Talk:Ambigram
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[edit] Ambigram URL
I have created an ambigrammatic domain name and corresponding URL. To my knowledge the worlds first. See ap.xozzox.de I think the example would make a nice addition to the examples section. I would add it to the entry, if this would be acceptable. Comments? xozzox ,i.e. 87.174.206.223 (talk) 08:36, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
The domain has been picked up and discussed by the online Ambigram Magazine - xozzox, i.e. 87.174.226.21 (talk) 08:51, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Removing non-illustrative Examples by Arif Fachrudin
These examples do not add much in the way of explaining what an ambigram is. They are not particularly notable, and do not show any special types of ambigrams. Additionally, they were added by the author, suggesting that they are really just supposed to be advertisements for his own work, or a way of showcasing some work that he liked. Hence I am removing them from the article. Jesterjester (talk) 16:28, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Some links to T-shirts with mirror-image antonyms
http://www.moillusions.com/2006/07/love-hate-optical-illusion.html
http://www.moillusions.com/2009/06/cleverest-stupid-girl-arround.html
I have no idea what copyright license if any the images might fall under so i am hesitant to upload them but they are brilliant illustrations of ambigram-style writing.
Warmest Regards, :)—thecurran Speak your mind my past 11:12, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
[edit] ЯEDЯUM
Would this qualify as a use of an ambigram in popular culture? (From The Shining, reads as "MURDER" in a mirror.) Lurlock (talk) 18:58, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
[edit] External Links for Ambigrams
customambigrams.com by graphic artist Clayton Mabey. Mariericks (talk) 02:26, 8 October 2010 (UTC)--Mariericks (talk) 02:26, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
[edit] Fixing this page
It's sad. I'm an expert at ambigrams. I know most of the prominent ambigramists personally. I've done them myself for almost ~30 years. I spent tons of time cleaning up this page, adding historical information, including the first ambigrams ever, a timeline and other information, and removing lots of random ambigrams. But, I was chased away by a few griefers who probably spent more time on Wikipedia in a day than I spend in six months. I didn't have the time to fight them. The page is now inaccurate, a mishmash of information, and has a bunch of borderline ambigrams that look like they were added to help promote products. Lots of great information is long gone. To cap it off, somebody took a piece of artwork by Doug Hofstadter, which I had personally obtained permission for it to be on Wikipedia, and replaced it with an SVG replica. It is completely inappropriate to replace original artwork with replicas.
If others are interested in a concerted effort to bring this page's quality back up to where it was during the brief period before the griefers took over, and there are enough people, contact me. Otherwise, this page is going to continue to degrade in quality.
