[From my comments in the rebranding survey] Name of WMF
To me a trust implies one party relegating authority over a resource to a second party, who is expected to manage it well, and return it at some point to the first party or a third party. I do not see the WMF's role as including such as a notion. I also do not think that including "Trust" makes it any clearer that the WMF is where to go for legal issues. (Also, I do find it ironic that the proposal suggests incorporating the word "Trust" in the name of WMF, given how low the community trust in WMF is.) "Wikimedia Organization" does not sound like the name of something, but rather a general description of it. "Wiki" is too generic to refer to WMF projects--there are far too many other wikis in the world. I have to say I am truly astonished to see this presented as a legitmate option. Various other wiki communities (such as those at fandom.com) would be understandably furious with WMF for trying to co-opt "Wiki" for themselves. How could that possibly not be damaging to our reputation? I think "Foundation" is a good word to describe what WMF does. Paul Weiss User:Libcub _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
