[geeklog-devel] The Slogan which is a Claim

[Euan McKay]

> gCMS – Your content, secured.

My concern with a name like this is how do you say it?
I'm not sure that the name needs to include CMS either. Feels too awkward to me.
I also don't like Aptitude, for all the reasons that everyone else has
mentioned.

> Shortening the current name to something with GL in it is probably
> preferable.

I suggested "Glue" some years ago. I still like it. ;)

But were we debating a complete name change, or just a slogan change?

Euan.


On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 01:32, Randy Kolenko <Randy.Kolenko at nextide.ca> wrote:
> I also vote for not using Aptitude as a replacement name.
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> Shortening the current name to something with GL in it is probably
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> So, the question that is still outstanding is “what is the slogan supposed
> to do for Geeklog?”.  Are we trying to make a claim?  Are we trying to make
> it catchy?  Are we trying to be clever?
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> Ditch the “log” part of the name and make it simply gCMS.  The ‘g’ being a
> carryover from bygone days and makes for good wiki fodder.
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> From: Vincent Furia [mailto:vfuria at gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 12:30 AM
> To: Geeklog Development
> Subject: Re: [geeklog-devel] The Slogan which is a Claim
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> I agree AptitudeCMS is confusing because of its similarity to the package
> management application. But to say a brand name has to have meaning in every
> language is limiting and has plenty of counter-examples. Not only are there
> many companies whose names don't have meanings in several languages, but
> there are plenty of brands whose name has no meaning in any language.
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> If there was a great German name for Geeklog I'd be all for it. No matter
> that it didn't have an English (or other language meaning).
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> -Vinny
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> On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Markus <1000ideen at gmx.de> wrote:
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> Concerning "Aptitude"
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> It is difficult to take a word that has a meaning in only one language.
> Aptitude is not an internationally used word. Mambo is and in the year 2001
> the song Mambo No. 5 was a bestseller. I slowly begin to understand how
> ingenious the naming of mambo was. It was only later that it was renamed to
> mamboCMS.
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> So to me there is still the question if Geeklog will get an "add on" CMS -
> GeeklogCMS? Then the claim would not need to repeat 'CMS'.
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> Markus
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