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Wikiversity:Motto contest/Round 6

This is a summary of the final round, round 6, of the Motto_contest

The slogan portion of the contest is complete. It is suggested that the motto contest last until May 12.

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We completed round 5 of the motto and slogan contests on January 16, 2007.

Round 6 of the contests, how to select amongst tied finalists and choose specific phrasings from finalist groupings, started January 27, 2007. Round 6 was discussed in this colloquium post: Motto and slogan contests: selecting amongst tied finalists. Finalist groups were selected per the discussion there.

The finalist groups selected are the "open/free learning community" group for the motto contest and "set learning free" group for the slogan. The two most popular alternatives from within each finalist group are presented below in round 6.

Goals
We need to create and select:
 * 1) a Wikiversity motto
 * 2) a short description (for use with the Wikiversity logo on sister Wikimedia projects)
 * 3) a slogan

There are two contests, using the same options, to choose phrases to fulfill these three roles

The motto contest fulfills two purposes, choosing:
 * A Wikiversity motto, which is a general phrase that conveys the mission of Wikiversity (or part of the mission), which may be inspiring or appeal to a general principle. This purpose emerged in the course of various of the options proposed and selected in rounds 1-3 of this contest.

 * A "short description," which is a short phrase that describes a Wikimedia project briefly. This was the original purpose of the motto contest. The "short description" will be listed with our logo (see our logo contest) and project name on Wikimedia sister projects. Here are some Wikimedia logo-name-motto examples:

Here are logo-name-motto examples the Wikiversity logo finalist and some of the motto finalists:

The slogan contest is for choosing a descriptive phrase to be listed at the top of our main page just under "Welcome to Wikiversity."

We are now into Round 6 of the selection process. The selection process is summarized at the end of this page.

Round 6
Please list your support and comments below.

We will select the motto and slogan with majority support, if there are not many negative comments. If there is strong opposition, we will revise alternates.

Motto Finalist: "Open/free learning community" group
The winning motto of round 6 is "open learning community".

Summary of final round of slogan contest: To be added soon (8/5/07).

A discussion string that summarizes issues is in the Colloquium archives (link to be corected soon):  Motto and slogan contests: discussion of outcomes. Feel free to add comments there or to continue adding comments and support statements in the motto contest section below.

The motto contest fulfills two purposes as discussed in the goals section above. Please list your support of one option. Please comment especially on the use of an article ("the" vs "a/an"):

a. Open learning community / An open learning community
Variants:
 * a1. Open learning community
 * a2. An open learning community
 * a3. The open learning community
 * a4. A/The community of open learning

Support/Oppose:
 * . Given that the slogan will have free in it, open could be used here. Sort of like the split between free software and open source software.  Right now we need more people, so having an "open" to all motto would be helpful in setting ourselves apart from other free university content providers that have rescrivite access.--Rayc 21:20, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I like the idea of promoting "open-ness" in the context of learning over "freedom" - both are good of course, but "open" seems more educational. I agree with Reswik below that the motto should not include the indefinite article on sister projects - it somehow lessens the impact. Cormaggio beep 10:29, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I still strongly support this option (a1) - it is in line with both OpenCourseWare and Open Educational Resources (the two major movements to date), and, as long as we equate openness with freedom (in our "about" pages), we can have the best of both mottos. :-) Cormaggio talk 18:02, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
 * This makes you think of a large, accsesible place, wich would make more people interested, plus is less punchy than using freedom. Jaques13 20:52, 13 Febuary, 2007
 * - I like this one. --HappyCamper 16:56, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
 * - "Open learning community" is best. Even adding the definite article (the) would suit the purpose.  The indefinite article diminishes the strength of the motto, implying that it is just one of many such "open learning communities". Pnguyen 16:33, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
 * - This one feels best. alikona 18:33, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
 * good choice, avoids subtle differences in understanding what exactly "free" entails sebmol ? 07:30, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
 * - "Free" sounds like we're somehow advertising the site... like a gimmick. "Open" much better reflects the goals and concept of Wikiversity. I also am in favor of the definite article, "the".Alexandermiller 22:25, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
 * - "open" sounds more inviting and is more likely to encourage others to join in - also like the sound of community and learning is an active process so gets closer to the idea of collaboration --Vannin 04:06, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * - "The open learning community" corresponds with wikipedia's "The free encyclopedia", and here the emphasis should probably be more on open than on free. --82.211.247.19 15:43, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Openness is essential to our mission but is far from enough. Many schools are open to participation but none allow the flexibility and participation that our project allows. I'm afraid that the term gives people the wrong idea about what we're building and makes us seem much less radical and important than, in fact, we are. —mako 01:47, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
 * - a2 sounds nice, "open" is better than "free". 65.95.137.212 22:22, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
 * - my favorite is a3 because the word "the" makes Wikiversity sound important. I like this motto because a lot of sites have free things, but very few are open and let you edit the site. --68.4.21.14 22:05, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
 * - I saw someone somewhere had something like "Open Learning for Open Minds". I really liked that.  Although I think I'm getting in a bit late on the deciding bit --Jacob Walker 05:58, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
 * -- I like the motto but what about "a community of open learning" instead of open learning community, somehow to me it sounds more personal or something. it changes the feeling of the statement. as far as the slogan, i agree with benjamine it needs to show the flexibility and the building aspect. the  picture i have is one brain standing on top of another, and another on top of that. or one thought on top of another and so on.  what is a good slogan for showing the building of knowledge step by step? --Bobbiwarrior 07:55, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
 * "The open learning community" is ok with the word "The" in it. I think this would be better with just three words "The open university"??? I know I'm late here as usual. Sikandar.sio 12:10, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * - a1 McCormack 11:59, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
 * a3 - I like "The open learning community"... tells you what Wikiversity is as well as what it's about, concise, fits with other wikimedia mottoes and is easy to remember without clashing with other terms in popular use. Editor at Large 22:49, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * a3 -The idea of applying the Open Source and Free Software analogy to the Wikiversity project motto and slogan is excellent. Also, the motto and slogan should complement each other by including ideas associated with the concepts "open" and "free."  An effective motto/slogan combination was suggested as follows:
 * Motto : "The Open Learning Community,"
 * Slogan:  "Where Learning is Free."
 * The motto whould suggest Wikiversity is open to group collaboration or collective efforts, while maintaining the fundamental ideas behind an Open Education Resource.
 * The slogan also suggests Wikiversity is economically free (ex. no cost to the public), and maintains freedom from political or social restrictions (ex. Wikiversity is Public Domain). College Student 1 May 2007

 * Agree with a1 &/or a2 or a3. I agree with the general reasoning by "College Student" above, except to go with "set learning free" which is the slogan the community is supporting. --Reswik 13:50, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
 * a3 - Because it's not just another open learning community, its THE open learning community. Khullah 15:16, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
 * a1, a2, or a3, with strongest support for a2 or a3. A3, as per 82.211.247.19 and others - corresponds to Wikipedia's precedent. It seems to me that using an article (a, an, or the) gives the project more context. --Remi 05:42, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Sounds nice to me. It would surely jibe with the recently selected motto. ZerWorld 16:47, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
 * What university couldn't call themselves "open learning community"?
 * This point does not seem valid. Most universities are not open. Most universities advocate use of proprietary copyrighted materials and have a series of barriers to entry and participation. --Reswik 14:49, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

 * I like "open" more than free because free implies to me free of charge and wikiversity is certainly more than that. A3 is best in my opinion. A1 is fine.--(pethr) 19:18, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Open sounds like "freely accessible by everyone" while free stands more like "at no cost". In this case, "open" will be more suitable. a3 is similar to Wikipedia's motto and sounds beautiful. → Gökhanmsg 19:26, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
 * The word learning implies that something has taken place post cerebral consumption. This word should be replaced with Education.  Wikiversity: An Open Education Community. Or variance of. Either way... GREAT IDEA WIKIPEDIA! -- (anonymous contribution) 21:03, 1 June 2007
 * A3 definately! It' simple, clear, wikipedia-like, and nicely descriptive. --EVC 19:40, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I have been a wiki reader for a long time, and I like the implications of a2. This is an (as in one of several) open community, specifically focused on education. I prefer the term open over the term free, as free carries too many connotations in various societies worldwide. Also, open can be translated conceptually to other languages more easily than free. "An Open Education Community" captures what I feel are the essential points: this community is one of several working in concert, this one focuses on education, and all of them are open to everyone. While the others come close, this one seems to me to be the only one that captures all of that in a simple phrase. --Obereon
 * A3, as it invokes ideas of Wikipedia (The free encyclopedia/The open learning community). It sounds more grouped with the other wikimedia projects and sounds more defined. The "Open" also covers the idea behind the Software Libre/Software Gratis argument, with the education not only being free but also there for people to change and improve, which is the aim of a wiki.Cslashb 21:17, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

a.2 Open education
Pro/Contra
 * in line with Open educational resources and let's be community without sloganizing the word community. --Rogerhc 06:56, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Our slogan should describe wikiversity. And if we are a community, then our slogan should include that, because it describes us. Alexandermiller 22:28, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
 * It is just two words but you knows straight away what Wikiversity is about.charlieCLC
 * Nice and simple. CloudNine 14:55, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Leaves alot to the person, alowing them to wonder if this project is only general education topics, when this place has much more --Xora 19:29, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't like this because it gets straight to the point too quickly and it should at least have an "an" or "the" at the beginning. --Fruit Boy 22:16, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I think you missed a great opportunity with "Open Minds" Steve 02:42, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
 * "Open education" is a semi-specific term, and seems to state what Wikiversity is about rather than what it is. Wikipedia is not "free encyclopedic content", it is "the free encyclopedia anyone can edit". I think Wikiversity needs a slogan more along these lines to draw people in and let them know what the project is. Editor at Large 22:46, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

b. Free learning community / A free learning community
Variants:
 * b1. Free learning community
 * b2. A free learning community
 * b3. The free learning community
 * b4. A/The community of free learning

Support/Oppose:
 * . I like both options. But, given the use of "free" in the slogan options, I think going with "free in this context is more harmonious. Because of space/length issues, I think on sister project main pages we can suggest using "free learning community" without the article "a." But, I think we can use "a free learning community," on our pages. --Reswik 18:50, 27 January 2007 (UTC) Changing support to "open learning community" only. I support the reasoning by "College student" above. --Reswik 13:47, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I think this is the best motto.
 * . I like this option. I don't like open learning community because its meaningless. Most "open" education projects don't allow you to modify their "content" so in a sense those communities are not free neither is their "content".Chrismo 14:28, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
 * . Given that the word "free" seems to be the theme of brother/sister projects (The Free Encyclopedia, etc.), this will give a sense of continuity. Also, as mentioned above, just because it's "open" doesn't mean that it's "free" to edit. - NDCompuGeek 15:48, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I like the image that "Free Learning Community" instills in me. For many hundreds of years learning has not been free or available to the community at large, Wikiversity changes all that.  Jeepday 02:47, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Wikimedia projects have a long tradition of identifying with the term "free" and free content in particular. Openness implies access. That's a necessary but insufficient quality for what we are trying to build here. We should emphasize freedom because we want to point to the ability to edit and take control of education content and to connect to a concept for which we have definitions — and not just some vague concept of openness. —mako 01:41, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Open has a connotation of two-way communication, exchange, where people talk back and forth. The term free has a connotation of giving and sharing, where you have something and give it away for nothing. I feel that Wikiversity is more on the free side, because it's more of a tutor-student relationship (like the rest of Wikipedia, by the way), where the flow goes mostly one way. In addition, the word free has a more activist and radical tone. For instance, revolutionary movements call for freedom, not for openness. Open seems, I dunno, passive, natural. The free option also has the advantage of linking to the rest of the Wikipedia mottos: the free encyclopedia, the free dictionary, and so on. Of the three free options, I hesitate between b1 and b3. For consistency's sake I vote for option b3. The free learning community.  ruijoel 10:12, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I think free should be in there because all the other projects have free in their motos, and I like being a little more uniform. --Devourer09 01:11, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Free makes sense. --Teemu 22:29, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Free better than Open because Open learning doesn't necessarily mean Free. Learning should not just be OPEN (which could mean to anyone... who can afford it), but indeed, it should be FREE (to anyone who wishes to learn). -- Lalvarado 04:14, 28 March 2007
 * Free like the other Wikimedia wikis. Free speech: libre. Free beer: gratis. Free learning community: both. ; ) WODUP 05:35, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Sounds better than "Open", per Ruijoel above. Titoxd(?!?) 08:35, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * How about "Free learning"? Because Learning, education, knowledge is free here, avaliable to everyone that wants it. -- (Anon. contrib) 15:03, 27 April 2007
 * Focus too much on economic state. Open learning gives that feeling, but it's not that direct. It just does'nt sound reliable. Khullah 15:21, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Almost all universities can call themselves "open", but how many can call themselves "free"?--Chris 22:28, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
 * This point does not seem valid. Most universities are not open. Most universities advocate use of proprietary copyrighted materials and have a series of barriers to entry and participation. --Reswik 14:50, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

 * There is no reference to the individual, it doesn't refer to the exchange of knowledge nor the gain of understanding; more that there is a 'free community' which seems withdrawn from the concept of active education -found in the name 'wikiversity'. In addition to the comment made by Khullah on ambiguity of 'free', we learn something everyday without having to pay for it; 'free' doesn't suggest that 'wikiversity' is unique, but merely an extention of daily life.Sam
 * b1 is the best for me. --R.szalecki 13:28, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Slogan Finalist: "Set learning free" group
The winning slogan of round 6 is "set learning free".

Summary of final round of slogan contest: The Wikiversity slogan is a phrase for listing at top of main page with "Welcome to Wikiversity". "Set learning free" had 68% of the positive support statements in round 5. There were 30 support statements for "set learning free". "Knowledge is free" had 4 in support and "Because knowledge should be free" had 10 in support. The latter 2 options had 3 comments each against use. "Set learning free" had no statements against. As for the wording of "set learning free" vs "learning set free" - a few more people preferred "set learning free".

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The slogan can be a short sentence or phrase - for listing at top of main page with "Welcome to Wikiversity". Please list your support for one option of this group. Please comment on the use of grammatical variants (such as "setting..." or "where knowledge..."):

a. Set learning free
Variants: Support/Oppose:
 * a1. Set learning free
 * a2. Learning set free
 * - Elatanatari 21:21, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * - "Knowledge isn't free all the time, but it is it is here." This slogan applys to us while the other one seems to be a general statment. I would suppport the other one if "where" was included.--Rayc 21:23, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * This latter comment is a fair one. I think there is something about: "Welcome to Wikiversity. Set learning free" that makes it sound like we're giving an order. ;-) Can we modify the wording of individual slogans to make them fit better (ie friendlier) with that usage, or has that process already been and gone? (sorry) Cormaggio beep 10:36, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, please suggest here modifications of the wording such as "setting learning free" or "where we set learning free" -- Reswik 12:54, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

 * "learning set free" - (an alternate wording by GeorgeG, moved here from title line of this sub-section - 18:50, 3 February 2007)
 * - this one is cool :-) --HappyCamper 16:56, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
 * - "Learning set free" is my favorite form. On the other hand, "setting learning free" has a nice sentiment but sounds terribly awkward. "We set learning free" would also be ok. The original "set learning free" does have a nice, strong decisive feel to it though. Dmclean 14:32, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
 * - "Learning set free" - it just rings! also it is somewhat more proper because it lacks the action of setting free, focuses on "Learning" as the primary action, and clearly states that Learning has indeed been "set free".  Pnguyen 16:30, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
 * "Learning set free" creates an impression that we've done it already rather than what we want people to do - may not be accurate but it sells much better -- Sebmol 07:31, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
 * a1. Set learning free I like this because it only stays free as long as we continue support it. Jeepday 02:47, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * This sounds very active and constructive --Vannin 04:07, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I support a1 - "Set learning free" for two reasons 1. The website in its current form is highly vacuous and needs considerable inputs from all sides to be complete 2. The title calls for all users not just to use this site as a learning tool but to add content to it as well -- Chrisiyer 13:45, 26 February 2007
 * 'Set learning free' engages the reader and lets them know that they need to be active.--charlieCLC
 * Im also for 'Set learning free'. I like that it emphasises the need for community.--Oddity 03:47, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
 * a1 'Set learning free' --Michael Billington (talk • contribs) 09:11, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I like this one more because it is an imperative sentence. I think it will help people get more inspired to do something. --Devourer09 01:14, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Set learning free - it states the mission, emphasises the need for action and shows what we aim to do. Brilliant! Chrisfow 17:35, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
 * This one has my vote. It clearly dictates what we are here to do, emphasises that we are here for the primary purpose of serving others and gleaning knowledge and finally it is a far more enthusing motto than any of the others. -Heptzul
 * Set Learning Free: Herein lies motivation in a small package; setting the verb first begs the question of "Who?", and implies the otherwise unstated community focus--Nanolove 20:06, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
 * don't know if I can say pro or contra, but I like this one.--Alnokta 10:11, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
 * - I have to agree with this one mostly because it's much more better than the other two, no other arguments. --Somefilename
 * I like it. It somes it up, dosn't leave much to question and it is creative/catchy. --Xora 19:32, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * - a2 sounds pretty good to me. 65.95.137.212 22:24, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Learning set free is quite dynamic, yet not forceful; it feels like a... blossoming, so that it includes the openness of other choices; - just can't figure why Set learning free doesn't 'entice' me as much. --Vajrallan 17:55, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree with Heptzul. This slogan is definitve and clear, plus it has the advantage of sounding and looking better (aesthically) than the others. No problems with "Learning Set Free", but If it were me, it'd definitely be "Set Learning Free". --Xicreative 21:15, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I like a1. Nuff said. L3th4l 17:32, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I like this motto cause its simple to remember and positive meaning. --Annalemesos 02:29, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
 * - I LIKE IT --blaksheep 18:07, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Creative, simple, short. Perfect choice. EdBoy002 20:44, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * -- Taku 06:49, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
 * -- I think both a1 and a2 are fine; a1 probably works a bit better for the main page top. For use with "Welcome to Wikiversity" at the top of the main page: for "set learning free," I think "setting learning free" sort of works grammatically, though just "set learning free" with the right sort of punctuation/layout could work. For "learning set free," I think "where learning is set free" or something like that could work.  --Reswik 00:28, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I would be happy about either winning. But 'a' is better than 'b'. -- (Anon. contrib) 06:14, 28 April 2007
 * They both sound good, but I think a1 has a better ring to it.Sssmokey519 00:24, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

b. Knowledge is free
Support/Oppose:
 * . I like a. and b. I lean towards the variant "where knowledge is free" as it works well with "Welcome to Wikiversity" at the top of the main page. --Reswik 18:50, 27 January 2007 (UTC) Change support to a. (above) only. --Reswik 00:19, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
 * . What about "wikiversity is diversity" or "diversity is(or also) free" . --User:theg [in pedia
 * I like b. a lot! If anything I think it should be that. --User:Vermishis
 * No knowledge is free by any standard. Any information obtained on any level has come as a result of some work or other. -Heptzul
 * Same as Heptzul. -fattony_4001
 * Type of good - but wouldn't "Free Knowledge" be better? Steve 02:40, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
 * - doesn't actually describe the site, is just a grand statement. "Knowledge is free" could apply for Wikipedia, Wikiquote, Wiktionary, and all the rest of the Wikimedia projects. Titoxd(?!?) 08:32, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, i think free knowledge is the one i like most. We live in the information society, some say, knowledge nowadays is a key to prosperity, power and even wealth. Free knowledge is a very powerful statement that represents the altruistic ideals of wikipedia. -- (Anon. contrib) 14:58, 27 April 2007

c. Because knowledge should be free
Support/Oppose:
 * This slogan flows the best if you ask me after the heading "Wikiversity, because learning should be free." To me this slogan is a great reminder that wikiversity is not only striving to be free for those of us who are spending hundreds on college educations, but to those who don't have the hundreds to spend across the globe! I would really like to see this slogan become the recognized description of Wikiversity. --Dancewiththewind 17:09, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
 * - As much as you should not begin sentences with "because", I feel that this gives Wikiversity more of a purpose than the other suggestions - we are filling a gap that does not exist, rather than just being another place to do the same thing as you can elsewhere. Xenon 23:41, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
 * This is by far my favorite slogan. I suppose it really strikes a cord with me because I'm acquiring a ridiculous amount of debt going to school and pursuing my passion for knowledge. Knowledge is not free for me, its actually quite expensive. This slogan just has a good vibe. The other slogans just seem like they belong in a trendy commercial, they seem like cheesy catch-phrases that shouldn't be attached to a community that was built to pursue this age old goal of spreading knowledge for knowledge's sake. -- Djdoobwah24 23:45, 28 February 2007
 * I agree with the above the others sound rather commercial. This one doesn't and therfore seems more in keeping with the idea behind Wikiversity. -- Anon. 09:20, 2 March 2007
 * I like this one because it sound very wikian and the other sound too commercial -- Comperr 14:51, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
 * This slogan encapsulates the purpose of Wikiversity without seeming truncated -- SeanTater 16:20, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't think there should be any "should" in it. The wikiversity should be the place where it just is. --82.211.247.19 15:40, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
 * . I like this slogan, because it reflects on the fact that it is incomplete, but improving. --Freiberg 00:06, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
 * . I love this motto, because the man is trying to keep me down by charging me for my education. -- PrideXC 04:59, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree with the above. In some sense it's POV to say that it should be free; better just to say what we do.  It's also slightly cliche to open a slogan with the word because, and moreover a briefer slogan is typically better (slash more to my taste). 151.201.118.24 03:44, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Clio 04:44, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * --Granpire Viking Man 15:26, 14 April 2007 (UTC) I like this one because it at least it sounds a little more lighthearted, which is one of the reasons that I like wikiversity.
 * , same reasoning as above section. Titoxd(?!?) 08:33, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

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OER Commons

OER Commons is a site which points to open educational material (ie which fits in the broad spectrum of Open Education Resources). This page is to explore how OER Commons can point to Wikiversity material - what material it could focus on, how it would be listed and tagged, what metadata it could use, etc. This page is part of Wikiversity's outreach program.

Vision behind the project:

OER Commons, which was developed in order to stimulate the development of a teaching and learning ecosystem that thrives on interaction, participation and knowledge sharing, aggregates OER within a social networking environment.

OER Commons aggregates existing OER and helps to open new resources within a network that allows teachers, students and self-learners to find materials more easily, but more importantly, to engage users around their development and improvement. Instead of sharing information in traditional environments such as teachers’ lounges and academic conferences, OER Commons offers a way for participants to attach to each educational resource their classroom experiences, teaching or learning strategies, and other knowledge—providing context for others to build upon. In this way, new teachers, non-domain experts (such as parents or others), student learners, and seasoned practitioners have access to shared techniques, notes and recommendations for use, related resources, reviews and quality assessments.

Most importantly, it is a model that allows users to connect content to context, and transforms OER from isolated materials to an integrated process of resource improvement.

For initial themes this project should focus on (eg granularity, reusability), see: Introduction to Learning Objects, and Developing high quality educational resources

What resources could be usefully indexed on OER Commons?
List materials here and reasons why..

OER Commons includes complete courses, homework assignments, lesson plans, labs, etc. that are freely available for instructors and students to use, and for some resources but not all, to modify, remix, or localize to meet the individual needs.

Wikiversity items are very appropriate to include and metadata can be generated for them by following the schema and formatting for OER Commons data. An initial sample of metadata for Wikiversity items has been created by the OER Commons team, including some courses, lessons, learning projects, and collaborative projects, and other types of items may be appropriate as well.

Items with substantial content were chosen over materials with limited content on their main page and/or they were primarily pointing the user to links under development. In addition, a few items, although with currently limited content, presented one or more activities that depend upon the inclusion of user data - like a 'call for participation' that is an interesting model for collaboration and learning.

Using the example of the filmmaking course, records were created for the course "Learning_the_Basics_of_Filmmaking" (very descriptive title) AND the lessons (using their own URL) such as "Thumbnail_Storyboard" as individual items in the system. Extra downloadable materials, such as worksheets don't have much descriptive metadata on their own, and may be better off being noted in a field called "Available Materials" within a lesson or course.

How could indexing resources be best done?
Wikiversity participants are encouraged to add record and keep metadata up to date so that items are more easily found and can be highlighted by the OER Commons network. A metadata template has been proposed. See Templates, Introduction to Learning Objects and Metadata.

How should materials in Wikiversity be tagged?
See: Help:project boxes for a start.

Interested participants

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Talk:Management information systems

How technical is this field? I'm choosing this as a college major and am concerned it's too "business-y". I hope to do more of the technical stuff, like making databases, etc.--70.158.160.6 15:38, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

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MOO
did you see this: MOO Universities? --JWSchmidt 03:34, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
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"The incubator.....is it suitable for brainstorming ideas?" <-- I do not really know how the incubator works. I imagined that it is a way to try out new wiki ideas. I'm sorry if you found that it is not what you need. "I'd also like to get my website on the internet." <-- If your ISP blocks the usual http port you should be able to use another port. --JWSchmidt 01:59, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

 * "So you can access my website now! I fixed the slow response to a tolerable degree. I know you have little spare time, but you're welcome to create an account and comment on whatever interests you - there is no substitute for experience and I don't have any. I'd rather not publish my url until the wiki is secure." <-- I just visited your site because of what you "said" on IRC. I could probably find the site again by searching through my browser's history, but I did not bookmark it. I did not notice what is at your website. I do not know anything about setting up a wiki, but there are some folks on the IRC channel who do. Wikiversity needs to start making learning resources for how to do such things. --JWSchmidt 05:28, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

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Collaboration with school of medicine
I was wondering if you would like to begin collaboration with the school of medicine on projects and pages that apply to both of our disciplines. For example, a "head and neck anatomy" project or an "anaphylaxis" page. Go raibh mile maith agaibh 23:37, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

 * Sure, no problem. There is lots of anatomy in dentistry.Sabine 19:28, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

 * Great. I am designing modules now for the early levels of medicine. Anaphylaxis is probably a medical responsibility and I'll take care of it in due course. I definitely want to plan with you some pages for head and neck anatomy, but I'm not sure if the School of Dentistry wants as much involvement in other aspects of anatomy. There are a few pages already written in this topic (e.g. Anatomical Terminology) but very few. So I'm afraid that we'll more or less be starting from scratch. I think we should develop a plan of action for the development of the anatomy project. What do you think? Go raibh mile maith agaibh 20:06, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

 * Uh sounds like lots of work :) Just the teeth-part is big. But the best way to do it would prob be to do the different structures one at the time (eg nerves, bone...)Sabine 09:00, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

 * It will be a lot of work but I am happy to do the donkey work if you want to get on with anything else in your project. I agree with you on the break up. The main problem we'll have is getting free pictures. There will be a few on wikipedia, but i doubt we'll cover them all. I take it you have dental training. Was that with medical students? I have designed a first module which may be of interest to your school. Back to anatomy, I plan to have it as a module, rather than editing the department of anatomy. In the medicine module of anatomy, students will be taught embryology, histology and gross anatomy. Will you be looking to teach it in these three divisions as well? Let me know which of these, if not all, you will be teaching because I think the next two steps are dividing the three divisions into lessons and then making lesson plans. Once that is done, I think we can start adding content. What do you think? Go raibh mile maith agaibh 14:50, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Interactive learning resources...
I think the best way forward is to make more interactive stuff like quizzes etc. Lesion (discuss • contribs) 17:47, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

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Ancient Greek Pronounciation
Hi, Fairyofthewoods! I haven't been on this wiki for ages so first I'll apologise for getting back to you so late. You seem to be using the modern Greek pronounciations of the Greek characters. I had understood that the ancients had pronounced them differently eg. η = 'e' not 'i' and β = 'b' not 'v'. What source are you using for your transliterations? Cheers Storeye 08:43, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

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Arrays, strings and records

Course Navigation

To understand this section, let's study this step by step.
There are two parts that you may consider while programming. The first part is how the computer calculates or treats your data. The second part is how the user is viewing the result of it. Here we will discuss how the data is treated in the background. This is the part that a programmer must study, because this determines everything that the user will see, and how they will see it.

Variable
Computers can only handle binary patterns (i.e. numbers), but a variable has a type which determines how the binary patterns/number are treated and viewed. For example, an integer variable would be viewed as a plain whole number, a real/float variable's binary pattern will be decoded to the appropriate real number using appropriate encoding (such as IEEE 754), a character variable would be viewed as the letter of the alphabet that corresponds to the number according to a certain encoding (such as ASCII or utf-8). A computer uses many tricks to represent strings and other complex data as numbers, the details of which is determined by the particular architecture of the computer and the level of abstraction that the programming language uses.

Null (variably called Nil, None, Nothing)
Null (or its many synonyms) is a special value assigned to variables that have not been assigned any value (a bit of circular logic here, but you get the point).

Bit, Byte, and Word
Bit is a single binary digit, it may be 0 or 1. Byte is 8-digit binary number, it can represent numbers from 0 to 255. Word depends on the architecture of the CPU, it is the largest chunk of data that the CPU can process natively, common Word sizes are 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit, and 64-bit.

Arrays, Strings, and Records
An array is internally represented as a contiguous block of memory reserved to contain multiple variables of the same type. A string is an array of bytes, it is usually used to hold human readable messages because a byte corresponds well to the de facto standard encoding (ASCII), but string is not limited to characters, it can contain any arbitrary binary data.

The Difference Between Array and Variable
A variable is a container for a single number. A variable can be thought of as a box, the number of items in the box determines the value of the box, and the type of items in the box must be uniform.

An array is a collection of such boxes aligned together. The analogy is a medicine box that is specially designed so that it can only hold a specific type of medicine. Each partition in the box can contain any number of medicine (as long as the capacity permits), but you can only put in the medicine that the box is designed for. In an array, we use "index" to address each partition, an index is a number that uniquely identifies each partition in the medicine box. So we'd say, "the second partition" to identify the partition that holds the medicine for Tuesday (assuming the left-most partition is Monday). In many programming languages, arrays are 0-indexed, meaning that the first item in the array is accessed as the "0"th index of the array, while the final element of the array is held in the (array size - 1)th index. For example, in an array of 8 variables, you would access the first variable in the array at index 0, and the 8th element of the array at index 7.

The Difference Between Array and String
Have you ever wondered how computers store words and sentences like this paragraph inside themselves? I've said earlier that computers can only handle and operate on binary patterns (i.e. numbers), so how could it store something other than numbers? The answer is encoding. Encoding is a standard that specifies how a binary pattern would be treated and viewed, for example in ASCII encoding the letter 'A' is encoded as the number 65 (binary pattern 01000001), 'B' as number 66 (01000010), and so on. ASCII encoding defines 26 upper case letters ('ABC'), 26 lower case letters ('abc'), 10 number digits ('123'), several whitespace characters (space, tabs, newline), some special characters (#!@$;), and some obsolete control characters from the age of teletypes.

Now, back to the topic of "difference between array and string", what is the difference between them? Well, a string is a special case of an array- it is an array of single bytes. A string can thus contain any arbitrary binary data. One of the most common usage of strings is to hold words and sentences, this is because the de facto standard ASCII encoding fits nicely into a single byte.

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I'm an Irish citizen and a native English speaker with good french and some Spanish. Going to Croatia this summer so need to learn the language!

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Basic I/O

Course Navigation

Introduction to Advanced Level of Computer Science
If you arrived at this level of the lessons, you may consider yourself a novice computer engineer.

The reason is because you now have a basic knowledge of the computer as hardware, a beginner level knowledge of algorithms and beginner level knowledge of programming.

Now you will be confronted more and more with making a choice on your studies: to get an advanced level of knowledge on hardware, on the theory of computer science, or getting more into the programming side.

This lesson will guide you on this choice. But whatever the choice is, you must have a general knowledge of computer science, because workers from every expertise are confronted with problems from other areas of computer science. For example, supposing you chose to become a programmer, you must acquire hardware knowledge to design and debug programs for specific hardware configurations.

What About Input/Output?
So now, how are these all related to input/output? The answer is, the input/output is the main aspect of the computer science. It defines the whole system. It is related to system theory of Bertalanffy. Every system in the world is an open system. An open system always has input and output. No system can live if it does not adhere to this rule; it will be destroyed. In contrast, a closed system can live without an input or output. It is a self sufficient system. No closed system has ever been discovered.

I recommend the lecture of Bertalanffy to gain further knowledge on this. So a computer is an open system that needs an input and makes an output. Input and output is not only related to personal computers but also other devices. About this I recommend a lecture on the theory of communication, especially Claude Shannon and Norbert Wiener. Input and output is abbreviated I/O. There are many levels of input on today's personal computers. To first understand I/O I will talk about the computer input and output. So here is the plan of our study: As you may see here all of these levels need special expertise. The further you go here, the more you will get special knowledge on the level you chose. And any level you choose here, the expertise is infinite, and you will arrive finally to the end of this knowledge where you can contribute to today's science.
 * Machine level I/O
 * Coding level I/O
 * And finally End user level I/O

Machine Input/Output
1 and 0 are the main aspects of machine level input/output. 1 means there is an electrical signal (or there is electricity) and 0 means there is no electrical signal (or there is no electricity). On this level you get more into the electronic level of the computer. I recommend you study electronics to get further expertise on this level.

The AC or DC electricity that feeds the computer is the first input of the computer. Then comes the printer, the screen, the audio/video (not in that order of course). These are some classical outputs that we know. But computers have countless other applications, including cars, washing machines, cellular phones, and stone cutting machines with laser output.

The mother of today's computer functioned without electricity. It was a textile machine converted to a machine that gets an input as paper with special holes combined with a special system. On receiving input, the textile machine could calculate based on the data and output the result.

The same principles hold within the computer as between the computer and its environment. Each part of the computer receives input and produces output. Hard disks, RAM, and chips all receive electric signals as input and produce them as output.

So as you can see here you can get smaller and study more and more of these electrical signals as input and output.

To analyze the electronic signals that constitute input and output, you must learn Boolean logic, mathematical logic calculation, and algorithms.

Input/Output on the Coding Level
On the coding level we can analyze the input and the output by the use of algorithms. On the coding level not all input produces output. There are five categories of inputted data:
 * Remarks. No action and no calculation by the computer is done here.
 * Declarations. These inputs are preliminary to a calculation. You say here to the computer "Get ready!"
 * Conditions. The computer is confronted with a choice. This is post-preliminary input.
 * Variables. The computer initializes a variable with a value of null and can receive additional values subsequently.
 * Calculations. Here the computer is confronted with a calculation. The computer got into this level as the result of declarations, choices, and variables with values. Now it is using these to prepare the output.

Output passes through several stages on the way from its origin as electric signals to human-readable data:
 * Electric signals. All calculations produce a result coded in electronic signals. These signals may be passed to RAM as input.
 * Zeros and ones. Electric signals readily transfer to values of 0 or 1 stored as bits: a signal means 1, a gap without signals means 0.
 * Binary numbers. Binary digits can be combined into eight- or sixteen-bit binary numbers, like 00000000, 11111111, or 10101000.
 * Machine language. These binary numbers can be interpreted as instructions to be executed by the CPU.
 *  Coder language. Through a compiler, machine code and its corresponding assembly language correlates to a language such as programmers write in.

Input/Output on End-User Level
From an end-user point of view, the initial electric signals may turn into a letter on the screen, motion of a robot arm, a laser shot, or a car engine start. One should consider here that we use disguised computers in our cellular phones, televisions, robots, toys, trains, airplanes, warheads, and missiles.

 * For example, a kitchen robot with knives to cut and extract juice from fruit receives the fruit as its input and produces the juice as its output.
 * In a personal computer, the input may be the age of school-children and the output their average age as displayed on the screen or directed to a printer or file.
 * The input for an iron cutting machine could be the iron cutting style designed and recorded in the memory of the machine, and the output could be the laser movement so as to cut iron according to the project.

An infinite number of examples of inputs exists. Inputs can be grouped as follows: With outputs there is also an infinite number of possibilities. For example:
 * numeric or alphanumeric input as record (e.g., names, birthrates, ages, census data) (See the previous lesson about record strings and arrays).)
 * graphic analog input (e.g., GIF, BMP, JPEG)
 * graphic numeric input (e.g., drawing programs, cameras)
 * mechanical input (non-electric computers, such as the paper-with-holes input for the textile machine.
 * biochemical input (e.g., the pill that is taken)
 * numeric or alphanumeric output (e.g., display of children's names on computer screen)
 * graphic analog output (e.g., JPEG picture)
 * graphic numeric output (e.g., CAD screen output of museum plan)
 * mechanical output (e.g., flower picture drawn on iron plate)
 * mind output (e.g., collaborative work)
 * biochemical output (e.g., pill-induced hormone control, destruction of AIDS virus by microscopic AI robots)

Summary
Input/output can be electric or non-electric signals. It can be mechanical, biological, or even abstract. After all, computers formerly operated without electricity, and their current application is nearly limitless. A computer scientist does not deal merely with electrical devices.

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Mathematical modeling of neural networks

Welcome to the Wikiversity learning project for Mathematical modeling of neural networks.

This "learn by doing" project provides information about how to work with mathematical models of neural networks and space for discussion of neural network models.

NEURON simulation environment
Neuron has a Graphical User interface intended to create a user experience similar to that of using laboratory equipment. Features include:
 * 1) Channel Builder. allows realistic model features reflecting neurophysiological elements such as voltage- and ligand-gated ion channels.
 * 2) Cell Builder. for models of cells. Start from scratch or modify saved models without writing any code. Electrophysiological properties of the membrane can vary as functions of position.
 * 3) Network Builder. use it to prototype small networks then use models of several small networks to create larger networks.
 * 4) ModelView tool. helps model development, maintenance and sharing of models.

Reading

 * Neural network article at Wikipedia
 * Familiarize yourself with the NEURON simulation environment.
 * Neural Networks modules at Wikibooks; from a Computer Science perspective.

Activity
The NEURON software package is available for Windows, Mac and Unix. Download the NEURON software from the Download and Install page.

OSX
The documentation for NEURON states that the version for use with the X11 windows interface is best for Macs. The X11 version is a 4.3 MB download. The downloaded OSX/X11 NEURON package creates a 13 MB folder for NEURON version 5.6 (The current standard version is 5.9).

Discussion

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Lua/Introduction

Lua can be used both as a scripting/programming language on its own, and as an integrated scripting language for other platforms. This lesson focuses on using Lua with the interpreter available from Lua.org. See the next lesson to learn how to use Lua for scripting MediaWiki Scribunto/Lua extension templates now available on Wikiversity.

Prerequisites
The Lua interpreter, which can be downloaded from the official Lua website. The package includes the Lua compiler and a few sample scripts.

Lua command line interpreter
The command line Lua interpreter is a nifty tool if you need to quickly test some code. It executes lines of code as soon as you hit the Return key, and blocks of code (such as conditional statements and loops) after you complete them (with the  keyword).

If you have Lua installed, you can start the terminal and run  to start the interpreter. If not, you can download and install it, use the repl.it Lua emulator in the browser or the Lua demo.

Here is an example session:

The first line uses the function print to output the string "Hello, world!". Numbers and booleans may also be output using print. The interpreter acknowledges code blocks with an extra '>' at the prompt.

When done, hit Ctrl-D (EOF) to close the interpreter.

Executing and compiling programs
While entering commands at the command line prompt is suitable for testing, it is not for executing scripts. Scripts are usually saved in files with the  file extension. To execute a script, the filename is passed as an argument to the interpreter. For example:

You can compile your scripts using, the Lua compiler.

This will output the bytecode to a file named. Use the -o argument to change this:

Variables
The rest of the lesson will simply list the code—it is up to you to try it in the interpreter or save it in a file and execute it.

Lua is a dynamically-typed language. Variables don't have types, only values have types. This means that a variable can be set to a value of a type, and then to a value of another type. Consider this:

Output: 15 Hello

This has advantages and disadvantages. It allows for different types of values to be used easily, but also means that unexpected types may be used, causing errors.

Value types
The following basic types are available in Lua:

 * boolean: Can be true or false
 * number: A real number (floating-point precision)
 * string: A string of characters, such as "Hello, world!".
 * function: Functions are first-class values in Lua (more on this later).
 * userdata: C objects passed to Lua (more on this later).
 * thread: Lua coroutines (more on this later).
 * table: Tables are flexible data structures (more on this later).
 * nil: Type of the value nil. nil represents the absence of a value

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Invitation
Dear user of Wikiversity,

Do you like to join a reading club, where you can read and discuss literature? Reading clubs could have active and inactive participants. Active participants could be required to edit on a regularly basis untill a deadline is reached and another topic can be chosen for reading and discussing. Hopefully, reading clubs can ensure a social network on Wikiversity of people cooperating with eachother and becoming friends while discussing knowledge.--Daanschr 09:32, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

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Wikiversity Introduction

Welcome to Introduction to Wikiversity, a learning project for first time visitors to Wikiversity. Newcomers should also visit Introduction.

Learning objectives

 * What you can learn on this page:
 * 1) What a wiki website is
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What is a wiki?
A wiki is a type of website that allows users to easily add, remove, or otherwise edit and change the content of the webpages. Wikiversity is a wiki website. Wikiversity webpages have an "edit button" that you are invited to use. Everyone can edit and improve Wikiversity webpages. The openness and ease of editing page content makes a wiki an effective tool for collaborative authoring.

 * Q. Where can I learn more about editing Wikiversity webpages?
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Wikiversity is a wiki-based learning community. Here you can use online courses and also create courses yourself. See this page for some ideas about what the Wikiversity might become. Also, see more of how Wikiversity supports learning. Different entry points and rough theory, as well as example forms are also available.

See:
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Asking questions
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Exercises

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Try stuff! Learn by doing. Please make mistakes. If you make your edits in good faith, the worst thing can happen is someone coming along and saying that that is not the way things are standardly done, or that what is being done is outside the scope of the project. However, we try not to bite.

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See also: Wikiversity computer skills <-- includes a tutorial for how to play Ogg format audio and video files on your computer. Have you checked out that little toolbox there to the left? The What links here tool is nifty!

Things you can start doing

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Find a course
Browse the learning resources listed at Wikiversity Portals or the various Wikiversity Schools.

Discussing Wikiversity
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Wikiversity Core Courses
One way to move Wikiversity forward is to create another core service course. Wikimedia projects are developed here at Wikiversity. Prior to formal establishment, projects were developed on other domains, but they are all now here at wikiversity.

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OK, I'm a total noob here, so please explain me: what's the difference between Wikiversity and Wikibooks? --77.115.25.132 19:06, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Hello, please have a look at the FAQ, section "What is the difference between Wikiversity, Wikibooks, and even Wikipedia?"
 * As it says in the motto of Wikiversity: Open Learning Community. Everything you do normally involves learning. More info you can find at: What is Wikiversity?, Template:Welcome Erkan Yilmaz ( Wikiversity:Chat, wiki blog ) 19:19, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. But after reading, what you linked, I am still thinking that it should be still a part of Wikibooks. Just for ME, it gone too far. See ya' --77.113.68.177 23:59, 12 January 2008 (UTC) That was me. You know, I would be going around to see if I mistaken. Maybe I would change my mind --Xar' 00:12, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

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What is size_t ?
So...in one of the lines of the program, it contains "size_t"...what exactly is size_t? An integer? --HappyCamper 22:05, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Re: What is size_t
When you apply the sizeof operator in a C expression, the result has type size_t. It is an unsigned integer type that can represent the size of the largest data object you can declare. It'll probably be either unsigned int or unsigned long. The Standard C library makes extensive use of size_t. Many function arguments and return values are declared to have this type. -- Mickraus 15:19, 5 June 2007 (UTC)


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Musical transcription

Learning project on musical transcription. On this page, we are experimenting on how to build a community to perform musical transcriptions on request.

Current challenges
Here, we pick a musical clip: Image:CQ music.ogg. We will be transcribing "The Wiki Wiki way" part. This is in the first 2 minutes of the clip.

Chords
A good key signature seems to be either E major or A major. Choose E major, assuming the final chord ends on the tonic.

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User:Dave shaw

If you want to know more about me, I would suggest checking out my home page or my Wikipedia user page.

David 01:15, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

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