The name of a conference is typically a descriptor of the contents of the programme rather than of the attendees :)
*Edward Saperia* Conference Director Wikimania London <http://www.wikimanialondon.org> email <[email protected]> • facebook <http://www.facebook.com/edsaperia> • twitter <http://www.twitter.com/edsaperia> • 07796955572 133-135 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG On 12 September 2014 13:49, Ilario Valdelli <[email protected]> wrote: > It's not the word Conference, is the word Wikimedia that address people to > consider it as an event for the Wikimedia movement. > > On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 2:47 PM, Chris Keating <[email protected] > > > wrote: > > > The word "Conference" doesn't in itself imply that an event is open or > > closed. > > > > C > > On 12 Sep 2014 13:06, "Ilario Valdelli" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > But Wikimania is not only a Wikimedia Conference. > > > > > > It's a conference open to all people outside the Wikimedia movement. > > > > > > If the name should be as much as possible "explicative", the switch > from > > > Wikimania to Wikimedia Conference is inappropriate. > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Wil Sinclair <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > We can be both more sensible and sensitive by calling this conference > > > > something else. As has been suggested, Wikimedia Conference (maybe > > > > WikiCon for short) would be more appropriate. > > > > > > > > ,Wil > > > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 1:41 AM, Ilario Valdelli <[email protected] > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > I would really appreciate if the discussion can move in other > > questions > > > > > concerning for instance the cost saving and the participation > instead > > > of > > > > > speaking of a name. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Ilario Valdelli > > > Wikimedia CH > > > Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens > > > Association pour l’avancement des connaissances libre > > > Associazione per il sostegno alla conoscenza libera > > > Switzerland - 8008 Zürich > > > Wikipedia: Ilario <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ilario> > > > Skype: valdelli > > > Facebook: Ilario Valdelli <https://www.facebook.com/ivaldelli> > > > Twitter: Ilario Valdelli <https://twitter.com/ilariovaldelli> > > > Linkedin: Ilario Valdelli < > > http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=6724469 > > > > > > > Tel: +41764821371 > > > http://www.wikimedia.ch > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > -- > Ilario Valdelli > Wikimedia CH > Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens > Association pour l’avancement des connaissances libre > Associazione per il sostegno alla conoscenza libera > Switzerland - 8008 Zürich > Wikipedia: Ilario <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ilario> > Skype: valdelli > Facebook: Ilario Valdelli <https://www.facebook.com/ivaldelli> > Twitter: Ilario Valdelli <https://twitter.com/ilariovaldelli> > Linkedin: Ilario Valdelli <http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=6724469 > > > Tel: +41764821371 > http://www.wikimedia.ch > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
