I'm fond of "Wikimedians in the United States," per Jason's suggestion. From what I've seen, the group can hardly decide on what it is we're actually doing here (attempting to represent the diversity of real persons in the United States, representing whatever that constituency is to the Europeans?). We shouldn't be jumping to give false impressions.


On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 1:49 PM, Kevin Rutherford <Ktr101@hotmail.com> wrote:
We could just go with Wikimedia: US. Not only will it be shorter, but it will make us sound like awesome people who are in no way infatuated with ourselves! On a serious note though, should we continue this on a Wiki so that we can easily tally a vote?
 
Kevin
 
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaus-l] Naming of pan-US Wikimedia group
 
Well, including "Wikimedia" and "United States" turns it into a huge mouthful. Brevity is super-important in conversation and many written/printed situations as well.

We can safely leave out "Wikimedia" - and only mention it where needed, such as "This Wiknic is hosted by Wikipedia's <INSERT NAME HERE>.

Also, "United States" is easily shortened to "America".

Bob


On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Pharos <pharosofalexandria@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 8:58 AM, phoebe ayers <phoebe.wiki@gmail.com> wrote:
 


On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 4:44 AM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj@gmail.com> wrote:


Wikimedians in the United States would actually be a great name,

> +1
> Kirill

+1
SJ

 
Agreed, I also like Wikimedia US Community ... but I'd add "group": Wikimedia US Community Group. (Maybe that can be the descriptive subtitle for whatever name is chosen). IMHO the name is mostly for outside people -- i.e. GLAM institutions who want a point of contact, new people looking for a community group to join -- which means it should be pretty straightforward & obvious about what is going on!

-- phoebe
 
This is my sort of reservation with just "Wikimedians in the United States"; that it doesn't give the impression of a *group*, of a distinct if informal entity that could be a point of contact for GLAM institutions, etc.

Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)

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