Plant how to questions

[dosmann at IASTATE.EDU]

> Changing the name to something less popular, like botany-ed or edu-botany
> might avoid a lot of "hits" by people looking for advice on gardening.  It
> won't avoid the advertising spams.
> Janice
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	I'll throw in a couple more pennies on the issue...
	
	Janice is right, that changing the name may decrease the number
of gardening questions, but will still not hinder the amount of spam.

	If the name is changed, I think we should still try to maintain a 
name that is general enough about the plant-sciences to foster 
discussions pertaining to everything from plant tax courses to methods of 
demonstrating biotech techniques, etc...  Somebody (sorry, can't remember 
who!) suggested plant-acad (or something close--where is my memory).  I 
like this train of thought.  Can we perhaps (if we choose a different 
name) incorporate 'teaching' into it?  Or 'teaching methods?'
I think we have a pretty diverse group, from traditional botanists to 
academicians in forestry, agronomy, horticulture and other related 
areas.  Our name should try to reflect this.
  
	Just an idea or two,
	Michael
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Michael S Dosmann                    
dosmann at iastate.edu             . . .  
Graduate Research Assistant      . . 
Department of Horticulture      . . . 
Iowa State University