On 16 Mar 2016 07:07, "Moushira Elamrawy" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Fae, > > Ideation phase [0], is a term widely used in product and design context. > Now, I see your point around how volunteers who are not related to these > fields, might not be familiar with it. Possibly something like, idea > generation, or brainstorming could have replaced it. > > I am not sure though if the factors that you have listed are relevant; I > think it is a matter of using a word in a certain context where it actually > fits, without realizing how a broader audience would perceive it. > > In any case, thanks for the note :-) > > [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideation_%28creative_process%29
That is a woeful article, for a useless word with no fixed meaning. As far as I can tell the component all usages agree on is "thinking" is involved. See the many comments on the talk page. A good test for whether a word should be used in communications to a wide audience is how widely translated a Wikipedia article is. If it would be translated to a different concept in other languages, it isn't a good concept for this type of communication. -- John _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
