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From: wikimania-l-bounces(a)Wikipedia.org
[mailto:wikimania-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Ivan Krstic
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 16:41
To: Wikimania list
Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania: name of a conference...
Kereluk, Darren L. wrote:
going with a high brow name is not a good marketing
move, in my humble
opinion. Is it always necessary to cloak things in language that
people cannot understand in order to keep out the hoi palloi?
How did you get to 'high brow' and 'language that people cannot
understand'
from the phrase 'a more conventional name'?
...from the simple fact that whenever something great in technology comes
along, there is invariably a movement to change the terms used to something
"more conventional". One of the things that made the conference stand out
when I was looking for a suitable event to attend in 2006 was its current
name. I'm sorry to disagree with you, but using a boring name does not help
make a conference, or any other product, for that matter, stand out in the
sea of many options that are out there for people to partake of.
My point is that you have to use every available means at your disposal to
stand out.
Thank you for allowing me to have my say. I will now leave the discussion
for others to carry on.
Darren.
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