Talk:Anāl language

How is this pronounced?

Considering it's called the Anal Language, how is it pronounced? i'd be honestly surprised be pronounced as the word. 50.195.51.9 (talk) 14:25, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

Requested move 29 September 2016

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The result of the move request was: COMMONNAME makes it pretty clear and the opposes don't make a convincing argument. Hence, moved. QEDK (T ☕ C) 19:14, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

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Namfau language → Anal language – This was moved from original title Anal language, but Google Books indicates Anal has more currency among authors and scholars than "Namfau language" (which is only one village that uses it) even when the Freudian stuff is discounted. [1] [2] The refs used in this article use Anal. This, along with Anus language (also moved) was once noted for having one of the most unusual titles of any serious article on Wikipedia; I can understand why some may have wanted to move it, as it may have seemed odd and unprofessional, but Wikipedia is not censored, and this is not a joke. Ribbet32 (talk) 18:40, 29 September 2016 (UTC)

• Support as this is the name used by both ethnologue and glottolog. Pinging kwami, who moved the article from Anal language to Namfau language back in 2012, in case they have something to share that we aren't aware of. Uanfala (talk) 20:02, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support, the nom seems to have proved his case and we are not The Benny Hill Show. Randy Kryn 21:02, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
• Oppose No, we're not censored, but neither are these articles: the names "Anal" and "Anus" have not been removed. But people are sensitive about how they're portrayed. A couple years ago Turkey started a campaign to change the spelling of it's name in English. It didn't work because the spelling "Turkey" is too well established. But that's not the case with these languages, which hardly even any linguists have heard of. There's a lot of discussion from native communities in the USA, Canada and Australia as to whether a name is pejorative or not, but these are too small for there to be an English-speaking community to object. As for us not being Benny Hill, read some of the archives at Uranus. — kwami (talk) 03:38, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
  • I'm sorry, what? We have to be sensitive to a community that by your admission is not objecting? It's speculation that anyone would find referring to this language by its name is offensive; we don't often let sensitivity prevent us from doing what's right in any case. Ribbet32 (talk) 03:48, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
• Oppose - per this and this and many more similar. This isn't called "Anal language" even in ethno-linguistic books, just "Anal". @Randy Kryn:, @Uanfala: @Ribbet32: @Kwamikagami: what is the problem with Anal (language) as an article title? In ictu oculi (talk) 07:15, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
  • "Anal language" is the term used in anthropological literature: [3] [4]. The main problem with it is that it's ambiguous, and I don't see any issues with having the title as Anal (language) to make it less confusable with the Freudian concept. Uanfala (talk) 07:48, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
    • The parenthesis could be an OK compromise, but Anal language is a sufficient and more precise disambiguator by itself. Anal retentiveness and Profanity have their own articles; some specific phrasing related to those topics ought to take a backseat to a genuine language. Ribbet32 (talk) 14:00, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
      • Anal (language) would be fine, but seems inconsistent with other page names (French language, German language, etc.). Randy Kryn 14:14, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

Again that's why our consistency guideline is a guideline not a law. Anal (language) makes perfect reader sense for the same reason Anal (retentiveness) couldn't make sense. In ictu oculi (talk) 20:07, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

FWIW, WP:CONSISTENCY is a principle on Wikipedia:Article titles, a policy page, not a guideline. Ribbet32 (talk) 22:03, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

Sure enough :) but again consistency also means we don't take titles which have already been shown to mean other things in general Google books nor legalistically enforce format for dabs on an article which has already proven a vandalism magnet. Unless someone here is going to volunteer to Watchlist this page for the next 10 years? In ictu oculi (talk) 07:39, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

Page protection exists for this very reason. Under this logic, we should move Fucking, Austria to Fooking and expect that that will miraculously stop vandalism. Even Fugging is vandalised despite it is not named Fucking. © Tbhotch^™ (en-2.5). 23:53, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

• Support move to Anal language, oppose "(language)". Per WP:NCLANG, WP:CONSISTENCY and WP:NATURAL. Moving it to "(language)" won't stop nor prevent vandalism--anyone who reverts vandalism knows this. © Tbhotch^™ (en-2.5). 23:53, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

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