Wikipedia talk:United States Education Program/Courses/Present

Organization

Can we organize these courses into some kind of order? They are placed haphazardly now. In the PPI, we organized them in alphabetical order by the university name. Should we not do the same here? Starvinsky (talk) 19:51, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, they should go in some kind of better order... I'd been holding off, since they were still being added and it's unreasonable to ask newcomers to navigate the table syntax to put new entries in the right order. I'll go ahead and make it alphabetical by university like before. If you have any better ideas for organization, though, feel free to implement them.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 16:41, 24 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

totals

It would be great to have at the top of the page a summary box or something with the total numbers of (1) courses, (2) universities, and (3) students! Jwild (talk) 19:50, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Additions to Course Page Template

Privacy Notice for Students and Instructors

user:Bob_the_Wikipedian, user:dcoetzee and I have found the need to address privacy issues with instructors on behalf of their students. It may be a good idea to provide a clear privacy notice to help folks know their options and make wise decisions that keeps everyone safe and happy (e.g. not uniquely or individually identified if they choose not to be).

Please be aware your username does not have to contain any personal information. For example, you do not have to use your real name, your location, or email address information. Navigating privacy online is a good skill we want to help you foster.
If you do not wish to associate an already-existing account with this course, you are welcome to create a second account. Please make it clear this second account is to be used only for the purpose of completing the course assignment(s).
??More Resources??

Mattsenate (talk) 00:10, 16 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a suggested reminder sentence for every page that might be confused to be asking for private information (pages that say to add your username to the list, etc.) CAs could be reminded of the same.

Remember that Wikipedia does not require personally identifiable information from you in order to edit. Your username allows you anonymity in editing and protects your other personal information. Wikipedia is freely available to just about anyone: posting your own personal details to Wikipedia is your choice and is likely unwise. Posting of others' personally identifiable information is harassment and is not permitted.

This is great, I think we should include this as the note. It is clear and rather positive (except that last part, which is serious). Mattsenate (talk)

Also, if needed: Wikimedia Privacy Policy applies to all WMF projects and governs any nonpublic information gathered (e.g. e-mail if you sign up, etc... this only governs stuff NOT posted to the public Wikis, I think).Manumitany (talk)

Good resource, thanks Mattsenate (talk) 02:10, 16 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Also, regarding the second account part... I don't think this will be very common. I think it's something that can just be answered if/when it comes up. If someone already has an account they're far more likely to either (a) not care or (b) be Wiki-savvy enough to already know. Or both.Manumitany (talk) 01:07, 16 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

+1 Agree with you here Mattsenate (talk) 02:10, 16 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Link to older courses

This page should provide a link to older courses (summer 2011, spring 2011, fall 2010). --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me} 15:47, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Page name needs updating

Page is currently called "2011 Q3" even though people are now listing "2012 Q1" courses. Can someone with WMF correct? See the link "Add your course to the list (after course page has been created)." to see what I mean. Brianwc (talk)

Course dates

Courses list the dates when they begin and end. I think all courses should use the same date format, and should list day, month, and year. One of the courses that is currently listed does not include the year. Kbarchard (talk) 15:28, 11 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the suggestion; I've added "2012" to the ends of both said dates. Rob SchnautZ (WMF) ^{(talk • contribs)} 19:31, 11 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]