On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 8:17 PM, Wil Sinclair <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually, I'd like to speak up on the name. > > I imagine the name reflected the enthusiasm of its first attendees, > but "Wikimania" has all the wrong connotations in today's world. True > mania is marked by little control, commitment, and rest. It also > implies that attendees have to be dyed-in-the-wool, unquestioning, and > supremely devoted editors. I hope that's not the case. I doubt it's > more welcoming for highly enthusiastic beginners, but it might > convince casual editors who are more interested in the topics covered > in our articles than the project itself that it's not for them. > > Moreover, mania is no joke. Some people suffer greatly from disorders > like bipolar depression. We wouldn't call a conference WikiADHD (which > is, as I have been very public about, something I suffer from). It's > uncool to make light of it in any way, even when unintended. > > We can be both more sensible and sensitive by calling this conference > something else. As has been suggested, Wikimedia Conference (maybe > WikiCon for short) would be more appropriate.
+1 please. -- John Vandenberg _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
