Wikiversity talk:Transformative editing

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This needs a better explanation—for example, what is transformative editing? The Jade Knight 23:53, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

It sounds like some kind of experiment in "thinking outside the box".....take an existing text out of its original context and "run with it" in a new direction. I've been thinking that maybe we should narrowly define the contents of the Wikiversity namespace. Can we put everything that can be thought of as a learning project into the main namespace and all content development projects into the topic namespace? Maybe the Wikiversity namespace should just be for policies, guidelines and a few other items that are truly meta-content about the Wikiversity project. --JWSchmidt 15:54, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

The characterization of this Wikiendeavor as some kind of experiment in "thinking outside the box", taking an existing text out of its original context and "running with it" in a new direction seems to this Participant who introduced the Page as being right on the mark.

A New Page, "Topic:Transformative Editing", duplicating "Wikiversity: Transformative Editing" has just been produced; so, if "Wikiversity: Transformative Editing" seems not to qualify for the "Wikiversity:" Namespace, there would be no problem with deleting "Wikiversity: Transformative Editing" and perhaps later restoring it, if it does turn out to qualify for the "Wikiversity:" Namespace.

(s) Dionysios ^(talk), Date: 2007-07-09 (July 9, 2007) Time: 1348 UTC

Should the project be perhaps in the main namespace? Or will there be other projects that will all fall under the "Transformative Editing" project? (either way, I think JWSchmidt is probably correct in thinking it should not be in the Wikiversity namespace.) The Jade Knight 04:39, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

BTW, you can move projects. This is generally preferable to copying & pasting. Also, please add an explanation of what "Transformative Editing" is about somewhere to help orient confused people, if you don't mind. The Jade Knight 04:41, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Your Servant agrees. Perhaps "Transformative Editing" should be in the Main Namespace. And the Page will begin with some sort of an explanation of what is happening in this Work in Progress: namely, "Take Some Text and Transform It into Something Entirely Different."

-- Dionysios ^(talk), a Participant in the Wikiversity Institute of Thought, Date: 2007-07-14 (July 14, 2007) Time: 1949 UTC