We could just go with Wikimedia: US. Not only will it be shorter, but it will make us sound like awesome people who are in no way infatuated with ourselves! On a serious note though, should we continue this on a Wiki so that we can easily tally a vote?
Kevin From: Rob Schnautz Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 1:26 PM To: Wikimedians Active in Local Regions of the United States (WALRUS) Subject: Re: [Wikimediaus-l] Naming of pan-US Wikimedia group Well, including "Wikimedia" and "United States" turns it into a huge mouthful. Brevity is super-important in conversation and many written/printed situations as well. We can safely leave out "Wikimedia" - and only mention it where needed, such as "This Wiknic is hosted by Wikipedia's <INSERT NAME HERE>. Also, "United States" is easily shortened to "America". Bob On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Pharos <[email protected]> wrote: On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 8:58 AM, phoebe ayers <[email protected]> wrote: On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 4:44 AM, Samuel Klein <[email protected]> wrote: Wikimedians in the United States would actually be a great name, > +1 > Kirill +1 SJ Agreed, I also like Wikimedia US Community ... but I'd add "group": Wikimedia US Community Group. (Maybe that can be the descriptive subtitle for whatever name is chosen). IMHO the name is mostly for outside people -- i.e. GLAM institutions who want a point of contact, new people looking for a community group to join -- which means it should be pretty straightforward & obvious about what is going on! -- phoebe This is my sort of reservation with just "Wikimedians in the United States"; that it doesn't give the impression of a *group*, of a distinct if informal entity that could be a point of contact for GLAM institutions, etc. Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) _______________________________________________ Wikimediaus-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaus-l -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Wikimediaus-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaus-l
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