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==Great to see this page coming into existence ==
Will help us manage the classes who are editing. --] (] · ] · ]) 17:02, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

== Notifications ==
Kevin, not sure what we should say about notifying the professor and the course talk page? My concern is that we have so many MIA profs, that they may not see the issues. ] (]) 21:55, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
:I'm honestly not sure either. I think it would generally be better to not notify them immediately, and let their ambassadors deal with talking to them about it, unless the professor is either an established Wikipedian or their ambassador is MIA or the problem involves their ambassador. I'm not sure how to sum that up succinctly though. ] (]) 22:05, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
::I guess the question is if enough ambassadors are MIA that we should just assume that notifying profs is a good policy by default. Those in the program give their full name so e-mail contact info is usually easy to find. I'll make a small note about contacting profs by e-mail. ] 23:56, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
:::It depends on who's at the center of the problem, really. If it's a student, notify the student, the professor, and any campus/online ambassadors for the course. If it's a class in general, same as above, except students. If it's a campus ambassador, notify the CA and their ]. Regional ambassador problems are rare, but you would notify them and ]. For online ambassadors, I'd contact the OA and leave a note as well at ]. For structural problems with the program, there's no need to notify anyone in particular; just post those here and optionally notify ] and/or the related program's talk page. ] <sup>(] • ]) </sup> 20:22, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

== Sorry about that. I bit newcomers again. ==

Can you delete my section? I'm vanishing from this noticeboard until this version is archived. (I mean, not edit the noticeboard) ] (]) 20:27, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
:Do not worry about it. It is important that people feel comfortable bringing up concerns. --] (] · ] · ]) 21:20, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
:Don't feel bad, you should feel free to raise concerns, that's what the noticeboard is for. My only feedback would be in the future to stick to either real ongoing issues or likely future issues rather than unlikely hypothetical outcomes - this will help ensure your concerns are treated seriously. ] 21:00, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

== Centralizing policy and analysis discussions ==

Before this noticeboard existed, a number of policy and analysis discussions happened at ]. Now they're happening here at what is called a noticeboard not a policy and analysis discussion page. Would anyone mind if I created ] for these sorts of discussions and moved some of the policy and analysis discussions there? ]] 08:35, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
:While I support, I think it's only fair to point out the ] was just held a few days ago with no consensus, so I would expect opinions expressed there still apply. ] <sup>(] • ]) </sup> 16:43, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
::Thanks for pointing that out. However I think what was proposed there was separating an "incidents" board from the Education Noticeboard. I propose leaving "incidents" here and moving the policy and analysis discussions elsewhere. ]] 19:27, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
:I'm going to continue to support keeping all education program discussion in one place, simply because the interested community isn't large enough to support critical mass for multiple forums. In fact, I'd consider merging redirecting future discussion at ] to here. Regardless of whether a split eventually occurs, I think moving discussions would be inflammatory. ] 23:58, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
::About Ambassador Talk, I'd go along with a suggestion to mark it as inactive for the moment and post a notice that redirects people here. I think that Ambassador Talk might have some usefulness in the future but I'm not sure that we need it right now. ]] 08:08, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

== Possible technical glitch ==

Hi,<br>
I've noticed that if I try to use bullet points (*) in the free text box at ], any text after the first bullet is not shown in ]. <nowiki><br></nowiki> seems to work fine, however. Is this a known issue? ] (]) 00:14, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
:It wasn't a known issue. I'll do some testing and file a bug. Thanks for reporting this.--] (]) 01:34, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

== With 28 threads I think I'm going to reduce the time it takes for things to archive ==

Best. ] (]) <small>pls ] me (i.e. {{]}}) while signing a reply, thx</small> 08:30, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

*The page is getting unwieldy again. It says that archiving is set at 48 hours, but the actual settings seem to be either 10 days, or 240 of unspecified units. I think we should change the settings to 72 hours, and if no one objects, I'll do that fairly soon. --] (]) 17:39, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
:I've done it, but I made it 5 days instead, because of the existence of EN/I. --] (]) 22:49, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

== Motor system, test case ==
Since my whole, documented test case has now been desconstructed, separated, moved to another board, and totally refactored, I am Meaning, if this new board doesn't work and I ever have to go to ANI, that was an example of one of everything. ] (]) 23:48, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
:Sorry! Was trying to be helpful. Can undo if you'd prefer. --] (] • ]) 01:37, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
:: Not at all! Not complaining, just saying! And I fixed 'em so they wouldn't look so stupid five years from now in archives :) Thanks for everything, ] (]) 01:43, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

== Seeking OA for Courses at Louisiana State University ==
Hello! I am the campus ambassador at LSU and have three classes that need the assistance of an OA. The classes are ](the course I teach), ], and ]. Would anyone be interested in volunteering for these courses? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you! ] (]) 20:46, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

== Proposal for possible collaboration with other foundations ==

I have stated a discussion about the possibility of perhaps working with some other foundations for the purposes of paying for translations of works not yet at all or easily available in a given language to add translations to WMF entities, with perhaps a translation guide of the work to make it easier to make additional translations by WMF volunteers and/or education projects to other languages, at ]. Any input of the feasibility or possible benefits of such efforts is more than welcome. ] (]) 16:12, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

== Take an educator under your wing? ==

Hey, I was wondering if anyone would be willing to help out ]. It looks like he's running a course but it doesn't have a course page yet. I ran into some issues (common ones, nothing huge major since it was an AfC draft) with one of the articles so they can definitely use some mentoring. I've left a tl;dnr message on his page that gave a pretty lengthy overview of stuff, but I think that it'd definitely be beneficial to have someone that's held their own course on Misplaced Pages go offer some help, as I've never actually set up a course on Misplaced Pages. I've helped out on one and I've helped some students out on occasion, but it's not the same thing as approaching this from an educator's standpoint. ]] 07:37, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

== Applications not being seen to ==

Hi there :) in August of this year I placed ] Online Ambassador application on the Education Noticeboard. Since then, my own and none of the other applications by users have been seen to - does anyone know what's going on? I've contacted a couple of current ambassadors. Thanks <abbr title="Smiling face" style="border-bottom: none;">]</abbr> ] <sup>]</sup> 16:35, 31 October 2015 (UTC)
:{{ping|Samtar}} Wiki Ed announced in ] that they . It would appear though that the on-wiki pages have not been updated to reflect this change, and a number of individual admins have actioned requests since then. Pinging ] and ] in the hope that they can clarify this. ] (]) 18:06, 31 October 2015 (UTC)
::Ahah! That would explain it :) thanks <abbr title="Smiling face" style="border-bottom: none;">]</abbr> ] <sup>]</sup> 18:11, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

:::{{ping|Samtar|Nikkimaria}} Thanks for the ping. I'll answer in an unofficial capacity summarizing the situation, but I would defer to {{u|LiAnna (Wiki Ed)}} for anything regarding official policies/positions of Wiki Ed and/or its relationships with the Education Program or Ambassadors program.
:::First, I do want to clarify that the ambassador program does still exist. Since Wiki Ed, an independent non-profit, has grown to the point where we were able to hire paid staff to work with classes, we decided it didn't make sense for us to be involved with the process of vetting/managing volunteers. Staff can be expected to stay up to date with the current tools, communicate with instructors on a schedule, be available for meetings, and other activities it is not reasonable to ''require'' of volunteers like we can with staff.
:::That said, ambassadors are great. While an online ambassador is very similar to Wiki Ed's Content Experts, it seems to me that Campus Ambassadors in particular are in a position to provide a kind of service to classes we typically can't (since we can't visit every campus). We work with classes associated with ambassadors all the time, and I think the experience of those classes is better for it. We're just not involved in e.g. reviewing applications, assigning them to classes, managing ambassadors, and/or other aspects of running the ambassador program.
:::The potential scope of the ambassadors program is also broader than Wiki Ed's. Wiki Ed runs the ] in the United States and Canada, but there are institutions from other countries active on the English Misplaced Pages that would benefit from guidance that we're just not able to provide at this point. The WMF's Education Program is international, but it's more active on other language Wikipedias.
:::I think what's needed is more community discussion and more interest in managing, developing, or otherwise maintaining the ambassador program and its processes.
:::Also notifying {{u|Bluerasberry}} of this discussion, who I think has some ideas for potential next steps in the discussion. --] (]) 14:01, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
::::{{ping|Samtar}} Things became complicated recently and I think without some community conversation and some reforms there will continue to be blocks and confusion. I started a discussion at ] and prior to that another at ]. To get progress I think we need consensus of about five community members and ought to have a chat with someone from Wiki Ed and the WMF education program. Problems are solvable with only community agreement, and I think the only reason agreement does not exist is because software is not documented so few people can learn what is happening unless they have a voice conversation with someone with experience using these tools. If you are interested in giving comment, then I would offer to meet you by phone or Skype to have a chat about some of the options that I see then get your opinion too. ], or otherwise ask on wiki if I can help in that way. ]] 10:36, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

== Education Program interface changes wishlist ==

Please see, comment and add to ]. --<sub style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;">]&#124;]</sub> 04:50, 12 November 2015 (UTC)

== Reinstatement of Online Ambassadors ==

Hi everyone, I'd like to propose an open discussion on Online Ambassadors - recently we've seen a couple of applications on the noticeboard gain endorsements and the editors go on to assist new students who find their way to Misplaced Pages through assignments. Most recently this had been {{u|Tokyogirl79}}, a well rounded editor, administrator and someone who has taken it upon themselves to be available and patiently help new student editors and educators.

I'd like to see, in partnership with WikiEd but not something they need to directly "micromanage", more involvement from the community in relation to not only helping these new editors get to grips with things here but then encouraging them to stick around and become long-term constructive contributors. I think the online ambassador program ''was'' the way to do it.

I'd love to hear your thoughts and questions on this -- ] <sup><small>]</small></sup> 16:58, 30 December 2015 (UTC)
:Pinging {{ping|Doc James|Bluerasberry|Ryan (Wiki Ed)|Nikkimaria}} -- ] <sup><small>]</small></sup> 17:00, 30 December 2015 (UTC)
::I am happy with the idea. I am not clear why the prior ones were remove. I know their was a discussion about it somewhere. ] (] · ] · ]) 00:11, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
:::Great to hear {{u|Doc James}}, hope you're well and happy new years {{p}} -- ] <sup><small>]</small></sup> 22:38, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
: Hi {{u|Samtar}}! Wiki Ed doesn’t support Ambassadors in an official capacity, but we highly encourage community members to continue the Ambassador program in any form you wish. Since Wiki Ed only supports higher education courses in the United States and Canada, there are certainly other courses not under Wiki Ed's support structure that might be interested in help from volunteer Ambassadors, and we encourage you to continue the program! ] (]) 20:06, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
::That's precisely what I wanted to hear {{u|Eryk (Wiki Ed)}}! Would it be possible to get the course coordinator perms assigned to help run the Online Ambassador program? I believe these allow the setting of the Online Ambassador bit? -- ] <sup><small>]</small></sup> 22:38, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
::: The course coordinator right has to be ]. You may want to discuss how to connect with courses in need of ambassadors with ]. ] (]) 23:00, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
::::Understood {{u|Eryk (Wiki Ed)}}, I'll touch base with AKoval once we've progressed the below -- ] <sup><small>]</small></sup> 10:33, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

{{od}}Thanks for the ping, ]. And thanks for reaching out to the global education team, ]. There are a number of international education programs that still use "ambassadors" (See also: ].) The list likely needs updating, but several are noted here: ]. On projects where the ] is enabled, the on-wiki user right "online volunteer" also fills this role. ] totals the number of "online volunteers" per project with the extension. Happy to be a part of this conversation. Please ping me with specific questions as this conversation progresses. ] (]) 18:27, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

:Noting here that I've added additional comments and clarifications ]. ] (]) 22:46, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
*The process would need to be revamped. I'm willing to help out with this but I'd need some sort of guidance on how to proceed. ]] 04:24, 1 January 2016 (UTC)
::Likewise, keen to assist, and, likewise, in need of guidance. - ] <sup>]</sup> 04:51, 1 January 2016 (UTC)
:::And I am an admin who would be willing to help hand these out based on some sort of criteria / consensus process. ] (] · ] · ]) 06:29, 1 January 2016 (UTC)
::{{replyto|Doc James|Tokyogirl79|Ryk72}} Well as I see it (and feel free to wade in here!) the current criteria needs a ''little'' tweaking, but the "two endorsements" consensus on the noticeboard seems to work in appointing online ambassadors. I personally think the criteria shouldn't be restrictive - something similar to the ] criteria, which from the top of my head is 500 non-automated mainspace edits? Seeing as it seems the future of the online ambassador program is going to be separate from WikiEd (though I'm sure we'll still be working closely {{p}}) would transferring some of this to a WikiProject help? -- ] <sup><small>]</small></sup> 10:33, 1 January 2016 (UTC)
::*It likely would - which one do you think would be the best for this? ]] 10:35, 1 January 2016 (UTC)
:::*I believe this is significantly different enough to warrant a new WikiProject, ]? -- ] <sup><small>]</small></sup> 10:38, 1 January 2016 (UTC)
:::*Or perhaps even just ]? Or a subpage here ]? -- ] <sup><small>]</small></sup> 10:50, 1 January 2016 (UTC)
*Would it be best to have an overall page for ambassadors or just one for online ambassadors? Are the campus ambassadors still part of Wiki Ed? ]] 11:47, 1 January 2016 (UTC)
:*I believe the campus ambassadors are still being retained by WikiEd, though pinging {{u|Eryk (Wiki Ed)}} to confirm -- ] <sup><small>]</small></sup> 11:49, 1 January 2016 (UTC)
::We don't have anything to do with campus ambassadors. Thanks for asking! ] (]) 17:18, 4 January 2016 (UTC)

===My opinions and proposal===
Others could comment as they like. {{ping|Tokyogirl79|samtar}} would either or both of you be willing to meet me by voice or video chat?

Here are my perspectives:
*The Misplaced Pages volunteer community is capable of managing a classroom outreach support project, and there is interest in doing so
*Tokyogirl79 and Samtar - what you are proposing is feasible, reasonable, backed by precedent, and what I want to happen
*Here are some insights which are not obvious to many people
**Wiki Ed is not available to support a community volunteer education outreach effort. They can be consulted but everything being discussed here is out of their scope
**The Wikimedia Foundation has never had any significant staff involvement in off-wiki educational outreach programs on English Misplaced Pages. They provided some software and a little documentation but that's it.
**There is a history of impact when volunteers manage education programs on English Misplaced Pages.
*There needs to be some housekeeping first
**I proposed some ideas at ]
**The process for being an "ambassador" needs to be confirmed. In my opinion this could be done with just a few Wikipedians having a voice chat and reaching consensus. I do not anticipate any trouble because the process from 2011 is still the same
**An authority needs to be named who confirms ambassadors. There is already a review process. Confirmation used to come either from the Wikimedia Foundation, then from Wiki Ed, but in both cases, the review was done by volunteers and not from those organizations. In my opinion, the authority could be something like "The English Misplaced Pages Education Program Noticeboard". Typical review since 2011 has always meant endorsement from 2-3 people, but it is extremely confusing to not have a named authority who approves the right.
**This noticeboard is wrecked. It is flooded with useless course announcements and then gets misguided ambassador applications. There are reasons for both of those things. Course announcements would be more useful if archived elsewhere, and ambassador applications similarly just need to go somewhere else to be queued for review and to not be mixed with general discussion about the education program.
**English Misplaced Pages has a confusing course application flow. This needs to be fixed with input from Wiki Ed and the WMF, but in short, all class applications on English Misplaced Pages right now are shunted to Wiki Ed's application process. This means that English language classes outside the US and Canada are not encouraged, and also it means that there is no volunteer input into class applications. Wiki Ed's policy is also to not support anything academic except classes, so academic conferences, student groups, university events, and other things that most people would intuitively expect to be part of an education program are not encouraged by them.
**The design of the education program presumes that "education" is a special kind of outreach. In fact, Misplaced Pages volunteers who do off-wiki outreach always have interests in classrooms and beyond, including editathons, meetups of all kinds, and non-traditional education like adult study groups. Perhaps the concept of "ambassador" should mean any Wikipedian who supports any off-wiki meetup, and is available to set up tools to support those kinds of things.
There is room for everyone and a little consensus from leadership would go a long way to making an easy impact. This is a big deal, I care a lot, I want success, but I can only support someone else's ideas. If anyone here would like to develop a Wikimedia community process for participation in educational outreach then I would like to support it.
]] 14:30, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

*{{ec}} It's great to see you still have the passion for the program {{u|Bluerasberry}} - it's something we're going to need for this to gain traction. Yes I'm happy to meet over video or voice, I'm UK (GMT) for scheduling purposes. All your points above are valid and I agree wholeheartedly with them, however to echo what I've said above - I don't think this talk page will be suited for further ''detailed'' discussion of ideas. I'm not trying to make this secluded, and I welcome input from anyone but having a dedicated 'Misplaced Pages talk:' for this should be one of our next steps. I support ] or something to that effect, and would propose detailed discussion of Blue Rasberry's points take place there -- ] <sup><small>]</small></sup> 14:53, 1 January 2016 (UTC)
:*That'd be a good idea. I'm good for about any time period, although I will say that I live in Virginia (]). I tend to work nights, so I'm up at various hours of the day. ]] 15:38, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

*I'm game for a voice chat. I'm pulling a double at work right now so I can't really do it at present, but I have this weekend off. ]] 14:47, 1 January 2016 (UTC)
*Let me know if everyone's open for a voice or Skype chat. I'll look into seeing what I can do about setting up a good place to build this. ]] 20:27, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
*I've started putting together the bare bones for a WP for this. I've started it at ], if anyone wants to pitch in. I figure that one of the first things we need to do is figure out the scope of the project and put that into words. Heh. I actually studied something along these lines last semester, so this will be good practice! ]] 20:35, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
:*If this does well, I'd like to see this encompass GLAM as well, since that area somewhat falls under the banner of WikiEd, even if slightly. ]] 20:37, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
:*We could also cannibalize content from ] as well. ]] 20:38, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
::I commented on the WikiProject Talk page. I am also in EST, so and days work for me, so that could mean our afternoon is a match with Samtar's evening. I am out this weekend. Perhaps we could meet during the week? I am emailing you both and we should coordinate by email. ]] 20:42, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
*Sounds good. I've replied there, but I do think that you raise some great points on the talk page. I figure that it can be used as a slush page for ideas if all else fails. ]] 20:49, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

== Newsletter ==
Whoever is in charge of the Education Newsletter, which clocked in at 31,000 bytes, should be reassigned. I couldn't unsubscribe fast enough. <font face="Papyrus" size="3" color="#800080">]</font> <sup><font face="Times New Roman" color="#006400">] ]</font></sup> 23:16, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
:{{ping|Liz}} This Month in Education is created and distributed by global volunteers, so I doubt they're watching an English Misplaced Pages talk page. I'm sure they'd welcome constructive feedback about how to make it more useful for their readers on their talk page: ]. --] (]) 17:07, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

== Taking care when listing articles ==

Just a wikipedian here. I notice that talk pages of articles that students have been assigned to automatically get updated with the template {{tl|dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment}}. This process expects the ''exact'' article titles to be listed on the wikiedu dashboard. Sometimes, as is the case for example in a about a quarter of the entries here: ], the article titles given happen to be redirects or dab pages, so the template ends up being placed on the wrong page. Manually moving the template isn't a good idea: every time an edit is made on the dashboard, the template will be placed back on the wrong page and if an article is dropped or reassigned to a different student, the change will get reflected on the redirect or dab but not on the real target. I'm wondering if it's possible for the editors who oversee the dashboards (are these the "wikipedia content experts"?) to keep an eye out for this and make sure that articles appear under their exact titles? ] (]) 14:23, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
:{{ping|Uanfala}} Thanks for bringing this up. Let's ping {{u|Adam (Wiki Ed)}}, the content expert assisting this class, as well as {{u|Sage (Wiki Ed)}} who may be able to say more about this from a technical perspective. --] (]) 16:58, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
::As of a few days ago, the dashboard checks whether a page is a redirect before posting the template, so those templates shouldn't get added to any more redirect pages. If anyone spots a new case of that, please let me know.--] (]) 17:01, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
::For reference, the discussion which led to the change was ]. ] (]) 18:20, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
:::That's good. So if it's a redirect the dashboard will post on the target of the redirect? I'm having a look at some of the articles from ] (all examples are from there) and I'm a bit puzzled. With {{no redirect|Nihali}}, the template is at the redirect, and not on the target page (might this be because the talk page of the redirect wasn't itself a redirect?). With {{no redirect|Judeo-Italian}} it's at neither (talk page doesn't exist?). But even if the dashboard deals with all the redirects, there's still the question of dabs (like ]) or wrong articles (like ], which is about the people and not the language as intended) so some oversight will still be required. ] (]) 18:22, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
::::We need to deal with dabs as well. It's clearly a problem because it tags the wrong article and leaves the student article un-tagged. Some (like wrong articles or articles which don't exist but aren't capitalization variants of extant articles) are harder to check beforehand even w/ tooling. ] (]) 18:27, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
:::::I've put in a check for disambiguation pages as well now. The dashboard checks both the talk page and the article for matches to disambiguation templates. It's probably not 100%, since there are lots of different ways of marking a disambiguation page, but it should be pretty close. If anyone notices new cases where an assignment template is posted when it should not be, please give me a ping.--] (]) 22:44, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
::::::{{ping|User:Sage (Wiki Ed)}} Redirects don't seem to be getting dealt with by the dashboard. I'd expect the template should be placed on the talk page of the redirect's target. I'm having a look at ] and there are entries for {{-r|Cherokee Language}} and {{-r|Shoshoni}} which are redirects to ] and ] respectively, and the targets' talk pages don't seem to have received the template. ] (]) 13:00, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
:::::::]: that's correct. It doesn't follow redirects and post on the talk page, it just checks for redirects (and disambiguation pages) and does not put templates on the talk page in those cases. Eventually, it would better if the dashboard notified the user that they'd selected a redirect and suggest that the choose the target instead, but for now, it's just going to fall back to the safe option of not adding a template.--] (]) 16:14, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
::::::::Thanks, {{u|Sage (Wiki Ed)}}, it's a great idea to have the dashboard notify users if there's anything wrong with their article title. It should be able to take care of dab pages and red-linked titles as well, I hope? ] (]) 19:03, 7 July 2016 (UTC)


== Campus Ambassador Review== == Campus Ambassador Review==
Hi all, I have applied for Campus ambassador, waiting for my profile and application to be reviewed. I am very excited to hear from you all. Please guide me and Support my application. ] (]) 06:28, 30 June 2016 (UTC)SantoshiWiki Hi all, I have applied for Campus ambassador, waiting for my profile and application to be reviewed. I am very excited to hear from you all. Please guide me and Support my application. ] (]) 06:28, 30 June 2016 (UTC)SantoshiWiki
: It was accidentally archived and I pulled it back into the main page. ]] 00:29, 8 July 2016 (UTC) : It was accidentally archived and I pulled it back into the main page. ]] 00:29, 8 July 2016 (UTC)


== Bug report == == Bug report ==


See my post ]. Posting on the talk page just in case the main entry gets forgotten/archived. --<sub style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;">]&#124;]</sub> 09:49, 17 August 2016 (UTC) See my post ]. Posting on the talk page just in case the main entry gets forgotten/archived. --<sub style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;">]&#124;]</sub> 09:49, 17 August 2016 (UTC)
:] Could you also report this one? Now archived at ] and ignored here. --] (]) 02:06, 19 September 2016 (UTC) :] Could you also report this one? Now archived at ] and ignored here. --] (]) 02:06, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
::{{ping|Hanyangprofessor2}} Have you considered ]? It takes five clicks (and one email address). After that you could directly interact in Phabricator instead of proxying here. :) --] (]) 13:21, 19 September 2016 (UTC) ::{{ping|Hanyangprofessor2}} Have you considered ]? It takes five clicks (and one email address). After that you could directly interact in Phabricator instead of proxying here. :) --] (]) 13:21, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
:::]: I did, but the interface looks complex enough I am afraid figuring out how the site works could take me half an hour. I prefer to use it to do one of the zillion needed tasks I can do here, while hoping doing this favor for me will not take you more then few minutes. Thus, we both use our time more efficiently. I hope. :) --<sub style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;">]&#124;]</sub> 13:41, 19 September 2016 (UTC) :::]: I did, but the interface looks complex enough I am afraid figuring out how the site works could take me half an hour. I prefer to use it to do one of the zillion needed tasks I can do here, while hoping doing this favor for me will not take you more then few minutes. Thus, we both use our time more efficiently. I hope. :) --<sub style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;">]&#124;]</sub> 13:41, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
::::{{ping|Hanyangprofessor2}}After and going to https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/edit/form/1/?projects=MediaWiki-extensions-EducationProgram , there are only two fields that are relevant and to fill out: "Title" and "Description". Please ignore all the other fields and please do not be afraid of 'doing something wrong'. Thanks again for trying! :) --] (]) 14:35, 19 September 2016 (UTC) ::::{{ping|Hanyangprofessor2}}After and going to https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/edit/form/1/?projects=MediaWiki-extensions-EducationProgram , there are only two fields that are relevant and to fill out: "Title" and "Description". Please ignore all the other fields and please do not be afraid of 'doing something wrong'. Thanks again for trying! :) --] (]) 14:35, 19 September 2016 (UTC)


== The new course spam needs to stop == == The new course spam needs to stop ==


I noticed that this noticeboard is becoming unused, and I think part of it is the annoying automatic reporting of every new course. It is making finding discussions here difficult, both in ToC/layout, and by pushing them off people's watchlists. --<sub style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;">]&#124;]</sub> 06:23, 13 September 2016 (UTC) I noticed that this noticeboard is becoming unused, and I think part of it is the annoying automatic reporting of every new course. It is making finding discussions here difficult, both in ToC/layout, and by pushing them off people's watchlists. --<sub style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;">]&#124;]</sub> 06:23, 13 September 2016 (UTC)
*'''Support'''. I'm suggesting creating another page where the alerts are stored so that it doesn't annoy editors (including me). ''']] <sup>] ]</sup>''' 14:37, 18 October 2016 (UTC) *'''Support'''. I'm suggesting creating another page where the alerts are stored so that it doesn't annoy editors (including me). ''']] <sup>] ]</sup>''' 14:37, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
*'''Support''' - given ''less-than-recent'' discussions about the continuation of the ambassador program as we know it (paging {{u|Bluerasberry}}), the clutter here is annoying at best. I agree with WikiPancake ref creating a subpage ({{ping|Sage (Wiki Ed)}} something you may be able to put in place?) -- ] <sup><small>] or ]</small></sup> 14:46, 18 October 2016 (UTC) *'''Support''' - given ''less-than-recent'' discussions about the continuation of the ambassador program as we know it (paging {{u|Bluerasberry}}), the clutter here is annoying at best. I agree with WikiPancake ref creating a subpage ({{ping|Sage (Wiki Ed)}} something you may be able to put in place?) -- ] <sup><small>] or ]</small></sup> 14:46, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
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*{{done}} I've set the dashboard course announcements to post to ].--] (]) 16:22, 18 October 2016 (UTC) *{{done}} I've set the dashboard course announcements to post to ].--] (]) 16:22, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
**Thanks for the quick reply and fix {{u|Sage (Wiki Ed)}} :) -- ] <sup><small>] or ]</small></sup> 16:26, 18 October 2016 (UTC) **Thanks for the quick reply and fix {{u|Sage (Wiki Ed)}} :) -- ] <sup><small>] or ]</small></sup> 16:26, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

== Does anyone know anything of this institution ==

The article on ] mentions he attended ]. We seem to have no information on this institution. Does anyone know anything about it?] (]) 21:52, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

:I'm not sure you're going to get an answer since this is for student editor outreach. ] 21:55, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
:I found this link: . Also, the ] is located in East Lansing, according to our page on it. I don't know anything more than that. --] (]) 22:00, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
::I think that, after a series of mergers, it was taken over by ] in Grand Rapids. ] (]) 22:18, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

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Campus Ambassador Review

Hi all, I have applied for Campus ambassador, waiting for my profile and application to be reviewed. I am very excited to hear from you all. Please guide me and Support my application. SantoshiWiki (talk) 06:28, 30 June 2016 (UTC)SantoshiWiki

It was accidentally archived and I pulled it back into the main page. OhanaUnited 00:29, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

Bug report

See my post Misplaced Pages:Education_noticeboard#Course_page_overwritten.3F. Posting on the talk page just in case the main entry gets forgotten/archived. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 09:49, 17 August 2016 (UTC)

User:AKlapper (WMF) Could you also report this one? Now archived at Misplaced Pages:Education_noticeboard/Archive_14#Course_page_overwritten.3F and ignored here. --Hanyangprofessor2 (talk) 02:06, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
@Hanyangprofessor2: Have you considered creating an account? It takes five clicks (and one email address). After that you could directly interact in Phabricator instead of proxying here. :) --AKlapper (WMF) (talk) 13:21, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
User:AKlapper (WMF): I did, but the interface looks complex enough I am afraid figuring out how the site works could take me half an hour. I prefer to use it to do one of the zillion needed tasks I can do here, while hoping doing this favor for me will not take you more then few minutes. Thus, we both use our time more efficiently. I hope. :) --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 13:41, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
@Hanyangprofessor2:After logging into Phabricator and going to https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/edit/form/1/?projects=MediaWiki-extensions-EducationProgram , there are only two fields that are relevant and to fill out: "Title" and "Description". Please ignore all the other fields and please do not be afraid of 'doing something wrong'. Thanks again for trying! :) --AKlapper (WMF) (talk) 14:35, 19 September 2016 (UTC)

The new course spam needs to stop

I noticed that this noticeboard is becoming unused, and I think part of it is the annoying automatic reporting of every new course. It is making finding discussions here difficult, both in ToC/layout, and by pushing them off people's watchlists. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 06:23, 13 September 2016 (UTC)

Does anyone know anything of this institution

The article on Ralph Crego mentions he attended Lansing Business University. We seem to have no information on this institution. Does anyone know anything about it?John Pack Lambert (talk) 21:52, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

I'm not sure you're going to get an answer since this is for student editor outreach. PRAXIDICAE🌈 21:55, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
I found this link: . Also, the Eli Broad College of Business is located in East Lansing, according to our page on it. I don't know anything more than that. --Tryptofish (talk) 22:00, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
I think that, after a series of mergers, it was taken over by Davenport University in Grand Rapids. Cullen328 (talk) 22:18, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

Seeking feedback of new editors for research

Dear Student editors, the project Wikidata for Wikimedia at Wikimedia Deutschland is currently investigating the experiences of relatively young or new editors. We are collecting feedback on their awareness, experience and problems of using, editing or integrating Wikidata into the sibling projects (Misplaced Pages, Commons, Wikisource...).

Interview Information:

  • Conducted in English.
  • Compensation is available.
  • Sign up survey: This link can be shared and sent to interested editors.
  • Experience Level: We are interested in feedback from all experience levels, including those whose awareness of Wikidata is limited to this post. If you doubt you are a suitable candidate for this interview based on inexperience, please reconsider!

We are also taking feedback here in written form if you do not wish or do not have time for a video call interview. Thank you for your attention, Danny Benjafield (WMDE) (talk) 07:45, 28 February 2024 (UTC)