 08:56, 11 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Concur; and please do not make undiscussed copy-pastes of templates that have wide consensus. Cheers, Jack Merridew 09:01, 11 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Compars[edit]

With article about Paladine we can read about comparisons with other fictional characters. And how Takhisis can be compared with? Colours of dragons reminds colours from M:tG but I think it isn't purposeful. But she is archetypical, like Paladine so maybe can we find comparings with mythology, for example Ereshkigal or Hel? And some fictional characters can have the same source. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.181.9.151 (talk) 13:59, 22 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, Merge or Keep?[edit]

Deletion of this article has been recently suggested by User:TTN with the text "Fails WP:GNG". Following, User:BOZ has suggested a merge rather than deletion instead.

I have removed the deletion prod, as I think this is not a case of "uncontroversial deletion". There are quite a number of secondary sources, and the amount of text based on secondary rather than primary sources is not so small, so in my opinion this should not be deleted. I would be fine with a merge to List of Dragonlance characters, but would personally prefer keeping it as an article. Daranios (talk) 22:06, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I am of a like mind that it can be kept, but a merge is preferable to deletion. BOZ (talk) 22:07, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]