From: Michael Peel <michael.peel@wikimedia.org.uk>
To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, 13 June 2012, 10:09
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What is in a name?
Indeed - it's standard practice nowadays to be 'Wikimedia' rather than 'Wikipedia'. If only someone had made this argument when people were coming up with names right at the start of the projects...
(The bigger issue here is why 'Wikimedia Commons' rather than 'Wikipedia Multimedia', etc...)
Thanks,
Mike
On 13 Jun 2012, at 09:57, John Vandenberg wrote:
> All chapters are called either 'Wikimedia', 'Wiki' or 'free culture'.
>
> On 6/13/12, Gordon Joly <
gordon.joly@pobox.com> wrote:
>>
>> At last, the company (a registered charity) is now called "Wikimedia
>> UK". The name was changed from "Wiki UK Ltd". A former version
of the
>> project was called "Wiki Educational Resources Ltd" which is a rather
>> apt name given the current interest in training. This company was
>> dissolved in 2009. It does not appear to have ever submitted any accounts.
>>
>> Company No. 05708269
>> Status: Dissolved 31/03/2009
>> Date of Incorporation: 14/02/2006
>>
>> Why choose the name "wikimedia" when the public are in general much more
>> familiar with the term "wikipedia"? Are we guilty of being to close the
>> issue and not seeing the wider picture (but that was was given as the
>> reason for the formal name change at the AGM???)? Is there now time to
>> reflect?
>>
>> I know something of the trademark issues, and I know something about the
>> relationship to the Foundation.
>>
>> Compare and contrast:-
>>
>> 1) Wikipedia
>>
>> 2) Wikimedia
>>
>> 3) Mediawiki
>>
>>
>> Gordo
>>
>>
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