On 20 November 2012 18:55, Guillaume Paumier <gpaum...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi, > > The use of jargon, acronyms and other abbreviations throughout the > Wikimedia movement is a major source of communication issues, and > barriers to comprehension and involvement. > > The recent thread on this list about "What is Product?" is an example > of this, as are initialisms that have long been known to be a barrier > for Wikipedia newcomers. > > A way to bridge people and communities with different vocabularies is > to write and maintain a glossary that explains jargon in plain English > terms. We've been lacking a good and up-to-date glossary for Wikimedia > "stuff" (Foundation, chapter, movement, technology, etc.). > > Therefore, I've started to clean up and expand the outdated Glossary > on meta, but it's a lot of work, and I don't have all the answers > myself either. I'll continue to work on it, but I'd love to get some > help on this and to make it a collaborative effort. > > If you have a few minutes to spare, please consider helping your > (current and future) fellow Wikimedians by writing a few definitions > if there are terms that you can explain in plain English. Additions of > new terms are much welcome as well: > > Been done:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiSpeak -- geni _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l