On 1/4/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Andrea Forte</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:andrea.forte@gmail.com">andrea.forte@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Out of curiosity... what exactly ARE the difficulties?<br><a href="http://wikimania2006.org">wikimania2006.org</a> is not taken last I checked. CHI seems to be doing<br>quite well using that model. I didn't find Wikimania registered as a
<br>trademark with the US, European, Australian or Canadian patent offices<br>at least. Don't know about doing a more comprehensive international<br>search...</blockquote><div><br>Yeah... but would people know to look for 
<a href="http://wikimania2006.org">wikimania2006.org</a> over <a href="http://wikimania.org">wikimania.org</a>? I say we secure the trademark, and try to discuss with the domain owners over who has a right to get the website, or how much it would cost.
<br><br>Another unrelated question: I still don't see why it would be such a big deal to have both WikiSym and WikiSem, as they sound like they're related, but are unlikely to be confused. It would show more integration, which it seems WikiMedia projects as a whole lack. While I realize that WikiSym isn't connected to WikiMedia (or is it?) I think there would be little confusion, and the name sounds both professional--
<span style="font-style: italic;">seminar</span>   is a good conference word that doesn't sound too geeky or beer-drinky [avoiding the pitfalls of &quot;convention&quot; and &quot;meetup&quot;, respectively]--and casual, with the second word abbreviated, it appears much more laid back. I'm not married to this idea, and I still do like the name WikiMania a lot, but I also think that WikiSem would be a good choice, or alternative if it comes to that.
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