User talk:Miz.mira

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Motivation and emotion
Hi. Welcome to the unit and to Wikiversity! I look forward to learning with you and I hope you find the topic and the unit rewarding. Please feel free to let me know if you have any suggestions or would like help at any point along the way. Sincerely, James Neill, -- Jtneill - Talk - c 22:54, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

Shopaholic
FYI - I've moved the comments to the chapter's talk page. Comments can go on the chapter page during drafting, but sooner or later, they should be moved onto the talk page because they are not part of the chapter, but they should be recorded. More info: Help:Talk page. Sincerely, James -- Jtneill - Talk - c 00:06, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your help with my reference list and your contribution. Much appreciated! :) by the way, really like your chapter!! Well done. Andrea

Hi Miz.mira, FYI I've restored the shopoholic resources and associated discussion since they are part of the Motivation and Emotion book and a community-developed resource under a Creative Commons license. Let me know if you'd like to discuss further. Sincerely, James. -- Jtneill - Talk - c 10:22, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi Miz.mira, Please don't remove content from Wikiversity without prior discussion. If you want to nominate a resource for deletion, please see Deletion. Whilst you contributed significantly to the Shopaholic chapter, it was also edited by others and the contribution is a community resource under a Creative Commons license. Please feel free to discuss. Sincerely, James. -- Jtneill - Talk - c 11:03, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Warning: This is a final request to stop removing content from Wikiversity without engaging in discussion. If it happens again, you will be temporarily blocked from editing. Sincerely, James. -- Jtneill - Talk - c 11:17, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
 * FYI, this account has been blocked for one week due to disruptive editing/blanking of the shopaholic page. -- Jtneill - Talk - c 11:36, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

in accordance with Wikiversity policy for. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make constructive contributions. If you believe this block is unjustified, you may contest the block by adding the text below.
 * Thanks for being willing to discuss per email and your deletion request. You've been unblocked. The expectation on Wikiversity is that for a matter such as requested content removal which isn't clear cut, that this will be a community decision, not yours or mine. I encourage you to openly discuss your concerns in a collegial manner so that they can be understood by others and hopefully resolution can be achieved. Please let me know if I can do anything else. Sincerely, James -- Jtneill - Talk - c 23:22, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
 * FYI, the outcome of the community discussion has been to delete the Shopaholic chapter and it has now been deleted. Thanks for your contributions to the chapter itself and subsequent discussions about deleting it. Your contributions have also helped to highlight some improvements to the book chapter authoring assessment guidelines which will be incorporated into the unit outline in the future. If you have any other suggestions or concerns, please feel free to let me know on or off-wiki. Sincerely, James. -- Jtneill - Talk - c 23:06, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

Suggestion re Shopaholic
Dear Miz.mira, while I agree with you that your submission, if it was made under duress or otherwise against your will, should be removed from Wikiversity, I think it is unlikely that you will convince the powers here to do so. I would counsel that your most effective course of action would be to bring this situation up with your university's faculty ethics committee. I think it is remarkable that you were required by a faculty member to give up your rights of authorship in order to complete a class assignment (worth 55% of your grade), and even worse that you were coerced into giving it to a website on which your professor holds a position of trust. Further, that the same professor appears to be among those thwarting your efforts to recover your work adds insult to injury. This page appears to document the procedures at your institution. My sympathy and best wishes to you. -- Gnetwerker (talk) 22:20, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I second Gnetworker's suggestion. It is quite clear to me that Mr Neill has a conflict of interest between his role as a teacher and his zealotry as an advocate of open content on Wikiversity and position on this project. In choosing to block you and in making spurious claims that your contributions were genuinely the result of a joint effort rather than of his making minor corrections to your work, he is showing himself incapable of managing that conflict of interest in a ,ammer consistent with his pastoral duties as an educator. A complaint to your university about his unethical conduct is the best course of action. I am tempted to make such a complaint myself as I am aware that you might be in an invidious position. Anyone who treats his students in the way that Mr Neill has done should not be allowed to teach except under close supervision by his superiors.

I would suggest speaking to your student union and, if you have a tutor who you trust, to them.--86.181.170.1 02:00, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

I agree with the above posts that University matters should be dealt with through the university. The grievance policy is a good place to start. It explains that the first step should be informal discussion between the involved parties. If this is unsatisfactory then further steps can be taken, as outlined in the policy. Happy to help with the process. Sincerely, James. -- Jtneill - Talk - c 08:01, 14 April 2012 (UTC)