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Talk:Apple of Discord

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"The French Realist painter Gustave Courbet submitted a still life painting of apples to the 1872 Salon. His submission became extremely controversial because of his role in the Paris Commune, and so was soon dubbed the 'apples of discord'."

In spite of Gustave Courbet's august name, this anecdote is as trivial and irrelevant to the reader's understanding of the subject of this article as any video game appearance or the like. Knowing what the "Apple of Discord" is, is quite relevant to getting the point of the anecdote; the converse does not follow: the anecdote adds nothing to the reader's understanding of "Apple of Discord". I haven't deleted it; but doesn't everyone understand the concept? --Wetman 05:05, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Personally, I understand nothing - and find that works best for me.

Hail Er...O never-mind.Really2012back (talk) 18:29, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Those with content, contribute content to articles: those with talk, contribute talk to talkpages. Something for everyone at Wikipedia. --Wetman (talk) 20:46, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Kallisti is the method of transcribing the modern Greek pronunciation of the same letters. I think it would be more neutral to call it an "alternative," "unconventional" or even "nonstandard" rendering of the original. We have many Latinized Greek terms that are much further from the originals that we would never call "incorrect," such as Hercules.