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Wiki 101

Learning and thinking
Wikiversity seeks to engage participants in explorations of those topics that they are most interested in. Wikiversity seeks to collect and organize information and make it accessible to learners, but Wikiversity is not just concerned with a collection of facts. Each domain of human knowledge and each collection of facts can be explored by making use of various organizational strategies and patterns of thinking. Wikiversity seeks to make explicit and learnable the patterns of thought that that experts find useful in the study of different subjects. Wikiversity is not about tests and grades. So how is anyone to judge if learning is taking place, if learners are thinking at Wikiversity?

Wiki 101
Wikiversity is devoted to the idea that Wikiversity participants should be active learners. In a wiki, a major activity is editing wiki pages. The wiki editing interface can be a source of confusion for new users. "Wiki 101" is a Wikiversity project devoted to the task of providing new Wikiversity editors with everything they need to start editing Wikiversity pages.

It is through the editing of wiki pages that we can, as a learning community, judge if learning is taking place within Wikiversity. Did something you saw at Wikiversity make you think? If so, share your thoughts and experiences by being a wiki editor.

Prerequisites

 * Introduction to Wiki - this project aims to function as a service project for the Wikiversity community and provide learning resources that will aid new Wikiversity editors.
 * Guided tour - Take this tour to get an overview of how Wikiversity works.

MediaWiki Handbook
The definitive guide to editing pages at Wikiversity or any of the Wikimedia projects is the MediaWiki Handbook. MediaWiki is the software that runs Wikiversity servers. You can open the handbook in a separate browser window or tab keeping it handy while editing away at Wikiversity.

Namespaces
Namespaces are ways to keep large sections of content organized. The following are some that Wikiversity editors should become familiar with:

 * 1) Main Namespace - This is where lessons and shared learning materials reside. These are the only content titles without prefixes.
 * 2) Help Namespace - Prefixed with  Help: , this namespace has a top-level table of contents at Help:Contents which links to other help pages. The Help link appears in the left navigation panel on every Wikiversity page.
 * 3) User Namespace - Prefixed with  User: , this namespace is where your userpage resides if you have created an account and logged in. Creating an account gives MediaWiki a way to provide you with a Watchlist, keep track of your contributions and many other features.
 * 4) Special Namespace - Prefixed with  Special: , this namespace contains many types of pages like Special:Recentchanges, Special:Allpages and many others. Just click on Special:Specialpages to see.
 * 5) Category Namespace - Prefixed with  Category: , This is how things are classified and organized at Wikiversity.
 * Template Namespace - Prefixed with  Template: , this namespace allows pieces of content to be used on several pages for messages, navigation aids, or other reusable information. A template is "called" by placing a tag like  in the page you are editing.
 * Image Namespace - Prefixed with  Image: , this namespace holds pictures and image files that anyone can Upload to Wikiversity. See Special:Newimages for examples.
 * 1) Talk namespaces - Prefixed with  Talk: , this namespace is for the discussion area that goes with each article in the main namespace. For prefixed pages, the prefix is appended with  _talk  to link to its discussion page. Examples: User talk:CQ (my user talk page), Template talk:Translators, Image talk:Wiki.png, ...
 * 2) Wikiversity namespace - Prefixed with  Wikiversity: , this namespace is for pages that are about Wikiversity and its administration. It is known also as the project namespace. Examples: About, Welcome, newcomers, Introduction, ...
 * 3) Portal namespace - Prefixed with  Portal: , this namespace is for navigating general areas of interest through what we call portals. Examples: Portal:Education, Portal:Practical Arts and Sciences, ...
 * 4) School namespace - Prefixed with  School: , This namespace is for major areas of interest and general study organized in a more traditional form. Examples: School:Medicine, School:Computer Science, etc.
 * 5) Topic namespace - Prefixed with  Topic: , This namespace is for Department, Divisions or specialized areas of interest or study. They are usually linked to Schools and/or Portals. Examples: Topic:Web Design, Topic:Translation, Topic:Public International Law, etc.

Learning to work within and among namespaces is essential to understanding how Wikiversity is built, organized and maintained.

Text formatting
Text formatting is easy with MediaWiki:

Bold renders Bold Italic renders Italic Bold Italic renders Bold Italic

Adding a space before some text renders:

A space before some text renders the text in a gray box like this one

See the MediaWiki Handbook for much more information about starting new pages, text formating, creating sections and subsections, and all sorts of tips and tricks.

Linking pages
Linking pages is usually as simple as surrounding a word with square brackets: Some word or phrase. If you link to a page that does not exist, you produce a red link. Clicking on a red link automatically opens the editor at that page. If the page exists, you will see a blue link.

Make sure you are linking to the correct page. For example, Public International Law produces a red link because the actual article is at Topic:Public International Law. You can hide the fact that it is in the Topic namespace by adding a pipe (|) at the end like this: Public international law causing it to appear like this: Public International Law.

Sometimes it is necessary to create a redirect from one page to another. For example, Wikiversity links to Wikiversity which is a REDIRECT to About. Notice that when you get to Wikiversity:About you see "Redirected from Wikiversity" which is the #REDIRECT page.

You can link to articles outside of Wikiversity. Wikipedia - Some Wikipedia article Meta-Wikimedia - An article at Meta Wikibooks - A title at Wikibooks This is called Interwiki linking is an easy way to link to existing articles at Wikiversity sister projects.

Finally, you can link to external resources like this: Google Which renders: Google Notice that we use one square bracket instead of two and that the url can contain no spaces. The first space encountered acts to separate the url from the face that we want to appear. Always use courtesy and common sense when linking to outside sites. See external link for more info

Lists and listings
You can add a bullet to an item by simply adding an asterisk (*) to a new line:
 * Bulleted Item

You can create a bulleted list like this: *Item *Another item *Yet another item Renders:
 * Item
 * Another item
 * Yet another item

A numbered list is created using: Which renders:
 * 1) Item
 * 2) Another item
 * 3) Yet another item
 * 1) Item
 * 2) Another item
 * 3) Yet another item

It is customary to make lists with descriptions:
 * 1) Item - Description of item
 * 2) Another item - More detailed description of a numbered item that may use more than one line.
 * 3) Yet another item - Very terse and lengthy description of yet another item that may include a number of sentances. You may not add a line break or paragraph break and expect your numbering to be continued. It will start over.
 * 4) Still yet another item - Not starting a new paragraph or break allows this numbered listing to continue.

 * 1) Item - A paragraph break restarted the numbering
 * 2) Nested item 1 - nested item using ##
 * 3) Nested item 2 - another nested item using ##
 * 4) Another Item - counter returns to higher level with #
 * 5) Start a set of nested bulleted items using ##
 * 6) * nested bulleted item using ##*
 * 7) * nested bulleted item using ##*
 * 8) Start another set of nested bulleted items using ##
 * 9) * nested bulleted item using ##*
 * 10) * nested bulleted item using ##*
 * 11) Yet another Item - Counter keeps its place in a mixed hierarchy of items

These are some commonly used listing basics. See the MediaWiki Handbook for much more about lists and listings.

Table basics
Tables are frames that can be easily created using wiki syntax to make sets of data more logical and aesthetically pleasing. The basic syntax is: Which renders:

Not too pretty yet. MediaWiki includes some table attributes using a predefined classes, such as class="wikitable" that we add to the table's opening tag: {| class="wikitable" By simply adding the wikitable class, the same code gives us:

A bit nicer, eh? If we really want to get fancy, we can customize with more table and style attributes: Which renders:

These color atrributes were made with Named Colors, but other web colors and methods can be used. A host of other attributes can be used to alter the look and feel of a table. There are as many ways to make tables as there are Wiki editors! See the MediaWiki Handbook for more.

Explore
Take a look at the code used on the Main Page and its subpages:
 * 1) Main Page/Welcome
 * 2) Main Page/Communications and community
 * 3) Main Page/Related links

Use the edit tab, but please don't change these without clearance. Look for table elements and how they work together to form the Main Page at Wikiversity.

Don't be shy about studying the code that drives Wikiversity, just hit cancel when you are done. It's best not to edit high-traffic pages but if you do accidently "mess up" a page, notify one of the Custodians. (...and be more careful next time).

Templates
Sometimes it is desirable to create templates that can be reused on many pages. These are created in the Template namespace and can be quite complex for even experienced editors.

One of the simpler types is a reusable list. Template:Wikiversitysister-list is an example of a handy way to show all of Wikiversity's sisterprojects. Simply add the code to a page. It renders:

Referring to a template
A way to refer to a template and the tag that calls it without transcluding it is like this: Wikiversitysister-list which renders: Wikiversitysister-list Notice that the text inside the curly brackets links to Template:Wikiversitysister-list.

Page templates
Sometimes it is handy to create whole pages from templates called "boilerplates". These are usually used for Schools, divisions and departments. See Category:Page creation templates for ideas on how to create whole pages from templates.

Explore
Go to Template:Wikiversitysister-list and click edit. Notice the combined use of table attributes, interwiki links, embedded HTML tags and other tricks to get the list to render the way its author intended. Please do not make any changes to this template. Hit cancel after youve had a long look.

If you want, you can copy and paste the code into the Sandbox or a subpage of your user page. (See Sub pages and Userboxes for more about subpages and userboxes.

Template documentation
Instructions on how and where to use a template should appear on its associated  Template talk:  page. Example: Template talk:Wikiversitysister-list. Unfortunately, many Wikiversity templates remain undocumented.

Userboxes
Userboxes are a popular tradition around Wiki sites. They are often artistic, witty and complex to create. User oops is a cute one:

Explore that one. Notice the extensive use of MediaWiki variables such as and.

Template Taskforce
If you wish to learn more about creating and using templates, consider joining the Wikiversity Template Taskforce.

Advanced editing
This lesson touched on some basic editing principles. When you want to go further, See (and help to develop) more Wiki and MediaWiki lessons.

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Fundamentals of philosophy

What is Philosophy?
A student once mused that philosophy is the study of unanswerable questions. While this may be intriguing to some, it holds the possibility of being frustrating and an outright turn-off to many. This statement merits further investigation and consideration. But, luckily for us, the statement is not as true as its author would hope.

Philosophy, famous today for tackling many of the "big questions" in life — questions, indeed, about the whole of life itself: "What is the meaning of life?", "Why are we here?", "What is truth?", etc. — is an attempt to satiate innate human curiosity with human logic and reason.

Why Study Philosophy?
This is lucky for us, as previously noted, because, through careful reasoning, many of the questions that philosophy long ago considered have found their way into the sciences. As Bertrand Russell, the notable 20th century British philosopher, notes in his work Why Study Philosophy?, the ancient Greeks wrestled with notions of the self, the good life, and other questions that remain unanswered today. But they also considered the Heavens, the mind, and the body.

Such curiousity, inquisition, and discovery has led to the fields of psychology, psychiatry, and astronomy. Russel notes that many questions that once fell into the realm of philosophy have since evolved into full blown sciences.

Many find it fulfilling to devote their life to the acquisition of knowledge through deep thought and reason. As noted on the main page, a philosopher is literally a lover of wisdom.

If you have ever wondered about these topics and questions, then we suggest that you consider investing some time in philosophy. The topics are broad, from ethics to knowledge and the inner workings of the mind, to the defense of anarchism.

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Introduction to Epistemology

Introduction to Epistemology
Epistemology is the study and inquiry into the nature of knowledge and what we can know. The Ancient Greeks had notions about reality and knowledge. Plato's Allegory of the Cave was an early analogy to reality and the acquisition of radical knowledge. Throughout the years, philosophers have discussed the individual's relationship to reality and knowledge, and 'what we can know.'

Descartes' Meditations
René Descartes' Meditations were an early foray into the field of epistemology and scepticism — questioning what a person can know. Descartes begins his work by relating reality to a dream, and wondering whether anything around him is truly real.

That is, he notes that, in a dream, the fire in his fireplace feels as warm as it does now. How does he know that he is simply not dreaming now, and all the time, and that reality is not an illusion? Descartes posits that there could be an "evil daemon" who is dedicated to fooling him, pulling the wool over his eyes and creating this false world for him to see.

Descartes, fairly early in the Mediations, concludes that firstly:

 * Cogito ergo sum.
 * I think, therefore I am.

He realizes that, even if he is being fooled about everything that is going on around him, he must still exist to be able to be fooled.

Brain in a jar
Descartes' early scepticism has been reworked in a modern question: "How do I know that I am not just a brain in some mad scientist's lair?" Indeed, many sceptics would defend this thesis. But again, if you were in that unfortunate position, you would still have to be at least a brain.

Building up knowledge
Descartes continued throughout his Meditations to build the foundations for mathematics and much of reality, to the point near the end where reality was, to him, everything he had perceived at first.

Gettier and Justified True Belief
Until the late twentieth century, the epistemological community had settled comfortably into the belief that knowledge was "justified true belief." That is, if a person holds a true belief, and that is justified, he knows that fact.

For example: I believe that the car in my driveway is red, because I can see it through the window right now. [I am justified to believe that fact.] Therefore, I know that the car in my driveway is red.

Even if I held the belief that there are 85,486,075,000,000,000,000 gallons of water in the Atlantic Ocean, it would be difficult for me to know it. It may very well be true, but I would also have to be justified in my belief: I would have had to have some proof or some firsthand experience with the exact number of gallons of water in the Atlantic ocean in order for my belief to be justified.

This theory of knowledge known as justified true belief (JTB), was thrown into question when Professor Edmund Gettier published a three page paper on the occasion of his review for tenure.

Try this!: Pinch me
Can you tell the difference between a dream and reality? Think of relevant disanalogies between the two. For example:
 * In a dream, there seems to be a lack of logical progression of events
 * In a dream, the traditional laws of physics are sometimes broken
 * In a dream, I can fly if I try very hard, or I can instigate other events with thought

Take turns with a partner playing Devil's advocate and defending Descartes' original sceptical position.

Additional Reading

 * An Epistemological Nightmare, Raymond Smullyan, 1982.

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Introduction to ethics

The field of ethics deals with what is the right action or attitude towards others. How should one act in a certain situation?

Is it the right thing to do in life to simply follow the Golden Rule? "Do unto others as you would wish to have them do unto you." Prima facie, this seems perfectly acceptable. But, then, how should a masochist act to others? Should they go around and hurt others, since they would gain pleasure by being hurt?

The Three Branches
Ethics can be divided into three branches that have been developed and elaborated upon throughout the history of philosophy.

Deontology
Deontology focuses on the importance of the action itself, as opposed to the consequence. Immanual Kant (see Phil 4007) is the father of one of the most popular types of deontology, appropiately named Kantianism.

Kant's philosophy, and most deontology would most closely resemble the Golden Rule. Deontological ethical guidelines could be, for example, "Never lie," "Never steal," "Never kill," "Give to the poor," etc. Note that the emphasis is placed on the prohibition or encouragement of the action itself. The distinction will become clearer soon.

Virtue ethics
Virtue ethics, the least popular branch of ethics, attempt to instill certain qualities in the person. For example, "Be honest," "Be trustworthy," and "Be nice." The examples are not meant to be vague, but are meant to illustrate that the guidelines are rules more centrally for what kind of person you should be. From there, you can extrapolate likely actions and prohibitions: "An honest person does not lie," or, "A nice person does not hurt or insult his fellow men without proper justification."

Virtue ethics can be found in the teachings of Socrates(reference?) and Aristotle(reference?), who taught their pupils to live the good life through fostering these admirable virutes. In Plato's Republic, Socrates compares the virtues of a person to the composition of a state. The virtuous individual, he says, is temperate, passionate, brave, just and wise.

A recent return of virtue ethics since the 1960's has created a surfeit of apologists for this once-overlooked branch of ethics and given rise to the doctrine of Neo-Aristotelian and Neo-Socratic ethics.

Consequentialism
Consequentialism, as the name suggests, encourages actions based solely upon the consequences of the actions. The most popular form of consquentialism is utilitarianism. That is, the individual should act to create the greatest amount of "utility" for the community.

Jeremy Bentham is the father of "Classical" Utilitarianism, though Chinese philosophers had made reference to utility and David Hume was the first to use the word "utility" when decribing ethics.

Kantianism and the Nazis at the door
A popular critique of strict Kantianism — that is, "Never lie," — is that, if a person harboring Jews during the Holocaust was asked by a Nazi footman about the contents of his attic or cellar, he would have to answer that the was indeed hiding Jews. At least, if he was asked a direct question about the presence of any people, he would not be allowed to lie.

It should be noted that this is the strictest brand of Kantianism, and that many such revisions have since been made since Kant's original writings to the theory. For example, "Act in accordance with these rules unless it would lead to the harm of an individual."

Advanced Topics
Questions at the deeply critical level, such as "What do we mean by 'right' and 'good' and 'harm'?" are included in the field of meta-ethics (and value theory'). Meta-ethics can be thought to exist at a level above ethics, asking questions like, "What is ethics itself?"

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Wikiversity talk:Notices for custodians

"Import:" pseudo-namespace redirects
Hi guys,

I'm creating redirect pages for pages imported from wikibooks. These pagenames are of the form "Import:WIKIBOOKSPAGENAME". What I'm doing on the wb side is locking pages that have already been moved, and leaving a link to these redirect pages. This seemed a better idea than linking to the current page name, which might end up being changed multiple times as things get organised here. (So long as there's a stable redirect from wikibooks, that pagemoving shouldn't cause any cross-project trouble as long as people responsibly check for double-redirects and such).

BTW: Please don't delete pages that were the original destination for the imports. I'm not a sysop here and can't view the histories of deleted pages, so if there is a redlink for the destination page, I ain't gonna lock. --SBJohnny 21:19, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

 * BTW2: "SBJohnny" is a sockpuppet of SB_Johnny. This puppet will be used almost exclusively for creating these pages, so you can check the contribs for progress updates, etc. --SBJohnny 21:25, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

 * I have mostly been dealing with import from the meta-wiki. For those meta-wiki pages it is useful for me to be able to go back and see how they were linked together; page import leads to page name changes that break links. People at Wikiversity edit the copied pages. It is sometimes useful for me to be able go back and see the original pages in context at meta. I'm not sure that this is the case for Wikibooks pages, but why is there a rush to delete? For the next few months, some Wikiversity participants will be trying to find pages that they created at Wikibooks. If during the next few months there is a call for deleting the Wikiversity pages at Wikibooks, please let me know; I will argue that it can wait a few months. --JWSchmidt 13:28, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
 * See also: Help with the migration of Wikiversity pages from Wikibooks --JWSchmidt 15:54, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi guys, sorry for the hiatus. I should be back regularly now. --WiseWoman 13:30, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Update
Looks like a lot of this stuff is outdated. Would someone with more familiarity with this page than me take a look and figure out what can be removed and what should be kept? The Jade Knight (d'viser) 11:07, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
 * The recent changes channel doesn't work for me. Are we 100% sure it's right?  The Jade Knight (d'viser) 12:47, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
 * ircrc:en.wikiversty -- note this is not on Freenode. Works for me. – Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 16:30, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh, I see. Why are these things scattered about like that?  The Jade Knight (d'viser) 09:17, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
 * You can only broadcast the RC feed on an IRC server you run locally. So RC goes on irc.wikimedia.org, but our sysadmins don't want to manage a chat network. So, all other channels are on Freenode. – Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 18:18, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

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User:Geoff Plourde

G EOFFREY P LOURDE

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Introduction to physics (MIT)

Part of the School: Physics

Mathematical background
The key mathematical concepts needed for introduction to physics includes basic calculus and linear algebra.

Applications
Basic physics is required not only for more advanced work in physics, but also work in engineering.

Resources
[MIT Physics I] [MIT Physics I]

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User:Jtbengal

I'm here mainly for learning in the fields of math and computer science. I am a high school student, and am interested in going into a career in computer science after college. I have not had the oppurtunity to take any official classes in computer science, so most of what I know is self-taught. I am mostly interested in learning from this site, and maybe, after developing my skills, helping upkeep it by making tutorials, answering questions, etc.

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Template:WikiversityInterWikiLink

Wikiversity has a |Learning Project that is related to: The template "WikiversityInterWikiLink" was an example developed at the Wikimedia meta-wiki. Wikipedia now has a similar template, see w:Template:Wikiversity

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Template talk:WikiversityInterWikiLink

This template automatically inserts the name of the page where the template is included (example to right). The template call should include the page name of the project:

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User talk:Srikanthyalavarthi

Trevor MacInnis 04:48, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:Hyperlink~enwikiversity

Trevor MacInnis 04:48, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

The developer team at Wikimedia is making some changes to how accounts work, as part of our on-going efforts to provide new and better tools for our users like cross-wiki notifications. These changes will mean you have the same account name everywhere. This will let us give you new features that will help you edit and discuss better, and allow more flexible user permissions for tools. One of the side-effects of this is that user accounts will now have to be unique across all 900 Wikimedia wikis. See the announcement for more information.

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Hyperlink. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Hyperlink~enwikiversity that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

Your account will still work as before, and you will be credited for all your edits made so far, but you will have to use the new account name when you log in.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:38, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:11, 19 April 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:Lijujacobk

Trevor MacInnis 04:49, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:PaulC~enwikiversity

Trevor MacInnis 04:49, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

The developer team at Wikimedia is making some changes to how accounts work, as part of our on-going efforts to provide new and better tools for our users like cross-wiki notifications. These changes will mean you have the same account name everywhere. This will let us give you new features that will help you edit and discuss better, and allow more flexible user permissions for tools. One of the side-effects of this is that user accounts will now have to be unique across all 900 Wikimedia wikis. See the announcement for more information.

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called PaulC. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name PaulC~enwikiversity that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

Your account will still work as before, and you will be credited for all your edits made so far, but you will have to use the new account name when you log in.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:47, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:17, 19 April 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:Wickywicky~enwikiversity

Trevor MacInnis 04:49, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

The developer team at Wikimedia is making some changes to how accounts work, as part of our on-going efforts to provide new and better tools for our users like cross-wiki notifications. These changes will mean you have the same account name everywhere. This will let us give you new features that will help you edit and discuss better, and allow more flexible user permissions for tools. One of the side-effects of this is that user accounts will now have to be unique across all 900 Wikimedia wikis. See the announcement for more information.

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Wickywicky. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Wickywicky~enwikiversity that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

Your account will still work as before, and you will be credited for all your edits made so far, but you will have to use the new account name when you log in.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:47, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:25, 19 April 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:Jtbengal

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User talk:Geoff Plourde

Archives: 1

Please review activity of User:JWSchmidt
JWS isn't behaving consistently with the spirit of the unblock discussions leading to your unblock. He may need your intervention or mediation to restrain him from beating those old dead horses. Special:Contributions/JWSchmidt.

Almost every edit since his unblock has been to Requests for deletion or Openness and collaboration. On the O&C resource, he reverted (original edit, revert ) instead of discussing issues in Talk, and he's still discussing inappropriately there, in the resource page itself. In this last question, the motives of an individual are probed, because only one individual saw the page as needing deletion, so far, the one who tried to make the resource neutral, and who was probably frustrated, leading to the nomination.

At the Requests for deletion page, in spite of that page requesting people to discuss deletion or reasons to keep, civilly, for JWS, the issue becomes, again, "abusive sysops," not whether or not the page should be kept, even though sysop tools have not been used with the article, and it's extremely unlikely that they will, given the current !vote to Keep. However, his irrelevant arguments incite others to respond, leading to more disruption, and he might sufficiently irritate the community that he gets blocked again. I'm hoping you can prevent this. Thanks. --Abd 23:07, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Ironically, this is but another attempt to beat a dead horse. Whatever method of "restraining" JWS, be it a block or a leash or some other, there's not a sufficient nor necessary reason to; he's not being moderately disruptive to the entire community, and we wouldn't want to waste our time monitoring his every contribution every step of the way, whether it be to this page or that — that'd just be considered stalking. If it's his resource, fine, but it's bad enough to discuss a dispute, a single revert, and then afterwards go forum shopping for custodians to look into the situation. WAS has provided such commentary on the matter already. TeleComNasSprVen 05:15, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
 * TCNSV, Geoff Plourde unblocked, reversing an indef block, imposed with multiple custodians consenting, and the implication was that he'd monitor the situation, to head off problems before they become major. If he's not willing to do that, fine, but, then, I or someone else might go to RCA or CR if the problem continues, or a custodian might directly block without further comment. I'm not "forum shopping," I'm going directly to the place that would be simplest and most appropriate, the Talk page of the custodian whose unblock allows the situation to arise, and I'm doing so openly, not with IRC or email. I'll disagree with "not being moderately disruptive," JWS is being exactly that, and I know that there are users who won't work on Wikiversity while this continues. JWS made certain promises to Geoff. Is Geoff satisfied about those? Whom do you think I should ask about this?
 * I did not merely discuss a "single revert." I wasn't watching his contributions, as such, rather the dispute became obvious at RfD, and JWS' behavior at the resource resulted in that RfD. It's up to Geoff to respond to this, or not, not you, TCNSV. It's his call, he can remove this entire discussion if he wants, or reprimand me, or whatever. --Abd 19:25, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
 * An indefinite block is the most serious sanction we can hand out and requires substantial support from the community. I did not see a specific case made to justify the indefinite block. If you are willing to start the process to block JWS for a long term or indefinitely, please do so. I am more than happy to moderate such a discussion in the interest of coming to a final solution on these issues. We need to move on and stop dragging up the past. "Can't we all just get along?" Geoff 21:26, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm sad that you didn't understand what I was asking you for. Your response shows that you thought I was asking you to block JWS. If you had written this to JWS, instead of to me, asking him to stop "dragging up the past," he might not be blocked now, you'd have shown that, in unblocking, you were willing to actually help. For whatever reason, you didn't help, you allowed JWS to think that what he was doing was just fine. So another acted, as was predictable.
 * The block, for better or for worse, has substantial support from the community. No. I was not willing to "start the process to block JWS." Blocking JWS was not my goal, that's not a satisfactory outcome. Setting up conditions for JWS to "get off it," to do exactly what you claim you want everyone to do, stop "dragging the past," was my goal, as it has been for a year. What actually happened, Geoff, was that you interrupted the process of negotiating unblock with JWS, unblocking him unconditionally (were you claiming that there was no reason for extending the block?) without investigating and discovering or negotiating assurances that there would be no more disruption, and, then being unwilling to intervene to protect him and the community. Not good. You are a new sysop, you get to make mistakes. But this was ... a mistake. --Abd 23:24, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
 * See, this nonsense is exactly the kind of canvassing that I just abhor. Several custodians, including Geoff Plourde himself, has been watching JWSchmidt's talkpage for some time now, and have frequently even commented on the status of his block. Therefore, it would be reasonable to expect that they are well-apprised of the situation. Do you question whether or not they are actively monitoring his contributions, or unable to appropriately handle the situation where necessary? Don’t you find it odd that, rather than merely blocking JWS directly, a bureaucrat and a custodian chose to discuss the page on Requests for Deletion instead? In short, neither they nor I feel that JWS has done anything blockable. Geoff Plourde himself has recently read through the RFD page, and in doing so has closed two deletion requests as well, so I’m sure he is well aware of what’s going in. What I don’t like is you running to the nearest custodian you find on JWSchmidt’s talkpage to confront the unblocking sysop of his decision, dredging up the old issue of having to “restrain” JWS, going to WV:RCA if you don’t like the result and eventually going to Meta-Wiki, like you did with Moulton, to ask the stewards to handle it in order to circumvent local consensus. This behavior is consistent with your frequent forum shopping Abd, and (as to your last issue) it is the right and duty of any member of the community to place another under scrutiny if he might be found disruptive, like you did with JWS. Whether or not someone has “admin powerz” does not matter in the least. TeleComNasSprVen 22:05, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
 * TCNSV, Geoff unblocked with some assurances. If he wants to take the position that the block was improper, that's fine, he can do that. But this was not canvassing, this is consultation with the last custodian to act in a matter. If a custodian had closed a deletion discussion, as an example, and one disagrees with the close, or especially there is new evidence to consider, discussing it with the closing custodian is the first and least disruptive place to discuss it. In the case of blocks, generally consultation is required to reverse a decision by another custodian, at least it should be. (I'm not asserting that Geoff did anything wrong, and he's free to drop the matter, but, then, it would mean that another custodian might make a different decision and isn't required to consult with Geoff.)
 * Geoff, "can't we all just get along?" The person to ask that question is JWS, in fact. Nobody has been pursuing him or hounding him. Nobody is preventing him from working on ordinary "educational resources," but he seems to want only to work on highly disruptive "resources" that attract offended editors, mostly from Wikipedia, and that bring down steward intervention, and the like. I'm not -- at all -- trying to get JWS blocked or banned. However, I'll note that two of our three active 'crats were considering him banned just a few days ago, and it was hard to find anyone else to review his block. Michael Billington looked and was negotiating, but declined to act. I did not cause the block of JWS, but I'm trying to encourage someone who might be his friend to encourage John to restrain himself. "Can't we all just get along?" How about it, Geoff?
 * I can tell you what will happen if his friends don't help him out this way. He'll be history. That isn't what I want, that's what I predict. --Abd 23:47, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

Re-blocked
I assume that you're as frustrated by his "post block" activities as everyone else is. Please don't unblock a person who acts in this way unless you're willing to do some hands-on mentoring, because it really does have a negative effect on those who are trying to build a collaborative, constructive, and forward-looking community. --SB_Johnny talk 21:57, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm not going to interfere. My concern was that there was no clear community discussion Geoff 04:39, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, it's actually been discussed to death over a very long time, and I'd guess that another round would end up at the same place, and cause more community stress than simply applying the rules we have. I completely understand and share the desire to give second chances, and I'm not particularly happy with blocks, but bending over backwards too much can break the back ;-). I really do hope that someone can get through to him someday, but until that happens the block seems to be the only effective way to prevent further disruption. --SB_Johnny talk 12:58, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, SBJ. Geoff has raised a procedural issue, and important one, but there is something he's overlooked. JWS is not "banned." To ban JWS would indeed require a community discussion. He is merely indef blocked. While that might look like a ban, it isn't, and the difference is right in front of us: Geoff did unblock, apprarently thinking it served the welfare of the community. Nobody threatened to take him to Custodian Feedback or CR. I think his unblock reason, as now given, which is consistent with what he wrote at the time, was inadequate, but custodians can make mistakes, and we all wanted to see if it might work. This was not something he could lose his bit over, as one could, indeed, if someone unblocks a banned editor without adequate discussion to show that a consensus to ban no longer stands.

 * An indef block is flexible, any custodian can freely negotiate with the editor, and Geoff may have lost an opportunity here, to do just that, to negotiate terms of unblock with JWS. Geoff suggested to me, when I requested he look at the post-block behavior, that I file a ban process. That's the opposite of what I want! JWS has, however, sufficiently irritated enough WV users that the result of such a process might well be a ban. CRs are not great at subtleties, at what is in between a ban and unrestricted editing. --Abd 18:26, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

 * I didn't think the unblock was a bad thing (worth a try), I just think it's important in such cases for the unblocking custodian to keep an eye on things and try to nudge the unblocked person in the right direction if the same issues come up again. I also think this "block vs. ban" thing isn't a particularly interesting approach: blocks are for preventing disruption, nothing more or less. --SB_Johnny talk 12:07, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for unhiding revisions on Ecolig
If you think that a revision is really a problem as to copyright (I don't), then I believe that it is possible to hide the revision text while leaving the edit summary in place, so that authorship of what remains is clear. But I think that the author of this may give permission, that the original author is almost certainly our editor with the same name, and if the author claims permission to reproduce, that should be enough for us, my opinion, we don't actually have to get formal permission from the journal. That's a luxury available to nonprofits who take ordinary precautions, as we do. I've seen demands for formal permission taken to ridiculous lengths, but to each his own.... for Wikiversity, my opinion is that we do what we need to do to legally protect the wiki, that's enough. Nonprofits are only obligated, if there isn't willful copyvio, approved by them, to take copyrighted content down on demand. Alleged copyvio in history is even less of a problem, it's not searchable, etc. --Abd 20:45, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Openness and collaboration RFD
Can you please clarify your closing comment? You wrote, "Nominator has made substantial changes." What do you mean by that? I haven't made any changes to the page since nominating it. -- dark lama  12:01, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the question. When I made the nominator has made substantial changes comment, I was referencing comments in the RfD as to changes you made to the page after nominating it. Geoff 00:21, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

 * I found your closing comments surprising, because I hadn't noticed any comments like that nor had I made any changes after nominating it. What comments in the RfD were you referring to? -- dark lama  20:37, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Biblical RfD
Hi Geoff, I reopened an RfD you closed earlier this year: Requests_for_Deletion. –SJ + 03:54, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

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I'm inviting all relatively inactive custodians to register for the Assembly, and to name a proxy as described. This is because you who have been and remain custodians have yourselves been trusted by the community, and your proxy choice, if you name one, may carry some reasonable weight, due to your experience. You may, of course, participate directly, whether you do or do not name a proxy. Thanks for considering this. --Abd 01:36, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

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 * Hi, Geoff, noticed this. The problem here is that the Exemption Doctrine Policy explicitly does not allow fair use files outside of the main namespace, so if you do provide a rationale as asked, it will probably be rejected. The EDP was obviously written without full consideration of the needs of the community and wiki. This is under discussion in a number of places: on the Talk page for the EDP (which is a section on the Uploading files page), on WV:RFD, on my Talk page, as well as being an issue raised in Simone's current permanent custodianship vote. What we have is two users, for the most part, insisting on strict enforcement; I've been able to restrain this to require time being provided for response and consideration, initially deletions were immediate, and Simone been cooperative, mostly. But there is a real issue here, and I see it as a broken policy that was never really negotiated with the community, it was just written and put up by one user, with only a little work later and no consensus. Because this does require deep consideration, there are many involved issues, resolving the policy issue may require something that takes longer but that will ultimately be deeper, so I've started up a Assembly topic on fair use policy. I specifically invite you to register for the Assembly, which will merely allow you to be notified of Assembly process, and to directly participate if you so choose. The Assembly page itself is designed to generate minimum watchlist traffic, the talk page has been detached. Your files demonstrate the problem with a rigid policy that seems to allow no exceptions.
 * Other existing process can be used to develop an immediate response to the situation. Should enforcement go ahead, or should it wait? (It's waited about four years already!) --Abd 18:37, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Fixed Geoff 19:38, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Abd's nomination for full custodianship
Discussion re-opened on this nomination, November 16. You commented in the original discussion, but have not commented in the current one, which might close on November 21. The current discussion is at Candidates for Custodianship/Abd (full custodian). --Abd 20:28, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

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Hi!
Thought of having a look-see at Strategic Studies? It could be up your alley.--Dnjkirk 14:08, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

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Talk:Human Genetic Uniqueness Project

American researcher
Hi there! I recall there was an American researcher who went all over the world, collected blood samples, and was able to demonstrate how we are all related. Does anyone know who was this person? --HappyCamper 05:48, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

You might be referring to the Human Genome Diversity Project. A team of Stanford scientists are planning on collecting blood samples from about 500 different ethnic groups world-wide, which they announced a little less than a year ago. News Release. The target groups specified in this project are isolated from the larger gene pool either by geographic location, language, or some other barrier. Many critics of this project suggest that the goals of the GDP seem to be more geared towards emphasizing our (human) genetic differences (less than 0.1% from each other!!) rather than how similar we all are. Specificially, they are hoping to find a way to genetically discern between racial groups. Obviously this brings up concerns about genocide and arguements in favor of eugenics.
 * [My digression: Small population sizes often show a higher frequency of mutated phenotypes. In a large population, if a mutation is recessive, there is a smaller chance that two people that mate together carry the same recessive mutation. Look at pure bred domesticated animals, such as Dalmatians. Pure Dalmatians have pure parents, which is a very specific genetic population, and yields much higher rates of genetically inherited deafness than mixed breeds.]

In looking up information on the HGDP, I can find very little about hoping to isolate and identify causes of genetic diseases for everyone, which I would have thought would have been one of the prime motivating factors behind the interest in isolated populations. Instead, there is more of a search for a genetic connection between race and specific diseases, which requires there to actually be a way to genetically define race. Dr. Nancy Wexler, a professor of neuropsychology at Colombia University, had a different approach to studying genetic disease in isolated populations. She learned of a specific community in Venezuela that has an atypically high incidence of Huntington's Disease. She led a team of researchers to Venezuela to investigate the community. By taking blood samples and mapping family geneaologies, she was able to discover the location of the mutated gene that causes Huntington's, paving the way for it to be included in genetic screenings. Going back to your original request, I cannot recall a single researcher who was able to successfully demonstrate a common ancestor, because we do not have a complete Genetic geneaology. There are too many blood samples that would need to be drawn from too many different locations for anyone to feasibly do it with our current technology (yet), although we are closer to finding genetic "Adam" and "Eve" ancestors. It is my understanding that what we do know about how we are all related on a genetic level is the result of endless collaboration. Also, because the cost of personal genetic testing is decreasing, many people are offering up their own DNA. -LB --72.19.69.156 11:21, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

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Hello, who now is engaged in it? SergeyJ 22:15, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

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Trombone

The trombone is a brass instrument that, like many other instruments, comes in several variations. The most common types are variations of the tenor and the bass trombones.

Types of Trombones:

 * Tenor Trombone
 * Bass Trombone
 * Contrabass Trombone
 * Alto Trombone
 * Soprano Trombone
 * Sopranino and Piccolo Trombones
 * Valve Trombone

The trombone is an instrument where the trombonist moves the slide between positions, each of which progressively lengthens the air column, and produces a lower pitch on the same partial. Positions range from first (almost all the way pulled in, but not all the way) to seventh, with first being the higher within each partial. The basic tenor trombone's fundamental note is Bb.

The trombone is mostly a non-transposing instrument with music written in the bass, tenor, alto, and treble clefs.

Technique
Playing on the trombone is similar to other brass instruments in the method of moving from partial to partial. The trombonist moves their lips tighter and allows air pressure to allow the instrument to increase in partials, the opposite is done to play down partials.

Sometimes music will require the use of a mute. Mutes will alter the sound of the note by somehow attaching to the bell of the trombone. There are a variety of mutes available, and it is important to ensure you purchase the correct type.

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Hello! I'm Софья (Sofia), a 24 year-old girl from St. Petersburg, Russia.

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Mathematical Methods in Physics

Second order differential equations

 * 1) /Introduction to 2nd order differential equations/
 * 2) /Solution of homogeneous equations with constant coefficients/
 * 3) /Solution of inhomogeneous equations with constant coefficients/
 * 4) /Singularities and series solutions/
 * 5) /Frobenius method/

Special functions

 * 1) /Cylindrical and spherical coordinates/
 * 2) /Boundary value problems/
 * 3) /Sturm-Liouville problem/
 * 4) /Legendre polynomials/
 * 5) Bessel functions
 * 6) /Associated Legendre functions/
 * 7) /Spherical harmonics/
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Complex functions

 * 1) Complex numbers
 * 2) /Basic operations with complex functions, analytic functions/
 * 3) /Cauchy theorem/
 * 4) /Singularities/
 * 5) /Taylor and Laurent series/
 * 6) /Residue theorem and applications/
 * 7) /Complex functions/

Partial differential equations

 * 1) /General definition/
 * 2) Separation of variables method
 * 3) /Wave equation/
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 * 5) /Diffusion equation/
 * 6) /Helmholtz equation/
 * 7) /Continuum eigenvalue spectrum/

Green functions

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 * 2) /For 2 dimensions/
 * 3) /For initial value problems/
 * 4) /For boundary value problems/
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My academic background is (English) Law, International Conflict Analysis, and Public International Law. In the latter case, specifically, the concept of 'state failure' within international law, using the case-studies of Somalia and Yugoslavia in the early 1990s.

I would be interested to host / lead general topics on public international law within the Law school, and be happy to develop basic materials on these areas. I've created the shell of such a Department (also linked to from Social Sciences > Political Science > International Relations), and have created departments that are necessarily delimited by it, i.e. Private International Law and EU Law.

I'm entirely new to Wikiversity, but find the idea fascinating, and as a professional educator and trainer, with a particular interest in virtual learning, I hope I have something to offer. I am just now beginning to get myself familiar with how I might do that.

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Oxidation state

Oxidation state refers to the overall charge on an atom or molecule. It takes into account both positive charges in the nucleus and the negative charge from the electrons. It is used primarily in chemical equations when describing oxidation and reduction, or redox reactions.

It gives us the electrical state of an atom bound in a molecule, as if we hypothetically see it as ions. The oxidation state is the total charge which all the bonds of the particular atom generate considering their electronegative value. A atom which strongly attracts electrons will make his partner-atom thus more positive, giving it a delta+ charge and a +I oxidative state. Considering every bond you can make this calculation, which results in the total Oxidation State of the atom.

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Mathematical induction

Description of Mathematical Induction (Proof by Induction)
Mathematical induction is a process of mathematical proof whereby an assumption is made about regarding the given identity being true for a particular number, then demonstrating that the proof is true for a number one greater. If it can then be shown that the proof is true for any particular number, mathematical induction then shows that it is also true for any other integer of greater value.

Picture the process of Mathematical Induction as a sequence of dominoes. It is often used when you want to prove something is true for every whole number, but don't have time to prove all the infinite cases one by one. It has two parts: line up the dominoes, and knock over the first one. Lining up the dominoes means you prove that if the statement is true for one number, it's true for the next number. Knocking over the first domino is just proving that it works for the first number (usually one.) Mathematicians call these the Induction Step and the Base Case.

Example
Suppose you want to prove the statement $$1+2+3+\cdots+n = \frac{n(n+1)}{2}$$. What you do is first show that if it works for $$k$$, then it works for $$k+1$$. Note: To prove an if-then statement, you assume the "if" part is true, and show the "then" part has to be true. So here, we assume $$1+2+3+\cdots+k = \frac{k(k+1)}{2}$$ for any one $$k$$. (No, this isn't circular reasoning, it just looks like it!) What we have to show is that $$1+2+3+\cdots+k+(k+1) = \frac{(k+1)(k+1+1)}{2}$$. How? We use our assumption, and substitute it on the left. So we get $$\frac{k(k+1)}{2} + (k+1)= \frac{(k*k +k)}{2} + \frac{(2k+2)}{2}= \frac{(k*k +3k +2}{2}= \frac{(k+1)(k+2)}{2}$$. Then one simplifies further by factoring $$\frac{(k+1)(k+2)}{2}$$ into $$\frac{(k+1)(k+1+1)}{2}$$, thus it works. What did we just show? We showed that IF the formula works for $$k$$, THEN it works for $$k+1$$. And we didn't say what $$k$$ was in advance. This means that we've proven that: if it works for 1, it works for 2, and if it works for 2, it works for 3, and if it works for 3, it works for 4, and so on. We're done lining up the dominoes. But we're not done! We haven't knocked any dominoes over yet! There's one more step: the Base Case. We have to knock over the first domino. When n=1, 1+2+3+...+1 just means "1", and n(n+1)/2 means 1(1+1)/2=1. So since 1=1, the first domino has fallen. And since if it works for 1, it works for 2, we know that the formula works for 2 now. And since if it works for 2, it works for 3, we know the formula works for 3 now, with no extra work. And since if it works for 3, it works for 4, and so on, we know the formula ALWAYS WORKS. We've proven it for every natural number! That's mathematical induction.

There's also a fancier version called Strong Induction, which is a lot like setting up those pretty branching lines of dominoes. Essentially, you get to assume that the formula works for every number up to k, and then have to show it works for k+1. This is good for problems where you can cut the problem up into something smaller, but not necessarily one unit smaller.

Note
This process does not attempt to form identities which are true statements, it simply proves that a given statement is true.

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User talk:Shauryas94

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User talk:Laikov

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User talk:Duarte.filho

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Logo
Hi Rogério, I'm just wondering where you got the image of the brains that you used for your interconnected brains logo. Do you have that in a bigger size/resolution? I'd like to modify it, but the current version is quite small (though I'll probably go ahead and do so now anyway!) Cheers, Cormaggio 16:29, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:Sam.339

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User talk:Nehamjoshi

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User talk:Hd.G

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Main page redesign
Hello! You commented on the proposed main page design, so I'm inviting you to view a modified version that I created. If you have the time, please post your opinion at Wikiversity talk:Main Page. Thank you! —David Levy 08:38, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

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Category:Introduction to Wiki

See Wiki 101 and follow the links to learn Wiki editing in full.

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Wikiversity talk:Wikiversity the Movie

Progress?
So it's now past the deadline for the project, and what do we have so far? EAS 07:42, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * It's really saddening to see it, but it seems this project has been abandoned. Perhaps we should add a note stating that the project is currently inactive on the main page so nobody gets confused? Habstinat (talk) 01:27, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

3DTheatre.org
Have people on this project seen the 3DTheater.org project? --Rayc 15:13, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

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Wikinews
I have no idea if this is useful or not, but you may be intreasted in the attempts in the past to make video news programs for wikinews (they havn't really been succesful because the main contributors doing them have left Wikinews). (n:Wikinews:Broadcast and n:User:Mrmiscellanious/Sandbox/WNN/About) Bawolff 02:17, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Note, the wikinews video project has started up again -> n:wikinews:Video 2.0 Bawolff 19:30, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

An idea
Let's aim for a 30 second synopsis of the project to date. A good idea? --HappyCamper 03:19, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Do you mean something like this? Short projects could be done at Wikiversity shorts. --JWSchmidt 03:26, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Not really...that link doesn't seem to be reflective of what I had in mind...Hard to qualify though. --HappyCamper 21:40, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Mascot
Can we make a cute mascot for the Wikiversity movie? And say, have it visit different sorts of pages as a way to teach others about the Wiki software and what this project is all about? --HappyCamper 22:38, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm trying to imagine a cute mascot named "Wiklar". --JWSchmidt 23:46, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Something green...maybe a cute frog with large eyes and glasses. It's like a friendly pet. --HappyCamper 14:42, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
 * How about an owl?--Rayc 15:47, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Oooh, very sage! --HappyCamper 10:56, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Colby Nolan, a housecat who was awarded an MBA degree in 2004, see also: Colby Nolan.

There is the Mascot contest available. Erkan Yilmaz uses the Chat (try) 18:25, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

An example
Here is an example project on how a group of people that don't know each other come together to make a movie. Maybe we should deside on people we need and then start a voice actor auditions?--Rayc 23:50, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm thinking we could have a rather fact-oriented history of the project including video of Jimbo's talks where he did his "free the curriculum" and the announcement of the project lunch this past summer. I think it would be good to split the facts up with some more entertaining short features. Voice auditions are good. GarageBand has some filters that make your voice sound better than usual. --JWSchmidt 02:36, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Count me in for the voices. If you want to hear how my voice sounds look here, Erkan Yilmaz uses the Chat (try) 18:29, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Propose Name be "Wikiversity: Education in the New Millennium".
Capitalizing "New Millennium" seems to this participant to give a more compelling appearance to the proposed title. -- Dionysios (talk), Date: 2007-03-12 (March 12, 2007) Time: 2027 UTC
 * I wonder when a millennium stops being "new". --JWSchmidt 15:55, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Not a bad idea, but as JWSchmidt said, millenium is kinda too late. How bout something like "Wikiversity: Education for the next generation", or something like that. EAS 07:43, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

How long?
Are we talking about a 2 minute, 30 minute, 2 hour video? I think it would be wise to start with a teaser no?
 * Short sounds good for begin. We can also use this to win participants for the learning project itself, Erkan Yilmaz uses the Chat (try) 18:31, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
 * This is the key first question for me - along with what the video will be used for. I'd suggest 5-10 mins for the video - after that it would take considerable commitment from anyone to actually watch it - which rather defeats one of the main purposes as I understand it: promote Wikiversity to a newcomer audience. Cormaggio talk 21:46, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Only one movie ?
I am wondering, it is not told anywhere explicitly, but should we create several videos ? Because everybody sees Wikiversity different - we could reflect that in the diversity. Though then we might split our available contributors and things could take longer. Also perhaps it would result in less collaborative work (perhaps not, if many join) ? What do you think ? Erkan Yilmaz uses the Chat (try) 17:29, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Different videos are always an option - but first, there needs to be some sort of concrete idea for one video that other videos can then differentiate themselves from. Unless you propose to work in separate semi-autonomous groups from the beginning? Btw, that's not necessarily a bad thing - and there is always the openness to collaboration in the form of feedback/critique... Cormaggio talk 21:53, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

 * How about an "MTV format" where the format is one or more Video DJs introducing however many one to three minute shorts are created? We can even include commercials that are a pitch for a donation to WikiMedia. WAS 4.250 20:31, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Content changed
Hi, the content was changed with ideas from here. Please share your ideas what else should be included. Erkan Yilmaz uses the Chat (try) 18:10, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Will be discussed in the kickoff meeting, Erkan Yilmaz uses the Chat (try) 01:28, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

A motivational slogan: "Coming soon to a wiki theater near you !"
What do you think about a slogan which motivates people to join this learning project ? This is not a slogan for the final movie, it is a try to get to infect people with this sentence - so they hopefully participate. Other ideas for such motivational slogans ? Erkan Yilmaz uses the Chat (try) 17:14, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Idea by Juan: change theatre to cinema, Erkan Yilmaz uses the Chat (try) 01:27, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

I was thinking
I have this animating software called Endorphin. Would it help anyone if I created an animation of people in a school for one shot of this movie? Straight Edge PXK 15:01, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Creating new Wiki cover for movie
I have been thinking if it could be any chance I would have changed many things on my perspective.

* MORE CREATION ON ART COVERS AND DESIGN LOGO SINCE ITS THE WORK IM GOOD O,I WOULD LOVE TO PARTICIPATE.￼

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User:RobLevy~enwikiversity

Hello, I'm Rob. I study Electronic Engineering at the University of Manchester. I'll try to convert the stuff we learn in lectures into my own work and put it here, helping both my revision and anyone reading it hopefully!

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User talk:RobLevy~enwikiversity

Hi
Hi Rob, and well, I can't do a much more spectacular welcome sign than what you've already got ;-), but I'll just add that I'm also in the University of Manchester (currently working on dissertation). See you round afterwards - maybe even in real life. Your username - you don't live in Levenshulme by any chance? That's where I'm based.. Cormaggio 16:52, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
 * My dissertation is about Wikiversity actually and the process by which it was set up :-). My general field is education, and the role of media and technology - and I'm planning to explore these areas and more over the course of my upcoming PhD :-). Oh, and by the way, it's usually a good idea to sign your comments (by typing ~ ) - it makes it easier to see who's said what. Cheers! Cormaggio 17:13, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

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Strategic Studies
Thought of having a look-see at Strategic Studies? It could be up your alley. I'm a B.A. hist, M.A. IR/Strategic Studies. Nice to see more of my ilk on Wikiversity.--Dnjkirk 14:06, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

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Your account will still work as before, and you will be credited for all your edits made so far, but you will have to use the new account name when you log in.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:51, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:20, 19 April 2015 (UTC)

title: User talk:River~enwikiversity


text: User talk:Platonides

title: User talk:Platonides


text: User talk:Elian

title: User talk:Elian


text:
User talk:Gau~enwikiversity

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

The developer team at Wikimedia is making some changes to how accounts work, as part of our on-going efforts to provide new and better tools for our users like cross-wiki notifications. These changes will mean you have the same account name everywhere. This will let us give you new features that will help you edit and discuss better, and allow more flexible user permissions for tools. One of the side-effects of this is that user accounts will now have to be unique across all 900 Wikimedia wikis. See the announcement for more information.

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Gau. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Gau~enwikiversity that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

Your account will still work as before, and you will be credited for all your edits made so far, but you will have to use the new account name when you log in.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:36, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:09, 19 April 2015 (UTC)

title: User talk:Gau~enwikiversity