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If anyone likes the text I began on this page, we we can cut/paste from it to expand [[Camera-wiki.org:About]]. Seems we ought to acknowledge the fork, give newbies a little more info. --Vox 17:33, 3 February 2011 (CST)

This happened; the Welcome Mat page no longer exists. --Vox 17:19, 25 March 2011 (PDT)


Name

While I'm disinclined to be fanatical about consistency in naming, I do think that consistency helps to give a good impression. As it is, we often see:

  • Camera-Wiki
  • Camera-wiki
  • Camera-wiki.org

and more.

I get the impression that instances with lowercase "w" are commoner than those with uppercase "W", and therefore that the former is better. Is this so?

Sticking ".org" on the end seems a bit pedantic, but perhaps it's at least necessary in any context where it's necessary to distinguish between "Camerapedia.org" (now no more than a set of redirects) and "Camerapedia" (now an area of Wikia.com). Comments? -- Zuleika 17:03, 25 March 2011 (PDT)

I do think consistency would be good, and I agree the capital-W version is probably the least desirable. One of the weaknesses of our new site name is that it's a bit generic-sounding, which I think is the impulse behind using the full Camera-wiki.org. I agree it's a mouthful but it's also the most specific —e.g. in a context where we're saying "submitting a photo to our Flickr pool will be understood as granting permission to display your photo in the pages of Camera-wiki.org." --Vox 17:19, 25 March 2011 (PDT)
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