https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymological_fallacy

> On 03 Nov 2016, at 13:52, Pierre-Selim <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I'm not specially shocked. In France we have a video game retail company 
> called Micromania (based on microcomputer and mania), who targeted video game 
> player (I don't think the name of the company is confused by anyone as a 
> medical condition or an insult).
> 
> Long time ago I heard a good joke about the naming of the conference: it 
> should be called the Wikimedia Conference and what is call now the Wikimedia 
> Conference should probably be called Wikimania
> 
> 2016-11-03 13:28 GMT+01:00 Gordon Joly <[email protected]>:
> 
> 
> Is it proper and correct to use the term "mania"?
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mania
> 
> Would we say "WikiMad" or WikiCrazy"?
> 
> Gordo
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