Also the interwiki is very friendly for linking tools from with pages  as
  You can look for the map of events [[with:Maptool/events|with Maptool]].
or just (in English pages)
  You can look for the map [[with:Maptool/events]].


2018-03-21 22:38 GMT+01:00 Philippe Verdy <[email protected]>:

> Note: the subdomain can as well be "with.wikimedia.org", so "WikiMedia
> Tools Hub" just appears in the expanded name and can be translated more
> freely, with or without the plural).
> "WiTH" suggests very well the cooperation and in case of problems with
> "GitHub" naming, we can just keep "WiTH", and writing "Tools Hub" with the
> space will be less like "GitHub" and will avoid possibly trademark issues.
>
> 2018-03-21 22:34 GMT+01:00 Philippe Verdy <[email protected]>:
>
>> Suppress the plural, ToolHub is OK as well, just like the abbreviation
>> "WiTH" and the interwiki "with:"
>>
>> 2018-03-21 22:17 GMT+01:00 James Hare <[email protected]>:
>>
>>> I actually hadn't thought of that – I think "Toolhub" would be a great
>>> idea. It's brief and translates well to a wikimedia.org subdomain name.
>>> (My main issue with "ToolsHub" with the plural is that unless you use the
>>> camelcase, it's very easy to read "tools hub" as "tool shub".)
>>>
>>> What do others think? Does Toolhub work for people? Are there other
>>> ideas?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----
>>> James Hare
>>> Associate Product Manager
>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>> https://wikimediafoundation.org
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 12:37 PM, Philippe Verdy <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Tool" seems OK for me, but associating it with "Market" or "Exchange"
>>>> is probably less community-related, too much business-related, and
>>>> "Catalog" is effectively too passive.
>>>>
>>>> Why not just "ToolsHub" ? (which implies some meeting point,
>>>> cooperation, communication, and does not prohibit exchanges). May be it
>>>> looks for you too much like "GitHub" which shares a similar principle.
>>>> Or "WiToolsHub" (WITH... not "WMTH" which is more likely "Wikimedia
>>>> Thailand") if you want to abbreviate what would be the "
>>>> ToolsHub.Wikimedia.org" domain ?
>>>>
>>>> We could then have a cute new interwiki prefix "with:" !
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2018-03-21 20:26 GMT+01:00 James Hare <[email protected]>:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>> It was recommended that I consult with this mailing list on a decision
>>>>> I need to make.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am currently working on a catalog of tools Wikimedians use in their
>>>>> work. "Tools" in this case includes web tools hosted on places such as
>>>>> Toolforge, as well as bots and JavaScript gadgets. This catalog will build
>>>>> on the work of Hay's tool directory: <https://tools.wmflabs.org/hay
>>>>> /directory/>.
>>>>>
>>>>> As part of this work I have to pick what the final name of the catalog
>>>>> product will be, which will include a web interface as well as an API.
>>>>> "Tool Catalog" is technically an option, but I want a name that reflects
>>>>> what this service intends to be, which is a living, community-maintained
>>>>> documentation project. (To me, "catalog" feels too passive.) At the same
>>>>> time, I want to pick a name that can be localized without difficulty.
>>>>>
>>>>> My first question is: do you think "tool" is something that translates
>>>>> well? In English it's a very vague word, but over the past 13 or so years
>>>>> it's become a term of art in the Wikimedia movement to refer to external
>>>>> software tools that help you do on-wiki things. I personally think there 
>>>>> is
>>>>> a better word out there but I don't know what would be as readily
>>>>> recognizable to the community as "tools" (at least to English speakers).
>>>>> The short of it is that if you'd like to see people move away from using
>>>>> "tools" as a term with this meaning, now's a good time to speak up.
>>>>>
>>>>> My second question has to do with the next word in the name: what is
>>>>> this thing we are building actually called? Assuming "tool" is okay to 
>>>>> use,
>>>>> I personally am partial toward the names "Tool Market" or "Tool Exchange,"
>>>>> but it would be great to hear other ideas.
>>>>>
>>>>> What do you think? What name do you think would work the best in the
>>>>> most languages?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> James Hare
>>>>> Associate Product Manager
>>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>> https://wikimediafoundation.org
>>>>>
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