Wikiversity:News
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- Research guidelines/En|research]]). Wikiversity Beta is also a place where Wikiversity projects which don't have a subdomain yet can develop.
You will find more information in the FAQ. You can also take a look at the reports to get some news from Wikiversity projects in all languages.
[edit] Interwiki links and name spaces
v: is the official interwiki prefix for Wikiversity and is enabled on all Wikimedia projects. betawikiversity: can be used to make links to the beta.wikiversity.org website. Three namespaces have been created to organize Wikiversity content and Wikiversity content development: Portal, School, and Topic. -- sebmol ? 21:08, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Wikiversity officially announced by Wales
- From the Wikipedia Signpost, By Ral315, 7 August 2006
In a keynote speech at Wikimania 2006, Jimbo Wales announced that Wikiversity had been officially approved by the board, and would go into a three-language beta test "within a month".
Wikiversity was approved by 69.8% of voters in November 2005, reaching the two-thirds majority required to submit the proposal to the Wikimedia board. However, the measure stalled at the board level, as the board requested changes to the proposal in order for approval. The changes included the removal of credentials and clarification of the Wikiversity concept of e-learning. Work on the proposal continued and the modified proposal's approval had not been publicly announced until Wikimania.
Wikiversity was launched on August 15, 2006. Wikiversity contains materials useful for learning that do not fit into Wikibooks' specific area (textbooks).
[edit] See also
- 8:00 class - the Wikiversity 24 hour project-related news cycle (on hiatus)
- Wikiversity:Announcements
- Wikiversity:Wikiversity in the media
