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Wikiversity talk:No shrines for vandals

i don't understand this page. what does a "shrine" mean? i'm confused. Fokion 03:23, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
 * "No trophies for vandals" means about the same. You could imagen a shrine housing trophies. -- Matteo 06:00, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
 * A shrine is a place devoted to worshiping a god or some other spiritual being. They tend to be fairly ornate. By saying that vandals don't get shrines on Wikiversity, we're trying to say that we don't create places for them like shrines for gods. It's a metaphor that I found particularly fitting when writing the page. -- sebmol ? 15:26, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
 * No monuments either :-)? (Good policy... ignoring the ignorant is definitely the way to go.) --SB_Johnny | talk 17:15, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Excellent, I wholeheartedly support this proposal.-- digital  _  me   18:54, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I also support this. 205.189.97.202 20:24, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

I'm not entirely sure the reasoning behind this is sound; I think most vandals are more interested in what they did to the article/content page than what action is taken against them. Jade Knight 09:14, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
 * For one-time vandals, that may be right, however, they will find that what they did won't stay for too long and would move on. For repeated vandals, that can't really be it since they know what they do will be undone. So the satisfaction repeated vandals get out of it lies elsewhere. -- sebmol ? 11:30, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm not convinced. I really believe that the majority of Wikipedia vandalizations occur for what's on the page, not for the warning that appears on a Vandal's profile.  I'm perfectly fine with having blocks significantly lengthened, however; 24 hours just hardly seems like enough.  The Jade Knight 00:42, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
 * The idea behind only 24 hours is i think to give the person multiple second chances to become a constructive contributor.Eadthem 00:12, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Is secrecy really beneficial?
This paragraph seems a bit troubling to me. "No publicly accessible pages will be created to document long term abuse by vandals. If there is need to document such things for the purpose of training custodians, a page can be created and subsequently deleted. Custodians will be able to view the page by using Special:Undelete/Pagename." Unless the vast majority of participants are able to easily become custodians it seems to make quality check reviews of custodian actions impossible for the typical user to confirm for themselves. Mirwin 23:40, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * All page deletions are recorded in the logs. We could set up a page such as Deletion review where users can request a review of the content of deleted pages. See w:Wikipedia:Deletion review. --JWSchmidt 00:42, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
 * If there is a question about custodian action, the page could be undeleted for a short period of time before deleting it again. The point is to prevent creating a page that permanently and publicly provides a record of egomaniac vandals' "marvelous actions" which they can refer to from elsewhere. It's not as much a question of keeping it secret as it is to prevent linking from outside. sebmol ? 09:35, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Changes as per community review re: project about breaching experiments of Wikipedia
Please take a look at the changes I've made to this page, as per the discussion Wikiversity:Community Review/Wikimedia Ethics:Ethical Breaching Experiments. --AFriedman (talk) 16:57, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Merge to Vandalism
I would propose merging this page to Vandalism and working to make that a policy for dealing with vandalism. Denying vandals the recognition they often desire is just one part of dealing with vandalism, I don't think we need another separate policy to cover it, we can instead focus vandalism policies on the single page. Adambro 11:38, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Good idea, I think. -- Jtneill - Talk - c 11:53, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Agreed. --AFriedman (talk) 16:39, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I like the title "No shrines for vandals" better, so I suggest merging things the other way around. -- dark lama  16:47, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

I like the title too, but Vandalism is the supercategory and this is the subcategory. Perhaps "No shrines for vandals" could be a section of the Vandalism page? --AFriedman (talk) 16:49, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Regarding Darklama comments, I feel though that the No shrines for vandals title refers to only one element of dealing with vandalism, whereas "Vandalism" is more general and would allow scope for covering the practice of denying vandals recognition and the other policies relating to dealing with vandalism. "No shrines for vandals" is perhaps an appropriate name of a section of a broader Vandalism policy as AFriedman has suggested. Adambro 16:52, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

When considering just page names: WV:Vandalism could "be" anything, but "WV:No shrines for vandals" immediately tells what the page content will be about - probably. Has anyone looked already at: Managing vandalism? Erkan Yilmaz uses the Chat (try) 16:53, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
 * To clarify, I'm working on the assumption that establishing a policy for dealing with vandalism would be welcomed by the community. In that situation, such a policy would cover many of the practices for dealing with vandalism, not just denying recognition, and so it would make sense in my opinion to have a more general name and merge the content from here to that page to create a single page describing how vandalism should be dealt with on Wikiversity. I don't think we need a separate page for this practice. Adambro 17:01, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

I'd support moving this to a subsection of the above page. By the way, I'd rename it "sanctuary" instead of "shrine". Ottava Rima (talk) 17:09, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

I agree with Erkan. With "No shrines for vandals" what the page is about is immediately clear. Even as a policy name what the policy is about is immediately clear. I think we do not really need the exact/specific ways in which to deal with vandalism to be policy in order for people to deal with vandalism. People have been dealing with vandalism despite there being no policy. Policy should address a specific community problem. What problem is the community in need of addressing? -- dark lama  17:45, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
 * The problem that I am trying to address here, by looking to develop a policy on vandalism, is the lack of policies on basic issues such as this. The policy I'm envisaging wouldn't simply be about "No shrines for vandals", it would cover the broader issues related to vandalism, hence why a more general name would be appropriate. However, we don't necessarily have to have a policy on vandalism but I'd still consider it useful to merge this with the vandalism page so that information about vandalism on Wikiversity can be located in one place. That would make I think it easier for new contributors to become familiar with practices on Wikiversity, rather than having a number of pages on the same subject to navigate through. Adambro 18:39, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Adam, What do you mean by vandalism? Hillgentleman | //\\ |Talk 18:45, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't understand your question. Vandalism is a concept that very few contributors to WM projects will be unfamiliar with and I assume you're not one of them so what exactly do you mean? Adambro 18:51, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
 * we need to know what we talk about before we can start a discussion or else we would be comparing apple to pear. there is large intersection in what we define as "vandalism" and but these two sets need not be identical.  the reason you don't understand is that you are looking it in the opposite direction.  Hillgentleman | //\\ |Talk 18:56, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Would it be helpful to try to agree on a definition of "vandalism" for the purposes of this particular discussion about the proposed merge of this page with Vandalism? Adambro 19:10, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

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This song ("Wedding-day at Troldhaugen" by Edvard Grieg) is in the public domain.

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Web Design/Lists and Tables

While HTML is primarily concerned with semantic formatting of the content of a document, and less concerned with its style, there are situations where the meaning of some text is denoted by its presentation. Tables are widely used to organize the text visually on the screen, showing a relationship of some kind and demonstrating the meaning of the text. This activity will:

 * Familiarize you with tables and lists in html.

It will be assumed you:

 * Can identify HTML elements, attributes and their values.

This activity is not designed to:

 * Give a comprehensive list of elements, attributes or their accepted values.
 * Discuss document type, the meta element, or comments.

Lists
HTML allows you to easily set apart lists from the rest of your content with one of three different list types: Unordered (bulleted), ordered (numbered) and definition lists. Different kinds of lists can be nested to form an outline.

Unordered List
The unordered, or bulleted, list is formed using two elements. The list itself is defined using an unordered list element, and each item is marked using a list item element:  Item Item Item
 * Item
 * Item
 * Item

Ordered List
The ordered, or numbered, list is formed similarly to the unordered list using an ordered list element and the list item element from before. The ordered list element also has a handy start attribute that allows you to set a starting number other than 1.  Item Item Item
 * 1) Item
 * 2) Item
 * 3) Item

Definition List
The definition list is a slight departure from the two. While it uses an opening and closing definition list element similarly, it has two different elements for the items in the list. The first is the term element for the definition list and the second is the definition element for the definition list.

Item

The item's definition.

Item

The item's definition.

 * Item : The item's definition.
 * Item : The item's definition.

Try it!
Let's try making this simple outline using nested lists. Try to duplicate these results without peeking at my source below.

Get mail.
Shop for office supplies.

Printer paper.
Toner.

Deliver mail and supplies.

Here is one way to reproduce this list:
Get mail.

Shop for office supplies.

Printer paper.

Toner.

Deliver mail and supplies.

Tables
In HTML tables are set up similarly to lists, but are rendered differently and can be confusing early on. Tables are built using a number of elements. The table is first defined by the table element, then each row is defined by a table row element, and finally each cell within each row is defined by a table cell. There are additional elements that can be used to define tables, but some are not fully supported.

Try it!
Open up your text editor and type the above table example. Save it as 'table.html' and open it in your web browser.

A table generally 'shrinks' to fit its contents, but the width attribute allows you to specify either a number of pixels or a percentage of the are the table is in as the width. Save and refresh your browser. You should notice several things. The table takes up 80% of the page in width, the border is noticeably thick and has a 3D beveled appearance, and the background of the table is yellow. The background color attribute will accept either hex values or the name of some colors. To finish this activity, make it a three by three table and give the center-most cell a green background.

And this is how I did it: Table Example

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User talk:Alborz95~enwikiversity

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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 Alborz95. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Alborz95~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 23:27, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:Williamshen~enwikiversity

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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 Williamshen. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Williamshen~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.

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User talk:Scottsmission~enwikiversity

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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 Scottsmission. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Scottsmission~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 23:56, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:M3wejr@bellsouth.net

Username change
Hi there, I noticed your username is an email address. Due to the nature of the internet, it is possible this can result in a fair bit of unsolicited junk mail (i.e. spam) arriving in your inbox. It is possible that you can have your username changed, simply visit Changing username, follow the instructions and a person authorized to do so will gladly make the change for you. --Draicone (talk) 23:05, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:Proinnsias2~enwikiversity

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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.

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Sorry for the inconvenience.

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User talk:James Thomas~enwikiversity

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User talk:Avinash~enwikiversity

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User:Draicone/Sandbox for Variables in PHP

Variables, as mentioned briefly in Introduction to PHP, are significant for any programming language. They can be used to store all forms of data, and are generally required to perform multiple manipulations on data not hard-coded into a script. This lesson will introduce the basics of variables in PHP.

Basic syntax
In PHP, all variables are denoted by the $ at the beginning of their identifier. They do not need to be declared; they can simply be assigned a value and used from there on. Variables name should start with a lowercase letter; this is not required but (in certain php configurations) prevents clashes with autoglobals (which will be explained later). Here is a basic example of assigning a value to a variable and printing its value onto the page:

Variable conversion
PHP also automagically switches variable types when needed. For example, all strings (a string is a series of characters) must be enclosed in quotes (both single quotes and double quotes are supported). However, sometimes values you fetch from external sources will be strings by default but need to be treated as ints (short for integers, which are numerical values) for the purpose of a calculation. This example shows how it can be done:

In this instance, we are multiplying the number 42 (in a string variable) by pi to a certain number of decimal places (a float variable - you will learn about this later). Conversion can only occur when possible, however - the following will not work:

As '4string2' is not a number, PHP will fail to convert it (in order to be multiplied by pi, which returns a floating point value) and (most likely) return an error or post a warning (depending on PHP's configuration settings in the php.ini file).

Variable types
These are the main types of variables you will be dealing with:

 * int - Short for integer. Holds any integer, i.e. a whole numerical value (no decimal places - however, if an int is assigned a number with a decimal place, it will be converted to a float automatically)
 * float - Abbreviation of floating point value. Holds any integer WITH a decimal place, to a certain precision (generally 32 digits)
 * double - Abbreviation of double precision floating point. Same as above except with far more precision - however, a double value also takes up twice as much memory (generally 8 bytes - obviously insignificant on modern servers)
 * string - Holds any array of characters, i.e. a sentence (or two). Generally has an infinite length; however, for compatibility with older servers, limit the size of strings to 32768 characters.


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User:Derbeth

Sysop and bureaucrat on English and Polish Wikibooks. See b:User:Derbeth or w:User:Derbeth.

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User talk:Derbeth

Please use b:User talk:Derbeth.

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User:Piotrus/Presentations

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 Student demonstrates basic knowledge. Most of expected information is covered.

 Student uses some of appropriate technical terms.

 If there are questions, student answers them but does not elaborate or use examples.

 Student ends to early or goes over time, but it only slightly affects the content and reception.
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 Student reads all of report with no eye contact.

 Student's slides relate to text and presentation. Text on slides is readable and related to spoken content.

 Student’s tone neither hinders nor helps to draw attention to the content. Student's voice is mostly clear. Student pronounces most words correctly. Most audience members can hear presentation.

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 Student's slides explain and reinforce screen text and presentation. Text on slides is easy to read and reinforces the spoken content.

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User:JWSchmidt/Semantic prosthetic

This page was originally made for Wiki Science but was never made welcome because of its original research aspect.

Semantic Networks and Personal Experience
Human conscious experience is normally dominated by memory. New sensory experiences are processed in ways that are heavily influenced by past experiences. When sensory stimuli are reduced (sensory deprivation), a human brain is able to continue generating chains of thoughts by making use of existing memories. The ways in which one thought leads to another thought reflects a semantic network that exists within the brain. The behavior of such a semantic network can be described as a content addressable memory system. A new sensory pattern or a thought will "resonate" with existing contents of the memory system leading to activation of relevant memories and the generation of adaptive thoughts and behavioral responses. The semantic memory network is modified by on-going thoughts resulting in new memories. With time, human semantic memory comes to contain an increasing complex representation of the world.

Degenerotes, Prokaryotes, Eukaryotes, Semantotes
It has been suggested that humans should be classified in a "kingdom" distinct from other animals. We can tentatively place humans in the kingdom of "Semantotes", those beings who exist consciously within a virtual mental world that is generated by the semantic network that their brain can learn. Other animals such as the apes and dolphins may fruitfully be classified as Semantotes. However, humans are exceptional in terms of their neotenic brain development which is adapted to juvenile learning of culturally transmitted skills such as language and tool use. (However, juvenile primates do learn culturally transmitted skills such as tool use from watching others. Nestling song birds also learn how to correctly vocalize their species-specific song by listening to others.)

Human Language as a Semantic Prosthetic Device
We all live in the same physical world and we all share a common genetic heritage which determines the basic structure and function of the brain. Humans have evolved in a social environment where there is a high level of reward for knowing what other people are thinking. It has been suggested that this need to know what others know is the major reason for our unique human cognitive strengths. If so, it may be that human languages evolve so as to best serve as tools for allowing people to come to know what other people are thinking. We can think of human language as a cultural artifact, a prosthetic device or a tool that assists humans to survive by enhancing their ability to come to know what other people know. We can describe human language as the original semantic prosthetic.

Wiki as a prosthetic device
Written language is a relatively new invention. Books and other written documents have become useful aids for the cultural transmission of knowledge and they certainly qualify as useful semantic prosthetics. However, traditional books and printed documents have severe limitations as semantic prosthetics: they are limited in perspective, expensive, rare, hard to access, and they easily become out-dated. Electronic forms of communication and knowledge exchange can avoid some of the limitations of printed books. When distributed by the world wide web, electronic documents such as HTML pages can become cheap, easy to copy, and easy to access. A single individual can keep conventional HTML pages up to date, but a quick look at the World Wide Web (WWW) reveals a common problem: too many HTML pages that are abandoned by their single authors and which quickly become irrelevant fossils.

Wiki HTML pages can escape the limitations of narrow perspective imposed by a limited number (usually just one) of authors and also make it easier to keep pages up to date by sharing the work load involved in the update process. While conventional HTML pages can be cheap, another all too common feature of the WWW is the sale of information. Open and free modes of information exchange (like wikis using a free license) can place reasonable limits on the cost of obtaining information. It remains to be seen just how dramatically human communication will be affected by new semantic prostheses like wikis. Empirical observations will be required as part of the scientific study of Wikis as semantic prostheses.

Semantic prosthetic theory and the future of Wiki
Can we make fruitful guesses about the future of wikis as semantic prosthetic devices? I suggest that a theoretical foundation for the science of wiki can be established by formalizing the idea of a semantic network. We can start by thinking about the set of all things that people have known, now know, and will know in the future. We can conceptualize this set of human knowledge as a high-dimensional space, but project all of the high-dimensional structure into a simple 2-dimensional map for "back of the envelop" evaluation of basic ideas.

One important 2-dimensional projection results from mapping each person's total knowledge as a point on a 2D "everything I know" map (or, for short, "knowledge map"). We imagine that at any given time, each individual is located at some point (A) on this map. A prosthetic device like a wiki can speed the rate at which a person moves across the map towards a new desired state of knowledge (B). In building our wikis, we can seek ways to maximize their ability to increase the speed at which people can move around on the "everything I know" map. The formation of new useful semantic memory (movement across the "everything I know" map) depends on a fruitful matching (path 2 in the diagram) between what a person already knows and the format of the information provided by the semantic prosthetic device that is guiding that person to a new state of knowledge (a new location on the knowledge map). For each person the topography of the knowledge map might be different and for most efficient movement to a new state of knowledge there is an optimal path. Without good matching between the learner and the topic to be learned, the learning process is more difficult (path 1 in the diagram).

How can a wiki evolve so as to be able to provide optimal paths? I think there are two basic ways to promote the utility of a wiki as a semantic prosthetic device. First, the people who make the wiki pages have to be thinking about how to most efficiently move a person from point A to point B. This requires an understanding of what it means for a person to be at point A or point B and an understanding of the cognitive landscape around this region of the knowledge map. Second, the people making the wiki pages have to be able to abandon the idea of "one page fits all". Different people are going to arrive at point B from different starting points. Diversity, a multiplicity of approaches to point B need to be made available. This is the positive approach and algorithm for wiki success.

Pulling our ladders up behind us
I think the major problem for optimization of a wiki is that once people reach a certain knowledge state, they tend to forget what it was like before they got there. This problem can be addressed by collaboration between people who are at point A and point B on a knowledge map. Users of a wiki who are using the wiki to get from A to B have to be able to provide feedback to those people who are already at B. By way of this feedback learners can make known the places on a wiki page where they fail to make rapid progress towards their learning goal. At the very least, there needs to be a way for people to mark places on a wiki page where they get confused and need more help. Theoretically, such feedback could take place on "talk" pages that are associated with each content page. However, current wiki talk pages tend to be dominated by arguments between people who are already at point B.

Actual users (those who are learning from the content of the page) need a simple and quick way to mark difficult locations in a page. The standard for ease of use is "point and click." I propose that wiki engineers should develop a system by which wiki readers can be provided with a small pallet of "feedback markups" where they can simply click on an icon and "stick" it on the page where they have a problem or want to make a comment. Ideally, each page could have a transparent "markup" overlay that would display the user feedback icons and could be used to quickly visually identify problem locations on a page.

The "stop", "thumbs up" and "thumbs down" icons would just be dragged onto the page and dropped. When the "add a comment" icon is dropped, a comment window would open allowing the user to add a comment for that particular location in the page. An example of a wiki page with this user markup overlay is shown below.

Related resources

 * Angela's comments on a meta data layer - Wikipedia mail list, December 2007

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This Stone soup is getting a bit spicier! A beauty, this article! It persuaded me to start editing on other pages. At first I wasn't very convinced of the possibilities of Wiki Science, or rather, the existing information I found here. Akagu 12:45, 1 Apr 2004 (UTC)

I found an example of something like "pulling up the ladders behind us." You can put questions about a straight text right into the text. Then the keepers of the page could work the answers into the text, I would think. Or, they could just leave the questions "hanging out" on the side, or stached away in an icon that pops out into a full explanation. LionKimbro
 * Haha, that website was hilarious.

. . . This may be the most complete section of this book, but I didn't understand a word. Perhaps some clarification/links to definitions/etc would be in order? UnDeadGoat 22:59, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

What is that smell? Recursion? We need a learner's page markup system in order to improve an article about the need for a learner's page markup system. Maybe UnDeadGoat could start a list of what terms need clarification. --JWSurf 00:16, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Copyright
This is a page that I started originally at Wikibooks. I'm using as an example for how Wikiversity could deal with suspected copyright violations. --JWSchmidt 17:05, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Pulling our ladders up behind us
a very very simple idea for this also can be seen here at the bottom of the page. It just asks if the user like the page and teh link goes to the talk page then. Erkan Yilmaz (evaluate me!, discussion ) 17:04, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

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Talk:Introduction to Calculus/Limits

Sandwitch Theroem and sin(x)/x as x approaches 1 ought to be put in

The Other Introduction to Limits Course
The is other course located on Calculus/Limits should be merged to here, even though it is more engineer orientated? --Lucas Gallindo 21:57, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Which do you think is better for presenting the material? I guess there are benefits to both approaches. Leave them separate, but perhaps add links at the top to indicate their co-existence? --HappyCamper 01:16, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

 * My vote is to rename one to "Calculating Limits" and the other to "Limit Theory".

--Lucas Gallindo 19:45, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Perhaps limits in mathematical analysis/calculus, but not limit theory.--Hillgentleman 14:11, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Definition of limit
Is using language like "the value a function approaches" actually any easier to understand than the topological epsilon-delta definition? Most people have an innate understanding of the concept of "distance" and the epsilon-delta definition is easily stated so I don't see the point in omitting it here. Without it, it may be somewhat less clear to the reader when exactly a limit exists and when it does not exist. It also seems vaguely circular to speak about "continuity of a function" before properly defining what a limit is. The usual sequence of definitions limit -> continuity at a point -> continuity of a function is not particularly long or hard to digest. Does anyone think it would be better to set out the basic definitions first and then reinforce them with examples and intuitive descriptions, rather than putting the examples and informal descriptions first and hoping the reader "gets it"? AP295 (discuss • contribs) 18:34, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

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School talk:Language and Literature

Reformatting in General
Okay, this entire page is really starting to get on my nerves--can anyone help me out with the extremely overdue reformatting job? Also, I am saving copies of the original formatting to my computer if we need to revert at any point. Oh, by the way--kudos to whoever designed our layout, and please don't misunderstand me when I say the formatting is getting on my nerves--this really is a fabulous page, I'm just trying to make it a little easier to navigate. --Trinity507 01:13, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

I'm moving the "Did You Know" and "Notable Quotes" to a different page--I think they're cluttering up the page as it is now. --Trinity507 20:06, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

I haven't had time to move these to their own page recently, so I'll post them here for now...--Trinity507 16:48, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikiversity language courses

 * Russian
 * Introduction to Sanskrit Language (stub)
 * Introduction to Swedish
 * Common phrases
 * Mandarin
 * Latin stream
 * Introduction to Latin
 * Introduction to Arabic
 * Introduction to Breton
 * Learning Finnish
 * Introduction
 * Common phrases
 * Introduction to Filipino
 * Hindi
 * Introduction to Italian
 * Introduction to the Dutch Language
 * Introductory Ancient Greek Language
 * Japanese question words
 * Portuguese Alphabet
 * Rules of Esperanto grammar
 * Spanish
 * ESL for Primary School
 * Introductory Esperanto
 * Learning the Basics of French
 * Introductory Korean
 * Korean writing system
 * Aztec language
 * Maya language
 * Kernewek Onan

Reformatting Divisions/Departments section
I found the list of our departments and divisions extremely confusing, so I am trying to reformat it -- I noticed we had several "dead links" (notably the Mandarin topic when we already have a Chinese one!) -- I am going to delete these from our list of topics but paste the links here on the discussion page so that the responsible users can clean up a bit. If anyone has any comments/questions/objections to my reformatting job, please let me know (and change it yourself, of course!) --Trinity507 05:17, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Here is a copy of the old page if we should revert, but I spent a lot of time and effort on reformatting it and, personally, I think it looks great - a lot less confusing! I alphabetized languages and moved the "dead links" and disputed pages into their own categories for the time being. Okay, the old page was:

Departments and divisions

 * School of Linguistics
 * English language
 * English Studies Department
 * Literary Studies Department
 * Foreign language learning
 * Writing
 * History
 * Slavic
 * Brythonic Celtic Languages Division
 * The Breton Language
 * The Cornish Language
 * Klingon
 * Tolkien
 * Southeast Asian Languages
 * South American Languages Division
 * The Aymara Language
 * The Quechua Language
 * British novel
 * British poetry
 * American poetry
 * List of all projects and courses offered
 * Topic:Chinese
 * Topic:Mandarin
 * Topic:Korean
 * Topic:Japanese
 * German
 * French
 * Hebrew
 * Arabic
 * Topic:Portuguese
 * Italian
 * Indonesian
 * Topic:Spanish
 * Topic:Turkish
 * Department of Germanic Studies(under major construction)

Signed, Trinity507 06:06, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Language and Literature: Which Portal?
So, which portal does this school actually belongs to? Humanities or Social Sciences? And what about School:Linguistics? I don't think that two schools are necessary for almost the same subject (for example, learning foreign languages can be both listed in this school and in the Linguistics school). I wouldn't like participants to split in two. :) --Ђорђе Д. Божовић 15:34, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

 * The School of Language and Literature is part of the Humanities. The School of Foreign Language Learning is part of the Practical Arts and Sciences. The School of Linguistics is part of the Social Sciences. These three schools should cooperate and avoid duplication of effort. --JWSchmidt 16:19, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

 * OK, thank you very much. But yet, there is a topic Language Acquisition within this school, and it aims to be very similar (I'd say almost identical) with School of Foreign Language Learning, doesn't it? --George D. Bozovic talk 16:48, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

This Page Looks Amazing!
this page looks amazing! --Smithgrrl 06:24, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Well, thank you. :) I like to work in a colourful environment. :D I believe that a nice-looking school would attract more people than a boring ugly one. --George D. Bozovic talk 15:00, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

 * I'm so copying this for the school of law! This is really an excellent page.--AdamG 22:11, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Check it out: School:Law. Thanks again!--AdamG 23:02, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

An idea
I have an idea for collaboratively writing a play but I'm not sure what page would be an appropriate location on which to start this project. Any ideas? CDinAshton 00:19, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
 * It sounds like a great idea. Start with the first thing that comes into your head (Collaborative play writing?), it can always be changed later. --JWSchmidt 01:30, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Perhaps you can make a subpage of the Writing Centre or something like that? --George D. Bozovic talk 20:34, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Eager to get involved
I'm brand new to Wikiversity, and slightly disoriented, but I'd love to get involved. I've studied several foreign languages, and my education is in English and Linguistics (and History). How do I get involved in this School? Jade Knight 07:54, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I'd like to create a Department of English Language (which would fit in both this School and possibly the Linguistics School), which would coordinate non-literary aspects of English. Is this a good idea, or should we have English Linguistics, Old English, Middle English, etc., all in completely separate departments?  Jade Knight 09:59, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Hi there. Have you seen Topic:English Studies (it's currently empty) on the school page? Perhaps that fits your interests? Feel free to contribute. --George D. Bozovic talk 12:07, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, I saw that, but don't know what to make of it—I'm not entire sure what "English Studies" means; I could see that applying to literature as well as language, or it could be a regional grouping, contrasting "English Studies" with "American Studies", etc. Should I go about creating a page for an English Language department, then?  Jade Knight 19:55, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Neither do I know. :) It was named like that when Wikiversity was still held at the Wikibooks, long time ago. I believe that the term "English studies" would cover the English language and literature as well as the culture (mythology and religion, history, etc.) of the English-speaking nations, wouldn't it? "Slavonic studies" works in that way for the Slavonic peoples (its primary topic is studying the Slavonic languages, but also the Slavonic culture trivialy). So, Topic:English language could be a subdivision of Topic:English Studies, don't you think? --George D. Bozovic talk 20:40, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
 * That makese sense. Jade Knight 20:56, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

I've created an English Language Division. Please list it somewhere. The Jade Knight 23:54, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

 * You may create the Topic:English Studies page. Then list it there. :) --George D. Bozovic talk 20:42, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

 * I think that's silly. English Language is currently a division of the Languages and Literature School (and, in fact, is one of only like 2-3 divisions/departments the School has).  It's silly to create another Division just to advertise a Division when the School could advertise the created Division well enough as it is.  The Jade Knight 01:17, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Course listing?
The main page for the School should either have a listing of courses/projects, or a link to a page which contains such a list. Jade Knight 21:24, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

 * School:Language and Literature/List of projects and topics <-- Is this a good title, what do you think? It is half past midnight here in my time zone, I really can't judge properly now. :) --George D. Bozovic talk 22:30, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
 * "Course Catalog" would be a more clever title, but maybe less inclusive. "Course offerings" is another option.  It would be more inclusive to say "Project offerings" or "Project catalog", but I worry that most users won't recognize that they would find courses there.  The title you've come up with is functional, though I think we need to draw a distinction between Projects and Courses, and Topics, which are academic divisions/departments/etc.  It can be really confusing for new users to learn Wikiversity lingo.  Perhaps it would be better to say "List of Departments, Projects, and Courses Offered"?  Jade Knight 23:11, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

 * I don't know. I have just put School:Language and Literature/Catalogue for now. Do you have any other ideas about the title? It would be great if it wasn't very long. --George D. Bozovic talk 12:01, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I think that would be fine. The Jade Knight 19:18, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Russian
According to academic V. G. Kostomarov, Russian is spoken by approximately 500,000,000 people. 159,000,000 of these are native Russian speakers, and the rest speak it as foreign language. Russian is taught in 120 countries. 20,000,000 people learn it daily. Each fourth book in the world is printed in Russian. (cited from the book "Руски језик" by Predrag Piper and Vucina Raicevic) --George D. Bozovic talk 14:28, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
 * According to Ethnologue, Russian has 145 million native speakers, and 110 secondary speakers. According to the Linguasphere, Greater Russian has 170 million native, and 150 secondary speakers.  Both of these are highly respected linguistic studies.  Ethnologue gives 380 million Spanish speakers, while the Linguasphere puts this number at 450 million.  Ethnologue gives over 300 million Hindi speakers, while Linguasphere gives about 900 million for the Hindi/Urdu language group.  Ethnologue gives 450 million Arabic speakers.  Arabic, Spanish and French are all official in more countries than Russian.  4 separate sources rank Russian as having 250-280 million speakers, being 5th or 6th in the world in terms of total speakership.  I would like to see the data backing up the claim that every 4th book in the world is printed in Russian, and comparable statistics from a reliable source stating how many countries French, Spanish and Arabic are taught in, and how many people learn them daily.  In the United States alone, which has 300 million citizens, Spanish is the most learned foreign language, and Russian isn't even in the top 3.  I would be very surprised if 20 million people were not learning Spanish every day.  It's fine to say that Russian is one of the top 10 most used languages in the world; I think that's fairly supportable.  But that it's the third?  This seems highly unlikely, considering the data available from multiple reliable linguistic sources.  The Jade Knight 21:46, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
 * My oppinion was fully based on Kostomarov's statement: "По этому критерию русский язык занимает третье (после китайского и английского) место в мире". I am sorry if it was not quite correct. --George D. Bozovic talk 15:45, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I understand. In this case, it seems the book is somewhat off.  However, even if there were 600,000,000 Russian speakers and Russian was an official language in 35 countries, "most used" would still be a very subjective term.  It would be better to say "has more speakers" or "is taught in more countries", etc., as these are more objective and can be quantified better.  It is still possible (though I have some doubts about it) that Russian is taught in more countries or has more books printed in it than any language other than English or Chinese.  If we could find comparable statistics for other languages (particularly Spanish, French, and Arabic), we could accurately make such a comparison.  The Jade Knight 04:50, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Quenya Course.
Interested in setting up one. Some other too? Suggestions?--Elistir 14:30, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

 * I believe other people will certainly appear later. Good luck. --George D. Bozovic talk 15:42, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks. I'm opem to suggestions (and for someone to help me explaining the exact procedures. Thanks.--Elistir 15:46, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

 * You might want to make a Department for Quenya first (Topic:Quenya), and then come up with a class to go in it. An example of a language Department (currently with no classes) is the French Department.  The Jade Knight 04:55, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I see you've already set up a Department and Stream. Looks good.  The Jade Knight 04:58, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Lonely
Is it just me or does anybody else ever feel like theyre the only person here? I feel like we need to have a better way of communicating than user talk pages, anybody know of anything? AIM? Y!M?Elatanatari 17:36, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I've got AIM, WLM (MSN), GTalk, and Skype. The Jade Knight 08:52, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Firefox Language Packs
Does anyone know where I can download Firefox language packs for Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Arabic, Indian, etc?

French: Is It a Department or a Division?
"School:Language_and_Literature" lists French as a Division; but "Topic:French" is ambiguous, a Title listing "French Division", but the accompanying Text reading "Welcome to the French Department at Wikiversity, part of the Center for Foreign Language Learning and the School of Language and Literature."

"Topic:Foreign_Language_Learning" does not speak of Divisions or Departments.

Does "Wikiconsistency" require that a distinction be made; and, if so, do the Naming_conventions point French, and perhaps other Areas of the School of Language and Literature in some clear direction?

Dionysios (talk), a Particapant in the Wikiversity School of Advanced General Studies, Date: 2007-03-31 (March 30, 2007) Time: 2102 UTC
 * At Wikiversity, Division and Department are more or less synonymous, excepting that, generally speaking, a Division is conceptually somewhat larger than a Department. Unless Wikiversity adopts a more firm stand at Naming conventions, I wouldn't worry about it too much.  The Jade Knight 07:56, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Hebrew Language Division
The Hebrew Language division appears to be rather underdeveloped at the time. I think it should probably be listed under "tasks" because it is potentially valuable as a course but most of the pages are content-free, as of yet. Thanks a lot. Daviddwd (talk) 22:45, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Mysterious wikicode in the page
I have removed the following mysterious wikicode from the page :

Can anyone explains to me what it is for ? Thanks.

--Thierry613 (discuss • contribs) 22:53, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

 * No clue! It looks like an early version of and . --Marshallsumter (discuss • contribs) 02:07, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Okay. Now, Wikidata is here --Thierry613 (discuss • contribs) 10:25, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

pluralization
"Languages and literatures" is generally the more-correct form when speaking of many different cultures, to emphasize diversity. Is anyone else in favor of formally changing the title of this school to the plural form? Nicole Sharp (discuss • contribs) 19:25, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

- I like the uses of the plurals! --Marshallsumter (discuss • contribs) 02:58, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

Proposal
See : Colloquium. Amqui (discuss • contribs) 17:03, 8 February 2017 (UTC)

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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 Rajanwiki. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Rajanwiki~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.

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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) 06:18, 19 April 2015 (UTC)

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E gaD!
The School:Language and Literature page now looks better than the main page! Good job!--Rayc 21:43, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

 * I just wanted to reinforce this - great work :-) Cormaggio 15:12, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

your user name
Inappropriate usernames: "Fairly or unfairly, the line between acceptable and unacceptable user names is drawn by those who find the username inappropriate, not by the creator of the name." Inappropriate usernames include names with non-Latin characters. This is the English language Wikiversity. I think you should use a username that is easy to read and understand. --JWSchmidt 14:39, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

“I use exactly the same username in English Wikipedia, English Wikibooks (where I am even one of the sysops), German Wikipedia, and many other Latin Wikipedias, and all the other Wikimedia projects I'm involved with, and I still haven't got any complains. “

…and there have still been no complaints! …..but….

 * "..... the idea here is to also host learning communities, so people who are actually trying to learn, actually have a place to come and interact and help each other figure out how to learn things" (source)

It is not the contributor that matters most at Wikipedia, it is the content. Jimbo likes to emphasize that there is a core of Wikipedia contributors, a relatively small group of people who function as semi-professional Wikipedia editors. That select group of editors controls the rules and culture of Wikipedia but often ignores the concerns of newbies who do not know what is going on.

At Wikiversity the participants are just as important as the content, if not more important. Wikiversity needs to be more concerned with helping a diverse community of learners form social groups and function in groups as collaborating learners. This means not just doing what the most experienced participants want to do....it means making it easy for newbies to understand what is going on and join in.

A username should be easily recognizable as a name or else it can cause confusion for newbies. Wikiversity is a place that strives to introduce learners (often young and not experienced with wikis) to the idea of wiki-based collaboration. People who are serious about learning (and these are the kind of participants Wikiversity needs to help) want and need to know who they are collaborating with. The wiki interface severely restricts our channels of communication. We rely on clear and clearly understandable text. A jumble of non-standard characters used as a username does not provide other wiki participants with what a username should provide.

If I look in “recent changes” or at a history page and I see a bunch of non-English characters that I do not recognize as an English name, then I am distracted. I anticipate that newbies will get confused. If I see "User:Ђорђе Д. Божовић" I do not know if I am dealing with a reliable collaborator or someone from Mars ;)

"Fairly or unfairly, the line between acceptable and unacceptable user names is drawn by those who find the username inappropriate" <-- I am having a problem thinking of a reason in favor of names that use non-standard characters that over-rides the confusion they can cause. The only reason I see so far is, “because I have used the name at other wikis”. I think this is a reasonable guideline: "Please pick a username that is helpful in a learning environment. That means picking a name that you're comfortable writing under, but it also means picking a name that others are comfortable seeing and collaborating with."--JWSchmidt 19:31, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't see what is wrong with George D. Bozovic's name. It would be bad to scare away a good user over a trivial thing like this.--Rayc 15:29, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh, thank you. :) Well, I suppose that I can change it if it's really necessary, but I'm somehow emotionally connected to it, you know... It is my name after all. :) --George D. Bozovic talk 20:38, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree with Rayc; while this is the English Wikiversity, I don't think we should be hard-nosed about anglicizing all the names. Jade Knight 21:01, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Question on organization - Portal vs. School. vs. Division
Dear Ђорђе Д. Божовић,

 * I have added a question to Portal:Fine Arts discussion page. I think I agree with you.  Robert Elliott 03:52, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

P.S. I like your user name.

Hello!
Hi there! Glad you made it over here :-) Just thought I'd say hi, and hope to see you around! --HappyCamper 23:36, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

 * Hello!

 * Hello!!

 * Hello!!!

Header on humanities schools
Hi there, Just thought I'd let you know, if you want something like your list of schools in the faculty of humanities, it's easier to use one page and transclude it. I've created Portal:Humanities/SchoolHeader for the purpose and used it on all the pages you prefixed with the header. Also, can we get the location of the 'welcome to school of %1' in order? I say make it part of the template and specify it through as  in the template, what do you think? --Draicone (talk) 12:30, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Hi, I saw your comment on my talk page (my user page? The rage on enwikipedia is to redirect your user page to your talk page, hence my doing exactly the opposite). I'm not very acquainted with the varies humanities schools, but if you'd like to discuss with them and come to a conclusion as to whether all the schools want that general layout (I don't see why not), feel free to modify the template to include such a welcome message too. (You are encouraged to be bold, but when editing templates, it is best to have consensus before making drastic edits as changes have a significant effect). --Draicone (talk) 07:00, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

What about a Quenya Course?
I would like to set up one. What dou you think? (there's should be a link on the Quenya page on wikipdia I belive).--Elistir 14:00, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

French Mentoring
Salut, George. You are listed at the French stream as being a beginning student of French who is interested in learning French. The French Mentoring project has recently been launched, and if you add your name to that list, I will do my best to put you in contact with an appropriate Mentor who would be glad to help you. The Jade Knight (d'viser) 09:24, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

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User:Lordcorvid

Aside from a few very minor, anonymous Wikipedia edits, I am entirely new to Wikidom. Yet as a non-traditional student, Wikiversity excites me, so I intend to contribute to and glean from courses in the following subject areas:

 * Ecology / Evolutionary Biology
 * Anthropology
 * Metalwork
 * Typography & Graphic Design

I am the creator of and a (semi)active contributer to the Welding Learning Project.

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User:Rei-artur/ass

Rei-artur ?

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User talk:Sharmee~enwikiversity

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User talk:Eurban~enwikiversity

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User talk:Berneegirl~enwikiversity

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Talk:Endangered languages

Chaucer used Middle English. The Old English period is usually quoted as ending at the time of the Norman Conquest. As such, I changed this on the main page. I really don't think that either Old or Middle English qualify as 'endangered languages', however, and would prefer them to be removed altogether.
 * I agree. The Jade Knight 04:35, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

This list is not very helpful. There are many other endangered languages, for example among natives of the Amazon rain forest and of the islands between Asia and Australia. Conversely, Middle English is a completely dead language in that nobody uses it for day-to-day communication, even if it is studied academically.--Collingwood (talk) 18:00, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

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Wikiversity:Interactive learning resources

One of the main goals of Wikiversity is to provide free and open learning resources to all learning groups. Besides traditional text books, discussion forums, and illustrations, many modes of learning are based on the interaction with a subject. This page is the starting point to explore the already available interactive learning tools, and to add and discuss new ones. Currently, we define as "interactive resources" all pages contained in Wikiversity that let a learner interact with the visible objects on that page and thus explore a topic or concept by changing those objects or by recording their behavior in time and space within that page. This may include a wide range of resources, from browser based simulations and interactive graphics to the manipulation of external objects through the controls provided in the page. Also, projects to define a framework for a set of such interactive resources and the organization and policies regarding their creation and use will be discussed in the pages referenced from here.

This page is also a status report on efforts to create a Rich Learning Resources Platform for Wikiversity.

Conditions at Wikiversity launch
During community discussions prior to the launch of Wikiversity, there was discussion of the need for MediaWiki software improvements that would support a Wikimedia learning-centered sister project. For example, some participants in those discussions suggested that Wikiversity would need software support for tests and quizzes.

Wish list for interactive technologies
Wish list for software modifications to support a Rich Learning Resources Platform at Wikiversity:
 * 1) test/quiz software
 * 2) software support for threaded text-based discussions within Wikiversity
 * 3) tracking software that would allow participants to keep track of which pages in a learning stream have been visited and mastered.
 * 4) sound and video file play on wiki pages
 * 5) Sandbox Server for "learn by doing" projects and streaming audio.
 * 6) more at: Technical needs
 * 7) an amenity to record the manifold audiovisual interaction of teacher(s) and a number of students real-time, simultaneously such as the functionality of WiZiQ

Progress

 * test/quiz extension and templates. Help:Quiz, Test and Quiz
 * Java-based player for OGG files, promise of media file integration by year's end?
 * Wiki Campus Radio experiments
 * Topic:MediaWiki
 * Learning blogs
 * Sandbox Server operational

Proposed interactive learning resource projects
List and discuss proposed interactive learning resource projects.
 * Interactive labs for concepts in Mathematics and the Physical Sciences.
 * Internet Audio and Video labs are planned to create new internet educational media resources as a division of the School of Media Studies. One of the pilot projects studies and experiments with VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol).
 * Self Paced Reading and Grammar Labs

Examples of collaborative video creation

 * gmail experiment, also discussed here
 * TheWeblogProject Open-Source Movie

video archives

 * metavid
 * Internet Archive

Future directions

 * Can Wikiversity participants play a significant role in documenting MediaWiki and providing tutorials?
 * Can Wikiversity be a training center for MediaWiki developers?
 * Can Wikiversity get support for the Sandbox Server from the Wikimedia Foundation or does the Wikiversity community have to "go outside" to get support?

Summary and vision
Discuss how software support fits into the Wikiversity learning model and expectation that and open and free Rich Learning Resources Platform can be assembled for Wikiversity.


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User talk:Yorktown1776~enwikiversity

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User talk:Rei-artur

Logos
Hi Rei-artur - I was wondering if you wanted to take a look at Topic:Graphic design, where I've asked for some help on how to create logos. You've shown, in the current Wikiversity logo contest, that you've quite a knack for them :-). Cormaggio 10:30, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

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Interactive labs (Java applet)

This page discusses and organizes the use of Java applets as a framework for the creation of Interactive labs for topics in Mathematics and the Physical Sciences.

Technical issues
The use of Java applets as a framework for interactive learning resources aims to use the open technology of integrating them within a web page, as well as the wide availability of "plugins" for all major web browser to execute the Java code. The most natural subject for these resources are graphical simulations and "laboratory" courses in Mathematics and the Physical Sciences. To keep the actual labs and tools free and open, the source code will have to be licensed under the GNU General Public License.

The Java applet is run on the learner's computer and needs to be downloaded within the Wikiversity page that contains the course description or instructions. It therefore will be packaged in a single JAR file. The HTML read by the browser will contain an "Applet" HTML tag (or "Object") per applet on that page in order to download the JAR file and to start the applet execution. The HTML tags must be generated by the MediaWiki software, when the (yet to be defined) wiki applet "reference" is added to a Wikiversity page.

The JAR file contains precompiled class files and other support files. To keep the learner's computer safe from unwanted or detrimental software, the source for the class files need to be open to audits and the creation and upload of JAR files need to follow a trustworthy process. Additionally, the applets should be regarded as "untrusted" by the web browser, so that the restrictions of the Java sandbox are enforced.

Projects
(Add any other projects, here)
 * Provide an open source development area (in progress)
 * Create JAR support in a test MediaWiki installation (in planning stage)
 * Ask for comment and feedback from Wikiversity and MediaWiki communities
 * Integrate applet support in official MediaWiki release
 * Create framework and labs

Proposal for the management of applets
Both for the sake of free cooperation and also security uploading and enabling pre-compiled jars with unknown content is not reasonable. The conclusion was made that applets need to be compiled on the server side, and the source code could be a subject of public code review.

One of the recent projects that fully implements exactly these policies and actually builds Free encyclopedia with Java applets enabled is Ultrastudio.org. The licensing of the server side code is not yet obvious but both applets and content are under various Free licenses. This project is still not particularly big and it is not clear how successful it will be. The project is using applets from the Wikiversity project, described below (see, for instance).

Framework and development of labs
Since the source for all source code must be licensed under GPL, available to the public, and the development of all code should be (in principle) open to all volunteers interested in this project, a dedicated SourceForge project was initiated (see external references).

A general framework will be constructed to provide a common infrastructure (e.g. passing parameters from the wiki, like the language used in the lesson), and a set of tools and graphical "widgets" to ease the creation of a lab. The ultimate goal of this framework would be a simple, modular set of "parts" that can easily be assembled, even by volunteers with only a basic knowledge of Java.

External references

 * Labs4Wikiversity at SourceForge
 * Free Java
 * Free open encyclopedia with Java applets

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Portal:Craft arts

Craft arts are those artistic endeavours that are primarily concerned with 'craft-based' expression. Sometimes known as the 'manual' or 'practical' arts, craft arts deal with bringing beauty to the everyday. The Division of Craft Arts is part of the School of Fine Arts at Wikiversity.

Departments in the Division of Craft Arts

 * Balloon Art: Bending and twisting long skinny balloons into recognizable shapes.
 * Book Arts:
 * Ceramics: Ceramics includes any object, functional, decorative or expressive, that is made from a clay body and then fired.
 * Metalworking: Many different types of metal work, such as blacksmithing and chainmaille.
 * Stained Glass:
 * Papercraft: The various types of paper crafts, including origami, kirigami, and folded models.
 * Textiles:
 * Sewing
 * Weaving
 * Knitting
 * Crochet
 * Woodworking: Building decorative or functional objects out of wood, such as wood dolls or chairs

Contributors

 * Hart County High School Visual Arts, Hartwell Georgia
 * Sam Wilson

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Portal:Software engineering

Software engineering is "(1) the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software, that is, the application of engineering to software," and  "(2) the study of approaches as in (1)." – IEEE Standard 610.12

Introduction
Software Engineering (SE) is the design, development, and documentation of software by applying technologies and practices from computer science, project management, engineering, application domains, interface design, digital asset management and other fields.

The term software engineering was popularized after 1968, during the 1968 NATO Software Engineering Conference (held in Garmisch, Germany) by its chairman F.L. Bauer, and has been in widespread use since.

The term software engineering has been commonly used with a variety of distinct meanings:

 * As the informal contemporary term for the broad range of activities that was formerly called programming and systems analysis;
 * As the broad term for all aspects of the practice of computer programming, as opposed to the theory of computer programming, which is called computer science;
 * As the term embodying the advocacy of a specific approach to computer programming, one that urges that it be treated as an engineering discipline rather than an art or a craft, and advocates the codification of recommended practices in the form of software engineering methodologies.[4]
 * Software engineering is "(1) the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software, that is, the application of engineering to software," and "(2) the study of approaches as in (1)." – IEEE Standard 610.12

Education
People from many different educational backgrounds make important contributions to SE. Today, software engineers earn software engineering, computer engineering or computer science degrees.

About half of all practitioners today have computer science degrees. A small, but growing, number of practitioners have software engineering degrees. In 1996, Rochester Institute of Technology established the first BSSE degree program in the United States but was beaten to ABET accreditation by Milwaukee School of Engineering. Both programs received ABET accreditation in 2003. Since then, software engineering undergraduate degrees have been established at many universities. A standard international curriculum for undergraduate software engineering degrees was recently defined by the CCSE. As of 2004, in the U.S., about 50 universities offer software engineering degrees, which teach both computer science and engineering principles and practices. The first graduate software engineering degree (MSSE) was established at Seattle University in 1979. Since then graduate software engineering degrees have been made available from many more universities.
 * Software degrees

Some practitioners have degrees in application domains, bringing important domain knowledge and experience to projects. In the business field, some practitioners have Accounting, Finance, MIS or other domain related degrees. In embedded systems, some practitioners have electrical or computer engineering degrees, because embedded software often requires a detailed understanding of hardware. In medical software, some practitioners have medical informatics, general medical, or biology degrees.
 * Domain degrees

Some practitioners have mathematics, science, engineering, or other technical degrees. Some have philosophy, or other non-technical degrees. And, some have no degrees. Note that Barry Boehm earned degrees in mathematics and Edsger Dijkstra earned degrees in physics.
 * Other degrees

Employment
Most software engineers work as employees or contractors. Software engineers work with businesses, government agencies (civilian or military), and non-profit organizations. Some software engineers work for themselves as freelancers. Some organizations have specialists to perform each of the tasks in the software development process. Other organizations require software engineers to do many or all of them. In large projects, people may specialize in only one role. In small projects, people may fill several or all roles at the same time. Specializations include: in industry (analysts, architects, developers, testers, technical support, managers) and in academia (educators, researchers).

There is considerable debate over the future employment prospects for Software Engineers and other IT Professionals. For example, an online futures market called the Future of IT Jobs in America attempts to answer whether there will be more IT jobs, including software engineers, in 2012 than there were in 2002.

Certification
Certification of software engineers is a contentious issue. Some see it as a tool to improve professional practice.

Most successful certification programs in the software industry are oriented toward specific technologies, and are managed by the vendors of these technologies. These certification programs are tailored to the institutions that would employ people who use these technologies. General certification of software practitioners has struggled. The ACM had a professional certification program in the early 1980s, which was discontinued due to lack of interest. Today, the IEEE is certifying software professionals, but only about 500 people have passed the exam by March 2005. In Canada the use of the title of Software Engineer is regulated[citation needed], and Information Systems Professional certification is used.

For the localities that do not license or certify software engineers, some hiring classifications are made based on education and experience. Classification levels may include: entry-level, mid-level, and senior. Typical entry-level software engineers have a bachelor's degree and zero to five years of experience. Typical mid-level software engineers have a bachelor's or master's degree and have five to ten years of experience. Typical senior-level software engineers have an advanced degree and have ten or more years of experience. Note that these are only guidelines that are trends seen in hiring practices[citation needed] and that many exceptions exist.

Conferences
Several academic conferences devoted to software engineering are held every year. There are also many other academic conferences every year devoted to special topics within SE, such as programming languages, requirements, testing, and so on.

The biggest and oldest conference devoted to software engineering is the International Conference on Software Engineering. This conference meets every year to discuss improvements in research, education, and practice.
 * ICSE

The Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference was first held in Chicago in 1977 and is designated as the IEEE Computer Society signature conference on software technology and applications.
 * COMPSAC

The European Software Engineering Conference.
 * ESEC

The Foundations of Software Engineering conference is held every year, alternating between Europe and North America. It emphasizes theoretical and foundational issues.
 * FSE

Conferences dedicated to inform undergraduate students like the annual Canadian University Software Engineering Conference are also very promising for the future generation. It is completely organized by undergraduate students and lets different Canadian universities interested in Software Engineering host the conference each year. Past guests include Kent Beck, Joel Spolsky, Philippe Kruchten, Hal Helms, Craig Larman, David Parnas as well as university professors and students.
 * CUSEC

The annual Software Engineering Process Group conference, sponsored by the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute (SEI), is a conference and exhibit showcase for systems and software engineering professionals. The four-day event emphasizes systematic improvement of people, processes, and technology.
 * SEPG

The annual Canadian information technology, data processing and software engineering symposium, sponsored by the Canadian Information Processing Society. First held in 1958.
 * INFORMATICS-INFORMATIQUE

International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems Conference [5]. Biennial conference covering software engineering for large scale scientific control systems. First held in 1987.
 * ICALEPS

Asia Pacific Software Engineering Conference
 * APSEC

Learning resources

 * Unsolved problems in software engineering
 * Software Design

Learning Portals, Course Notes, Study Trails, and/or Symposiums

 * Object Oriented Software Design
 * Topic:Java

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User talk:DamienBlack

I like the idea of wikiversity, I don't know where some of you think this is going, and I am fairly new to the wiki world, but I am going to jump right in and you can tell me if I'm doing something wrong... DamienBlack 04:35, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Before the giant welcome template hits Welcome! Which school do you think you could help out with?--Rayc 05:07, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Math, Chem/Phys, Programming and Graphic Art are the areas I am confidant enough to teach in at the moment... I'm not sure which schools those correspond to, since I haven't found a list of them yet, but I will in just a moment DamienBlack 05:14, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

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User:DamienBlack

I like the idea of wikiversity, I don't know where some of you think this is going, and I am fairly new to the wiki world, but I am going to jump right in and you can tell me if I'm doing something wrong... DamienBlack 04:36, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

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Metalwork

This department concerns itself with the craft of metalwork, that is to say the shaping of metal, in terms of both the physical method and the ultimate artistic or practical application.

Resources

 * Welding
 * Blacksmithing
 * Goldsmithing

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