29 May
2013
29 May
'13
4:38 p.m.
I'm just curious about brandname such as XWiki versus "generic" forename
such as Xwiki.
For example in languages I know (Latvian, English, Russian) any forename
(given name for person or dog, city or ship name, etc.) starts with
capital and then, if not all characters are capital, it follows with
small letters.
There are brandnames (mostly intentionally, to differ from "generic"
name) this rule is not followed: XWiki, iOS, PiTiVi, etc.
So, when I write about Xwiki:
1. I don't know it is spelled XWiki,
2. I'm too lazy to bother,
3. I intentionally spell it Xwiki, to not add disclaimer, that iOS or
XWiki or ... is a registered trademark (if is),
4. something else...
What do you think?
Valdis
29 May
29 May
4:51 p.m.
On 05/29/2013 12:38 PM, Valdis Vītoliņš wrote:
I'm just curious about brandname such as XWiki
versus "generic" forename
such as Xwiki.
For example in languages I know (Latvian, English, Russian) any forename
(given name for person or dog, city or ship name, etc.) starts with
capital and then, if not all characters are capital, it follows with
small letters.
There are brandnames (mostly intentionally, to differ from "generic"
name) this rule is not followed: XWiki, iOS, PiTiVi, etc.
So, when I write about Xwiki:
1. I don't know it is spelled XWiki,
2. I'm too lazy to bother,
3. I intentionally spell it Xwiki, to not add disclaimer, that iOS or
XWiki or ... is a registered trademark (if is),
4. something else...
What do you think?
Valdis
The official name has always been XWiki, never Xwiki. I've often seen
Xwiki and xWiki, though, mostly because of the first two reasons you
present, and also because most word processors auto-correct "two capital
letters", which in most cases is wrong. I'm not sure how many people
know how to undo that behavior.
Still, I never thought that it is a big enough issue to point it out to
people explicitly, hoping that they'll learn by example. However, I do
try to correct any wrong spelling in editable public place, like
wikipedia and the xwiki.org farm.
--
Sergiu Dumitriu
http://purl.org/net/sergiu
30 May
30 May
6:33 a.m.
Hi vaL,
(sorry I'm too lazy to write your full name ;))
see below
On May 29, 2013, at 6:38 PM, Valdis Vītoliņš <valdis.vitolins(a)odo.lv> wrote:
I'm just curious about brandname such as XWiki
versus "generic" forename
such as Xwiki.
For example in languages I know (Latvian, English, Russian) any forename
(given name for person or dog, city or ship name, etc.) starts with
capital and then, if not all characters are capital, it follows with
small letters.
There are brandnames (mostly intentionally, to differ from "generic"
name) this rule is not followed: XWiki, iOS, PiTiVi, etc.
So, when I write about Xwiki:
1. I don't know it is spelled XWiki,
2. I'm too lazy to bother,
3. I intentionally spell it Xwiki, to not add disclaimer, that iOS or
XWiki or ... is a registered trademark (if is),
4. something else...
What do you think?
I'm not sure I understand your point. What's the question? :)
If your point is just that people will make mistakes writing XWiki then yes we've
experienced that.
Thanks
-Vincent
9:54 a.m.
Hi Valdis,
When I commented on your website saying that you spelled XWiki wrong, in my
mind I was just trying to correct you. I expect at least people from our
community to know how to spell it right. If you work with XWiki and you are
an active member of this community than you part of this 'family' and you
too should promote doing/writing things the 'right' way.
Thanks,
Caty
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 9:33 AM, Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net> wrote:
Hi vaL,
(sorry I'm too lazy to write your full name ;))
see below
On May 29, 2013, at 6:38 PM, Valdis Vītoliņš <valdis.vitolins(a)odo.lv>
wrote:
I'm just curious about brandname such as
XWiki versus "generic" forename
such as Xwiki.
For example in languages I know (Latvian, English, Russian) any forename
(given name for person or dog, city or ship name, etc.) starts with
capital and then, if not all characters are capital, it follows with
small letters.
There are brandnames (mostly intentionally, to differ from "generic"
name) this rule is not followed: XWiki, iOS, PiTiVi, etc.
So, when I write about Xwiki:
1. I don't know it is spelled XWiki,
2. I'm too lazy to bother,
3. I intentionally spell it Xwiki, to not add disclaimer, that iOS or
XWiki or ... is a registered trademark (if is),
4. something else...
What do you think?
I'm not sure I understand your point. What's the question? :)
If your point is just that people will make mistakes writing XWiki then
yes we've experienced that.
Thanks
-Vincent
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11 Nov
11 Nov
10:20 p.m.
Hi, Ecaterina!
I changed all occurrences in my website to "XWiki".
Russians would say "безобразно, но единообразно"
("ugly, but consistently").
;-P
Valdis
Hi Valdis,
When I commented on your website saying that you spelled XWiki wrong, in my
mind I was just trying to correct you. I expect at least people from our
community to know how to spell it right. If you work with XWiki and you are
an active member of this community than you part of this 'family' and you
too should promote doing/writing things the 'right' way.
Thanks,
Caty
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 9:33 AM, Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net> wrote:
Hi vaL,
(sorry I'm too lazy to write your full name ;))
see below
On May 29, 2013, at 6:38 PM, Valdis Vītoliņš <valdis.vitolins(a)odo.lv>
wrote:
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http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users I'm just curious about brandname such as
XWiki versus "generic" forename
such as Xwiki.
For example in languages I know (Latvian, English, Russian) any forename
(given name for person or dog, city or ship name, etc.) starts with
capital and then, if not all characters are capital, it follows with
small letters.
There are brandnames (mostly intentionally, to differ from "generic"
name) this rule is not followed: XWiki, iOS, PiTiVi, etc.
So, when I write about Xwiki:
1. I don't know it is spelled XWiki,
2. I'm too lazy to bother,
3. I intentionally spell it Xwiki, to not add disclaimer, that iOS or
XWiki or ... is a registered trademark (if is),
4. something else...
What do you think?
I'm not sure I understand your point. What's the question? :)
If your point is just that people will make mistakes writing XWiki then
yes we've experienced that.
Thanks
-Vincent
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12 Nov
12 Nov
8:03 a.m.
K Valdis :) Consistency is never ugly.
Thanks,
Caty
On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 12:20 AM, Valdis Vītoliņš <valdis.vitolins(a)odo.lv>wrote;wrote:
Hi, Ecaterina!
I changed all occurrences in my website to "XWiki".
Russians would say "безобразно, но единообразно"
("ugly, but consistently").
;-P
Valdis
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Hi Valdis,
When I commented on your website saying that you spelled XWiki wrong, in
my
mind I was just trying to correct you. I expect
at least people from our
community to know how to spell it right. If you work with XWiki and you
are
an active member of this community than you part
of this 'family' and you
too should promote doing/writing things the 'right' way.
Thanks,
Caty
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 9:33 AM, Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net>
wrote:
> Hi vaL,
>
> (sorry I'm too lazy to write your full name ;))
>
> see below
>
> On May 29, 2013, at 6:38 PM, Valdis Vītoliņš <valdis.vitolins(a)odo.lv>
> wrote:
>
> > I'm just curious about brandname such as XWiki versus "generic"
forename
> > such as Xwiki.
> >
> > For example in languages I know (Latvian, English, Russian) any
forename
(given name for person or dog, city or ship name,
etc.) starts with
capital and then, if not all characters are capital, it follows with
small letters.
There are brandnames (mostly intentionally, to differ from "generic"
name) this rule is not followed: XWiki, iOS, PiTiVi, etc.
So, when I write about Xwiki:
1. I don't know it is spelled XWiki,
2. I'm too lazy to bother,
3. I intentionally spell it Xwiki, to not add disclaimer, that iOS or
XWiki or ... is a registered trademark (if is),
4. something else...
What do you think?
I'm not sure I understand your point. What's the question? :)
If your point is just that people will make mistakes writing XWiki then
yes we've experienced that.
Thanks
-Vincent
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