Thank you Gladys, ardent WE Ambassadors like you make the goals attainable.
On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Gladys Gahona <gladysgah...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hello Anil, > > You are certainly making the task easier, thank you for the invaluable > information you are providing on the posts. As Nellie said, WE follow :) > > Warm wishes > > 2009/7/11 aprasad <aplett...@gmail.com> > > Dear friends, >> >> >> The first discussion posted in this respect (on the previous day) was a >> kind of ice breaker. Even though it received only a few remarks, I am >> confident that many members might have read it and may be thinking about it. >> So we are now entering into the second round of discussions in this matter. >> >> >> WikiEducator community has achieved enviable growth within a short span of >> time with the seamless efforts put in by the whole community starting from >> Dr. Wayne. Now in order to make the growth sustainable and the whole >> business process of the community flawless and stable, we have to prepare >> detailed policies and guidelines for performing user rights and managing the >> community along with complaint handling mechanisms. >> >> >> Rather than venturing a new set up, we may study existing good examples >> and adopt as much as possible to avoid wastage of valuable time and efforts. >> That is, we are not going to indulge in “reinventing the wheel again and >> again”. In this regard I would suggest a through discussion on Wikipedia >> model that is tested by time. >> >> >> It is not possible to brief the whole system of Wikipedia here; however I >> will highlight some major points that will be helpful to our members who are >> not familiar with Wikipedia content/community administration procedures. >> >> >> In Wikipedia there are Policies and Guidelines. For Wikipedia “Policies >> have wide acceptance among editors and are considered a standard that, with >> rare exceptions, all users should follow” and “Guidelines are considered >> more advisory than policies, with exceptions more likely to occur. If a >> guideline appears to conflict with a policy, then the policy should in most >> cases take precedence over the guideline. However, this does not mean that >> it is appropriate to ignore guidelines simply because they are guidelines; >> like the policies, they exist for good reasons”. >> >> >> Following are the Policies of Wikipedia: >> >> >> • Behavioral: standards for behavior on Wikipedia to make it a pleasant >> experience for everyone. >> >> • Content: define which topics are welcome on Wikipedia, and provide >> quality and naming standards. >> >> • Deletion: the body of policies dealing with page deletion. >> >> • Enforcement: what actions editors can take to enforce other policies. >> >> • Legal and copyright: law-based rules about what material may be used >> here, and remedies for misuse. >> >> >> >> Following are the guidelines for Wikipedia >> >> >> • Behavioral guidelines outline ways for editors to behave and interact >> with each other on talk pages and elsewhere at Wikipedia. >> >> • Content guidelines apply only to the article namespace (unless otherwise >> specified in the guideline), and offer advice on identifying and including >> encyclopedic information in articles. >> >> • Deletion guidelines explain criteria and procedures for deleting >> unwanted pages. >> >> • Editing guidelines usually provide non-content advice about >> categorization, navigation or other how-to-edit advice for editors. >> >> • Naming conventions apply only to the article namespace and detail the >> correct ways to refer to many people, places, things, and events. >> >> • Notability guidelines apply only to the article namespace; they outline >> the criteria that a subject must meet to merit an article at Wikipedia. >> >> • Style guidelines apply only to the article namespace and detail >> extensive advice on writing style, formatting, grammar, and more. >> >> >> Again, Wikipedia has user categories with specific rights as we do have at >> WE (http://www.wikieducator.org/Special:ListGroupRights) . Except for >> users and auto confirmed, there is a request and approval mechanism to get >> the roles of your preference. Based on the above policies and guidelines the >> functions of each role in the community are defined and explained in detail. >> For example see the details for Admin/synops (synops means system operators) >> here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:ADMIN >> >> >> As WikiEducator is a community concentrating on the development of content >> relating to Qualification Frameworks and Courses for both formal and >> non-formal education sectors we may have to develop additional procedures >> and user hierarchies. All these has to be based on the essential freedoms >> that WE believe in. >> >> >> Now community may think about a strategic outline for this crucial project >> to commence. Strategic outline should cover the initial steps to be taken. >> It may cover: >> >> >> Giving a name to the project >> >> Open a project page >> >> List out priorities >> >> Categorize tasks >> >> Form separate work groups for each categories of task >> >> And more >> >> >> Definitely it is not going to be an easy task. It may take years for us to >> reach some where near our destination. Therefore we have to start at the >> earliest. >> >> Reference: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines >> >> -- >> Warm regards >> >> Anil >> http://wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad >> http://wikieducator.org/India >> http://wikieducator.org/Qualification_Framework >> >> http://wikieducator.org/Qualification_Framework/Professional_Education/Management/MHRM >> http://www.wikieducator.org/Edupatron >> >> Skype: apletters >> >> >> -- >> Warm regards >> >> Anil >> http://wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad >> http://wikieducator.org/India >> http://wikieducator.org/Qualification_Framework >> >> http://wikieducator.org/Qualification_Framework/Professional_Education/Management/MHRM >> http://www.wikieducator.org/Edupatron >> >> Skype: apletters >> >> >> > > > -- > Gladys Gahona > Private Teacher (Math, Physics, Chemistry) Secondary & Tertiary grades. > http://www.gladysgahona.com > http://storytelling-cultures.ning.com > http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Chela5808 > Skype:chela5808 > > > > > -- Warm regards Anil http://wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad http://wikieducator.org/India http://wikieducator.org/Qualification_Framework http://wikieducator.org/Qualification_Framework/Professional_Education/Management/MHRM http://www.wikieducator.org/Edupatron Skype: apletters --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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