Very nice! I'll expect a performance in Hong Kong! On a serious note, have you seen Geoff's comments on naming of affiliate organisations? On Dec 28, 2012 4:18 PM, "Ziko van Dijk" <vand...@wmnederland.nl> wrote:
> Hello, > A week ago, as I found out now, a new association has been found in > New York: "Wiki Med Foundation, Inc." (!). We have the Wikimedia > Foundation, Inc., we have some other Wikimedias, we have MediaWiki... > how is the ordinary man on the street supposed to have the slightest > chance to understand the Wikimedia movement? He even confuses > "Wikimedia" with "Wikileaks"... > I know that that is not the case, but sometimes it even seems that > Wikimedians do want to make the movement a terminogical labyrinth. The > WMF came with a simple scheme for national chapters, with the formula > "Wikimedia X" (with X being the name of the country). I wish something > similar for thematic organizations and Wikimedia user groups, and not > the advice to even avoid the term "Wikimedia". Confusing terms are a > serious barrier for participation, on Wikipedia and in the larger > movement. > Kind regards, > Ziko > > > If I could talk to the wiki folks, just imagine it > Chatting with a chick on IRC > Imagine talking on a talk page, buzzing from a banner > What a neat achievement that would be. > > If I could talk to the wiki folks, learn their languages > Maybe take a data dump degree. > I'd study mastodon and diesel, camel case and weasel, > Interwiki, vandal and IP. > > I would converse in C++ and Python, > And I would curse in fluent wikify. > If people asked me, can you speak sock puppetry, > I'd say, 'Of coursery, but why?' > > If I conferred with our fuzzy friends, man to editor, > Think of the amazing repartee > If I could talk to the wiki folks, fork to the wiki folks, > Diff and rev and link with the wiki folks, > And they could diff and rev and link with me. > > If I could speak CC-BY-SA > The advantages any sandbox noob could plainly see! > Discussing worldwide GLAM and drama > With oh so witty llama > That’s a big step forward you’ll agree! > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l