Agreed. Shani.
On 2 Feb 2018 09:43, "Sara Mörtsell" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'd really like to see the issues Vojtěch is raising addressed. I felt the > announcement about shutting down the Education extension was leaving out > important details about data retention for example. > > Best, > Sara > > On 2 February 2018 at 08:24, Vojtěch Dostál <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hello. > > > > I just read this: > > https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/News/ > January_2018/Education_ > > Extension_scheduled_shutdown > > > > If WMF wants to shut something down, OK, but then it's WMF's > responsibility > > to replace it adequately. In the article, I see no mention whatsoever of > : > > > > 1) *data retention *- how will WMF do this so that no data on courses and > > enrolled students is lost? Please remember this is data manually > collected > > by hundreds of volunteer teachers. > > > > 2)* providing a feasible alternative* - although Dashboard is very > helpful, > > it doesn't really communicate with Wikipedia unless there is a bot > > transferring the data from Dashboard to userpages and coursepages on a > > respective wiki. Many people from our community actually prefer us using > > the Education extension because it displays information about students > > on-wiki. If Dashboard is to be the tool of choice for student courses, it > > should be much easier to set up a bot to transfer this data. > > > > The Czech team is fairly big and professionalized and we could probably > > cope with (1) on our own and maybe (2), but it's 100 countries we're > > talking about here and I'd expect a more coordinated solution. > > > > What do others think? > > > > Vojtěch Dostál > > > > předseda rady / chair of the board > > Wikimedia Česká republika | http://www.wikimedia.cz > > Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/Wikimedia.CR> | Twitter > > <https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_CR> | Newsletter < > http://eepurl.com/b--eXr> > > _______________________________________________ > > Education mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > > > > > > -- > > *Med vänliga hälsningar, * > *Sara Mörtsell* > > > Sara Mörtsell | Education Manager, Wikimedia Sverige > <http://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Huvudsida> > [email protected] | +4673-383 26 70 > > *Stöd fri kunskap genom att bli medlem <http://blimedlem.wikimedia.se/>! * > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > _______________________________________________ Education mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
