[Foundation-l] Wiki[p/m]edia

[Strainu]

At first thought, this proposal seemed like a "branding suicide", but
considering the enormous difference in awareness between Wikipedia and
the other brands, it could be a subject worth discussing. It would
also help avoid composed word that sometimes sound strange or are just
plain weird in languages other than English.

Strainu


2010/12/10  <dex2000 at pc.dk>:
> I was about to write a suggestion similar to the one indicated by Ziko
> van Dijk. I second it and recommend that the following be given serious
> consideration:
>
> Change as soon as practically possible the naming of the Foundation to
> the "Wikipedia Foundation" and the naming of the projects to Wikipedia,
> Wikipedia Commons, Wikipedia Books, Wikipedia Wiktionary etc. That would
> simplify matters enormously while at the same time broadening the
> Wikipedia brand to all projects in a much more effective and
> comprehensible way.
>
> "We" would of course still talk internally about Commons, Wikibooks,
> Wiktionary and so on for the sake of brevity.
>
> It is never too late...
>
> Regards,
> Sir48/Thyge, da:wiki
>
>
> ----- Original meddelelse -----
>
>> Ziko van Dijk zvandijk at googlemail.com [mailto:zvandijk at googlemail.com]
>> wrote:
>> ....
>
>> Whether the names amplify the problem, whether "Wikimedia" was a good
>> name choice - maybe WMF should rename itself "The Wikipedia
>> Foundation" and call Wiktionary "The Wikipedia Dictionary" and so on.
>
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