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Dear Fetchcomms
Can you please explain the use of the word "bitches"
here.
Yours sincerely,
--
The Master of Mayhem
cup of tea? Don't worry, I'll make it 20:13, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
Just as a follow-up to our discussion on the "proposals" page: I of course agree it would be worth pursuing an improved upload workflow, be it on the basis of the new mw:Extension:UploadWizard they have on Commons now or whatever else. I'm not very tech-savvy when it comes to wiki development. Have you got any idea whether the UploadWizard could easily be adapted to our needs? From a cursory glance at its source code I had the feeling much of its structure was hard-coded in the form they use on Commons. We would of course need a lot of much more fine-grained forms with different, specific questions asked for different types of non-free files here.
I don't know if you saw it, but I made this sketch of the kinds of steps an uploader might be guided through and the kinds of questions they should be asked at each stage, here: User:Future Perfect at Sunrise/Upload forms draft (note that this would of course be split up into sequences of different pages, each section being one screen). This is of course very far away from any technical implementation yet. Any thoughts? Fut.Perf. ☼ 16:45, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi Fetchcomms,
Thanks for your question/suggestion.
I'm sorry for not just saying, "Yes, interaction-bans would be nice". (I had suggested such bans at the RfC/U drafter's page.)
Best, Kiefer. Wolfowitz 18:51, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi Fetchcomms,
I mentioned your suggestion of an interaction ban on my draft RfC/U.
Anhedonically, Kiefer. Wolfowitz 16:15, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
The rules you have set out, are you kidding me? 174.7.19.170 ( talk) 19:41, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
I think was in a slightly bad mood when I was reading/responding to your comment at AN. Please accept my apologies for offending annoying you. Looking back at it, I don't know why I was agitated by it; it doesn't stand out to me as uncivil at all...
–
AJL
talk 08:02, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
Hello! If you're planning to be an active Online Ambassador for the upcoming academic term, now is the time to join one or more pods. (A pod consists of the instructor, the Campus Ambassadors, and the Online Ambassadors for single class.) The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) explains the expectations for being part of a pod as an Online Ambassador. (The MOU for pods in Canada is essentially the same.) In short, the role of Online Ambassadors this term consists of:
This replaces the 1-on-1 mentoring role for Online Ambassadors that we had in previous terms; rather than being responsible for individual students (some of whom don't want or help or are unresponsive), Online Ambassadors will be there to help whichever students in their class(es) ask for help.
You can browse the upcoming courses here: United States; Canada. More are being added as new pods become active and create their course pages.
Once you've found a class that you want to work with—especially if you some interest or expertise in the topic area—you should sign the MOU listing for that class and get in touch with the instructor. We're hoping to have at least two Online Ambassadors per pod, and more for the larger classes.
If you're up for supporting any kind of class and would like me to assign you to a pod in need of more Online Ambassadors, just let me know.
-- Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation ( talk) 16:32, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
PS: There are still a lot of student articles from the last term that haven't been rated. Please rate a few and update the list!
- Tempodivalse [talk] 00:43, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
The finals are upon us; we're down to the last few. One of the eight remaining contestants will be this year's WikiCup champion! 150 was the score needed to progress to the final; just under double the 76 required to reach round 4, and more than triple the 41 required to reach round 3. Our eight finalists are:
We say goodbye to our seven other semi-finalists, Another Believer ( submissions), Piotrus ( submissions), Grandiose ( submissions), Stone ( submissions), Eisfbnore ( submissions), Canada Hky ( submissions) and MuZemike ( submissions). Everyone still in the competition at this stage has done fantastically well, and contributed greatly to Wikipedia. We're on the home straight now, and we will know our winner in two months.
In other news, preparations for next year's competition have begun with a brainstorming thread. Please, feel free to drop by and share any thoughts you have about how the competition should work next year. Sign ups are not yet open, but will be opened in due course. Watch this space. Further, there has been a discussion about the rule whereby those in the WikiCup must delcare their participation when nominating articles at featured article candidates. This has resulted in a bot being created by new featured article delegate Ucucha ( talk · contribs). The bot will leave a message on FAC pages if the nominator is a participant in the WikiCup.
A reminder of the rules: any points scored after August 29 may be claimed for the final round, and please remember to update submission pages promptly. If you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 23:58, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
Please consider this draft proposal and provide input. We want to get this right and your help would be great. Be bold if you see an area to improve. Thanks - My76Strat ( talk) 04:42, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
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This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 15 | ← | Archive 20 | Archive 21 | Archive 22 | Archive 23 | Archive 24 | Archive 25 |
Dear Fetchcomms
Can you please explain the use of the word "bitches"
here.
Yours sincerely,
--
The Master of Mayhem
cup of tea? Don't worry, I'll make it 20:13, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
Just as a follow-up to our discussion on the "proposals" page: I of course agree it would be worth pursuing an improved upload workflow, be it on the basis of the new mw:Extension:UploadWizard they have on Commons now or whatever else. I'm not very tech-savvy when it comes to wiki development. Have you got any idea whether the UploadWizard could easily be adapted to our needs? From a cursory glance at its source code I had the feeling much of its structure was hard-coded in the form they use on Commons. We would of course need a lot of much more fine-grained forms with different, specific questions asked for different types of non-free files here.
I don't know if you saw it, but I made this sketch of the kinds of steps an uploader might be guided through and the kinds of questions they should be asked at each stage, here: User:Future Perfect at Sunrise/Upload forms draft (note that this would of course be split up into sequences of different pages, each section being one screen). This is of course very far away from any technical implementation yet. Any thoughts? Fut.Perf. ☼ 16:45, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi Fetchcomms,
Thanks for your question/suggestion.
I'm sorry for not just saying, "Yes, interaction-bans would be nice". (I had suggested such bans at the RfC/U drafter's page.)
Best, Kiefer. Wolfowitz 18:51, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi Fetchcomms,
I mentioned your suggestion of an interaction ban on my draft RfC/U.
Anhedonically, Kiefer. Wolfowitz 16:15, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
The rules you have set out, are you kidding me? 174.7.19.170 ( talk) 19:41, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
I think was in a slightly bad mood when I was reading/responding to your comment at AN. Please accept my apologies for offending annoying you. Looking back at it, I don't know why I was agitated by it; it doesn't stand out to me as uncivil at all...
–
AJL
talk 08:02, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
Hello! If you're planning to be an active Online Ambassador for the upcoming academic term, now is the time to join one or more pods. (A pod consists of the instructor, the Campus Ambassadors, and the Online Ambassadors for single class.) The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) explains the expectations for being part of a pod as an Online Ambassador. (The MOU for pods in Canada is essentially the same.) In short, the role of Online Ambassadors this term consists of:
This replaces the 1-on-1 mentoring role for Online Ambassadors that we had in previous terms; rather than being responsible for individual students (some of whom don't want or help or are unresponsive), Online Ambassadors will be there to help whichever students in their class(es) ask for help.
You can browse the upcoming courses here: United States; Canada. More are being added as new pods become active and create their course pages.
Once you've found a class that you want to work with—especially if you some interest or expertise in the topic area—you should sign the MOU listing for that class and get in touch with the instructor. We're hoping to have at least two Online Ambassadors per pod, and more for the larger classes.
If you're up for supporting any kind of class and would like me to assign you to a pod in need of more Online Ambassadors, just let me know.
-- Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation ( talk) 16:32, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
PS: There are still a lot of student articles from the last term that haven't been rated. Please rate a few and update the list!
- Tempodivalse [talk] 00:43, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
The finals are upon us; we're down to the last few. One of the eight remaining contestants will be this year's WikiCup champion! 150 was the score needed to progress to the final; just under double the 76 required to reach round 4, and more than triple the 41 required to reach round 3. Our eight finalists are:
We say goodbye to our seven other semi-finalists, Another Believer ( submissions), Piotrus ( submissions), Grandiose ( submissions), Stone ( submissions), Eisfbnore ( submissions), Canada Hky ( submissions) and MuZemike ( submissions). Everyone still in the competition at this stage has done fantastically well, and contributed greatly to Wikipedia. We're on the home straight now, and we will know our winner in two months.
In other news, preparations for next year's competition have begun with a brainstorming thread. Please, feel free to drop by and share any thoughts you have about how the competition should work next year. Sign ups are not yet open, but will be opened in due course. Watch this space. Further, there has been a discussion about the rule whereby those in the WikiCup must delcare their participation when nominating articles at featured article candidates. This has resulted in a bot being created by new featured article delegate Ucucha ( talk · contribs). The bot will leave a message on FAC pages if the nominator is a participant in the WikiCup.
A reminder of the rules: any points scored after August 29 may be claimed for the final round, and please remember to update submission pages promptly. If you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 23:58, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
Please consider this draft proposal and provide input. We want to get this right and your help would be great. Be bold if you see an area to improve. Thanks - My76Strat ( talk) 04:42, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 15 | ← | Archive 20 | Archive 21 | Archive 22 | Archive 23 | Archive 24 | Archive 25 |