Chuck Smith wrote:
Wikipedia is in the process of becoming a household name. I am confident that in a year's time it will be a name that is as well known as or better than Britannica and Encarta.
I just want to say that I agree completely. We're in the process of branding a name here. "Wikipedia 1.0" seems perfect to me. It shows that it's stable and includes the same name. "Wikipedia 2004" could also be used if we want to publish a new stable version every year like traditional encyclopedias.
In the Linux world, distributors have a brand name that they glue on in addition to a version number, so "Red Hat Linux 8.0" is the actual product you can get, and there's no "Linux 8.0" unless it's a far-future kernel. :-)
So, ideas: "Wikipedia Pro 1.0" "Wikipedia Stable 2004" "Wikipedia Plus 1.0" "Best of Wikipedia 1.0" (BOW, but suggests "bow wow") "Wikipedia Select 2004" "Wikipedia Snapshot" or "Wikipedia Snap" "Bomis Wikipedia 1.0" :-)
For specialized products, longer names are good too: "Wikipedia Encyclopedia of Ships and the Sea" "Wikipedia's Math-o-Rama" "Wikipedia Games Compleat 2004" "The Wikipedia Tree of Life: a comprehensive encyclopedia of plants, animals, and protista"
Stan