On Tue, 2009-02-17 at 12:30 -0800, valerie wrote: > Consider acquiring and redirecting all .xxx that you can get your > hands on - the great domain name land grab. WikiEducator is a very > valuable domain and it should be protected at all costs. It should be > used for only for this one purpose in all its forms.
Hi Valerie, I can assure you that all Wikieducator domains are well protected (that is WikiEducator.org, WikiEducator.net and WikiEducator.com). These domain names will be donated to the OER Foundation (a non-profit entity set up for charitable purposes) to ensure that the core values associated with our OER project remain protected in perpetuity. When we set up WikiEducator we wanted to make sure that all three domains (i.e. .org, .net and .org) were available to avoid "land grab" challenges in the future. A little history: Back in February 2007, Leigh forwarded a compelling argument for WikiEducator & Wikiversity to join to form "Wikilearner" -- It's interesting to note that when I was searching for domain names before starting the project, I had considered "Wikilearner" . Sadly Wikilearner was not available under all three domains (See: http://www.wikieducator.org/WikiEducator_Early_History#Reflections_on_choosing_the_domain_name ). In hindsight there is something special about "WikiEducator" --- we're essentially a community of educators. There are both advantages and disadvantages associated with using Wikieducator.com (or alternatively a sub-domain like business-solutions.wikieducator.com) for value-added services around OERs. I think we should deliberate carefully and thoroughly as a community before taking a decision one way or another. Appreciate the feedback --- this is important stuff. Cheers Wayne --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
