Talk:Ig Nobel Prize

Discussion with page creator

I had a short discussion with the user who created this WQ page HERE. How do others feel about the statement:

I don't see why this Wikiquote page would be controversial

Thanks in advance for any thoughts, Ottawahitech (talk) 13:25, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

The HALF sentence above is part of a paragraph: The name is is a pun on the English word "ignoble." If the prize (started in 1991) and Wikipedia article about it (started in 2001) created no offense to speakers of Igbo, I don't see why this Wikiquote page would be controversial. signed HouseOfChange HouseOfChange (talk) 14:22, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

Just wondering how many readers of this talkpage know that ig is used as short for w:Igbo on wikimedia pages? Did you know that there is a ig.wikipedia and even a ig.wikiquote?

According to enwp (English Wikipedia): Igbo people are an ethnic group of Nigeria. It is also the language spoken by the w:Igbo people. The Igbo language is spoken by more than 31 million people who live mostly in Nigeria, but there is also a minority of 227 thousand that live in the United States. If you happened to be an Igbo person living in the United States, how would you feel about this page on Wikiquote? Would you say it complies with NPOV (neutral point of view)?

BTW did you know that according to enwp w:IGBO is a totally different subject? Ottawahitech (talk) 15:31, 28 May 2022 (UTC)

If I were an Igbo speaker, I would offended by Ottawahitech's appropriating my culture and language to stir controversy where no controversy exists.

As a speaker of English, I am not offended by words like "entitled," "enervating," or "enema." Unlike you, I assume Igbo people also have good sense. Well before Wikipedia started using "ig" to represent "Igbo", Nature had an article about the Ig Nobel Prize. The existence of words that include "ig" is not a sign of disrespect toward Igbo people. HouseOfChange (talk) 17:55, 28 May 2022 (UTC)