Re: [WikiEducator] Assigning a category to be the top level of the WE category system
Hi Alison, I'm so much thankful to you for clearing my doubts and encouraging me .I'll join the group asap and do as directed by you . Thanks again Balqis Thaahaveetil On 2/2/12, Alison Snieckus alison.sniec...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 6:52 AM, Balqis Thaahaveettil balk...@gmail.comwrote: Hello Alison Snieckus and others in the group , Could l join the categories workgroup .I went through the page (link) provided by Gita Matur .I am new to WE ( just 4 months old ) but interested to volunteer and collaborate Thanks in advance Balqis Thaahaveettil Hi Balqis, Yes, please do join the group; there is a section in the workgroup's charterhttp://wikieducator.org/Workgroup:Categorieswhere you can add your name. Maybe we can work together to resurrect some of the work that was started in 2009. My preference is to use the talk pages to discuss issues and ideas. So that we can be responsive to new posts on the talk pages, I suggest that you activate the LQTemail gadget in my preferences, and also set all of the workgroup pages to watch, by clicking the tab at the top of each page. (When a new post is added to a talk page, this gadget issues an email to users who have the page on their watchlist.) I look forward to working with you. Alison User:ASnieckus http://wikieducator.org/User:ASnieckus -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
Re: [WikiEducator] Assigning a category to be the top level of the WE category system
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 6:45 AM, Balqis Thaahaveettil balk...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Alison, I'm so much thankful to you for clearing my doubts and encouraging me .I'll join the group asap and do as directed by you . Thanks again Balqis Thaahaveetil Hi Balqis, Great. See you in the wiki. Alison -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
Re: [WikiEducator] Assigning a category to be the top level of the WE category system
Hello Alison Snieckus and others in the group , Could l join the categories workgroup .I went through the page (link) provided by Gita Matur .I am new to WE ( just 4 months old ) but interested to volunteer and collaborate Thanks in advance Balqis Thaahaveettil On 2/1/12, Alison Snieckus alison.sniec...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for posting your thoughts on the proposal. I will go ahead with creating Category:Contents as the top level. I have some thoughts on categories which would work well directly under the top category. I will create a draft second level and then repost to encourage feedback. Randy--yes, Jim added the hot cat gadget some time ago, which makes adding/revising categories really easy. To activate the hotcats gadget (which displays as (-) (±) | (+) next to existing categories at the bottom of a page) go to my preferences Gadgets and check the box for Hot Cat. Gita--Thanks for adding the link to Workgroup:Categorieshttp://wikieducator.org/Workgroup:Categories . All--If you are interested to work on categories, please feel free to join our categories workgroup. See you in the wiki, Alison User:ASnieckus http://wikieducator.org/User:ASnieckus -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
Re: [WikiEducator] Assigning a category to be the top level of the WE category system
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 6:52 AM, Balqis Thaahaveettil balk...@gmail.comwrote: Hello Alison Snieckus and others in the group , Could l join the categories workgroup .I went through the page (link) provided by Gita Matur .I am new to WE ( just 4 months old ) but interested to volunteer and collaborate Thanks in advance Balqis Thaahaveettil Hi Balqis, Yes, please do join the group; there is a section in the workgroup's charterhttp://wikieducator.org/Workgroup:Categorieswhere you can add your name. Maybe we can work together to resurrect some of the work that was started in 2009. My preference is to use the talk pages to discuss issues and ideas. So that we can be responsive to new posts on the talk pages, I suggest that you activate the LQTemail gadget in my preferences, and also set all of the workgroup pages to watch, by clicking the tab at the top of each page. (When a new post is added to a talk page, this gadget issues an email to users who have the page on their watchlist.) I look forward to working with you. Alison User:ASnieckus http://wikieducator.org/User:ASnieckus -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
Re: [WikiEducator] Assigning a category to be the top level of the WE category system
Hi Alison, When used in a well planned manner, category can facilitate systematic (and micro level) branching out of a curriculum – which should be one of the priorities of WE. Go ahead! -- Warm regards Anil http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad http://www.apletters.blogspot.com On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 7:52 AM, Alison Snieckus alison.sniec...@gmail.comwrote: A few years ago, a few wikieducators started the Categories Workgrouphttp://wikieducator.org/Workgroup:Categories. The purpose of the group is ... to achieve a category structure which facilitates browsing related content, as well as finding specific content, inasmuch as categories are capable. The group has languished over the past 2+ years, but the early thinking is still available. In my opinion, the current state of categories on WikiEducator is chaotic and, although it's not a top priority, it would be nice if we could bring some structure to our offerings. As a first step in this effort, I propose that we create Category: Contents http://wikieducator.org/Category:Contents as the top (root) level of the WE category system. My reasoning for this suggestion is that the term Contents is easily understood by educators, generally, and also, Wikipedia uses Contents as its top category, offering good precedent for the choice (although most of the other Wikimedia projects use Category:Categories as their top level). If you are interested, you can access a short discussion from 2009http://wikieducator.org/Thread:Brainstorming!_(3)on alternatives. Please reply post with any thoughts on this suggestion. Thanks, Alison User:ASnieckus http://wikieducator.org/User:ASnieckus -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
Re: [WikiEducator] Assigning a category to be the top level of the WE category system
Hi I fully agree and would like all to see the link below where a lot was discussed. http://wikieducator.org/Workgroup:Categories Looking forward to making this more meaningful Gita Mathur On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Anil Prasad aplett...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Alison, When used in a well planned manner, category can facilitate systematic (and micro level) branching out of a curriculum – which should be one of the priorities of WE. Go ahead! -- Warm regards Anil http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad http://www.apletters.blogspot.com On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 7:52 AM, Alison Snieckus alison.sniec...@gmail.com wrote: A few years ago, a few wikieducators started the Categories Workgroup. The purpose of the group is ... to achieve a category structure which facilitates browsing related content, as well as finding specific content, inasmuch as categories are capable. The group has languished over the past 2+ years, but the early thinking is still available. In my opinion, the current state of categories on WikiEducator is chaotic and, although it's not a top priority, it would be nice if we could bring some structure to our offerings. As a first step in this effort, I propose that we create Category: Contents as the top (root) level of the WE category system. My reasoning for this suggestion is that the term Contents is easily understood by educators, generally, and also, Wikipedia uses Contents as its top category, offering good precedent for the choice (although most of the other Wikimedia projects use Category:Categories as their top level). If you are interested, you can access a short discussion from 2009 on alternatives. Please reply post with any thoughts on this suggestion. Thanks, Alison User:ASnieckus -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- Dr. Gita Mathur Associate Professor of Botany Gargi College, University of Delhi New Delhi 110049 Web. http://wikieducator.org/User:Gita_Mathur Please do not print this email unless it is absolutely necessary. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
Re: [WikiEducator] Assigning a category to be the top level of the WE category system
Hi, I was feeling the same as if lost and totally agree with this very useful idea . Balqis On 1/31/12, Gita Mathur gita.mat...@gmail.com wrote: Hi I fully agree and would like all to see the link below where a lot was discussed. http://wikieducator.org/Workgroup:Categories Looking forward to making this more meaningful Gita Mathur On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Anil Prasad aplett...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Alison, When used in a well planned manner, category can facilitate systematic (and micro level) branching out of a curriculum – which should be one of the priorities of WE. Go ahead! -- Warm regards Anil http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad http://www.apletters.blogspot.com On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 7:52 AM, Alison Snieckus alison.sniec...@gmail.com wrote: A few years ago, a few wikieducators started the Categories Workgroup. The purpose of the group is ... to achieve a category structure which facilitates browsing related content, as well as finding specific content, inasmuch as categories are capable. The group has languished over the past 2+ years, but the early thinking is still available. In my opinion, the current state of categories on WikiEducator is chaotic and, although it's not a top priority, it would be nice if we could bring some structure to our offerings. As a first step in this effort, I propose that we create Category: Contents as the top (root) level of the WE category system. My reasoning for this suggestion is that the term Contents is easily understood by educators, generally, and also, Wikipedia uses Contents as its top category, offering good precedent for the choice (although most of the other Wikimedia projects use Category:Categories as their top level). If you are interested, you can access a short discussion from 2009 on alternatives. Please reply post with any thoughts on this suggestion. Thanks, Alison User:ASnieckus -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- Dr. Gita Mathur Associate Professor of Botany Gargi College, University of Delhi New Delhi 110049 Web. http://wikieducator.org/User:Gita_Mathur Please do not print this email unless it is absolutely necessary. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
Re: [WikiEducator] Assigning a category to be the top level of the WE category system
Thanks for posting your thoughts on the proposal. I will go ahead with creating Category:Contents as the top level. I have some thoughts on categories which would work well directly under the top category. I will create a draft second level and then repost to encourage feedback. Randy--yes, Jim added the hot cat gadget some time ago, which makes adding/revising categories really easy. To activate the hotcats gadget (which displays as (-) (±) | (+) next to existing categories at the bottom of a page) go to my preferences Gadgets and check the box for Hot Cat. Gita--Thanks for adding the link to Workgroup:Categorieshttp://wikieducator.org/Workgroup:Categories . All--If you are interested to work on categories, please feel free to join our categories workgroup. See you in the wiki, Alison User:ASnieckus http://wikieducator.org/User:ASnieckus -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
Re: [WikiEducator] Assigning a category to be the top level of the WE category system
Alison, Yes, I recall this - makes sense to me. I have noticed, perhaps it is due to an extension (Jim...?), that categories are much easier to add, or delete for each page. - Randy On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 9:22 PM, Alison Snieckus alison.sniec...@gmail.comwrote: A few years ago, a few wikieducators started the Categories Workgrouphttp://wikieducator.org/Workgroup:Categories. The purpose of the group is ... to achieve a category structure which facilitates browsing related content, as well as finding specific content, inasmuch as categories are capable. The group has languished over the past 2+ years, but the early thinking is still available. In my opinion, the current state of categories on WikiEducator is chaotic and, although it's not a top priority, it would be nice if we could bring some structure to our offerings. As a first step in this effort, I propose that we create Category: Contents http://wikieducator.org/Category:Contents as the top (root) level of the WE category system. My reasoning for this suggestion is that the term Contents is easily understood by educators, generally, and also, Wikipedia uses Contents as its top category, offering good precedent for the choice (although most of the other Wikimedia projects use Category:Categories as their top level). If you are interested, you can access a short discussion from 2009http://wikieducator.org/Thread:Brainstorming%21_%283%29on alternatives. Please reply post with any thoughts on this suggestion. Thanks, Alison User:ASnieckus http://wikieducator.org/User:ASnieckus -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- *Randy Fisher, MA *(Fielding) *Improving Organizational Performance* Specializing in organization development, evaluation, e-learning and marketing / communications President, iCentro http://www.icentro.com/, Ottawa, Canada Consultant, New Century New Compacts, http://www.ncnco.ca Ottawa, Canada +1 613.722.5577 (EST) - home/office +1 613.899.0475 (EST) - cell (seldom on, but I check messages regularly) Skype: wikirandy * * LinkedIn Profile http://ca.linkedin.com/in/randyfisher Wordle http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/3991918/Randy_Fisher_-_Experience -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
