On 7/3/07, Andrew Gray <shimgray@gmail.com> wrote:
More to the point, all Wikisource material has "language" as a
fundamental attribute, which isn't really applicable here.
The equivalent fragmentation in Commons would presumably be, oh,
something like -
image.commons
video.commons
audio.commons
Where would animations fit in? They aren't movies per se, but neither are they strictly images.
Personally I think our name is fine, but that could just be because I'm so used to it; I do remember when I first heard of Commons thinking "what is it for?" and having to go and look around to figure out what the purpose of it was. Having our name so close to Creative Commons is also an issue, and we may get confused with them from time to time by people who aren't familiar with either.
I'm not going to push for the renaming of the Commons as I think our name is okay as is, but if I heard a decent substitute I might go for it. So far none of the suggestions have jumped out or seem feasible and I doubt we will really find one all-encompassing name that doesn't cause conflicts in some direction...
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