Wikiversity:Colloquium/archives/September 2020

Invitation to participate in the conversation
We are excited to share a draft of the Universal Code of Conduct, which the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees called for earlier this year, for your review and feedback. The discussion will be open until October 6, 2020.

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Thanks in advance for your attention and contributions, The Trust and Safety team at Wikimedia Foundation, 17:55, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Neurocryptoeconomics
Hello I am new to wikiversity, I am just trying to define a new field (Neurocryptoeconomics), and someone deleted the page. Also reposting results in error as the page is harmful (while it is not). This is a new field, and I sincerely believe to allow may definition and as the field grows, other can come in and edit the definition and add to the page accordingly( ref of def: @NeuroCryptoEcon). Kindly please help,

This definition is only a plus and can be edited later by anyone and describes a nascent field.

Thank you for your consideration, ( The preceding unsigned comment was added by Neurocryptoeconomics (talk • contribs) 08:34, 11 September 2020 (UTC))
 * Did you talk with the person who deleted it directly? —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 08:56, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

@Justin

Yes I emailed him twice but he did not reply. I just would like to post the definition to introduce a new field that is growing, and can the post can be edited later anytime by anyone as the field grows. I hope Wikiversity reconsiders its decision. Thank you very much ( The preceding unsigned comment was added by Neurocryptoeconomics (talk • contribs) 10:24, 11 September 2020 (UTC))


 * I have temporarily restored this page, but with a notice that the content provided belongs at Wikipedia, not Wikiversity. If you want to add definitions, that's an encyclopedia article and belongs there. There are four other important points that will prevent further development on this effort at the moment.
 * The topic is so new that there is apparently only one author in the world who has any information on this subject, according to Google search.
 * Your choice of user name and self reference for the definition suggests that yours is a single-purpose account focused on self-promotion.
 * When people bring new ideas to Wikiversity first that no one else has ever heard of, it is almost always fringe science resulting in net-negative effects on Wikiversity and the user ends up being blocked.
 * Your approach thus far has ignored a variety of standard Wikiversity cultural norms, indicating you have much more interest in your topic than you do in our community. Refer to the item above for how this typically turns out.
 * If you are truly interested in providing learning resources (not encyclopedia content) regarding Neurocryptoeconomics, I recommend that you create a Draft:Neurocryptoeconomics page and provide sufficient content that a respected Wikiversity editor supports your efforts to move that content to become a main space resource. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 14:34, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

Thanks Dave for the details

Yes, at this point I just want to provide the definition.

Thanks a lot for all the explanation ( The preceding unsigned comment was added by Neurocryptoeconomics (talk • contribs) 14:54, 11 September 2020 (UTC))

Do I have the right to ask for funding of my research project?
Do I have the right to ask for funding of my research project at its Wikiversity pages? --VictorPorton (discuss • contribs) 21:06, 16 September 2020 (UTC)


 * You may not use Wikiversity to personally profit from your contributions. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 23:20, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
 * If you have work that will be published here or if you are doing research that could improve Wikiversity as a resource, you may consider applying for a grant. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 23:34, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

This project was seeking to generate direct financial benefit to the contributor in violation of Deletions. It has been deleted. This is the second or third attempt by this user to use Wikiversity to generate direct financial benefit to the contributor. The user's account has been blocked. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 23:54, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
 * It's a very weird, very desperate position to see someone using this site to try to get money. To anyone else reading this, you have a 0% chance of that: please get a real job instead. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 00:24, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

New feature: Watchlist Expiry
Hello, everyone! The Community Tech team will be releasing a new feature, which is called Watchlist Expiry. With this feature, you can optionally select to watch a page for a temporary period of time. This feature was developed in response to the #7 request from the 2019 Community Wishlist Survey. To find out when the feature will be enabled on your wiki, you can check out the release schedule on Meta-wiki. To test out the feature before deployment, you can visit Mediawiki.org or testwiki. Once the feature is enabled on your wiki, we invite you to share your feedback on the project talk page. For more information, you can refer to the documentation page. Thank you in advance, and we look forward to reading your feedback! --IFried (WMF) (discuss • contribs) 16:52, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Global ban RFC for Nrcprm2026/James Salsman
Nrcprm2026, better known as James Salsman, has an active discussion regarding a possible global ban.--GZWDer (discuss • contribs) 07:56, 26 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Related user accounts are:
 * Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 13:36, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 13:36, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 13:36, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 13:36, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

Wiki of functions naming contest
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. Please help pick a name for the new Wikimedia wiki project. This project will be a wiki where the community can work together on a library of functions. The community can create new functions, read about them, discuss them, and share them. Some of these functions will be used to help create language-independent Wikipedia articles that can be displayed in any language, as part of the Abstract Wikipedia project. But functions will also be usable in many other situations.

There will be two rounds of voting, each followed by legal review of candidates, with voting beginning on 29 September and 27 October. Our goal is to have a final project name selected on 8 December. If you would like to participate, then please learn more and vote now at meta-wiki. --Quiddity (WMF) 21:13, 29 September 2020 (UTC)