Am 14.09.2015 um 10:48 schrieb Mathias Schindler: > On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 12:23 AM, John Erling Blad <[email protected]> wrote: >> Please do not name projects "listeria", or use any other names of diseases >> that has killed people. Thank you for taking this into consideration next >> time. > > Hi John, > > given that the premise of your email is factually incorrect (as > listeria is a pun referring to lists, sharing the name with a family > of bacteria named after Joseph Lister (according to Wikipedia)), is > there now consensus that the is no issue with this bot name and that > the recommendation only applies to picking names in general without > any assertion that this wasn't duly taken into consideration this > time?
If a new name is needed, I suggest Listerine (also named after Joseph Lister, btw). Let's hope that doesn't attract the trade mark lawyers, though. -- Daniel Kinzler Senior Software Developer Wikimedia Deutschland Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. _______________________________________________ Wikidata mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata
