Inside the Mad, Mad World of TripAdvisor

Re:Inside the Mad, Mad World of TripAdvisor by jpatokal on Monday March 16, 2015 @12:44AM (#9209913)

This blog post of mine summarizes some of the key differences: http://gyrovague.com/2013/01/14/free-travel-guide-wikivoyage...

And this is my version of how the split came to be: http://gyrovague.com/2012/07/12/wikitravel-editors-abandon-i...

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Re:Inside the Mad, Mad World of TripAdvisor by caminante on Monday March 16, 2015 @02:43AM (#9210182)

In hindsight, I phrased my question poorly -- sorry.

My question pertained more to branding. Why the name "WikiVoyage?"

I understand Wiki* namespace lock-in due to the Wikimedia relationship, but it doesn't seem like a great differentiator from WikiTravel. IMHO, I don't think the lay person gets the difference. Though "voyage" is a synonym for travel (and the word for travel in French), it associates closer to sailing and cruises.

That said, I did find your blog entries interesting. Thanks!

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Re:Inside the Mad, Mad World of TripAdvisor by jpatokal on Monday March 16, 2015 @05:59AM (#9210601)

Because a) there was an earlier German fork set up under that name, and b) the community could not agree on a better name. Personally, I liked "Wikinomad", but them's the breaks.

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikivoyage/Naming_Process

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