otw_news | the name game: call for suggestions, and one volunteer

So, while still hashing out some details, it looks pretty clear that we will want to incorporate in the US as a nonprofit. As it happens, one of the first steps in this process is coming up with a name! Which also has the benefit of being entertaining. :D

This doesn't have to necessarily be the name we use on a day-to-day basis, more the official name, although it would be ideal to have something that works both ways.

Rules:

The full name shouldn't already be in use -- the lawyers will do a formal search, but for now, just do a google to see if someone else is obviously using it.
We will want something ideally that we can also get some variant or subset of as a domain name. You can search for domain-availability at a bunch of places; here is the network solutions search.
Should be "distinctive" -- ie, weird enough that it can be a trademark. Xerox == yes, pets.com == no.
One clever scheme (used a lot by right-wing orgs :>) is to choose a name that includes your main argument in the name. IE, if we did something with "Fair Use" in it, any time someone mentions the organization, they're basically repeating the key phrase you want people to associate with you.
Avoid the word "Foundation", as that generally means a specific kind of charity that we will not be.
Can go the descriptive route (Fanfic Conservancy, Fair Use Institute, Archive Of Our Own Co.) or with made up words (AD;KJFA Inc. *g*) or just sort of evocative/cool-sounding words (Keymashing Ltd.).

If you're suggesting a name or names, please put your name suggestion (or your favorite of them) in the subject line of your comment, especially if you're replying to/spinning off from someone else's suggestions.

Please post your suggestions here by Monday, May 28! We will then have a poll to narrow down the list of possibilities we consider with the lawyers.

JOB:
1. NOTES. Short term. Deadline: Tuesday May 29: collect name suggestions for a poll. -

ainsley
If someone would be willing to volunteer to collect up all the name suggestions and turn them into a tickybox poll, that would be great! (Note: this requires your having a paid/permanent account.)

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I've been thinking of it as "An Archive Of Our Own" as well, though I will conceed that it's a little unwieldy for the name of the corporation as a whole. I don't have any better suggestions, though I think that we may want to avoid the words Fiction or Fic - in case we decide to host or link to vids and other types of fan work.

You raise a good point about including other fan work, so what about something like FanCreation.Org (which I like for its play on recreation)?

This one's nice, too - and I like calling it "FanCreation" partly because of that eternal argument that fan artists aren't creative, we're just stealing / duplicating / etc.

Thank you. :) I like your point about the name because I can't stand that "argument," either.

There is a German archive called fancreations.de but that's not a problem, is it? In fact, if someone searched for the wrong domain they would still be led to a quality archive. :)

Well, if the archive creator is planning on snapping up country codes so as to provide different archive views, it might be a problem.

I don't think they will. It's a fairly small and new archive. Also it looks like fancreations.org will not make it into the next poll.

I need to catch up---I didn't know the name poll had been posted. I want to vote for "Ourchive." :)

Yes, that's cool -- though it makes me think of Creation Cons, which is not cool.

Thanks! *refuses to contemplate Creation Con of any sort* ;)

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