Re: Bug Name Discussion Topic
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:07 am
You know the one I'm talking about... the one currently sitting around on Wikifang that looks rather like the flag of the Republic of China right now. Mostly red, with a small patch of white, and only a little blue at the moment.
I know Telefang is the main priority here, but since it'd been discussed on the talk page for the bug list about three years ago that we should have one of these, I thought it might encourage a little more work on this at some time in the future when some of us actually have the time if I started this topic up now. If you feel you have a plausible explanation for one or more of the Bugs' names (especially one that doesn't have an English name written down yet, though any you find dubious are fine to discuss too) feel free to suggest it here, or if you're one of the people compiling a large number of name origins, you can feel free to submit your doc (or Zip, or G-Zedyay for silly Bugsite puns XD) here when it's ready.
Personally, I'd just gotten some ideas today that maybe "Ekusuri" might be a weird corruption or shortening of "XREA" (rendered 'エクスリア' on their site), a Japanese web hosting site founded around 2001, and "Hinasu" might be from Finesse, an operating system for what Wikipedia claims to be a popular firewall (though that would be a REALLY weird way to render it, so I'm already having my doubts that's it; Finasse maybe?). Then again, with Cofig, Avent, and Archav, who knows? XD My guesses are often not so good, but I thought I'd throw them out there since I'd regret holding them back more.
With that, feel free to post your thoughts or research if you have any, or even start a new topic if this one ends up getting buried.
I know Telefang is the main priority here, but since it'd been discussed on the talk page for the bug list about three years ago that we should have one of these, I thought it might encourage a little more work on this at some time in the future when some of us actually have the time if I started this topic up now. If you feel you have a plausible explanation for one or more of the Bugs' names (especially one that doesn't have an English name written down yet, though any you find dubious are fine to discuss too) feel free to suggest it here, or if you're one of the people compiling a large number of name origins, you can feel free to submit your doc (or Zip, or G-Zedyay for silly Bugsite puns XD) here when it's ready.
Personally, I'd just gotten some ideas today that maybe "Ekusuri" might be a weird corruption or shortening of "XREA" (rendered 'エクスリア' on their site), a Japanese web hosting site founded around 2001, and "Hinasu" might be from Finesse, an operating system for what Wikipedia claims to be a popular firewall (though that would be a REALLY weird way to render it, so I'm already having my doubts that's it; Finasse maybe?). Then again, with Cofig, Avent, and Archav, who knows? XD My guesses are often not so good, but I thought I'd throw them out there since I'd regret holding them back more.
With that, feel free to post your thoughts or research if you have any, or even start a new topic if this one ends up getting buried.