[Wikipedia-l] Our officially anonymous software

[Neil Harris]

Toby Bartels wrote:

>Stephen Gilbert wrote:
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>>Fellow Wikipedians, I want to say that I am thoroughly
>>pleased with the current Wikipedia software. It is
>>stable, speedy and useful. I think it's time we gave
>>it a name other than "the Phase III software".
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>>I like the name "PhaseIII Wiki". It is in keeping with
>>Wikipedia history, and people won't have to get used
>>to a completely new name.
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>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
>(as I now have to explain that the "Internet" isn't just the Web).
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>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.)
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>-- Toby
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I vote for "Phase III Wikipedia software" which is
* a good name,
* what it is currently being called, and
* self-descriptive

Neil