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Wrong github repository in infobox?

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Vulkan-Hpp is a set of C++ bindings for Vulkan. The headers (the core API) of Vulkan is available in the Vulkan-Headers repository. --Gert7 (talk · contribs) 22:13, 10 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Vulkan 1.2 available for AMD GCN 1.2 Equal 2nd Gen and higher in Windows and Linux Mesa 20.0

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See sheet 457+ in https://www.khronos.org/conformance/adopters/conformant-products/vulkan

See https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-win-20-1-2

See new Features in https://mesa3d.org/relnotes/20.0.0.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:6D40:3485:2101:7045:2013:7210:742C (talk) 00:20, 1 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 31 October 2021

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The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Moved  — Amakuru (talk) 21:34, 10 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Vulkan (API) → Vulkan – There isn't anything else titled 'Vulkan' to require such title disambiguation (i.e. (API)). It's the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, judged both by a casual xtools glance and from Vulkan (disambiguation). Since 'Vulkan' redirects here anyway, it makes perfect sense already, and change the hatnote to {{Other uses}} SWinxy (talk) 05:41, 31 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Name based on the German word for Volcano?

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In this edit kinda makes the implicit claim that Vulkan is named after the german word for Volcano without providing any sources. To the best of my knowledge, this is incorrect, and the name is taken after the Roman god Vulcan, but with the c changes to a k for trademarkability reasons. I also don't have a proper source for this, so I'm not proposing to document this in the article.

But perhaps we should revert the change? There's also a similar change done to the disambiguation article.

Or am I missing something here?

Kusmabite (talk) 12:30, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Look at [1]. Vulkan is in German. Latin is Vulcanus. The change to K might also be for trademark, but it is also German way.Maria Gemmi (talk) 12:41, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure what that argument is supposed to mean. Yes, it's also the German word for Volcano. But it's also the Norwegian, Swedish, Danish (and probably other Germanic languages. That's entirely besides the point. The edit makes the implicit claim that Vulkan is named this was after the German word, without any reference to back it up. And I don't believe such a reference exists, because I don't think it's true.
Mentioning that this has the same spelling as a German word is simply irrelevant.
Kusmabite (talk) 13:18, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, all Germanic languages. But they are the ones using K, not Latin.Maria Gemmi (talk) 13:30, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Clearly not all Germanic languages, because English write it with a C, while still being a Germanic language.
But I still fail to see how this is anything else than an irrelevant detail, and not something worth mentioning in the article, let alone the first sentence describing the API...
Kusmabite (talk) 14:11, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Just to try to make it clearer:

  1. The Vulkan spec is made by Khronos, which is itself named based on a god from Classical_mythology(Chronos), but with the C replaced with a K.
  2. Vulkan is based on an initial contribution of the Mantle spec, and a Mantle is a tool that the god Vulcan uses.
  3. The sloagan for Vulkan during the initial launch was "Industry forged", and Vulcan is the god of the forge.

All of the above supports this being based on the name of the Roman god, and not the German word for "Volcano".

I'm not proposing to document the above, just to remove the pretty clearly irrelevant German language tidbit, which is causing confusion .

Kusmabite (talk) 14:38, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Update: Seems someone else decided to remove the claim. I did a similar change to the disambiguation-article, but forgot to log in first. Kusmabite (talk) 12:10, 8 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Kusmabite: […] this edit kinda makes the implicit claim that Vulkan is named after the german word for Volcano […] I don’t think so. As far as I know the word Vulkan is not an English word (Wiktionary) therefore the reader may not know how to properly pronounce it. Pointing out Vulkan is of German origin can assist you, unless, of course, the German pronunciation is not the proper pronunciation. Maybe it’s pronounced like walkin’? ‑‑ K (🗪 | ✍) 19:27, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think so. Vulkan is usually pronounced like the name of the Roman god Vulcan, not like the German word for volcano. Kusmabite (talk) 11:22, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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