"Mania" is not a word where the meaning has completely changed, and is still evidently used in current psychiatry. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mania#References
A prescriptivist view of the word would be deciding what it *doesn't* mean, as much as what it *does*. Gordo is rightly pointing out that nowadays it just has more meanings, and has stigmatising qualities like the words "lame", "retard" etc. And we should think about that as a movement that tries to be inclusive. Personally I've always thought that Wikimania needed a name change (Wikimedia Conference needs a name change too). WikiGlobal? WikiSummit? WikiFest? S On 3 November 2016 at 12:54, Stephan Schulz <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimania-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > > > > > > -- > > Pierre-Selim > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimania-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > -- > ------------------------------ It can be done! > --------------------------------- > Please email me as [email protected] (Stephan Schulz) > ------------------------------------------------------------ > -------------------- > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > -- *Stuart Prior* *Project Coordinator* *Wikimedia UK* +44 20 7065 0990 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
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