Forum:Proposed name change: "QuoteUnquote:" to "Unquotable:"
I'm seeing some hints of potential support for the idea of renaming the QuoteUnquote section to Unquotable, if only for consistency with the other "Uncyclomedia" projects (which all have names like "UnNews," "UnMeta," UnWhatever). I would very much like for this to happen (I also think the new name would be a tad funnier), and I'll do as much of the work as necessary, though I'm hoping Hymie the Spelchek Bot can help with some a lot all of it.
It's a fairly substantive change, so if nobody minds, could we put this to a vote, uh... please? c • > • cunwapquc? 00:29, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
For
- c • > • cunwapquc? 00:29, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
- Ayyyyyyy.--The One and Only Czar Yah 00:31, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
- I support this product and/or service. --Sivius 00:41, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
- Because some user chose the wrong name. --Sbluen 00:50, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
- Hey, it's your baby (sorta)... I like 'em both, but I suppose Unquotable does stick with the theme a bit better. -- Imrealized 01:03, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
- --Brigadier General Sir Zombiebaron 02:10, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
- Matches "Wikiquote" better, actually...wouldn't mind changing it to "Unquote" but that's not really up to me. t o m p k i n s blah. ﺞوﻦ וףה ՃՄ ண்ஸ ފއހ วอฏม +տ trade websites 02:15, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
- As long as you capitalize the Q (ie. "UnQuotable"). —Sir Major Hinoa [TALK] [KUN] 02:17, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
- Strongly for and also for full namespacing, because the idea of having "Unquotable talk" pages fills me with stupid glee. --Algorithm 02:29, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
- The obvious choice. --Uncyclon - Do we still link to BENSON? 03:39, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
- For'ish. The lesser of two evils. --Splaka 05:21, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
- For. --User:Nintendorulez 12:48, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
- Sure, do it. Though I'm not that bothered, really. --Hindleyite | PL | GUN | WOTM | Image Review - Use it | Converse 12:52, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
- yep TZM 14:56, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
- For. -L 13:09, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
- Fo schizzle I always wanted just "UnQuote" but this works too. --Nerd42Talk 17:06, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
- Fork Make it UnQuotable, though. Lokine + myTalk 17:31, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
- For. - User:Guest/sig 18:02, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
- For because that's what all the cool kids are doing. Superbo 21:43, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
Against
- QuoteUnquote is funnier, and I believe there was a vote on it some time ago. 01:35, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
- Same reason. Why be a slave to conformity and change a decent name to a dull one? FreeMorpheme 11:54, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- I like the name "QuoteUnquote." Crazyswordsman 01:20, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Indifferent
- I really don't care. - Sir Real Hamster {la} {talk} {contribs} 01:51, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
- Me neither. -- The Colonel (talk) 14:41, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
- MEH! ~ 14:48, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
- poopychunk -- 14:37, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
- Upon seeing that the voting is over, I just wanted to get this meh in.--<<>> 01:06, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
And the winner is...
OK, I'm fairly satisfied that this constitutes what the Wikipedia folks would call a "consensus," and I'm just about ready to go ahead with this within the next 24-48 hours. Thanks to everyone for voting, and sorry to those of you who preferred to maintain the status quo... Don't worry, though, there are valuable consolation prizes waiting for you behind Door Number Three...
As for the issue of upper-casing the "Q," I'd prefer not to do that, if only because "Unquotable" is a real, usable word - unlike "UnNews" or "UnBestiary," for example. But everyone should feel free to upper-case the "Q" in main namespace content pages as you see fit, and I promise not to fuss about it. (What would happen if I did? Nothing, right?) What I intend to do initially, though, is make the existing bio page links look like this:
...Except in cases like Anonymous and God, which I'll probably just keep as "Making up Anonymous Quotes" and "Making up God Quotes." Anyone can change those too, though, and I won't fuss about that either. I'm usually not all that fussy about anything, actually, except maybe cheese. (The food, not the article.)
Last but not least, this is a fairly labor-intensive process, so if anyone wants to help, the tasks can be organized this-a-way:
- Move/edit support pages (such as Unquotable:Manual of Tackiness and Unquotable:Policies) - DONE
- Move/edit Main Page versions - DONE
- Move/edit Unquotable:NavTemplate - DONE
- Change existing "Making Up ___ Quotes" redirects - DONE (I hope)
- Move/edit content pages - DONE
- Fix/change direct links elsewhere on the site (see QuoteUnquote:Litterbox) - Done, except for userspace links
#QVFD all deprecated logo images (Overwrote existing logo images)
...Only the last of these ought to be done in sequence (i.e., last). And hopefully I won't leave any double-redirects lying around... I think I missed one last time, actually! Baaaad Some user! c • > • cunwapquc? 19:12, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
- Hymie has done this with the zork pages. He should do this. --Sbluen 22:49, 30 July 2006 (UTC)