Re: Askubuntu, was : Re: Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal release review from other users‏

[Liam Proven]

On 9 June 2011 10:01, Alan Pope <alan at popey.com> wrote:
> On 8 June 2011 19:00, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
>> If I have to explain, you are missing some really *very* obvious stuff here.
>>
>
> Not really. I'm trying to figure out what you find misleading because
> if you do, others might, and thus it may need some fixing.
>
>> So, consider:
>> Someone starts a site:
>>
>> www.askalanpope.co.uk
>>
>> It has your face as the main image and says that it is *the* place to
>> go for all your Alan-Pope-related queries. Its logo is your signature
>> and it uses your handwriting in its design.
>>
>> Who would you tend to guess ran it?
>>
>
> Again, Canonical people and Ubuntu community members helped with this.
> Your example indicates I (as the name mentioned in the domain) had no
> hand in it. With AskUbuntu plenty of Ubuntu community members, and
> some Canonical employees greatly contributed to the project.
>
> As I understand it the original intention was to have ask.ubuntu.com
> but askubuntu.com was chosen instead. Perhaps ask.ubuntu.com would
> have more gravitas or authenticity given it's hosted in the ubuntu.com
> domain. However there are other examples of 'official' stuff in the
> project which do not use *.ubuntu.com. Here's some examples of
> 'official' stuff (whatever official means) which doesn't seem to
> mislead others?
>
> http://revu.ubuntuwire.com/
> http://ubuntuforums.org/
> http://launchpad.net/ubuntu
> http://hudson.qa.ubuntu-uk.org/
> http://ubuntu-news.org/
>
> So what's wrong with the askubuntu.com domain?

Jeez, man, what do you want?

Statement: the name, appearance & branding of askubuntu.com makes it
look like an official, Ubuntu-run  site.

Question: is it?

Answer: no. It is a 3rd party site owned & run by a 3rd party.

I consider that to be misleading.

If you don't, fine, good for you. Others disagree. Just accept it.

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