# Is it OK to use the word "Discourse" in the name of our Discourse-hosted discussion board?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-ok-to-use-the-word-discourse-in-the-name-of-our-discourse-hosted-discussion-board/29778>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [2015 年 6 月 8 日午後 6:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-ok-to-use-the-word-discourse-in-the-name-of-our-discourse-hosted-discussion-board/29778 "2015-06-08T18:12:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [2015 年 6 月 8 日午後 9:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-ok-to-use-the-word-discourse-in-the-name-of-our-discourse-hosted-discussion-board/29778/3 "2015-06-08T21:47:23Z")

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Yes, using [discourse.example.com](http://discourse.example.com) is perfectly valid.

The point of contention is, could a reasonable person look at this and confuse it with what we do at [www.discourse.org](http://www.discourse.org)? Certainly not true if you are merely picking the URL [discourse.example.com](http://discourse.example.com).

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