Talk:Genu (Latin)

A newcomer's query
I see that genu is listed on Requested articles/list of missing anatomy. I'd be happy to satisfy that request, but I'm not sure how to go about it.

Genu literally means knee (as described in a brief Wiktionary entry), and is used in anatomy to describe the knees (as genu valgum and genu varum) as well as anything else that resembled a knee in the minds the ancients (that is, anything with a bend in it, for example genu of the corpus callosum). So genu only has one meaning, but is used as part of various larger technical terms.

In my mind, there's not really enough content to have an encyclopedia page about the term genu itself. More sensible would be to treat each usage (such as genu of the corpus callosum) as a term, although I can imagine people encountering the separate terms elsewhere might try to look up genu alone. Also, it's worth keeping in mind that the separate terms are best described in a larger context, and so I'd advocate genu of the corpus callosum being a redirect to corpus callosum, for example.

I've been reading policy/style trying to puzzle this out, without much luck. Can someone advise? The possibilities, as I see them, are:


 * Make a very simple page that merely links to the Wiktionary.
 * Make a disambiguation page, linking to separate pages for each usage.
 * Delete the request that sparked this post, and go through Special:Whatlinkshere/Genu updating each usage to point to the appropriate separate page.
 * Others I haven't thought of yet?

-- JVinocur 01:41, 11 April 2006 (UTC)


 * It's a tricky situation, but you could:
 * Create a short article discussing where the word comes from and list articles. While not encyclopedic, the page would be a root page for navigation.
 * Go ahead with the disambiguation page, which would have things that are referred to as "Genu" (and a link to Wikitionary).--Commander Keane 11:13, 11 April 2006 (UTC)