[WikiEducator] Ethics for executing user rights

2009-07-09 Thread aprasad
Dear all, We are all very happy to see the growth of our WikiEducator family with brilliant addition of more and more enthusiastic members each day. Now I think, it is time to think about community governance guidelines for each category of users…and it is urgent. If preparation of a

[WikiEducator] Re: Ethics for executing user rights

2009-07-09 Thread Jesse Groppi
Anil, I'm not sure I understand what you're asking. Could you supply some examples of where this sort of policy has already been implemented? And I could just be out of the loop because I'm new to WE, but what is the reasoning behind needing such a thing? Jesse

[WikiEducator] Re: Ethics for executing user rights

2009-07-09 Thread aprasad
Hi Jesse, In every open communities, user rights are required to be regulated by ethics or you may call guidelines, for example Sysops can delete pages, it should be subject to certain principles otherwise it will create chaos and disputes. One of the best examples for such guidelines/ethics is

[WikiEducator] Re: Ethics for executing user rights

2009-07-09 Thread Jesse Groppi
Anil, I'm sorry, I'm just not finding this policy you're talking about from Wikipedia. Could you link it to me? Thanks, Jesse http://www.wikieducator.org/Jesse_Groppi --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[WikiEducator] Re: Ethics for executing user rights

2009-07-09 Thread Jesse Groppi
Anil, So, to clarify, you want to create a body of guidelines and policies similar to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies ? Or do you want to create guidelines that are specific to user rights, such as

[WikiEducator] Category restructuring

2009-07-09 Thread Jesse Groppi
Hi all, I'm working on a couple wiki maintenance projects where help and input would be very valuable. You can find the details and plan at http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Jesse Groppi http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Jesse%20Groppi . The first project is to restructure categories.

[WikiEducator] Style guide

2009-07-09 Thread Jesse Groppi
Hi all! I'm working on a couple wiki maintenance projects where help and input would be very valuable. You can find the details and plan at http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Jesse_Groppi . This particular project, the style guide, is one I will be doing simultaneous to the others, so it is

[WikiEducator] Re: Ethics for executing user rights

2009-07-09 Thread Building Jewish World
It is indeed important to have sysops. There are many natural candidates, such as Nellie and Patricia. Amihai Bannett On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Jesse Groppi jagro...@gmail.com wrote: Anil, So, to clarify, you want to create a body of guidelines and policies similar to

[WikiEducator] Re: Ethics for executing user rights

2009-07-09 Thread Jesse Groppi
Amihai, In fact, Nellie and Patricia /are/ sysops: see the special page http://www.wikieducator.org/index.php?title=Special%3AListUsersusername=group=sysoplimit=50. I can already tell it's much deserved, as well! Jesse --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received

[WikiEducator] Re: Ethics for executing user rights

2009-07-09 Thread NELLIE DEUTSCH
You guys are very kind. Thank you. Warm wishes, Nellie Deutsch http://www.nelliemuller.com Doctoral Student Educational Leadership Curriculum and Instruction Get ready for CO10: http://connecting-online.ning.com/ Share your teaching experiences: http://www.wikieducator.org/Etnirag_Online_Journal

[WikiEducator] Re: Ethics for executing user rights

2009-07-09 Thread Patricia Schlicht
I am only left to reciprocate, thanks everybody. Always a pleasure and never a chore Warm wishes, Patricia From: wikieducator@googlegroups.com [mailto:wikieduca...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of NELLIE DEUTSCH Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 2:46 PM To: