Talk:Horn of Plenty

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[edit] Disambiguation

How is this different from cornucopia? --Brion

I don't feel strongly about there being two similar entries. But I think at least there should be a redirect from Horn of plenty to Cornucopia - or vice versa. I realise that Cornucopia is Latin for Horn of plenty. But I feel that, of the two, Horn of plenty is the term with wider meaning and usage. Cornucopia is the sort of question that might come up in the Millionaire quiz, whereas most English speakers would understand the meaning of Horn of plenty. Does any of this make sense? :-) User:Renata Sept. 20th, 2002
There is a fungus known as the "Horn of Plenty", of course. So there should be a separate page for Horn of plenty; though much of the cornucopia material perhaps belongs on the cornucopia page. Antyone got a PD image of it? Malcolm Farmer 08:45 Sep 20, 2002 (UTC)
I can't speak for the fungus, but I remember as a schoolchild being taught about the "'cornucopia' which means 'horn of plenty'". I haven't the slightest idea how they are supposed to differ if, as I was taught as a lad, they are two words for the same thing. --Brion 08:59 Sep 20, 2002 (UTC)
Since, if my guess at the etymology is correct, cornucopia just means "horn of plenty", I've moved the content of the two articles around a bit: i think they have a sensible division now Malcolm Farmer 09:53 Sep 20, 2002 (UTC)
Great! Make sure that links to horn of plenty and Horn of Plenty are going to the right places, though. --Brion

[edit] Gmail links to this article

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Gmail links to us!

Gmail linked to this article on Thanksgiving 2005 (November 24, 2005). Flcelloguy (A note?) 16:12, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

We’re getting tons of vandalism here… can we block some ip addresses? camtin 18:42, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
No need. We've got admins watching the article now. Alex Schenck (that's Linuxbeak to you) 17:18, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
Indeed. I've added a nice welcome message in comments, and many admins are watching. This is a great chance to introduce Wikipedia to people who may have not heard of it before, and we shouldn't scare them away. Flcelloguy (A note?) 17:21, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Magic: The Gathering

Incidentally, Gmail's link to this page refers to being thankful to someone who "drew" a horn of plenty. It is rather obvious to me that they ae referring to a Magic: The Gathering card entitled Horn of plenty, which affects all players positively. (Who knew Gmail developers played Magic?) Yet Wikipedia's entry doesn't speak of this use of the term, even though a Settlers of Catan reference is in the article. Perhaps this should be fixed? — Eric Herboso 19:03, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

There was a Wikilink to Magic: The Gathering in the 21:16, 26 November 2005 revision of the article. The context was "A card in the Magic: The Gathering game that benefits all players". It was removed in the 21:29, 26 November 2005 revision by User:Jiy (Talk). Their edit summary was "may as well remove the trivial magic card as well". I assume they were acting in good faith, and were not aware of any possible tie-in with MtG and Gmail. As for whether the MtG reference should be put back in: I'm not sure. It is fairly trivial -- the cornucopia is a popular symbol, and hardly unique to MtG. OTOH, the Google link perhaps makes it more significant in the context of a Wikipedia article -- people coming from the Gmail link may wonder what Gmail is talking about. I know I was expecting an image ("drew" as in drawing a picture), and didn't realize the MtG connection until I read this talk. --DragonHawk 04:55, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
This tie-in with a Magic: The Gathering card is very far-fetched. It is much more plausible they mean drew as in drawing a picture. Meaning, they are thankful for the guy who drew the cornucopia for their gmail logo.—jiy (talk) 05:06, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
Even better. I didn't notice their modified logo until you (jiy) pointed it out just now. I tend to ignore UI elements that don't do anything.  :) Now that I see that, I have to side with jiy. --DragonHawk 05:35, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Picture?

Anyone have access to a nice horn of plenty decorating their home for Thanksgiving? A picture here would be great. Joyous | Talk 17:28, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Picture Available of Horn of Plenty

I have a picture available at http://allpurposedomains.com/cornucopia.jpg, I have been trying to add a link to an actual image of "Horn of Plenty" but I guess the admins are considering it spam. If anyone else wishes to add the page "http://allpurposedomains.com/hornofplenty.html" be my guest. -- Anonymous user at 24.185.253.183 (Talk)

Wikipedia is very concerned with copyright (and rightly so). Linking to an image that lacks attribution is thus generally not acceptable. Also, Wikipedia is not to be used for self-promotion or as a "bookmark file" of arbitrary links. As the web-page linked to does not have any information about the image, the page author, or indeed any reference or links to anything, it is effectively an island on the Internet. This makes it impossible for anyone to know anything about the image or where it came from. If you hold the copyright on the image in question, and are willing to make it available under acceptable terms, you are welcome to add it to Wikipedia. All contributors are also encouraged to create a Wikipedia username (although it is optional). --DragonHawk 04:29, 27 November 2005 (UTC)