Just did a quick google search for the word 'Mania'. The definition I got is interesting.
I think with such a definition, it is REALLY worth it having a conversation relating to the name. Wiki-mental-illness? Like seriously? All these years? For someone like myself who the word 'mania' never crossed the mind to find the meaning, the term 'Wikimania' didn't mean anything except a conference for Wikimedians around the world in general. But looking up the word paints a whole new picture. Like seriously? Mania: "mental illness marked by periods of great excitement, euphoria, delusions, and overactivity." Woow. On Thursday, November 3, 2016, Luca Martinelli <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry for my bluntness, but... are we REALLY having this conversation? > We're about to question our annual summit's name after 12 editions? Is it > really a problem? > > L. > > Il 03 nov 2016 14:29, "Chris Keating" <[email protected]> ha > scritto: > >> Well, the idea of "-mania" meaning "collective outpouring of enthusiasm" >> rather than "mental illness" dates to at least the 1960s with Beatlemania, >> even if the original use of the formulation - >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisztomania - was intended to have >> clinical meaning. >> >> I am unaware of any actual objections to this usage from, for instance, >> psychiatrists or mental health organisations. >> >> Chris >> >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 1:16 PM, Stuart Prior < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> "Mania" is not a word where the meaning has completely changed, and is >>> still evidently used in current psychiatry. https://en.wikiped >>> ia.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.* >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimania-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> >>
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