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All names - Abstract Wikipedia and Wikilambda - are preliminary and meant mostly for writing this proposal and discussing it. Alternative names that have been considered:
All names - Abstract Wikipedia and Wikilambda - are preliminary and meant mostly for writing this proposal and discussing it.
The current names are based on the following idea:
* Abstract Wikipedia: the content in Abstract Wikipedia abstracts away from a concrete language
* Wikilambda: this is based on the notion that all functions can be grounded in [[:en:lambda calculus]]

Note that the name "Abstract Wikipedia" will, in fact. not stick around. When the project is done, Abstract Wikipedia will be just a part of Wikidata. This is just a name for the development work, and therefore naming is not that crucial. Wikilambda on the other hand would be a new Wikimedia project, and thus the name will have rather high visibility. It would be good to come up with a good name for that.

There have been three good reasons against the name Wikilambda brought up so far:
* It is really hard to spell for many people
* Some people keep misreading it as Wikilambada
* It also easily misreads as WikiIambda / Wikiiambda (that's, with yet another i / I instead of the l / L), so it should at least be WikiLambda with a capital L (suggested by {{u:Fuzheado}})

Alternative names that have been considered:
* Multilingual Wikipedia
* Multilingual Wikipedia
* Project Eco (to honor Umberto Eco’s work, in particular the book “The search for a perfect language”, which details the history of projects who have failed at the goals of this project)
* Project Eco (to honor Umberto Eco’s work, in particular the book “The search for a perfect language”, which details the history of projects who have failed at the goals of this project)
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Other suggestions are welcome.
Other suggestions are welcome.


In fact, the [[Wikilambda/Tasks#P1.1|first task P1.1]] for the project will be to decide with the community together on a name and on a logo. This had precedence for previous projects (Logo of Wikidata, Name of Wikivoyage).
In fact, the [[Wikilambda/Tasks|first task P1.1]] for the project will be to decide with the community together on a name and on a logo. This had precedence for previous projects (Logo of Wikidata, Name of Wikivoyage).


: ''Continued in [[Wikilambda/Goals|Wikilambda goals]].''
: ''Continued in [[Wikilambda/Goals|Wikilambda goals]].''

Revision as of 20:22, 5 May 2020

This is part of the Wikilambda development plan.
Continues from Wikilambda plan summary.

All names - Abstract Wikipedia and Wikilambda - are preliminary and meant mostly for writing this proposal and discussing it.

The current names are based on the following idea:

  • Abstract Wikipedia: the content in Abstract Wikipedia abstracts away from a concrete language
  • Wikilambda: this is based on the notion that all functions can be grounded in en:lambda calculus

Note that the name "Abstract Wikipedia" will, in fact. not stick around. When the project is done, Abstract Wikipedia will be just a part of Wikidata. This is just a name for the development work, and therefore naming is not that crucial. Wikilambda on the other hand would be a new Wikimedia project, and thus the name will have rather high visibility. It would be good to come up with a good name for that.

There have been three good reasons against the name Wikilambda brought up so far:

  • It is really hard to spell for many people
  • Some people keep misreading it as Wikilambada
  • It also easily misreads as WikiIambda / Wikiiambda (that's, with yet another i / I instead of the l / L), so it should at least be WikiLambda with a capital L (suggested by Template:U:Fuzheado)

Alternative names that have been considered:

  • Multilingual Wikipedia
  • Project Eco (to honor Umberto Eco’s work, in particular the book “The search for a perfect language”, which details the history of projects who have failed at the goals of this project)
  • Project Aquinas (which is more a play of word on the term "knowledge acquisition" than the philosopher Thomas of Aquinas)
  • Wikidata Abstract Content
  • Wikifunction for the Function repository

Other suggestions are welcome.

In fact, the first task P1.1 for the project will be to decide with the community together on a name and on a logo. This had precedence for previous projects (Logo of Wikidata, Name of Wikivoyage).

Continued in Wikilambda goals.