[Wikipedia-l] Our officially anonymous software

[Adam Williamson]

On Fri, 2002-09-20 at 17:28, Ray Saintonge wrote:
> Toby Bartels wrote:
> 
> >Stephen Gilbert wrote:
> >
> >I don't think that it's reasonable
> >to have a name that says "Wiki" but not "Pedia".
> >We are not the only Wiki around, nor the original,
> >and I don't relish the prospect of one day, when we're famous,
> >explaining to people that "Wiki" does not mean just Wikipedia.
> >
> >My vote is for "PediaWiki".  We now have "PediaWiki version 3".
> >("3" as in "3.0", except that we're far beyond just 3.0 by now.)
> >
> I would be very careful about using any words beginning with "pedia-" or 
> anything similar.  The Greek root for this relates to children, and even 
> the slightest inadvertant suggestion that the name could have anything 
> at all to do with kiddy-porn may bring a whole lot of unwanted traffic.

I wouldn't like to be a paediatrician if things are as bad as you
suggest, then ;). I don't think paedophiles find their preferred
internet sites through googling for "pedia". Just can't see it myself. I
don't see that calling something pediawiki is going to get any
"unwanted" traffic, frankly...you're a bit too worried I think :)
-- 
adamw