I think "Pylons" is a great name!

• pylons can hold up something, a web application in this case.
• pylons is a real word that includes "py"
• java developers will probably notice a relation to "struts"

• mplayer has a domain with hq and it's not a problem, it's a famous piece of code
• ruby on rails, turbogears or django don't have name that sounds like "I'm a web framework" but it didn't matter. Does GNU/Linux sounds like "great operating system" ?
• it's a bit strange but I think that the google rank is more important than the domain name like pylons.org
• the domain have to start with pylons cause when people start to write pylons in address bar, pylonshq will "popup"

I personally concur with Stephen: I think "Pylons" is a great name, and it instantly conjured imagery befitting the project when I first came across it:

• Industrial qualities (strength, progressiveness).
• Infrastructure. A foundation on which I can quickly build something. Perfectly suits a framework, especially where Pylons acts to bring together and leverage other components.
• Power. Literally (the electrical variety!).
• Connectivity.
• A modern aesthetic. One often sees pylons in remote places. There's an element of pride, or even romance ironically, in an image of a single pylon in a rural setting.

I actually do think that a clever designer could come up with a really cool identity design for the theme. It would just take the right person willing to form an understanding – and possessing talent

Regarding domains, the point made on the mailing list that search rankings for 'framework' should be a bigger focus than 'pylons' is a valid one I think. Keywords in the domain is a big plus. As for existing links and bookmarks, redirecting is really trivial, at least with Apache and mod_rewrite:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^pylonshq\.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://pylons-framework.org/$1 [R=301,L]

Or what have you. And whoila, old links go to the correct place on the new domain and Googlebot is notified in good 301 fashion to update. An extra rule or two for the wiki, but you get the idea. I don't have a strong opinion about the domain debate, but I don't think that links should be a consequential factor.

I would vote for an additional www.pylons-framework.org domain, and then perhaps let this be the default domain.

I would vote for those in this order:
1. pylons-framework.org
2. pylons-project.org
3. pylons-hq.org
4. pylonshq.org

Django using framework and project also, because the most obvious domains for them are also already registered.