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User:SBJ/Recent bc changes

Structural and other changes to the clock
I've been fiddling around as usual (I seem to be suffering from Michelangelo syndrome), and have come up with some improvements and fixes:

Navigation
I'm switching to linked headers for the monthly local keys. This will make links to the key pages appearing on the main regional page, which in turn can be followed to show the global-temperate infobox and the links.

Data interpretations
All "global-temperate" regions will soon have a data analysis and comparison system to match up to the global-temperate keys. Monthly keys will also have a template linking to the best match(es) on the g-t keys.

Top

 * Add a "general information" field for discussing things not addressed by the other fields
 * Add a "cookbook link" field to make links to the wikibooks cookbook for edible plants with recipes
 * Remove the "quiz" link (the mediawiki for the quizzes has long been broken), and add a "fruit" link (for the soon-to-come fruit clock).
 * Add a "higher taxa" link (from species to genus, variety to species, etc.)

Middle
Add multiple "new region #" fields, since we have at least 3 new ones coming up. We'll name these starting at 3-12... the bot will be better able to keep track if we make sure each new field has a distinct name.

Bottom
Add several semi-defined fields to increase catagorizations.
 * Flower shape: will use a "see instructions" clarifier... too many possible entries!
 * Inflorescence type: will use a "see instructions" clarifier... too many possible entries!
 * Veination: palmate/pinnate/linear

 * Species field: to keep species general records up to date for species with multiple cultivars

 * Separate color fields: embedded templates are too comfusing and hard to keep track of
 * multicolor field: mono/bi/multi/variable

 * Separate type fields: tree/shrub/vine/herbaceous

 * Separate pollination fields: far to complicated as it is now.
 * wind
 * animal

 * Nectar source quality: for logging plants that are often/sometimes/never covered in insects

 * Remove calander season field (already provided now by global cross-categorizations)

 * Toxic to humans
 * Toxic to livestock

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Multivariate statistics

Multivariate statistics involve three of more variables.

Examples of commonly-used multivariate statistical techniques are:
 * 1) factorial ANOVAs
 * 2) multiple linear regression.

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Independent variable

An independent variable is used in statistics to predict or explain a dependent variable.

For example, Age and Gender might be used as independent variables to predict the age of death or life expectancy (dependent variables).

In experimental designs, the independent variables are manipulated by the researcher (e.g., different dosages of a drug). In quasi-experimental and non-experimental designs, the independent variables may be naturally-occurring, non-manipulated variables which are measured and used to predict variations in the dependent variables.

--Example--: Question: Does soda erode rocks just as it does to teeth? Answer: Independent Variable- Whether or not rocks erode in soda. (What are you testing?)
 * Dependent Variable- The rate of erosion. (What are you measuring?)

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Dependent variable

A dependent variable is used in statistics as the outcome variable which one attempts to predict or explain using one or more independent variables. For example, age of death could be a dependent variable, and gender and current age might be used as independent variables to predict it.

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Portal:Research/Admin

The Wikiversity project proposal included the idea of allowing some research activities inside Wikiversity.

Research-related materials in the Wikiversity namespace:
 * Research Mentoring Program
 * Research guidelines
 * Research process
 * Research ethics
 * Original research
 * Review board
 * Research collaboration
 * Publishing original research
 * Sandbox Server

Research-related categories:
 * Research
 * Original research
 * Secondary research
 * Research projects
 * Research collaboration
 * Research grant collaboration group
 * Research process
 * Wiki journals

Research-related topics:
 * Topic:Research
 * Topic:Business Research
 * Topic:Science research and the Law

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Bloom Clock/Keys/Prague/Global Comparison Worksheet

This page is used to compare monthly data to the Global temperate seasons.

Results

 * /January/ ~ inconclusive, as of 17:34, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * /February/ ~ inconclusive, as of 17:34, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * /March/ ~ best match early spring (11/0/2), secondary late winter (10/1/2), as of 17:34, 14 April 2008 (UTC) - keyed
 * /April/ ~ best matches late winter and early spring (both 5/0/2), as of 17:34, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * /May/ ~
 * /June/ ~ no data, as of 17:34, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * /July/ ~ no data, as of 17:34, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * /August/ ~ no data, as of 17:34, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * /September/ ~ no data, as of 17:34, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * /October/ ~ best match midsummer (8/1/7), secondaries early and late summer (both 7/2/7), as of 17:34, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * /November/ ~ no data, as of 17:34, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * /December/ ~ inconclusive, as of 17:34, 14 April 2008 (UTC)


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Portal:Research/To-do

Please feel welcome to add to this list.

 * Add "Research" to left-menu (under "Projects") to show WV does not just dispense knowledge but also helps create it.
 * Repair the research category so that the category tree displayed on this page is more user-friendly.
 * Update the page so a list of active projects is at the top.

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Bloom Clock/Keys/Prague/April

April

 * 1) All plants recorded in April (category list)

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File talk:AirPollutionCars.jpg

This is a copyrighted image from http://www.aesi1.com/ - this means that we would have to ask that site (and the photographer) if they would relicence it, in order for us to be able to use it on Wikiversity (see Copyrights). Unless this is possible, we will have to delete the image. You can check for free alternatives in Commons, or search Google or Flickr for sufficiently free "creative commons" images. Cormaggio talk 14:02, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

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User talk:Mohabir

Hi Mohabir, and welcome to Wikiversity. However, an image you uploaded (Image:AirPollutionCars.jpg) is copyrighted, and therefore you cannot declare it to be self-made, or in the public domain. Please see the note on the image's talk page. Thanks. Cormaggio talk 14:05, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

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Help:Accessing Wikiversity by educational level

Welcome to the tour about Accessing Wikiversity by Educational Level On this tour we will be visiting some of Wikiversity's most important portals for distinguishing and accessing content by educational level. We will be visiting six portals altogether - the portals for pre-school education, primary education, secondary education, tertiary education, non-formal education and research. All these portals can normally be accessed directly from Wikiversity's main page.

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Condition self-test answers

1. In an objective, the condition can best be defined as? ...Condition tells the learner how they will be measured. ...Condition tells the learner what they will perform. ...Condition tells the learner what they will or will not be allowed to use.

The condition explains "how" the performance will be accomplished. It describes the constraints and contexts the performance is under. One of those constraints is defining the what resources the learner "will" or "will not" be able to use.

2. What are the four primary categories of resources used in conditions? ...Tools, references, aids, and context ...Tools, books, aids, and context ...Tools, checklists, references, and instructors

3. A good question to ask yourself before writing a condition is______. ...Is the performance a main intent of the instruction? ...What tools, resources, and job aids will the learner be allowed to use? ...How will we know if the objective has been achieved?

The intent of adding conditions to a learning objective is to provide clarification about what the learner must do and how they will accomplish the performance. When deciding how to word the condition phrase answer the following questions:
 * What tools, resources, and job aids will the learner be allowed to use?
 * What will the learner not be allowed to use?
 * Under what conditions will the desired performance occur?

4. Which one is not a good example of a condition statement? ...With reference to the Experience Economy textbook, ...After conclusion of the Goal-Based Scenario lecture, ...Given the recall roster and emergency procedures checklist,

The conditional phrase "After conclusion of the Goal-Based Scenario lecture..." does not describe the resources or environment that will be provided to the learner in the performance of the actual behavior. The phrase describes what leads up to the behavior which is the teacher's performance or an instructional activity.

5. In the following objective, Given a list of twenty-five states, be able to recall (write) the state capitals of at least twenty states. which is the condition? ...Given a list of twenty-five states, (Condition) ...be able to recall (write) the state capitals (Performance) ...of at least twenty states. (Criterion)

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Bloom Clock/Keys/Central Pennsylvania/Global Comparison Worksheet

This page is used to compare monthly data to the Global temperate seasons.

Results

 * /January/ ~ no data
 * /February/ ~ no data
 * /March/ ~ best correlate late winter (2/0/0), inconclusive as measured 16:23, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * /April/ ~ best correlate early spring (both 25/3/0), as measured 10:31, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
 * /May/ ~ no data
 * /June/ ~ no data
 * /July/ ~ no data
 * /August/ ~ best correlate midsummer (30/1/2), secondaries late summer (25/6/2) and early summer (24/7/2), as measured 16:23, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * /September/ ~ best correlates mid and late summer (both 17/4/2), secondary early fall (16/5/2), as measured 16:23, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * /October/ ~ best correlates mid and late summer (both 12/3/1), secondary early fall (10/5/1), as measured 16:23, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * /November/ ~ inconclusive
 * /December/ ~ no data


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User talk:UAMT

Hello, welcome around here. I hope we can help you succeed in your learning goals. Below more info about Wikiversity, Erkan Yilmaz uses the Wikiversity:Chat (try) 15:51, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

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User talk:Sahilkhanna88

Hello, welcome around here and thx for your help. I hope we can help you succeed in your learning goals. Below more info about Wikiversity, Erkan Yilmaz uses the Wikiversity:Chat (try) 15:53, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

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User:SBJ/Ref desk question

background:

questions:
 * 1) How should the "not keyed" data be weighed?
 * 2) How many logs should be there to justify key-linking?
 * 3) When re-checking, should all entries from a region be de-linked, or just that month?

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Help:Accessing Wikiversity by educational level/7

Thank you for attending Tour No.3!

You may now return to the list of available guided tours.


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Category:BCP/Mid summer

139 before August, 2008, based on SEPA data only

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Portal:Arts/Participate/Things You Can Do

Integrate these links into the portal.

 * School:Art and Design
 * Portal:Arts
 * Community arts and design
 * Portal:Practical Arts and Sciences
 * Portal:Craft arts
 * Art Studies and History
 * Portal:Philosophy of art
 * Portal:Performance art
 * New Media Art


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Portal:Wikimedia Studies/To-do

Integrate these pages into the portal:

 * Topic:Wikipedia studies
 * Wikipedia studies/Fundraising
 * Wikipedia arbitration committee

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Portal:Information sciences/To-do

Integrate these links into the portal:

 * Information sciences
 * Search for Information sciences at Wikiversity

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Portal:Applied sciences/To-do

Integrate these into the portal:

Resources

 * Applied sciences
 * Search for Applied sciences at Wikiversity

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Portal:Professional and vocational studies/To-do

Integrate these into the portal:

Resources

 * Professional and vocational studies
 * Search for Professional and vocational studies at Wikiversity


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Portal:Information sciences/Related

The general idea behind this portal, if the community finds it acceptable, is to move in all the content from Portal:Computer Science and then broaden it to cover information sciences as a whole. --McCormack 20:38, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

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Category:Information sciences

See Portal: Information sciences.

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Portal talk:Euclidean geometry/Chapter 1

maybe... rename, recontextualize, or transwiki... --Remi 21:02, 14 April 2008 (UTC)


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User:Waggus21/Technical Writing Exercises

Technical Writing Exercises
This page is my workspace for exercises related to the Technical Writing Course. I will be using the Technical_writing_enrollment_templatefor these exercises. You can find help using templates here.

Exercises: Technical Writing Level 1
Lesson: Technical writing audience:

Exercise: Audience Analysis

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Airports, Air Traffic Control, and Airspace

Controlled
As their name implies, controlled airports have some sort of control exercised over them, typically a control tower. Pilots are required to maintain two-way radio contact with the control tower, while operating within the airspace of the airport. When arriving at controlled airport, it is recommended that pilots contact the control tower roughly 15 miles from the airport. When leaving the airport, once clear of the airspace, pilots do not need to request permission to leave the frequency of the tower. When arriving to land at a controlled airport, the tower controller will, when necessary, issue clearances for aircraft to enter the desired traffic pattern, as well as proper taxi clearances when on the ground.

Uncontrolled
Uncontrolled airports are airports which have no control tower, or no currently operating control tower. At uncontrolled airports, no radio communications are legally required, they are strongly encouraged by the Aeronautical Information Manual. At these airports, pilots are advised to communicate on the Common Traffic Advisory Frequency (CTAF). The CTAF for an airport may be a Unicom, a Multicom, FSS (Flight Service Station) or even the closed control tower frequency. Pilots are advised to communicate as appropriate on the designated CTAF frequency for an airport 10 miles from the airport. Recommended radio calls include entering downwind, base, and final, as well as leaving the runway.

Runway Layout
Runways are often built so that they allow for operations during conditions in which prevailing winds for the location occur. This can be as simple as a single runway, pointing in the direction of typical winds, to complex arrangements of crossing runways, for various wind conditions. Runways are labeled with 2 numbers, corresponding to their magnetic heading. To find this 2 number heading, take magnetic heading, round to the nearest 10, and drop the last digit. For instance, a runway showing a 36, would roughly be orientated at 360° magnetic. Runways are a straight line, so thus, the opposite end of the same runway would be runway 18. Airports with parallel runways will have them designated into Left, Center and Right, if applicable. For instance Chicago Midway has runways 31L, 31C, and 31R.

Airport Traffic Patterns
Airport traffic patterns are set procedures for use in airports allowing for a smooth flow of traffic in and out of an airport. The traffic pattern consists of six parts.

The Upwind Leg is the flight path parallel to the landing runway, in the direction of intended landing.

The Crosswind Leg is the flight path at right angles to the landing runway, off its takeoff end.

The Downwind Leg is the flight path parallel to the landing runway opposite the direction of intended landing.

The Base Leg is the flight path at right angles to the landing runway off its approach end.

The Final Approach is the flight path in the direction of landing along the extended runway centerline.

The Departure Leg is the flight path which begins at takeoff and continues ahead until 1/2 mile beyond the runway, and 700 above ground level.

Airport Markings
Airport markings help guide pilot navigation their plane through the airport. They are used as a navigational aide.

Markings can be found on taxiway, runways and airport ramps, as well as on other areas of the airport property.

Minimum requirements for runway marking depend on the approach category of each runway. Approach categories include: Visual Approach runways are required to have threshold markings if they serve category C and D airplanes.
 * Visual Approach
 * Non-precision Approach, and
 * Precision Approach

Air Traffic Control
Aerodrome is a defined area on land or water including any building, equipment and installations, intended to be used either wholly or in part for the arrival, departure and surface movement of aircraft.

This is an ICAO standard definition from icao doc 4444 air traffic management (ATM).


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User talk:Joeldcox~enwikiversity

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BCP/Uvularia sessilifolia

Uvularia sessilifolia

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2008 Logs

 * --SB_Johnny | talk 00:17, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
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 * --Jomegat 20:37, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
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2009 Logs

 * Jomegat 23:00, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
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Recent Logs

 * Jomegat 00:22, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

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User:Vigilius

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Vigilius

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User:Joeldcox~enwikiversity

Current Ratings:

FAA Student Pilot

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User talk:Natetomes

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User talk:Vigilius

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User talk:Nawazakhtar

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Your account will be renamed
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Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Pritpalkaur. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Pritpalkaur~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 23:48, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:Gmenold

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User talk:Ramaz Mitaishvili

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Wikiversity talk:Make no assumptions

In terms of content, I see no problems with this, and DarkLama is generally an articulate and intelligent policy writer. However new policies usually need to respond to a real and immediate problem/threat/issue - see w:Wikipedia:Don't stuff beans up your nose (one of my favourites). Perhaps you could add a few words on the talk page about current need for this? --McCormack 05:58, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I was provoked to write this after reading this comment from StuRat. I think that people are predisposed to making assumptions about people's ability, and I wanted to address this somewhere on Wikiversity. I don't intend on this becoming some sort of binding policy - but rather have things in the open, which I hadn't seen previously. I want this document to force us to look at our own potential biases, and take action against them. Cormaggio talk 10:44, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

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Creative writing

This resource is also a target for off-wiki links encouraging the use of Wikiversity for Creative writing. Original writing may best be started in user space, rather than mainspace. To create a page to work on, as a registered user, search for to User:Your User Name/Your Page Name (correct Your User Name and Your Page Name) and you may generally write anything, even nonsense, which can be fun. Another way to start the page is to link to it on your own User page, creating a redlink, then follow that link and create the page. This is also a way to practice creative writing as described below. --

This learning resource is part of the Portal:Writing Center. If you often shudder at the thought of having to let your imagination run wild and settle down onto paper, then you've come to the 'write' place. Descriptive narratives are usually what's on the list, when you first begin to learn to write creatively. But the rule of the thumb is: No one can ever teach you to write 'creatively', although they can give you a few jumpstarts. Why not start with something a little closer to home: Descriptive, Personal Narratives? True, it sounds very philosophical and intelligent, but really, it's not. It's just your own words on paper. And if you have a good sense of humor, are a sensitive being or are a dramatic person, it will show through in your writing.

Let's take you through it slowly:

 * 1) Forget about what anyone has ever taught you about creative writing. We shall now begin afresh.
 * 2) Lock yourself in a tiny room, leaving several windows open so you can breathe easily, and not get stifled by the overwhelming creativity that empties itself out of your brain. You can either sit on the floor, or at your desk. Although the floor-sitting yoga position is most desirable.
 * 3) Make sure all distractions are out of the way before you begin. If your window's still open and you can hear the cars outside, so be it. But cut off all other distractions, such as music, your TV, etc.
 * 4) Take out a blank sheet of paper and place it in front of you. Stare at it hard, but keep your mind as blank as the paper. Try to keep all thoughts out of your mind. Don't worry about anything else.
 * 5) Next, when your mind is truly blank, and all you can hear (other than the cars and your neighbors yelling) is blankness, think about your happiest moment in life. Just think about it, and let the mood leave your body and envelope the room. You can now dance or jump around. What you need to feel is lightness and warmth.
 * 6) Next, think about the darkest day of your life, when everything went wrong. Feel the emotion weighing heavily on your soul.
 * 7) After this, take your paper, and on the front write "The day I was the happiest was when...". You don't need to write anything down just yet. Just go back to the memory of your happiest moment.
 * 8) Pretend you're talking to someone, and relating what happened on your happiest day. Try to recall the place, the people, what exactly happened, and how you felt. Now, on your paper make three columns. In the first one, write down the 'setting': where and when this happy memory took place. Be specific. Jot down one or two descriptions of the place and the time. eg; "On the first day of junior high, next to the lockers. Sunny day, busy school."
 * 9) On the next column, note down who the 'characters' or people involved were. Describe them the way you remember them. The characters could be animals, people, imaginary friends, etc. eg; "Sparky, my pet rabbit. Frisky, friendly, loving. Lives in my backyard."
 * 10) In the last column write down what happened in a few words. The cause-effect, or what you felt when it happened. eg; "Sparky followed me all the way to junior high. Made a lot of friends because of her, on that first day."
 * 11) Now see if you can add a few more descriptions to each column, each detail a little more specific than before. Try your hand at linking them all together.
 * 12) Don't bother at all about grammar. This is your imagination running wild here, and we want to know what it has to say, without being bombarded by adjectives, capitalization, and conjunctions. That can come later. Get the creative process going first. Just imagine you're telling your friend (real or imaginary) about what happened that day. As you speak to yourself, write down what you're saying. Add the descriptions where appropriate.
 * 13) Congratulations! You've written a descriptive narrative!
 * 14) If you're still lost, check out the sample Personal Narrative I've written below. It's written more like a diary entry, because that's what diaries are. They're just narratives, pieces of writing that you 'narrate', or relate to others, including yourself.

The cycle of Romantic Literature
Joseph Campbell, in his book "The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949), outlines the journey of the hero which is an encapsulation of the Romantic Cycle itself. The progression below is an alternate listing of the journey, which is pictured at left. This method is the most formal of Dramatic structure:
 * 1) Childhood
 * 2) Threshold
 * 3) Initiation
 * 4) Dedication to the quest
 * 5) Underworld
 * 6) Harrowing of Hell
 * 7) Temptation
 * 8) Recognition

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South Africa Workshop for Social Entrepreneurship - 2008/Reflections/Community Site Visits - Bus 1

 * The power of passion! What can be done and how success feeds success.
 * The need to keep very good books to establish yourself as trustworthy with the funders
 * The complexities of managing the different sources of funding while keeping the NGO operational


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User talk:Always16

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User talk:Reachlin~enwikiversity

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Your account will be renamed
Hello,

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

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Reachlin. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Reachlin~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 23:49, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:Youngkalam~enwikiversity

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Your account will be renamed
Hello,

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

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Youngkalam. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Youngkalam~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 23:48, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

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User:Somethinggood

this is my profile, thanks everyone.  lets role  I'm studying History, English, Maths and Physics.  looking both to share and learn in these four arears.   untill i manage to whipp out my old school web based editing skills i shall just leave it all into text format.

i shall list my topics. and place questions on areas for discussion.

English (lit/lang)

History (1919-73)

physics

Maths

i will add more when i get the time. --Somethinggood 12:39, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

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Wikiversity:Request custodian action/Archive/4

IP vandal
Please take a look at Special:Contributions/69.227.151.150 and take action as you see fit. – Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 03:38, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Blocked. Thanks you for the heads up. --Remi 04:12, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

This is not a request, but FYI, see new page You can't deny vandals --mikeu 19:04, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
 * How cute. --HappyCamper 19:27, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Please see edits by Special:Contributions/76.190.220.7. Might also want to have a look at Special:Contributions/65.25.105.176 and Special:Contributions/71.64.111.224.--mikeu 00:41, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your watchfulness, Mike. I had a look at all of this. 76.190.220.7 was clearly out of line, but you cleared things up, so I think "no further action" at this time. The other contributions are more difficult. The page at US Society looks like students being "slightly silly" - we should probably revert back to Cormaggio's last edit. But it isn't really what I'd call vandalism. McCormack 13:03, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I agree about some of the edits being more silly than vandalism. But, there seemed to be a bit of a pattern of theses IPs making nonsense edits to some of the same pages.  For instance, 65.25.105.176 has a history of disruptive edits that blank a lot of valid content and replace with nonsense.  Which was followed by this edit.  Anyway, I'll probably tag one or more of the talk pages with a Category:User warning templates.--mikeu 13:55, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I just checked Whois and all three of the above IP's are registered to Road Runner HoldCo LLC, Herndon VA. The date ranges of edits by the three anons do not overlap, but there are similarities in which pages were edited and the type of nonsense. --mikeu 14:19, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I "checked" into it: seems to be the same terminal operating through all 3 IPs. No registered accounts are associated, so if vandalism continues a hard block wouldn't cause collateral damage. At least one has a long history of vandalism on en.Wikipedia as well. --SB_Johnny | talk 14:30, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I left a Please refrain from adding nonsense... on Jan. 1 which was followed by 9 more edits on Jan. 2 which were mostly vandalism. I just left a second warning. I hardly think it is worthwhile to let this continue much longer given the the large quantity of notifications and the attitude of this person.  --mikeu 20:56, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

 * 76.190.220.7 in now blocked for 6 months. --JWSchmidt 21:34, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Import Template:WebDesign/Exercise from Wikibooks
This template is currently used by two pages related to PHP and should be like this. Thanks. 85.1.229.97 09:02, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * [[Image:Green tick.svg|20px]] imported, Erkan Yilmaz uses the Wikiversity:Chat (try) 15:04, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

User:Poppy

 * moved to here: Changing_username, Erkan Yilmaz uses the Wikiversity:Chat (try) 20:13, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

User:Dori

 * Moved to Changing_username since that's the page the template mentions. Irod 20:10, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Uploading Files
Hi Guys,I am not sure where to post this for the quickest response. I am working on a project located at "http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/DFE2008_Dry_Cleaning_Detergent", being really new to wikipedia I didn't realize that I need to be an account holder for 4 days before I could upload files for use. I realize that wikimedia allows people to bypass the rule for urgent cases. My project is due at 9am UTC+4 on Wednesday, and I need to upload files urgently. Any help would be appreciated.

Thank You, Naweed

 * Responded at user talk page. --mikeu talk 11:57, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Username Change
I would like my username changed to Da Punk '95 for SUL. -- Punk Boi 8 03:47, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi, the user has email activated, so it would be nice if you can ask him first, if you both can come up with a compromise ?
 * If not, then you are free to ask for usurpation at Changing username (see the steps there for the other usurpation requests please), Erkan Yilmaz uses the Chat (try) 07:44, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅, see here, Erkan Yilmaz uses the Chat (try) 06:24, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

GNU/Linux
I'd like feedback or comments on whether and how appropriate it would be to start writing a series of howto pages (similar to those hosted on www.TLDP.org) as part of Wikiversity project Linux or perhaps a new project along the lines of a technical school, think practicals and exercises (how do I statically setup IP addresses in XYZ linux distribution).

Would such documents fit the mission of the Wikiversity?

Sean729 05:35, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

 * Hi Sean, yes, I would think such pages would fit well on Wikiversity. Wikiversity is for educational materials and learning activities no matter what the subject (in theory). Check Category:Linux to see what already exits - plenty of room for new contributions. -- Jtneill - Talk - c 06:03, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Image talk:Terry Ananny - Winter Bliss, .jpg
please have a look, Erkan Yilmaz uses the Chat (try) 06:10, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Cool picture, but but the copyright issues around it are not quite OK (now), as Erkan noted it on the picture's talk page.--Gbaor 07:04, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅ The image was deleted
 * Had emailed also the person from the website, then the picture was removed and later added again. The Image can always be restored again in teh future if permission by OTRS arrives. Erkan Yilmaz uses the Chat (try) 18:07, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

IP user 82.243.133.6
This IP user is claiming to be a bot, if that's the case shouldn't this bot be logged-in, into the bot's account rather than editing while logged-out - what's the process for issues like this happening. DarkMage 18:22, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Perhaps someone just forgot to log in ? bot operators are just humans :-)
 * See edits on 5th July 2008 here: I assume it is the IP of a known bot from here. Let me ask around, Erkan Yilmaz uses the Chat (try) 20:17, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
 * That's true, Bot operator's are just humans - but not all bot's are, some are automatic controlled by the MediaWiki System, or what ever system some bots use. DarkMage  20:20, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Medawiki does not run any bots. The toolserver does.  And the links are good, so this is no big deal; don't lose your sleep over it. Hillgentleman|Talk 09:03, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
 * "Bot operators must: create a separate account for bot operation" (WV:BOT) Owners are also encouraged to program the bot to stop if it is logged out or if someone leaves a message on the bot's talk page. It is important to know who is operating the bot and how to contact them in case the bot begins making questionable edits.  --mikeu talk 12:31, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
 * It's my static IP, so it's also my bot. Crochet.david 17:19, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

User:Daniel Brandt
This impostor account of a well known persona is actively vandalising and needs immediate, high level attention. Salmon of Doubt 13:48, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
 * , Erkan Yilmaz uses the Chat (try) 17:16, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Name change?
Does anyone else think this page would be better named "Requests for community attention"? --SB_Johnny talk 12:55, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

 * I think "Request community action" would be better. --dark[[Image:Yin yang.svg|12px]]lama 13:37, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

 * Sounds good too... my thought was that it could include contentious discussions (airing of disputes) without necessarily needing any action. --SB_Johnny talk 13:39, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

 * Well I thought the Colloquium was among other things for airing of disputes that effect the community as a whole. If people feel that it is no longer appropriate to use the Colloquium for that than maybe we should start a new page. Maybe something like Wikiversity:Community Review . This page could still be renamed to Request community action, and later merged with Community Review if people feel the scopes/purposes overlap too much. --dark[[Image:Yin yang.svg|12px]]lama 13:48, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

 * Well, the colloquium has historically been a place to bring fresh ideas, seek opinions and collaborators, discuss technical issues, etc. I (and at least a few others) would rather keep that page free of slugging matches, and reserve it for exploring possibilities as opposed to (sometimes heated) conflicts. --SB_Johnny talk 14:14, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

 * I think that Request custodian action is more about requesting the use of tools, ie. reporting vandalism and such that might require deletion or blocking. I support the creation of a seperate Community Review page.  There are a number of people who have told me that they avoid irc and colloqium because of the heated disputes and general atmosphere of conflict.  --mikeu talk 15:17, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

 * I have the same sentiment as Mikeu's first two sentences. Maybe we could create another page or divide up the colloquium into different areas. Emesee mobi 19:39, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

 * That would actually be a good idea, though we should make it look different than our wikimedia counterpart sites - and try our best not to duplicate some of their ideas, what about doing something like on Wikibooks:Reading room which they have different sections for discussions, I agree though with the name change which Darklama suggested "Request community action" sounds better than "Requests for community attention" as it may turn out in the opposite direction. DarkMage  20:10, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

 * I too support Mikeu's suggestion. The Jade Knight (d'viser) 12:16, 22 September 2008 (UTC)


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Religiosity refers to the extent and nature of a person's orientation towards religious and spiritual beliefs, experiences, and actions.

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User talk:Somethinggood

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User talk:Taylorali

Hello, welcome around here. I hope we can help you succeed in your learning goals. Below more info about Wikiversity, Erkan Yilmaz uses the Wikiversity:Chat (try) 22:16, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Welcome
Hello Taylorali, and welcome to Wikiversity! If you need help, feel free to visit my talk page, or contact us and ask questions. After you leave a comment on a talk page, remember to sign and date; it helps everyone follow the threads of the discussion. The signature icon in the edit window makes it simple. To get started, you may
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And don't forget to explore Wikiversity with the links to your left. Be bold, and see you around Wikiversity! Erkan Yilmaz uses the Wikiversity:Chat (try) 22:16, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Welcome to the Bloom Clock!
Hello, Taylorali, and thanks for signing up as a contributor to the Bloom Clock!

To get started, all that you need to do is keep your eyes open for flowers on plants growing outdoors. Then, depending on how well you know plants, you can either try to find the plant using the global keys, or just check the master list where plants are listed by their scientific names.

Assuming you find a log page for the plant you saw, all that you need to do is click [edit] above the list of signatures, and add *~ on a new line below the last signature and above the line that begins with, which will make your signature appear on the profile page.

If you don't find a log page, just add an entry for the plant to the Master List using. Someone can then show you how to create a profile and log page for the plant.

If you don't know the name of the plant you saw, try asking on Bloom Clock/Unknown Plants using the template there. Photographs are very helpful, but if you don't have a digital camera, just give the best description you can and hopefully someone can identify it for you.

After you've logged 10 or more plants as flowering for your location, another bloom clock contributor will help you set up the categories and templates used to construct a key for your region, and try to match up your region to the global keys.

If you have any questions, ideas, or need something explained, please feel free to leave a message on my talk page, and I'll get back to you as soon as I can! --SB_Johnny | talk 23:44, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

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With Topic:Statistics - or distinguish from? -- Jtneill - Talk 02:05, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

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Good examples of PowerPoint slides for an undergrad intro to stat course - pdfs only but can be reverse engineered with some effort: .--Piotrus 21:16, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

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Wikiversity:Research guidelines

Note: This page is a copy of betawikiversity:wikiversity:research guidelines.

Wikiversity participants can engage in scholarly original research activities that support the educational mission of Wikiversity. The scope of research at Wikiversity is limited to research activities that promote learning and the goals of the Wikimedia Foundation. In order to promote high quality research, the Wikiversity research guidelines emphasize two main issues: verifiability and ethics. Original research at Wikiversity is subjected to peer review in order to allow the Wikiversity research community to strive for verifiability. Wikiversity participants who engage in research are required to adhere to high standard of scholarly research ethics.

Research activities at Wikiversity include scholarly secondary research (literature review) and original research that involves other methods suitable for a wiki community, such as study of the dynamics of wiki communities themselves. All research activities must be transparent and conducted so that research methods can be subjected to peer review and independent verification by others. Some Wikiversity research projects adhere to a conventional Wikimedia Foundation neutral point of view policy; however, some do not. Wikiversity research practices are expected to be built on citation of reliable sources, honesty and disclosure of potential conflicts of interest. Peer review of research projects is distributed amongst the community. It is proposed that review of research projects be guided by a Review Board, which is a body composed of Wikiversity participants selected by the community in order to make use of their expertise in specific subject areas. Members of the review board use their experience and expertise to help guide the community in recognizing and addressing poor research practices.

The overarching goal of research on Wikiversity is to help people learn about the practice of doing good research. Another long-term goal is to explore the possibility of establishing communities of researchers who can support a formal peer review process that would allow "wiki publishing" of research results. It may become possible for the Wikiversity research community to eventually facilitate publishing of peer-reviewed research reports that would be recognized as a reliable source able to be cited in sister projects such as Wikipedia and Wikibooks.

Scope of research
See the policy page for research scope.

Wikiversity participants engage in a wide range of scholarly original research activities. Scholarly assessment of existing knowledge (sometimes called "secondary research", or "literature review") is an integral part of many Wikiversity educational activities. Critical thinking in research—even in a review of the literature—can lead to original research results. Wikiversity promotes and nurtures all such research that falls within its scope.

Research and neutral point of view
In order to support academic freedom, Wikiversity allows participants to move outside of the confines of the traditional Wikimedia Foundation Neutral point of view (NPOV) policy. This allows scholars to intensively explore different points of view, even if they are outside of the conventional streams of academic scholarship, as long as biases are disclosed and high standards of scholarship are adhered to.

Scope of original research
Original research is conducted for many reasons, not all of which are compatible with the mission and format of the Wikiversity project. The following are examples of research activities that are beyond the educational mission and capabilities of Wikiversity:
 * "marketing" research that promotes a specific commercial product or political candidate or any other kind of research that has as its goal something outside of the educational mission of Wikiversity;
 * research that violates Wikimedia Foundation policy such as the privacy policy;
 * research that is illegal or unethical; and
 * research that would normally be formally reviewed by an Institutional Review Board (exceptions: if a research project that includes research activities conducted within a Wikiversity website was first reviewed and approved by an existing IRB of a bricks-and-mortar research institution and if the project was openly conducted according to the IRB-approved protocol).

Verifiability
All original research projects on Wikiversity must be conducted in an open and transparent fashion so as to facilitate independent and objective verification of methods and results by others. All research projects must fully document the methods, original motivations (see disclosures), and hypotheses. Research in progress must be clearly labeled as such with the appropriate templates. The research templates will place research-related pages in the "Research" category.

Honesty
Research results are never altered, modified, misrepresented, omitted from reporting or falsified in order to artificially fit a predetermined belief, desired result or proposed hypothesis.

Transparency
It should be clear from the report on the research: 1) What was done in the course of all stages of the research (and why), and 2) how claims are made on the basis of the data (and why). This ensures that other people can look at the research, and decide for themselves whether it is a good or useful piece of research. It is not necessary that the full dataset used is publicly available—though it is a good idea—and if this is undesirable (for ethical reasons, for example), it could be made available to individuals, upon their request.

Objectivity
Wikiversity participants who participate in research activities should strive to conduct and report their research in such a way that it is possible for others to independently test, verify and confirm that research.

All original research projects at Wikiversity should be conducted with the goal of producing objectively verifiable results. Researchers should always respect the outcome of their data analysis, and certainly not manipulate the data to fit a predetermined result. If a hypothesis is proposed, the results/data should be used to prove or disprove it. One should not conduct research to prove oneself right, nor someone else wrong—on the contrary, one should always strive to be critical of all aspects of the research process, including oneself.

Subjectivity
Personal and subjective points of view and opinions can play an important, and even central part in research, but they should be identified as such, and integrated as much as possible with the existing ideas of others by citing published sources that support or suggest your lines of reasoning and path of intellectual exploration. You are free to express your views and opinions so long as you relate them in a scholarly way to your primary data and/or secondary sources.

Neutral point of view
Within Wikiversity, the default approach to conducting research is that all research projects are open to participation by any member of the community and all associated wiki pages are open to editing according to conventional Wikimedia Foundation neutral point of view (NPOV) policy. However, since some advances in knowledge and understanding involve exploration of novel ideas that lie outside of conventional patterns of existing knowledge, belief and thought, Wikiversity does allow researchers to explore various points of view as long as the highest principles of scholarly ethics are adhered to. Unless you explicitly request otherwise, other people can edit your project, and NPOV policy applies.

Wikiversity is a wiki and, in general, anybody can edit the pages of a research project. Others may offer alternative analyses of your results, which may contradict your conclusions. This is to be encouraged, and Wikiversity supports research that is open to be edited by all. If you do decide to limit editing of wiki pages to a select group, expect that other will make copies of your work and edit those copies in complliance with the neutral point of view (NPOV) policy. If you edit Wikiversity pages outside of the restrictions of NPOV policy, you should expect your work to be subjected to peer review. If your methods depart from the scholarly practices outlined by Wikiversity research guidelines, you may be asked to either adapt your materials/methods—or your materials may be removed from Wikiversity. If you repeatedly ignore the advice of your peers, and there is general consensus for this, you may be banned from editing Wikiversity.

Disclosures
If you wish to conduct research activities outside of NPOV and/or with restrictions on who can edit your work, you must openly declare your biases, potential conflicts of interest, and be very open about the objectives of your research. Declaring your personal biases will help people understand your viewpoint and trust you. Working outside of the restrictions of NPOV policy imposes on you the highest standards of scholarly ethics and means your research methods and practices will be subjected to critical evaluation and peer review.

Declare your known biases or any potential conflicts of interest at the start of your research project. This fosters trust, and helps the community to judge the study from your point of view. This will join you in a group effort to raise conscientiousness and group-assisted introspection.

Citing sources
No research activities are excused from the need to be aware of existing relevant knowledge and past published research results. Carefully cite relevant sources wherever possible, in both secondary research (literature reviews) and as an integral part of the conduct and reporting of any original research activities.

It is not always possible to justify and contextualize original research using previously published sources, especially when the topic has not been examined in depth before. Wikiversity is open to scholarly research that tries to stretch the boundaries of knowledge. Where possible, you should cite relevant sources of previously published research in your field of study that most closely relate to any new paths of exploration you may be involved with. Secondary research should always be based on verifiable sources, and should always cite all the sources used in your research.

Ethics

 * All research projects on Wikiversity should be conducted according to high standards of scholarly ethics.
 * A project that breaks or tests conventional ethical guidelines is not permitted.
 * A project that would require oversight by an expert in research ethics or IRB is not permitted.
 * Wikiversity's Review Board is responsible for examining the conduct and methods of all research projects.

All research published on Wikiversity should be conducted in an ethical manner. Wikiversity cannot permit studies that involve such ethical issues as harm (including distress or embarrassment), deception or risk to either human subjects or animals. No studies may be published that involve a breach in local or international law.

Research projects that would normally require approval from an institutional review board (IRB) cannot be permitted on Wikiversity. However, if an established IRB approves your research, the Wikiversity Review Board may permit it.

Wikiversity is devoted to a search for knowledge and providing a support system to help people learn about the world. Wikiversity promotes adherence to scholarly ethics that keep Wikiversity free from propaganda, deception and intellectual dishonesty such as plagiarism. Wikiversity does not exist as a platform to support advocates of particular political movements, religious ideologies or scientific, legal or historical theories. Wikiversity can contain scholarly study of all topics, but Wikiversity does not exist for the purpose of advocating or advancing particular points of view, movements or belief systems.

Wikiversity participants who engage in research activities must not attempt to use Wikiversity as a platform for advocating or advancing propaganda or any other type of deception or intellectual dishonesty, but rather, Wikiversity editors must remain devoted to scholarly consideration of their topic of study. This means not distorting or hiding evidence and not crafting illegal, deceptive, dishonest or otherwise unethical accounts of facts or ideas. Wikiversity scholars can, and must, study their subjects with devotion to honesty and the highest scholarly standards.

Wikiversity standards for scholarly and ethical research practices are enforced by peer review. Most of this peer review is possible through conventional wiki community interactions and page editing. However, some forms of bogus and unethical research can only be recognized by experts. In order to protect itself from such problems, the Wikiversity community depends on the participation of experts who can guide the whole community in recognizing bogus and unethical research practices, as discussed in the next section.

Review process
Wikiversity's review process of research is distributed and community-led, taking the following steps:
 * 1) People add research to Wikiversity—they are encouraged to flag it appropriately as "research".
 * 2) If not done already, research is flagged with a template placed at the top of the page.
 * 3) If anyone reviewing (i.e. simply reading) the page finds something within the research to be questionable on methodological, ethical, epistemological grounds, they can add an appropriate template—or modify the existing one.
 * 4) The page(s) in question can be flagged for deletion—or a request for comments can be made
 * 5) After discussion and review, the research can be either modified, deleted, or sent for further review by the Review Board (details below).

Review Board
See the full Review Board policy.

Some misguided and deceptive research practices may be difficult to detect. The Wikiversity community relies on the participation of people with expertise in good research practices and who can help the community recognize and correct bogus and unethical research practices. The Review Board will be active in guiding the entire Wikiversity community in examination of all Wikiversity research projects and identifying and correcting any problems that breach the Wikiversity research guidelines.

Peer review from external entities
It is possible to have Wikiversity works peer reviewed from an external entity, such as by trusted experts within an educational system such as a school. Peer review verification can be performed for such works, wherein trusted Wikimedia community volunteers verify the authenticity of peer review certifications for scientific texts included in Wikiversity.

This can be used as a complement to internal peer review by a Research Review Board. Also, it may be useful for research projects with few participants, which may not have a large enough community to support a Research Review Board. An alternative for communities without an active Review Board is to adopt a conventional Wikimedia Foundation No Original Research policy.

Fringe research
Another obvious concern is how will we deal with fringe groups (eg. Nazis etc.) who want to use Wikiversity as a publishing house. The Review Board will guide to community in making sure that all research projects, including fringe research, are conducted according to scholarly research methods as described in the Wikiversity research guidelines. At times, it may be useful to amend the Wikiversity research guidelines so as to explicitly exclude some types of fringe research if they disrupt Wikiversity or distract the community from its educational mission.

Towards Wiki publishing
Wikiversity does not yet have a system for formal peer reviewed publishing. For Wikiversity research projects there may not necessarily be a final published research report for any given piece of research. Not every research contribution found on Wikiversity is accurate or verifiable. However, the purpose of research activities at Wikiversity is to promote learning, so we do not disregard inept research efforts—rather, we discuss, correct and build upon them. After a research project is complete, a summary report may be posted on a Wikiversity page. The raw data and the research report can be protected from further editing and remain as an historical archive. A goal of Wikiversity is to establish communities of scholars who can perform formal peer review of such research reports. Until such a system for peer reviewed "wiki publishing" can be established, Wikiversity participants should consider publishing original research in established journals. The Review Board might eventually evolve into a robust collection of experts who can support a formal peer review process.

WikiJournals
Several academic journals are currently run at Wikiversity through the WikiJournal User Group.

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Wikiversity:Scope of research

The Wikiversity project proposal included a role for research within the Wikiversity project. Many types of scholarly research activities naturally lead to new knowledge that does not yet exist within previously published sources. By encouraging and hosting such research, Wikiversity faces challenges and potential problems that are met by a set of research guidelines. Wikiversity participants engage in a wide range of scholarly research activities that support the educational mission of Wikiversity. However, not all types of research are suitable for Wikiversity. This page provides examples of types of research activities that are appropriate for Wikiversity and lists types of research that are not welcome.

Secondary research
Scholarly assessment of existing knowledge (secondary research, literature review) is an integral part of many Wikiversity educational activities. Wikiversity promotes and nurtures all such secondary research arising from exploration of the learning goals of Wikiversity participants, even if they result in a "novel narrative or interpretation".

All Wikiversity participants are called upon to cite sources that are reliable and verifiable (example). Secondary research is a fundamental skill for Wikiversity editors. Some literature reviews merge seamlessly into on-going education-oriented research projects that generate new original research results (example).

Original research
Several types of original research projects have been started at the English language Wikiversity. Some projects turn inward and explore the dynamics of wiki-based learning communities. Many large public databases are now available online. Some Wikiversity research projects encourage Wikiversity participants to explore online databases and perform research using data that has been collected by others. Other projects call upon Wikiversity participants to collect new data.

Below are some examples of original research being undertaken that are considered to be within the scope of Wikiversity. (Please add others from non-English Wikiversities)

Research on wikis
Some original research activities are directed towards introspective analysis of how wikis can be used as a tool to support learning. Examples:

Developing Wikiversity through action research in its largest sense, the question this project will address is "Why Wikiversity?" In other words: why does Wikiversity exist, and what does its existence mean for the world of education, and for you and me? Wikiversity is a repository of learning materials, a resource for self-study, a space for collaboration, a space in which to learn collaboratively, a space to explore about learning, a space to learn about teaching, etc. So, how does Wikiversity do all this - "how" in the sense of "by what means" - and, crucially, "by what values"..

Learning to learn a wiki way - Using wikis as tools for learning is a new and evolving social practice. If Wikiversity is to succeed, we need to learn how to make the best use of wikis for learning. This project aims to be an exemplar of how a wiki can be used for learning and to refine, develop and expand on the social practice of using wikis for learning.

Research using public databases
The Observational astronomy learning project has activities for participants that guide them through the same process that an astronomer uses to analyze data. Participants in the Extrasolar planet project explore telescope data to find planets orbiting distant stars. The goal is to create a learning group where participants can compare notes and document the search process and to create an extended learning activity about exoplanets. No prior experience is needed; participants get step by step instructions on how to get started.

Research using data collected by wiki participants
Participants in the Bloom Clock track and report the bloom times of wildflowers and other plants. Bloom clocks are kept by gardeners, ecologists, and others who record the time of year different plants are in bloom. This project attempts to reduce the effects of anomalous data in an attempt to generate maps of geographical "zones" that can eventually be used when describing a plant's expected bloom time in a particular region.

Unwelcome research
Original research is conducted for many reasons, not all of which are compatible with the mission and format of the Wikiversity project. The following are examples of research activities that are beyond the educational mission and capabilities of Wikiversity:
 * "marketing" research that promotes a specific commercial product or political candidate or any other kind of research that has as its goal something outside of the educational mission of Wikiversity
 * research that violates Wikimedia Foundation policy such as the privacy policy
 * research that is illegal or unethical
 * research that would normally be formally reviewed by an Institutional Review Board (exceptions: If a research project that includes research activities conducted within a Wikiversity website was first reviewed and approved by an existing IRB of an accredited research institution, and if the project was openly conducted according to the IRB-approved protocol, then it is acceptable for inclusion within Wikiversity.)

Processes for dealing with research
It is up to individual Wikiversity projects to decide the exact nature of their research policies - to define what research is (and what particular types of research are), and what is appropriate for that project. In particular, smaller Wikiversity projects may not feel adequately equipped (with policies and/or people) to deal with research. Therefore, each Wikiversity project must specify (before setup, or as soon thereafter as possible):

 * 1) What kind(s) of research it allows, and disallows
 * 2) Local processes for dealing with research

These can be copies or slight modifications of the policies on Beta, or of any parts of these policies. Below are a number of guidelines that each project must consider - at a minimum - in order to clarify the inclusion of research in that project. More detailed guidelines dealing with research can be found at Research Guidelines.

Review
In order to allow original research in a Wikiversity project, there must be a system of (peer) review in place. This is essentially a community-led process of flagging, discussing, modifying, and, where appropriate, deleting - see guidelines for details. In cases of significant or technical debate, a review board may be required.

Tagging
Research of any kind must be tagged as "research" (eg., by adding it to a category like Category:Research). Material that appears to constitute research, and that is not appropriately tagged, may be removed from the site.

Publishing
Research added to Wikiversity is not automatically "published" (in the traditional sense), and cannot be added as a source for other texts in Wikimedia projects (Wikipedia, Wikibooks, etc.) without the appropriate peer review process.

Role of Wikiversity in supporting research

 * Research at Wikiversity is intended to be complementary to existing traditional methods of research. Wikiversity provides an experimental platform for new ways of approaching and collaborating on research projects. Wikiversity explores research activities that promote learning and the goals of the Wikimedia Foundation.

Proper attribution
Research that is done on Wikiversity must be properly attributed to the participating researchers. Authorship must be clearly stated. At the English language Wikiversity it has been proposed that all editors working outside of the confines of a neutral point of view (NPOV) policy have a registered username and maintain a verified email address.

Limitations
Research projects should recognize the limitations of using a Wiki, and should elaborate on how the resources offered on Wikiversity are being used. A research project should address the extent to which Wikiversity is being used as a mechanism for:

 * Sharing content
 * Communication

title: Wikiversity:Scope of research