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Contents
- 1 Online Ambassador application: Samtar
- 2 Online Ambassador application: Wikicology
- 3 I can't disenroll
- 4 Pre-production starts for Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons tutorial videos
- 5 Campus Ambassador application: Athikhun.suw
- 6 University of Stirling Education Assignments
- 7 New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/Middle_East_Technical_University/Cognition_(Spring) (instructor: User:Akilicozhan)
- 8 SAMWEL DE LAWRENCE LYIMO
- 9 New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/James_Madison_University/WRTC_300_Professional_Editing_(Spring_2016) (instructor: User:Tscteacher)
- 10 New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/James_Madison_University/WRTC_300-02_Professional_Editing_(spring_2016) (instructor: User:Tscteacher)
- 11 New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/University_of_Washington/Evolutionary_Medicine_(Winter_2016) (instructor: User:Rixosa)
- 12 New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/Hunter_College/Rhetoric_of_Science_(Spring_2016) (instructor: User:Wikitru)
- 13 New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/Point_Loma_Nazarene_University/HIS_320_US_History_from_1815-1914_(Spring_2016) (instructor: User:Kamccoy1)
- 14 New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/University_of_Chicago/Dinosaur_Science_(Spring_2016) (instructor: User:Sbaumgart)
- 15 New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/James_Madison_University/WRTC_300-01_Professional_Editing_(Spring_2016) (instructor: User:Sage (Wiki Ed))
- 16 New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/James_Madison_University/WRTC_300-02_Professional_Editing_(Spring_2016) (instructor: User:Sage (Wiki Ed))
- 17 New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/University_of_Washington_Tacoma/TCORE_124-Listening_Outside_the_Box-Concert_Music_in_the_21st_Century_(Spring_2016) (instructor: User:KimD UWT)
- 18 Old course page
- 19 New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/Hunter_College/Library_100_(Spring_2016) (instructor: User:Infonet4all)
- 20 New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/NYU/Leadership_(Spring) (instructor: User:Marthakanter)
- 21 New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/Rutgers_University/Languages_in_Peril_(Spring_2016) (instructor: User:Chuck Haberl)
- 22 New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/LaGuardia_Community_College/ENG103_Octavia_Butler's_Bloodchild_and_Other_Stories_(Spring_2016) (instructor: User:Doctorxgc)
- 23 New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/Indiana_University/Ling-L_210_Nature_vs_Nurture_in_Language_Development_(Spring_2016) (instructor: User:Rey from Jakku)
- 24 One reader's reaction
- 25 New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/Caltech/Stable_Isotope_Biogeochemistry_(Spring) (instructor: User:AlexSessions)
- 26 New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/UC_Davis/DEB_Wiki_Project_(Spring_2016) (instructor: User:DLeoJ)
- 27 New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/Temple_University/Syntax_(Spring_2016) (instructor: User:Jodireich)
- 28 New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/UC_Berkeley/Carbon_Capture_and_Sequestration_(Spring_2016) (instructor: User:Mswent)
- 29 New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/Oregon_State_University/OC_334_Polar_Oceanography_(Spring) (instructor: User:KimSBernard)
- 30 Online Ambassador application: Zppix
- 31 New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/Webster_University/Applied_Learning_Sciences_(Spring_2_2016) (instructor: User:AmyRuffusDoerr)
- 32 Campus Ambassador application: Feynman100
- 33 New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/Wagner_College/Contemporary_Art_(Spring_2016) (instructor: User:Contempwagner)
- 34 Workshop
- 35 New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/Emerson_College/World_Drama_(Spring) (instructor: User:Magda romanska)
- 36 New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/Oklahoma_State_University/Collective_Behavior_and_Social_Movements_(Spring_2016) (instructor: User:Asdimd)
- 37 New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/Utah/ECON_3200_(Spring_2016) (instructor: User:Alvin K. Byrd)
- 38 New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/UC_Santa_Barbara/CHEM_239_(Spring_2016) (instructor: User:Armenzakarian)
- 39 appropriate for me to request course rights?
- 40 New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/New_York_University/Haitian_Creole_in_Context_I_(Spring_2016) (instructor: User:Kreyolnyc)
- 41 How long does it take for a course to get approved?
- 42 New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/Hunter_College/Chemistry_378_(2016) (instructor: User:Etlib)
- 43 New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/University_of_Washington_Seattle/Plant_Behavior_(Spring_2016) (instructor: User:Lizvanv)
Online Ambassador application: Samtar
Samtar
- Why do you want to be a Wikipedia Ambassador?
- I'd like to help encourage future editors to take on the task of improving and maintaining Wikipedia.
- In three sentences or less, summarize your involvement with Wikimedia projects.
- I spend a lot of time welcoming and helping new users, adopting aspiring editors and general maintainance.
- Please indicate a few articles to which you have made significant content contributions. (e.g. DYK, GA, FA, major revisions/expansions/copyedits).
- How have you been involved with welcoming and helping new users on Wikipedia?
- Firstly by welcoming them on their talkpages, helping steer new article creators towards complying with policies and answering questions from new users.
- What do you see as the most important ways we could welcome newcomers or help new users become active contributors?
- I think the most important way we can help new users is by providing them with the resources to learn about the policies and procedures of contributing to Wikipedia.
- Have you had major conflicts with other editors? Blocks or bans? Involvement in arbitration? Feel free to offer context, if necessary.
- I like to pride myself in the ability to resolve issues, so no.
- How often do you edit Wikipedia and check in on ongoing discussions? Will you be available regularly for at least two hours per week, in your role as a mentor?
- Daily for at least two hours.
- How would you make sure your students were not violating copyright laws?
- By monitoring contributions and ensuring my students fully understood not only the Wikipedia policies regarding Copyright infringement, but their local laws.
- If one of your students had an issue with copyright violation how would you resolve it?
- Firstly by removing the violating content, and then by re-educating the student on the polices and laws.
- In your _own_ words describe what copyright violation is.
- A Copyright violation is using copyrighted material (images/text etc) on Wikipedia.
Samuel Tarling (talk) 16:04, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
Endorsements
(Two endorsements are needed for online ambassador approval.)
- Endorse. I'm familiar with Samtar and they do solid work, so they're someone that can be trusted in this position. Tokyogirl79 (。◕‿◕。) 14:55, 28 December 2015 (UTC)
- Comment: @OhanaUnited: would you mind casting your eye over this? Cheers
-- samtar whisper 16:05, 31 January 2016 (UTC)
Online Ambassador application: Wikicology
Wikicology
Wikicology (talk · contribs)
- Why do you want to be a Wikipedia Ambassador?
- I want to work with educators and student editors from Nigeria in the Wikipedia Education Program to improve Wikipedia and its sister's projects.
- In three sentences or less, summarize your involvement with Wikimedia projects.
- I've been an active editor for over 1 year and I've created over 500 articles with 5 DYK to my credit. In addition to that, I'm an Outreach Coordinator of The Wikipedia Library. I've also been involved in an Education Outreach Program and currently, I'm the Secretary of the Wikimedia User Group Nigeria (WUGN).
- Please indicate a few articles to which you have made significant content contributions. (e.g. DYK, GA, FA, major revisions/expansions/copyedits).
- Below are articles I created, expanded and promoted to DYK:
- Femi Robinson - featured on 18 June 2015
- Fredrick Obateru Akinruntan - featured on 29 June 2015
- Yoruba tribal marks - featured on 6 July 2015
- Igogo festival - featured on 28 July 2015
- Ilorin Sallah stampede - featured on 31 July 2015
- Iwoye-Ketu - featured on 13 August 2015
I intend to promote Nitrogen dioxide poisoning among others to GA status.
- How have you been involved with welcoming and helping new users on Wikipedia?
- supportive, constructive, civil, and respectful. Although, I'm sometimes blunt with spammers per my essay entitled WP:MOSQUITOES.
- What do you see as the most important ways we could welcome newcomers or help new users become active contributors?
- Mentoring, supportive, constructive, civil, and respectful.
- Have you had major conflicts with other editors? Blocks or bans? Involvement in arbitration? Feel free to offer context, if necessary.
- I have Zero blocked history and I've not been involved in major conflicts with other editors.
- How often do you edit Wikipedia and check in on ongoing discussions? Will you be available regularly for at least two hours per week, in your role as a mentor?
- I often spend at least 3 hours editing Wikipedia per day
- How would you make sure your students were not violating copyright laws?
- Having understood the legal consequence of Copyright infringement, I will guild them to respect our policy on copyvio. I will introduce them to various tools such as this one. In addition to that, I will often check their contributions on a daily basis.
- If one of your students had an issue with copyright violation how would you resolve it?
- If the added content has not raise a legal issue, I will remove the content immediately on spotted and if its a serious one, I will relay it to our legal team after a dialogue with the concern party (I mean the copyright owner of the work).
- In your _own_ words describe what copyright violation is.
- Copyright violation in my own language is the illegal "Reuse or re-distributions of a non-free content or material"
- What else should we know about you that is relevant to being a Wikipedia Ambassador?
- I've disclosed my identity to the WMF as Secretary. Of the WUGN and coordinator of The Wikipedia Library but if you required additional information about me, feel free to let me know.
Wikic¤l¤gyt@lk to M£ 10:53, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
Endorsements
(Two endorsements are needed for online ambassador approval.)
- Endorse - experienced editor, already involved in outreach, including The Wikipedia Library. — xaosflux Talk 05:29, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
I can't disenroll
- The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Hi, I just signed up as an online volonteer for my first time on enwp. I mistakenly pressed "enrollment token" or what ever it is called and I got enrolled. Now I can't disenroll. I go to Special:Disenroll/Queen Mary, University of London/Research Methods (Film) (Spring 2016) and enter a reason and press the button. I get taken to a blank (white) screen. And...nothing. (t) Josve05a (c) 01:28, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
- @Josve05a: - I'm not sure why it didn't work, but I disenrolled you using my volunteer account, which has admin privileges. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 01:56, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
- Thank you Ian (Wiki Ed). All I got was a blank page. Over and over again. Nothing odd or off in the console, just "navigating to...", but no error messages at all. Odd. (t) Josve05a (c) 01:59, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
- The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Pre-production starts for Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons tutorial videos
We are excited that pre-production has started for a series of motivational and educational videos that will introduce Wikipedia and some of its sister projects to new contributors.
Over the past several years, many videos have been produced to train new contributors. This series will feature VisualEditor and the new citation tool called Citoid. Additionally, the series will include an introduction to the Wikimedia Commons repository of freely-licensed media.
The video series and associated materials will help students and instructors who participate in the Wikipedia Education Program. The series is also designed to assist the professional staff and volunteers of galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAMs) with understanding how their content gains exposure on Wikimedia sites, and how to document or upload their content for direct viewing on Wikipedia and its sister projects.
The video content will be available in segments that can be viewed, translated, or updated individually.
There are currently volunteer translators for Arabic, Armenian, Czech, German, Greek, Odia, and Spanish. Additional volunteers with high proficiency translation skills are welcome to sign up on the talk page.
We are currently seeking feedback on the outline for the scripts, as well as suggestions for an attractive name for the series. Please leave any comments on this talk page!
Regards,
Series director and screenwriter
Notes
This series is funded by an individual engagement grant from the Wikimedia Foundation. A big thanks to the community, the IEG Committee, and WMF for their support.
- @Pine: This looks fantastic. Thanks for posting here. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 15:11, 27 January 2016 (UTC)
Campus Ambassador application: Athikhun.suw
Athikhun.suw (talk · contribs)
- Why do you want to be a Wikipedia Ambassador?
- I used to be a student in an education programme once, and now I work as a teaching assistant in a class where an education programme is also implemented. Working as a Wikipedia Ambassador would give me a great opportunity to make an impact offline apart from online contributions which I normally do.
- Where are you based, and which educational institution(s) do you plan to work with as a Campus Ambassador?
- I am based in Bangkok, Thailand. I plan to work as a Campus Ambassador at Mahidol University. It is where I study and also where I work as teaching assistant.
- What is your academic and/or professional background?
- I am a fourth year biological science student pursuing a higher degree in anatomy.
- In three sentences or less, summarize your prior experience with Wikimedia projects.
- I have contributed extensively to anatomy articles on the English Wikipedia. I have also organised meetups and an edit-a-thon in Bangkok.
- What else should we know about you that is relevant to being a Wikipedia Ambassador?
- YOUR ANSWER (OPTIONAL)
- Discussion
- Edit history looks good. Clean block log. Multi-faceted editor with text & image contributions. You got my support. OhanaUnitedTalk page 20:29, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
- He has my full support. He is a student from my class and a dedicated volunteer in our user group.--Taweetham (talk) 11:28, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
University of Stirling Education Assignments
Hi All - some advice and support would greatly be appreciated. I'm an instructor who has set up assignments for students - "search Wiki Exercise #1 - Screen Time" for more on this. The exercise is the first in a small number of tasks getting the students to engage with editing and markup, collaboration, civility, and so on. The exercises are confined to user talk pages only. The idea is that students will be introoduced to a discrete project on Wikibooks next week, and will be able to get on will tasks there as an educational assessment. I've suggested on the TeaHouse that a compromise to prevent uneccdessary deletions and furtehr problems, that we shift all future work off WP and work exclusively within Wikibooks. Please advise. GregXenon01 (talk) 16:01, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
- Hi GregXenon01. Great to see you're teaching with Wikipedia/WikiBooks. I haven't seen many projects taking place on WikiBooks and would be curious to hear how it goes. @FKoudijs (WMF): do you know someone who could provide some feedback/assistance to Greg? --Ryan (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:18, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
- Hi GregXenon01. I am not sure what you mean to do on Wikibooks. To be clear, WIkibooks is its own project, with a purpose and scope of its own. It is not a drafting space for Wikipedia. There are best practices for providing learners with drafting spaces on the actual English Wikipedia, using either pages on the User namespace or the Draft namespace, which seem like a better fit. Some more advice on this is here and here. Please clarify your question if you feel I didn't fully understand what you are proposing. FKoudijs (WMF) (talk) 20:20, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
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- Hi @FKoudijs (WMF): thanks for responding, it's sorted itself out now. Sorry I had somehow missed your response up until now. We responded quite quickly to a number of suggestions from admins and moved the entire portfolio of exercises away from WP and onto Wikibooks - the result of the smaller exercises can be found on user discussion pages. You can see the results of our Wikibooks project, An Internet of Everything? here wikibooks:An Internet of Everything? which I think you'll agree is quite an impressive piece of work, and some of the students have in the process of completing the book, become formidable editors in their own right (and one would hope that they will take these skills to the service of WP one day!). It's all undergoing evaluation at the moment in an assessment period of the next 2 weeks or so. Best, GregXenon01 (talk) 16:58, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
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I have created a new course — Introduction to public administration — at dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/Texas_State_University/Introduction_to_public_administration_(Spring_2016). If you'd like to see more details about my course, check out my course page.--ekh 02:18, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/Middle_East_Technical_University/Cognition_(Spring) (instructor: User:Akilicozhan)
I have created a new course — Cognition — at dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/Middle_East_Technical_University/Cognition_(Spring). If you'd like to see more details about my course, check out my course page.--Akilicozhan (talk) 12:18, 21 February 2016 (UTC)
SAMWEL DE LAWRENCE LYIMO
SAMWEL DE LAWRENCE LYIMO
SAMWEL DE LAWRENCE LYIMO (talk · contribs)
- Why do you want to be a Wikipedia Ambassador?
- Because i want to share my knowledge with others around the world,to gain knowledge from others through online and also to become as a bridge of knowledge between people of my country and the rest of the countries
- In three sentences or less, summarize your involvement with Wikimedia projects.
- yet i have never involve in any project but i was just a normal reader who like wikipedia information
- Please indicate a few articles to which you have made significant content contributions. (e.g. DYK, GA, FA, major revisions/expansions/copyedits).
no
- How have you been involved with welcoming and helping new users on Wikipedia?
- yes,too many times
- What do you see as the most important ways we could welcome newcomers or help new users become active contributors?
- YOUR ANSWER (OPTIONAL)
- Have you had major conflicts with other editors? Blocks or bans? Involvement in arbitration? Feel free to offer context, if necessary.
- YOUR ANSWER
- How often do you edit Wikipedia and check in on ongoing discussions? Will you be available regularly for at least two hours per week, in your role as a mentor?
- YOUR ANSWER
- How would you make sure your students were not violating copyright laws?
- by reminding the to read violating copyright from time to time
- If one of your students had an issue with copyright violation how would you resolve it?
- absolutely yes
- In your _own_ words describe what copyright violation is.
- is breaking of rules and laws that govern the protect the art of writers
- What else should we know about you that is relevant to being a Wikipedia Ambassador?
- YOUR ANSWER (OPTIONAL)
SAMWEL DE LAWRENCE LYIMO 12:27, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
Endorsements
(Two endorsements are needed for online ambassador approval.)
New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/James_Madison_University/WRTC_300_Professional_Editing_(Spring_2016) (instructor: User:Tscteacher)
I have created a new course — WRTC 300 Professional Editing — at dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/James_Madison_University/WRTC_300_Professional_Editing_(Spring_2016). If you'd like to see more details about my course, check out my course page.--Tscteacher (talk) 14:59, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/James_Madison_University/WRTC_300-02_Professional_Editing_(spring_2016) (instructor: User:Tscteacher)
I have created a new course — WRTC 300-02 Professional Editing — at dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/James_Madison_University/WRTC_300-02_Professional_Editing_(spring_2016). If you'd like to see more details about my course, check out my course page.--Tscteacher (talk) 19:11, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/University_of_Washington/Evolutionary_Medicine_(Winter_2016) (instructor: User:Rixosa)
I have created a new course — Evolutionary Medicine — at dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/University_of_Washington/Evolutionary_Medicine_(Winter_2016). If you'd like to see more details about my course, check out my course page.--Adriwang (talk) 23:34, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/Hunter_College/Rhetoric_of_Science_(Spring_2016) (instructor: User:Wikitru)
I have created a new course — Rhetoric of Science — at dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/Hunter_College/Rhetoric_of_Science_(Spring_2016). If you'd like to see more details about my course, check out my course page.--Wikitru (talk) 01:05, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/Point_Loma_Nazarene_University/HIS_320_US_History_from_1815-1914_(Spring_2016) (instructor: User:Kamccoy1)
I have created a new course — HIS 320 US History from 1815-1914 — at dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/Point_Loma_Nazarene_University/HIS_320_US_History_from_1815-1914_(Spring_2016). If you'd like to see more details about my course, check out my course page.--Kamccoy1 (talk) 20:36, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/University_of_Chicago/Dinosaur_Science_(Spring_2016) (instructor: User:Sbaumgart)
I have created a new course — Dinosaur Science — at dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/University_of_Chicago/Dinosaur_Science_(Spring_2016). If you'd like to see more details about my course, check out my course page.--Sbaumgart (talk) 20:41, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/James_Madison_University/WRTC_300-01_Professional_Editing_(Spring_2016) (instructor: User:Sage (Wiki Ed))
I have created a new course — WRTC 300-01 Professional Editing — at dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/James_Madison_University/WRTC_300-01_Professional_Editing_(Spring_2016). If you'd like to see more details about my course, check out my course page.--Sage (Wiki Ed) (talk) 22:33, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/James_Madison_University/WRTC_300-02_Professional_Editing_(Spring_2016) (instructor: User:Sage (Wiki Ed))
I have created a new course — WRTC 300-02 Professional Editing — at dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/James_Madison_University/WRTC_300-02_Professional_Editing_(Spring_2016). If you'd like to see more details about my course, check out my course page.--Sage (Wiki Ed) (talk) 22:36, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/University_of_Washington_Tacoma/TCORE_124-Listening_Outside_the_Box-Concert_Music_in_the_21st_Century_(Spring_2016) (instructor: User:KimD UWT)
I have created a new course — TCORE 124-Listening Outside the Box-Concert Music in the 21st Century — at dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/University_of_Washington_Tacoma/TCORE_124-Listening_Outside_the_Box-Concert_Music_in_the_21st_Century_(Spring_2016). If you'd like to see more details about my course, check out my course page.--KimD UWT (talk) 23:15, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
Old course page
There was a course page, currently linked at User:Professorpotter that I had to undelete in order to view. It is Education Program:Georgia Institute of Technology/Introduction to Neuroscience (Fall 2013). Was there a reason why it was deleted? Biosthmors (talk) pls notify me (i.e. {{U}}) while signing a reply, thx 19:55, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
- I don't see anything here that indicates why it was deleted: Education Program talk:Georgia Institute of Technology/Introduction to Neuroscience (Fall 2013). Biosthmors (talk) pls notify me (i.e. {{U}}) while signing a reply, thx 19:56, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/Hunter_College/Library_100_(Spring_2016) (instructor: User:Infonet4all)
I have created a new course — Library 100 — at dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/Hunter_College/Library_100_(Spring_2016). If you'd like to see more details about my course, check out my course page.--Infonet4all (talk) 20:54, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/NYU/Leadership_(Spring) (instructor: User:Marthakanter)
I have created a new course — Leadership — at dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/NYU/Leadership_(Spring). If you'd like to see more details about my course, check out my course page.--Marthakanter (talk) 19:52, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/Rutgers_University/Languages_in_Peril_(Spring_2016) (instructor: User:Chuck Haberl)
I have created a new course — Languages in Peril — at dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/Rutgers_University/Languages_in_Peril_(Spring_2016). If you'd like to see more details about my course, check out my course page.--Chuck Haberl (talk) 03:35, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/LaGuardia_Community_College/ENG103_Octavia_Butler's_Bloodchild_and_Other_Stories_(Spring_2016) (instructor: User:Doctorxgc)
I have created a new course — ENG103 Octavia Butler's Bloodchild and Other Stories — at dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/LaGuardia_Community_College/ENG103_Octavia_Butler's_Bloodchild_and_Other_Stories_(Spring_2016). If you'd like to see more details about my course, check out my course page.--DrX (talk) 14:13, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/Indiana_University/Ling-L_210_Nature_vs_Nurture_in_Language_Development_(Spring_2016) (instructor: User:Rey from Jakku)
I have created a new course — Ling-L 210 Nature vs Nurture in Language Development — at dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/Indiana_University/Ling-L_210_Nature_vs_Nurture_in_Language_Development_(Spring_2016). If you'd like to see more details about my course, check out my course page.--Rey from Jakku (talk) 22:31, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
One reader's reaction
FYI: Wikipedia talk:Student assignments#Questionable articles. An IP user comments, not very favorably, about the effects of student editing. --Tryptofish (talk) 22:37, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
- I left a comment there. I'll also let Ian know about this, as he's the sciences content expert. Adam (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:33, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/Caltech/Stable_Isotope_Biogeochemistry_(Spring) (instructor: User:AlexSessions)
I have created a new course — Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry — at dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/Caltech/Stable_Isotope_Biogeochemistry_(Spring). If you'd like to see more details about my course, check out my course page.--AlexSessions (talk) 01:32, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/UC_Davis/DEB_Wiki_Project_(Spring_2016) (instructor: User:DLeoJ)
I have created a new course — DEB Wiki Project — at dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/UC_Davis/DEB_Wiki_Project_(Spring_2016). If you'd like to see more details about my course, check out my course page.--DLeoJ (talk) 01:28, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/Temple_University/Syntax_(Spring_2016) (instructor: User:Jodireich)
I have created a new course — Syntax — at dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/Temple_University/Syntax_(Spring_2016). If you'd like to see more details about my course, check out my course page.--Jodireich (talk) 16:21, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/UC_Berkeley/Carbon_Capture_and_Sequestration_(Spring_2016) (instructor: User:Mswent)
I have created a new course — Carbon Capture and Sequestration — at dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/UC_Berkeley/Carbon_Capture_and_Sequestration_(Spring_2016). If you'd like to see more details about my course, check out my course page.--Mswent (talk) 05:28, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/Oregon_State_University/OC_334_Polar_Oceanography_(Spring) (instructor: User:KimSBernard)
I have created a new course — OC 334 Polar Oceanography — at dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/Oregon_State_University/OC_334_Polar_Oceanography_(Spring). If you'd like to see more details about my course, check out my course page.--KimSBernard (talk) 22:54, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
Online Ambassador application: Zppix
Zppix
- Why do you want to be a Wikipedia Ambassador?
- To help people and to assist others with education
- In three sentences or less, summarize your involvement with Wikimedia projects.
- I edit Wikipedia with anti vandal tools have pending changes and reviewer permissions. I've been using wikipedia for 3 years been editing on this account for 1
- Please indicate a few articles to which you have made significant content contributions. (e.g. DYK, GA, FA, major revisions/expansions/copyedits).
- Please read my contributions page as I cannot list off the top of my head.
- How have you been involved with welcoming and helping new users on Wikipedia?
- Yes
- What do you see as the most important ways we could welcome newcomers or help new users become active contributors?
- YOUR ANSWER (OPTIONAL)
- Have you had major conflicts with other editors? Blocks or bans? Involvement in arbitration? Feel free to offer context, if necessary.
- No
- How often do you edit Wikipedia and check in on ongoing discussions? Will you be available regularly for at least two hours per week, in your role as a mentor?
- Yes
- How would you make sure your students were not violating copyright laws?
- Google the sentences if I find the exact or very similar sentences I will take action
- If one of your students had an issue with copyright violation how would you resolve it?
- Remove the copyvio issues and tell them how to fix it for later reference.
- In your _own_ words describe what copyright violation is.
- Plagarism or copy pasting copyrighted content
- What else should we know about you that is relevant to being a Wikipedia Ambassador?
- YOUR ANSWER (OPTIONAL)
Ⓩⓟⓟⓘⓧ (talk) 14:24, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
Endorsements
(Two endorsements are needed for online ambassador approval.)
New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/Webster_University/Applied_Learning_Sciences_(Spring_2_2016) (instructor: User:AmyRuffusDoerr)
I have created a new course — Applied Learning Sciences — at dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/Webster_University/Applied_Learning_Sciences_(Spring_2_2016). If you'd like to see more details about my course, check out my course page.--AmyRuffusDoerr (talk) 03:02, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
Campus Ambassador application: Feynman100
Feynman100 (talk · contribs)
- Why do you want to be a Wikipedia Ambassador?
- I recently became extremely interested and passionate about contributing to the free knowledge resources of the internet. Along with being passionate about the prospect of providing free knowledge to everybody, I am a student of philosophy who is looking for opportunities to test my research and academic skills and I feel as if becoming a Wikipedia ambassador will be a great step in practicing my skills as an educator as well as contributing something meaningful to my campus.
- Where are you based, and which educational institution(s) do you plan to work with as a Campus Ambassador?
- I am based in Gainesville and will be working with the University of Florida.
- What is your academic and/or professional background?
- I am currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and a Masters of Information Systems Management. I have worked in several startup companies particularly focusing in Market Research and analytics. Currently, I work at the on campus Architecture and Engineering Laboratory where I operate 3D printers, Laser cutters, CNC mills, as well as assist students in preparing their 3D design files for optimum output in a number of our fabrication technologies.
- In three sentences or less, summarize your prior experience with Wikimedia projects.
- I am currently waiting for a draft of an article that I created on the term 'Radical pluralism' to be reviewed. Besides my article on radical pluralism, I have been using Wikipedia for years and a huge advocate of its use in academia and self studies.
- What else should we know about you that is relevant to being a Wikipedia Ambassador?
- A skill that I look up in my greatest idols is the ability to take complex subjects and being able to interpret and explain them in a way which is easily understood. I know that being a Wikipedia Ambassador will allow me the opportunity to practice this skill and allow me to use this ability in a way that educates others and provides an even further means of educating the entire world. I love the prospect of contributing to Wikipedia, as I believe it is an extremely pure and direct form of contributing knowledge to the world. A central concept that I operate on is building upon criticism and self regulation, which aligns with the central theme of Wikipedia which is allowing for criticism in order to create something that is true and reliable. Along with this, I have created good connections with the faculty and staff of the philosophy department on campus and I enjoy interacting with and working with these and other educators. I feel as if making Wikipedia even more relevant on campus and in the classroom will make my University a more cohesive space for learning and research, as well as give Wikipedia even more credibility on campus.
- Discussion
New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/Wagner_College/Contemporary_Art_(Spring_2016) (instructor: User:Contempwagner)
I have created a new course — Contemporary Art — at dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/Wagner_College/Contemporary_Art_(Spring_2016). If you'd like to see more details about my course, check out my course page.--Contempwagner (talk) 01:41, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
Workshop
(I've been going around with this question for a while now - without definitive answers, I've been asked to write to functionaries-en@lists.wikimedia.org which I've done just now, so no answers from there yet)
I plan to do a outreach workshop to introduce Wikipedia to journalism students, during which 10 participants who will registered users (I've asked them to create accounts before the workshop) are likely to edit from that IP address which is a dynamic one, I have done similar workshops at other places, and am aware that permission can be sought so that the said address may not be blocked, for the duration of the workshop, however this part was done by someone else, I wonder how to go about it? Yogesh Khandke (talk) 02:47, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
- Hi Yogesh Khandke. There's no way to stop an IP addressed from being blocked in the future (technically or via a policy). If you know the IP address (or the range is is allocated from), I can tell you if it is blocked. An admin would be able to unblock the address (or allow registered accounts to use it) if that is the case. If they are editing on accounts they've registered beforehand there are a subset of blocks which could impact them. If that's the case you can ask at the admins' noticeboard for help. That's a more active noticeboard and most editors who respond will have the tools to fix the problem immediately. I hope this helps. Adam (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:42, 18 March 2016 (UTC)
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- Adam (Wiki Ed) Thanks, you're right, I believe there will be problems only if there are multiple registrations during the workshop, not otherwise, I'll do a reconnaissance before the workshop to check if there are extant ip blocks, also what do you mean by "if they are editing on accounts they've registered beforehand there are a subset of blocks which could impact them. " Yogesh Khandke (talk) 04:54, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
- See WP:HARDBLOCK. The majority of blocks on IP addresses will allow registered editors to work while blocking anonymous or new editors. If your IP address is blocked like that, you won't be impacted. For cases where admins need to stop people who act by registering scokpuppet accounts, they may block all editing, anonymous or logged in. Those are rarer, but they would impact your workshop. Adam (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:03, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
- Adam (Wiki Ed) Thanks, you're right, I believe there will be problems only if there are multiple registrations during the workshop, not otherwise, I'll do a reconnaissance before the workshop to check if there are extant ip blocks, also what do you mean by "if they are editing on accounts they've registered beforehand there are a subset of blocks which could impact them. " Yogesh Khandke (talk) 04:54, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/Emerson_College/World_Drama_(Spring) (instructor: User:Magda romanska)
I have created a new course — World Drama — at dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/Emerson_College/World_Drama_(Spring). If you'd like to see more details about my course, check out my course page.--Magda romanska (talk) 06:52, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/Oklahoma_State_University/Collective_Behavior_and_Social_Movements_(Spring_2016) (instructor: User:Asdimd)
I have created a new course — Collective Behavior and Social Movements — at dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/Oklahoma_State_University/Collective_Behavior_and_Social_Movements_(Spring_2016). If you'd like to see more details about my course, check out my course page.--Asdimd (talk) 19:58, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/Utah/ECON_3200_(Spring_2016) (instructor: User:Alvin K. Byrd)
I have created a new course — ECON 3200 — at dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/Utah/ECON_3200_(Spring_2016). If you'd like to see more details about my course, check out my course page.--Alvin K. Byrd (talk) 18:47, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/UC_Santa_Barbara/CHEM_239_(Spring_2016) (instructor: User:Armenzakarian)
I have created a new course — CHEM 239 — at dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/UC_Santa_Barbara/CHEM_239_(Spring_2016). If you'd like to see more details about my course, check out my course page.--Armenzakarian (talk) 18:27, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
appropriate for me to request course rights?
Hello, I'm the coordinator of Wikipedia initiatives for the Harold B. Lee library at BYU. As part of my position I'm trying to encourage instructors to use Wikipedia in their assignments. I found the helpful Wikiedu site. Would it be appropriate for me to have some kind of course rights so I could set up course pages for professors/instructors? Or is there a policy that instructors themselves should do this? I would still like to go through the process of making a course myself so that I can tell others how to do it. Thank you. Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 20:41, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
- Hi Rachel Helps (BYU) - I'd love to talk with you more about your ideas and any instructors you want to support in a Wikipedia project! You don't need any course rights with our new dashboard.wikiedu.org tech support system. Just a Wikipedia username. Please feel free to send me an email at samantha@wikiedu.org and we can set up a call to talk more. Hope to hear from you soon! - Samantha (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:08, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
- Great, I sent you an e-mail. Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 21:08, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/New_York_University/Haitian_Creole_in_Context_I_(Spring_2016) (instructor: User:Kreyolnyc)
I have created a new course — Haitian Creole in Context I — at dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/New_York_University/Haitian_Creole_in_Context_I_(Spring_2016). If you'd like to see more details about my course, check out my course page.--Kreyolnyc (talk) 15:12, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
How long does it take for a course to get approved?
Hi everyone
I set up a course some weeks ago, but it still hasn't been approved, and I don't know who can help me with that. Does anybody know whom I can contact?
Thanks, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fuezes (talk • contribs) 00:52, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/Hunter_College/Chemistry_378_(2016) (instructor: User:Etlib)
I have created a new course — Chemistry 378 — at dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/Hunter_College/Chemistry_378_(2016). If you'd like to see more details about my course, check out my course page.--Etlib (talk) 22:18, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
New course announcement: Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/University_of_Washington_Seattle/Plant_Behavior_(Spring_2016) (instructor: User:Lizvanv)
I have created a new course — Plant Behavior — at dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/University_of_Washington_Seattle/Plant_Behavior_(Spring_2016). If you'd like to see more details about my course, check out my course page.--Lizvanv (talk) 19:27, 23 March 2016 (UTC)