This is my first post to the list; am I going about this in the right way? I propose ManiaWiki not be considered, since it has a horrible clanking sound. Dactyl-trochee is not a conventional English structure; the phrase lacks a sense of completeness, and thus lacks impact, since the final unstressed syllable trails off . . . the concept is not resolved by the sound, so to speak.

WikiMania (trochee-dactyl) is metrically effective, but as some have pointed out, it might not be desirable to promote the event as being manic. In any case, the name is taken; no great loss.

WikiSym is 1) opaque and 2) too exclusively academic, though why not ressurect the classical notion as symposia for deep drinking no less than for deep thinking. WikiSem, from Wiki Seminar, is overly narrow. If this is to be more than a single-session, "seminar" is not an accurate categorization.

I'd vote for Wiki2006 as being very workable. I am surprised WikiWorld has not been offered, or some derivative e.g. "Wiki World Congress." WikiThrong, WikiCrush, Wiki Ass (for assembly), and WikiCauc (for caucus) should probably be discarded outright. Why not WikiCamp?

I SUGGEST WikiFest: it contains both social and professional connotations, the connotation of being annual, and an atmosphere that is celebratory, festive, and purposive. I muchly prefer it to Wikimania.

Zachary