Talk:Genie (disambiguation)
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Last night I added something to the introductory line of this disambiguation page, but this was removed an hour later by The Magnificent Clean-keeper because 'Details belong (and are) sourced in the article'. However, I think my edit was in line with the instructions on Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Disambiguation_pages.
In the introductory line, the primary meaning of the word is explained. 'Genie' has two primary meanings from which almost all meaning are derived. Originally it meant 'guardian angel' and the word was derived from the Roman genius. Later it became more common to use the word for djinn. (BTW In Dutch, for example, 'genius' is sometimes used as a translation for 'djinni'.) I think the original meaning genius should definitely be included in this disambiguation list, possibly as a seperate item but I thought the introductory line was the best fit.
The Manual of Style also says (see Linking to a primary topic) that in case the primary topic is a redirect (as in this case since the original page genie was moved to jinn a few years ago), the introductory line preferrably mentions the topic in both ways. Example: "A cosmonaut or astronaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft", the introductory line of Cosmonaut (disambiguation), cosmonaut being a redirect to astronaut. Therefore I think it was correct that I inserted the word "jinni" after the word 'genie' (the singular/plural problem made it a bit more complex than in the cosmonaut example).