Talk:SciLands
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I'm in the process of gathering the necessary background, press links, appropriate organization information, images, etc. Any assistance is greatly appreciated!
- Not likely. This organization fails notability guidelines. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 21:48, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
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- Reviewing notability guidelines now to see if I can change your mind. Hackshaven (Talk to me) —Preceding comment was added at 22:45, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
"A topic is presumed to be notable if it has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject."
- Doing Science in Second Life (Physics World)
- Naked Scientists in Second Life (Nature Blog)
- Feds turn to social networking sites (Federal Times)
- Spice up your next meeting: wear wings (Federal Times) (note both NASA and NOAA are SciLands members)
- Science Continent Grows to 41 Islands (Metaverse Messenger)
- Featured in an EPA sponsored video (Wilson Center)
- Colorado Newspaper about NOAA in Second Life (note NOAA in Second Life *is* SciLands)
- NOAA Sets Up Shop in Second Life (Information Week)
- Cory Ondrejka's Blog (Former CTO of Linden Lab)
- SciLands Press Release
- NOAA Virtual Worlds Press Release (NOAA News Online)
- Virtual Worlds Federal Consortium (SciLands was highlighted there)
- A planetarium, and more, in Second Life (Nature Blog mentions creation of the SciLands)
- Astronomy in Second Life (New Scientist Blogs; features astronomy education within SciLands) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Acrider (talk • contribs) 17:59, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
Hackshaven (talk) 23:00, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
Should SciLands Senate Blogs be combined with External Links? Hackshaven (talk) 18:12, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
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