User blog comment:Krayfish/Wiki name change?/@comment-5135903-20130326170400

'Conflict' does not necessarily mean violence or war. I have checked three (different) dictionaries and they all say:

"Conflict: n. a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one:"

This may be used to represent debate, discussion or galactic politics, but I nevertheless do not think that this term represents the co-operative spirit of the wiki, being by definition almost the exact opposite of 'co-operation.'

As for 'Galactic Crucible' or 'Galactic Crucibles' I again think that there could be a better name (though I would prefer it to 'Galactic Conflicts'), as this, like 'conflict,' does not seem to represent the wiki very well. I acknowledge the fact that a 'crucible' is like a mixing pot, but the word could just as easily be misinterpreted as a heated and stressful place where aspects that were originally different and unique get merged and forced together into one amorphous blob.

It could be good just to keep the name as 'Omniverse GC,' as, being the title of the wiki since its creation, it has in some ways transcended a simple definition and come to represent the wiki by an association with everything that has taken place here so far, rather than just a simple extract that you might find in a dictionary. Having only recently joined, I can say that I had no problem with the name from the start and was not confused by it for a second.

However, I understand the reasons that it might be better to change the name, so I think 'Gathering of Universes' would be best. This acknowledges the fact that OGC is actually made up of a number of universes, not just galaxies (despite the fact that Omni01 is easily the main universe), and the word 'gathering' seems co-operative, social and recreational, all aspects that I associate with this wiki.

Wow... I only meant for that to be a few lines... kind of got a bit carried away there.