Disputatio:Selfie

De titulo[fontem recensere]

As our images show, making a photographic self-portrait has been possible since the invention of photography, so I don't see any need to borrow this English neologism. Why not photographema sui ipsius? Andrew Dalby (disputatio) 11:21, 20 Februarii 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Many other wikis, including even the French one, are taking selfie for the lemma, so that point is debatable; what's not debatable is the error of implying that selfies are taken only with digital cameras, as that's disproved by one of the article's own illustrations—and I have a selfie taken in the mirror by my grandfather in 1905, showing that his camera was most definitely not a digital one! IacobusAmor (disputatio) 13:11, 20 Februarii 2016 (UTC)[reply]

digital camera:typical but not always.--Jondel (disputatio) 16:05, 20 Februarii 2016 (UTC)[reply]

De Latinitate[fontem recensere]

The meaning and grammar of "retio" and "congregabilio" aren't clear to me. Andrew Dalby (disputatio) 11:21, 20 Februarii 2016 (UTC)[reply]

That's because those aren't words (as I've indicated to the author on my page, where he asked). IacobusAmor (disputatio) 13:11, 20 Februarii 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Im correcting this to retia and congregabile. internet social network, like facebook, etc.--Jondel (disputatio) 15:48, 20 Februarii 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"Selfie" is described as "the word indeed of 2013". That doesn't mean much, but what seems to be intended is that the Oxford University Press Reference Division Press Office chose the word as its English neologism of 2013. I guess this is of interest to fans of Oxford University Press Reference Division Press Office, but maybe not so much to us, especially since English is not our special focus. Andrew Dalby (disputatio) 11:21, 20 Februarii 2016 (UTC)[reply]

We're not focusing on English, it is more of a fad(popular in California).--Jondel (disputatio) 16:04, 20 Februarii 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed, more or less? IacobusAmor (disputatio) 14:51, 20 Februarii 2016 (UTC)[reply]