Wayne, I have followed the discussions and suggestions on http://wikieducator.com/Main_Page and I am not clear on the target population. Who are we targeting? Another question I think we may need to consider is why we are having this discussion on google groups and not on WE? Thank you. Warm wishes, Nellie Deutsch Doctoral Student Educational Leadership Curriculum and Instruction http://www.wikieducator.org/EL4C21 http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Nelliemuller skype:nelliedeutschmuller
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Wayne Mackintosh <[email protected]>wrote: > 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
