Disputatio:Northville (Michigania)

I have a sort of feeling

... that the source given for the name "Villaseptentrionalis" is about as reliable as Wikipedia. If there isn't a real honest Latin source for the name, the article will get renamed Northville (Michigania). Andrew Dalby (disputatio) 21:10, 10 Octobris 2009 (UTC)

More to the point, if the URL is any indication, the source given belongs to User:Fppro, who is the person who added 'Villaseptentrionalis' to this wiki in the first place. Citing oneself is generally not a good way to prove one's point. (On its own merits, that site contains two pages: the one linked to, and a blog post linking to it—not exactly a reference of the highest authority.) —Mucius Tever 22:23, 10 Octobris 2009 (UTC)

That is what I sort of felt -- thanks for verifying, Myces!

For information, Latin rarely makes compound words simply by chaining noun + adjective. That's why "Villaseptentrionalis" looked wrong and attracted attention. Andrew Dalby (disputatio) 09:06, 11 Octobris 2009 (UTC)

Are you trying to say that we have to name my town its English name in Latin? Is Latin now unchangeable? Who decided the Latin name for Jackson ("Jackfilius")? That makes less sense than "village of the north."fppro

Our policies on Latin names etc. are clear: see VP:TNP, or follow the link to the English version of that page. We don't invent Latin names. You're welcome to contribute, but please don't create a "source" elsewhere and link to it from here: that's just a waste of time.

Thanks, it was useful to mention "Jackfilius". That was a really bad case, and shouldn't have survived on the page as long as it did. I have now deleted it. Andrew Dalby (disputatio) 09:31, 22 Octobris 2009 (UTC)