The name of a conference is typically a descriptor of the contents of the
programme rather than of the attendees :)
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On 12 September 2014 13:49, Ilario Valdelli <valdelli(a)gmail.com> wrote:
It's not the word Conference, is the word
Wikimedia that address people to
consider it as an event for the Wikimedia movement.
On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 2:47 PM, Chris Keating <chriskeatingwiki(a)gmail.com
wrote:
> The word "Conference" doesn't in itself imply that an event is open
or
> closed.
> C
> On 12 Sep 2014 13:06, "Ilario Valdelli" <valdelli(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > But Wikimania is not only a
Wikimedia Conference.
>
> > It's a conference open
to all people outside the Wikimedia movement.
>
> > If the name should be as
much as possible "explicative", the switch
from
> > Wikimania to Wikimedia Conference is inappropriate.
>
> > On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at
12:17 PM, Wil Sinclair <wllm(a)wllm.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > > We can be both more sensible and sensitive by
calling this conference
> > > something else. As has been suggested, Wikimedia Conference (maybe
> > > WikiCon for short) would be more appropriate.
> >
> > > ,Wil
> >
> > > On Fri, Sep 12,
2014 at 1:41 AM, Ilario Valdelli <valdelli(a)gmail.com
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > > I would
really appreciate if the discussion can move in other
> questions
> > > > concerning for instance the cost saving and the participation
instead
> > of
> > > > speaking of a name.
> >
> >
>
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