Board Thread:Admin Noticeboard/@comment-4820209-20170528092630/@comment-14539881-20170603100516

Saint Arson wrote: I realize I'm in the minority here, but I oppose. Why?

Mainstream audiences know Godzilla as such, and might not know what "goji" is referring to. Granted, most of the people that are looking at something on this site probably know a lot about Godzilla, but I think it makes more sense to stick with something clear that everyone can understand. Also with a name change, people who don't come here regularly (I guess I'd include myself in that category), might be confused when they come back and see the site's name changed. They may be unsure if it's even the same site and try to go find "wikizilla."

That being said, I wasn't aware there was another site called Wikizilla. This one is surely far more popular, isn't it? I also wasn't aware of any negative views towards this site. Like most people I would assume, I'm not involved enough to know.

I'm not going to complain if it's changed or anything, but I thought I'd state my opinion. Honestly I had the same thoughts as you. This is an English wiki, right? The English term for Goji is.. Godzilla. Newer audiences and people who don't much about it, most likely wont know the foreign term. Then again, the series/franchise comes from Japan. Where it is most big and known, kinda pays homage to that in a way.

There is the fact a lot of wikis/wikias have the actual word "wiki/wikia" in their title. Switching to "pedia" kinda feels sort of like a downgrade to me. When people want to look for the "wiki" for something, to find info, they are gonna search just that. Of course it will still come up in the search results, but honestly not having the word as part of the sites actual name, just seems a little, eh, to me.

Of course the best move is to move past/away from all the prior history with names and the other site. So that's a big upside to changing the name.

On the topic of Kaiju/Godzilla. The smartest move there is to keep it as is. Goji is the biggest heavy hitter for the franchise/verse. Pretty sure the most iconic and well known Kaiju. Don't see a problem with the site remaining to have him/his(Its?) name at the forefront. As it should be.

Overall, can see the arguments for both sides on the name change. Feel neutral on it, as I've only seen a few films and still new to it all. BUT, I suppose I'm leaning more towards Support.