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Welcome to Wikipedia, Ldavis (Public Policy)! I am Acather96 and have been editing Wikipedia for quite some time. Thank you for your contributions. I just wanted to say hi and welcome you to Wikipedia! If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page or by typing {{ helpme}} at the bottom of this page. I love to help new users, so don't be afraid to leave a message! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:
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Acather96 ( talk) 20:09, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
The first tagging and assessment drive challenge is starting now for WikiProject United States Public Policy. If you'd like to participate, start using the new assessment system and the project banner to tag and rate articles that are related to U.S. public policy. There's even a small prize for whoever does the most assessment this week.-- Sross (Public Policy) ( talk) 17:49, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
Hi SilkTork -- Amy Roth is now out on maternity leave (she had a healthy baby girl this weekend!) so I'll be filling in for a couple of months. I'd like to get the second assessment done this week if possible -- I've made some edits to give you direct links to the versions we'd like you to assess. Please let me know if you can't finish it by this weekend! Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks again for all your help! -- Ldavis (Public Policy) ( talk) 21:50, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
Sorry about this, I am still behind from before, things are a little busy right now for me. I am leaving for a trip out of town on Friday, getting back sunday at about 0300 EDT, and I will be useless/busy the rest of the weekend. That gives me about 24 hours and I know I won't get them all done. Sorry about this. Will try to have done ASAP. -- DQ (t) (e) 02:17, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi LiAnna, Nice to hear the good news about Amy. I shall surely try to do it by this week. But cannot give any assurance. Much other work to be finished this week. Rejoice talk 09:19, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi LiAnna, one of the students I'm online mentoring for has emailed me asking if I could help him get an assessment for his public policy article, Cyber ShockWave. I wasn't sure how we were doing this, and if I could just fill in the fields for him, or what was up with the Article Feedback tool, and its roll in assessment. What can I tell him about this?-- Patrick, oѺ∞ 17:22, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
Feedback 1. How many mentees are you currently working with? 1
2. Have you reached out to students who don't have mentors yet? If not, would you be willing to? I've reached out to another student (who has asked GorillaWarfare)...I'd like to have a few more.
3. What do you think of the content of messages on the Google Group? The message seem fine/appropriate.
4. What do you think of the volume of messages on the Google Group? It doesn't seem to be flooded or abandoned yet...
5. Do you participate on the Google Group much? If not, what would make you participate more? I do participate a bit
6. Are there any problems you've experienced so far? Nope.
7. Is there anything else Sage or the rest of the Public Policy Initiative team could do to make your experience as an Online Ambassador better?I'd suggest a bit more organization (with regards to the assignments, which articles are by whom, on-wiki layout)...but I don't want a bureaucracy.
8. Are you okay sharing your username with your answers to our Public Policy Initiative team, or would you prefer to remain anonymous? Username.
I'd like to point out that the proper term would be a mailing list hosted via a Google Group. Smallman12q ( talk) 22:44, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi -- here are my answers. 1. How many mentees are you currently working with?
2. Have you reached out to students who don't have mentors yet? If not, would you be willing to?
3. What do you think of the content of messages on the Google Group?
4. What do you think of the volume of messages on the Google Group?
5. Do you participate on the Google Group much? If not, what would make you participate more?
6. Are there any problems you've experienced so far?
7. Is there anything else Sage or the rest of the Public Policy Initiative team could do to make your experience as an Online Ambassador better?
8. Are you okay sharing your username with your answers to our Public Policy Initiative team, or would you prefer to remain anonymous?
-- Mike Christie (talk) 23:16, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
Hello Ldavis, here is my response to the questions you posted to my talkpage. (1) I currently am working with 3 mentees. (2) I haven't reached out other than having added my name to the list of available mentors. I have no problem taking on more mentees. (3) I think the content of the messages in the google group are fine. I have garnered much useful information from this forum. (4) The volume of messages has steadily increased to a point where it is hard to keep up with everything. (5) I check and read the messages daily but refrain from replying in hopes to not flood the group with messages. I have replied to one message because I felt a reply was appropriate. (6) I haven't experienced any problems at all so far. There was a time when two students entered the IRC looking for ambassador assistance but they didn't ping !ambassadors and no one was watching the channel so their questions went unanswered. Neither student used their Wikipedia username so I couldn't leave them a message which I would liked to have done. So if there is a way to help these students know how to ping !ambassador or the !username they are looking for, perhaps that could be helpful. (7) I am fully satisfied with the level of support I have received to date. (8) I am fine with my username being attributed to my response. My76 Strat 23:21, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
1. How many mentees are you currently working with?
2. Have you reached out to students who don't have mentors yet? If not, would you be willing to?
3. What do you think of the content of messages on the Google Group?
4. What do you think of the volume of messages on the Google Group?
5. Do you participate on the Google Group much? If not, what would make you participate more?
6. Are there any problems you've experienced so far?
7. Is there anything else Sage or the rest of the Public Policy Initiative team could do to make your experience as an Online Ambassador better?
8. Are you okay sharing your username with your answers to our Public Policy Initiative team, or would you prefer to remain anonymous?
— GorillaWarfare talk 02:02, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
1. How many mentees are you currently working with?
2. Have you reached out to students who don't have mentors yet? If not, would you be willing to?
3. What do you think of the content of messages on the Google Group?
4. What do you think of the volume of messages on the Google Group?
5. Do you participate on the Google Group much? If not, what would make you participate more?
6. Are there any problems you've experienced so far?
7. Is there anything else Sage or the rest of the Public Policy Initiative team could do to make your experience as an Online Ambassador better?
8. Are you okay sharing your username with your answers to our Public Policy Initiative team, or would you prefer to remain anonymous?
1. How many mentees are you currently working with?
2. Have you reached out to students who don't have mentors yet? If not, would you be willing to?
3. What do you think of the content of messages on the Google Group?
4. What do you think of the volume of messages on the Google Group?
5. Do you participate on the Google Group much? If not, what would make you participate more?
6. Are there any problems you've experienced so far?
7. Is there anything else Sage or the rest of the Public Policy Initiative team could do to make your experience as an Online Ambassador better?
8. Are you okay sharing your username with your answers to our Public Policy Initiative team, or would you prefer to remain anonymous?
-- Cryptic C62 · Talk 03:52, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
-- Geniac ( talk) 06:15, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 01:33, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi Ldavis! I'm really sorry, but I think I'm gonna have to leave WPUSPP. Thanks and God bless! Canon Law Junkie §§§ Talk 11:32, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
- Dwayne was here! ♫ 20:12, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi LiAnna, here are my answers to the questions:
1. How many mentees are you currently working with?
I have enlisted 2 but they haven't asked me for help yet, but I'm not sure what to do with them, whether to ask them for help or what.
2. Have you reached out to students who don't have mentors yet? If not, would you be willing to?
That's the way that I have enlisted my current 2.
3. What do you think of the content of messages on the Google Group?
They seem pretty on-topic and useful.
4. What do you think of the volume of messages on the Google Group?
I find them manageable but if I go away for a while I can have like, 100 unread messages just from one mailing list, which does seem a bit OTT.
5. Do you participate on the Google Group much? If not, what would make you participate more?
I participate a bit, but only if I feel necessary. I don't want to fill up everybody's inboxes! :)
6. Are there any problems you've experienced so far?
None that I can recall.
7. Is there anything else Sage or the rest of the Public Policy Initiative team could do to make your experience as an Online Ambassador better?
I'm not really sure how I'm meant to help my mentees so it would be good if I could get an explanation about that.
8. Are you okay sharing your username with your answers to our Public Policy Initiative team, or would you prefer to remain anonymous?
Nah, I'm fine with you sharing it.
Regards, Rock drum Ba-dum Crash (Driving well?) 19:01, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
1. How many mentees are you currently working with?
2. Have you reached out to students who don't have mentors yet? If not, would you be willing to?
3. What do you think of the content of messages on the Google Group?
4. What do you think of the volume of messages on the Google Group?
5. Do you participate on the Google Group much? If not, what would make you participate more?
6. Are there any problems you've experienced so far?
7. Is there anything else Sage or the rest of the Public Policy Initiative team could do to make your experience as an Online Ambassador better?
8. Are you okay sharing your username with your answers to our Public Policy Initiative team, or would you prefer to remain anonymous?
Many thanks for all the informations and updates regarding the WP:USPP assessment. I will do the the next round of assessments as soon as possible. I have also sent you an email. All the best. – pjoef ( talk • contribs) 15:23, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
I've done ten assessments; do you need anyone to do more than ten if there are still articles with fewer than three assessments? Or would you rather wait till the two weeks are up and then see what else needs assessing? Mike Christie (talk) 13:34, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
I signed up for the assessment team and was assigned articles when the project began, but I've been too busy these past couple months to participate. I have a little more free time now and could help if I'm still needed. Would you prefer I started with the first round of assessments or is the third round the primary focus at this point? If now is too late to jump into the assessment drive, I'll understand. - Mabeenot ( talk) 01:44, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
It occurred to me as I was assessing the most recent set of articles that when students add more information to an article there is a chance the scores will initially go down. I'm finding that I can often score a short article 2/2 on formatting, and 2/3 or 3/3 on readability, simply because there's not much there to format and what is there is perfectly readable. Similarly, the sourcing may be not too bad for what's there, so I can go with the rubric's "mostly well-sourced" and score it at 3/6 or 4/6. When a student adds a big chunk of good material, with perhaps initially weak sourced, it's quite likely that all three of these scores will drop by 1 or 2 points, whereas the comprehensiveness may only go up by 1 point, especially if the student just added good detail on one small aspect of the article. The net effect might be a drop of two or three points in the overall score.
You're probably way ahead of me on this, but I thought I'd mention it. It might indicate that the six categories of score are more useful when looked at independently, for example. Mike Christie (talk) 15:25, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
Although it wasn't necessary, it was "desirable" (^___^) and means a lot to me. I'm more than happy to help WP:USPP and the Public Policy Initiative in any way I can. Thank you so very much for the so "precious" award!!!
Well, I am monitoring the
list of additional pages (2–3 times a week) for phase 2 of the Article Feedback Tool, and I found that there are
many articles related to U.S. Public Policy and tagged by {{
WikiProject United States Public Policy}}, but without the Article Feedback Tool.
That's all for now. Please, do not hesitate to contact me for any help or advice at any time.
Once again, thank you, and all the best. –
pjoef (
talk •
contribs) 09:52, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi LiAnna! Just to let you know the package of Wikipedia swag has just arrived!!! Great (^___^)!!! Many thanks and season greetings. – pjoef ( talk • contribs) 14:58, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
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Happy now? Annie Lin (Wikimedia Foundation) ( talk) 22:29, 8 September 2011 (UTC) |
See here. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me 18:03, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
It may not be possible, or even advisable, but this ANI thread has resulted in identifying a large group of student participants from China. Many users and myself have organized to assist the efforts of this group. If there is interest, they could be usurped into the program. Either way, we are going to help them with a project we formed overnight. What are your thoughts regarding this situation?-- My76Strat ( talk) 15:09, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
LiAnna,
I happened upon a situation where I referred a "a faculty member of WSU" to the ambassador program. I believe that any "faculty member" is a potential Wikipedia ambassador. But, I'm not sure that this newbie has enough experience to navigate the Wikipedia editing waters.
Was my action appropriate? As part of Wikipedia's outreach effort, how does the ambassador program provide a "warm fuzzy" reception for faculty members who are newbies in the "cold prickly" world of Wikipedia peer review? Is there a better way to direct newbies to the ambassador program?
As you can see, I have more questions than answers. If I understand correctly, the ambassadors program is designed to provide a guided path into the Wikipedia editing world. Similarly, I believe that Wikipedia needs to provide an easily found, "warm fuzzy" path for these "potential ambassadors".
Thanks for your attention, — John Harvey, Wizened Web Wizard Wannabe, Talk to me! 15:02, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
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A * for your work with WMF and Ambassadors. Cheers :) aηsuмaη ༽Ϟ 20:57, 4 October 2011 (UTC) |
Hi. I'm just letting you know that following conversations I've had with Phillipe and Hisham, I have unblocked the Pune faculty IP. I probably won't be joining the IRC, because I don't favour that method of discussion, but I'm convinced that everything possible is being done to iron out any issues with the project. -- Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 05:53, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for communicating with me. I would love to be an Online Ambassador for the Intellectual Property course? Maple Leaf ( talk) 13:35, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
This is a message to Mihir but I think it concerns everyone involved on the IEP. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 02:04, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi Ldavis, I hope everything goes well for the IRC on the IEP. Some of us who are most concerneed and involved will not be able to take part, but I hope you will be able to read the contents of these two pages as a briefing:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:India_Education_Program
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs/Education_Program
-- Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 15:16, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
I'm not sure what was the intention of this news. In case it was to give an idea about things de could do; we have these kinds of "cooperations" already succesfull started years ago!? ... Sicherlich Post 07:51, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
FYI: Wikipedia talk:United States Education Program#Copyright (again). I'm sorry if I seem to be harping on this, but the IEP shows what can happen when the message does not get across, and if these programs are to rely on completely inexperienced CAs (this one has less than 40 edits, nearly all to do with the program) it really is vital that they are properly briefed. JohnCD ( talk) 13:18, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi Anna,
I have reduced my involvement of late because I am no longer concerned with the physical aspect of cleaning up the IEP articles. While I fully realise that my recent comments may sound critical, it's necessary to stimulate some positive involvement in other key areas. While everyone appreciates the efforts that are being made on the ground, a major issue is apparently still not being addressed. Your (or your colleagues') earlier inferences that consideration for the resources among on-line editors to process the new pages created by your projects lies not within your mandate have been met with deep concern by the community. It is felt that rather than focusing uniquely on improving relations with the professors, students, and Campus Ambassadors, those responsible for education programmes may wish to consider entering into dialogue with other departments within the WMF and examine together how tools and experienced online volunteers will be available and willing to support new phases of the IEP and any other EP plans. We are ploughing forward with reforms that were begun a year ago of our NPP system, and we would very much appreciate your support for current current software projects. There remain barely six months before the next phase of IEP begins, and essential developments of this kind take time if their urgency is not expressed.
Regards, -- Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 07:24, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the virtual almost-Philz! I appreciate it. Here is a falafel... although I think falafels are not really Egyptian food. Annie Lin (Wikimedia Foundation) ( talk) 20:22, 9 December 2011 (UTC) |
I think the answer lies in the threads above. The fact is (without digging for the diffs) that it has been clearly stated that neither the volunteer resources nor the cultural dichotomies need to be taken into consideration when planning projects that will increase the influx of new pages. As one who has been deeply concerned and involved with researching and suggesting solutions to the problems, and being instrumental (for some 200 hours) in the massive cleanup of the IEP disaster, my final opinion is that there should be changes in the management infrastructure of GEP, USAEP, and IEP, but the community has no influence in the way staff appointments are made. I await Tory's report with great interest. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 02:46, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
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Thank you so much for supporting and encouraging me from time to time!Your support and suggestions meant alot to me, and they were essential for improvement..
Keep Guiding, Keep Inspiring! AbhiSuryawanshi ( talk) 19:51, 21 January 2012 (UTC) |
Guerillero | My Talk 05:38, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
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Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not meet basic Wikipedia criteria may be deleted at any time.
If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information that is consistent with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Best regards, Cind. amuse (Cindy) 01:28, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
Hey LiAnna, I went ahead and revised the shortcuts you created in accordance with the shortcut guidelines. You can find more information here. I've updated the corresponding pages. If you have questions, please feel free to contact me. Oh, and you can go ahead and remove the notices above. They are automatically generated by Twinkle. Best regards, Cind. amuse (Cindy) 01:35, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
Pine (talk) 01:21, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
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In the grading portion you write
...it’s hard to tell just what each student has contributed to the article.
Given that the students edit from their own accounts, a person can easily see what each student contributed in page history. Perhaps you should rephrase? Smallman12q ( talk) 21:55, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
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This is wonderful. Thanks for the good work on the Wikipedia Education Program in Egypt! Pine ✉ 20:09, 10 July 2012 (UTC) |
Wikimania Education Meet-Up: Do you have a report on the results of this? I would have attended but the information about the meeting and/or its venue was poorly organised. -- Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 13:58, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello! Nice meeting you in Washington! Could you help me create a WEP logo for Sweden (I don't know what font are used)? It should say "Sverige" (Sweden in Swedish) and if the background could be blue RGB 0,82,147 it would be the close to the blue in our flag. Best, Ainali ( talk) 18:53, 23 July 2012 (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. |
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Welcome to Wikipedia, Ldavis (Public Policy)! I am Acather96 and have been editing Wikipedia for quite some time. Thank you for your contributions. I just wanted to say hi and welcome you to Wikipedia! If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page or by typing {{ helpme}} at the bottom of this page. I love to help new users, so don't be afraid to leave a message! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:
I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Also, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); that should automatically produce your username and the date after your post. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{ helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Again, welcome!
Acather96 ( talk) 20:09, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
The first tagging and assessment drive challenge is starting now for WikiProject United States Public Policy. If you'd like to participate, start using the new assessment system and the project banner to tag and rate articles that are related to U.S. public policy. There's even a small prize for whoever does the most assessment this week.-- Sross (Public Policy) ( talk) 17:49, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
Hi SilkTork -- Amy Roth is now out on maternity leave (she had a healthy baby girl this weekend!) so I'll be filling in for a couple of months. I'd like to get the second assessment done this week if possible -- I've made some edits to give you direct links to the versions we'd like you to assess. Please let me know if you can't finish it by this weekend! Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks again for all your help! -- Ldavis (Public Policy) ( talk) 21:50, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
Sorry about this, I am still behind from before, things are a little busy right now for me. I am leaving for a trip out of town on Friday, getting back sunday at about 0300 EDT, and I will be useless/busy the rest of the weekend. That gives me about 24 hours and I know I won't get them all done. Sorry about this. Will try to have done ASAP. -- DQ (t) (e) 02:17, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi LiAnna, Nice to hear the good news about Amy. I shall surely try to do it by this week. But cannot give any assurance. Much other work to be finished this week. Rejoice talk 09:19, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi LiAnna, one of the students I'm online mentoring for has emailed me asking if I could help him get an assessment for his public policy article, Cyber ShockWave. I wasn't sure how we were doing this, and if I could just fill in the fields for him, or what was up with the Article Feedback tool, and its roll in assessment. What can I tell him about this?-- Patrick, oѺ∞ 17:22, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
Feedback 1. How many mentees are you currently working with? 1
2. Have you reached out to students who don't have mentors yet? If not, would you be willing to? I've reached out to another student (who has asked GorillaWarfare)...I'd like to have a few more.
3. What do you think of the content of messages on the Google Group? The message seem fine/appropriate.
4. What do you think of the volume of messages on the Google Group? It doesn't seem to be flooded or abandoned yet...
5. Do you participate on the Google Group much? If not, what would make you participate more? I do participate a bit
6. Are there any problems you've experienced so far? Nope.
7. Is there anything else Sage or the rest of the Public Policy Initiative team could do to make your experience as an Online Ambassador better?I'd suggest a bit more organization (with regards to the assignments, which articles are by whom, on-wiki layout)...but I don't want a bureaucracy.
8. Are you okay sharing your username with your answers to our Public Policy Initiative team, or would you prefer to remain anonymous? Username.
I'd like to point out that the proper term would be a mailing list hosted via a Google Group. Smallman12q ( talk) 22:44, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi -- here are my answers. 1. How many mentees are you currently working with?
2. Have you reached out to students who don't have mentors yet? If not, would you be willing to?
3. What do you think of the content of messages on the Google Group?
4. What do you think of the volume of messages on the Google Group?
5. Do you participate on the Google Group much? If not, what would make you participate more?
6. Are there any problems you've experienced so far?
7. Is there anything else Sage or the rest of the Public Policy Initiative team could do to make your experience as an Online Ambassador better?
8. Are you okay sharing your username with your answers to our Public Policy Initiative team, or would you prefer to remain anonymous?
-- Mike Christie (talk) 23:16, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
Hello Ldavis, here is my response to the questions you posted to my talkpage. (1) I currently am working with 3 mentees. (2) I haven't reached out other than having added my name to the list of available mentors. I have no problem taking on more mentees. (3) I think the content of the messages in the google group are fine. I have garnered much useful information from this forum. (4) The volume of messages has steadily increased to a point where it is hard to keep up with everything. (5) I check and read the messages daily but refrain from replying in hopes to not flood the group with messages. I have replied to one message because I felt a reply was appropriate. (6) I haven't experienced any problems at all so far. There was a time when two students entered the IRC looking for ambassador assistance but they didn't ping !ambassadors and no one was watching the channel so their questions went unanswered. Neither student used their Wikipedia username so I couldn't leave them a message which I would liked to have done. So if there is a way to help these students know how to ping !ambassador or the !username they are looking for, perhaps that could be helpful. (7) I am fully satisfied with the level of support I have received to date. (8) I am fine with my username being attributed to my response. My76 Strat 23:21, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
1. How many mentees are you currently working with?
2. Have you reached out to students who don't have mentors yet? If not, would you be willing to?
3. What do you think of the content of messages on the Google Group?
4. What do you think of the volume of messages on the Google Group?
5. Do you participate on the Google Group much? If not, what would make you participate more?
6. Are there any problems you've experienced so far?
7. Is there anything else Sage or the rest of the Public Policy Initiative team could do to make your experience as an Online Ambassador better?
8. Are you okay sharing your username with your answers to our Public Policy Initiative team, or would you prefer to remain anonymous?
— GorillaWarfare talk 02:02, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
1. How many mentees are you currently working with?
2. Have you reached out to students who don't have mentors yet? If not, would you be willing to?
3. What do you think of the content of messages on the Google Group?
4. What do you think of the volume of messages on the Google Group?
5. Do you participate on the Google Group much? If not, what would make you participate more?
6. Are there any problems you've experienced so far?
7. Is there anything else Sage or the rest of the Public Policy Initiative team could do to make your experience as an Online Ambassador better?
8. Are you okay sharing your username with your answers to our Public Policy Initiative team, or would you prefer to remain anonymous?
1. How many mentees are you currently working with?
2. Have you reached out to students who don't have mentors yet? If not, would you be willing to?
3. What do you think of the content of messages on the Google Group?
4. What do you think of the volume of messages on the Google Group?
5. Do you participate on the Google Group much? If not, what would make you participate more?
6. Are there any problems you've experienced so far?
7. Is there anything else Sage or the rest of the Public Policy Initiative team could do to make your experience as an Online Ambassador better?
8. Are you okay sharing your username with your answers to our Public Policy Initiative team, or would you prefer to remain anonymous?
-- Cryptic C62 · Talk 03:52, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
-- Geniac ( talk) 06:15, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 01:33, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi Ldavis! I'm really sorry, but I think I'm gonna have to leave WPUSPP. Thanks and God bless! Canon Law Junkie §§§ Talk 11:32, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
- Dwayne was here! ♫ 20:12, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi LiAnna, here are my answers to the questions:
1. How many mentees are you currently working with?
I have enlisted 2 but they haven't asked me for help yet, but I'm not sure what to do with them, whether to ask them for help or what.
2. Have you reached out to students who don't have mentors yet? If not, would you be willing to?
That's the way that I have enlisted my current 2.
3. What do you think of the content of messages on the Google Group?
They seem pretty on-topic and useful.
4. What do you think of the volume of messages on the Google Group?
I find them manageable but if I go away for a while I can have like, 100 unread messages just from one mailing list, which does seem a bit OTT.
5. Do you participate on the Google Group much? If not, what would make you participate more?
I participate a bit, but only if I feel necessary. I don't want to fill up everybody's inboxes! :)
6. Are there any problems you've experienced so far?
None that I can recall.
7. Is there anything else Sage or the rest of the Public Policy Initiative team could do to make your experience as an Online Ambassador better?
I'm not really sure how I'm meant to help my mentees so it would be good if I could get an explanation about that.
8. Are you okay sharing your username with your answers to our Public Policy Initiative team, or would you prefer to remain anonymous?
Nah, I'm fine with you sharing it.
Regards, Rock drum Ba-dum Crash (Driving well?) 19:01, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
1. How many mentees are you currently working with?
2. Have you reached out to students who don't have mentors yet? If not, would you be willing to?
3. What do you think of the content of messages on the Google Group?
4. What do you think of the volume of messages on the Google Group?
5. Do you participate on the Google Group much? If not, what would make you participate more?
6. Are there any problems you've experienced so far?
7. Is there anything else Sage or the rest of the Public Policy Initiative team could do to make your experience as an Online Ambassador better?
8. Are you okay sharing your username with your answers to our Public Policy Initiative team, or would you prefer to remain anonymous?
Many thanks for all the informations and updates regarding the WP:USPP assessment. I will do the the next round of assessments as soon as possible. I have also sent you an email. All the best. – pjoef ( talk • contribs) 15:23, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
I've done ten assessments; do you need anyone to do more than ten if there are still articles with fewer than three assessments? Or would you rather wait till the two weeks are up and then see what else needs assessing? Mike Christie (talk) 13:34, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
I signed up for the assessment team and was assigned articles when the project began, but I've been too busy these past couple months to participate. I have a little more free time now and could help if I'm still needed. Would you prefer I started with the first round of assessments or is the third round the primary focus at this point? If now is too late to jump into the assessment drive, I'll understand. - Mabeenot ( talk) 01:44, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
It occurred to me as I was assessing the most recent set of articles that when students add more information to an article there is a chance the scores will initially go down. I'm finding that I can often score a short article 2/2 on formatting, and 2/3 or 3/3 on readability, simply because there's not much there to format and what is there is perfectly readable. Similarly, the sourcing may be not too bad for what's there, so I can go with the rubric's "mostly well-sourced" and score it at 3/6 or 4/6. When a student adds a big chunk of good material, with perhaps initially weak sourced, it's quite likely that all three of these scores will drop by 1 or 2 points, whereas the comprehensiveness may only go up by 1 point, especially if the student just added good detail on one small aspect of the article. The net effect might be a drop of two or three points in the overall score.
You're probably way ahead of me on this, but I thought I'd mention it. It might indicate that the six categories of score are more useful when looked at independently, for example. Mike Christie (talk) 15:25, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
Although it wasn't necessary, it was "desirable" (^___^) and means a lot to me. I'm more than happy to help WP:USPP and the Public Policy Initiative in any way I can. Thank you so very much for the so "precious" award!!!
Well, I am monitoring the
list of additional pages (2–3 times a week) for phase 2 of the Article Feedback Tool, and I found that there are
many articles related to U.S. Public Policy and tagged by {{
WikiProject United States Public Policy}}, but without the Article Feedback Tool.
That's all for now. Please, do not hesitate to contact me for any help or advice at any time.
Once again, thank you, and all the best. –
pjoef (
talk •
contribs) 09:52, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi LiAnna! Just to let you know the package of Wikipedia swag has just arrived!!! Great (^___^)!!! Many thanks and season greetings. – pjoef ( talk • contribs) 14:58, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
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playing with WikiLove Annie Lin (Campus Team Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation) ( talk) 22:17, 30 June 2011 (UTC) |
Happy now? Annie Lin (Wikimedia Foundation) ( talk) 22:29, 8 September 2011 (UTC) |
See here. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me 18:03, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
It may not be possible, or even advisable, but this ANI thread has resulted in identifying a large group of student participants from China. Many users and myself have organized to assist the efforts of this group. If there is interest, they could be usurped into the program. Either way, we are going to help them with a project we formed overnight. What are your thoughts regarding this situation?-- My76Strat ( talk) 15:09, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
LiAnna,
I happened upon a situation where I referred a "a faculty member of WSU" to the ambassador program. I believe that any "faculty member" is a potential Wikipedia ambassador. But, I'm not sure that this newbie has enough experience to navigate the Wikipedia editing waters.
Was my action appropriate? As part of Wikipedia's outreach effort, how does the ambassador program provide a "warm fuzzy" reception for faculty members who are newbies in the "cold prickly" world of Wikipedia peer review? Is there a better way to direct newbies to the ambassador program?
As you can see, I have more questions than answers. If I understand correctly, the ambassadors program is designed to provide a guided path into the Wikipedia editing world. Similarly, I believe that Wikipedia needs to provide an easily found, "warm fuzzy" path for these "potential ambassadors".
Thanks for your attention, — John Harvey, Wizened Web Wizard Wannabe, Talk to me! 15:02, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
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A * for your work with WMF and Ambassadors. Cheers :) aηsuмaη ༽Ϟ 20:57, 4 October 2011 (UTC) |
Hi. I'm just letting you know that following conversations I've had with Phillipe and Hisham, I have unblocked the Pune faculty IP. I probably won't be joining the IRC, because I don't favour that method of discussion, but I'm convinced that everything possible is being done to iron out any issues with the project. -- Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 05:53, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for communicating with me. I would love to be an Online Ambassador for the Intellectual Property course? Maple Leaf ( talk) 13:35, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
This is a message to Mihir but I think it concerns everyone involved on the IEP. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 02:04, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi Ldavis, I hope everything goes well for the IRC on the IEP. Some of us who are most concerneed and involved will not be able to take part, but I hope you will be able to read the contents of these two pages as a briefing:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:India_Education_Program
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs/Education_Program
-- Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 15:16, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
I'm not sure what was the intention of this news. In case it was to give an idea about things de could do; we have these kinds of "cooperations" already succesfull started years ago!? ... Sicherlich Post 07:51, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
FYI: Wikipedia talk:United States Education Program#Copyright (again). I'm sorry if I seem to be harping on this, but the IEP shows what can happen when the message does not get across, and if these programs are to rely on completely inexperienced CAs (this one has less than 40 edits, nearly all to do with the program) it really is vital that they are properly briefed. JohnCD ( talk) 13:18, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi Anna,
I have reduced my involvement of late because I am no longer concerned with the physical aspect of cleaning up the IEP articles. While I fully realise that my recent comments may sound critical, it's necessary to stimulate some positive involvement in other key areas. While everyone appreciates the efforts that are being made on the ground, a major issue is apparently still not being addressed. Your (or your colleagues') earlier inferences that consideration for the resources among on-line editors to process the new pages created by your projects lies not within your mandate have been met with deep concern by the community. It is felt that rather than focusing uniquely on improving relations with the professors, students, and Campus Ambassadors, those responsible for education programmes may wish to consider entering into dialogue with other departments within the WMF and examine together how tools and experienced online volunteers will be available and willing to support new phases of the IEP and any other EP plans. We are ploughing forward with reforms that were begun a year ago of our NPP system, and we would very much appreciate your support for current current software projects. There remain barely six months before the next phase of IEP begins, and essential developments of this kind take time if their urgency is not expressed.
Regards, -- Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 07:24, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the virtual almost-Philz! I appreciate it. Here is a falafel... although I think falafels are not really Egyptian food. Annie Lin (Wikimedia Foundation) ( talk) 20:22, 9 December 2011 (UTC) |
I think the answer lies in the threads above. The fact is (without digging for the diffs) that it has been clearly stated that neither the volunteer resources nor the cultural dichotomies need to be taken into consideration when planning projects that will increase the influx of new pages. As one who has been deeply concerned and involved with researching and suggesting solutions to the problems, and being instrumental (for some 200 hours) in the massive cleanup of the IEP disaster, my final opinion is that there should be changes in the management infrastructure of GEP, USAEP, and IEP, but the community has no influence in the way staff appointments are made. I await Tory's report with great interest. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 02:46, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
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Thank you so much for supporting and encouraging me from time to time!Your support and suggestions meant alot to me, and they were essential for improvement..
Keep Guiding, Keep Inspiring! AbhiSuryawanshi ( talk) 19:51, 21 January 2012 (UTC) |
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Pine (talk) 01:21, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
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In the grading portion you write
...it’s hard to tell just what each student has contributed to the article.
Given that the students edit from their own accounts, a person can easily see what each student contributed in page history. Perhaps you should rephrase? Smallman12q ( talk) 21:55, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
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This is wonderful. Thanks for the good work on the Wikipedia Education Program in Egypt! Pine ✉ 20:09, 10 July 2012 (UTC) |
Wikimania Education Meet-Up: Do you have a report on the results of this? I would have attended but the information about the meeting and/or its venue was poorly organised. -- Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 13:58, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello! Nice meeting you in Washington! Could you help me create a WEP logo for Sweden (I don't know what font are used)? It should say "Sverige" (Sweden in Swedish) and if the background could be blue RGB 0,82,147 it would be the close to the blue in our flag. Best, Ainali ( talk) 18:53, 23 July 2012 (UTC)