All chapters are called either 'Wikimedia', 'Wiki' or 'free culture'. On 6/13/12, Gordon Joly <gordon.j...@pobox.com> wrote: > > At last, the company (a registered charity) is now called "Wikimedia > UK". The name was changed from "Wiki UK Ltd". A former version of the > project was called "Wiki Educational Resources Ltd" which is a rather > apt name given the current interest in training. This company was > dissolved in 2009. It does not appear to have ever submitted any accounts. > > Company No. 05708269 > Status: Dissolved 31/03/2009 > Date of Incorporation: 14/02/2006 > > Why choose the name "wikimedia" when the public are in general much more > familiar with the term "wikipedia"? Are we guilty of being to close the > issue and not seeing the wider picture (but that was was given as the > reason for the formal name change at the AGM???)? Is there now time to > reflect? > > I know something of the trademark issues, and I know something about the > relationship to the Foundation. > > Compare and contrast:- > > 1) Wikipedia > > 2) Wikimedia > > 3) Mediawiki > > > Gordo > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >
-- John Vandenberg _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
