User talk:Jsmira2

Speedy deletion of Using Film to Teach Literature

A tag has been placed on Using Film to Teach Literature, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia per CSD a1.

Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not meet basic Wikipedia criteria may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as an appropriate article, and if you can indicate why the subject of this article is appropriate, you may contest the tagging. To do this, add {{hangon}} on the top of the article and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm its subject's notability under the guidelines.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion. To do this, add {{hangon}} on the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag) and leave a note on the page's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. Blair - Speak to me 23:53, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted -- Wikipedia is not a free webhost for class projects. You might consider downloading the Wikimedia software and doing a wiki on your own site. NawlinWiki 00:18, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

To the best of my knowledge, the above information is simply wrong, see WP:WPCC. Such projects are not only permitted but encouraged. DGG (talk) 00:37, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

From what I can see on the WPCC project page you linked to, it is about helping education providers to use Wikipedia as a basis for an assignment. However, this doesn't allow the bypassing of standard policies, and thus it cannot be used for a course information / download page. Blair - Speak to me 01:02, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Blair, the project has a way of handling it. let the user learn to do it right. I've given some advice below. Schoolteachers are our best friends for the future development of wikipedia. DGG (talk)

This is not meant to be a course page. It is merely a page that satisfies a requirement for a technology component for our course. I simply did not want any Tom, Dick, or Harry editing my page until I had a chance to get it up and running.

It is not an official class project, but one of many possible ways for demonstrating our ability to provide discourse and aid in discussion about a technology that interests me.

I apologize for any misunderstanding.

Further Information

(and NawlinWiki has taken a look, and agrees) So, I apologize for the misunderstanding. Here is what to do:

1.the way the coordination is handled is on a subpage of WP:SUP & by use of the article talk page. It is considered quite acceptable to explain there that it is a school project, and the rules. Here's an example: [1] and [2] and even a template {{Educational assignment}} .

2. I'm not an expert on this, and most of the sample projects are for university classes. I would ask on the talk page of WP:WPCC for advice on possibly adapting it to a school.

The best step-by-step guide we have seems to be Wikipedia:School and university projects - instructions for teachers and lecturers; and Wikipedia:School and university projects - instructions for students and see Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects/Piotrus_educational_boilerplate for a well-thought out way to give instructions.

3. the present page can be deleted as soon as you have it set up properly & the information transferred. Place {{db-userreq}} on the page and someone will do it.

If you do want to run your own Wiki, by the way, there are simpler things that Mediawiki to recommend--take a look at Personal wiki, Wiki software, and Comparison of wiki software. Anyone who can run a web server can install many of these packages, or so I'm told. Again, I'd ask for advice. DGG (talk)`

Thank you all so much for the help! You might get a lot of these. I think there are 18 of us that are putting a compilation together dealing with High School English Language Arts (which has also been tagged for deletion and\or deleted because of the very same disclaimer that started this whole mess

By the end of this component, we intend to have a fully functioning resource for people struggling with different aspects of the Language Arts. Again, I apologize for the misunderstanding.

P.S. We will make sure that our articles coincide with all Wiki Policies! Thank you again! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jsmira2 (talk • contribs) 01:47, 12 September 2007

Apologies

Please accept an apology for placing a speedy delete tag on the page the second time. I should have looked at it more closely and helped as DGG has. If there is anything else I can do to help, just let me know.

One additional thing: it is customary to sign any comments you leave on a talk page. It is simple to do - just place four tildes (~~~~) after your comment and it will be automatically signed. This helps people to see who left a comment and when. Also, if you wish to indent a comment (this can be useful for organising replies), just add a colon at the start of the comment (or two colons for two levels of indentation and so forth).

Thanks for your contributions, Blair - Speak to me 02:54, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I wanted to apologize as well for jumping the gun. Tonight saw a heck of a lot of vandalism and the first occurance of Wiki defcon Level 1 that I've ever seen. Good luck with the class. GlassCobra (talk • contribs) 06:35, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:School and university projects

Please add your project Wikipedia:Using Film to Teach Literature to Wikipedia:School and university projects in accordance with WP:WPCC-----Adimovk5 (talk) 01:33, 19 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Kentucky Writing Project

Hi. These pages were created in the wrong location so they were moved into the project space. Please see the two messages on the bottom of User talk:Ljstok2 for a full explanation. Thanks! Ioeth _{(talk contribs friendly)} 19:13, 20 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have also moved Wikipedia:Using Film to Teach Literature to Wikipedia:School and university projects/Using Film to Teach Literature per WP:WPCC. I am deleting the redirect, so please use the new link in the future. Ioeth _{(talk contribs friendly)} 19:15, 20 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Also, you or your coworker Ljstok2 who is working on this project as well need to add your project to Wikipedia:School and university projects#Current projects. There are instructions at the top of that section that tell you what to insert and what information needs to go along with it. Thanks! Ioeth _{(talk contribs friendly)} 19:22, 20 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]