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The numbers are wrong.

I thought while I was reading the article that it seemed off, but then when I got to this statement, I was sure of it: "While such negative or skeptical ideas remained the majority positions for Christians, some exceptions can be found such as the Scottish minister Robert Kirk who wrote The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns and Fairies in the later seventeenth century (1893)." -- 1893 is the 19th century! I fear more century/year numbers are off as well, and the article needs to be checked. 2600:6C5D:5800:1:8CFD:A17B:722F:110A (talk) 07:54, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 31 December 2024

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In article lead, please change "land of Fairy" to "Fairyland" and remove citation needed marker. Jmoore9393 (talk) 15:41, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Already done Hyphenation Expert (talk) 00:23, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Add to Category:Romani folklore per Romani folklore. 66.179.190.46 (talk) 18:43, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: Romani are not mentioned anywhere in this article. LizardJr8 (talk) 13:26, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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In this sentence:

The Tuatha Dé Danann are a race of supernaturally-gifted people in Irish mythology

Please link the phrase "Irish mythology". And in this phrase (one subsection later):

The aos sí is the Irish term for a supernatural race in Irish, comparable to the fairies or elves

Please delink "Irish". The link goes to Irish mythology, which (1) isn't needed once it's linked in the previous subsection, and (2) due to the piping, could easily be interpreted as a link to Irish language or something of the sort. 203.13.77.247 (talk) 00:27, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done Makes sense, thanks. DrOrinScrivello (talk) 13:51, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not enough sources

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Sections of this article seem to rely heavily on a few specific books that are not immediately accessible online. I'd like to suggest a need for more sources in general, but for this semi-protected request - Could someone please add a Citation Needed at the end both of the following two concurrent excerpts:

Millers were thought by the Scots to be "no canny", owing to their ability to control the forces of nature, such as fire in the kiln, water in the burn, and for being able to set machinery a-whirring.

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Superstitious communities sometimes believed that the miller must be in league with the fairies. In Scotland, fairies were often mischievous and to be feared.

Thank you! ~2026-31332-25 (talk) 02:52, 25 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Good catch. Qshilks (talk) 10:42, 25 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]