Sorry if this is a doublepost...
In article <3FE0DA77.1020100(a)livejournal.com>om>,
Ralesk Ne'vennoyx <ralesk-PI1xv8u4z2E71oyAeX+DCg(a)public.gmane.org>
wrote:
Walter Vermeir wrote:
I like very much the name "Encyclopedia
Galactica".
It is like the objectieve of Wikipedia "a collaborative project to
produce a free and complete encyclopedia in every language" , a very
bold name.
Encyclopædia Galactica would clash with Isaac Asimov's EG ;) And
it's perhaps a bit too bold. How about something less big, like the
Earth instead of the Galaxy... Encyclopædia Terra or something like
that, I don't speak Latin... Then again, neither really looks
wiki-ish.
Isn't the Encyclopædia Galactica Douglas Adams? Hmm..it is, but it's
also Asimov. Is that a reference I never got, or a coincidence?
Anyways...
What about Encyclopædia Nova? It's got a nice sound (stiff and solid,
like a 'real' encyclopedia :)), it doesn't claim wiki-ness (wikosity?),
it doesn't attempt to revive or redefine Nupedia, and it makes
reference to Nupedia (whether 'new' was actually an inteded meaning of
not). And Google seems to think the name's free.
Peter