User talk:Dave Braunschweig/2024

Can MaintenanceBot cleanup the collection namespace per RFC outcome?
Hello, according to the agreement at Colloquium, all things in the collection namespace has to be deleted. Can this work be done by the MaintenanceBot? I look forward to hearing from you. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 08:24, 1 January 2024 (UTC)


 * @MathXplore Most of the Collection articles are mine. They need to be replaced by single-page includes so the content can still be printed by students. I'll start working on a solution, automated or otherwise. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 16:29, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

C programming course: Advanced C Programming
Hi. I'm working on the C programming course now and I really appreciate your contribution to it. However, I find that the Advanced C Programming seems involving the fundamental concepts of C, and hasn't had much to deal with advanced C knowledge. I'm reviewing those resources now and is merging them to the existed lesson of basic C programming. I believe Advanced C Programming should include "advanced" knowledge like Linux programming (e.g Linux IPC, multi-thread programming), socket programming (TCP/UDP, and also communication protocols built on top of them like HTTP, MQTT, Modbus,...),... After finishing merging all of the knowledge from your Advanced C Programming, I may need to remove some pages (due to duplication with the basic ones) and also move some of them. Please reach me if you have any concerns on that.

Sorry for my broken English as I'm not a native speaker. Best regards --Anonymous Agent (discuss • contribs) 11:53, 6 January 2024 (UTC)


 * @Anonymous Agent: Hi! Please feel free to take "ownership" of C Programming and Advanced C Programming. I haven't taught those courses in real life since the mid 1990s. I didn't develop them here at Wikiversity either, I just tried to clean them up a bit.
 * Regarding what to include in a particular course, I typically review a variety of other publicly available course outlines and/or certification exam outlines. Those give me a good idea of what the rest of the world considers to be introductory vs. advanced, etc.
 * I agree that OS interaction, networking, threading, async, etc. are advanced topics. Another way to check on this is to look at how they are handled in other programming languages. Those are definitely advanced topics in the Python world (my current real-world language of choice).
 * The only thing to watch for when moving content is to make sure you reference the source. For example, if you move content from one page to another, in the summary include a permanent link (available under Tools) back to the original source. That way, the original authors are still referenced as required for CC-BY-SA licensing. You could include a link with REF tags in the content instead. Less useful but also deemed acceptable is a reference on the Talk page. When you move whole pages, the edit history goes with the move, so those don't need additional referencing.
 * Let us know if you have any other questions. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 18:35, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your response and advice for the course. I'm happy to proceed with it. Best regards ! Anonymous Agent (discuss • contribs) 04:29, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

On student preference for writing a page over improving it.
Hi Dave. You once mentioned that students would rather create a new page than rewrite an already existing page as an assignment. I'm obviously diferent. Compare special:permalink/2267321 with special:permalink/2598691. Guy vandegrift (discuss • contribs) 13:48, 14 January 2024 (UTC)


 * When students have an outline (subject headings, for example) but no content, they feel free to add what makes sense to them. When there is content already present, they have to figure out what might be missing and how to phrase their contributions to match someone else's wording. In my experience, first-year students aren't able to do this as well and they don't get the sense of accomplishment the students who "created something out of nothing" feel. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 02:15, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
 * That makes sense. Someone recently suggested that empty soft redirects with links to Wikipedia should be deleted.  I don't think it matters much, but I am inclined to delete them.

Invitation to discuss page deletion policy
A discussion that might interest you has been started at Requests_for_Deletion. -- Guy vandegrift (discuss • contribs) 17:50, 15 February 2024 (UTC)


 * @Guy vandegrift: I'm not sure what I would be able to add. My current commitments prevent me from having time to devote to Wikiversity and I don't think it's appropriate for me to propose solutions I wouldn't have time to support. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 18:03, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
 * No problem Dave. I know you have been busy recently.  I wish you well on whatever is keeping you so busy.Guy vandegrift (discuss • contribs) 18:07, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

CAPTCHA Problem when creating an Account
Hi Dave, Isabel here from Ohlone college. We've talked a couple of times before. Some of my students emailed me to let me know that they cannot create user accounts because of a CAPTCHA problem. I verified the information by attempting to create a new account and I received the same error message. Would you let me know how this can be resolved? Thank you! Ireicher2 (discuss • contribs) 23:41, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I am not certain how active Dave is at the moment. I will copy/paste this into Request custodian action
 * The discussion is moved to Request_custodian_action. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 02:01, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

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The New Mythology Suite
Hello, one of your previous redirect creations has been nominated for speedy deletion. Can you explain about this redirect? Thank you for your attention. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 01:55, 6 June 2024 (UTC)


 * @MathXplore: It should have been a soft redirect. It looks like the page has a history of deleted vandalism. I suspect I deleted one too many or one too few of the intermediate changes. If I were doing it now, I would delete it with a comment linking to V – The New Mythology Suite similar to an Advise:. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 18:03, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the information. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 02:33, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

Candidates_for_Custodianship
Hello, can you take a look at the latest discussion? 2 weeks have passed since their beginning. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 02:35, 7 June 2024 (UTC)