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Don't you see it as a problem that this is a word only used by the very small community of atrificial language makers?

Nope. — Gwalla | Talk 22:21, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Removal of Unpublished Conlangers

I disagree with Weyes' decision to remove all of the unpublished conlangers from the article. Some, certainly, are not terribly notable, but inasmuch as, for example, Mark Rosenfelder is notable enough to have a Wikipedia article on him, and on his major conlang (Verdurian), I think he ought to be mentioned here. Henning is also certainly notable, and Langmaker is known by nearly every conlanger who uses the web, I should think. If no one else, it is my opinion that these two at least should at the very least be mentioned; they're well-known enough in the conlanger community to merit mention. I'd like to know what other people think, though, so any comments? --Whimemsz 19:14, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

You have a point. Rosenfelder is notable. So is Rick Morneau, whose "Essays on Artificial Langauge Design" are frequently cited by conlangers. It'll require a bit of vigilance, though, to keep people from just adding themselves or their friends. — Gwalla | Talk 22:21, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Merge?

Should this article be merged with constructed language? It seems short enough, and inseparable from the topic. -Branddobbe 22:18, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, this is really completely tied with conlangs themselves, so this article seems fairly pointless. However, we might want to just rename the article "List of Notable Conlangers" or something to that effect. --Whimemsz 22:39, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
All right. That would be a pretty short list, but then so is List of fictional U.S. states, which I started and which I think is vital to human existence.
Hey, aren't you on the Zompist bulletin board? I'm GreenBowTie there. It figures this is where we'd meet. -Branddobbe 01:14, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Reverend William Fulco

Um, "construct" and "reconstruct" are two different ideas. Why is Fulco considered a conlanger? Savatar 21:43, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Spelling

Surely 'conlanguer is the better spelling as it is pronounced [kɔnlæŋər], to avoid [kɔnlændʒər]. -- Evertype·✆ 15:53, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

That spelling is unattested on Google, save for hits on the French verb, and [1]. Besides, it would lose the morphological compositionality (conlang + er, not *conlangue + er). arj (talk) 12:54, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
Bugs me though. -- Evertype·✆ 16:12, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
It didn't occur to me that it could be pronounced that way, so I've added your transcription. Thanks. arj (talk) 21:44, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
This (i.e. the percentage of people *pronouncing* it in a couple different ways) was discussed at LCC2 during the final discussion session; look up the audio for results. However, I don't know of anyone in the English conlanging community who's used any other spelling for it, given the very strong morphological compositionality and derivation. Sai Emrys ¿? ✍ 07:23, 19 January 2008 (UTC)