User talk:Mikec

History of Quebec and Canada
Hi, I uptdated some of the questions on your History of Quebec and Canada guide, but I didn't know the answers. Do you?--Rayc | (Talk) 23:29, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

History of Quebec and Canada Study Guide
Hi Mikec, I just wanted to say "good work" on History of Quebec and Canada/Study Guide/Topic 1: Reasons for Exploration. It looks nice and well-thought out - though the title is slightly unwieldy, don't you think? Could we think up a more compact one without damaging the structure you see it fitting in to? Cormaggio 10:56, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Hey there. Looks like you're doing good work with this. Mind adding a more specific explanation on the front page of this guide explaining what the context of the course is? Ultimately, I'd like to see us generalize the material you have there into a useful course in the School of History designed for everyone in the world, but you may as well finish this version first, to help students in that particular class. Jade Knight 20:20, 7 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the reply, Mike. Well, the way you're linking to pages is fine, of course - through simply creating a link to it from one page and then editing it (though there are a number of pages in the study guide which aren't linked to from History of Quebec and Canada/Study Guide - see Category:History of Quebec and Canada). I was just commenting on the naming of pages - ie. being possibly unnecessarily long. But that's no big problem. If you want to keep them the way they are, that's ok. Or, if you'd like to change them slightly, you can do that through the "(page) move" function (it's a button two across from the edit button) - for example, move "History of Quebec and Canada/Study Guide/Topic 1: Reasons for Exploration" to "History of Quebec and Canada/Reasons for Exploration". However, I think I'm beginning to realise that Wikiversity will foster complex page names - so the naming of your course is really up to you. I would only apply a general maxim - anywhere - of: "keep the structure as simple and intuitive as possible". Cheers! Cormaggio 10:22, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Hello!
Hi there. Check out my edits to History of Quebec and Canada/Study Guide/Topic 2: Cartier's Voyages - I hope this is the effect you were trying to achieve with the learning materials? --HappyCamper 01:02, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Javascript
Hi Mike, I'm not sure what kind of permission you are looking for. Is it that you want to upload files that are in a proprietary format? If so, there's really nothing I can do in an immediate sense. In this case, I would recommend that you try to work around it (eg. by finding an alternative format), or raising this issue on a broader channel (such as the foundation-l mailing list - which I could also do). However, if I've misinterpreted your situation, please clarify to help me understand your needs. Cormaggio 13:43, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Hi Mikec, I noticed your request for assistance at Cormaggio's talk page. There is a learning project or infrastructure activity setup to develop the capability of delivering java applets from within the mediawiki pages here at Wikiversity. There is at least another page describing the current status and progress. Aha! I think user Airwolf at Wikipedia is heading it up and he has some code loaded at sourceforge. Maybe the test page was at the meta site. It did not work for me but my system currently has known problems. Anyway, I hope the capability shows up soon. I need it too at here and here. If you are familar with Java we could sure use some help occasionally when the neophytes start dropping by with their game designs in hand. Mirwin 08:54, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

copyright violation
It appears that all of the material in Category:History of Quebec and Canada is copied from a website that indicates the material is copyright protected. These Wikiversity pages will soon be deleted unless evidence is provided that the copyright holder has released this material under the GFDL copyleft license. --JWSchmidt 01:29, 23 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I've been in contact with a representative of www.learnquebec.ca - if you could clarify whether you have any relationship and/or understanding with the organisation, the material and/or its creators, it would be a big help. Thanks. Cormaggio beep 15:21, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply to JWSchmidt - I'll be in touch via email. Cormaggio beep 18:46, 27 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I tried to send an email to the address you gave in that message (mcarley@lbpsb.qc.ca) but it keeps bouncing. Is this the right address? Do you have another I could try? Thanks. Cormaggio beep 23:42, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

=response= As you can see since 1998 ( thanks to evidence from web.archive.org) I have had a web presence for my original material:

1998 Baldwin Cartier School Board

I developed the materials and was given authority (ftp+password) to upload them to this site. Example: http://web.archive.org/web/19980121172227/www.baldwin.qc.ca/history/

"Prepared by Michael Carley and provided by Baldwin Cartier School Board"

2002 LESTER B PEARSON SCHOOL BOARD

I developed the materials and was given authority (ftp+password) to upload them to this site.

Since my retirement I have developed and added new material to this site.

Example: http://web.archive.org/web/20020603020351/http://www.lbpsb.qc.ca/~history/

1999 QESN

I developed the materials and was given authority (ftp+password) to upload them to this site. Example: http://web.archive.org/web/19991114032916/http://www.qesn.meq.gouv.qc.ca/history/toolkit.htm#QUESTIONS

"These multiple choice questions were constructed by Michael Carley,

Social Studies consultant at the Baldwin Cartier School Board."

QESNRECIT and LEARN reformatted them and removed my upload authority. The latter adding a © symbol to its page.

2002 QESNRECIT

if you would like to contribute materials to the site, please send an email to Christine Truesdale at ctruesdale @ qesnrecit.qc.ca

I developed the materials and sent them to this site. Example: http://web.archive.org/web/20020414142042/www.qesnrecit.qc.ca/socialsciences/cycles45/frameset.html

"These review lessons were created and developed by Michael Carley Social Studies consultant at the Lester B. Pearson School Board."

2005 LEARN

They moved material to this new site.© 2007 LEARN - All Rights Reserved was added.

http://www.learnquebec.ca/en/content/curriculum/social_sciences/sec_history/approaches/index.html

"These review lessons were created and developed by Michael Carley Social Studies consultant at the Lester B. Pearson School Board."

As you can see from the chain of evidence I am the original author of this material. At all time (except after I sent it to QESNRECIT and LEARN) I was in control of the material. I wrote,coded, uploaded, edited, and tested all the material. Collaborators (much like wiki) reviewed and edited within the original framework.

I do not know Bev White ( LearnQuebec) I gave QESN the material 5 years ago, and as you can see from the history of the use of the materials, how can they ask that they be credited for the content of this course, after I gave it to them and all they did was to format and host it. In their adult section they don't host it but simply link to it.

Finally to quote from your site:

"You acquire copyright automatically when you create an original work or other subject matter."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_FAQ#What_is_copyright.3F

"A copyright gives you the sole right to produce or reproduce your work"

Canadian Intellectual properties Office http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/cipo/welcome/welcom-e.html

"All work produced by employees of the government as part of their work is public domain."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_FAQ#What_is_copyright.3F

I appreciate that you have volunteered to work on the site and are placed in a difficult position when a third party who places a © symbol on their page requests its removal, however the evidence I have presented shows that under all the circumstances stated I retain the right to reproduce my work. I let them use it, not coypyright it.

This material can be licensed freely as Bev White ( LearnQuebec) does not own the copyright, and as I created this original work, I agree to do so