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Hi! I wanted to let you know that we have created an [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC IRC] channel for "countering systemic bias one new editor at a time", aka closing the gender gap! Come hang out at [http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#wikimedia-gendergap #wikimedia-gendergap] if that subject interests you. We hope this channel can serve as a safe haven to hang out, talk about Wiki, brainstorming, women in Wikimedia, article alerts and foster friendships. I hope you join us! (And if you need any IRC help, just let me know!) See you there! [[User:SarahStierch|SarahStierch]] ([[User talk:SarahStierch|talk]]) 13:21, 13 September 2011 (UTC) |
Hi! I wanted to let you know that we have created an [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC IRC] channel for "countering systemic bias one new editor at a time", aka closing the gender gap! Come hang out at [http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#wikimedia-gendergap #wikimedia-gendergap] if that subject interests you. We hope this channel can serve as a safe haven to hang out, talk about Wiki, brainstorming, women in Wikimedia, article alerts and foster friendships. I hope you join us! (And if you need any IRC help, just let me know!) See you there! [[User:SarahStierch|SarahStierch]] ([[User talk:SarahStierch|talk]]) 13:21, 13 September 2011 (UTC) |
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Hi! I replied on my talk page (in case the answer is helpful to others who come bye as well).--[[User:Sross (Public Policy)|Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation]] ([[User talk:Sross (Public Policy)|talk]]) 16:24, 27 September 2011 (UTC) |
Revision as of 16:24, 27 September 2011
A Belated Welcome!
Hello, Rburdette, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions so far. Sorry no one has put up a Welcome message for you, but here it is now. :-) I recommend leaving it at the top of your Talk page so that you can access it easily.
Here are a few important links for newer Wikipedia editors:
- The five pillars of Wikipedia
- Wikipedia:Reliable sources and Wikipedia:CITE
- How to edit a page and How to develop articles
- Manual of Style and Writing better articles
- Editing by consensus – working well with other Wikipedians
If you'd like any help with editing, you can sign up at the new users log or ask me on my discussion (talk) page. If you need other help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, post a question at the Help Desk, or ask me.
Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. It is always wise to read the most recent entries at the bottom of the talk page of an existing article before making major changes to it. Before I make a major change to an article, I often make a proposal on the talk page to see if anyone minds.
Again, welcome! -- Ssilvers (talk) 19:17, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
Block for Campus Ambassadors
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I had created a new block for Campus Ambassadors because I was told there was not one yet. However, Basket of Puppies also created one. I am removing the one that I created to keep it consistent. You can add it to your userpage by adding {{User campus ambassador}} Lsukari (talk) 13:51, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
Wikipedia Ambassador Program Newsletter: 28 January 2011
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Wikipedia Ambassador Program Newsletter: 13 February 2011
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Wikipedia Ambassador Program Newsletter: 21 March 2011
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Wikipedia Ambassador Program Newsletter: 22 April 2011
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Delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 16:36, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
Friday Session
This was worthwhile couple of days in preparation for the the fall semester ˜˜˜˜ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lasharky (talk • contribs) 13:47, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
A beer for you!
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Thanks for all your hard work! Dylanstaley (talk) 13:50, 19 August 2011 (UTC) |
A pie for you!
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Thanks for setting up this course Lasharky (talk) 13:51, 19 August 2011 (UTC) |
Theatre course
Hi, Rburdette. Thanks for the message. I don't like infoboxes. In my opinion: First, they are redundant, and the same information is better given in narrative format in the WP:LEAD. Second, they make the article more difficult to edit, and daunting to even attempt to edit, for newbies. Third, they are the frequent targets of vandalism, and they are almost invariably filled with small errors. Fourth, they distract the editors from focusing on the content of the article; instead of improving the article, they spend lots of time working on this cosmetic feature and its extensive coding and formatting. I recommend against using them, and I particularly recommend against having the students spend any of their valuable time working on the infoboxes. Having said that, the article on Harold Pinter has an infobox, as does the one on Bernadette Peters. Contrast this with the excellent article on Noël Coward, which does not have an infobox: if you look at this, you may agree with me that the infobox is not needed. Best regards! -- Ssilvers (talk) 21:35, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
- BTW, since the course is about script analysis, I was surprised to see that all the the articles are about actors and playwrights, rather than about plays. Any reason for this, or did you feel that bio articles were more accessible? There are some good examples of articles about plays, such as Proserpine (play), The Importance of Being Earnest, and Carousel (musical). All the best! -- Ssilvers (talk) 22:23, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
student lists on course pages
Hi Rebecca! Thanks for setting up all these LSU course pages! I notice that you have been frequently blanking the /Students subpages. If you don't want the list of students to show up on the main course page, that's fine. However, it's important to have each of the students' accounts linked from that subpage, because that's how we are gathering the usernames of participating students for the Leaderboard. I formatted an example of how you can do that without having it show up on the course page: Wikipedia:United States Education Program/Courses/Prokaryotic Diversity (Gary King)/Students. The links to the students' accounts are added between "noinclude" tags, keeping them invisible on the main course page. --Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 15:47, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks much for the feedback on the Wizard! I'll put improving the "getting help" thing on my todo list; changing the image to a button with text on it should be easy.
- As for the glitch with starting that tab, yeah, unfortunately I can't think of a good way to bypass it. It's been created after you save the first time, but unless you purge the server cache, it will often not register as existing in the tabs interface immediately. (It will show up eventually.) Attempting to create the page again (which means you simply saves a blank edit with no changes from the previous version) is one way to purge the server cache.
- Once the new onboarding portal is ready (through which students can create their accounts), which should be in place by next term, there won't be any need to keep the Students subpages if you don't want them.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 17:27, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
- A streamlined process like that is in the cards once the new portal gets built (from what I gather of the plans, the portal is where people with virtually sign the MOU, monitor course activity, and communicate with pod members, all in a simpler non-wiki interface), but it's not in the cards for this term.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 18:33, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
Restoring the Students subpages
Sure, I'll do that tomorrow morning now.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 16:40, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
- Here's what I did: except for the one that already was using a Students section, I transcluded the /Articles subpage into the /Students subpage, but kept it inside noinclude tags so it won't show on the course page. So the professors can now just keep using the Articles sections as the lists of students... just try to make sure all the students get listed (and linked to their userpages) on those articles lists, and that no other people have links to their own userpages who aren't students. Let me know if that works for you, or you'd rather a different arrangement.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 17:05, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
Come hang out with us online!
Hi! I wanted to let you know that we have created an IRC channel for "countering systemic bias one new editor at a time", aka closing the gender gap! Come hang out at #wikimedia-gendergap if that subject interests you. We hope this channel can serve as a safe haven to hang out, talk about Wiki, brainstorming, women in Wikimedia, article alerts and foster friendships. I hope you join us! (And if you need any IRC help, just let me know!) See you there! SarahStierch (talk) 13:21, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
email notifications about talk page changes
Hi! I replied on my talk page (in case the answer is helpful to others who come bye as well).--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 16:24, 27 September 2011 (UTC)