On 15/05/07, Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org wrote:
On 09 May 2007 21:38:00 +0200, Claus Färber GMANE@faerber.muc.de wrote:
Many people are uncomfortable with the notion of giving the Wikipedia brand primacy.
Dear Eric Moeller,
Calling Wikiversity "Wikipedia Learning" is not uncomfortable. It is wrong. It misrepresents what Wikiversity is, as if to say, Wikiversity is a subcatgegory of wikipedia whose purpose is to study what wikipedia has.
In practice, it also fails to stand out amongst the numerous education/academic oriented sites, for example:
http://education.wikia.com/wiki/Wikiversity http://academia.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page http://www.wikieducator.org/Main_Page http://collaboration.wikia.com/wiki/Wikiversity http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome http://www.qedoc.org/en/index.php?title=Main_Page
A name does not exist in vaccum.
A name also has meanings and connotations. This proposal purports to change the meaning of "wikipedia" to something which it is not. It will create confusions.
A name is crucial and intrinsic to anything, anybody, anyone. To suggest changing the name for the sheer convenience in marketing in the short term, is to get the priorities wrong.
: ) H.