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"Mermaids:Real or Fake?" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Mermaids:Real or Fake? and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 September 17#Mermaids:Real or Fake? until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. TNstingray (talk) 20:28, 17 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Mermaids never existed as you may well know there is no evidence to say they exist 5.198.40.71 (talk) 11:37, 3 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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This the original sentence: Philippines In the Tagalog language mermaids are nown as sirena and siyokoy respectively.[225]

It SHOULD be: Philippines In the Tagalog language mermaids and mermen are known as sirena and siyokoy respectively.[225]

Basically there's one spelling mistake and an error of omission (the word mermen is missing)

Here's my source ^[1] TheOverlyCautiousHero (talk) 06:58, 25 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Wikipedia article as a source is not allowed per WP:CIRCULAR. — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 10:53, 25 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I went ahead and fixed the typo. No source needed for that! P Aculeius (talk) 22:36, 26 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siyokoy_(Philippine_mythology)

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I would like to request that information added includes that the original folklore that included mermaids was from the Caribbean Kirstoll (talk) 22:00, 26 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Cannolis (talk) 03:23, 27 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siyokoy_(Philippine_mythology)

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+:Mermaids never existed as you may well know there is no evidence to say they exist [[Special:Contributions/5.198.40.71|5.198.40.71]] ([[User talk:5.198.40.71|talk]]) 11:37, 3 April 2023 (UTC)
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