User talk:Bob Boiko


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Info 101: Social networking technologies
I have several concerns with this project, the most obvious being Wikipedia is not a social networking site. This is non-negotiable policy. Content like User:Jonas nocom/My sandbox (which I believe was created by one of your students) is not permitted anywhere on Wikipedia and is liable to be nominated for deletion. I'll hold off for now, but other editors may not be as forgiving. Consequently, I have brought up my concerns at the Administrators' noticeboard (section Two university projects).

I suggest you read School and university projects, if you have not already, as it contains useful advice for coordinators and prior examples of successful university projects. There's a whole bunch of useful resources at Ambassadors/Resources. MER-C 11:51, 8 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Bob, let me offer a reply to this --


 * 1) "...not a social networking site" - obviously. No confusion about this. Nevertheless, this IS a site wherein knowledge is socially uncovered, expressed, argued about, and even created. I say that as a formally trained and experienced social scientist with considerable interest in the social construction of knowledge. In THAT special and important sense Wikipedia most definitely is a social networking site, and I am quite sure that was the sense in which it has been included in Prof. Boiko's class at the U. of Washington, Seattle.
 * 2) "Content like User:Jonas nocom/My sandbox (which I believe was created by one of your students) is not permitted anywhere on Wikipedia..." Poppycock! It's a sandbox, for Pete's sake. Do I need to remind you what that's for? This the first attempt of these students to edit anything at Wikipedia, and they're working on it as a group, and merely practicing. If ANYONE gets so highhanded as to delete this, I'll definitely show up to protest. We want to welcome these new editors, not chase them off. That, too, is non-negotiable policy. Again, the key concept here is "sandbox", and "new student editor". Please be welcoming and helpful! Tom Cloyd (talk)