[Foundation-l] Wikimedia Brand Survey Analysis

[Dmcdevit]

Anthony wrote:
> On 7/5/07, Brion Vibber <brion at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>   
>> Anthony wrote:
>>     
>>> On 7/5/07, Brion Vibber <brion at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>> If people are giving you something
>>> because they want to help Wikipedia, then that something should be
>>> used toward Wikipedia, not some other project.
>>>       
>> That might be true if people thought there was a difference between the
>> various projects we do, or if they thought that we shouldn't ever do
>> anything other than encyclopedia pages. On the contrary, though, people
>> often recommend we do additional things.
>>
>>     
> I find it hard to believe that anyone would think there's no
> difference between the various projects.
>   
Really? Have you ever worked for a non-Wikipedia project? Sometimes I 
get the feeling half of the readers think they simply *are* Wikipedia, 
despite the URL and logo and every other indicator. Even a significant 
amount of the OTRS mail for Wiktionary is either people complaining 
about something that happened on Wikipedia, or someone complaining that 
their band's article, or some other encyclopedic article they added 
because they thought it was Wikipedia, got deleted. And how many times 
have you seen some newbie at Wikipedia, ignorant of any projects other 
than Wikipedia, suggest that we include dictionary definitions to go 
along with our articles?

Dominic