On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Thomas Morton <[email protected]> wrote: > I dislike the idea of making it ultra-accessible for basically anyone to > stick "Part of the Wikimedia Movement" on their website - it serves little > purpose (per se) and you are going to get the vast majority of people > slapping it on as a neat badge (or to take advantage of the brand) without > actually subscribing or forwarding our aims. Wikimedia has broad aims, but a > reasonably narrow focus, and that makes the movement hard for some to > digest. <snip>
Yes to everything about this email, I should absolutely clarify that when I have been using the phrase "Part of the Wikimedia Movement", that is entirely so people will say "Hey, we shouldn't use that name in that way!". I concur wholeheartedly. Such use would be a major brand experimentation for no good reason. I just say "Wikimedia Movement" because that's the name I have in my head that explains the concept to this audience-- but actual name MUST change before it's put in use by third-party-projects. Alternate brand with gradual membership, as you suggest, is the clear winner. As for the name-- this looks like a job for.... experts. Alec _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
