Okay, I have to say that this whole thread makes us all look a little silly. Let it be known everlastingly that *this*<http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/google_launches_the_google>is why we don't say "the Wikipedia."'
Sheesh. Steven On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 11:11 AM, phoebe ayers <[email protected]>wrote: > On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Thomas Dalton<[email protected]> > wrote: > > 2009/6/28 Samuel Klein <[email protected]>: > >> Wikipedia does not take an article, nor does Wikimedia. > > > > As far as I'm concerned "Wikimedia" doesn't exist as a proper noun. > > It's just an adjective: "the Wikimedia Foundation", "the Wikimedia > > movement", "the Wikimedia projects", "the Wikimedia community" etc. > > Nonsense -- Wikimedia is a proper (and trademarked) name. There are > lots of parts of Wikimedia, and that's generally how it's used -- > e.g. "the Wikimedia community" -- but that's no different than saying > "the Microsoft developer community." That common usage doesn't mean > that Microsoft is not also a proper name! > > One of the most confusing parts of all of this is the fact that "the > Wikipedia" is incorrect, but "the English Wikipedia" is correct. SJ > explained why better than I can. > > -- phoebe > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Steven Walling | @StevenWalling mobile: 360.606.2930 skype: stevenwalling _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
