Hi, Ecaterina!
I changed all occurrences in my website to "XWiki".
Russians would say "безобразно, но единообразно"
("ugly, but consistently").
;-P
Valdis
> Hi Valdis,
>
> When I commented on your website saying that you spelled XWiki wrong, in my
> mind I was just trying to correct you. I expect at least people from our
> community to know how to spell it right. If you work with XWiki and you are
> an active member of this community than you part of this 'family' and you
> too should promote doing/writing things the 'right' way.
>
> Thanks,
> Caty
>
>
> On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 9:33 AM, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hi vaL,
> >
> > (sorry I'm too lazy to write your full name ;))
> >
> > see below
> >
> > On May 29, 2013, at 6:38 PM, Valdis Vītoliņš <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I'm just curious about brandname such as XWiki versus "generic" forename
> > > such as Xwiki.
> > >
> > > For example in languages I know (Latvian, English, Russian) any forename
> > > (given name for person or dog, city or ship name, etc.) starts with
> > > capital and then, if not all characters are capital, it follows with
> > > small letters.
> > >
> > > There are brandnames (mostly intentionally, to differ from "generic"
> > > name) this rule is not followed: XWiki, iOS, PiTiVi, etc.
> > >
> > > So, when I write about Xwiki:
> > >
> > > 1. I don't know it is spelled XWiki,
> > > 2. I'm too lazy to bother,
> > > 3. I intentionally spell it Xwiki, to not add disclaimer, that iOS or
> > > XWiki or ... is a registered trademark (if is),
> > > 4. something else...
> > >
> > > What do you think?
> >
> > I'm not sure I understand your point. What's the question? :)
> >
> > If your point is just that people will make mistakes writing XWiki then
> > yes we've experienced that.
> >
> > Thanks
> > -Vincent
> >
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