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Let's Name This Thing!

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Since our "baby" seems to be growing at an ever increasing rate, we should probably settle on a name.

Don's frog icon is very cool, and the name HerpWiki is starting to grow on me, but I think the name needs a little more to it.

I'd like to propose we name it The NAFHA HerpWiki

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just out of curiosity... what does 'Wiki' stand for... and what would happen if I tried looking it up in Wikipedia? I won't like melt my computer, or crash the internet, or nothing... right? :roll: :lol: jim
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What about, "HerpWiki for the Amphibians and Reptiles of North America"

Just a thought,
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I personally like how it is now. A short, simple, and explicit title "Herpwiki", with the descriptive subtitle of "A Field Guide to North American Amphibians & Reptiles".
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I like Matts suggestion. I also like herpwiki, but it should indicate the region and scope of herps it covers.
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I like Matt's suggestion as well.

HerpWiki is short and sweet and has a nice ring to it.
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I'm with HerpWiki. Precise and to the point.
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I like the sound of Matt's suggestion as well.

HerpWiki
A Field Guide to North American Amphibians and Reptiles
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So you want the "By N.A.F.H.A." part removed?
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I've been so involved with doing some write-ups, I've never paid any attention to the Home Page.
How long has that been there?
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Umm... a few weeks?
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Matt J wrote:I personally like how it is now. A short, simple, and explicit title "Herpwiki", with the descriptive subtitle of "A Field Guide to North American Amphibians & Reptiles".
I think "herpwiki" will make people think of herpeswiki.

What about something else? :beer:
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HerpWiki
An N.A.F.H.A. Field Guide to North American Amphibians and Reptiles
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I like HerpWiki, but I say leave the North American stuff out. I think it would be really awesome if someone took the NAFHA database and expanded it to include other countries. In that case the HerpWiki could be the online field guide to herps of the world.

Why not dream big?
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I wouldn't be "An NAFHA" it would just be "A NAFHA"
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chrish wrote:I like HerpWiki, but I say leave the North American stuff out. I think it would be really awesome if someone took the NAFHA database and expanded it to include other countries. In that case the HerpWiki could be the online field guide to herps of the world.

Why not dream big?
That was my dream originally... until I tried to compile a list of all species around the world. I even had a book that was current as of 1997 that included every species of the world, but I think maintaining that list will be a bit of a challenge.
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psyon wrote:
chrish wrote:I like HerpWiki, but I say leave the North American stuff out. I think it would be really awesome if someone took the NAFHA database and expanded it to include other countries. In that case the HerpWiki could be the online field guide to herps of the world.

Why not dream big?
That was my dream originally... until I tried to compile a list of all species around the world. I even had a book that was current as of 1997 that included every species of the world, but I think maintaining that list will be a bit of a challenge.
Well, someone's gotta do it...
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chad ks wrote:I think "herpwiki" will make people think of herpeswiki.

What about something else? :beer:
I don't think that's anything our hobby will ever escape, darn that Linnaeus :)



Speaking of the homepage, when are we gonna "jazz-it-up" a little? There's a lot of blank, gray space.
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Well, someone's gotta do it...
Well, let's start small then, and see where fate takes us. Right now, we hardly have anyone doing write ups for north american species, and I got features to add still, not to mention some features on naherp.com I still want to implement.
Speaking of the homepage, when are we gonna "jazz-it-up" a little? There's a lot of blank, gray space.
I asked for suggestions a while back.
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