User talk:Donald Albury

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All of Florida does not have a tropical climate

Have you read the article? Most of Florida has a humid subtropical climate, while South Florida has a tropical climate.

Fort Myers- I thought this might interest you

I challenged the same person you did three years ago about the notability[1] of the weightlifters he has listed. If you got some thoughts. Did you come to agreement with him or decide it wasn't worth fighting?- William 01:31, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

I hadn't been looking at that page for a while. I just removed the two names again. -- Donald Albury 10:56, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

• It was being discussed on the talk page. Then you decided to act without participating in the discussion after William canvassed your support. Niteshift36 (talk) 15:27, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for leaving welcome messages for my students! Awadewit (talk) 02:35, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	Thank you for your tireless work making sure the ambassador-related pages are all in sync! It hasn't gone unnoticed. sonia♫ 22:17, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

Hello!

Hello! My name is Kristi Fernandez-Kim! I just wanted to drop by and say Hi and THANK YOU for being our Online Ambassador for the Prokaryotic Diversity and Plate Tectonics class. It'll be nice to work with you! --만두 (talk) 04:45, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Children's Literature Fall11

Hey there! While the above referenced fall course has 25 students with five OAs, I have decided to step back and help other classes that do not have support. We have a current class, Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects/HardenPsy101 with 194 students (and more expected) that does not yet have the support of a Campus Ambassador or Online Ambassadors. Since the Children's Literature class is covered, would you be willing to switch it up and serve as an OA for the Psyche101 class? Any help you can offer is appreciated. Let me know, Cind.amuse (Cindy) 22:44, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

I was waiting to commit myself to more classes as I am the sole Online Ambassador for two other classes. I have left welcoming messages on the talk pages of all the students who have added their names to the classes I've committed to, and do not intend to withdraw from working with those classes. I will also note that as of 24 hours ago we had 24 classes for which no one has signed up as Online Ambassador, and 25 classes with only one Online Ambassador. Frankly, the response from the current list of Online Ambassadors has been underwhelming. I will be talking to Sage and the other Steering Committee members about putting a push on. -- Donald Albury 10:52, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, Don. I totally agree with the "underwhelming" sentiment, although I had two individuals pleasantly step forward today to help out. ;) I hear ya and respect your desire to forgo bypassing the students you are already working with. Completely understandable. I actually contacted you with this suggestion after a conversation with Annie today. We thought one class of 25 students utilizing the support of five OAs was rather poor stewardship of volunteer resources. For the most part, the other classes (without OAs) haven't started yet. Others, while they are listed at the Wikipedia:United States Education Program course(s) page, haven't completed the individual course page, which provides information about the course and students. I think a "push", prod, poke, (kick... I digress) would be good at this point. I'll make an effort tomorrow and this weekend to hit up any inactive or less active OAs to sign up and help cover any other (active) courses. Thinking maybe some were busy IRL this summer and just getting back in the groove. Let me know if I can help in any other way. Best regards, Cind.amuse (Cindy) 11:57, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

I've already noted to the Steering Committee the courses that are listed on the MOU signature page that do not have course pages started. I've just been updating a spreadsheet listing which Online Ambassadors have signed which pages. Unfortunately, signing up as an Online Ambassador for a course entails going to four different pages, so I'm trying to make sure they all get updated. -- Donald Albury 12:07, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

I just noticed this conversation and thought I'd ask -- which are the four pages? I saw that you'd updated at least one page which I'd missed for my signups (thank you!) and would like to know which ones I need to keep an eye on. I was thinking of posting a note to Sage saying that it is a little hard for an OA to figure out where to go and what to do -- the nice thing about having students pick OAs was that we knew exactly who to talk to. Should we be asking the course tutors to pick OAs, or have someone assign OAs? I am sure a lot of OAs would be fine with that. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 12:19, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Yes! I completely agree. Four different pages, er... I'm still not sure where they are located. It kinda became a bit confusing this semester. If it is confusing for OAs, I'm wondering if it is now more confusing for profs. I've noticed a few from last semester missing from the mix. Mike, I think asking course tutors to select OAs may be a bit overwhelming for them. Possibly feeling a tad intimidated, I think this is an area for which they tend to rely on us. They're more concerned with the classroom. (JMHO) Don, I would love to see your spreadsheet when you're done. Your work is appreciated. Cind.amuse (Cindy) 12:49, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

The four pages are: the individual course page, the list of courses at Wikipedia:United States Education Program/Courses/2011 Q3, your listing at Wikipedia:Online Ambassadors/Mentors, and the MOU signature page. I will raise the issue of how that process can be made easier. Unfortunately, I'm not in a position to fix it myself any time soon. This term is a major shift from the previous model of the student seeking out a mentor to the current model of Ambassadors seeking out courses to work with. IIRC, the change was covered in the Ambassador newsletter, but I think we need to make sure all Ambassadors understand the change. I seem to remember saying I would work on that a while back, but I guess I dropped the ball. Have to leave for work now, so it will be later today before I can work on this. -- Donald Albury 12:51, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Please help

Donald - We seem to be embroiled in a dispute at Design District - a part of miami wikiproject. Obviously Scaletail and I believe that 76.. and 173.. are putting spam in this article. Can you help us?--GroveGuy (talk) 03:46, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Greetings

Greetings from a ENG390 student. Jsollowa (talk) 02:43, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	I know sonia already left you one, which is why I didn't pile on earlier, but I just wanted to say how much I appreciate all the work you've been doing with updating the ambassadors pages. You're awesome, Donald! Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 14:11, 22 September 2011 (UTC)