I think it may be too late to change.. Everyone's talking about Citizendium now. I keep getting asked about it at work, and it's all over the net. I also had reservations at first, but now I like it, and it implies to me too a citizen-of-the-world concept - a service provided collaboratively for everyone.
It has dignity and a sort of all-embracing image. I'm happy with that. Cheers, Anne Anthony DiPierro wrote: > On 11/10/06, Major A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> 2. The name *Citizendium* does not appear appropriate (with >>> apologies to whosoever invented it). We are here not as *Citizens* >>> but as *Experts* (whatever be our field of specialization and level >>> of expertise). The name "Citizendium" appears to connote a >>> *compendium* by citizens (who no doubt have at times questionable >>> knowledge- hence the origin of this fork) >>> >>> 3. Also, and very importantly, the word "Citizen" invariably brings >>> into question its relationship with "State" (for example, a petition >>> to the State for redressing citizens' grievances, and citizens' >>> rights and duties, which are irrelevant to our project). Moreover, >>> *citizen* is specific to a country while our project is, hopefully, >>> global and all-embracing, as an encyclopedia should be. >>> >> I agree entirely. Even if you think of the target audience as part of >> the name, "citizen" is too specific and cannot be used to cover anyone >> in the world (there just is no simple way of expressing "the public" >> in a single word that's entirely correct and universal). >> >> > While initially awkward (as most names are), the name Citizendium has > grown on me. I see the name as a reflection of the fact that authors > and editors are a group of real people using real names and doing real > work. Citizendium isn't an MMORPG > (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_is_an_MMORPG). Contributers > aren't characters, they're citizens. > > The biggest problem with this is that I'm really reading a lot into > the name that isn't there. When I think of the term "citizen" I take > it to mean "citizen of the world", a usage which probably isn't the > first one most people think of. > > Cosmopolitanendium, anyone? Too long... > > Anthony > _______________________________________________ > Citizendium-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/citizendium-l > > > _______________________________________________ Citizendium-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/citizendium-l
