"Erik Moeller" erik@wikimedia.org writes:
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- Wikipedia Foundation
- Wikipedia
- MediaWiki
- Wikipedia Sources
- Wikipedia Textbooks
- Wikipedia Quotes
- Wikipedia Dictionary
- Wikipedia Commons
- Wikipedia Species
- Wikipedia News
- Wikipedia Learning
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Besides everything else which has been said already, I do not find these names particularly appealing. "Wikibooks" is short and catchy, "Wikipedia Textbooks" is long and clumsy and has a taste of ugly marketspeak.
Apart from that, one should be clear about the fact, that the success of Wikipedia is primarily rooted in that it meets a specific demand. There is a strong demand for a free encyclopaedia much more than for a free news portal, simply because gazillions of news sites exist on the Web.
thanks,
Johannes