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 <chriskeatingw...@gmail.com> 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" <valde...@gmail.com> 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 <w...@wllm.com> 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 <valde...@gmail.com> > > > 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 > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?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 Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
