Talk:Eye Symbol

Should This Article Be Merged?

Should this be merged with Sheikah? It seems silly to separate the two, being as they are so closely connected. --~Count Olaf~ 22:54, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

For Merging

I honestly don't think the eye symbol (without the tear) merits a page. I think the Sheikah symbol part should be merged, and the other parts deleted. I mean, it's not like it is the confirmed symbol of evil. --~Count Olaf~ 02:00, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Against Merging

No. The Sheikah symbol is an eye with a tear. Just an eye is the generic symbol for evil. They are not the same thing. User:Triforce of the Gods/sig 23:41, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

These pages shouldn't be merged. As stated by TotG the eye symbol and Sheikah symbol are slightly varied. Not on all of the occasions that the eye symbol is seen in TLOZ series does it necessarily refer to the Sheikah, such as in aLttP and in the Twilight Realm. User:Melchizedek/sig 00:09, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

The pages shouldn't be merged. As stated, the eye may/does not always refer to the Sheikah tribe. Although, the Eye Symbol article is in need of attention. --DekuLink 03:15, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Sheikah Symbol, not Eye Symbol

I suggest that this page be renamed to Sheikah Symbol. Granted the symbol has been used by non-Sheikah folk before, the symbol primarily represents the Sheikah. This is especially noticable in Impa's sage window in The Wind Waker and in The Shadow Temple, as the 'face walls' resemble the symbol if closely looked at. Plus Impa and Shiek obviously wear the symbol. As you can see, it better represents the Sheikah and should be called the Sheikah Symbol. The Goron Moron 09:06, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

I disagree. Entitling it Sheikah Symbol makes it sound like this is suddenly only the Sheikah symbol, which it isn't. I think the article would be best as Eye Symbol, referencing its similarities to the Sheikah, but having space for the many non-Sheikah references. I feel Sheikah Symbol is jumping to a biased conclusion, which isn't something an encyclopaedia should do. User:Melchizedek/sig 09:55, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

As the opening paragraph points out, the eye symbol "is often associated with the Sheikah tribe". It's not exclusively used in connection with them, and there at least two recognisable variants (with or without teardrop), possibly more. It's actually quite a generic symbol, hence the generic name. The only other option I could see would be to split the article into "Eye Symbol" and "Sheikah Symbol", but I don't believe that there's enough factual evidence to do that without guessing or making assumptions. User:Adam/sig 16:21, 2 May 2009 (UTC)