[SeasonOfDocs] Naming an Open project for Doc Templates and Writing Instructions

Felicity Brand felicitybrand at gmail.com
Tue Jun 25 17:34:49 PDT 2019


Jo: done. Cheers

On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 9:04 PM Jo Cook <jo.k.cook at gmail.com> wrote:

> Great! I'm still in favour of calling the project The Good Docs Project,
> so would prefer the name as shown in GitHub/Slack to be the full name even
> if we're using the shortened URL/Hashtag #thegooddocs
>
> Jo
>
> On Sun, Jun 23, 2019 at 11:00 AM Felicity Brand <felicitybrand at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Loving the name!
>>
>> I got so excited I didn't want to risk losing the opportunity to nab it -
>> so I took the liberty of creating a Slack team and a Git organization.
>>
>> I figured I can transfer ownership as and when required.
>>
>> https://thegooddocs.slack.com/ <https://thegooddocs.slack.com/messages>
>>
>> https://github.com/thegooddocs
>>
>> Let me know if anything needs changing. Oh, ignore the placeholder logo!
>> I'm no graphic designer - I just wanted to put something in there.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Felicity
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 22, 2019 at 7:08 PM Jo Cook <jo.k.cook at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I like the sound of "The Good Docs Project" in full, but we could
>>> compromise and use the shortened name "(the)gooddocs" for URLs and hashtags?
>>>
>>> Jo
>>>
>>> On Sat, 22 Jun 2019, 07:49 Cameron Shorter, <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> That's a great name Jo. +1 from me.
>>>>
>>>> For me it evokes an association with the old UK TV series "The Good
>>>> Life", about a wholesome couple who move off the grid and farm their
>>>> suburban back yard.
>>>>
>>>> How should we capitalise it? I'm thinking:
>>>>
>>>> TheGoodDocs or #TheGoodDocs which can become https://thegooddocs.<url>
>>>> and will often be abbreviated to TGD
>>>>
>>>> I'm less inclined to use TheGoodDocsProject which I think becomes too
>>>> long.
>>>>
>>>> We could use GoodDocs, but I feel it hasn't got the same ring to it.
>>>> On 22/6/19 9:46 am, Jared Morgan wrote:
>>>>
>>>> This seems like a good name to me.
>>>>
>>>> Jared Morgan
>>>> M: +61413005479
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, 20 Jun 2019 at 23:07, Jo Cook <jo.k.cook at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The Good Docs Project?
>>>>>
>>>>> Jo
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 12:22 PM Cameron Shorter <
>>>>> cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Folks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It is becoming clear that we will be needing a "Best Practice Suite
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> Doc Templates". I thought it would already exist, but after much
>>>>>> looking, I can't find it. So as part of this year's Season of Docs,
>>>>>> we're planning to pull together a dream-team of volunteers to build
>>>>>> them
>>>>>> - as an Open Source project.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Our first challenge is to pick a project name, from which we can then
>>>>>> build a website. I'm yet to be inspired name-wise and am hoping you
>>>>>> folks might through out a few suggestions for us to collectively
>>>>>> select
>>>>>> from.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Cameron Shorter
>>>>>> Technology Demystifier
>>>>>> Open Technologies and Geospatial Consultant
>>>>>>
>>>>>> M +61 (0) 419 142 254
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