- Why is this wiki software called usemod?
- It stands for the "USEnet MODeration project".
- What is the Usenet Moderation Project?
- The goal of the UMP was to allow users to share rating, editing, and eventually summary/change information about Usenet postings. The project was briefly revived in 1999, but shelved again after finding Wiki.
- What does Usenet have to do with Wiki?
- Not much. The final goal of the UMP was to allow a wiki-like environment where postings could be altered, summarized, or otherwise edited. "Usemod" does have the advantage of being short and pronounceable with an obvious wiki-page-name. It will be hard to confuse with WardCunningham's work. I registered it just in case I might want to revive the Usenet side. (Besides, wiki.com and wikis.com were taken already.)
- Why use a .com?
- Because I didn't want to fall victim to the slashdot.com problem (another company registering a .com when you own the .org).
- Interestingly enough, slashdot.com seems to have been regained by the .org owners.
--CliffordAdams
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