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 <dex2...@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 zvand...@googlemail.com [mailto:zvand...@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. > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
