[Wikipedia-l] Article count reFoorm

Anthere anthere6 at yahoo.com
Thu Mar 13 20:41:57 UTC 2003


--- Jay Bowks <jjbowks at adam.cheshire.net> wrote:
> From: "Erik Moeller" <erik_moeller at gmx.de>
> > Option: Only articles that contain the word "Foo"
> should be counted.
> > 1 (very good): FooMaster[...]
> > 5: KungFoo
> 
> Objection! The assortium of world
> language wikipedias object on the
> grounds that the orthography of 
> "Foo" proves to be too anglo-centric.
> 
> A more international spelling would
> need to be accepted into the vote.
> 
> A resolution calling for the immediate
> dismissal of "Foo" and a motion for
> re-spelling as "Fu" is now on the floor.
> 
> "FuBar" would thus be more in tune
> with "Fu Man Chu".
> 
> Amicomicalmente ;-)
> Jay B.

btw, what does "foo" mean ?

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