Closed ks129 closed 3 years ago
That’s a cool idea, although maybe without the prefix, it could be pretty noisy with the help-
prefix. Either way, I like this!
Although, we currently have more than 32 channels, so this list isn’t long enough.
No problem, I can extend it I think up to 40 names. Removing prefix will make names incorrect, as Latin names is like: Morelia bredli
and I just made first part shorter.
Extended list, but left some really similar names out.
I really like Latin, but names of elements are more familiar than the names of species. I think people are going to look at the Latin names, glaze over, and have trouble remembering which help channel is which. For example, I don't think anyone is going to read mo-riversleighensis
and have an idea of what that sounds like.
@swfarnsworth We discussed about prefixes in #meta and decided to leave them out. I also left out similar names and as they are pretty different, user should be able to remember enough of channel name to identify.
The general consensus in the staff meeting was that these names would not be more memorable than the names we currently. However, not everyone is happy with the memorability of the current names as well, but we don't have a solid consensus for an alternative set of names at the moment. This is something we need to think about before rushing in an alternative.
We've got a plan for this internally which we'll be converting into issues on the necessary repositories in the coming months.
Another idea for pool of help channel names: Pythonidae (Pythons) Latin names.
Here is pool that I collected:
Prefixes is short versions of generas because writing full version will not look good in mobile. Used Wikipedia to create this list. Not all Pythonidae names is included here and it's possible to extend this list in future.