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:* [[File:Symbol possible vote.svg|16px]] It is new enough, long enough, well cited, including the hook fact, doesn't seem to plagiarise, and is generally good and interesting. However, there is a problem with alternating between treating the subject as a historical figure and a mythological figure, and the effect is particularly jarring in the lead, which states in part "[He] was an early Irish saint, the subject of various legends. He was a hermit, slew monsters and persuaded kings to submit to him through miracles." I think this one is good to go if the nominator just tweaked the lead a bit to make clear that ''according to legend'', he slew monsters... etc. [[User:Hamiltonstone|hamiltonstone]] ([[User talk:Hamiltonstone|talk]]) 11:37, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
  
 
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Mac Creiche

  • ... that Mac Creiche, an early Irish saint, may have originally been a pagan hero?

Created by Aymatth2 (talk). Self nominated at 14:36, 12 March 2014 (UTC).

  • Symbol possible vote.svg It is new enough, long enough, well cited, including the hook fact, doesn't seem to plagiarise, and is generally good and interesting. However, there is a problem with alternating between treating the subject as a historical figure and a mythological figure, and the effect is particularly jarring in the lead, which states in part "[He] was an early Irish saint, the subject of various legends. He was a hermit, slew monsters and persuaded kings to submit to him through miracles." I think this one is good to go if the nominator just tweaked the lead a bit to make clear that according to legend, he slew monsters... etc. hamiltonstone (talk) 11:37, 17 March 2014 (UTC)