[Wikipedia-l] [Wikitech-l] server names

Christopher Mahan chris_mahan at yahoo.com
Tue Apr 29 22:37:52 UTC 2003


What about naming the servers after famous vandals? Like Lir, and
SusanMason, so on and so forth?

/me holds head in hands and sobs uncontrollably.


--- The Cunctator <cunctator at kband.com> wrote:
> There's a second server joining the first, and Jason would like a
> naming
> scheme for the servers. This is less a technical than an asthetic
> issue,
> so I'm bringing it to the attention of the general list. I like the
> idea
> of naming the servers after famous encyclopedists.
> 
> -----Forwarded Message-----
> 
> From: Lee Daniel Crocker <lee at piclab.com>
> > (Jimmy Wales <jwales at bomis.com>):
> > 
> > You're right, and I retract my suggestion completely if someone
> comes
> > up with something more fun and standards-compliant!  :-)
> > Famous encyclopedists?
> > 
> > Pliny, Vincent of Beavais, Denis Diderot, Jimbo? (ha ha)
> 
> ...don't forget Mortimer Adler. Besides, having a server named
> mortimer is about as nerdy as it's possible to get.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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