Toolserver:New server naming

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This page holds discussions regarding the choice of names for new Toolserver servers. The names for Toolserver servers usually follow a plant theme. Thoughts are welcome regarding naming.

Active discussions

Names for OSM boxes

Guillom:
- Cassini (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9sar-Fran%C3%A7ois_Cassini_de_Thury)
- Ortelius (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Ortelius)
- Ptolemy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemy)
Avar:
- sativa
- coffea
- coca

Closed discussions

Name possibilities

Stick with the poisonous plant theme.

Amanita

Azalea: Kylu 04:26, 18 January 2009 (UTC); --Agony 06:36, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Belladonna: Kylu 04:26, 18 January 2009 (UTC); Dungodung 09:10, 18 January 2009 (UTC); Marbot 09:26, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Conuim: Marbot 09:26, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Crocus: Marbot 09:26, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Daphne: Kylu 04:26, 18 January 2009 (UTC); --Agony 06:36, 18 January 2009 (UTC); Dungodung 09:10, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Datura: Kylu 04:26, 18 January 2009 (UTC); Daniel 08:22, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Digitalis: --Agony 06:36, 18 January 2009 (UTC); Marbot 09:26, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Elderberry

Erubia: Daniel 08:22, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Foxglove: Kalan ? 18:46, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Hellebore: Closedmouth 04:33, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Holly: Kylu 04:26, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

~~Iris~~ (already used): ~~Kylu 04:26, 18 January 2009 (UTC)~~; ~~Soxred93 04:35, 18 January 2009 (UTC)~~

Jurubeba: Daniel 08:22, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Larkspur

~~Lilly~~ (already used): ~~Kylu 04:26, 18 January 2009 (UTC)~~

Mandrake: Closedmouth 04:33, 18 January 2009 (UTC); Stwalkerster 22:37, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Mistletoe: Kylu 04:26, 18 January 2009 (UTC); Soxred93 04:35, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Narcissus: Closedmouth 04:33, 18 January 2009 (UTC); Soxred93 04:35, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Oleander: Kylu 04:26, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Privet: Looks curious for native speakers of Russian and the like. Kalan ? 18:46, 18 January 2009 (UTC); Nice name :) It means hello in Russian. Alone Coder 16:40, 19 January 2009 (UTC); mashiah 22:34, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Rhubarb: Kylu 04:26, 18 January 2009 (UTC); Soxred93 04:41, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Snakeroot: --Agony 06:36, 18 January 2009 (UTC); Stwalkerster 22:37, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Taxus: Marbot 09:26, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Tephrosia: Closedmouth 04:33, 18 January 2009 (UTC); Daniel 08:22, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Wolfsbane --> Chosen as the new name of one of the new toolserver in March 2009. --Marbot 14:17, 27 March 2009 (UTC): Soxred93 04:35, 18 January 2009 (UTC); Betacommand 06:40, 18 January 2009 (UTC); Chris 07:00, 18 January 2009 (UTC); Stwalkerster 22:37, 18 January 2009 (UTC); HardDisk 19:57, 18 January 2009 (UTC); Tito xd^(?!?) 01:05, 19 January 2009 (UTC); Daniel 08:22, 19 January 2009 (UTC); MaxSem 17:33, 19 January 2009 (UTC); Jake Wartenberg 18:05, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Xanthium: Kylu 04:26, 18 January 2009 (UTC); Soxred93 04:35, 18 January 2009 (UTC); --Agony 06:36, 18 January 2009 (UTC); Dungodung 09:10, 18 January 2009 (UTC); Kalan ? 18:46, 18 January 2009 (UTC); --Sasa Stefanovic 19:28, 18 January 2009 (UTC); Stwalkerster 22:37, 18 January 2009 (UTC); HardDisk 19:57, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Yew: Stwalkerster 22:37, 18 January 2009 (UTC); mashiah 22:34, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Comments

River has said she's going to make this decision so I think this is more of an advisory/for fun poll... that said I was going to mark every one I liked and realised I'd be marking almost all. So let me say instead, I don't like iris, privet and rhubarb, the rest are all at least OK with me. ++Lar: t/c 16:34, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

like we'd ever name a server "rhubarb...". Wikimedia already has servers called "iris" and "lily" (and also: fuchsia, mint, mayflower, hawthorn, ragweed, sage, amaryllis, dryas, henbane, thistle, ixia, lomaria), so those definitely won't be used. River

Poll

Please sign your name under each option that you find acceptable. The options with the most signatures are the "winners" of approval voting (if there are 3 or more winners, the both most poising plants will taken).