Talk:Celtic (disambiguation)
the celtics (in fact celts) - Alentejo arent celtiberians! -Pedro 20:02, 10 May 2005 (UTC)
Stuff on origins of word "celtic" is garbage[edit]
The content on the origins of the word "Celtic" is garbage. The earliest uses of the word are in ancient Greek - keltoi. It also shows up in Latin as a term to decribe what would now be called continental celts. There is no evidence that it was ever used in antiquity to describe the inhabitants of either Britain or Ireland.
The word did not exist in any Viking languages. It also did not exist in the Irish language until it was adopted from the work of overseas antiquarians trying to link their past to the peoples who invaded Greece and Italy, and were conquered by Julius Caesar. Not sure of the date it found its was into Irish, but it certainly wasn't before 1500.
Switched this page with Celtic. Click here for the edit history to the current content prior to today.
Explanation of the change: in line with WP:DAB, Celtic should be the main dab (disambiguation) page; it's the straightforward article title people will recognize in the search box. Links should not in general point to the dab page at all; they should always point to the specific article from the dab page required by the context. The Celtic (disambiguation) page should redirect to the Celtic page: its purpose is to receive links that do want to point to the dab page; they can still point to it through the redirect but the title they actually point to means they don't look like they are accidental and in need of correction. If links appear to be misdirected in this way, they are frequently and repeatedly 'corrected' by people working on projects like disambiguation link repair (You can help!), much to the annoyance of the editors of the page!
Cheers all ~ Veledan • Talk + new 22:56, 6 September 2005 (UTC)