Talk:Jennifer (given name)

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Contents 1 People named Jennifer? 2 One link per line? 3 List of Jennifers 4 That Proto-Celtic etymology 5 Variations 6 List of popular Jennifers 7 Also popular for Hispanics?

[edit] People named Jennifer?

WP:MOSDAB says: "In most cases, do not list names of which Title [Jennifer, in this case] is a part, unless the persons are very frequently referred to simply by their first or last name (e.g. Galileo, Shakespeare)." I think this article (and several others) can be shortened greatly. -- JHunterJ 20:27, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

I would agree. I think people are quite capable of searching for Jennifers with a search engine. ACW 04:57, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Done. I suspect the history on the given name should be left here and the rest moved to a new article Jennifer (disambiguation); maybe later. I'm going to work (slowly) through Category:Given names and make similar cuts. Bob is already done. Help is welcomed. -- JHunterJ 14:41, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

You have to love people like JHunterJ, who think they can automatically change numerous wiki pages made by hundreds of posters because "they feel it is better." However, dozens of other posters have made the pages what they are. Now you completely eliminate their work. YOU ARE RUINING THEIR WORK!!! Why do you insist on being such a sad person? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.255.75.225 (talk • contribs) 17:00, 28 August 2006.

There is some discussion going on right now on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages)/Archive 25#Hndis needs its own Manual. The things like the "list of people named Jennifer" does not appear to be encyclopedic, according to the Wikipedia guidelines (not because I feel it is better), and the guidelines grow out of these discussions. Please voice your concerns and ideas there as well. In the meantime, perhaps the previous list could be restored to a new article, List of people named Jennifer, if you still feel it is a useful list. -- JHunterJ 21:24, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

I think it's important to add, for the benefit of the anonymous editor above, that nobody's work is being "ruined". Every version of every article that has ever been on Wikipedia is archived. It would be the work of thirty seconds to restore the precious list of a hundred and seventeen Jennifers. You, the anonymous editor, could have done that, although to your credit you didn't, and came here to discuss it first. Please, sir or madam, assume (at least at first) that we are all people of good will, that we want Wikipedia to be the best possible resource, and that nobody wants to ruin anything. Nothing is irreversible. ACW 23:00, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Resolved in a different way in Nov 2007, by making Jennifer the disambiguation page and moving the article about the name, including list of Jennifers, to Jennifer (given name). - Fayenatic (talk) 17:29, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] One link per line?

JHunterJ, can you explain the 'one link per line' policy? Where is it described, and what's the rationale? Thanks. ACW 02:14, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

It's described in WP:MOSDAB#Individual entries: "Each bulleted entry should, in almost every case, have exactly one navigable (blue) link. Including more than one link can confuse the reader; including no links at all makes the entry useless for further navigation." -- JHunterJ 10:25, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Oh, I see. Thanks. ACW 20:15, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of Jennifers

I think the list of Jennifers should be moved to the dab page. Almost anyone who is familiar with wiki, will realize this is a very common name and will first go to the dab page to find the Jennifer they are looking for. --soum (0_o) 11:12, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

No, not to the dab page; the list of Jennifers are not pages the would otherwise have the same title (an encyclopedia article about Jennifer Aniston was never in any danger of being entitled simply "Jennifer". If not here, List of people named Jennifer or removed altogether should be the options. -- JHunterJ 21:35, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] That Proto-Celtic etymology

I am not sure what the basis for Proto-Celtic *vindo-siabraid "white phantom" is, but the siabraid part does not look very Proto-Celtic. (Note: síabraid is, in fact, an Old Irish word, not Proto-Celtic!) The Proto-Celtic lexicon collated by the University of Wales [1] gives this form as *windo-seibaro- (?) "white ghost". Also, the link to Ishara for siabraid, without further explanation, looks somewhat dubious. Pasquale 15:04, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Variations

Does anyone have a reliable source for variations? Here is a list that was deleted earlier for lack of evidence. - Fayenatic (talk) 18:18, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] List of popular Jennifers

Kickstart70, sorry to revert. I didn't think you would come back (many people on the name articles just come for one edit and leave). I take it that it is your opinion that the name articles shouldn't have any list of popular people with that first name since the list would be too long and it would be difficult to determine who should be on and who should be excluded. Is that correct? On another note, I'm glad to see you are taking an interest in the name articles (they need a lot of help). Perhaps you would be interested in joining the wikiproject dedicated to name article,i.e., Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anthroponymy. In fact we are having a similar discussion over there if you would like to come over and discuss. Remember (talk) 14:19, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I've added my view to that page. --Kickstart70-T-C 02:06, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Also popular for Hispanics?

Is the name also popular for Hispanic females?

I've seen Mexican and Mexican-American girls' non-Spanish names like Jessica and Jennifer. Besides the names "Maria" and "Guadalupe," Mexicans and Latinos name their girls non-Spanish like Jessica, Jennifer, Amanda and Brittany. But only boys like to name it the Mexican way (e.g Jose, Juan)

How come some Hispanics name their female babies in English? but not boys? I've seen some Mexican women name "Jessica" and "Jennifer". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.24.17.210 (talk) 20:16, 24 April 2008 (UTC)