Talk:Wikimedia Foundation/Communications/Wikimedia brands/2030 movement brand project/Naming convention proposals/Option 2

Opposition remains

I think I speak for the 90%+ who already opposed any use of the Wikipedia name by the WMF, when I say we still oppose co-opting the Wikipedia name by marketers for re-branding the Foundation. There are too many issues presented, and this idea should have died when it met such resounding disapproval. All 3 of the new options still present the idea that this Foundation speaks for the Wikipedia community, when it absolutely does not. And all 3 of these new options also make Wikipedia seem to be the only project among our sister projects, which is a slap in the face to anyone who volunteered their time outside the realm of just Wikipedia. The WMF has replaced the old idea of "if it's not broke, don't fix it" with "if most of the system is working, break all of the system and pay marketers to claim it is fixed". This remains a very bad idea, regardless of how much money you have wasted on it. — Coffee // have a cup // 23:03, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

 Oppose Wikipedia is a crowd sourced general interest Encyclopaedia. It is part of a movement with some very different sister organisations such as WikiVoyage, WikiNews, WikiSource and Wiktionary. Allowing the brand to be extended to also cover these projects is a dilution of the Wikipedia brand and confirms the lack of priority that the Foundation ascribes to non Wikipedia parts of the movement. There are no winners from this proposal. Brand extension is a normal commercial practice for organisations that want to leverage their existing customer base and brand to sell other things under the same, it is a fine technique for those who care more about maximising profit rather than maintaining the integrity of a brand. But it isn't the right path for Wikipedia or the rest of the Wikimedia movement. WereSpielChequers (talk) 15:40, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

Never change a winning team

 Oppose As a community, we did very well for 19 years under the name Wikimedia. Just about everyone with enough understanding of English knows what media are. We have a kind of flagship called Wikipedia, but this is "just" a part of the entire organization and underestimates e.g. Commons, Data and last, but not least "good old" Meta, yes this project, dear coworkers.
Best regards, Klaas `Z4␟` V:  07:39, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

 Oppose I oppose also. Wikimedia now is a true winner and its stage of development is too mature. The name "movement" means "a group of people working together to advance their shared political, social, or artistic ideas." We are not a group, we are a huge community in the world. Alphama (talk) 04:51, 22 June 2020 (UTC)