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hello

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Hi! I am extremely interested in this class! it seems very complex but the concept to me is fascinating! I cant wait to learn more. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Svandmrk (talk • contribs) 17:25, 29 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Education Program

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Hi! I'd like to get more information from you about your university/number of students/etc. so we can make sure to get you to meet the requirements to join our program this semester. Can you please email me at jmathewson@wikimedia.org as soon as possible? Thanks! JMathewson (WMF) (talk) 18:52, 10 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback

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Hello, S.mereu. You have new messages at Cindamuse's talk page.
Message added 09:30, 26 January 2012 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.[reply]

Best regards, Cind.amuse (Cindy) 09:30, 26 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

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Hello Professor Mereu, I am looking forward to this class very much. I am majoring in Psychology and I am very interested in the topics we are going to learn about through out this semester. This is my third year in college and I just transferred to Rutgers from Burlington County College. I am very excited to be here both in this school and class. I can't wait to learn so much more that I do not already know about psychology.

Leah Titus — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leah9220 (talk • contribs) 04:46, 21 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Great!

Online Ambassador

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I'm available as an online ambassador for your class. Feel free to ask me questions here, or by emailing me.Smallman12q (talk) 02:17, 29 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Ambassadors update

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Hi! You're getting this message because you are or have been a Wikipedia Ambassador. A new term is beginning for the United States and Canada Education Programs, and I wanted to give you an update on some important new information if you're interested in continuing your work this term as a Wikipedia Ambassador.

You may have heard a reference to a transition the education program is going through. This is the last term that the Wikimedia Foundation will directly run the U.S. and Canada programs; beginning in June, a proposed thematic organization is likely to take over organizing the program. You can read more about the proposal here.

Another major change in the program will take effect immediately. Beginning this term, a new MediaWiki education extension will replace all course pages and Ambassador lists. (See Wikipedia:Course pages and Help:Education Program extension for more details.) Included in the extension are online volunteer and campus volunteer user rights, which let you create and edit course pages and sign up as an ambassador for a particular course.

If you would like to continue serving as a Wikipedia Ambassador — even if you do not support a class this term — you must create an ambassador profile. If you're no longer interested in being a Wikipedia Ambassador, you don't need to do anything.

Please do these steps as soon as possible

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--Sage Ross (WMF) (talk) 20:55, 14 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

ambassador rights

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Hi Stefania! I saw that you requested Online Ambassador rights at Wikipedia talk:Ambassadors/Become an ambassador. From your editing history, though, it looks like you were previously the instructor for a class (and maybe served as your own Campus Ambassador?). If you're planning to support other classes now as an Online Ambassador, I can assign you that user right. I just wanted to check with you first to see if that's what you wanted. (If you're planning on serving as an ambassador and running another class yourself, I can give you the course instructor right as well, or if you just plan to work with your own classes, all you'll need is the instructor right.)

Let me know, and I'll get you squared away with the appropriate user rights.--Sage Ross (WMF) (talk) 17:51, 1 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Hi Sage! Yes, I did serve as ambassador for my own class. Because I had such a great experience with the project, I would like to serve as online ambassador, or even campus ambassador, because I know how hard it is to find available folks in your area. This semester, I wont be using Wikipedia because it is not appropriate for the class I'm teaching, but I'll be teaching more course in the summer and fall in which I will probably be able to work on wikipedia again. Look forward to it! -- S.mereu (talk) 18:16, 1 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback

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Hello, S.mereu. You have new messages at GSeidman's talk page.
Message added 4/12/13. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Next fall (2013), I will be teaching an advanced psychology course in which students will create a Wikipedia entry as their final paper. This course will take place at Albright College in Reading, PA. I am new to Wikipedia and am hoping to find a Wikipedia ambassador to help me and my students. Thanks.

  • Hi! Glad you are using Wikipedia for your course, it was a terrific experience for me. Were you looking into Campus ambassador or Online ambassador? I could certainly do the online ambassador, but I would recommend somebody closer as a campur ambassado. Especially if you are relatively new to Wikipedia, you'll need one!S.mereu (talk) 11:48, 12 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Thanks for your quick reply! Ideally I'd like a campus ambassador, but I couldn't find any that were close by, especially one who was familiar with psychology. At the very least, I'd love to have an online ambassador. There is also the possibility that I could arrange to have my college provide a small stipend for a single on-campus visit, if you were willing. Gseidman (talk) 18:17, 12 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • You have your first online ambassador for sure, and if you don't find somebody in your area I can try to do it. In the meanwhile, make sure to have a course page, which you'll have to list [| here], making sure to update all the links. Also, how many students you plan on having in your class? Depending on the number of students you might want 2 online ambassadors. S.mereu (talk) 20:14, 12 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks so much for agreeing to help with the online portion. The course will have about 16 students in it. It's a senior seminar on social psychology. Do you think I'd need to two ambassadors for that class size? I am considering having the students work on an article in pairs, so that they can assist each other with both technical and writing difficulties, and a provide an extra level of quality control on the articles, since some of the students may be poor writers/researchers. From what I understand, I'll be able to see which parts of the article were edited by each student, so I can evaluate each student's work individually for grading. I also thought it might be easier to evaluate the work if I had each student work on a stub, rather than editing an existing article, as this might make it easier to compare articles by different students. My plan now is to spend part of the summer learning Wikipedia myself and writing an article, so that I'll have some first-hand experience to share with my students. I also plan to identify social psych-related stubs and try submitting some new stubs, so that these stubs are available for students to work on once the class starts. Do you know how long it takes to get a new stub approved? As far as communication, do you prefer the talkback page, or would you rather move to email? Thanks again.Gseidman (talk) 03:06, 13 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Sounds great. For 16 students 1 online ambassador is enough, especially if you pan on getting familiar with Wikipidia yourself. It is somewhat tricky to follow students on Wikipedia itself, but there is a great [| APA Wikipedia portal], which will help you getting organized. Let me know if you need help in getting started (it is not the most user friendly web portal. Stubs are a great compromise, but some good students of mine started from scratch reaching great results. Let me know when you get this so I can erase the email from here. Looking forward to hearing from you!S.mereu (talk)

Introducing Myself

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Hello Professor Mereu, Adapting to Wikipedia has been enjoyable so far! Hopefully with this we can learn to properly use Wikipedia and appreciate the knowledge it has to offer to online community. --Mayrapm128 (talk) 00:45, 19 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi S.mereu!

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I am in GSeidman's Senior Seminar class which you are the Ambassador for. Hopefully, I will not need much help using Wikipedia but if I do I will contact you! Thank you!--BKeehan001 (talk) 19:15, 29 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a better beginning of the paragraph

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Hi there! I am also in GSeidman's Senior Seminar. Thanks for being available to help us with this course. It is a neat project idea, but I don't think any of us are very familiar with using Wikipedia so extensively. I'm looking forward to it but it may be a challenge. Thanks again! Mtierney01 (talk) 14:25, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Hey there! Nice to meet you. Most students (and even instructors) are not familiar with the editing of Wikipedia. However, it is not at all complicated. You just need to learn a few things here and there (for example, use two equal signs to open a new paragraph) and everything will be fine. If you are intimidated by the programming, although you shouldn't, keep in mind that you can use the beta version of the Wikipedia editor, which is very similar to the most common editing software. Also, try to practice by editing some non-academic entries (such as you favorite band or movie. You'll see that it is not as challenging as it sounds. And man, you signed your message, so you are already a step ahead! S.mereu (talk)

Introducing myself...

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Hi! My name is Ellie. I'm a student at Albright College, and you are the adviser to the cite we are creating for social psychology. Just wanted to say that we're excited to work with you this semester. Thank you for your help!

EHerman2015 (talk) 19:53, 4 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Nice to meet you! I am also excited to work with you guys and I wish you a great semester.

S.mereu (talk) 20:25, 4 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello!

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I'm Chloe and I'm in GSeidman's seminar. Just wanted to introduce myself and thank you for helping us this semester. I look forward to working with you! CStratton22 (talk) 01:08, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Nice to meet you! I am also excited to work with you guys and I wish you a great semester.

S.mereu (talk) 01:19, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Introducing myself

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Hello! My name is Christina and I am a student at Albright College. I just wanted to introduce myself and thank you for offering to help our class. I'm looking forward to working with you. Thank you again! --CBriones001 (talk) 14:15, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Introducing Myself

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Hi, my name is Laura and I'm in GSeidman's seminar class as well! I'm really excited for this project, but I know I'll have a lot of questions so thank you for helping us this semester. I can't wait to learn more about Wikipedia and really get started! LSanford26 (talk) 17:25, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Introducing myself

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Hello, My name is victoria Smith I am also in GSeidman's seminar class!! I am a Senior studing Pasychology and Studio art. I look forward to learning the ins and outs of wiki. Thanks so muich for hellping us out, because I know I will be asking you about a lot of things! VSmith001 (talk) 18:00, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]


Here's a better beginning of the paragraph

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Hello S. Mereu, I just wanted to say hi and introduce myself. My name is Laura and I am currently in a psychology course that is enabling us to create our own wikki. I also wanted to thank you in advance for helping my classmates and I with our project. I am looking foward to working with you. L.Warren18 (talk) 18:19, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]


hello

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ciao S.mereu (talk) 00:33, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

In Which I Introduce Myself

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Salutations, Professor Mereu! I dig the class and the material shared so far, especially the clip from Memento with all the swearing in it. Good stuff! Wish we could have watched the whole film, as I have been trying to get Angelique to watch it for some time now. In any case, looking forward to the following weeks of class and I think this wikipedia project is cool. Much peace!

Junderland (talk) 01:03, 21 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings and Salutations!

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Hello Ms Mereu, I'm not entirely sure if I am doing this correctly, but hello thereItalic text! I am excited for this semester and finally learning how to use Wikipedia correctly! Best wishes, Angelique. !

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Acaliseee (talk • contribs) 00:36, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]


  • Good job with the fonts! I see your message was signed by a robot, so next time you leave a message to somebody, remember to sign by inserting this symbol ~ three or four times (and see the difference). :-)

S.mereu (talk) 11:47, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

p.s. I see that you do not have a profile page so please click on your username add one when you have a chance.

Hello!

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Dear Ms. Mereu, I just wanted to say hello (and receive credit of course)! Your class is very intriguing and I plan on excelling in it this semester.

Taljohns (talk) 02:32, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • p.s. I see that you do not have a profile page so please click on your username add one when you have a chance.


Hello Dr. Mereu!

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Dear Dr. Mereu,

I am very much looking forward to this class. It is my first class at Rutgers! I think its extremely interesting and am very excited about it as I just decided that I want to minor in Psychology this year. I am especially interested in the neuroscience aspect of it all. Looking forward to a great semester!

Lkrojack (talk) 12:49, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Dr. S. Mereu

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This is part of my editing assigniment. I had a very hard time getting this far, and hope the next assignment is less complex. Thanks in advance. Vms77 (talk) 00:35, 19 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Hey, don't be so pessimistic! You are here, and on time! Keep up the good work. :-)

Hello Professor!

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My name is Gabriella Tilelli, (also very Italian) :-) and I'm currently a senior majoring in Psychology. At first, I was a little worried about taking a 3 hr lecture course, but after the first 2 classes flew by, I can honestly say I'm excited for this semester! The fact that you keep an open discussion throughout the whole class really keeps it interesting and intriguing. I am fascinated in all topics of Psychology, especially consciousness vs. unconsciousness and the effect of dreams, illusions, and psychoactive drugs on the brain. All of it is just so cool to me! Anyways, I look forward to a great semester! Gtilelli (talk) 01:00, 19 September 2013 (UTC)Gabby T.[reply]

Hello Professor

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Its me the confused child, I finally think I got the whole concept of this-->'NOT', but I know I will because you are determine to make sure we do :-). Well my name is Erika Collazo, and I am a senior majoring Psych. I took this class because I am a very attentive person who like to read people in and out. I originally major in nursing and in the middle, I changed because I found myself always being the person who help people when they had problems. With that I figured my listening skills and observation ability were capable to work with people, so I decided to go further with knowing more about the personalities of people and also knowing the psychological aspect of individuals. So here I am in your class, learning more about the brain and knowing more about the consciousness part of it. Hopefully this class will continue to enlighten me and keep me wanting to know more about this specific topic. I am glad we have a professor who is able to keep us alert for 3 hours and as well as keep us smiling as we learn. Ecollazo (talk) 12:13, 19 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Nice! This by the way is the perfect material for your profile, so when you have a chance, move this text there. Thanks for your feedback, it is much appreciated! Keep up the good work :-)

S.mereu (talk) 21:00, 19 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi There

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Let me start off by saying that I am technologically challenged, and I hope I'm doing this correctly. The course is very intriguing and the fact that you are so passionate about your area of study makes the lectures very entertaining and informative. Rachaelallen91 (talk) 16:55, 19 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • That is too funny! You are doing great, don't worry too much. This was the hardest part, everything else, will seem like nothing. Thnaks for you feedback as well!

S.mereu (talk) 21:00, 19 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Dr. Mereu ♦

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I'm so glad I switched into this class!! Definitely a relief and way more interesting!! I too was nervous for another three hour lecture but your passion and personality keep my alert during class. Mind you I am at school on Tuesdays from 8am to 8:40 pm so it is a long day for me! I hope I do well in your class! --Scicale18 (talk) 19:42, 19 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Professor S.Mereu

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I am learning how to Wiki. I thought I was going to have a hard time but I am working on it. To be honest I was having a hard time with consciousness but as I go along I am coming around. Thank you. Carla Brooks 22:37, 19 September 2013 (UTC)[[User:Brookscarla|Brookscarla]Carla Brooks 22:37, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Hello

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Hello! I just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Nadia Daher and I am a Senior at Albright College studying Psychology, Criminology, and Communications. I am completely new to wiki and hope to understand more about it as my Senior Seminar with Professor Seidman progresses.--Ndaher7 (talk) 17:46, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

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Hello. Just saying hi and posting on a talk page for our assignment. I've been enjoying your class so far,and I'm sure I'll continue to enjoy it throughout the rest of the semester. Jdelacour (talk) 17:37, 20 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

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Hi. Just posting here so that I don't miss out on this homework assignment. My name is Patrick Knopka and class has been cool so far. Pknopka (talk) 19:56, 20 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]


Hi

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Just posting here for the assignment! Except- I can't figure out how to become a student in the course! -Natalie Craig Nataliebcraig (talk) 22:44, 20 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]


Hello

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Just wanted to say I enjoy your class and look forward to our class discussions. Jeremyhausman (talk) 00:16, 21 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

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Hello Dr. Mereu, I just wanted to let you know that i'm enjoying your class so far. I've been out of school for a very long time (10 years) and I thought that I would have a tough time adjusting but so far so good. I look forward to learning something new in class on Tuesday!

Ybagby (talk) 01:29, 21 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings

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Greetings Dr. Mereu, This rather unorthodox assignment became far more informative then I thought it would be. I feel significantly more confident in both using this site as a jumping off point to learning about new topics, and editing wiki articles in general. I want you to know I am very grateful to you for having assigned us to learn about this site, and I plan on contributing much to open source knowledge from hear on out. Hartleyjs (talk) 10:54, 20 September 2013

ThatCampPhilly Edit-a-thon Invitation ; we need someone with account creation right (which includes all admins)

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It was suggested that I try to contact someone in the education outreach program. We are hosting an edit-a-thon at ThatCampPhilly (see below). At a previous event we hit the new-editors cap (of 6). I'd like to arrange in advance to allow for additional creation of new editors and increased editor activity, for ThatCamp. Your name came up as someone in the Philly region who works as an ambassador. I'm not quite clear on whether you would need to be at the event physically, or whether you could give me some sort of rights to make this work. Please advise, and in any case, you'd be welcome at the edit-a-thon. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 20:00, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

One of the visiting Wikipedians had the authorizations we needed, so things went off without any problems. Thanks for responding (re: email). If you're interested, we're going to have breakout sessions for Wikipedia editors at our GLAM Cafe, starting the second Tuesday in November, 5-8pm, at the Chemical Heritage Foundation. You'd be very welcome to attend. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 14:17, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
CHF small logo
 Please join the Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at THATCamp Philly, September 27, 2013, held at the Chemical Heritage Foundation. Bring your own content to work on, or get an early start on Ada Lovelace Day with our resources about women in science, chemistry and the history of science. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 20:00, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Survey for editors who mentor newcomer

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Dear Wikipedia Ambassador,

I am seeking input on your experience as a mentor to new Wikipedians. This survey is designed to provide insight for the development of a new mentorship support tool on Wikipedia. If you have a moment, please take this survey, it should not take more than 10 minutes of your time to complete.

https://syracuseuniversity.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_4V2SSrhU2NFOVAV

Also, if you are able to, I would greatly appreciate it if you would send the following survey to the mentee you worked with:

https://syracuseuniversity.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_4V1quUdMZ1By3Ah

Thank you in advance for your participation, Gabriel Mugar 13:33, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Need help setting up course page

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Hello Dr. Mereu. I have been using Wikipedia projects for my History of Psych classes for a couple of years. The new attempt to introduce some structure is welcome. However, I see that I now need some help from an ambassador. Here is what I read: "To set up a course page, you need to have a user account that has been given the “Course instructor” rights on Wikipedia. Your Regional Ambassador should assign the rights to your account, so be sure to let the Regional Ambassador know your username." I could not find a link to a regional ambassador, so can you help me with this? My user name is James Council. J.R. Council (talk) 02:52, 27 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again! I was able to get in touch with the Wikipedia Educational program, and now have a course page set up. I am contacting you now to see if you could be available to help my class in History and Systems of Psychology at North Dakota State University. I've had 5 classes so far working on Wikipedia Psychology articles rather than the traditional term papers. It's been a great experience for me and my students, but I still have a lot to learn. I've gotten my class started with editing tutorials and they've now picked articles to work on this semester. Not sure what you need from me (e.g., access to course page?), but it would be nice to know that we can call on you for help from time to time. Thanks! J.R. Council (talk) 21:04, 2 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

  • hi Jim. Sorry for late response, I have been very busy. I would love to help with your class. Feel free to add me as an online ambassador. When you do, let me know so that I can bookmark the page. Cheers, S.mereu (talk) 02:58, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

My course page is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_Program:North_Dakota_State_University/History_of_Psychology_%28Fall_2014%29 There is a list of online ambassadors there, but I'm not sure how to add you. Thanks again! Jim J.R. Council (talk) 18:58, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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