Wikiversity talk:Tame audience

'Tame' synonyms
I'm thinking about this. Maybe 'captive'? Also has negative connotations, unfortunately. But there is some precedent for this term in human research - i.e., 'captive populations' are those with whom one can conduct research (with them as participants) and they can't really do much about it - i.e., they are not really volunteers - they are coerced. -- Jtneill - Talk - c 15:24, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Brainstorming list follows... --McCormack 15:30, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
 * captive community/audience
 * home community/audience
 * house community/audience
 * trained community/audience
 * planned community/audience
 * artificial
 * in vitro
 * domestic(ated)
 * managed
 * select
 * boxed
 * predetermined
 * preexisting
 * friendly


 * I actually really happen to like the terms "tame" and "wild", and the contrast they imply. Kind of a cool way of putting it, really.  The Jade Knight 08:58, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I still like "wild", but I'm currently veering towards "captive" as the opposite. I'm digesting things slowly and waiting for more comments from others. I'm quite worried that "tame" could be felt as derogatory - although it was originally my own idea! --McCormack 09:51, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
 * To me, tame doesn't feel derogatory, though "wild" could (but, to be honest, do we really need to be PC here?). I dislike captive for the primary reason that "captive audience" is already an idiom in English, and it means something different.  The Jade Knight 10:00, 5 September 2008 (UTC)