On 02/07/07, Bryan Tong Minh bryan.tongminh@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