Thanks Srikanth, that explains a lot. Stragely this link is not available on thw wmflabs page where I would have thought it would be relevant.
Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------ On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 1:03 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan <srik....@gmail.com>wrote: > On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 23:43, Ashwin Baindur <ashwin.bain...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> What exactly is Wikipedia Education Programs? >> > > Its an extension designed to manage *EPs. Read more here[1] > > >> How does it work? Does it provide a private workspace to EP participants >> in Wikipedia completely invisible to other editors? >> > > If am not wrong it provides set of dashboards / special pages for > people(instructors,OA,CA,staff) to oversee edits by students enrolled in > the program in a much easier way. I dont think there will be any data that > will be closed / completely invisible to others. I am not sure if profiles > would be closed / kept open. > > >> Why are sock-puppets encouraged? >> > > That link was a test wiki for people who are interested in EP to test the > software that's developed. Since you cant conduct a Ashwin-EP for the sake > of testing, you are encouraged to sock on that wiki creating different > accounts(of varied roles) and to test if you could utilize the special > pages and make use of the features and it isn't buggy. > > >> What elevated permissions are being provided to EP members? >> > > Specific permissions only for EP. Otherwise they are too have same rights > as any other new wiki user. A more detailed note on roles is available on > the page linked. > > >> Will the community be able to transparently oversee content introductions >> by Education Programs? >> > > Yes, the extension will only make it even more easier for those interested > to oversee at a greater level of detail. > > [1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Education_Program > > -- > Regards > Srikanth.L > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > >
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