Talk:Figurehead (object)
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Should this article be disambiguated into two separate articles: One dealing with wooden figureheads and one dealing with political figureheads? —Daelin 17:55, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- I think it should. Figurehead and Figurehead (political), perhaps. --Quuxplusone 22:06, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Copyvio?
Half a paragraph of the naval-figurehead text is the same as this page: http://www.seabritain2005.com/upload/pdf/History_of_Ship_Figureheads.pdf
SeaBritain:
- At the height of the Baroque period ships' figureheads could grow to perfectly absurd sizes, in the case of first-rate ships of the line twinned port and starboard, larger-than-life equestrian sculptures of the reigning monarch riding roughshod over sundry enemies with attendant cherubs and nymphs were not unheard of, several tons of zero-utility carved-work all told.
Wikipedia:
- At the height of the Baroque ships' figureheads could grow to perfectly absurd sizes, in the case of first-rate ships of the line twinned port&starboard, larger-than-life equestrian sculptures of the reigning monarch riding rougshod over sundry enemies with attendant cherubs and nymphs were not unheard of, several tons of zero-utility carved-work all told.
I don't know whether it's a copyvio by User:Lordhoweno, or just an uncredited swipe by SeaBritain2005.com. If Lordhoweno could explain one way or the other, that would be helpful. I'm going to remove the grammatical mistakes and try to reword the para. --User:Quuxplusone, 18 May 2005
Is there another word for a figurehead? --ElfWord 16:19, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Missing history
Figureheads weren't invented in the 16th century. They have a history going back to Ancient Egypt and the Phonecians. Viking longboats had carved dragon heads at the front of the ships and as far as I know, late medieval ships had them as well.
