K Valdis :) Consistency is never ugly. Thanks, Caty
On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 12:20 AM, Valdis Vītoliņš <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > users mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > _______________________________________________ users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
