Wikiversity:Community Portal/Old/2008

 Welcome to the Community Portal!

This page contains information and resources for the Wikiversity editing community. For editing help see our help page.

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Writing learning resources

 * Policies and guidelines - Our policies and guidelines for editing articles
 * How to edit a page - Some basics of wiki editing
 * Sandbox - For editing experiments
 * Starting a new page - Please read this before creating a new page


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Open tasks

 * Maintenance - General upkeep of the wiki


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About the project

 * About - About Wikiversity
 * Templates
 * What Wikiversity is not
 * Administrators - Those in the know
 * Custodians' noticeboard - Messageboard for administrators
 * FAQ
 * History of Wikiversity - A brief history of the project
 * Wikiversity - An outline of our project
 * Bots - Bots within Wikiversity
 * Statistics - Internal statistics
 * Software
 * Wikimedia


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Community

 * Welcome, newcomers - An introduction
 * Colloquium - A general discussion page
 * Username policy - How to choose an appropriate username
 * Sign up today!

From Wikimedia Foundation

 * Foundation site

Roger McNamee to Become Wikimedia Advisor Media and entertainment investment pioneer joins non-profit's Advisory Board. Read more (13 January 2009)

Neeru Khosla to Become Wikipedia Advisor Philanthropist and education pioneer joins non-profit's Advisory Board. Read more (15 December 2008)

Wikimedia Foundation applauds IWF decision to reverse Wikipedia censorship in the United Kingdom Removal from Internet blacklist will also allow UK Wikipedia users to resume editing. Read more (9 December 2008)

Censorship in the United Kingdom disenfranchises tens of thousands of Wikipedia editors Wikimedia Foundation opposes action by internet watchdog group to blacklist encyclopedia article. Read more (7 December 2008)

Wikipedia to become more user-friendly for new volunteer writers The Wikimedia Foundation has received a grant from the U.S.-based Stanton Foundation to make Wikipedia's writing and editing interface easier to use for first-time authors. Read more (3 December 2008)


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