File talk:Olaf Scotking of Sweden coin 1910.jpg

Scotking? Is that the proper exonym? Le Lapin Vert (talk) 21:13, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

It's the one the donor uses. That makes it proper. --SergeWoodzing (talk) 01:54, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

Really? Le Lapin Vert (talk) 17:54, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

Olaf = English for Swedish Olov; scot as in scot-free = Old English for old Swedish sköte = modern Swedish for skatt; king = English for Swedish konung. Lagerqvist & Åberg have published a scolarly work in Swedish on the meaning of many of these epithets, including this one. It's in Ristesson's private library. I've seen it. There are over 500 volumes of knowledge there.

What's your problem? Mad at me because I wouldn't let you introduce the Swedish term "legal birthplace" on English Wikipedia?

Donate 1000-2000 valuable images yourself to Commons and you'll see that your work won't be favored, but it will be appreciated enough not to be questioned when you use a reasonably well founded exonym, whether or not the word's famous. Do some etymological research and you'll see how well founded this one is! You'll be able to name your images whatever you want, as long as it's reasonable. Until then (you have a lot of contributing to do here at Commons first), best wishes! And let's try not to argue about anything, especially not about nothing! --SergeWoodzing (talk) 21:47, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

No, I just saw when the picture got renamed, and hadn't seen that exonym before. I've only encountered it as "Scot-king", king of Scots. Oh, I have donated a few images to Commons, but under my real name, so I won't discuss them in detail here. Let's just say that I used to photograph rock and blues musicians in the 1980's...and some day I might scan some more. I've got quite a few boxes of photos and slides sitting on top of my bookshelves, waiting for my retirement day...  ;-) Le Lapin Vert (talk) 22:33, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

Go for it, Mr./Ms. Vert, and every good wish! --SergeWoodzing (talk) 22:38, 27 June 2015 (UTC)