8:00 class/13 May 2007

This is an archive of Wikiversity current events from 13 May 2007

Colloquium summary
Short summaries of active discussions at Colloquium
 * MediaWiki variables - Improving page creation templates.
 * Motto and slogan: close to the end of the selection process? "set learning free" and "open learning community". Related link: Motto contest.
 * Problem with hide/show buttons. Related blog entry: Navigation boxes.
 * common.css problem at multilingual Wikiversity hub.

Internet Relay Chat topics of the day
Re-cap of topics discussed in #wikiversity-en.
 * Using input boxes. Related link: create learning resource.
 * Improving French language content.
 * Proposed project: "How to check open proxies". Related links: Open Proxies, Service community, Meta-Wiki, Topic:MediaWiki, School:Computer science.
 * Problem with navigation box collapse/expand "button" solved via IRC. Related links User:JWSchmidt/Blog/12 May 2007, User_talk:Sebmol, Colloquium

Email discussions and blogs
Summaries of Email discussions and blogs with relevance to Wikiversity participants.
 * New page navigation aids for Wikiversity.
 * Why use wikis? blog post by Bertalan Meskó.
 * Warning about cross-wiki accounts.
 * Agenda watch: next Board of Trustees meeting in early June. See: Wikimedia meeting agendas. Will there ever be feedback from the Foundation about the proposed research guidelines?

Recent changes
Today's trends in active editing efforts.
 * Template:Navigation2 now provides quick links for access to the template from pages where it is transcluded. Example: Parkinsons Disease.
 * Template:Dfoot - associate learning resources with a department.
 * User:CommonsDelinker continues to edit without a bot bit. Related link: Bots/Status.
 * Active page: War and Iran.
 * User:Kittybriton and music content creation.