For what its worth, I just added another 2 cents over at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Future_of_the_Wikimedia_Conference
> From: e...@wikimanialondon.org > Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 13:58:00 +0100 > To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Conference 2015 > > 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 <e...@wikimanialondon.org> • 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 <valde...@gmail.com> 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 <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> > _______________________________________________ > 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>
