https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymological_fallacy
On 03 Nov 2016, at 13:52, Pierre-Selim pierre-selim@huard.info wrote:
I'm not specially shocked. In France we have a video game retail company called Micromania (based on microcomputer and mania), who targeted video game player (I don't think the name of the company is confused by anyone as a medical condition or an insult).
Long time ago I heard a good joke about the naming of the conference: it should be called the Wikimedia Conference and what is call now the Wikimedia Conference should probably be called Wikimania
2016-11-03 13:28 GMT+01:00 Gordon Joly gordon.joly@pobox.com:
Is it proper and correct to use the term "mania"?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mania
Would we say "WikiMad" or WikiCrazy"?
Gordo
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