On 02/07/07, Bryan Tong Minh <bryan.tongminh(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I've personally never liked the name
"Wikicommons". It just doesn't
sound well to me, compared to "Wikimedia Commons" or "(The) Commons."
I agree. Practically no one uses the term *on* Commons. I think the
problem is too many syllables/just sticking words together instead of
properly merging them. Wikipedia works because it's not
Wikiencyclopedia. OTOH Wikibooks also works because 'books' is only
one syllable.
I personally am rather fond of 'Wikimedia Commons' now, and I always
use the long version of the name outside Wikimedia, because otherwise
there are too many things that are 'Commons'. But I do recognise it's
not the most intuitive name.
I like the community, public-benefit connotation of 'Commons' as
Stephen pointed out, too.
I think it's not worth renaming unless we get a very strong candidates
that fits the criteria of being obvious, unique and short. So let's
see what more brilliant inspiration can produce. :)
cheers
Brianna
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