2009/7/7 Samuel Klein <[email protected]>: > Once a name or monument transcends what it originally named and is > used by reference to describe similar things elsewhere, there is a > tendency to add the definite article -- the Earth, the Sun, the > Sphinx, the Oracle, the Colosseum. I do see people running wikis of > any sort on their own or their company site, with a comment that they > have 'set up their own wikipedia'. This would be consistent with > calling the original Project 'the' Wikipedia.
That's common usage, which we're trying to drive back out by pointing out that's a trademark and "wiki" is the generic term ;-) Of course, then you have people using "wiki" to mean "Wkipedia" ... - d. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
