Sorry for my bluntness, but... are we REALLY having this conversation? We're about to question our annual summit's name after 12 editions? Is it really a problem?
L. Il 03 nov 2016 14:29, "Chris Keating" <[email protected]> ha scritto: > 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.wikiped >> ia.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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >
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