Wikiversity:Colloquium/archives/May 2021

3.2 vs pi
[] Gaál Sándor (discuss • contribs) 18:49, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

History project
I've created a stub at Draft:Researching sources (History), where can I get help to expand it since I'm new here? --Chelston-temp-1 (discuss • contribs) 08:16, 15 May 2021 (UTC)


 * This is the right place to ask. You could also leave a note at either School talk:History or Portal talk:History. You'll see from those pages there hasn't been a lot of discussion regarding history resources recently. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 15:11, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

Usage of various Help Desks
Hello there, I'm quite new to Wikiversity, but just from some observation I see that the various Help Desks (see Template:Help Desk header 1.0) are barely used, or misused (eg. questions relating to Wikiversity itself). The English Wikipedia Reference Desk seems to be a good, active, managed alternative to these various Help Desks. Thoughts? If this looks to be fairly non-controversial, I'll consider listing at RfD.

--EpicPupper (discuss • contribs) 17:01, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Notified: Wikiversity talk:Help desk EpicPupper (discuss • contribs) 17:07, 20 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Perhaps it should be a or #REDIRECT rather than a  regarding Wikiversity support. In terms of reference assistance, yes, a soft redirect to the Wikipedia Reference Desk makes sense to me. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 20:24, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

dark mode
any chance we can get the dark mode gadget on this wiki? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Volker_E._(WMF)/dark-mode

Thanks and cheers. Michael Ten (discuss • contribs) 19:04, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Who are the Election Volunteers in your community?


Would you like to get more people taking part in the Wikimedia Foundation’s Board of Trustees election?

The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees announced the plan for the 2021 Board elections. That plan includes outreach and communication support for the Board elections. The Board election facilitators will:


 * Inform communities of the trustee selection process
 * Invite communities to engage in voting
 * Encourage people representing emerging Wikimedia communities to run as candidates

Voter turnout in prior elections was about 10% globally. It was better in communities with volunteer election support. Some of those communities reached over 20% voter turnout. We know we can get more voters to help assess and promote the best candidates, but to do that, we need your help.

We are looking for volunteers to serve as Election Volunteers. Election Volunteers should have a good understanding of their communities. The facilitation team sees Election Volunteers as doing the following:


 * Promote the election in their communities’ channels
 * Organize discussions about the election in their communities
 * Translate messages for their communities

'''Who are the Election Volunteers to connect your community with this movement effort? Is it you? Or someone you know? Check out more details about Election Volunteers''' and add your name next to the community you will support in this table or get in contact with a facilitator. We aim to have at least one Election Volunteer for Wiki Projects in the top 30 for eligible voters. Even better if there are two or more sharing the work.

Best, JKoerner (WMF) (discuss • contribs) 20:12, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Atcovi Custodianship
Atcovi has been nominated for custodianship. The nomination has been open for almost a week now, but has only received one comment and two votes, one of which is from a new account with no Wikimedia history. It is important that the community take interest in these nominations. Atcovi is an active user on Wikiversity and, if approved, their actions will likely have an impact on your work here. Conversely, your lack of support will also have an impact on your work, as the amount of unaddressed vandalism at Wikiversity will increase. Please participate in the discussion and vote accordingly. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 14:05, 23 May 2021 (UTC)