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Wikiversity:GNU Free Documentation License

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Wikiversity:Signature

In order for others to see who wrote a certain entry, it is customary to sign posts to talk (or "discussion") pages. This page explains how you can create an automatic signature that links back to your user page. Please do not sign your contributions on content pages. To see who has edited a content page check its history.

How to add your signature
You can add a signature to a post by writing four tildes at the end. After you save your post, a link to your user page will appear (if you haven't registered, your user page will be your IP address). There are two ways to sign your posts:

1. Simply type four tildes (~), like this:  ~.

2. Use the edit toolbar. The edit toolbar is an option (see Special:Preferences; use the "Editing" preferences pane). When you click the signature icon the four tildes for a signature are inserted into the edit window.

There are several different ways, tildes can be used:

How to customize signatures
The preferences dialog provides an option to customize your signature nickname. To enable wiki markup there, check the Raw signature box. Now you can enter your new signature Nickname using wiki markup. After saving your changes, your new signature will appear whenever you sign a post.

Many Wikiversity participants include a link to their talk page in their signature. The following code entered under Nickname in the preferences dialog creates that link:

Of course, this can be customized further to meet one's needs.

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In general, signatures should be fairly short and not too distracting. While colors aren't in general a problem, one should avoid drawing too much attention to one's signature. Excessive customization distracts readers who try to follow long discussions on a talk page. Specifically, you may not transclude a page in your signature.

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If a user has forgotten to sign their post, you can add a signature subsequently by using unsigned. The template also reminds users that they need to sign their posts. You use the template as follows:
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Most Wikiversity pages have an associated "talk page" for discussions. When you contribute to a discussion on a talk page, add your signature.

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You can test your sigature here, or in the Sandbox. Give it a try! --Melanie Bahena 20:55, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

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User:Morley

I'm Making a couple of Projects Proposals
Hy Morley, I've seen your comment on my personal page, and I've started writing a number of project proposals for the wikiversity to have a better user expirience, etc.

When I finish it I'll let you know, please comment me if you have any interesting adds too!

best regards, and lets continue wiking! :) WiKimik 19:14, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

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User:Morley/Clarifying the Wikiversity proposal

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I'm in agreement with Jmabel | Talk 15:51, 18 August 2006 (UTC) — "The article really doesn't give much of a clue what this is. "…free, open learning environment and research community…" is so vague as to be vacuous."

I'd like to open a discussion towards revising and expanding the original Wikiversity proposal. Here's a proposal for how a "free, open learning environment and research community" could be structured and how it could use volunteers to enhance existing tools such as Wikipedia, Wikibooks and much else on the internet.

I note Wikia founder Jimmy Wales has announced a wiki services for universities under a "for profit" banner. In contrast, the following proposals are for a non-profit, volunteer-based Wikiversity. The strength of the Wikipedia is its solid volunteer support in a non-advertising environment. A Wikiversity will flourish in a similar fashion if it catches the attention of body of committed volunteers. The build a core of volunteers requires a framework. That's what this proposal is all about.

In the interests of jump-starting volunteer participation in the Wikiversity I invite comment on the following framework proposals.

Structuring the governance

Fundamental. The Wikiversity run under the auspices of the Wikimedia Foundation (similar to the Wikipedia), that its source of funding be from grants and donations, that its content be licensed similarly to the contents of the Wikipedia, that participation be open to all as volunteers without prior qualification.

That the Wikiversity be self-administered and self-regulating. That it be organized into self-administered "colleges", each of which establishes its own rules, objectives, organization within the overall Wikiversity. (This solves the "forking" issue. When strongly held views become contentious, each side is permitted to fork within the overall structure. It also encourages the flowering of differing styles to learning and research.) That each college be represented on the overall governing body of the Wikiversity. That the Wikiversity itself work by consensus.

The above principles are a starting point. Each of the above needs much more discussion to build a working template to accomplish these stated objectives.

Let me now turn to the workings of a typical Wikiversity college. Again, this is a starting point. Other colleges within the Wikiversity may well want to work differently. Some may wish to argue some of the following should be elevated to apply to all colleges, to the whole of the Wikiversity. For now, I'll leave that open for further discussion.

There are two primary wings to universities, already alluded to in the original Wikiversity proposal — learning and research. Most university research projects have their genesis in teacher/student, teacher/teacher and student/student dialogues. The more such dialogues are fostered, the more the university experience blooms. Therefore because vigorous, focused dialogue is at the core of both learning and research, the balance of this proposal is about fostering and sustaining dialogue in an open environment, and building a committed community of scholars utilizing the internet as their primary means of conducting their learning and research dialogues.

For my proposed college, then, the overarching objective is to foster a continuing community of intense, focused dialogue between those designated as teachers, students and each other.

Is it necessary to identify certain individuals as "teachers"? Yes and no, but mostly yes. Let's define these terms as they might be understood in a Wikiversity.

Teacher — anyone with established knowledge and skills willing pass them on to willing learners. Student — anyone desiring to gain knowledge and skills by using the resources of the Wikiversity. In other words, with or without a teacher.

To nurture a sense of community I'm proposing an "enclosure" to the above. Both teachers and students should be registered users of the Wikiversity and the college of their choice. Anyone can join at any time, no prior qualifications. However, to build and retain a sense of community we need defined borderlines, for instance a mechanism for dropping a student or a teacher (for instance because of non-current participation) with the option of rejoining the community. A benchmark for completion, graduation, thus attaining the status of a post-graduate student and/or of an alumnus. With these broad strokes the community now has a structure, defined lines between inside and outside but easy penetration in both directions. And structure within, presumably with layers of voting rights and privileges, penalties for misbehaviour, a mechanism for appeal to a higher authority, and so forth.

Specifics for each of the above need to be addressed in much further detail, but with the above we have a starting point for discussion.

Essentially what we're discussing here is a structure for volunteer participation, both as a teacher and as a student. Because everyone's time, talents and skills (including students) is being volunteered, easily withdrawn, without remuneration or fee, the care and feeding of volunteers (students and teachers) must be carefully crafted.

Structuring the teaching

Let's now dig deeper, this time into the structuring of courses and the roles of teachers and students. First, another fundamental principle. Anyone at any time should be able to propose a course.

Implicit in proposing a course is a commitment to teach that course, thus defining how someone becomes defined as a teacher. A proposal should include a definition of course objectives, assumption (if any) of prior subject mastery and/or education level, limitation (if any) of class size, duration (open ended or with a fixed date to conclude) and a description of how the conduct of the course will proceed. Video conferencing for class meetings? Skype dialogues with the instructor or teaching assistant? Assignments, essays, reports. How students will be assessed, what's required to have successfully completed the course.

The college in question may choose for ethical or other reasons not to accept the course proposal. Students may protest the behaviour of any teacher or request (demand?) a change in course content. In the style of mediaeval universities, students may well end up appointing who becomes a teacher. However, courses with just one student and one teacher may be acceptable. And team teaching may also be allowable (several teachers performing the same or different roles within a single course).

At first glance this is an intimating list of requirements for launching a course. But break it down. Start with a course outline and seek comments. A team of teachers may arising out of discussions of what should and should not be included, what internet tools are necessary for teaching this specific material, and all the other issues outlined above. The point is to get started and to be specific.

An ideal way to jump start the Wikiversity would be to have input from retired teachers and professionals, to offer up their expertise and get this project underway.

In conclusion

Given the wealth of internet tools now available, there's little doubt a very successful learning experience can be generated at a Wikiversity. The Wikipedia proved the capacity of the wiki software concept, of openness and the power of volunteers. But the Wikiversity is much more complex and has another level of power. It mobilizes many more software and internet tools than just wiki software. It has the potential to build an enduring worldwide, multi-lingual, multi-discipline community. It has the power to reshape lives, all countries, rich and poor, advantaged and disadvantaged.

To be successful the Wikiversity will need a sustained effort by volunteers on two fronts — general governance provisions (fleshing out the above) and establishing initial courses (getting actual learning programs designed and launched). Therefore this is an invitation to draw together volunteers on both fronts for sustained discussion — to begin a university that lives on the internet.

On a personal note, I'm somewhat startled to see how quickly and how easily the above came together. The seeds were watching the Jimmy Wales interview on the Charlie Rose PBS show yesterday on 5 October. I've been an occasional user of the Wikipedia for years and have been vaguely aware there's more to the wiki mix than just the wikipedia. To my mind the Wikipedia has as much potential for making a civilizing impact as the Wikipedia itself.

If you've read this far, then please respond. Start editing the above. Enlarge it, flesh it out, identify its holes and its strengths. Post pointers to this item elsewhere on the Wikipedia, Wikiversity and the internet generally. And come back again and again to sustain the discussion. And let's hear from the originators of the Wikiversity proposal.

Morley Chalmers Toronto, Canada 6 October 2006


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User:AleG

Just...

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User:Sajo

Hi. I am Sajo Mathews, a student at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. I graduated in Ocean engineering and naval architecture from the Indian Institute of technology, Kharagpur, India. I intend to contribute to the Department of Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture at Wikiversity. I am the founding member of the department, which is under the school of Marine Sciences, and the school of Engineering.

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User talk:Davelamorte

Hi Dave! I see you have been at Sculpture. I'm a science nerd and I am usually in Life Sciences. --JWSchmidt 16:26, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

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User:Alexander Gerashchenko

I am Alexander Gerashchenko from Russia.

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User:CQ

Hi there! I'm CQ at Wikipedia and Wikia.

OzoneFarm is my main web domain. I am especially fond of GNU/Linux and other *nix environments.

We have an opportunity to make a difference in a lost and dying world. The chaos and confusion in our lives is caused by narrow-minded world views and treacherous behavior. To overcome this condition, we absolutely must communicate on the highest level.

The complexities of life require understanding the psychological and social costs of relationships. When we make friends, we grow emotionally and mentally. When we see eye to eye, we open a soul connection that binds us together for the duration. Agreement is the foundation and entry point for a lasting relationship.

Trust and attention to detail combine to open a dialogue and to facilitate a transactional pathway into the realm of possibility based in shared purpose and personal resolve to reach higher toward personal professional goals. Stating these goals clearly starts the process.

My goals and plans are documented here: http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/User:CQ

Problems
This is the tip of an iceberg. We are on the ground floor of a building that goes down into the Human psyche to uncover, unravel and unearth the things that prevent us from leading happy, productive lives. The whole world is under the spell of malevolent forces that fully intend to harm us or trick us into harming ourselves. If we do not begin a positive path in our daily struggle with the powers and principalities that attempt to divert us from our objectives, we are doomed to repeat the same mistake that got us into this mess in the first place. Trust your judgement and move toward your heart's desire.

Sovereignty
By assembling ourselves into sovereign units through honest dialog and equitable transactions, we regain independence and establish viable communities. Unless we come together we will fall together into the trap that the aforementioned forces have set. They hope we will die or submit to their sadistic agenda for worldwide domination of all vital substance. The most difficult thing in the world at this time to understand is exactly how evil evil has become.

We are quite capable of self rule.

Interests and skills

Wiki Campus Radio

I'm most interested in music – modestly proficient at piano, guitar, bass and drums. (I play by heart). I like Rock, Blues, Fusion, Melodic Jazz and NeoClassical. I also have training and experience in electronics, computing and engineering and a whopping big interest in Audio Engineering and Web Radio. I wish to work with UNIT-E records. listen

See my Learning goals page!

$$\Downarrow$$ Κοινωνία: I'm what some might call a Jesus Geek but don't call me religious. If you call me religious, I'll hurt you. I'm a christian, and a custodian, each with a little c. ...You should know – I'm also interested in community...

Current focus
Wikiversity has had its share of ups and downs, but it has managed to exist for nearly a decade. I'm a Custodian here, but I'm not active because of my intermittent connection to the Internet. I don't even own a computer, and am essentially homeless.

 * "Our identities have no bodies, so, unlike you, we cannot obtain order by physical coercion. We believe that from ethics, enlightened self-interest, and the commonweal, our governance will emerge. Our identities may be distributed across many of your jurisdictions. The only law that all our constituent cultures would generally recognize is the Golden Rule. We hope we will be able to build our particular solutions on that basis. But we cannot accept the solutions you are attempting to impose." From A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace by John Perry Barlow Febrary 8, 1996

You can always look at my contributions to see exactly what I'm up to, but these are a few general topics I hover around:

 * School of Music - Using Audacity to record music and audio for things like Guitar/Lessons and Blues basics. I wanna help create a Wikiversity that can be heard Across the Wikiverse.
 * School of Media Studies - VoIP tests doing teleconferences for Wiki Campus Radio and Sandbox Server proposal.
 * School of Agriculture - I admire the Family farm and would like to see a return to common sense Agriculture for the 21st century.
 * Social Ecology - I like the outdoors and I'm a bioneer and ecologist. The picture to the right is a wooded creek near where I once lived. Just up the creek a ways is an amphitheatre and on down from that is a biodome .. with a recording studio below and a .. a cyclotron below that .. and uuuh.. Yeah, OK .. you might say I a dreamer...
 * The Singularity is the Second Coming. Duh!

My travels

 * Settlement movement - I was in New Orleans and working on some projects:
 * Bethel Colony South (Ministry)
 * I got to fly up to Northern New Jersey and Southern New York in June '08 for Bethel
 * Vieux Carre’ Baptist Church (French Quarter)
 * ThinkNOLA (St Roch Market)

 * I went to Memphis - Street Ministry and Computer Reclamation and Linux
 * I made a quick trip up to Vermont
 * Now, it's back to the Shire and keyline
 * Spent some time in jail awaiting trial .. acquitted - Thank You United States Constitution
 * Carbondale then on to Chicago.
 * Back to the Shire and more keyline

Multilingual Studies
Topic:Multilingual Studies

I understand only in English.

Term: "wanna-be translator" = Desires to learn Translation (de:Übersetzung, fr:Traduction, es:Traducción, nl:Vertaling, pl:Tłumacz, ...)

Please see en:Wikiversity:Translator's Handbook and Interlingual Beta Club

es:Usuario:CQ fr:Utilisateur:CQ de:Benutzer:CQ it:Utente:CQ

Journal
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This journal is done in Weeks using the variable and ParserFunctions like...

 * Unix_time (Wikipedia)
 * Generating dynamic content with MediaWiki.
 * SYZYGY17

title: User:CQ