The comments from the users (as Andrew pointed out) sum up my thoughts as well: iPhone is the most recognizable product of Apple, but Apple doesn't rename itself iPhone. If iPhones fall out of favor, the company lives on and introduces a new product. (Or replace that with Nike and their famous Air Jordans. Next great big shoe comes along, Nike is still Nike with a new fancy shoe). 

Also, universal names only work if that universal name is universally respected not just universally recognized. The good and the bad follow the name. For journals, the baked in hesitance of "Wikipedia" is already a bit of a hurdle for a lot of academics to get involved. Having the umbrella (Wikimedia) and it's products (Wikipedia, WikiJournals, etc) makes more sense to me. 

Just my input. 

--Sarah Vital (WikiJ of Humanities)

On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 10:11 PM Andrew Leung <andrewcleung@hotmail.com> wrote:

One of the biggest underlying dispute from the rebranding exercise is that Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) will get rid of the "Wikimedia" part and change it to "Wikipedia". Corresponding to this rebranding survey, there's a current RfC in meta on whether the renaming from "Wikimedia Foundation" to "Wikipedia _____" should proceed. Currently, only 8% of the users voted in support of the renaming.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Should_the_Foundation_call_itself_Wikipedia

Andrew

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From: WikiJournal-en <wikijournal-en-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org> on behalf of Mikael Häggström <editor.in.chief@wikijmed.org>
Sent: June 23, 2020 9:31 PM
To: WikiJournal (currently at Wikiversity) <wikijournal-en@lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: [WikiJournal-en] Survey from Brand Project Team

 

Hi all WikiJournal participants,

I received an email from the Brand Project Team of the Wikimedia Foundation about feedback on naming convention proposals. As for WikiJournals, as I understand it, it will mean that instead of "Funding: Wikimedia Foundation" at for example the WikiJMed page, it will instead say "Funding: Wikipedia Network / Wikipedia Movement / Wiki" or perhaps "Part of the Wikipedia Network / Wikipedia Movement" or "A Wiki Project", depending on which proposal wins. We are therefore asked to discuss this, and then have a representative fill in the survey on behalf of WikiJournal.

Best regards,

Mikael

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From: Samir Elsharbaty <selsharbaty@wikimedia.org>
Date: Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 5:33 PM
Subject: [Brand Project] Survey deadline extended + some resources
To: Brand Project <brandproject@wikimedia.org>

Hello Affiliate leads,

We hope you are doing well and that you have received the Affiliate survey link in an email from Essie Zar via Qualtrics. If you have not, please let us know and we will make sure to resend the link. 

Here are the latest updates on Phase 2: Naming Convention Proposals

There are two office hours this week where the Brand Project Team will continue to answer questions that we did not get a chance to answer during last week's Live Naming Presentation as well as new questions that you may have. 

• 23 June at 16:30 UTC - Join via this link

• 26 June at 00:00 UTC - Join via this link

In response to a number of requests, the survey deadline has now been extended from 30 June to 7 July. However, if you still need more time please contact us at brandproject@wikimedia.org and we will work something out. 

Here are some resources if you haven’t received them already

• Naming Convention Proposals (Available in several languages)

• Text of the Survey Questions (Available in several languages)

• Individual Survey - please feel free to share with your affiliate members and larger communities on any channels you use. Affiliates

• Executive statement and Board statement on the project, which provide answers to the broader questions being asked about the Brand Project.

Please remember, these proposals are starting points for discussion. Engage your affiliates in identifying what should stay, what should be worked on and combined, and what should go.

Please let us know if you have any questions

Thank you,

Samir and the Brand Project Team

Samir Elsharbaty (he/him) Community Brand and Marketing coordinator Wikimedia Foundation

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From: Essie Zar <qualtrics@wikimedia.org>
Date: Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 1:10 PM
Subject: [Brand Project] Naming survey: Affiliates
To: Mikael Häggström <haggstrom.mikael@gmail.com>

Dear Affiliates, 

This is the 2030 Movement Brand Project affiliate survey to provide feedback on the naming convention proposals. One survey should be submitted per affiliate. The answers will be interpreted as the opinion of the affiliate. The results will be used to determine how to remove, refine and recombine elements from different proposals into a single naming proposal. Responses will be published on Meta-Wiki and attributed to each affiliate, but only the survey administrators on the Brand Project team will have access to the email address connected to each response. 

Follow this link to the Survey: 
Take the Survey

Or copy and paste the URL below into your internet browser:
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To support your discussions, please see: the naming pages on Meta-Wiki and the naming presentation and the naming presentation slidedeck. 

Thank you for your responses! This survey should take approximately 20 minutes to complete after you have completed discussions with your affiliate. It will be available until 30 June. It is currently available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Russian and Spanish. If you need more time, just contact us.

This survey is conducted via a third-party service, which may subject it to additional terms. For more information on privacy and data-handling, see the survey privacy statement.

Reply to this email with any questions or email brandproject@wikimedia.org

Thank you!

Essie Zar

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