User talk:Remi/May '07 – July '07

username change
"change the custodian status from this username User:Remi0o to User:Remi?" <-- I suggest that you ask User:Sebmol. --JWSchmidt 22:53, 7 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Hmm...I think it might be better to have sebmol rename this "remi" account to something...say, "remi2", and then have sebmol do an usurpation of some sort to move your "Remi0o" account to "Remi". I think it will only be successful provided that you don't edit from "Remi", so for now just log on to your old Remi0o account until everything is as it should be. --HappyCamper 23:19, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

re: bloom clock
Probably would help... depending on if the plant can be identified :). I'm in a bit of a bind because while I finally more or less figured out how to structure the clock (through trying to use it), I really have no time to do the cleanups at this time of year.

To make the data useful, just sign up on Bloom clock project/Contributors, so a bot can eventually use your location to organize the data. (Latitude isn't enough... for example, New York City is actually south of Barcelona, Spain, but the flowering times in Southern Spain will be far different than those in New York). --SB_Johnny | talk 11:53, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Grants update
I've started work on a serious proposal here. It's a simple project, but hopefully it's got enough nice stuff in it to attract attention and garner support. I'd appreciate feedback and whatnot ... Thanks. Historybuff 19:11, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Username stuff...
Heh, I recently changed accounts on Wikibooks, but due to transwiki it was more or less impossible to actually just "move" the account, so I just locked up the old one.

If you haven't used "Remi" yet on Wikibooks, I'd be happy to change your username there for you. --SB_Johnny | talk 10:50, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Already did with redirects... but thank you. --Remi 05:19, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Catagories
Hey Remi, I see you've been categorizing some wikipages and I had a suggestion about it. You recently tagged one of my pages (Russian Revolution/Week 7) with the Soviet Studies category. I would suggest you categorize the entire class under Soviet Studies since there are six other weeks on the same subject and it would be more efficient to just tag the ‘homepage’ for the class. Therefore when you are looking at the list later on, you don’t have 10+ Russian Revolution pages. Just a though…
 * Thank you for the feedback. It seems like that would make things more navigable. --Remi 05:18, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Pro template spacing
I might be the guilty party. I categorised a lot of templates recently. McCormack 07:17, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh no, my mistake; I just put it all on one line and it worked. I was going to remove my comment... and fix Template:Pro. Thank you for categorizing pages by the way; I think in the long run it will really be advantageous for the sustainability of the project. --Remi 07:22, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Welcome
Hi Remi, I noticed you added your own version of the welcome template to User talk:ShaenaPete. I like it, and I'm wondering if you'd like to work on a new template - many people (myself included) have long thought that Template:Welcome needs to be adapted. What do you think? Do you have a templatised version of that message you added? Cormaggio talk 15:45, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I adapted that from Wikibooks... There should be a templatized version around here. I think you are right on that mark, though. The current template (which I went back to using for consistency) should maybe integrate some features of the Wikibooks template.


 * If my memory serves me, what I like about the Wikibooks welcome template is that it basically shows users what what they need to know to get involved in a rather functional, logical, and sequential order (I tweaked it a bit at some point). While the current welcome being used here is good, it could maybe use some tweaking to better convey to new users a digestible amount of information that will be useful. --Remi 04:53, 13 May 2007 (UTC)


 * There's a sandbox for you to get started on at Template:Welcome/new or, if you prefer, you can make suggestions on either that page's or the existing template's talk pages. Cormaggio talk 21:43, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Hiya, Template:Welcome/Unstable seems redundant with Template:Welcome/new.. Cormaggio talk 11:30, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
 * You're right. Thank you for the heads up. --Remi 05:07, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Username and custodian
Hi Remi, I've made this account (User:Remi) a custodian, but I can't change the status of User:Remi0o, as bureaucrats do not have that privilege. This needs to be done by a steward instead - you can request this at Requests for permissions. Cheers, Cormaggio talk 20:49, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I will go ahead and give the stewards notice of the change. --Remi 21:48, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
 * No problem. Which account are you going to edit from from now on? Are you going to use both? Cormaggio talk 21:50, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Most likely just this one. I do not forsee any reason to switch back. --Remi 21:52, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
 * That makes most sense. I only asked because you edited from the other one just now. ;-) Cormaggio talk 22:00, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Topic:Introduction to Psychology
I formated Topic:Introduction to Psychology as a content development project. --JWSchmidt 00:11, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

custodianship
You are now a full custodian. Thanks for serving the Wikiversity community as a custodian. --JWSchmidt 14:49, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you for giving me the opportunity to help out. Wikiversity is an interesting project to say the least! : ) --Remi 05:09, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for working on the categories
From Categories/2007/Week21: This week our barnstar goes to Remi for these achievements

I've started a project at Categories for helping you and others with cleaning up the Category Tree. There's lots of work to do, as you obviously know, but I thought this might provide a structured approach, while showing others how it's done on a continuous weekly basis. Since you know a bit about the process, your input would be quite appreciated. -- CQ 01:30, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you for starting that page. I find categorizing pages oddly satisfying. : ) I will try to give some input... --Remi 05:37, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Hey Remi! Just to chime in to say you're awesome! :-) --HappyCamper 01:00, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you. You're not so bad yourself. : ) --Remi 05:10, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Wikiversitarians
Hi Remi. I believe you were asking somewhere about the correct word for someone who edits at Wikiversity - i.e. an equivalent for Wikipedian. I've done a little research, and I believe one can say, definitively, that there is only one etymologically correct word.


 * Original word from which Wikiversity is derived: university.
 * The obscure but correct and well documented adjective from university: universitarian (no other forms known).
 * A person who is a member of a university, if not referred to as student/staff, could therefore be correctly referred to by turning the adjective into a noun: a universitarian.
 * By analogy, the etymologically correct word you are looking for is: wikiversitarian.


 * -- McCormack 06:52, 28 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I thought it was "wikiversitan", actually :)--SB_Johnny | talk 12:15, 28 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Take a look at Developing Wikiversity through action research/Wikiversity identity. :-) Also, if you get a chance, could you take a look at Template:Welcome/new and see what you think? --HappyCamper 17:08, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
 * What to call people who use Wikiversity? I'm staking out of that. : ) As for the new welcome page, I think it looks really good and will make it easier for new users to get the information they need to get involved. --Remi 18:27, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

converting content development projects to lessons
Why convert content development projects in the "Topic:" namespace into main namespace pages? In many cases, doing so not only destroys a content development project but it also disrupts the function and organization of one or more "School:" and/or "Topic:" pages that link to the destroyed content development page. If you find actual learning resources on a page in the "Topic:" namespace, the solution is to move that content to a page in the main namespace and leave the content development page in existence for further development of content. It is true that some pages in the "Topic:" namespace have never been formatted as content development pages, but that does not mean that those content development pages should be destroyed. Those pages should just be correctly formated as content development projects. --JWSchmidt 20:27, 15 June 2007 (UTC)