Ruimu wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "The Cunctator" cunctator@kband.com
I think this is absolutely right, and is probably why I subconsciously have been disliking the name "Wikipedia" for a hardcopy version.
I personally think Nupedia is a good name for it, but if people can come up with a better idea, then that would be great too.
Nupedia sound and look a little bit weird in French and maybe also inGerman. I would personally prefer a longer impressive latin sounding name (a little bit like "Encyclopaediae Universalis") to be on the jacket, and Nupedia could be the nickmane used day-to-day. Something like "Open Collaborative Hyperlinked Encyclopaedia" but, at best, N and U could be acronyms. ("Networked Universal Encyclopaedia" ?) (My two centimes)
Post-Scriptum: In fact, I don't even know if the hardcopy version is to be multi language. I apologise if my proposal is off the road.
I like very much the name "Encyclopedia Galactica".
It is like the objectieve of Wikipedia "a collaborative project to produce a free and complete encyclopedia in every language" , a very bold name.
Walter