[Foundation-l] [WikiEN-l] PhatNav: "A Wikipedia"

Mon May 31 09:48:40 UTC 2004

This is excellent news indeed!  Angela, you are a hero!

I tried calling them myself several times, but I was never able to get
anyone to answer.

Angela wrote:

>  --- Jimmy Wales <jwales at bomis.com> wrote: 
> > It is very poor form, at the very least, 
> > for them to call themselves "A Wikipedia".  
> > They may be a Wiki, they may be a Wiki Encyclopedia,
> > but they are not "A Wikipedia".
> 
> I have some excellent news. After contacting the
> Diagonal Media Group, the parent company of
> PhatNav.com, they have replaced the claim that they
> are "A Wikipedia" with a more appropriate title for
> their pages. Wikipedia, and the Wikimedia Foundation,
> are, of course, still linked to at the end of each
> page.
> 
> Angela.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Angela
> ------------------------------------------------
> 
> >From:	"Diagonal Media Group Service Desk"
> <service at diagonalmediagroup.com>
> >Subject: Trademark violation
> >Date:	Thu, 27 May 2004 21:00:54 -0400
> 
> >Thank you Angela.
>  
> >I'm forwarding this to my engineer.
>  
> >The wording on the top of the pages was to have
> >changed. I'm sure he can make this change.
> 
> 
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