Talk:Mergania
Welcome to the discussion page of the Confederate States of Mergany!
If you are unsatisfied with my mapping or my edits (e.g. the strange German-like names of my towns), this should be the right place to discuss. I am thankful for any suggestion for improvement since I'm beginner.
In addition, this page should encourage you to spend some time with and around Mergany and provide some information about how to cooperate.
For further questions, don't hesitate to ask me.
Some hints how a cooperation can look like: rules of international cooperation.
Discussions
feel free to add some points here...
I think this kind of page is a great idea. I admit when you first started working here on OGF I felt some discomfort with your naming system, as it was too "transparently derivational." But I very much welcome and appreciate your openness to feedback, and I feel optimistic that you will fit in well on the long run.
One point that I would focus on right now, for Mergany, is how it works in the world-history that is evolving. In OGF world, so far, the "Europe" is in Northwest Uletha. Thus, Kalm (by user joschi81) and/or Schwaldia (by user Andy) are the homes to the "German" language, which has been called Kalmish. So, one thing you might want to work out is how these German-speakers arrived in eastern Uletha, and what your country's historical relationship with Kalm is. By working out the history, this will give you more insight into your naming process, too, and thus "solve two problems at once."
I like your systematic approach. You seem to have a similar process to mine as far as the map, with lots of "cut-and-paste". Now the hard job of working the map realism of naming all those streets, adding irregularities to your patterns, etc.
Let me know if you have any questions.--Happy mapping - Luciano (talk) 02:48, 10 February 2016 (CET)
- Dear Luciano, thanks a lot for your reply! I hope I can benefit from feedback and develop my country. This page was just a quick idea how to improve collaboration with other nations, if everybody edits his own part and writes about it, as in fact most users (regarding the number, not the presence) do, I will miss the cross-linking. World-history is one of those points which seem to be very difficult, due to different participants and many changes during history. I will check where my "German" language comes from (and of course the people). --Mstr (talk) 21:21, 13 February 2016 (CET)
Whenever I read 'Mergany' an image came into my mind - and I wasn't quite sure why.
But it came back to me just now - perhaps the national bird of Mergany could be a saw-billed duck - a Merganser. I've uploaded a photo of a goosander - because it is a slightly more attractive bird than a merganser - but its Latin name is Mergus merganser and it is called a Merganser in the states. Just a thought. Udi --Udilugbuldigu (talk) 15:40, 22 February 2016 (CET)
Ties with Singkangia
Hello, are you interested to established diplomatic ties with my country Singkangia?. My country is quite advanced in technology and I wonder if I can add in my wiki article that "a group of Mergans came to train Singkareans to help urbanised singkangia". So it is like my country had received professional help from somewhere to help develop its economy and technology. Let me know as soon as possible. Happy mapping. --Zhenkang (talk) 13:40, 4 January 2017 (CET)
- Yes, of course. Feel free to add some Mergany-related content. Here is a list of typical Mergan names.--Mstr (talk) 06:40, 10 January 2017 (CET)
The location of Mergany's embassy can be found here: http://www.opengeofiction.net/edit#map=16/-9.6050/162.8194--Zhenkang (talk) 14:42, 18 January 2017 (CET)