Talk:taboo name

RFD discussion: July 2019–August 2020
By no means restricted to Chinese culture, and probably not to people's given names either. Equinox ◑ 09:37, 26 July 2019 (UTC)


 * I think the definition is unclear. It is not a name that should not be given, but a name that should not be uttered ; see on Wikipedia. Japanese emperors also had taboo names, so this is not confined to Chinese culture.  --Lambiam 10:49, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
 * By chance, I was just reading about Ishi. Fascinating. — SGconlaw (talk) 10:55, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
 * I see name taboos in descriptions of a number of American Indian cultures. Along with taboos on mentioning dead people, they're a real problem for preservation of endangered languages and cultures: most of the people who know anything are old and have no living relatives in their own generation and before. It's hard to get information about kinship terminology from people who can/t mention their relatives.
 * The question here is whether Chinese taboo names are a specific thing or just a name that's taboo, with encyclopedic information about Chinese culture determining the details of the taboos. As an analogy, cultures differ as to what a spouse is: it might be an adult of the opposite sex in one culture, while in other cultures it might include child brides or people of the same sex- but it's all referred to by the same term in English. Chuck Entz (talk) 17:05, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Seems to me like an RFV issue. — SGconlaw (talk) 01:19, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete. No need to bulk up RFV with this when it's clearly not restricted to that use. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 01:09, 8 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete - TheDaveRoss  15:42, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete, it would be SOP if defined correctly (e.g., the person need not be exalted for their name to be a taboo name). - -sche (discuss) 06:33, 3 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete--Uisleach (talk) 14:16, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. The reason that the name is taboo belongs in an encyclopedia rather than a dictionary.  Vox Sciurorum (talk) 19:43, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Deleted. — SGconlaw (talk) 19:32, 6 August 2020 (UTC)