Talk:Special page names/la

initial proposal

This is a proposal for the special page names for the Latin localization (la) of the MediaWiki software.

My proposal differs in some ways from the existing special page titles. My goal was to make it easy for the user both (a) to recognize what the special page does and (b) easily to remember the correct special page name when looking for a given special page again. To that end, the names I propose generally follow the structure

• object(s) property (e. g. "Paginae longae") or
• object(s) action (e. g. "Conventum aperire")

(although there are some exceptions to this rule, see below). As a side effect of this naming scheme, special pages that deal with the same object will be grouped next to each other on the alphabetical list of special pages la:Specialis:Specialpages.

The special page names should be chosen carefully: While it would, in principle, be possible to remove again a name that has been badly chosen, this would break all links that have been using this name in the meantime.

Note that the special page name (which is part of the URL displayed in the browser's address bar) needs not necessarily be identical to the title of the special page (displayed as a large heading on the special page and used on the list of special pages la:Specialis:SpecialPages). Nevertheless, I am proposing to use the same text for both the page name and the page title for every special page.

All names are case-insensitive. The first listed alias will be used as the default. Aliases from the fallback localisation (English) will be included by default. That means that e. g. [[Specialis:Contributions/UV]] or [[Special:Contributions/UV]] will continue to work and will redirect automatically to [[Specialis:Conlationes usoris/UV]] (or whatever translation we agree on).

Feel free to make and discuss whatever changes you would like to propose! --UV 14:36, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

T … type, S … core MediaWiki software, E … MediaWiki extension
current title … current title on la.wikipedia.org

T	SpecialPage	current title	proposed title	remarks
S	Allmessages	Nuntia systematis	Nuntia systematis
S	Allpages	Omnes paginae	Paginae omnes	"object property"
S	Ancientpages	Res veterrimae	Paginae veterrimae	"object property"
S	Blockip	Obstruere locum IP	Usorem obstruere	"object action"
S	Blockme		Usor obstructus
S	Booksources	Fontes librorum	Librorum fontes	"object property"
S	BrokenRedirects	Redirectiones fractae	Redirectiones fractae
S	Categories	Categoriae	Categoriae
S	Confirmemail	Inscriptionem electronicam adfirmare	Inscriptionem electronicam adfirmare	"object action", (this special page is not in the list of translatable special page names, why?)
S	Contributions	Conlationes usoris	Conlationes usoris et Conlationes
S	Deadendpages	Fundulae	Paginae sine nexu	easier to understand, isn't it?
S	Disambiguations	Paginae disambiguationis	Paginae disambiguationis
S	DoubleRedirects	Redirectiones duplices	Redirectiones duplices
S	Emailuser	Mittere cursum publicum electronicum huic usori	Litteras electronicas usori mittere et Littera electronica
S	Export	Paginas exportare	Paginas exportare
S	Imagelist	Imagines	Fasciculi et Imagines
S	Import	Paginas importare	Paginas importare
S	Ipblocklist	Index locorum IP obstructorum	Usores obstructi	"object property", no need to specify "index"
S	Listadmins		Magistratus
S	Listredirects	Index redirectionum	Redirectiones	no need to specify "index"
S	Listusers	Usores	Usores
S	Lockdb	Obstruere basem dati	Basem datorum obstruere	"object action", plural
S	Log	Acta	Acta
S	Lonelypages	Paginae orbatae	Paginae non annexae	easier to understand, isn't it?
S	Longpages	Paginae longae	Paginae longae
S	MIMEsearch	Quaerere per MIME	Quaerere per MIME
S	Mostcategories	Paginae plurimis categoriis	Paginae plurimis categoriis
S	Mostimages	Maxime annexae imagines	Fasciculi maxime annexi et Imagines maxime annexae	"object property"
S	Mostlinked	Maxime annexa	Paginae maxime annexae	"object property" (we need to be specific here, as there is also Mostimages and Mostlinkedcategories)
S	Mostlinkedcategories	Maxime annexae categoriae	Categoriae maxime annexae	"object property"
S	Mostlinkedtemplates		Formulae maxime annexae	"object property"
S	Mostrevisions	Plurimum mutata	Paginae plurimum mutatae	"object property"
S	Movepage	Movere paginam	Paginam movere	"object action"
S	Mycontributions		Conlationes meae
S	Mypage		Pagina usoris mea
S	Mytalk		Pagina disputationis mea
S	Newimages	Pinacotheca imaginum novarum	Fasciculi novi et Imagines novae et Pinacotheca imaginum novarum
S	Newpages	Paginae novae	Paginae novae
S	Popularpages	Paginae populares	Paginae saepe monstratae
S	Preferences	Praeferentiae	Praeferentiae
S	Prefixindex	Praefixa	Quaerere per praefixa et Praefixa	make clear that this is a search feature as well
S	Protectedpages	Paginae protectae	Paginae protectae
S	Randompage/Random	Pagina fortuita	Pagina fortuita
S	Randomredirect	Redirectio fortuita	Redirectio fortuita
S	Recentchanges	Nuper mutata	Nuper mutata
S	Recentchangeslinked	Mutata conlata	Nuper mutata annexorum	easier to understand, isn't it?
S	Resetpass	Reset account password	Tesseram novam creare	"object action"
S	Revisiondelete	Delete/undelete revisions	Emendationem delere	"object action"
S	Search	Quaerere	Quaerere
S	Shortpages	Paginae breves	Paginae breves
S	Specialpages	Paginae speciales	Paginae speciales
S	Statistics	Census	Census
S	Uncategorizedcategories	Categoriae sine categoriis	Categoriae sine categoriis
S	Uncategorizedimages	Uncategorized images	Fasciculi sine categoriis et Imagines sine categoriis
S	Uncategorizedtemplates		Formulae sine categoriis
S	Uncategorizedpages	Sine categoriis	Paginae sine categoriis	"object property"
S	Undelete	Restituere paginam deletam	Paginam restituere	"object action"
S	Unlockdb	Deobstruere basem dati	Basem datorum deobstruere	"object action", plural
S	Unusedcategories	Categoriae vacuae	Categoriae non in usu et Categoriae vacuae
S	Unusedimages	Imagines non in usu	Fasciculi non in usu et Imagines non in usu
S	Unusedtemplates	Formulae sine usu	Formulae non in usu
S	Unwatchedpages	Incustodita	Paginae incustoditae	"object property"
S	Upload	Onerare fasciculos	Fasciculos onerare et Imagines onerare	"object action"
S	Userlogin	Conventum aperire	Conventum aperire
S	Userlogout	Conventum concludere	Conventum concludere
S	Userrights	User rights management	Usorum potestas
S	Version	Versio	Versio
S	Wantedcategories	Categoriae desideratae	Categoriae desideratae
S	Wantedpages	Paginae desideratae	Paginae desideratae et Nexus fracti
S	Watchlist	Paginae custoditae	Paginae custoditae
S	Whatlinkshere		Nexus ad paginam
E	CategoryTree	Arbor categoriae	Categoriarum arbor	"object feature", plural
E	Cite	Paginam citare	Paginam citare
E	CrossNamespaceLinks	Nexus trans praefixa	Nexus trans praefixa
E	DeletedContributions		Conlationes usoris deletae et Conlationes deletae
E	ExpandTemplates	Expand templates	Formulas resolvere	"object action"
E	Filepath	Inscriptio documenti	Fasciculorum inscriptio	"object property"
E	Linksearch	Search web links	Quaerere nexus externos
E	SiteMatrix	Wikimediae wiki omnia	Vicimediorum vici omnes	"Wikimedia Foundation" = Vicimedia, -orum n.pl., "wiki" = vicus, -i m.

few things

1. Paginae omnnes: Omnis is one of a few adjectives in latin that almost always precedes its head noun.

   Would "Paginae totae" be ok? --UV 09:37, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

2. What's the english for Block me?

   Just "Blockme". This special page seems to play a role when a user is automatically blocked, e. g. when an IP is blocked specifically including any registered users that might use this IP in the future and when a registered user later tries to use this IP (=> automatic block for 24 hours). I doubt that this special page name is encountered often, and there should never be the need to link to this page (it is not listed on la:Specialis:Specialpages either). --UV 09:37, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

3. Conlationes usoris et Conlationes?

   My proposal is that the standard form should be e. g. [[Specialis:Conlationes usoris/UV]]. However, I am also proposing that writing just [[Specialis:Conlationes/UV]] should be sufficient (and should redirect automatically to the full form [[Specialis:Conlationes usoris/UV]]). --UV 09:37, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

4. Perhaps Paginae pro disambiguatione...

   A precise name would be "Paginae quae ad disambiguationem nectunt" or perhaps "Paginae ad disambiguationem nectentes". Would the last one be OK? --UV 09:37, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

5. Maybe Paginae inannexae?

   No objection. --UV 09:37, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

6. What's the english for Mostcategories?

   Just "Mostcategories" (the page title ist "Articles with the most categories"). This shows all pages in descending order by the number of categories to which the pages are assigned, i. e. the page with the most categories first. See la:Specialis:Mostcategories. --UV 09:37, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

7. What's the english for Recentchangeslinked?

   Just "Recentchangeslinked" (the page title is "Related changes"). This shows the recent changes to all pages linked from a given page, e. g. la:Specialis:Recentchangeslinked/Scacci shows the recent changes to all pages where there is a link from la:Scacci to that page. --UV 09:37, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

8. Still the issue of custodire.

   See la:Disputatio MediaWiki:Prefs-watchlist-days#custoditus vs. vigilatus.

   What is your opinion on these points? --UV 09:37, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

--Ioshus 01:31, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi, UV, I sent out a link to Myces. I'd also like to get Iustinus here before I respond to the whole thing. I have responded to the custoditus vs vigilatus question. What about perservare?--206.173.167.194 13:31, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

current status

For the current status, see betawiki:. --UV 20:40, 1 January 2009 (UTC)