Talk:OK (disambiguation)

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This was a redirector to Talk:Okay, so there was nowhere to discuss the dab page OK. I've just removed the redirect --ColinFine 22:26, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

OK= Ola Karlaug (a great norwegian hero)Liverpoolola (talk) 20:40, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Queensland

I've just removed an entry for a 'town in the Chillagoe district' in Queensland. There is indeed an OK Mine and Smelter at Chillagoe, but it is not a town, and since it is not apparently notable enough for anybody to have created a WP article for it so far, it does not seem likely to be something that anybody would come looking for on a disambiguation page. --ColinFine 22:31, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Redlink

Removed from the dab page because there was no article to link to:

• Oljekompaniet, a Swedish oil company

--ShelfSkewed Talk 16:19, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

OK Computer

A dab page is not an index to everything that contains the dabbed term. It is used to differentiate among articles that might use the same title. If OK Computer were an article about a computer (or store or company) named OK, it would be a valid entry on this page. But it's not; it's about an album named OK Computer and so doesn't require disambiguation from things named "OK". Ask yourself: Are users searching for this album likely to enter just "OK" in the search box and expect to end up at the article for OK Computer? Or, rather, are they going to enter "OK Computer"? And if we add this album, will we also be adding OK Calculator (album), OK Cobra (group), OK Connery (film), OK Cowboy (album), OK Go (band), OK Jazz (band), and OK to Go (album)? --ShelfSkewed Talk 13:05, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

I'd disagree with you on the very first point; any page which might be arrived at directly by someone searching for information - as OK is - needs to have not only the 'pure' dab items, but also the 'logical connections' ones too, hence there is an existing In other uses: section. Ideally OK Computer should be in this latter section, however as there is already in music section someone put it there instead, for fairly obvious reasons. All of those other links you list (where, incidentally, someone might abbreviate the name to just the 'OK' as a shorthand) seem sensible to add to the In other uses: section I would have thought. --AlisonW (talk) 15:55, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

If you disagree with my first point, you'll need to take that up at the Disambiguation talk page. And the other uses section is, again, for things named OK: a soda named OK, a league named OK, a company named OK, etc. The further uses you are thinking of are accomodated here by the Lookfrom links: To find other things that begin with OK. And does anyone really refer to OK Computer as OK? I love the album, and I own it, and I've never called it OK—I call it OK Computer. Ditto the band OK Go. I rather doubt your contention that anyone refers to any of those other things I listed as OK for short. --ShelfSkewed Talk 16:11, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Is this the Ok Corral? Looks like a gunfight! Why isn't the Ok Corral mentioned? - Secondarywaltz (talk) 21:56, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh! It is listed under All pages with titles beginning with Ok, just as OK Computer is listed under All pages with titles beginning with OK. Hope this helps. - Secondarywaltz (talk) 22:03, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:3-Tastenmaus_Microsoft.jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.239.230.182 (talk) 23:50, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:3-Tastenmaus_Microsoft.jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.239.230.182 (talk) 23:51, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Also ,,ok,, ist eine abkürzung von otto kaiser der früher die auto kontrollierte und wenn ein auto korrekt war schrieb er sein namen hinn otto kaiser und dass wurde dann zu o.k.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.94.233.188 (talk) 22:40, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Exact abbreviation of OK

```` I wish to know that what's exactly the abbreviation of OK...???? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.186.128.22 (talk) 14:50, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

There is no abbreviation for OK--that's as brief as it gets. The article to consult for more information is Okay.--ShelfSkewed Talk 15:22, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

And after looking at that article, I stand corrected: OK can be shortened to K, if you like.--ShelfSkewed Talk 15:28, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

OK. Hello my name is Andreas and today I decided to have a look at what the wikipedia says about the definition of the expression 'OK' and see if it is related to what I have heard about the definition of this expression. I know that the definition of the 'OK' expression comes from the greek words 'ola kala'(όλα καλά) which means 'everything well'. I think that makes more sence than coming from names of historical persons. I do not know if I am wrong but it makes sence to me according to the fact that many english words and expressions have greek origins. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andreasskevoulis (talk • contribs) 20:48, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

Definition of the expression: 'OK'

Hello my name is Andreas and today I decided to have a look at what the wikipedia says about the definition of the expression 'OK' and see if it is related to what I have heard about the definition of this expression. I know that the definition of the 'OK' expression comes from the greek words 'ola kala'(όλα καλά) which means 'everything well'. I think that makes more sence than coming from names of historical persons. I do not know if I am wrong but it makes sence to me according to the fact that many english words and expressions have greek origins. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andreasskevoulis (talk • contribs) 20:50, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

The page OK is a disambiguation page, not an article. The issue you raise is relevant to the article Okay, where the origin of the term is discussed, so you should bring this up at Talk:Okay. Cheers!--ShelfSkewed Talk 03:51, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

10 October 2011 Some say that OK came from the Civil War Era. When Confederate troops came back from patrol with O casualties. They would write "0.K,meaning o killed, and all is well. From then on, "OK" became a widely accepted in it it's use meaning all is well. The information is strictly here say and should be treated as such. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.9.194.2 (talk) 18:10, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

I apolagize in advance for how im doing this but im not a regular wikipedian. the previous statement is somewhat correct in its origins but OK comes from the words Oll Korect (general andrew jaxson) simply finding and looking at one of his orders during the civil war will verify this. previously we didnt say things how they were spelt but spell them how they were said. with the country accent of general jaxson it sounded oll korect and because of the war time was short so he would abreviate "all correct" as O.K. on his orders and documents. This is also where it gets its meaning from. okie dokie was also adopted later in the whitehouse by another representative. we also get the spelling of OKay in a similar manner of someone trying to spell O K as O Kay which later mutated (as time and dictionaries tend to do) to Okay. I wish i had the time to do all the research for this and other corrections but I have a job/college/studying for more certifications so if someone would please assist I would much appreciate it as ive been trying to find the time just to post this much for a few years... -M4dH4TT3r — Preceding unsigned comment added by M4dH4TT3r777 (talk • contribs) 03:22, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Please see ShelfSkewed's comment above: this is not the place to discuss this. Please see Okay, and if you wish to discuss the content of that page, post on Talk:Okay. --ColinFine (talk) 15:30, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Should this page be protected?

I've seen a whole lot of vandalism on this page recently, and I thought I would bring up the suggestion of it being a protected page? It would remove the hassle of having to undo so much vandalism. Just a thought. TravellerQLD <sup>(talk | contribs)</sup> 15:17, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress

There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Okay which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 01:59, 1 June 2014 (UTC)