Re: Suggestion about Fedora activity day acronym FAD

Crazy acronyms, abbreviations are could be really disturbing. Just
this movie part fallen in:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXlvy3sTTBk

Just 1:30.

I suggest to have some nice full name and done.

Zoltan

2016-03-18 8:45 GMT+01:00 Robert Mayr <robyduck@fedoraproject.org>:
> 2016-03-17 21:00 GMT+01:00 Gerold <gerold@lugd.org>:
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>> Am 17.03.2016 um 20:08 schrieb Stephen John Smoogen:
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>> On Mar 17, 2016 10:21, "pravin.d.s@gmail.com" <pravin.d.s@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi All,
>> >
>> > FAD - an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows
>> > the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season" [syn: {craze}, {furor},
>> > {furore}, {cult}, {rage}]
>> >
>> > During last G11N FAD, i got comment on Facebook post as follows:
>> >
>> > Ray Doc I don't like the acronym FAD. It basically means:an intense and
>> > widely shared enthusiasm for something, especially one that is short-lived;
>> > a craze. Something different by way of an Acronym would be better. This
>> > means that the action is short-lived.
>> >
>> > And just saw one more. "Slightly unfortunate naming there – "Python 3
>> > fad"" [1]
>> >
>> > I think we should make sure to name it as "Fedora ---- activity day"
>> > i.e Fedora python activity day. FPAD or "Fedora Globalization activity day"
>> > FGAD.
>> >
>>
>> When you organize something you are free to call it within reason
>> something else. You will probably spend a lot of time answering people
>> wondering if it is a FAD or not because it has been called that for 15 years
>> :)
>>
>>
>> ^^
>> not 15 Years, but nearly 10 years [1] will fit :-)
>>
>> GreetzzZZzz
>> Gerold
>>
>>
>> [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAD_EMEA_2006?rd=FAD/FADEMEA2006
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> Personally I don't care about what it could mean to others, FAD is our
> internal abbreviation for a specific event. It's not necessary people who
> are not involved in the community understand it, because we can/should
> promote the event with the full name. So a "Python 3 FAD" becomes a "Python
> 3 activity day" which is auto-explaining, no needs to invent new acronyms
> here.
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