On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 7:30 PM, AGK <wiki...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 22 May 2010 02:09, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dal...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> While that is true, making up names without any real thought is what
>> has resulted in the mess we have now where most people have no idea
>> what the differences are between Wikipedia, Wikimedia and MediaWiki,
>> since the names are all so similar. I think taking a little bit of
>> time to come up with a sensible name is a good idea.
>
> Not to mention Wikia. But really, only those unfamiliar with Wikipedia
> get confused between the three.
Ahem
<mea culpa>
O Lord God and all brethren, I must confess that sometimes I made a
typographcal error "Wikipedia Foundation" here and there including on
wikimediafoundation.org ...
</mea culpa>
I totally agree with Tango and Philippe; the more frequently used a
word would be, the less confusable naming is wanted.
> And as this really is only a
> background/editorial process, the name isn't _as_ significant.
> Admittedly, it's new editors who are most likely to not figure out why
> their edits haven't appeared yet ("I was told anybody could edit this
> site. So why hasn't my improvement showing up? Do I need to refresh
> the page? … Argh!!!"… rage quit; we lose an editor). But I don't know
> if they're going to care which name we choose, so long as it's
> understandable to the layman. YMMV.
>
> AGK
>
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