Talk:wikipedias
Latest comment: 7 years ago by Nicole Sharp in topic error
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[edit]- I believe this page is erroneous. As far as I know, the only time that Wikipedia is spelled lowercase is in wikicode, e.g.
[[wikipedia:Main Page]]. As such, the lowercase form does not have a plural. One would not say "the Spanish and French wikipedias" in English. Additionally, Wikipedia is still trademarked to the Wikimedia Foundation, and should be capitalized in English, except for technical usage such as in wikicode. Nicole Sharp (talk) 16:07, 27 March 2017 (UTC)- Try looking on Google Books. —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 16:11, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
- Hmmm: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Top_Ten_Wikipedias Nicole Sharp (talk) 16:19, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
- Maybe it is just a colloquial usage referring to the lowercase domain name then perhaps, and the fact that there a lot of
wikipediasubdomains ("wikipedias"). It should still be marked as non-Standard English though I think. Nicole Sharp (talk) 16:19, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
- Maybe it is just a colloquial usage referring to the lowercase domain name then perhaps, and the fact that there a lot of