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Contents 1 ArchiveBot test 2 yet another virtual university 3 job market 4 Watchlist bug 5 Theory ? 6 VB 6 Course 7 New mediawiki skin 8 Wikimedia Foundation Gets $300K for Wikimedia Commons 9 Wikiversity on Twitter 10 license update 11 WV teamwork 12 most wanted

[edit] ArchiveBot test

This is a test of {{Auto archive}} (using a fake date in the sig.) Please ignore, and do not edit this section. Thanks. --mikeu talk 00:00, 1 Jan 2009 (UTC)

[edit] yet another virtual university

Someone recently mentioned "Virtual Seminar University" to me, and I had to admit I didn't know anything about it. Is the Virtual Seminar University something that would be helpful to Wikiversity students? Is Wikiversity something that would be helpful to Virtual Seminar University students, and if so, what is an appropriate way to tell them about Wikiversity? --DavidCary 23:58, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

I am testing it.--Juan de Vojníkov 21:20, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

I have started the course and hope it is not an autoresponder website marketing. Than it would be not good for wv.--Juan de Vojníkov 04:38, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

We have a Wikiversity:Outreach page for that purpose. I shall add a list item. • CQ 16:53, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

OK, guys. So it is an autoreponder marketing so I would not recomend to cooparate with them. They teach you to buy. That is like microorganism spreading.--Juan de Vojníkov 17:36, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] job market

I propose a Wikiversity:Job market page for people seeking employment. The page would primarily be useful for people whose contributions to Wikiversity could be seen as a portfolio of their work. An advantage for Wikiversity would be an added motivation for contributors, a disadvantage might be that people might be hired because of their work, which could make the continuation of the work a commercial product. I think the latter is an acceptable risk, especially because the demand to prevent it doesn't seem to be ethical. One could add a 28+7 working-time policy recommendation. --fasten 08:45, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

I would say, Get Wiki Jobs at http://www.getwikijobs.com/ is quite known.--Juan de Vojníkov 17:35, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

I didn't know it but given the size of the internet one could have postulated its existence. It appears to be biased towards the technicalities of web and wiki design instead of the content, which is not what I meant. --fasten 15:12, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Yes, that would be a problem. So be bold and remeber that Wikiversity is not a place for advertising.--Juan de Vojníkov 04:37, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

I don't think having a formal "job market" helps Wikiversitians or the Wikiversity community. And while it's true that WV isn't a place for advertising, I don't think there is anything wrong with saying "I've contributed to/edited/revised/commented on these learning projects/pages/etc". In todays realities, everyone is always "looking for work". The question is, can a portfolio of the courses/learning projects you've participated in be represented and presented? And can you let people know you are active and overtly seeking employment?

I think the answer to both of these questions is yes. Everyone has a home page, and if you choose to sign up it can be exclusive to you. I think it is ok to mention you are looking for work there -- maybe even have a category/template/infobox that lets people know. I also think your home page can be used to highlight your contributions -- whether for employment or just to remember what you've done. I wouldn't recommend posting your CV and other info there, but you could point to it if people want to see. I'm not sure how many headhunters come to WV looking for candidates though, so it might be better to point them here from outside. Historybuff 15:25, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Watchlist bug

When I change any of the following to "Hide" status, they won't change back:

"Hide minor edits | Hide bots | Hide anonymous users | Hide logged-in users | Hide my edits"

The workaround I've found is to edit the address bar to change the word "hide" to "show". Here's an example for "Show my edits":

"http://en.wikiversity.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Watchlist&showOwn=1&days=0"

How can we fix this ? StuRat 15:54, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

I'm not sure where the problem is, but this sounds like it might be in mediawiki. I would try looking around at http://www.mediawiki.org or at https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org. --mikeu ^talk 12:31, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. Can you confirm if the same problem happens for you ? StuRat 14:22, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Show to Hide and back to Show works fine for me on both recent changes and my watchlist. I'm using Firefox. CQ 21:40, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

I seem to have this same problem. Tried it in Firefox on Windows 7, and Firefox and Internet Explorer on Vista. Also seems to effect other WMF Wikis. I suspect it will have been raised on bugzilla. Adambro 22:03, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

I can't find a report on Bugzilla on this. Can you ? StuRat 11:09, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

A kinda/sorta related bug is 17256. That was the only result of a search for "watchlist hide show". --mikeu ^talk 16:22, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

I don't quite understand that bug report. What's the "invert" it talks about ? StuRat 00:20, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Just below the line with "hide minor edits" etc. there is a pulldown menu to select Namespace: to choose, for example, to only show edit in User_Talk: space. The Invert Selection checkbox shows all pages _except_ that one namespace. --mikeu ^talk 00:25, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Oh, that's what that does. I was thinking it was supposed to invert colors in the display. StuRat 09:45, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

The odd thing is that it seems to work fine in Recent Changes, but does not work in My Watchlist. Tested using:

• Mozilla 1.7 for Sun Java Desktop System (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; SunOS sun4u; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20070606)
• Firefox 2.0.0.19 (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; SunOS sun4u; en-US; rv:1.8.1.19) Gecko/20090218 Firefox/2.0.0.19)
• Opera 9.00 . Build 344 for SunOS. Qt library 3.3.5.

--mikeu ^talk 10:39, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks to everyone who tried to confirm this bug. StuRat 11:05, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Same problem in el.wv ---- (profile|chit chat|email) 11:59, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. That's Greek, right ? StuRat 13:48, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Yes, el is greek. I also see the same bug on en-wikipedia, so it is not site specific. --mikeu ^talk 16:26, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

OK, thanks. StuRat 00:20, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Theory ?

I prefer to ask first; I might have missed a policy. Do you mean that MY theory about infinite numbers is a good candidate for a page here at the Wikiversity ? I'm not totally sure anybody else didn't state it, but I didn't heard about it. I want to reassure you, it's not something completly funky about poly-dimentionnal wormhole ;) . It's quite straight forward in fact but I've not seen anybody postulate about it. Iluvalar 04:09, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

It seems like a decent candidate to me. Wikademia

How should I start then ? PS: I hanged on wp-fr for a long time (3000 edits). I know the basics.. I just want to know : Is there a specific namespace ? Any naming convention ? Where could I link my new page ? Those things... Iluvalar 15:14, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

I don't know what your theory is called, but you could just create a page which describes it, like writing a paper. The page name might sort of then be like picking the name of a paper, and then right the page as if you might be writing a paper. Wikiversity:Naming conventions Wikademia

Here is the first draft. thanks. Defined infinity theory. Thinking about for so much time pushed me at the edge of pure madness. I think I've survived with a big load of humour. I hope the final result is not so bad and the idea can be understood. ... I'm taking a break. Iluvalar 01:10, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Your theory sounds like "Original Research", so you should read, understand and agree to Wikiversity's OR policy. I looked over your page briefly -- what I would suggest is that you tap some math gurus to provide feedback and peer review and to try and punch holes in your Theory. Historybuff 15:31, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

I know my idea is a bit messy right now. I'm a bit rusty in integral and differential equation, but I would be glad to take a look to common calculus involving infinite values. And demonstrate how by thinking of an infinity as being defined, much more like others variables, we can end up with good answers. Often much more quickly then using conventional method. I don't have much spare time right now, to find those commons exemples which use those method. I quickly read WV:OR is there any template to warn that this theory is an original research ? Iluvalar 00:02, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

I don't think there is any template. If you think its important to let people know that your writing original research you can make such a template, otherwise don't worry about it. -- darklama  22:23, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

I don't worry, but on another hand this might be used to determine W:critical mass in nuclear plant. Just in case, I put a warning. Iluvalar 19:24, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] VB 6 Course

--DaveFairhall 15:48, 1 July 2009 (UTC)I was following the VB6 tutorial course. But when I arrived at the Lesson page called "Event-Drien Design in VB6" it just ends and there are no more lesson links! Just a link to a computer programming Page which seems to bear no resemblance to the course I was on!!

Can anybody help??

DaveFairhall 15:48, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Wikiversity is still very much a work in progress, as you seem to have found out. If you post a URL, I can take a peek and see where the course ends.

Since WV is a volunteer effort, it's important to get feedback on Learning Resources. It's the only way to know what needs work, what does work and in this case, what's missing. Historybuff 17:42, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi,

Thank you for your speedy response. The page in question is :-http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Event-Driven_Design_in_VB6

DaveFairhall 08:41, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] New mediawiki skin

A new skin, called "Vector", is available for testing (go to Special:Preferences). This is a fruit of the Wikimedia Usability Project. More information here. ---- (profile|chit chat|email) 23:01, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wikimedia Foundation Gets $300K for Wikimedia Commons

To improve usability - good: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/wikimedia_foundation_gets_300k_for_wikimedia_commo.php -- Jtneill - Talk - c 10:11, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wikiversity on Twitter

Follow. Contribute. http://twitter.com/Wikiversity -- Jtneill - Talk - c 10:12, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] license update

With the implementation of the license update we now have a number of pages that contain outdated or incorrect information. In particular Wikiversity:Copyrights but there are also a number of other pages that need to be proofread and changed. I'm not entirely clear on the terms of the new license and the transitition so I'd like to discuss what is needed before proceeding. --mikeu ^talk 12:10, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] WV teamwork

I'd like to draw attention to Web 2.0 as a great example of collaborative editing here at Wikiversity. There were 10 participants who made great strides in improving this learning resource. See the difference. Another example is Introduction to the Dutch language diff with 4 participants. I'm bringing this up here to start a dicussion thread on how we can encourage and foster more cooperatively developed learning resources. --mikeu ^talk 19:03, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Just like the clueless one said! We will create the content! CQ 19:55, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] most wanted

According to page hit statistics Principles of Management was the most viewed mainspace page during June, and it ranked #27 for the year. Stream/Circle was the #6 most viewed page for 2009 with an average of 406 hits/day, which is kind of ironic given that it was (mostly) page blanked from February until just today. [1] --mikeu ^talk 20:10, 8 July 2009 (UTC)