You mean the same way that people assumed that "Semapedia" was my work? (It's not) :-)
Or the way so many programs are called "WinSomething" if they run on windows and MacSomething if they run on Mac, and LinThis and LinThat?
--simon
On Nov 26, 2005, at 6:14 AM, Dirk Riehle wrote:
Re: choice of term "WikiStatus"
I think it would be good to make sure we don't equate the world of wikis with Wikipedia. Wikipedia may be the most well-known and important wiki, but the world of wikis as I'm sure everyone here knows is much broader and more diverse than even Wikipedia.
I'm making this point after seeing some (influential?!) bloggers start equating wikis with Wikipedia, which helps nobody. (Neither will Wikipedia benefit from being equated with the LA Times desaster, nor will wikis be helped by being viewed through Encyclopedia glasses.)
I recognize that you use WikiStatus only as a shorthand for Wikipedia Status and spell it out most of the time, but sometimes acronyms take on a life of their own, say if you register a domain for it.
Thanks, Dirk