Wikiversity:Community Portal

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

Shortcut: WV:COMM

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)

Announcements

November 2008

16 : Mike.lifeguard is now a Full Custodian.

October 2008

31 : Wiki Campus Radio says Happy Halloween

21 : Ottava Rima is now a Full Custodian.

13 : There is one nomination that is now open for discussion: Cormaggio for CheckUser.

September 2008

22 : There is a discussion and vote on a new proposed policy at Wikiversity:Respect people

16 : A Major update to the main Student Union page went ahead, would all participants who are taking part with the project please add your username to the participants list - instructions are found on the Participants page

14 : A discussion is taking place about a Review of Moulton's block on Colloquium

13 : New Probationary Custodian - User:Ottava Rima

03 : Wikimania 2009 - do you want to present your project ?

August 2008

24 : Wikiversity the Movie - Coming soon to a wiki theater near you ! - Searching for contributors

15 : is our Wikiversity Day - do you want to join the preparations ?

July 2008

25 : Emesee (previously Remi), one of the project's most seasoned custodians, has revised the perceived quality of Wikiversity upwards from 3/10 to 6/10, with a personal recommendation of 7 to 8.

3 : User:Gbaor has been confirmed as a full custodian.

June 2008

27 : Numerous staff elections are underway at Wikiversity:Candidates for Custodianship. Please discuss and/or vote.

May 2008

28 : Community discussion of nominations for CheckUser.

27 : What is your opinion about the proposal to close Beta Wikiversity ?

22 : User:Jtneill has been confirmed as a full custodian.

10 : Help:Resources by completion status explains how instructors can show the completion status of their pages.

9 : A list of completed courses has begun at Completed courses list.

9 : Wikiversity's Sister Projects Interview is published in Wikipedia Signpost.

April 2008

27 : Wikimedia Board Election process begins.

March 2008

26 : User:Erkan Yilmaz has been confirmed as bureaucrat.

21 : User:Mu301 and User:SB Johnny have been confirmed as bureaucrats.

8 : 14:00 UTC+1 - IRC meeting - History - Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War

1 : 18:30 UTC - IRC meeting - History - Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War

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

Custodianship: JWSchmidt (bureaucrat)

Surveys: Motto contest Â· Logo contest

Discussions:

Username Â· Bots Â· Disclosures Â· What Wikiversity is not Â· Naming conventions Â· Scholarly ethics Â· Verifiability Â· Reliable sources Â· Blocking policy Â· Deletion policy Â· Ignore all rules Â· No early policies Â· Manual of Style Â· Cite sources

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.

Things to do

Help with the migration of Wikiversity pages from Wikibooks Create and add content to pages on the requests page. other open tasks

Learning projects

Bloom Clock Wikiversity the Movie Astronomy Project Human Genetic Uniqueness Project IRColloquium Learning to learn a wiki way Wikiversity Concepts Project

Custodian work

Import - to move Wikiversity pages from Meta and Wikibooks Request custodian action - for page deletion, protection, user blocking and undoing all those Category:Candidates for speedy deletion - monitor for requests for speedy deletion of pages.

Time Dependent

Translators needed for Wikiversity Beta discussions.

Ongoing

Learning Projects encourage active learning. Organization of Wikiversity Plan for featured content - show off Wikiversity's finest Policies - for proposed policies and discussion about those Wikiversity mission - help refine Wikiversity's mission statement Wikiversity Local Live - Real life meetings for nearby Wikiversity participants by location

Not sure where to report a certain type of problem with article content? If it exists, it's probably listed at Wikiversity:Maintenance.

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.