Wikiversity:Community Portal/Old/2007

Contents:
1 Community bulletin board
2 To do lists
3 Help and Resources

The Community Portal is the central place to find out what's happening on Wikiversity. Learn what tasks need to be done, what groups can be joined, and get or post news about recent events or current activities.

• New to Wikiversity? see Introduction to Wikiversity.
• Join a community project
• See the help page for documentation, or ask a question for assistance.
• The Colloquium is Wikiversity's main discussion forum.
• For vandalism, or other custodian (admin/sysop) tasks, you can request custodian action.
• Is something missing? Request it.

Community bulletin board

Post your Wikiversity related news and announcements here! New portals, collaborations, and Learning projects seeking contributors. New initiatives, proposals, discussions, or article drives, and current maintenance requests.

• A course titled American Literature is now available. Please see --Zakman93 03:31, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
• A course titled 8th Grade Honors Literature is now available. Please see--Zakman93 03:31, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
• A course titled History of Germany is now available. Please see--Zakman93 03:31, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
• A new group has been created in the Writing Center of the School of Language and Literature: Fantasy and Science Fiction Writing Group. Looking for contributors and students for unconventional courses, reading lists and other relevant activities.

Announcements

October 2009

25 : Leighblackall is now a full custodian.

16 : There is a nomination for Leighblackall for full custodian.

14 : Trinity507 is now a full custodian.

September 2009

24 : Join the Wikimedia 2009–2010 strategic planning process.

August 2009

31 : Trinity507 is now a probationary custodian.

30 : User:Mu301Bot is now a bot.

23 : There is a proposal to modify the Special:Upload form. Please comment here.

15 : Wikiversity Day

12 : 2009 Board elections results.

5 : Adambro is now a full custodian.

July 2009

31 : There is a nomination for Adambro for full custodian.

28 : 2009 Board elections vote begins.

8 : Adambro and Leighblackall are now probationary custodians.

3 : User:AdambroBot is now a bot.

May 2009

24 : Results of the licensing update proposal and community vote are now now available.

April 2009

12 : There is a proposal to license Wikimedia material so it is available under CC-BY-SA, while retaining dual licensing with the GFDL.

6 : The Finnish Wikiversity is now open.

February 2009

7 : Juan de Vojníkov is now a full custodian

2 : There is a nomination for Juan de Vojníkov for full custodian.

January 2009

24 : Help develop a policy for bans.

24 : Discuss modifications to the research guidelines.

16 : User:ArthurBot is now a bot.

1 : Juan de Vojníkov is now a probationary custodian.

1 : 2009 is the International Year of Astronomy

Previous months' announcements

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• Help form active Wikiversity learning communities: see Reading groups.
• Wiki Campus Radio (once called "Wikio") is getting closer to becoming a reality. This audio learning platform will help "increase participation in Wikiversity while strengthening its community and extending its reach." get involved
• Summer is here and the Bloom clock project is looking for blooming flowers. Anyone with a digital camera or even a notepad can help out!
• The French Department is in need of an Instructor and contributers.
• New learning project: Collaboratively-building concepts.
• Users interested in learning Spanish should sign up at Spanish/Students.
• Register language of interest We have a threshold of ten interested participants to initiate a dedicated language domain away from the beta.wikiversity.org incubator site.
• Update the links on this page from Wikipedia links to Wikiversity links.
• Create pages from the redlinks on this page (if required and useful)
• New learning project: English as a Second Language (ESL) project in coordination with The Justin M. Dart Foundation (www.justindart.net). We are looking for volunteers and teachers to help create a FREE online English learning program. Please email jdart1@gmail.com if interested!

Centralized discussions

To do lists

Wikiversity is growing. However, at this early stage many areas are stubs, or otherwise need attention. If you like, go ahead, be bold, and jump right in.

Guidelines, help, and resources

Wikiversity is "staffed" by a small number of volunteers. Here are some of the most general; for more specific departments, check the appropriate page below. See also the Wikiversity department directory.

Help

• Wikiversity help - Browse help pages
• Where to ask questions
• Help desk - Ask a question about anything.

Editing

• The Manual of Style guidelines and tutorial
• How to edit a page
• How to contribute to Wikiversity
• How to add content
• How to improve materials
• How to produce great material
• A list of template messages
• The list of files that have been uploaded to Wikiversity
• What special pages are
• Tools for editing

Policies and guidelines

Wikiversity has some policies, guidelines, conventions, and traditions. This is a brief sampling of some of the most important. Policies and guidelines apply both to materials, and how to work with fellow editors. For easy access, the shortcuts to the pages are also listed.

Article standards

Working with others

Resources

New user information

Welcome! · New user tutorial · Sandbox · Help · What Wikiversity is not · Glossary · Account benefits

Ways to communicate

Discussion pages · Mailing list (Wikiversity-l Please subscribe to the list or view the archives) · IRC Chat · User pages · Surveys · Custodians' noticeboard · Requests for feedback · Meetups

Community support groups and programs

Welcoming committee · Wikiversity awards program · Barnstars ·

Common Procedures

Featured content · Good content · Requests for feedback · Deleting a page (full policy) · Moving a page (naming policies) · Protecting a page (full policy) · Reverting a page · Custodian nominations m· Category-based access to administration

How to resolve conflicts

Stay cool! · Be nice to newcomers ·

Community information

About Wikiversity · About Wikimedia · Wikischolars · Donations · Administrators · Babel · Culture ·

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