User talk:Bocardodarapti

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 * Thanks, Bocardodarapti (discuss • contribs) 06:00, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

Regarding exercises and namespaces
I noticed that you've been creating a number of exercises under names related to the content of the exercise, e.g. Cave/Flashlight/Exercise, Vacation/Italy/Exercise, Gang of robbers/Treasure chest/Exercise, etc.

These titles are not ideal, in that they place the exercises under a top-level resource which does not exist, and which would probably not be related to the content of the exercise even if it did (e.g. Cave, Vacation, Gang of robbers, etc). Please take care to use hierarchical page names related to the content you are creating, and/or consider making less use of transclusion in places where it is not necessary. Omphalographer (discuss • contribs) 22:16, 19 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Hello,

Thanks for your remark. In practical terms, I do not see any serious problem. At least this is what I can say from 15 years writing exercises in this way (on german wikiversity). If there would arise a problem, then I would add in front of these names something like Logic/ or Propositional logic/. In most exercises the first term is anyway a mathematical term. Transclusions have far too many advantages not to use them (use exercises in several courses, link directly to them, write solutions directly for them ... Best wishes Bocardodarapti (discuss • contribs) 12:36, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

Sorry about the move to userspace
Your page was nominated for deletion and I tend to tend to those things just before going to bed. See note at User_talk:Guy_vandegrift, and don't hesitate to make a comment.Guy vandegrift (discuss • contribs) 12:53, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

I am moving all your pages to userspace

 * I finally took the time to actually look at some of your pages. My conclusion is that according to Wikiversity practice, yours is the type of research that needs to be in userspace. If you have any objections, let me know and we will find a place on Wikiversity for the community to come to a consensus.  Meanwhile all your pages will be in one place as soon as I complete the moves.--Guy vandegrift (discuss • contribs) 14:25, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
 * UPDATE: You have lots of pages on Wikiversity! I moved almost a dozen and will pause till we can all digest this.--Guy vandegrift (discuss • contribs) 14:38, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I support the move to user space and thank you (Guy) for the effort. --Dan Polansky (discuss • contribs) 14:41, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
 * This is very difficult for me to understand. The pages are part of a university course taught at the university of Osnabrueck, it is, by the way, no original research, but established mathematics as taught at most universities in the first year. Of course I have created a lot of pages, since mathematics is huge and since I work in a modular way. This has many advantages, as to link to theorems and exercises, use the pages in several courses, link proofs to theorems and solutions to exercises automatically, ... Bocardodarapti (discuss • contribs) 15:57, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Also, by moving without redirect, pages like Mathematics for Applied Sciences (Osnabrück 2023-2024)/Part I/Lecture 7 are broken.Bocardodarapti (discuss • contribs) 16:02, 30 December 2023 (UTC). See also Colloquium.Bocardodarapti (discuss • contribs) 17:31, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Can you elaborate on why you think this material shouldn't be in the mainspace? —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 00:44, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
 * My understanding is that Guy vandegrift has withdrawn this proposal, see Colloquium.Bocardodarapti (discuss • contribs) 12:24, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes, I have withdrawn to proposal to delete or move anything Bocardodarapti has created.  We have people who come to Wikiversity and write hundreds or even thousands of pages of pure nonsense.  Some of these people have an advanced degrees is a mathematical field, but some sort of learning or thinking disorder.  We are most concerned about top pages in namespace, e.g. Pi.  I mistakenly thought you had copy/pasted an article from Wikipedia into that page and inserted two items that I now know were intended for transclusion into your course.  Had I carefully examined the situation (as one of my colleagues did,) I would have caught my mistake.  When I found all the items under MDLD/, I thought I had a real crackpot on my hands (sorry!).  After all the damage I have done is repaired, we do need to discuss where to put your "templates" so that in the future someone else doesn't repeat my mistake. There is no rush to have that conversation.  We all know who you are and are extremely glad you are here. We will leave you alone from now on. Guy vandegrift (discuss • contribs) 14:07, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Should we replace the old Linear Algebra with a redirect to your project?
I was working on Linear algebra/Orthogonal matrix when I noticed that the main page (Linear algebra) was very weak. As I was attempting to move some of the subpages into draftspace, you made the following edit: https://en.wikiversity.org/w/index.php?title=Linear_algebra&oldid=2598395

Thank you! Your pages are far superior to anything else in Linear Algebra (including my subpages). I suggest we place a strong redirect Linear Algebra to your project. The subpages in the old Linear Algebra that are useful can be moved elsewhere. What do you think? Guy vandegrift (discuss • contribs) 15:15, 13 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Latest news: I recently redesigned the page Linear algebra by collapsed the other "projects" using cot/cob templates. Moving the collapsed "projects" to another page is time-consuming, so I suggest we leave Linear algebra in its current format.  My two contributions to linear algebra "projects" will be moved to a subspace of Physics/A, which is effectively my personal "projects" page. Guy vandegrift (discuss • contribs) 15:48, 13 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Hello Guy, thanks for the comment, but the redirect I do not want. I thought there should be a link to the linear algebra lecture to my course. And if you think it should be linked rather on the top of the page (as some kind of recommendation), fine with me. The reasons that I do not want just a redirect: 1) the course covers more than linear algebra, and linear algebra are coming late (lecture 21-28), 2) I do not want to represent 'officially' linear algebra content of Wikiversity. Maybe some other people might contribute to linear algebra, on several levels, they might be shooed away . 3) Linear algebra versus the course name (Osnabrueck with year) indicate different statuses. No reasonable person would come to the idea to rearrange the course under this name (of course, corrections are welcome, use of the material is welcome, but it is really a taught course). A redirect might suggest weaken this status.Bocardodarapti (discuss • contribs)


 * Hello Bocardodarapti, I already moved your link to the top of your page, and before reading of your preference not to have a hard redirect, I came to the same conclusion. The page currently has two sections: The first is the link to your project, and the second is a list of all other projects.  When the second section is properly edited, I will uncollapse it so the reader can see all possible options for that page.Guy vandegrift (discuss • contribs) 15:52, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Good job on linear algebra, thanks. Now it is clear what we have/don't have, could have.Bocardodarapti (discuss • contribs) 12:10, 14 January 2024 (UTC)
 * You're welcome! You are under no obligation to do more than place the link to your resource on a page. If you do so on another page, just let me know. You are the author an I am a retired professor who fixes pages on Wikiversity for the pure pleasure of it. Guy vandegrift (discuss • contribs) 14:19, 14 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I added also links to the course from the page Calculus. Bocardodarapti (discuss • contribs) 19:03, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Explanatory template for modular math
Greetings, I created an explanatory template Template:Modular math and placed it to two pages: Pi/Zero of cosine/Introduction/Section and Pi/Real cosine function/Definition. The purpose is to allow everyone, especially administrators, to immediately understand what is going on, and prevent deletion of modular math pages resulting from misunderstanding. Are you okay with that template? The text is only visible in the module, not in the pages that transclude the module. --Dan Polansky (discuss • contribs) 16:09, 7 March 2024 (UTC)