All chapters are called either 'Wikimedia', 'Wiki' or 'free culture'.
On 6/13/12, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:
At last, the company (a registered charity) is now called Wikimedia
UK. The name was changed from Wiki UK Ltd. A former version of the
project was called Wiki Educational
Indeed - it's standard practice nowadays to be 'Wikimedia' rather than
'Wikipedia'. If only someone had made this argument when people were coming up
with names right at the start of the projects...
(The bigger issue here is why 'Wikimedia Commons' rather than 'Wikipedia
Multimedia', etc...)
michael.p...@wikimedia.org.uk
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Indeed - it's standard practice nowadays to be 'Wikimedia' rather than
'Wikipedia'. If only someone had made this argument
On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 10:45 AM, HJ Mitchell hjmitch...@ymail.com wrote:
despite it not having the same 'brand' recognition as the movement's
flagship project.
SOFIXIT :P
No seriously, that's probably the answer, longterm.
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Harry Burt (User:Jarry1250)
On 13/06/12 09:44, Gordon Joly wrote:
Compare and contrast:-
1) Wikipedia
2) Wikimedia
3) Mediawiki
OOPS. Forgot Wikileaks.
:-)
Gordo
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On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Harry Burt harryab...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 10:45 AM, HJ Mitchell hjmitch...@ymail.com wrote:
despite it not having the same 'brand' recognition as the movement's
flagship project.
Its a feature, not a bug.
We promote our content more than
On 13 June 2012 09:44, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:
At last, the company (a registered charity) is now called Wikimedia UK.
The name was changed from Wiki UK Ltd.
Various pages on the wiki will need to be changed; for example the
chapter's expenses policy.
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Andy Mabbett
Don't worry: We'll be doing that shortly, once Companies House have
everything updated at their end.
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On 13 June 2012
On 13 June 2012 09:44, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:
Why choose the name wikimedia when the public are in general much more
familiar with the term wikipedia? Are we guilty of being to close the
issue and not seeing the wider picture (but that was was given as the reason
for the
