Hi Jan,
I am also trying to understand it. I was concerned with the fact that my
students' names were used as the reporters when in fact they had done an
English project in 2009.
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On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Jan Visser <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Nellie,
>
> I'm just trying to understand this.
>
> I read the piece by the students at
> http://wikieducator.org/Holocaust/Survivor_Support/Israel/Poverty.
>
> Whatever its merit, isn't the idea that folks can use material available on
> the WE pages provided they attribute source and authorship? If they did so
> correctly (which they claim they did), then I don't think you can validly
> protest against such use (but you can of course interact with those who
> seemingly misinterpret you, if that's the case, which I am not sure of).
>
> There may be an issue with the age of students who contribute to the
> WikiEducator pages. My sense is, if the students felt uncomfortable about
> their being republished they should have contacted Salem News themselves,
> rather than their teacher.
>
> My question, to the WE community, is: Should there be a policy (if there
> isn't yet) that people should be of legal age to contribute to WE and thus
> be expected to be held responsible for what they write?
>
> It's not a matter that I normally deal with, but I presume we can learn
> from
> WikiPedia.
>
> Jan
>
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> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 11:10 AM
> To: WikiEducator
> Subject: [WikiEducator] WikiEducator quoted in Salem News
>
> Hello Fellow WikiEducators,
>
> I thought you may find this article on two of my students who were
> quoted as reporters for Salem News:
> http://salem-news.com/articles/march102010/israel-survivors.php
>
> Can WikiEducator be used as a source of news information after a whole
> year? Well, it was until I intervened and look where it got me.
>
> Warm wishes,
> Nellie
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