User talk:Mbrad

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Google Summer of Code
I found out on IRC #mediawiki and #wikimedia that the Foundation will certainly attempt to sponsor projects at the Google Summer of Code between March 8 and 12. Please make a bugzilla account and add yourself to the cc list and vote for the request. Then please send Erik and me a mailto:erik@wikimedia.org,giftex@talknicer.com explaining your interest and necessary payment schedule. The Google Summer of Code stipends are $5000 this year. 99.22.95.61 01:15, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

I didn't see your vote registered on bugzilla, there may be another step involved to submit it. See if you can see it register when you are logged in to #mediawiki from http://webchat.freenode.net. I agree you should look and see how Moodle does adaptive quizzes, because that might be much easier than the del Soldato and du Boulay work, but I hope looking at the Moodle code doesn't make it harder for you to extend the Mediawiki Quiz module. Don't forget to email Erik and I expressing your interest in working on this, please. 99.191.75.124 15:30, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Moodle adaptivity
The difference between the computer adaptive testing implemented in Moodle and those proposed at -- as far as I've been able to tell without looking at the code -- is that Moodle's is based on score outcomes exclusively, without regard to learners' self-reported confidence or how often they are requesting help. Have you been able to tell whether http://microformats.org/wiki/gift#Extensions will be useful for your first pass at a GIFT importer in Mediawiki? Also, you will want to have mysql running locally so you can make schema changes -- I am not sure how those are packaged with Mediawiki modules, but the LiquidThreads (or some other, simpler extension) may be a much better place to look than the Mediawiki Quiz module, which may involve zero database schema changes. Again, the people on #mediawiki on IRC can help answer questions about how to write Mediawiki extensions. You can reply here; I'm putting changes to this page into my rss reader. 99.22.95.69 17:44, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

GIFT and Wikiversity microformats
Hi, I noticed that you created 2 pages called "Comparison of GIFT and Wikiversity microformats." Was there any problem with me redirecting one of the pages to the other? --AFriedman (talk) 03:01, 9 March 2010 (UTC)


 * I am still a novice. I edited the name "Comparison of GIFT and Wikiversity microformats" to "Comparison of GIFT and Wikiversity Microformats" thinking I was merely capitalizing the word "microformats" in the link. When I realized that I had created a new link, I re-pasted everything I had written to that page. I assumed that as an orphan the earlier redundant copy would eventually get destroyed but redirection is fine too I guess. Thank you for doing that. If you want to destroy it or you want me to destroy it I will do that. I just haven't learned how yet. Mbrad 03:17, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome. Redirection, which I did, tends to be a better option because the capitalization of the page name is an easy typo to make. Also, changes to one page should be saveable on all the relevant pages however you type the name. Redirect links can be created by deleting everything on a Wikiversity page and clicking the "#R" button on your toolbar to create the link. Also, only custodians can delete pages so that they're red links again. I am able to do this, but you wouldn't be. Any other questions? --AFriedman (talk) 06:38, 9 March 2010 (UTC)


 * No. No other questions. But thanks again. Mbrad 07:10, 9 March 2010 (UTC)