Well, the idea of "-mania" meaning "collective outpouring of enthusiasm" rather than "mental illness" dates to at least the 1960s with Beatlemania, even if the original use of the formulation - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisztomania - was intended to have clinical meaning.
I am unaware of any actual objections to this usage from, for instance, psychiatrists or mental health organisations. Chris On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 1:16 PM, Stuart Prior <[email protected]> wrote: > "Mania" is not a word where the meaning has completely changed, and is > still evidently used in current psychiatry. https://en. > wikipedia.org/wiki/Mania#References > > A prescriptivist view of the word would be deciding what it *doesn't* > mean, as much as what it *does*. > Gordo is rightly pointing out that nowadays it just has more meanings, and > has stigmatising qualities like the words "lame", "retard" etc. And we > should think about that as a movement that tries to be inclusive. > > Personally I've always thought that Wikimania needed a name change > (Wikimedia Conference needs a name change too). WikiGlobal? WikiSummit? > WikiFest? > > S > > > > On 3 November 2016 at 12:54, Stephan Schulz <[email protected]> wrote: > >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymological_fallacy >> >> > On 03 Nov 2016, at 13:52, Pierre-Selim <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > I'm not specially shocked. In France we have a video game retail >> company called Micromania (based on microcomputer and mania), who targeted >> video game player (I don't think the name of the company is confused by >> anyone as a medical condition or an insult). >> > >> > Long time ago I heard a good joke about the naming of the conference: >> it should be called the Wikimedia Conference and what is call now the >> Wikimedia Conference should probably be called Wikimania >> > >> > 2016-11-03 13:28 GMT+01:00 Gordon Joly <[email protected]>: >> > >> > >> > Is it proper and correct to use the term "mania"? >> > >> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mania >> > >> > Would we say "WikiMad" or WikiCrazy"? >> > >> > Gordo >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wikimania-l mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Pierre-Selim >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wikimania-l mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> >> -- >> ------------------------------ It can be done! >> --------------------------------- >> Please email me as [email protected] (Stephan Schulz) >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> -------------------- >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> >> > > > -- > *Stuart Prior* > *Project Coordinator* > *Wikimedia UK* > +44 20 7065 0990 > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered > Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. > United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia > movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who > operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). > > *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control > over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >
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