Talk:Edublog

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Is it appropriate for me to edit this article, as I am a member of this "community?" I ask because it seems like a grey area in Wikipedia policy -- can a North Carolinian write about North Carolina? It seems to me that this is a similar situation, so I will continue to make edits here until told otherwise. --Budtheteacher 22:19, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

I guess so Bud. If not you then who? Jo McLeay 11:54, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Edubloggers

OK, as this may cause some debate, I believe that Will Richardson definitely belongs on the list of notable edubloggers as he has published several books and is cited in the news media daily. If you wish to delete a person, you should follow effective wiki practice and wikipedia's own guidelines by posting information on the talk page. Victoria A. Davis 18:07, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

No one is going to argue about Will's inclusion. He was on the original list... but we stopped creating new bios for people until someone else came along and joined in. Thanks for your effort --Davecormier 01:17, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

I just poked around a bit in the history file. A few people were trying to add themselves... and some person named icecream something deleted all the entries that did not have actual wikipedia entries. If you look carefully someone actually added their own name with their own wikipedia id... very bad form! --Davecormier 01:24, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

I would agree that a person should never add themselves but should allow the group to do it. However, many of us are beginners at this Wikipedia thing so they may not know that. This whole exchange shows me how edubloggers have not attended to a vital source of information in education (that we ourselves are advocating) by contributing and correcting. Victoria A. Davis 14:03, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Other Links

It looks like the last two blogs listed here - edublogs community and distance online are not directly salient to this topic. I have deleted them. I have added classblogmeister which is another popular free place for edublogs. Victoria A. Davis 20:27, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Can someone explain how classblogmeister has anything to do with anything related to education, blogging, or otherwise? It looks to be a placeholder by a domain registrar. Link removed. --WheelCipher 14:56, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

I've reverted to the previous revision and corrected the link. It wasn't pointing to the proper URL. --Renrenren 17:05, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Sorry on the link. Classblogmeister is a very widely use classroom blogging tool by teachers. As is elg and edublogs. Thanks for pointing out the link. Victoria A. Davis 14:01, 3 January 2007 (UTC)