Category talk:Given names

message: I think it will be difficult to decide whether the contents of these articles belong in a dictionary or an encyclopedia. Certainly, while name etymology and international variations may, information about name popularity in various regions at various times does not seem to belong in a dictionary. Other details of onomastics, such as nicknames, how a particular name is typical of a culture at a specific time, etc, are also not relevant to a dictionary, but would fit well with Wikipedia. --jnothman talk 02:37, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I concur. --Joy [shallot] 10:25, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Move to [[Wiktionary]]?

message: Could we incorporate the pronunciation of names in the given name articles? I know there are many names out there that have people confused on the pronunciation. Having a quick pronunciation guide will help them. What do others think? JMlover 19:14, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation 

message: There are many Wikipedias in other languages which maintain separate categories for male and female given names.  How could we go about that here, when there are a few names shared by males and females, etc.?  - GilliamJF 04:51, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Categorize the names by sex? 

message: Remove Adam (disambiguation).  Under it is the name Adam which goes directly to the article name adam. So take the disambiguation out.  {i took it out} If you don't think its right, u can put it back but please let me know why in my page. Thanks!
Baby16 23:00, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remove Adam (disambiguation) 

message: You forgot the name 'Warren' under 'W'.
68.43.129.184 22:12, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Warren 

message: You also forgot 'Apollo' and 'Artemis'.
68.43.129.184 22:15, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Two 'A' Names 

message: You guys wrote 'Z' without including Zachary?!? What's wrong with you?!
68.43.129.184 22:28, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for your suggestion! When you feel an article needs improvement, please feel free to make those changes.  Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone can edit almost any article by simply following the  link at the top. You don't even need to log in (although there are many reasons why you might want to).  The Wikipedia community encourages you to be bold in updating pages. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes — they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. If you're not sure how editing works, check out how to edit a page, or use the sandbox to try out your editing skills.  New contributors are always welcome. -- JHunterJ 22:48, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

text: *Damn near two years later, and this still wasn't fixed.  How about some sensible suggestions; if you assume the editor is a newbie, the suggestions above by JHunterJ are pretty much useless in this particular case?  I'll make it a subheader here:  Gene Nygaard (talk) 14:08, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Aw, come on! 

message: Why can't someone find a name they are interest in here?  There are three likely possibilities:
#A strange notion embodied in the big tag at the top of the page about "moving" articles to subcategories, that that you should have to know the national or ethnic source of a name, or the gender of the name-holder, or both, in order to find a name.  Look through the tree of subcategories.
##But you should realize that for many of the multi-ethnic names, you might find them only under Chinese given names or one of the other subcategories, not necessarily all appropriate subcategories.
##Note also that the breakdown by sex isn't just by male and female; there are also special categories for "unisex" names.
#A name might redirect to another disamguation page which might appear nearby or in a part of this category listing far removed from it.  That redirect could have been categorized, but hasn't been yet.  If you don't know how to do it, see JHunterJ's suggestions in the main section above, and Wikipedia:Redirects and Wikipedia:Categorization for more information.  
#You just have a weird name. Gene Nygaard (talk) 14:08, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Why can't I find my name here?

message: Downloadable version (CSV file) or printable version of all the given names that exists ? 192.197.72.1 (talk) 22:24, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Downloadable version (CSV file) or printable version of all the given names that exists ?