User talk:ByzWiz

Byzantine Art History
Hi -- yes, I'd be glad to be the ambassador. I'm not particularly active on Wikipedia at the moment as I've got a lot going on in real life, but I should be able to spare time when needed. Can you let me have a link to your course, if you've created it yet? Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 02:35, 4 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Mike. Please let me know if you're too swamped, basically I just wanted someone students could reach out too about the mechanics of Wikipedia. The class starts this week and runs 10 weeks, and I'm having them do the suite of intro materials they have in Wikimedia Foundation, then dive into either writing a new or expanding a topic from a list of topics I've developed. I'm going to have them do the research, drafting, etc. all within the course website (it's password protected but I could give you guest access), and then after the drafts had gone through peer review and my edits, let them post them to the Wikipedia site. How should students contact you if they need help? Happy new year, Anne


 * It should be fine -- the real-life stuff I have going on isn't urgent and can be put aside whenever needed, and I enjoy helping students. They can contact me on my talk page, or if they prefer they can email me -- there's an "email this user" link on the left side of my user page.  I'll email you my real email address for you to give them too.  I'm also happy to talk to them over the phone if they prefer -- sometimes that works better, particularly if there's a complicated situation, which occasionally happens.


 * I hope you don't mind if I mention a couple of small technical things right off the bat? You can sign your posts with ~ instead of typing your name by hand, as you did above.  Mediawiki substitutes your username with a link to your user page, which is handy for other users.  Also, it's common to indent threaded conversations, as I've done here -- if you edit this conversation you'll see I put in leading colons on each line, which is what causes the indent.  It's not required, but it does make conversations easier to read.


 * I look forward to working with your students. I'll keep an eye on your user page and will join the course when I see it.  Thanks -- Mike Christie (talk - contribs -  library) 17:16, 4 January 2016 (UTC)