Talk:Camera (disambiguation)

The origin of the word Camera comes from the Arabic word GAMARAH, meaning a book that reflects light. This was first invented by Hassan Al Basri a well known scientist in the islamic word. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 163.187.241.87 (talk • contribs) 8 Feb 2006.

Very, very unlikely. "Camera" is a Latin word meaning "room", hence also the English "chamber". - Jmabel | Talk 20:50, 11 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There is an earlier etymology from the Greek word Kamara meaning a room.

private council

From the page: "A camera can refer to a private council or action being undertaking by such a group." Really? News to me, if true. In camera can mean this (a Latin borrowing, translating roughly as "in chambers"). Does someone have a citation on this, because I doubt it. - Jmabel | Talk 21:42, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

And now has altered this to "(archaic) A judge's chamber, room, or apartment, likely the origin of the legal phrase 'In Camera' , which refers to a secret or private meeting with a judge, comittee or council, as opposed to proceedings in open session." (By the way, the wikilink leads to a musical group, pretty useless). I am quite certain that this is not "archaic", except in the sense that all Latin is archaic. It isn't merely "likely" to be the origin of in camera, it is the origin. But in any case, whether correctly or incorrectly put, I believe this doesn't belong on a disambiguation page for "camera". - Jmabel | Talk 04:18, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The entry seems to be relatively dictionary-related, so I added a link to Wiktionary on the page, as the Wiktionary entry for "camera" covers the use of it as an "assembly" or "meeting" (see the Italian section). Unless there is an appropriate article on the use of "In Camera", it should not be included. -- Nataly a 15:20, 24 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There is an article in camera, but that's not a reason to give a bad etymology of it here. - Jmabel | Talk 04:37, 26 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Removal of CAMERA acronym from disamb page

The only acronym usage for camera (CAMERA) has been directed to Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America, where it belongs. CasualObserver'48 (talk) 05:18, 9 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This obviously belongs on the disambiguation page. Judging by his contributions to the CAMERA page, CasualObserver'48 is an anti-CAMERA editor. He is welcome to his points of view, but this must not come at the expense of Wikipedia's usability. Gni (talk) 17:54, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]