[Wikipedia-l] A quick thought about 1.0

[Jimmy Wales]

I agree with this.  It'd take a pretty major revolution for me to get
too excited about any other name.


Erik Zachte wrote:

> Wikipedia is in the process of becoming a household name. 
> I am confident that in a year's time it will be a name that is as well
> known as or better than Britannica and Encarta.
>  
> I think it would be too bad if we cause confusion by introducing a new
> name for a printed edition.
> Image Britannica had called their online version "Amerannica", what a
> waste PR wise.
>  
> In my view people will be less confused when online and printed
> Wikipedia differ in content under the same name.
> Online Brittanica is also different from printed edition, because of
> regular updates of the online version.
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> Erik Zachte
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