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[edit] course experiences

Hi! I am just wondering if you are planning to sum up your experiences with the recent Social psychology course on WV. Sort of case study and recommendations for other people, who want to do something similar with their students. --Gbaor 05:08, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

I answered on my talk page to keep the discussion at one place. There is a comment to your welcome message also :)--Gbaor 05:40, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks.

=) Emesee 02:48, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Becoming a mentor for new custodians

Hi James. I think we're well over the first 3-month period of custodianship, which means you are now an "experienced" custodian and are eligible to sign yourself up as a potential mentor to other new custodians. I think you would be very good at this. Please feel welcome to add yourself at Wikiversity:List of custodian mentors. --McCormack 06:08, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Custodianship

Hi Jtneill,

I've placed a request at Candidates for Custodianship for going through another probationary period - Although yes in the past with my former Terra username I had went through the probationary period but unfortunately the RFC failed but however though if possible could I become one again - or is it too soon and should I wait. Dark Mage 07:21, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Unblocked - just confirming

Yes, I can post now - looks like you had to unblock my username + IP. Jtneill student 03:11, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

[edit] {{PAGESIZE:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|R}}

{{PAGESIZE:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|R}} gives 52573. Best, Hillgentleman|Talk 07:10, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Hey James thanks for helping me tidy up my page. I'm e-tarded! Also just wondering when we're commenting on other peoples pages is it better to do it in the discussion page or on their actual page? Thanks heapsBryony 00:41, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks again. You're so prompt with feedback. I wasn't particularly meaning Teall's message I just wasn't sure where to write so that it was easy for you to follow. But you cleared up so thanks heaps!Bryony 01:21, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Capra aegagrus

Capra aegagrus

Thank you for introducing me to User:Baah and Bahh --A3pbe 00:18, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Lost Article

Hey James, I think when I reformatted my page I may have lost one of my reflections. Its the one on Jane Elliots "experiment". Any suggestions on how I can get it back? Thanks MandaG 12:25, 5 October 2008 (UTC)MandaG


ah my hero! Where did it come from and now apart from my discussion page where did it go?


Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo is it possible to change my subpages thingy to only include my tute 6 (jane elliot thingy)and then I'll make some extra links for other tutes, just so I dont have double up pages...

[edit] US History

Thanks for the heads up. I hope that this this highly necessary course will be useful. Geo.plrd 06:15, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Unsigned

I normally would, but in this case that user did sign her contribution; he/she just signed it in the wrong spot. I felt it was therefore most appropriate to simply move the signature. The Jade Knight (d'viser) 14:23, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Subpages

Hi James, How do I add to, or remove from, my sub-pages list? The sub-page 'Journals' is not required and I have just set up new sub-pages: 'Groups' and 'Prosocial Behaviours' (I will also need one for 'Environmental' after the next lecture). Thanks Jenny O 05:23, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your prompt response. I have flagged the redundant subpage for deletion. However, what I was actually asking is how do I add a subpage to the list of subpages you added to the bottom of my "homepage"? When I create a new subpage it is not automatically added to that list. Jenny O 07:20, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Yours, I believe…

Wikiversity:Colloquium#Lost_discussions. The Jade Knight (d'viser) 20:36, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] E-portfolio search

Hi James I still cant find my e-portfolio homepage --U3006567 20:40, 9 October 2008 (UTC)gladys

[edit] Hi James

Testing. U3006567 06:48, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar Speedy.png The shooting barnstar
For the amazing growth of Social psychology (psychology) at Wikiversity! mikeu talk 14:18, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
Well, now there's some social reinforcement! Smiley.svg Thanks, Mike - it has given me some impetus (we are in Week 13 of 15) to complete its "cycle", start tidying things up, etc. Next challenge on the journey I think will be "marking eportfolios"... -- Jtneill - Talk - c 03:19, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
Congratulations on the star James! Jenny O 04:05, 15 October 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Formatting help - thanks James

Thankyou so much James for helping me with the headings, I can do them now! Success :)

Katrina Fry 04:15, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Please, tell me if my argument is sound

Please, tell me if you think my arguement is sound...I think I have clarified it Recovery_psychology/Lesson3#Research_Methods_in_Psychology thanks --recovery psychologist 13:40, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikiversity:Vision 2009 Updates?

Hi Jt. Do you know who is taking care of Wikiversity:Vision 2009. I was thinking maybe we should post a gauge gadget (Excel Chart?) to indicate progress on issues raised in the Vision 2009. This would help to get the attention of the community on issues requiring immediate attention. Maybe even raise those at the Colloquium for discussion? Please let me know what is happening. I am in and out of office but I will reply as sson as I can. --Thuvack | talk | Blog 11:30, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Yes, something like that. A basic graph to gauge progress on the goals we set for ourselves. maybe we be able to fast track most if not all once spotlight is back to the project. I am at work right now. we can chat via IRC if you like. --Thuvack | talk | Blog 12:24, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
That is excellent. bearing in mind that we literally up to november to complete these. whatever remains can be carried over to Vision 2010. I guess you will create the thread on the Colloquium, then?. I will have a thoughrough look and see which task I can work on whenever i come here. --Thuvack | talk | Blog 12:39, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] can you help guide a new person to wikiversity

A friend of mine is new to wikiversity . Can you show the person aroundUser:Bl4ckc4tz Regards Tglaisyer 16:47, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Psych essay question

Hi James

For my essay topic, I was going to do what you suggested “what is sex role theory and what has been found from sex role research” could I do the same question just

a) what is gender role theory and what has been found from gender role research, or to be even more specific b) what is gender role theory and what has been found from gender role research concerning intimate relationship quality between men and women

Just when I looked a bit more into sex role theory as opposed to gender I found the research went off into cog psych and biology a bit and the text has even less on sex roles than it does gender. Also I already have heaps of articles on gender and relationships that I would really like to use.

So in discussing gender role theory thought I could look at the major theories that account for gender roles eg. gender schema theory, evolutionary theory, social role theory. Then on the research bit just discuss the major finding and how they relate back to the theories.

Is this okay?? any feedback would be great.

Thanks, Belinda

p.s sorry also sent u an email, just wasn’t sure if the email system would be dodgy or not.

Bel 23:27, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Respected Custodian, this is to discuss a new format

I request you to open up a page format similar to 'School' in functioning, whose use would be similar to 'Reading group' but taking it to a higher level as people may discuss a large number of books from a specific topic, eg.-'?????:Classical Texts','?????:Math Olympiads','?????:Books on Sherlock Holmes',etc.
I expect a page with whatever name suits it [Library, Academy, or Book Club] from you considering you a custodian of World's largest online Center for Learning.Tushant 12:48, 24 October 2008 (UTC)


Page Help

Hey James,

Got a problem with my page. Some of my paragraphs extend horizontally for twenty pages. Could you have a quick look? Regards. Lauten 05:31, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Essay on climate change

Still chasing my the essay James and thanks for offering to help me I appreciate, my other thank you is for my e-portfolio page it looks good and I did not set it up like that I am sure you gave me a hand with it. I will continue the postings but I cannot add images I will keep try though Thanks for helping out. --U3006567 00:20, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for the feedback. I have added the subheadings now. User:Nicole Merchant.

[edit] Hi again

Hey thanks James. And since your here, any ideas where my tute reflection from the first week has gone...yet again I think I may have deleted it. Possibly sent it into oblivian...

There is just no end to your brilliance on this thingy whats it. Now I feel you have earnt that star.

[edit] nomination for custodianship

Do you intend to nominate Mike.lifeguard for full custodianship? --JWSchmidt 06:09, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sorry about the template, need help to fix

I will fix the template shortly, I just needed to do something and I found out a better way od doing it that should solve the problem.--Ipatrol 02:22, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sorry about {{home}}

I didn't know about the parameter so I will just go and replace it with something that should solve this mess.--Ipatrol 02:23, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] I'm actually sorry for those SP edits

The page looked relatively empty so I thought it had barely anything. Now I see the external links and I realize that most of the lecture was held off-site. You can change the status back but mabye you should make a note about the lecture being off-site--Ipatrol 02:24, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] G'day Wikimedian :-)

Whilst it's quite likely you'll have heard this news on the grapevine, in your email inbox, or even in person - I thought that it was sufficiently exciting to warrant giving each of you a 'new messages' orange bar! This particular orange bar has been brought to you to let you know that Wikimedia Australia is now open for members!

I'm not on the committee or anything, and that's where the credit is due in getting everything to this point, but I think it would be absolutely fantastic for folks who wish to support the australian wiki community, to go ahead and sign up - we're quite likely to be the world's fatest growing chapter at the moment! Join Us :-)

Here's a little more about membership, and the mailing list in particular is well worth signing up to as well, and is a good forum to get answers to any questions answered, or to share any ideas. I've dropped these notes in under my own steam, and you've received one because you're on this list - feel free to ask me any questions, or anything - I can certainly point you in the right direction :-) cheers all, Privatemusings 04:04, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Staff

I'm on the list, at the bottom. The Jade Knight (d'viser) 11:31, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] irc

Do you have a moment to drop by #wikiversity-en? --mikeu talk 13:25, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia list of interested course developers

Hi! Thanks for your contribution to the Wikipedia course! I hope you don't think that I hijacked your page. :) Would you like to add your name to the list of interested course developers? Best regards Mange01 08:54, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] {{history}}

Please never add this template unmodified to a page—it adds stuff directly to the History supercategory, and we're trying to avoid that. The Jade Knight (d'viser) 06:01, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

I see. Well, if you'd like to. I do think Geoff Plourde created a modified version of the template which allows (requires?) you to specify what category to put it in, but I forget what he named it. The Jade Knight (d'viser) 09:28, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
That's the one he made. It would work better, though I personally dislike the project boxes. The Jade Knight (d'viser) 07:57, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Registering for Social Psychology class

Hi James, I was wondering how can I sign up for your Social Psychology class? Should I wait until next semester?

Thanks a lot. --Chagfeh 16:51, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Template port to wikibooks

Hello. I tried porting the templates on Help:Pretty_Boxes but the main template - b:Template:IconBoxLeft does not work properly. I can see round cornered boxes with themes, but not the "pretty boxes". Can you tell me what I should such that the templates can be used on wikibooks as well?

[edit] rangeblock?

Just wondering why you're not hitting the range... I can hit it if you don't know how. --SB_Johnny talk 01:51, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Okay, got it. That ISP has a lot of ranges, so keep your fingers crossed :-). --SB_Johnny talk 02:01, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

See Notices for custodians for info about previous attacks from this same range.

In the case where all the editing ips have the first 3 sets of numbers the same (ie. 208.100.232.*) you would use 208.100.232.0/24 (I'm not sure why SBJ used /32 - isn't that just one address?) The 208.100.232.0/23 block that I used catches 208.100.232.* and 208.100.233.* which is probably about as broad as you would need to go in this case. You can also use these tools: Rangeblock-Calculator and network aggregation calculator. --mikeu talk 04:30, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

[edit] NK Psychology

Thank you for younr kind message. It will still take time and a lot of work to get the School of NK Studies going. I'm rather new at Wiki editing and find some features complicated to work with. The original materials I'm using for the courses are in MsWord, and some info (references, some italics, ...) was lost. If you would like to have a go at the NK Psychology chapter I can send you the original file (other users are also doing a great job at "Nonkilling Human Biology"). On the other, if you are interested in NK Psychology, I can send you the text by Rachel MacNair, which tackles nonkilling from a clinical perspective (it will not be available at the school). Best, Joám (and thank's for the info! I'm still not used to Wiki) --Cgnk 13:37, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi again! I'm sorry but I only realized you had replied today (I'm still rather ignorant in relation to wiki functioning). My email is jevans@nonkilling.org. I'll be glad to share the texts we have on Psychology. Also take a look at www.nonkilling.org (also in construction). Best, --Cgnk 15:30, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks & a big vote for Bill (no relation)

You asked me 6 months ago what is good on ted.com and as a fan I have some views but one I would share is related to the Brian Clough "count the hearts as the team gets off the bus": Bill Gates has understated determination which tho' does not appeal to all (contrast the applause he receives) comes from his ability to modulate his voice, only slightly. What I am trying to say is that his clever enunciation leads to making him a hero to some, other tedders may glow brightly but dim soon and disappear into nothing, and it is the pauses (or nothing) that good presenters like him do well. Paulmartin42 11:16, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Infobox

How to add a new infobox format?? Tushant 06:02, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Actually I wanted to add infoboxes to all topics of school:olympiads carrying info about pre-requisite knowledge, extent of course, competitions related to topic, etc.Tushant 13:49, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
Waiting for reply...Tushant 17:55, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
Check this out w:Category:Infobox_templates (The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tushant Jha (talk • contribs) 00:31, 28 April 2009.)


You can copy any infobox but just add the folllowing parameters-

>Topic >Level >Pre-requisite >Covered Areas >Related Competitions

and also tell me how to change its source...

[edit] Edubuntu is at Ubuntu

I deleted Edubuntu. We can cover it at Ubuntu. Hope that's OK with you. See discussion at Topic:Linux. Thanks! • CQ 05:55, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Vandal

Hi. I'm kind of new here (came from Wikipedia) and there's a guy creating spam articles (User:Douchebag). I'm really used to WP, so are there any templates here to warn users or to mark pages for speedy deletion? Thanks! Xhaoz 02:33, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

  • Alright cool, thanks. Are there any templates to warn users about vandalism or editing tests? Yeah, I'm kind of interested in computer programming and web design, and I figured I could learn a lot here. Xhaoz 23:39, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Something of a vanity name change

Good evening, I am currently creating the VB.NET coursework and I wanted to see if I might persuade someone to change the name of the VB.net article page to VB.NET. The latter is the proper way of denoting the language, and while typing in VB.NET will redirect to the proper page, it still does not make it right. One would not have a page on learning chinese as opposed to Chinese would they? Tigey 03:46, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] R question

Hello, I am learning about the R programming language and I have a question about loading an excel file to R. The spreadsheet is in a format like

dataset1    set2    set3 ....
-1.73089  0.85307  0.90962      0     <blank> -0.29827        0  0.87307 -6.33606
-2.21513  0.41049 -0.07876 -0.83712 -0.32327 -1.30134     -0.4  0.45049 -6.12715
0.51003  0.70491 -2.39356 -1.04441 -1.35134  0.65073   2.7401  0.76491 -2.99653

I saved it in csv format in excel and loaded it to R with

> r=read.csv('d:/statistics/datasets.csv',dec=',')

I tried to plot a histogram with e.g. hist(r[,5]) and I got the error message:

"Error in hist.default(r[, 5]) : 'x' must be numeric"

Is there anyway I could check the type and attributes of an object, like in python we have help(x) which outputs the docstring of the containing classes?

Regards, Hillgentleman | //\\ |Talk 04:34, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] twitter

I'd say go ahead and create an official wv twitter page. We might want to have a couple of people share the password, so that if one person is away or on wikibreak someone else can update the page. I just recently started using twitter for announcements of the observatory schedule @LaddObs but have not had a chance to explore it much. --mikeu talk 12:43, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wikiversity:Candidates for Custodianship/Adambro

ping --mikeu talk 13:18, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Artificial Consciousness and Categories

I am sorry that you are having to clean up the categories in my Artificial Consciousness Course. I am afraid that I am not all that effective at coming up with categories and so tend to use the most general category I can that captures what I am trying to do. Since you have tripped over a number of my articles already and will find numerous others in the same course I felt I really must appologize for my inept handling of categories in this course. It was my first attempt at a course while on wikiversity, and it suffers from my learning curve at wikilanguage programming, I had to be arm twisted to use categories at all, if only because I had no idea what they were.--Graeme E. Smith 15:23, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Explicit content

What do you reckon James? There's a heck of a lot of sexually explicit content on the commons, me being exposed to it by a comment on my WV talk page. Are you up with the play on this issue? --Leighblackall 06:39, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick reply on my talk page Jt. Just FYI I also raised the concern with Adambro --Leighblackall 07:14, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] {{btp}}

I would welcome feedback from you following the changes I made to the system interface to attempt to provide the information that this template does but by a much more straightforward method. Thanks. Adambro 18:26, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Could you point me to the interface change? Sorry, I couldn't see find it. -- Jtneill - Talk - c 23:40, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
Ah, yes, I see it now on a red-link talk page. Looks great. Well done. What page in the MediaWiki: space is that? -- Jtneill - Talk - c 03:16, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
Go to Recent Changes and select MediaWiki from the Namespace pulldown menu. [1] There are a few system messages related to new page editing that were recently modified. --mikeu talk 12:04, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
I hope you don't mind James but I've moved your comments back here just to keep the discussion in one place so it is easier to follow. I've explained about these new system messages in more detail at WV:RFD but the two involved here are MediaWiki:Talkpagetext and MediaWiki:Newarticletext. The first is displayed whenever anyone edits a talk page and the second is more complicated and is shown whenever someone creates a new page and provides advice about creating a new page relevant to which namespace it is. Adambro 12:18, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
No worries, that's fine, Adambro (moving). And thanks for the work and explanation here, very helpful. Note I've changed my RFD view on the template and suggest we perhaps discuss further at: Wikiversity:Usability#Empty talk pages and MediaWiki_talk:Talkpagetext? -- Jtneill - Talk - c 12:44, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Probationary Custodianship Nomination

Hi James, I'd like to request a probationary custodian role with Wikiversity. I realise I am pretty new to the Wikiversity community, but as can be seen by my contributions, I am making a significant investment with plans to run courses on Wikiversity, and the volume of work on Wikieducator and to a lessor degree Wikipedia shows my abilities to manage MediaWiki to an intermediate level. I hope this request is acceptable :) --Leighblackall 03:50, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Great - see more info on your talk page. -- Jtneill - Talk - c 04:08, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] WV:RFD archive

hi there, I've been trying to leave the archive boxed decisions on the RFD page for a short while before moving to the archive subpage so the community can see what the outcome was without digging through the archives. Though we really don't have a system or convention for that. Let me know what your thoughts are. --mikeu talk 00:21, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] WV:CR archived section

I hope you don't mind that I archived the first section of WV:CR. I got the impression from your email that this would be ok, but if you feel there is more to be said in that section - please feel free to revert, and open that part of the discussion back up. --mikeu talk 13:52, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] sandbox server

FYI: User:Darklama and I are trying to revive the Sandbox Server project. We've been doing some testing there, for example see Twitter updates from Wikiversity. --mikeu talk 15:04, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

You might want to take a second look at your user page on the sandbox too. ATOM feeds now work. -- darklama  23:34, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] STOP TROLLING ME AND UNBAN WIKADEMIA NOW

OK?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

ALSO TAKE WIKADEMIA DOT ORG OFF SPAM BLACKLIST

STOP TROLLING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (The preceding unsigned comment was added by Qazsedctgb (talk • contribs) 03:41, 2 August 2009.)

I'm sorry, but you've got little sympathy left from me. I remain open to sensible dialogue on your Wikademia talk page or other single account. -- Jtneill - Talk - c 18:18, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Categories

Thank you for your (automatic, I presume) welcome message. I've read through many of the articles on creating Wikiversity pages, but I'm still a bit confused when it comes to categories. Categories seem like a great way to avoid collisions by effectively namespacing them. I've read the help page on categories, but am left with a question. How do I create a link to an categorized article without having the category appear in the link label?

If I create a link references like:

[[aikido:Business plans]]

The link reads:

aikido: Business plans

I'd like it to read:

Business plans

but still refer to the categorized page. The problem, of course, is in the link syntax, which relies on a space to separate link from label. Have a look at Topic:Aikido for my initial attempts at Wikiversity development.

Markjnorton 02:56, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] some one should offer an alternative to this wiki

definitely. Jack

[edit] Highschool Help Forum - HHF

Please check Wikiversity:Project_incubator for an update on HHF. I'd really appreciate your help in setting up the project or atleast looking it over once in a while.

It is a discussion forum and needs proper navigation/aesthetics and writeups. I have set the forum up to the bare minimum - we can ask questions, answer them and view recent discussions in the order of last post. Can you help me complete the project? I have messaged a few people. let's see if they want to get involved. :) --Dharav talk 11:29, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Active learning

I think experimental learning has a lot in common with active learning rather then the other way around. I think experimental learning is a form of active learning. I think the Learning by doing approach is also a roundabout way of thinking about active learning. I think perhaps Learning by doing was a concept created locally because people were not aware of the concept of active learning. I consider active learning and learning by doing synonyms probably. -- darklama  12:51, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

No worries; there is a sea of overlapping and inter-related terms and it probably depends on one's schooling/experience as to which one's seem more foundational. I'm curious to learn more about active learning esp. since my previous conceptual training/background has been wrt experiential learning. Sincerely, James. -- Jtneill - Talk - c 13:36, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] You've made more than 10,000 mainspace edits!

Barnstar of Diligence.png The Golden Barnstar
The work that you have been doing to develop learning materials at Wikiversity is an inspiration to the community! You have now made more than 10,000 mainspace edits [2] and the Psychology resources that you have been working on are among the most popular on the entire Wikiversity site. [3] This is truly great work, and we really appreciate your dedication to knowledge and learning. mikeu talk 15:03, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] NC licenses

Hi James,

Looks like at least some of your students have been uploading using a non-commercial version of the commons licenses (e.g. File:Egm6321.f09.p8-3.png). Maybe you could talk to them about the problem there? I'm not sure if it's their own content or something imported from elsewhere. --SB_Johnny talk 11:13, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Ta; this looks like its by User talk:Egm6321.f09. There may be others by my students though. -- Jtneill - Talk - c 12:16, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
Oh, sorry ;-). The "naming convention" he's using is similar to yours. --SB_Johnny talk 12:54, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Connectivism CCK09

Cheers James! Haven't done much Wiki work before so learning something from the course already! (The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dean.jenkins (talk • contribs) 03:59, 18 September 2009.)

... and thanks for the signature hint. I may not have done much wiki'ing but I have done a lot of coding in various languages so understood what the obscure table code was all about. Dean.jenkins 09:50, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] sandbox

Re: [4] I now have a bot cleaning the sandbox about once per week. It will overwrite any changes you make to the standard "clean state" so I added your edit to the bot, but let me know if it ever needs to get changed. --mikeu talk 16:06, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] oversight

Re: [5] the page you deleted. The default for an edit comment when deleting a page is the first few lines of the page. Given that this included personal info I have requested meta:oversight to remove the page and log comments from the wiki database. --mikeu talk 16:17, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Educational technology

I think this is where I respond - anyway - I was sent the link by my professor to update it for our class - then he hired someone he is paying to do it. So I cleared my work and someone else should be working on it. Thanks.Sarahtrueblood 15:38, 25 September 2009 (UTC)


[edit] cheers

thanks for the resource links on my discussion post. who do i talk to about making this site a bit more user friendly??

A good place to start is the Colloquium -- Jtneill - Talk - c 03:54, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] beating the captcha

one can use the "if" statement to get around the captcha

http://example.com

and there is no reasonable way the parser can know at the time of edit that your string is "supposed" to be an external like after a while


Hillgentleman | //\\ |Talk 19:21, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

I appreciate your help on locating office hours page correctly. I couldn't find any documentation on how to make it fall under my user space -- now I see it's simply by adding a slash after the user space name?

Thanks again... Robert --Rlyon 22:31, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Help / Question

James:

Is there anyway that I can limit the editors of my userspace office hours sign up to registered users of Wikiversity? (not allow anonymous users?)

Thanks, Robert Lyon --Rlyon 22:33, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Just like a piece of paper

James:

Yes, thanks for clarifying about protection. I'd surmised as much, but was wondering if I'd missed something.

When I announced the link I advised students that it would be the internet equivalent of a piece of paper taped to my office door, and just as susceptible to anonymous abuse and mis-use, but that I would be able to use "internet magic" to track down the vandals. (insert clever winking emoticon here)

We have Blackboard for course content, but nothing as useful as Wikiversity for coordinating input from students across different classes, former students, and other colleagues.

I look forward to figuring out more uses for Wikiversity.

Thanks again,

Robert --Rlyon 22:56, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Semi protection

Sorry for my ignorance of methods here. How does one respond to comment threads in user spaces? I keep adding new comments and I don't think that's the most efficient way.

Re: your suggestion about "Semi-protection". Yes, that could be an improvement. I have another user content plan where it would be very useful. May not be that big of a deal for this sign-up page. If I want it to become "semi-protected", I would tell students they have to register on Wikiversity first, then I'd request a protection status change from you?

Thanks,

Robert --Rlyon 23:04, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] over-protected?

James:

I think the protection level on my sign-up page (http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/User:Rlyon/NYU_Stern_Office_Hours) is too high -- I can't even edit it now when logged in. Help?

Robert --Rlyon 23:17, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Selecting a university

Hi James, I just came across the dusty page on Selecting a university and added a few links and information about entry to Australian Universities, if you think you have something to add please help yourself. Lysander89 03:50, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Protect Wikiversity:Introduction?

Lately, that page has been vandalized quite a number of times. I saw that you just reverted an edit over there that was destructive in effect if not intent. I've repeatedly reverted vandalism there as well. I've opened a discussion on the Talk page of WV:Introduction about how the idea of encouraging newcomers to edit a page with such well-developed content may be too risky. Would you like to join in? --AFriedman 08:21, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Website

Hi! Just a website I found, maybe it is close to your area of interest, and it has one of the most "cool" designs I have ever seen. g2conline.org --Gbaor 09:51, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] peer review

Things are really slow here, research part is almost dead. Would you like to peer review my stuff, linked from my user page. Or help me find people that want to.

You are a lecturer in psychology, thats interesting, 3.0 and 4.0 of The Deweidifier(abstract) are about psycology/sociology. The 2 small articles don't need particular knowledge to understand them.--Deweirdifier 15:29, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

I formated them beater, needs some work, but its much beater then before.--Deweirdifier 23:10, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
Discusion on the talk page, no collaborative editing. They are parts essay and mainly OR, i wanted that a lot of people can follow threw, jargon is at a minimum, it would be nice if you read everything :). In the parts essay i try to explain standard but not wildly known stuff. I recommend to download the torrents, because the texts are amputated of the multimedia(pirate, can't upload here for the most part). I really think you should have started by reading the abstracts, some stuff are extremely controversial.--Deweirdifier 23:47, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
You are reading slowly and silently 2.0 Hackolution?--Deweirdifier 16:45, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
You can comment on what ever you have read at the talk page Talk:2.0 Hackolution . You think you can find people at your university interested at trying out the protocell proposal :) ?--Deweirdifier 00:31, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
No comment?--Deweirdifier 16:52, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] barefoot running

i have had fivefingers for some time now, i love them, i tend to run 5-6 days a week in them, it is amazing how fast they improve your running posture, id recommend getting some. i have the classics, and sprints. as far as i know, the kso treks are out where i live, where do you live? are you in the us? Codyjones 04:16, 16 November 2009 (UTC)


yeah, wow all the way in australia, here in the states the treks cost about $125usd depending on where you shop, but i have yet to try them, i cant justify spending that kind of money when i have college to pay for as well as already having two other pairs of fivefingers. so do you run? what do you do for work? im curious as to how you searched me out of the wiki sea of information? i love to spread the good word of fivefingers and how awesome they are.Codyjones 04:54, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thank you for the welcome. I've always been aware of wikiversity but have never really had time to start contributing. I hope to be able to change this. Kind Regards, Maximillion Pegasus 23:55, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] barefoot running

i need to show how running barefoot/minimalist is positive and how it is different than running is over padded running shoes that people pay an arm and a leg for, i need to show how the leg mechanics are different. mainly the project is about achieving something that i have wanted to do for a while, which was for me, barefoot (fivefingers) running. i need to try to explain it to the class, and of course i am going to get the common questions about how its good to run without all that support and motion control the average running shoe provides.Codyjones 19:13, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Request Custodian Mentorship

Hi, thanks so much for welcoming me to Wikiversity more than a year ago. I think you are an awesome Wikiversity contributor, and I'm wondering if you would want to mentor me as a custodian. I've posted my request for probationary custodianship to the relevant board. Thanks so much, AFriedman 12:33, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Hi, thanks and welcome back! I can't think of any questions or anything right now, but if something comes up, I'll let you know. --AFriedman (talk) 21:15, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Probationary Period Over

Hi Jtneill,

Hope you're good. My one month trial period for probationary custodianship is over, and would you please nominate me for full custodianship if you think I'm deserving?

A summary of what I've done: On January 4, I created alternate account User:JacobFrank, named after an 18th century Jewish historical figure. I tested the "block," "protect" and "delete" tools on his Userspace. In addition, on 20 January I semiprotected Hitler's Germany and changed the settings of an Ottava Rima block--see User talk:Ottava Rima. During my probationary period, I made over 100 edits to this wiki.

Thanks, AFriedman (talk) 17:15, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Near Death Experience

Can you comment on The Near Death Experience as Possible Evidence for any Afterlife? Can you put me in touch with others who can comment here? Proxima Centauri 19:57, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Appropedia assistance

Hey Jtneill, I was wondering whether you are interested in joining Appropedia; we currently need someone with experience in the wiki-software; see http://www.appropedia.org/User_talk:Chriswaterguy#Members More precisely, we need to add some extensions/semantic updates to automate a few things (ie member listing, ...). Let me/us know if you're intrested or if you know someone that might be intrested. KVDP 12:02, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

[edit] End of Probationary Period

Hi, hope you're having a good week. I'll be very busy for the next 2 weeks (midterm exams in some of the hardest classes I've taken yet). So, I'd like to know if we're on the same page for when my probationary period would end. I will have more time after March 12 or so. Perhaps we could start the voting for full custodianship on March 13? Best, AFriedman </fFirefoxont>(talk) 13:37, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Firefox

Hi, Jtneill. Thank you for the info I was not aware of the control+ trick I just use the zoom feature on my pen tablet. so I might try it sometime. --PalmdaleHermit 23:05, 2 March 2010 (UTC)--PalmdaleHermit 23:05, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Wikiversity:Research process

I have undone the removal of the ethics section. Ethics are part of any research process. I'm trying to consolidate information in a useful way with this page, so that people can quickly learn and get up to speed on how to do research on Wikiversity. I left the changes you made to Wikiversity:Research ethics intake though since what I wrote is relevant and useful there as well.

I have thought about changing the research ethics page into a redirect as well. Depending on how much correlation the research ethics page ends up having with what I end up writing on the research process page. -- darklama  13:55, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Just saw your change to Wikiversity:Original research. I think linking to research ethics as you did is definitely better for now. The research process is intended to serve as an alternative option to original research as well. -- darklama  14:03, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

No worries with all of the above, thanks, sorry I hope I didn't get in your way. I think its the wiki way ;) I agree with 99.9% of your edits - keep going! Smiley.svg -- Jtneill - Talk - c 14:42, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Category:Research projects

Wikiversity has more research projects than people thought huh? I think I have created a monster! Keep up the good categorization work ;) -- darklama  00:19, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Changing comments by User:JacobFrank (me)

Hi, thanks for the advice. I wouldn't normally do this, but JacobFrank is my alternate account. BTW, what are your thoughts about making w:Jacob Frank (and User:JacobFrank) one of Wikiversity's mascots? He seems to have more educational value than the current mascots, given that he was a real person and he illuminates several aspects of European history and philosophy. Then we could tie him and WV in to the relevant articles and Wikipedia's WikiProjects that he would be part of. --AFriedman (talk) 14:41, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Jacob Frank

Hi, sorry about the Jacob Frank confusion. I didn't realize it would lead to this much incovenience. This was the only place I edited a space other than his Userpage with this account, and I just changed the signature over there so it reads "AFriedman."

Also, I've just developed Jacob Frank as one of the random mascots. See the new User:JacobFrank Userpage, and Template:JacobFrank. Although the previous mascots are quite cute, I notice that none of them, in themselves, have any educational value as far as I can tell. Mascots that represent real aspects of actual topics might provide an additional opportunity to educate Users of Wikiversity and to engage them in creating content--much as "Featured Articles" and "Did You Know" hooks help accomplish this purpose on Wikipedia. For example, Jacob Frank can be used to teach people about the philosophy and the side of European history that he represents, which most people are unfamiliar with. Also, I hope it comes across that I've used his doctrine of "purification through transgression" to introduce the Wikiversity policies of "Be bold" and "ignore all rules." What do you think of the mascot? --AFriedman (talk) 03:18, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] nomination for bureaucrat

Wikiversity:Candidates_for_Custodianship#Nominations_for_Bureaucratship --mikeu talk 14:46, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Congrat! :) Absolute support! Is this thing the same as Custodianship, i.e. 4 weeks probationary? --Gbaor 10:29, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
Thanks, Gbaor - it seems the time frame for probation is not clear/decided - Wikiversity:Bureaucratship. Longer may be appropriate? -- Jtneill - Talk - c 11:11, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
I thought more about an immediate voting procedure. I don't really have an insight to this topic, but as I imagine you should not use the "fancy new tools" as a Bureaucrat too often, and as a long term Custodian you are already well known. So I don't see a problem to vote now. --Gbaor 12:01, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
I wanted to update the MediaWiki:Sitenotice but then I realized that I am not able to do it. Maybe you can insert your nomination there? --Gbaor 12:07, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
Yes, done, thanks for your help. -- Jtneill - Talk - c 12:14, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Getting back lost possitions

Do you think lost position can go back directly (i.e. without a mentorship process). I still see all three guys who were blocked, desysopsed or abdicated, where assuming a good faith and were pro the openness of Wikiversity. They will only step in swamps. But they are not responsible for those swamps as swamps are as natural as arable land. So once the Founder will understand that condemn to death children, who left home to the prohibited area was to big punishment, can we offer these guys to come back home directly and forgive their "sins"?--Juan de Vojníkov 05:51, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi Juan - thanks for helping out - I really hope the answer can be "yes, its possible". Sadly, I haven't seem many "comebacks" - it seems to be deflating to be shut out even if the door re-opens later on. Until this point community review + consensus could lead to action to enable or disable levels of access. I hope this can still be our way. -- Jtneill - Talk - c 06:32, 19 March 2010 (UTC)


[edit] Fake torture in a TV show

Speaking about social experiments, for you as someone involved in the topic this could be interesting --Gbaor 12:41, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

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