Talk:whois

Pronunciation
Translingual words don't have translingual pronunciations … any thoughts on how to handle this? (I tried to address this by adding the etymology, which I thought would make it clear how to pronounce it, but apparently not.) —Ruakh TALK 18:52, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Tea room discussion
How to pronounce it? Just like "who is" or "wh-oo-i-z"? Thanks. 16@r 21:09, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I've added the pronunciation to the entry, but to reply here it is like "who is". Thryduulf 15:04, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

RFD discussion: November 2018–March 2020
I'm not entirely sure about this Translingual entry, but it looks like it should be merged into English (and then whatever other languages it's attested in). —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 23:29, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm a bit reluctant to create a Russian entry to cover things like this or a Japanese entry to cover this. Even languages with the same script, like German don't seem to integrate it grammatically, though it's capitalized in some texts like a German noun would be. Chuck Entz (talk) 00:20, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep. It seems to refer to a type of utility and would probably appear embedded in running text in multiple languages. DCDuring (talk) 03:00, 26 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Can confirm this is a generic type of protocol and not a specific program or platform. Not sure about the three separate sense lines, though. Is it safe to use "noun" part of speech for Translingual like this ("any computer program used for accessing...etc.")? Equinox ◑ 23:09, 5 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep. If we can have entries for Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat, then why not whois. However, move' to WHOIS, because that's the spelling on the official website? Johnny Shiz (talk) 19:18, 1 April 2019 (UTC)


 * RFD-kept. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 06:53, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

RFD discussion: December 2021–January 2022
Specifically the Translingual entry, second RFD. voiced some concerns in a previous RFD discussion which I agree with, and there wasn't all that much meaningful discussion in the last RFD (and a comment that seemed to unnecessarily compare the Translingual entry specifically with English entries for Facebook and Snapchat), so I figured it should go through again. This just doesn't feel like material that needs to be under Translingual... What even is "Translingual pronunciation" for example? Lots of the content here could be satisfactorily covered in an English entry, and with less confusion. In my view this is an English proper noun, not a "Translingual noun". PseudoSkull (talk) 23:28, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete. I see no evidence it is language, beyond English. The typographic examples given by Chuck Entz in that discussion indicate so particularly. I mean when you treat computer stuff via the internet you may mix computer and human language, English and German language, sloppily but if all is shed then this more likely ends up in the unlexicalized basket. Fay Freak (talk) 03:52, 16 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete. Vox Sciurorum (talk) 18:42, 6 January 2022 (UTC)


 * RFD-deleted this time around (and naturally, I concur). —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 05:42, 26 January 2022 (UTC)