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Old 01-23-2012, 11:52 AM   #7
DaleDe
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Our wiki is over 1000 pages that have been created over a period of more than 5 years. It is better to go with the structure in place than to try and create a new one from scratch. The preferred names, not because one man decided, but in multiple polls in this forum is eBook for the electronic books themselves and eBook Reader for the device that is used to read them. E-Book is ok and has been used historically, however as usage becomes more prevalent in a word the hyphen is dropped. This is normal progression for words in English. eReader is the name of a program and its use is discouraged however like other words in English like Kleenex a brand name can become a generic term over time so eReader has moved to that status so its use is now permitted so long as it is clear that the eReader program is not being referred to.

Other proposals are in the wiki page and I will address them in the page Wiki structure and naming conventions over the next day or so. I appreciate the contributions to the wiki however, it is too late to try and take it over and develop new structure and naming conventions without even bothering to understand what is already there. See you on the wiki page to discuss this further. That wiki page, by the way, has a terrible name. The title implies that the page is about naming conventions for software but this is just the tip of the iceberg. Perhaps it makes sense in German.

Dale

Last edited by DaleDe; 06-25-2012 at 12:21 PM. Reason: renamed wiki page.
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