Абстрактная Википедия/Конкурс названий для Абстрактной Википедии

Пожалуйста, помогите выбрать название для нового проекта Фонда Викимедиа, также известного как Абстрактная Википедия

Over the years, the term “Abstract Wikipedia” has been shown to be an imperfect name. It can be ambiguous and confusing: people think of abstract art, or something to do with computer science or mathematics, or they think of a Wikipedia made up of abstracts (short summaries, e.g. of research papers or real articles). They rarely think of what it was trying to reference, the philosophical contrast of abstract vs. concrete. For the benefit of the project, we are running a naming contest to find the most fitting name ahead of opening this new project.

Целью этого конкурса на название является создание описательного нового имени, которое поможет людям понять цель новой вики Фонда Викимедиа как можно проще. Процесс, описанный ниже, призван помочь поощрить множество возможных представлений, а затем свести их к основным выборам, которые ясно сообщают о том смысле.

Предложение и график голосования приведены ниже. Мы ожидаем, что процесс голосования будет завершен к началу декабря, и мы планируем объявить имя в начале 2026 года (но возможны задержки, в зависимости от фактического названия).

Что такое Абстрактная Википедия?

Визуальное объяснение проекта Абстрактной Википедии и Викифункций.

Currently the term "Abstract Wikipedia" refers to the long-term goal: that Wikifunctions, a library of functions, will enable the creation of language-independent articles on a new project. Once the pieces of this project are in place, this will mean that any wiki – especially small to medium Wikipedias – will be able to dramatically increase the number of articles available in their language. It also means that editors can share knowledge from their culture and contexts with a larger and more global audience.

Другими словами: мы сможем объединить функции из Викифункций с данными и языковой информацией в Викиданных, чтобы генерировать предложения на естественном языке на любых языках, которые поддерживаются. Эти файлы могут быть использованы любыми Википедиями (или в других местах).

Wikifunctions is developing a catalog of functions to make this vision possible. The Abstract Wikipedia part of the project has started with our shared work on natural language generation functions, such as morphological functions.

Больше деталей об этом проекте находится Абстрактная Википедия

График

• 6 Октября: Опубликуете это страницу и спросите мнения; попросите переводы этой страницы на разные языки
• 15 October: Reminder announcements to submit proposals, and participate in early voting.
• 20 Октября: Первый круг голосования сообщества начался.
• 3 Ноября: Окончание первого круга голосования ; начинается первый официальный смотр 6 победивших названий в первом кругу.
• 17 Ноября: Второй круг голосования сообщества начался.
• 1 December: Close of second round voting; votes checking and tallying.
• 3 December: Announcement of detailed voting results; second legal review begins for the top name(s).
• Early 2026 (planned): Formal announcement of new project name.

Name proposal criteria

• The name should somehow reference or be connected to the goal of the wiki, which is to be a collection of articles written in a language-independent notation and made available in every supported language. A good name is likely to:
  • Make use of established movement terms that are well-known and recognizable such as "Wikipedia" or "Wiki"
  • Be generic and combine an adjective and an existing Wikimedia brand, e.g. "Abstract Wikipedia"
  • Highlight a key detail of the project (think of the "data" in "Wikidata") so first time readers or listeners have a clue to the project's focus
  • Be simple to say aloud and easy to spell
• The name must translate well.
  • A group of volunteers will check the proposals in their own language(s), and add discussion notes if there are any concerns.
  • The wiki can be created at either "foo.org" or "foofoo.wikipedia.org". This is currently undecided and will be based on technical and legal decisions. Note that a subdomain that is a language code would not be possible.
• The name must not violate the intellectual property rights of any third party, and is subject to final review by legal counsel to ensure that it does not.

Name submission rules

• Number of submissions: During the submission period you may submit as many names as you wish. (Duplicates will be consolidated prior to voting.)
• Agreement implicit upon submission:
  • (a) By submitting, you implicitly acknowledge that you have read and agree to these rules.
  • (b) By submitting names, you agree to enter into a contract to assign all of your rights in your submission to the Wikimedia Foundation, including any and all copyright, trademark, publicity, and any other intellectual property or other proprietary rights.
  • (c) You warrant that you (or the Wikimedia Foundation) are the owner of all copyright, trademark, moral, publicity, and other intellectual and proprietary rights to the proposed name and that to the best of your knowledge it does not violate any rights of any third party.
• Disputes: While we hope that there is no dispute between you and the Wikimedia Foundation, we need to set some rules about how any disputes that may arise will be handled. By participating in the name selection process, you agree that your submission, your assignment of rights in it, and any dispute shall be governed by the laws of the United States of America and will be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction in the City and County of San Francisco, California.

Naming process details

1. Submission period: There is early voting during the submission period, and discussion is encouraged. Names may be modified during this period, and derivatives may be submitted. All names must accord to the criteria rules. Please be particularly friendly and constructive during this brainstorming period.
2. After this, we introduce two tiers of visibility for the voting: The top ~20 proposals, roughly, by number of supports at this point will be visible on the default voting page. There will then also be a second page with all proposals to vote on that is linked from the main voting page, the second tier.
   • During the vote, once every working day or so, we will check if there are any proposals that should be moved to the main voting page or dropped from it. We use some discretion here, but basically if anything has more support than the least supported proposals on the main voting page, it should be on the main voting page.
   • Adding completely new proposals will be possible even after October 19, but only to the full list of proposals, i.e. the second tier.
3. Elimination round: After the submission period, entries are presented in randomized display for at least one week of voting.
   • Each voter may vote for as many as they want:
4. Finalist review: After the top six submissions by vote are determined, legal counsel will make an initial cursory review of the top six names for any legal issues, the ability to be registered as a global trademark, and make a determination as to suitability.
5. Final vote: As many as six names may be entered into the final vote and presented in randomized display for voting. Votes will be counted using the Instant-runoff method. Voters provide a ranking of the proposals.
6. Final legal review: Legal counsel will make an in-depth review of the top name. If, in the discretion of legal counsel, the top choice name is not appropriate, because of legal concerns (trademark, copyright, etc), the name will be withdrawn from consideration (with a public explanation for why) and the second choice name will be reviewed using the same criteria. If the second choice name is unacceptable, legal counsel will continue down the list to the first available and clear name.

Voting eligibility and rules

Each person may vote from only one account. In the first round of voting you may vote for as many names as you like. In the second round of voting you rank the choices. You can use the gadget (if on a desktop browser), or you can manually vote by ranking all six candidates (listed them by number in descending order of preference) followed by your signature in a single line. If you vote multiple times and change your mind, only your last vote line will be taken into account.

You may vote from any one registered account you own on a Wikimedia wiki (you may only vote from a single account, regardless of how many accounts you own, although you may vote for as many names as you'd like). To qualify, this one account must:

• not be blocked on more than one project; and
• not be a bot; and
• have made at least 25 edits as of 1 September, 2025 on any public Wikimedia production wiki (like Wikipedia, Wikifunctions, Commons, Wikisource, etc).

Additionally, current and former members of the Board of Trustees and the Advisory Board of the Wikimedia Foundation are qualified to vote.

Second round vote tallying: Up to six candidates will enter the second voting round. At the end of the voting period, using a modification of the instant-runoff system, the first (or only) choice of each voter will be counted and used to order the submissions by preference. Each first (or only) choice counts as one vote for the chosen submission. If, at this point, there is a simple majority, this submission will enter the final legal review. If there is no simple majority, the submission with the fewest votes will be eliminated, and all votes who expressed a first choice for this submission will be recounted for their second choice. This will be repeated until a submission has a simple majority of all remaining votes. The resulting submission will then undergo final legal review. In case the submission fails the legal review, we simply eliminate that submission first and start the counting process anew, until a submission passes final legal review. No third round of voting is planned.

Engagement rules

Please remain civil and polite during discussions. This contest is for naming the project, not to be used as a soapbox to discuss this or other projects in general. If you want to discuss the project, please go here. Discussion that are not about the name, but about the project, may be moved to that page.

First round of voting results

The result of the first round of voting were the following top proposals:

• Abstract Wikipedia
• Wikicore (unfortunately had to be removed for legal reasons.)
• Multilingual Wikipedia
• Wikiabstracts
• Wikigenerator
• Proto-Wiki

To see all submitted proposals and their votes, see the full list of proposals and votes.

Second round of voting

The second round of voting has closed. Preliminary results are expected to be published in the next few days.