On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Florence Devouard <anthe...@yahoo.com>wrote:
> On 12/29/12 6:05 PM, Kirill Lokshin wrote: > >> On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Florence Devouard <anthe...@yahoo.com >> >wrote: >> >> At the same time, Wiki is not a trademarked term and the term >>> "Foundation" >>> is a pretty usual one as well (in particular if it is indeed a >>> Foundation...). >>> >>> >> You're correct as far as each individual term is concerned, but I'm not >> sure the same logic applies to the name as a whole. In my opinion, "Wiki >> Med Foundation" and "Wikimedia Foundation" are indeed so similar as to >> cause confusion between the two, particularly when the new organization >> *is* intending to use the same colors/logos/slogans/etc. as the WMF. >> > It seems guaranteed to cause confusion. "Wiki Med" strikes me as the second most confusing possible name for an associated group. The most confusing would be a multimedia / news organization named "Wiki Media". I hope the medical group will change its name officially and permanently. SJ _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
