Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Education/Archive 9

2016 Community Wishlist Survey Proposal to Revive Popular Pages
Greetings Members!

This is a one-time-only message to inform you about a technical proposal to revive your Popular Pages list in the 2016 Community Wishlist Survey that I think you may be interested in reviewing and perhaps even voting for:


 * Fix and improve Mr.Z-bot's popular pages report

If the above proposal gets in the Top 10 based on the votes, there is a high likelihood of this bot being restored so your project will again see monthly updates of popular pages.

Further, there are over 260 proposals in all to review and vote for, across many aspects of wikis.

Thank you for your consideration. Please note that voting for proposals continues through December 12, 2016.

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Mary Budd Rowe and "Wait Time"
Hi -- I picked a women scientist at random off the women in science worklist and have started an article on Mary Budd Rowe, who, among other accomplishments, studied how waiting longer for a student to answer, and waiting longer after they stop speaking, increases recall, logic and reasoning with the material. She also studied how praise or criticism after an answer is detrimental. If you know about her work, I'd love some help! Thanks! Chris vLS (talk) 02:04, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

Missing topics list
My list of missing topics about education is updated - Skysmith (talk) 13:27, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

‎RfC on secondary school notability
Please see Village pump (policy). Cordless Larry (talk) 19:22, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

Language education / Second-language acquisition
Members of this WikiProject may be interested in discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Linguistics. Cnilep (talk) 06:06, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

Invitation to Women in Red's Role Models editathon on Women's Colleges
Please forward this invitation to all potentially interested contacts

Edit suggestion for Coursera page
Hello,

I've placed a suggestion for deleting a section on Coursera's talk page. However since there have been no replies to the older comments (since mid 2012) it was suggested to to me to place my comment here (the talk page of the WikiProject that follow the page) and ask for inputs.
 * I'd like to work on removing this 'This article contains content that is written like an advertisement.' and as a first step would like to delete section named Partners.

Coursera already has the list on their own website and being a for-profit organisation I'm sure the list is uptodate at all times. So is there a need for this section in Wikipedia? Also to keep the list updated, one will have to continuously search the web for articles that announce new partnerships. Is there a need to do this for Coursera?

--Roshni Kanchan (talk) 04:49, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Also I'd appreciate if someone could tell me which sections are written like an advert. So I could try to work on that specific section.
 * , it's important to cover the company's partnerships if they're covered in reliable, secondary sources. To remove the advertising tone, I'd start with replacing all sections sourced to the Coursera website with reliable, secondary sources. Everything that wasn't important enough to be said in the independent source should be removed from the article. czar  17:01, 7 March 2017 (UTC)

Category:Princeton University alumni subcategories by decade??
Does anyone know where the discussion occurred that allowed for all of the subcategories that breaks up Category:Princeton University alumni by decade? I think it's a dangerous trend to set and makes navigation unnecessarily difficult. Jrcla2 (talk) 16:50, 21 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Farm-Fresh eye.png Discussion: Categories for discussion/Log/2017 February 24 czar  17:02, 7 March 2017 (UTC)

UNESCO Education experts suggesting open license text from UNESCO education publications that can be added to Wikipedia
Dear all

UNESCO have recently assigned a subject matter expert to recommend sections of open license UNESCO education publications that can be copied into Wikipedia by volunteers, they are also adding some to articles themselves.

Please take a look and try it out for yourselves.

Many thanks

--John Cummings (talk) 09:06, 18 March 2017 (UTC)

Popular pages report
We – Community Tech – are happy to announce that the Popular pages bot is back up-and-running (after a one year hiatus)! You're receiving this message because your WikiProject or task force is signed up to receive the popular pages report. Every month, will post at /Popular pages with a list of the most-viewed pages over the previous month that are within the scope of. We've made some enhancements to the original report. Here's what's new:
 * The pageview data includes both desktop and mobile data.
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 * The report will include the total pageviews for the entire project (including redirects).

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Warm regards, the Community Tech Team 17:16, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

American Field Service and Friends of France
There is an American Field Service (AFS) page which you note has multiple problems. I have notified my contact at AFS of your concerns. There is no Friends of France page on Wikipedia. A brief history of the Friends of France is given on the American Field Service page. The American Field Service evolved from the Friends of France. The Friends of France was strictly a volunteer ambulance organization during WW I. They had a 3 volume history published after the war. Of course, much of this material is not important today except to scholars. If I created a Friends of France page which would be more detailed than the AFS history would it be considered repetitious? I did suggest to the AFS that when my work was done they should split their page in two. The AFS did not come into being until after the Friends of France finished their work and ceased to exist. Nicodemus (talk) 16:48, 20 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi, we create articles based on their coverage in reliable, secondary sources. It would totally depend on what has been written about the subject in publications with reputations for fact-checking and accuracy (newspapers, magazines, blogs of similar stature, etc.) czar  17:53, 20 May 2017 (UTC)

Review of bigotry in many articles
Would the WikiProject Education teams, and editors consider helping remove bigoted articles (racist, sexist, etc) from wikipedia? This would be very helpful in ending racism, sexism, and other forms of bigotry that exist in Wikipedia articles and society at large. I have been blocked from editing on many occasions for simply trying to edit articles that reflect only racist, sexist tones. I now only add comments to the Talk Pages of such articles because I fear the bullies will block me again. This is no different than when dictators, etc squash free speech by blocking writers, burning books, etc, only today it happens also in the digital world and there seems to be no group protecting the free speech of non-racists, online. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.54.45.246 (talk) 08:55, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

January 2017 at Women in Red
(To subscribe, Women in Red/Invite list. Unsubscribe, Women in Red/Opt-out list) -- — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ipigott (talk • contribs) 17:06, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

COI request at Talk:World Café
Hello. As I am not inclined to take the edit request on this Talk page, I was wondering if someone from this WikiProject was willing to take it instead. Thanks. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 21:49, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

ISO 4 redirects help!
Thanks. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 13:30, 31 August 2017 (UTC)
 * All 87 done czar  21:36, 31 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Wow! Thanks! It will take a little while for the link above to updated itself, but you can also take a look at other intersections of relevance like education journals and other intersections you might make based on the subcategories of Category:Academic journals. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 23:25, 31 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Done (just expanded the Petscan to +2 depth, was another 50 or so) czar  02:19, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
 * see also . Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 15:19, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
 * All 23 done czar  21:22, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep an eye on that one, more will likely pop up as the server catches up. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 22:55, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

High school links
There has been discussion at Talk:High school about the best destination for wikilinks which lead to High school and High School, which both redirect to Secondary school. Of course, High school has different meanings in different countries, many of which are not equivalent to Secondary school. There are also reasonable arguments for making High school a disambiguation page (or even a redirect to High school (North America) if that is felt to be the primary topic on a global view).

We've come up with a few suggestions but I'm no education expert, so I would welcome other views:
 * 1) Should we divert links to High school in a U.S. or Canadian context to the new article High school (North America)? I've already done a few but there are many more.
 * 2) We have some articles such as Secondary education in New Zealand. Should we divert links to High school there, for relevant countries?
 * 3) We have some redirects such as Secondary education in Australia (which redirects to Education in Australia). Should we divert links to High school there, for relevant countries? If so what is the best target for these redirects?
 * 4) Should we also create similar articles or redirects for countries which don't currently have them, and divert links there?

I realise that this will be a lot of work and may also cause some disruption. However, I think the result will be worthwhile. I'm happy to make some of the changes myself, with tools such as DisamAssist and JWB, but first I want to check that I'd be heading in the right direction and also ask for help with both the decision making and the actual editing. Certes (talk) 23:20, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
 * , where do you want this discussed? Here? Secondary education in the United States already has its own article. Based on its scope, I don't see the justification for High school (North America) as a split. Is anyone claiming that the primary topic for "high school" isn't secondary school? If so, it's common to show the logic or other uses when asking other to participate. czar  01:50, 2 October 2017 (UTC)
 * , Thanks for bringing the discussion over here, the rationale may need to be explained a little more. The c&p of the September 3rd text gives alot of the details of the process but is short on reason. the short answer is the High School is half of one type of secondary education- four years of a seven/eight year process. A person only goes through one education system, and to them that is synonymous to secondary education. (Try telling an American that a middle school- is a bridging school between primary and secondary school for eight to twelve year olds, or nine to thirteen year olds! That is an issue that we still have to address) The High school system (à la US) remains mysterious to those else where over the world. As a system, it generates High schools- buildings that are not found in the same form elsewhere. ClemRutter (talk) 07:49, 2 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Please place further discussion at Talk:High school, so we can keep things in one place. Thanks, Certes (talk) 09:59, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

Dialogic pedagogy
May be of interest to this project. Thanks, — Paleo Neonate  – 05:54, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

Help with a draft?
I was wondering if anyone would be willing to help with the drafts at User:Happyweekdays/Chinese students in the United States and User:Happyweekdays/Chinese faculty in U.S. I think that this could be a good topic on Wikipedia in general considering how many Chinese people are coming to the United States for education and/or to serve as educators, enough to where it would warrant its own article. Currently the student who is working on these topics has students and faculty in two different articles, but I don't know if they could be merged into one article. Any help with this as far as advice or edits would be much appreciated! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:25, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

Disambiguation links on pages tagged by this wikiproject
Wikipedia has many thousands of wikilinks which point to disambiguation pages. It would be useful to readers if these links directed them to the specific pages of interest, rather than making them search through a list. Members of WikiProject Disambiguation have been working on this and the total number is now below 20,000 for the first time. Some of these links require specialist knowledge of the topics concerned and therefore it would be great if you could help in your area of expertise.

A list of the relevant links on pages which fall within the remit of this wikiproject can be found at http://69.142.160.183/~dispenser/cgi-bin/topic_points.py?banner=WikiProject_Education

Please take a few minutes to help make these more useful to our readers.&mdash; Rod talk 15:18, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

Bay Area Coalition for Equitable Schools
What do you think of the article Bay Area Coalition for Equitable Schools? Does it need much work? Jjjjjjdddddd (talk) 22:39, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

Gobbet
This is a duplicate of a message I left at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Education in the United Kingdom. It is probably best to reply there, so as to keep the discussion unified.

''The page Gobbet contains a dictionary definition, which was copied to gobbet in 2007. I am considering PROD, since there is no encyclopedic content on the page at present. However, I notice that "Gobbet examination" is used in some programs, especially in history. Is there value in keeping this article in Wikipedia?'' Cnilep (talk) 03:55, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

Discussion Invitation
A merge proposal was made to merge Keith Raniere with NXIVM in November 2017, I have revived the merge proposal. Please see discussion here. Your comments in the discussion would be appreciated since the page is within this WikiProject. -- Waddie96 (talk) 14:45, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

Teaching for mastery
Hi all,

I have recently come across the concept of "teaching for mastery". A Google search will throw up quite a lot of things like this. A lot of it is British and talking about how math's is taught in China.

There seems to be some similarities with mastery learning... but there is no mention of Bloom.

So my question is: Do we think teaching for mastery (a red link, at time of writing) should be a redirect to mastery learning, or should they be separate articles?

Yaris678 (talk) 13:19, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
 * What sources are you using to determine that "teaching for mastery" is a dedicated concept rather than a phrase? In either event, it seems like a fine redirect to mastery learning based on the lede. czar  10:04, 24 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Do you mean like this? Yaris678 (talk) 10:56, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

Bay Area Coalition for Equitable Schools
What do you think of the article Bay Area Coalition for Equitable Schools? Does it need much work? Jjjjjjdddddd (talk) 22:39, 23 December 2017 (UTC) Bumped 05:32, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Looks like User:Klbrain has merged it into National Equity Project "following uncontested 2016 proposal; same institution under a new name". Problem is that a discussion was never set up.  Then again, if it really is "same institution under a new name" this should be uncontroversial so I don't think we need to be sticklers for process.  Yaris678 (talk) 07:45, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Bold merge 30 days after a proposal with no objections is explicitly part of WP:MERGECLOSE; then again, so is reproposing a merge should someone wish to present a case! Klbrain (talk) 08:22, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Yeah... but WP:MERGEPROP (a higher section of the same page you linked to) says "Step 1: Create a discussion"... so the process hadn't been followed... but, as I said, I don't think we need to be sticklers for process on this occasion. Yaris678 (talk) 11:02, 24 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Yes, it needs a lot of work. It needs reliable, secondary sources to make its contents verifiable. czar  10:07, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
 * I thought so, too. Jjjjjjdddddd (talk) 20:26, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

ask for approval
Hi, I wonder if this project wants to add WikiProject Education template to redirects based on what articles that in Category:All WikiProject Education articles for example (the example for WikiProject Medicine).--جار الله (talk) 15:40, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:Thomasites
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Thomasites. RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 03:31, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

Invitation
Mvolz (talk) 16:45, 28 May 2018 (UTC)

WikiProject collaboration notice from the Portals WikiProject
The reason I am contacting you is because there are one or more portals that fall under this subject, and the Portals WikiProject is currently undertaking a major drive to automate portals that may affect them.

Portals are being redesigned.

The new design features are being applied to existing portals.

At present, we are gearing up for a maintenance pass of portals in which the introduction section will be upgraded to no longer need a subpage. In place of static copied and pasted excerpts will be self-updating excerpts displayed through selective transclusion, using the template Transclude lead excerpt.

The discussion about this can be found here.

Maintainers of specific portals are encouraged to sign up as project members here, noting the portals they maintain, so that those portals are skipped by the maintenance pass. Currently, we are interested in upgrading neglected and abandoned portals. There will be opportunity for maintained portals to opt-in later, or the portal maintainers can handle upgrading (the portals they maintain) personally at any time.

Background
On April 8th, 2018, an RfC ("Request for comment") proposal was made to eliminate all portals and the portal namespace. On April 17th, the Portals WikiProject was rebooted to handle the revitalization of the portal system. On May 12th, the RfC was closed with the result to keep portals, by a margin of about 2 to 1 in favor of keeping portals.

There's an article in the current edition of the Signpost interviewing project members about the RfC and the Portals WikiProject.

Since the reboot, the Portals WikiProject has been busy building tools and components to upgrade portals.

So far, 84 editors have joined.

If you would like to keep abreast of what is happening with portals, see the newsletter archive.

If you have any questions about what is happening with portals or the Portals WikiProject, please post them on the WikiProject's talk page.

Thank you. &mdash; The Transhumanist  07:35, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

Please help review Draft:Blended mobility
I'm reviewing Draft:Blended mobility. It looks like it meets all the mechanical requirements, but I'd like somebody with more of a background in education to also take a look and give their input. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:03, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
 * , it's a neologism of a neologism. If the author has sources that cover the topic of "blended mobility" itself (and not just the several subtopics it purports to combine), there's plenty of room to expand within the existing articles. I don't see a need for a summary style split as written. czar  02:23, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

Entrance Examinations
Beset by constant "Exit" signs in my hotel and other places, I humorously decided to consult Wiki regarding "entrance" examinations. Had to contain myself regarding some of the complexities presented for the countries discussed. But did gain some satisfaction that the word "entrance" was still associated with education.

"Admissions" is appreciated but somehow links to testimony/plea in courts. The various cultural/historical ingredients of interpretation certainly come into play when choosing/deciding on translation.

When encountering the psychological reinforcement of public infrastructure, entrance would seem more common place unless most of your time is spent in the admissions area of a hospital.

A statistical analysis with metadata serving to correlate various usage of these two words would seem worthwhile. Regarding the discipline necessary for metadata correlates I use "circumstance, content and context". Content remains in the middle and exacts minimal disturbance. The notion of "cognitive &" (ampersand) replaces "dissidence" with the benefit of injecting symbolic reliance.

The root or original instance for this or related endeavors should remain "education" as it encompasses those held most precious. Even when they spread their wings and follow their own lead.

STphM(J) (talk) 07:51, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

Western education
is currently a redirect to Secular education. This has been nominated for discussion at Redirects for discussion/Log/2018 August 14 about whether this is the best target and if not what would be better. You are invited to this discussion as your knowledge and opinions are likely to be valuable. Please respond there rather than here to keep discussion in one place. Thanks, Thryduulf (talk) 11:27, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

Swansea University coat of arms is up for deletion
The file File:Coat-Of-Arms-Swansea-Uni.png is up for deletion. Please visit to discuss this deletion. Thank you. --Tyw7 (🗣️ Talk) — If (reply) then (ping me) 14:46, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

inaccurate language
"Adult learners fall in a specific criteria of being experienced, and do not have the high school diploma." is incorrect both grammatically and meaning wise. In fact, the single biggest predictor of adults returning to college is prior education. Ctskelly (talk) 01:38, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

HELP WANTED


For a number of years we have been experiencing a steady decline in the number of administrators as a result of attrition and a declining number of editors willing to consider adminship. Things have reached a point where we are starting to experience chronic backlogs in important areas of the project including noticeboards, requests for closure, SPI, CSD & etc. If you are an experienced editor with around two years (or more) of tenure, 10k edits give or take and no record of seriously disruptive behavior, please consider if you might be willing to help out the community by becoming an administrator. The community can only function as well as we all are willing to participate. If you are interested start by reading WP:MOP and WP:RFAADVICE. Then go to WP:ORCP and open a discussion. Over the next few days experienced editors will take a look at your record and let you know what they think your chances are of passing RfA (the three most terrifying letters on Wikipedia) as well as provide you with feedback on areas that might be of concern and how to prepare yourself. You can find a list of experienced editors who may be willing to nominate you here. Finally, I may not have this page on my watchlist, so if you want to reply to me directly please ping me. Thank you and happy editing... -Ad Orientem (talk) 22:06, 31 October 2018 (UTC)

Category structure
I've been doing some maintenance on pages in Category:Education, particularly Category:Education in the United States. One thing I've noticed is that Education is a subcat of Category:Learning. I'm considering reversing that, so Learning is the subcat of Education. Any thoughts? power~enwiki ( π, ν ) 19:03, 18 November 2018 (UTC)
 * I'd leave it as is. We treat education as a learning process, or a subset of transmitted knowledge. czar  20:22, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

WikiJournal of Humanities published first article
T.Shafee(Evo &#38; Evo)talk 09:39, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

Saylor Academy
Greetings! I am seeking editors to review a new draft of Saylor Academy in my user space and at Talk:Saylor_Academy. For those not familiar with Saylor Academy, it offers free and open online courses. The whole article could use a rewrite, but I recommend we can start by developing a History section.

As a member of MicroStrategy's digital marketing team, I am the company's current sole representative on Wikipedia. Per Wikipedia rules of engagement, I will not be making edits to MicroStrategy-related articles and will be making suggestions on article discussion pages. Can someone with experience editing articles on education review this request?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Regards,

Andrewggordon84 (talk) 14:37, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

Articles or redirects needed
For: I would do it myself, but having difficulty finding good sources. (ping with replies please) Cheers, · · · Peter (Southwood) (talk): 06:45, 9 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Foundational knowledge
 * Training standard
 * , what's the context? Either could refer to any number of concepts. (If in reference to Professional diving, I'd just remove the errant redlinks as they have no worthwhile targets. If "foundational knowledge" and standards for diving instruction should be listed anywhere, it'd be in that section.) czar  15:39, 9 December 2018 (UTC)
 * , You may be right, but I would have thought the concepts sufficiently important to be defined or described somewhere in an encyclopedia, not necessarily in an independent article, but at least in a glossary, and disambiguated if they have several meanings, so that someone who wants to know what they mean would have a way to look them up. It is not an urgent matter, and if I ever find sufficient content with reliable sources I will probably do it myself. I thought someone in this project might have access to good material. I will leave the redlinks unless someone can convince me that they are not sufficiently important concepts, or are sufficiently obvious to not need description, niether of which looks very likely at the moment, as they are commonly used in South Africa in education and training. Cheers, &middot; &middot; &middot; Peter (Southwood) (talk): 16:01, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

Digital dependencies and global mental health
Hello I am a medical doctor with interest in how medicine relates to education. I am not an educational specialist. We can see from EU guidelines and CADDRA guidelines that I have cited in social media addiction that this article is related to education. I will join the wikiproject if that's OK. I'll rate it high importance actually, please rerate it if it is not. I am requesting from help from related portals, Sociology and Anthropology have been happy to rate it high importance so far. In Social media addiction (also written in its current form by me mostly) the Psychology Internet Culture and Medicine portals are happy to have it rated low importance. This is all entirely meant to be a multidisciplinary collaborative page, any and all thoughts and edits most welcome! E.3 (talk) 02:08, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

need help finding sources
See discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Architecture. Basically, I went to a school that was originally built based on some rather wacky idea about classroom design and since the experiment basically failed before the internet was a thing I can't find any resources about it. Beeblebrox (talk) 02:03, 31 January 2019 (UTC)

Full Sail University
Hello! I've been working with Full Sail University to propose updates to the Wikipedia article. I've disclosed my COI on the article's talk page, where you'll also see a series of previous requests. I posted my most recent request regarding distance education options for students back on Feb. 1, but so far no editors have responded. Might any WikiProject Education participants be available to take a look and update the article appropriately? Inkian Jason (talk) 16:53, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

WP 1.0 Bot Beta
Hello! Your WikiProject has been selected to participate in the WP 1.0 Bot rewrite beta. This means that, starting in the next few days or weeks, your assessment tables will be updated using code in the new bot, codenamed Lucky. You can read more about this change on the Wikipedia 1.0 Editorial team page. Thanks! audiodude (talk) 06:48, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

A new newsletter directory is out!
A new Newsletter directory has been created to replace the old, out-of-date one. If your WikiProject and its taskforces have newsletters (even inactive ones), or if you know of a missing newsletter (including from sister projects like WikiSpecies), please include it in the directory! The template can be a bit tricky, so if you need help, just post the newsletter on the template's talk page and someone will add it for you.
 * – Sent on behalf of Headbomb. 03:11, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of Portal:Museums for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether Portal:Museums is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The page will be discussed at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Museums until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the page during the discussion, including to improve the page to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the deletion notice from the top of the page. North America1000 11:07, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

Request for review of Draft:LibreTexts
Hi, about three months ago I created a draft entry for LibreTexts which has not yet been reviewed Draft:LibreTexts. I would greatly appreciate a review. Although associated with the project I believe that the draft meets the Wikipeia criteria for being verifiable and written from a neutral point of view.

LibreTexts is one of the largest and most accessed [|Open Educational Resource] sites and many Wikipedia pages link to LibreTexts, one of the LibreTexts libraries or the former site of the project, the ChemWIKI.

I would greatly appreciate a review, and if revisions are recommended, would be glad to undertake them

--Joshua Halpern (talk) 01:06, 22 July 2019 (UTC)

Filipino School in San Diego
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject San Diego. RightCow LeftCoast ( Moo ) 21:14, 10 August 2019 (UTC)

WikiProject Technical standards
A new WikiProject has been proposed where your knowledge and competence could be very useful. You are invited to join the discussion about this proposal: WikiProject Council/Proposals/Technical standards. Thanks. --Daniele Pugliesi (talk) 01:11, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of Portal:Education for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether Portal:Education is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The page will be discussed at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Education until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the page during the discussion, including to improve the page to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the deletion notice from the top of the page. North America1000 19:33, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

Digital media use and mental health FA nom
Hello! I was wondering if any members of the WikiProject could kindly take a look at the review for this article that I nominated. With many kind thanks -- [E.3]  [chat2]  [me]   14:33, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

Request for information on WP1.0 web tool
Hello and greetings from the maintainers of the WP 1.0 Bot! As you may or may not know, we are currently involved in an overhaul of the bot, in order to make it more modern and maintainable. As part of this process, we will be rewriting the web tool that is part of the project. You might have noticed this tool if you click through the links on the project assessment summary tables.

We'd like to collect information on how the current tool is used by....you! How do you yourself and the other maintainers of your project use the web tool? Which of its features do you need? How frequently do you use these features? And what features is the tool missing that would be useful to you? We have collected all of these questions at this Google form where you can leave your response. Walkerma (talk) 04:24, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

Brock Blomberg article
Hello! I'm Tom and I work for Ursinus College (as I state on my profile page and at Talk:Brock Blomberg). I've made a Wikipedia account to address some inaccurate and misleading information on the article about the college's president, Brock Blomberg. I have two outstanding requests: the first is to remove misinterpreted text, and the second is to add what I believe are well-documented details about his career. Most recently, I reached out for help at the biography of living persons noticeboard but I have not yet received a reply.

Might any members of WikiProject Education be willing to take a look and update the article on my behalf? I'm avoiding editing the article directly because of my conflict of interest. Thanks. TY Ursinus (talk) 18:27, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

National Association of Scholars - Your thoughts requested on Talk page
I created a section on Talk:National Association of Scholars titled, NPOV January 2020. Would you share your thoughts on the article there? (Or edit the article to improve it.) ¶ I read a Commentary in the Wall Street Journal Opinion section today that included this sentence: "Wikipedia describes us as a 'conservative' organization." That mention prompted me to look at the article. I did not know about the National Association of Scholars before today. I reviewed other Wikipedia articles about nonprofit (or trade union) educational organizations and none of them used an adjective denoting a political ideology in the article's short description or in the lede (introductory paragraph). Calling the National Association of Scholars a "conservative" organization struck me as neither consistent nor neutral. What do you think? (Please discuss at Talk:National Association of Scholars—not here—so we're all on the same page.) Thanks! ¶ Citation: Peter W. Wood, "‘Cancel Culture’ Comes to Science", Wall Street Journal (January 13, 2020): A17. - Mark D Worthen PsyD  (talk)   (I'm a man—traditional male pronouns are fine.)  11:08, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Please help add information to List of MOOC providers
Hi all

Given that almost 90% of children and students are currently not in school I've been working on making List_of_MOOC_providers more usable for readers to find a MOOC for user's needs. I'd really appreciate some help adding the missing information.

Thanks very much

John Cummings (talk) 15:54, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

Merging Scientifically based research and Evidence-based education
I know that a great deal of work has gone into these two articles Scientifically based research and Evidence-based education, so please don't be offended by my suggestions. However, would it make sense to merge them into one article, make it lean, efficient and easy to maintain? And we can use REDIRECTS so people can find it. I have added comments to each article's talk page.

John (talk) 12:27, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

WP:Articles for Creation has a new sort tool, you can see all pending relevant drafts here: AfC sorting/History and Society/Education
Just in case there are folks here who might be interested in reviewing drafts awaiting article status that are particular to this WikiProject. MatthewVanitas (talk) 21:22, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

DYK review of Happiness Curriculum
I have recently nominated the newly created article Happiness Curriculum for DYK review. I would be happy if someone takes it up, thanks in advance. KCVelaga (talk) 01:06, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Request for comments
Greetings to all,

A Request for comment has been initiated regarding RfC about whether to allow use of honorofic 'Allama' with the names or not?

Requesting your comments to formalize the relevant policy @ Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Islam-related articles

Thanks

Bookku (talk) 18:02, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

abstinence-only sex education
Do some public schools in the United States teach abstinence-only sex education?

Discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject COVID-19 § Online education articles are a mess of forks
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject COVID-19 § Online education articles are a mess of forks. &#123;{u&#124; Sdkb  }&#125;  talk 07:27, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

New Article: White Supremacy in US School Curriculum
I am planning a new article on the presence of white supremacy in the curriculum of US schools (primarily public). Currently, the article's tentative topics are: - theory (i.e., overviews of white supremacy, Eurocentrism, critical race theory, and how these play a part or reflect on US curriculum), - historical examples & modern manifestations, - effects on minorities, - reform efforts. I have reasons for the article's creation, a more detailed outline, and a bunch of sources on my user page, and would love feedback if anyone has anything to offer. --MBJAnderson (talk) 04:12, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

Atlantic International University article updates
Greetings Editors, I am Dr. Valcin, Academic Dean for Atlantic International University and representative on Wikipedia. I recently posted a request on the AIU article Talk page hoping for editor assistance with adjusting section headings within the current article. In an effort to adhere to the site's guidelines for editors like myself, with a paid conflict of interest, I know I must not edit the article directly myself. Your attention and time in this matter is greatly appreciated, you may review my full request on the Atlantic International University article talk page.

As my request remains unanswered so far, I thought this WikiProject seemed like a good place to reach out to in case any editors here are interested. Since I am new to the community, please let me know if this is an acceptable method for me to collaborate with editors. I welcome questions or feedback editors may have. Thanks for your consideration! DrValcin at AIU (talk) 18:56, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for abiding by our policies and thanks for being patient with us! I've made some edits to the article based on your suggestions.
 * This would also be a relevant venue if you need some input or help from a group of interested editors in the future. ElKevbo (talk) 22:09, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

Help requested at Academies at Englewood‎
Can a few editors from this project please take a look at Academies at Englewood‎ and its recent editing history? Some enthusiastic editors have been significantly expanding the article recently and they may need some kind guidance. Thanks! ElKevbo (talk) 20:42, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

Counselor education
Please help with TLC for this stub. Bearian (talk) 01:31, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

FAR for University of Michigan
I have nominated University of Michigan for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. (t · c)  buidhe  22:31, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

Contest mobility
Needs work. Bearian (talk) 21:22, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

New Article: Extended Education
Hello, I am planning to write a new article about extended education, i.e. all kinds of extracurricular educational offerings for children on a worldwide scale. The field is very heterogenous, but I am convinced that there is a need for one Wikipedia site that tries to sum up tendencies in different countries as well as similarities. Moreover, I plan to focus on research in the field, which has been increasing exponentially since the early 2000s (check Web of Science publications with key words "extended education", "extracurricular education" or "afterschool", the latter being mostly used in the US). I'd be glad for help about resources or other Wikipedia pages to link to. --Si71KMHZvr5y (talk) 19:01, 03 December 2020 (CET)
 * Do you mean Extended education? I can't find it. Bearian (talk) 21:23, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

Continuing medical education
There is increasing emphasis on Continuing medical education for physicians, nurses, and other medical personnel. The page Draft:Akhil Maheshwari includes important information on Global Newborn Society (GNS), which seeks to develop educational resources for medical personnel all over the world. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.121.167.238 (talk) 02:59, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

Use of the word faculty in category names
There's a discussion ongoing at Categories for discussion/Log/2021 January 3 that is likely of interest to this WikiProject. --Joy &#91;shallot&#93; (talk) 17:33, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

Gender representation in academic ranks
I want to note that the accompanying picture of the entry 'Lecturer' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecturer, which is a non-tenure track and sometimes part-time position, depicts a (anonymous) woman.

On the contrary, in the entry on 'Professor' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor we see the pictures of Albert Einstein and Socrates as illustrations of what a 'Professor' looks like.

I suggest to remove Einstein as an example of 'the' professor, and balance out the pictures across the entries on academic ranks: have more women depicted as Professors and other tenured positions, and more men depicted as Lecturers or equivalent positions.

This is 2021 and there a lot of female Professors worldwide that can be role models for girls and young women in science and academia: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-94-007-5977-0_4

Wikipedia has the power and possibility to change gender representations, so that women acquire full access to higher positions in academia as well as elsewhere.

Ciliuka (talk) 10:52, 5 February 2021 (UTC)ciliukaCiliuka (talk) 10:52, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

add Tony Duenas
You guys need to add Tony Duenas, the teacher at Richland County High School and former Baseball player, Charissa Burgener, Melinda King and Tena Anderson the woman who helps Alex Shilling. Arek333 (talk) 05:49, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

Help with DeVry University
I’ve made a number of proposals to improve the article about DeVry University at Talk:DeVry University. I can’t implement these myself since I have a conflict of interest. Could someone in the project take a look at the requests? Thanks NaturaRagazza (talk) 18:51, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

Proposal / Question: Academic Literacy under English Studies?
The current page for English Studies could use some content expansion among other things, and I'm noticing an absence on the topic of "academic literacy" on Wikipedia. Although it relates to all subjects in education, academic literacy is often credited to English Studies or similar "language arts" types of classes. In terms of this WikiProject, would Academic Literacy fall under English Studies, or could it require its own page? CorrinBaker (talk) 03:12, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

Article comment requested
Could I get some people to please comment on Talk:Group work about what the article is even supposed to be about? Thank you, Oiyarbepsy (talk) 04:39, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

List/category naming inconsistency for alumni/faculty/people
There is some inconsistency with how lists and categories are named for alumni/faculty/people associated to educational institutions. See this discussion. — MarkH21talk 06:22, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

Request for comment on the naming of Category:Faculty by university or college and its subcategories
Please see Category talk:Faculty by university or college. --Joy &#91;shallot&#93; (talk) 15:31, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

Help with article on Juren
Hi, I’m a uni student working to improve the article on Juren, which is a Chinese official rank. Would anyone be willing to look over it in a few weeks? Thank you Qwj5377 (talk) 05:45, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

Bridge International Academies
It appears that the Bridge International Academies article has been edited by numerous accounts that may have conflicts of interest. I would appreciate any help in improving the article and restoring content that was improperly removed. Thank you, Thriley (talk) 15:06, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

FAR for Leonhard Euler
I have nominated Leonhard Euler for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. (t · c)  buidhe  04:05, 8 May 2021 (UTC)

Your alma mater is not your ticket to Wikipedia is outdated and incorrect
Your alma mater is not your ticket to Wikipedia is a notability essay that is sometimes cited by editors - often as WP:ALMA - in discussions or edits related to the "Notable alumni" sections of school, college, and university articles. I'm dropping a polite note here to let everyone know that the article is woefully outdated and the advice it provides is incorrect; I've left some details in its Talk page. It needs to be updated or deleted. ElKevbo (talk) 19:43, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

Including notable staff in an article about an institution
I'm looking for guidance here on the matter of including notable staff in an article about a tertiary institution, specifically Ara Institute of Canterbury. There was a list of notable staff (current and former) being developed by myself and another editor and it has been removed by an editor  on the basis that articles about tertiary institutions don't include lists of notable staff, only of alumni. I don't recall seeing this stated elsewhere prior, and I definitely have seen other tertiary institutions with lists of staff included, such as University_of_Canterbury and University of Otago. Is there a policy or a guideline about this? Thanks in advance! MurielMary (talk) 00:10, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
 * There's a discussion on the article talk page. The two universities you mention (University of Otago and University of Canterbury have lists of notable staff who have articles. For the record, here's the list I removed, which was getting a little out of hand, and listed mostly people without articles:

Current staff


 * Selena Chan – author, baker, baking tutor, recipient of the Prime Minister's Award for Tertiary Teaching 2007, education developer in Academic Services
 * Katharina Jaeger (born 1964) – artist, sculptor, lecturer in School of Art and Design
 * Kim Lowe – artist, Olivia Spencer-Bower Award 2019 recipient, lecturer in School of Art and Design
 * John Maillard – photojournalist, author, photography lecturer
 * Vernon Midgley – tenor and voice lecturer
 * Cameron Pearce – jazz trumpeter, arranger, composer, music arts lecturer
 * Gwyn Reynolds – saxophonist, composer, programme leader in music arts
 * Bruce Russell (born 1960) – experimental musician, author, Adjunct Associate Professor at University of Canterbury and principal academic in School of Art and Design
 * Scott Taitoko – jazz trombonist, musical director, member of Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, senior academic in music arts
 * Kate Taylor -singer, vocal coach, event coordinator, vocal programme leader in music arts
 * Sandra Thomson – artist, printmaker, Olivia Spencer-Bower Award 1993 recipient, drawing and printmaking lecturer
 * Vicki Wilkinson-Baker – journalist, journalism lecturer
 * Kaye Woodward – guitarist and vocalist in The Bats, English language tutor

Former staff


 * Graham Bennett (born 1947) – sculptor, lecturer at CPIT School of Art and Design
 * Doug Caldwell (born 1928) – jazz pianist, composer, author, jazz lecturer
 * Penny Carnaby – emeritus Professor Digital Knowledge Systems at Lincoln University, National Librarian from 2003–2010, and Christchurch Polytechnic library manager
 * Denise Copland – artist, lecturer at Ilam School of Fine Arts 1982-1984, lecturer in School of Art and Design, Christchurch Polytechnic until 2006
 * Bing Dawe – artist, sculptor, recipient of the Wallace Art Award 1999, lecturer in Craft Design / School of Art and Design 1989-2017
 * Neil Dawson (born 1948) - sculptor, awarded New Zealand 1990 Commemoration medal, lecturer in School of Art and Design 1975-1983
 * Ross Gray (born 1945) – artist, lecturer in School of Art and Design
 * Cheryl Lucas – artist, awarded 2019 Creative New Zealand Craft / Object Fellowship, lecturer in School of Art and Design
 * Richard Marrett – musical director, vocal coach, pianist, arranger, conductor, former manager of the National Academy of Singing and Dramatic Art (NASDA) and Ara Music Arts programmes.
 * Monte Ohia (1945–2008)  – education leader, Māori Party candidate, Te Pou Matua/Kaiarahi at Christchurch Polytechnic  2005–2008
 * Hana O'Regan (born 1973) – Māori language advocate, author, dean of Te Puna Wānaka Māori language studies, director of Student Services
 * Sarah Pallett – New Zealand politician, midwifery lecturer
 * Tahu Potiki – Maori Leader, Chair of the Ngai Tahu Development Corporation, Kaiarahi at the CPIT
 * Neill Pickard (born 1943) - awarded QSM in 2008 for services to jazz education, founder of jazz school at Christchurch Polytechnic
 * Tom Rainey (born 1962) – multi-instrumentalist, awarded ONZM for services to music, Head of Department of Creative Industries 2012–2019
 * Michael Reed (born 1950) - artist, senior academic in School of Art and Design
 * Areta Wilkinson (born 1969) - jewellery and conceptual artist, lecturer in School of Art and Design 2008-2009
 * Areta Wilkinson (born 1969) - jewellery and conceptual artist, lecturer in School of Art and Design 2008-2009


 * After removal I suggested that we just re-include the notable faculty with links.--- Possibly (talk) 00:58, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that clarification and direction to the talk page discussion (which I'd missed). Will add my comments there, thanks! MurielMary (talk) 01:27, 24 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Our advice for college and university articles currently says:
 * Noted people – This section should give a sense of the extent to which persons with well-known deeds or highly significant accomplishments are or have been associated with the school (as by attendance there or by being on staff or faculty). For most schools this might take the form of a list of people meeting Wikipedia's notability standards (each with perhaps a very brief descriptive phrase), where such a list would not be excessively long. For very old, very large, or very prestigious schools it may be more appropriate to use categories ("Alumni of", "Faculty of", etc. note that "Alumni" categories are only for former students, including graduates; current students are not considered alumni ) instead, limiting the explicit list to very well-known persons (heads of state, historical figures, etc.) and adding a narrative summary of statistics on such things as Nobel Prizes, other prestigious awards, and so on.
 * This is not very good advice and we're long overdue to revisit it. For one thing, very few articles about U.S. colleges and universities have a "Noted people" section. A few have "Notable people" sections with subsections (e.g., "Alumni", "Faculty") but most have a "Notable alumni" section. In most cases, the only people that are listed are those who have Wikipedia articles and few or no sources included in this section. In a few cases, a few people are also included with a source but no article. The typical criteria for inclusion are (a) this person has a Wikipedia article, (b) this person has a connection to the institution explicitly mentioned in their article, and (c) some Wikipedia editor wanders by the article and adds the person to it.
 * Those are the current practices and you'd be right in line with them if you followed them. We need to have a discussion about these sections, however, because these listings of random Wikipedia editor-selected lists of alumni do not serve readers well. We should have some criteria for inclusion that explicitly requires editors to take readers' interests into consideration when adding people to these articles e.g., what critical information about the institution is the reader supposed to learn from this person's inclusion in the article? In other words, these sections should not merely duplicate the "List of alumni of " list article that has all notable alumni. ElKevbo (talk) 02:49, 24 May 2021 (UTC)


 * I'd say faculty, particularly long-term tenure-track faculty, tend to have at least as much connection to an institution as alumni, so I'd say the short answer is that it's okay to have the section. But it's always iffy for any individual person to be WP:DUE at the level of a college, so keep the section short, which means for most institutions probably means only list people who are notable. Also, don't add a gallery. To speak to ElKevbo's thoughts, longer term I'd like to see us move toward more counts of people in various categories rather than individual names. Saying "alumni include 4 billionaires, 7 U.S. senators, etc." is better than listing names. But it's often trickier to find. &#123;{u&#124; Sdkb  }&#125;  talk 16:38, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Most viewed start article in this Wikiproject
Google Classroom	403,800	13,460	Start--Coin945 (talk) 14:23, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

Private and public schools in China - Request for reassessment
Hi everyone, I am new to Wikipedia editing and have been working on the article, the ‘Private and public schools in China’ as part of my university course. I’d appreciate any advice about how I could improve the article, and am seeking its re-assessment from a stub article, since I have added a significant amount of information. Thanks! Karengmc (talk) 08:51, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

Anti-schooling activism
I propose to split off WP:COATRACK material (the vast majority of sourced content) about the arguments to a new article titled Criticism of schooling or similar. See discussion here. –LaundryPizza03 ( d c̄ ) 06:33, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

Discussion about what to do with Educational institution
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Schools § What to do about Educational institution?. &#123;{u&#124; Sdkb  }&#125;  talk 19:55, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Cognitively Guided Instruction
I just stumbled across the article Cognitively Guided Instruction, which was written in 2007 and has hardly been touched since. All its references are written by a single group of authors. I would welcome input from this project on the question of whether this is a notable thing (studied by multiple groups, subject of sources not written by its inventors) whose article is poor but could be improved, or alternatively whether the current article reflects the best possible sourcing (in which case the article should probably be deleted). A ping while responding would be appreciated as I do not usually check this page. Thanks very much, JBL (talk) 11:08, 13 October 2021 (UTC)
 * From what I can tell doing a quick research dive is that most of the research is by 2 small groups. The term itself seems very niche but the topic of critical thinking in mathematics is quite vast. I would say this is an article that would a section of another article, rather than a stand-alone in my view. DannyHatcher (talk) 01:08, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

Does sport coaching come under education?
Hi all, my undergrad is in sports coaching and much of the pedagogy and science is related to learning, teaching, and education in general but in a sports context. It isn't quite the same as PE teaching but there are lots of overlaps so do you think it would be included?DannyHatcher (talk) 01:10, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

Wiki Science Competition 2021
Hi. I would like to remind you all that Wiki Science Competition 2021 has started in many countries last week. It will last until November 30th or December 15th, depending on the areas.

WSC is organized every two years, and people from all countries can upload files (the goal are the international prizes paid by WMEE and WMCH) but specific national pages are also set up, for example for the USA or Ireland or New Zealand. Such national competitions (when they exist) act as an additional incentive to participate.

We expect a sitenotice to show up for all readers here on enWikipedia as well, probably during the second half of the month when all countries with national competitions are open for submission at the same time. In the meantime, if you are planing to upload some nice descriptive photos, infographics or videos to Wikimedia Commons, please consider submitting them using the WSC upload interface, you might win a prize.--Alexmar983 (talk) 12:59, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

Added Moms for Liberty
You can't tell from its name, but this is a parental rights group aimed specifically at education. The lead says "The organization has campaigned against COVID-19 restrictions in schools, including mask and vaccine mandates, and against school curriculums that mention LGBT rights, race, and discrimination." Doug Weller talk 13:56, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

Overlapping articles?
Are Full-service community schools in the United States and Community school (United States) the same thing? —valereee (talk) 13:40, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

Ageometr(es)ia
There is currently a deletion discussion at WP:Articles for deletion/Ageometresia which might be of interest to this Wikiproject. Felix QW (talk) 23:04, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

Large number of empty and stub sections in Philosophy of education article
There is a discussion occurring at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Philosophy that may interest members of this WikiProject. Paula Bradley (talk) 15:45, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

Redirects for discussion: online class, online learning, online education
There is currently a discussion at Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 March 30 which might be of interest to this Wikiproject. —Lights and freedom (talk ~ contribs) 04:10, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

User script to detect unreliable sources
I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like and turns it into something like
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.

It will work on a variety of links, including those from cite web, cite journal and doi.

The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.

Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.

- &#32; Headbomb {t · c · p · b}

This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:01, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Looking for peer review of Paul Goodman
Hi all, I'm looking for peer reviews of our article on the American public intellectual Paul Goodman, a major educationalist of the 1960s, before the article goes to FAC, if anyone would be so inclined: Peer review/Paul Goodman/archive1. No prior experience necessary—just want to know how it reads for a general audience, given that the content gets a bit obtuse. czar 19:12, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

CfD: Category:People using unaccredited degrees
Category:People using unaccredited degrees is being discussed for possible deletion and could use some more input to reach a consensus. Please see discussion here. --Animalparty! (talk) 18:52, 15 May 2022 (UTC)

Arming teachers

 * Arming teachers

I just started this article after the Robb Elementary School shooting. Other contributions are welcome and there are lots of sources over many years easily available through Internet search.  Bluerasberry  (talk)  23:04, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Junior (education)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Junior (education) that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 00:33, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

Wikifact
Hello. I would like to share a vision for a real-time fact-checking resource: Wikifact. I hope that the project is of some interest to those who contribute to Wikipedia in this education portal.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikifact

In the not-too-distant future, it may become possible for end-users to fact-check arbitrary portions of documents in word processors and Web browsers simply by selecting content, using context menus, and making use of crowdsourced, collaborative resources such as Wikifact. End-users would be able to select content from social media websites, news articles, digital textbooks, or arbitrary other documents and websites, and then open context menus providing options for exploring, e.g., fact-checking, the content.

I am hoping that more people will express interest on the project proposal’s website. I am hoping to publicize the project proposal. I am hoping to disseminate these ideas.

Please express your support for or opposition to the proposal on the project’s wiki page. We also welcome any of your comments, questions, or feedback with respect to the proposal, in particular ideas for improving it. Please feel free to share any of your ideas in our talk pages.

Thank you, AdamSobieski (talk) 09:44, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

Holland Business College
This I at first placed on the talk page of the article on George Alderink. On further reflection I decided this might need wider notice. Do we know anything about Holland Business College. I think we have given up on believing every tertiary institution of learning is notable, but I am wondering if it might be possible to find some information and place it somewhere. Especially if it was renamed or merged in to some other institution later. Alternatively maybe we need a good article on Business colleges in the United States in the early 20th-century or some similar topic. There was another article on a business college in another place somewhere in the north-east US broadly defined (this might have been in Pennsylvania, but it may have been in Ohio, I do not recall for sure), mentioned in a bio with no article I came across recently. This is telling me that were lots of X business colleges in the US in the late 19th and early 20th century, many of which did not survive. So I think we might be well served by a broad and well sourced article on the phenomenon.John Pack Lambert (talk) 18:07, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

Potential Article: Parental role in public education
Given the recent wave of activism in the United States by certain parents asserting their right to e.g. influence curriculum, monitor classrooms, and ban/challenge books, and that this movement is producing significant legislation and executive action shouldn't this topic be its own page? As of now, the article for Moms for Liberty, one of the most active conservative groups in the US attempting to influence education policy, links to this page to explain their orientation, which I think most will agree is insufficient (if not inaccurate) to explain the character and dimensions of this social movement.

Were I a more experienced WP writer I would be bold and make the draft myself. I may still do so, but I'm curious as to whether there's a known reason this has not been made into an article which I should consider before taking the plunge. --Gebble (talk) 22:33, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

Creating Articles affiliated under Lalit Narayan Mithila University
Hello, Need help regarding creating Articles for Affiliated Colleges under Lalit Narayan Mithila University. Help regarding References to be used in the Article. It would be better if you would suggest me a Example Article. Thanks ——— Poliiii   (talk)  18:14, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Singularity University
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Singularity University that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. – robertsky (talk) 17:01, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

Smithson graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Blockhead U
I've seen this sentence structure used in a number of articles. Should it be used, and if so, for what other Greek Letter Organizations should it be used? The article on Wes Moore has "In 1998, Moore graduated Phi Theta Kappa from Valley Forge with an associate degree" (Phi Theta Kappa is a somewhat similar)

I decided it was probably more appropriate to ask here than on WikiProject Fraternities and Sororities. Naraht (talk) 18:08, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

Peer review request for William McAndrew
At Peer review/William McAndrew/archive1 I have an open peer review on the article William McAndrew, which I am hoping to elevate to a featured article. If you'd have any input to help me enhance the article, it would be appreciated.

McAndrew as educator who served most prominently as superintendent of the Chicago Public School system.

His ouster from the Chicago Public Schools is the most interesting aspect of his bio, and is covered in more extensive detail at Administrative hearing of William McAndrew. It is a truly bizarre circumstance involving a mayor levying accusations of disloyalty to America, making cartoonish accusations of McAndrew being an agent of the British crown sent to indoctrinate children and set the stage for a recapture of America by the United Kingdom.

He was a very well-known, respected, but controversial figure in education. For those interested in public school administration, his superintendency might be an interesting read. SecretName101 (talk) 05:40, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

Thoughts on Competitive debate in the United States
I've been working on the article Competitive debate in the United States for a while with the goal of eventually getting it to Featured status and was wondering if anybody here would be willing to take a look at it. I'm not looking for a full peer review (it's a pending GAN at the moment) but am mostly looking to see if there are major omissions from the history of debate that I should focus on. I have a few books on the very early development of debate that I plan on getting around to reading and incorporating but it's a deep topic so somebody else with experience in the community taking a look would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance!! ThadeusOfNazereth(he/him)Talk to Me! 14:13, 20 November 2022 (UTC)

Category question.
Should Category:University of Somewhere Presidents be a subcat of Category:University of Somewhere Faculty?? Naraht (talk) 14:02, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I don't think so. In the US, it has been traditional for most college and university presidents to be (former) faculty members and to receive faculty appointments with tenure when they're hired as the president. But it's not universal; The Chronicle of Higher Education or Inside Higher Ed recently had an article about the small-but-growing number of presidential hires that have not included faculty appointments and tenure. Moreover, I don't think that many people think of "president" as being a faculty role - it's a position typically held by a (former) faculty member but it's a purely administrative role. For example, at my current institution, and probably all others (in the US), the president cannot be a member of the faculty union.
 * Editors in WP:UNI may have other opinions; I recommend asking them. ElKevbo (talk) 14:22, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Asking there. This may be a question with one answer in the United States and a different one in someplace like Ghana or Argentina.Naraht (talk) 15:05, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

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 * 1) History of Texas A&M University
 * 2) Some Thoughts Concerning Education
 * 3) Vkhutemas

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Project-independent quality assessments
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is Draft:North American Private University notable
Is there a more specific page about notability criteria for this than WP:Notability - draft written by GDA.HALUM - does it meet notability criteria? - (I am a new draft reviewer and this is not my strong topic area) Thanks Gryllida (talk, e-mail) 00:54, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

Asking for review (Saitama Sakae High School)
Just as I asked for proofreading on my article about Tottori Jōhoku High School, I'm also writing an article in my sandbox about Saitama Sakae High School in Japan (also known for its sports clubs). I was wondering if anyone here could drop by to give their opinion on it. - OtharLuin (talk) 09:27, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

Asking for review (Tottori Jōhoku High School)
Hi, I wrote an article (since transferred to draft) about Tottori Jōhoku High School. The draft has been awaiting review for 3 months now, so I was wondering if anyone here could drop by to even give their opinion on it. Thanks - OtharLuin (talk) 09:27, 6 May 2023 (UTC)


 * As a British high-school English teacher, I thought your article was very good and interesting. Davidmagee9 (talk) 14:40, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the kind words, I've tried to get away from my usual articles even if I'm more comfortable on the sumo related passages on this article. - OtharLuin (talk) 16:24, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

Applied learning
Any thoughts on the best place to redirect applied learning and practical education? Out-of-school learning seems like one possibility, but there's also cooperative education and all the possibilities at its see also section. Some mergers may be in order. &#123;{u&#124; Sdkb  }&#125;  talk 21:19, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Applied learning and practical education in what context? They could mean any number of things. czar  00:54, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Experiential learning seems to be a very appropriate target if you think that a redirect must be created. ElKevbo (talk) 00:55, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks, that looks good enough. I'll leave the broader mess of a web for someone else to sort out. &#123;{u&#124; Sdkb  }&#125;  talk 16:27, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Osteopathic medicine in the United States
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Asking for feedback at Talk: Epistemic Insight Initiative
Hello, I've been working on the Epistemic Insight Initiative article. It's about knowledge and education, so I thought might be of interest to editors here. I've asked on the talk page if the banners on the article have been addressed so could be removed, and if the article title could be changed. I'd appreciate any feedback there Summerhouse21 (talk) 13:47, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Do you have a close connection to the project? Your User page implies that you do. ElKevbo (talk) 22:07, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you for responding. Yes I am connected as I explained on my user page. This is the area of research where I work. It’s a different approach to the curriculum that is being used in schools to address some of the factors that cause young people to disengage from education. It's knowledge from research and in my own work, it matters to me that the materials are free. I am engaged in the research and seeking opportunities to share the knowledge in parts of the world remote from me who may benefit from knowledge of how it works. The article has been revised and benefited from dialogue with Wikipedia reviewers. Summerhouse21 (talk) 08:39, 12 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I strongly recommend that you review our policies and practices related to conflicts of interest. ElKevbo (talk) 00:50, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
 * This was a useful pointer, thank you ElKevbo. After reviewing I would say I'm someone with expertise in the area, rather than being someone with a conflict of interests - e.g. my motivation for contributing to Wikipedia is to grow the community of researchers in my field of education. There's a note in the guide about sources. Some of the earlier drafts drew in more citations from other works but the number reduced when I was advised that Wikipedia articles tend to have one or maybe two citations per point. When giving multiple sources, my aim was to point to examples of published research about epistemic insight from different parts of the world. That's one of the ways I hope the community of researchers in this field can expand. Summerhouse21 (talk) 13:40, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

Draft: Teaching quantum mechanics
Over in the Physics Wikiproject we are gearing up for a total rewrite of our woeful Introduction to quantum mechanics. As this is a notoriously difficult subject to teach and yet of increasing importance I thought I would investigate what educators do in this space. To this end I read and summarized some articles into User:Johnjbarton/sandbox/teaching_quantum_mechanics. I didn't go in to the methodology reported in these papers as I believe that would only be of interest to experts.

I plan to create this page into the regular article space soon and I expect to add a bit more as we get into the details of our project.

Suggestions and comments by actual educators would be welcome. Johnjbarton (talk) 15:48, 13 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia is a 'first place to start' when students want to begin to find out for themselves. One suggestion - I notice that there is a discussion about how much history of science to include in the intro. I suggest from an educational perspective - it's more inclusive to focus on the ideas. Quantum physics and astronomy are topics that can appeal to students broadly because they get our imaginations working. As a female physics graduate, now in education research, I'm interested in finding ways to introduce physics topics that reach out to all students. it would be interesting to create a group of 'critical readers' for a proposed new intro to such an important topic that includes female students and students in developing countries. Summerhouse21 (talk) 04:43, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I'm keen to hear from critical readers, especially those who can help uncover common stumbling blocks for new users. If you have any ideas on how to encourage input on our effort to rewrite Introduction to quantum mechanics, please let me know.
 * History is one path to learn but I think it has low value for most beginners. Historical presentation involves old terminology, old ideas that had some value but are not mainstream now, issues around the scientific process, and historical context that may not be known to readers. The actors in that era of science came from a narrow slice of society in Europe that many readers may not relate to.
 * Nevertheless, there are some editors on Wikipedia who feel strongly that every topic worthy of Wikipedia will have history and thus history must be included in every article. Rather than start off with a big fight about history, I have been trying to improve the History of quantum mechanics and abbreviate the history section in the Introduction. Maybe we can position the history section later in the page and eventually the remaining content will make it clear that the history does not add value in this particular article. I encourage you to join in the discussion. Johnjbarton (talk) 14:17, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I agree that the history of science does matter so important it's there. Your note is about 'where' it comes on the page. I hope my comment next is helpful and not a distraction. We've started an age where school and college students now have 'GenAI' to offer them instant explanations of lots of 'big ideas' and concepts. As a 'user' - of any technology - I have agency over my 'learning journey'. In that space, Wikipedia stands out as remarkable and important. In Wikipedia i can click on links that take me to pages / sections of pages that offer me concepts in context. I'm seeing pages by people who 'know their stuff' - e.g. if it's physics, it's content written by 'experts' who use 'grown up words' precisely - as good experts do. Perhaps Wikiversity is a good space for educators and physicists to collaborate to support learners – linked from the main page? Users can use the links in Wikipedia to navigate the content to build their own understanding and – in contrast with GenAI as it stands - the content is stable (except when science advances) so they can return and read again. Summerhouse21 (talk) 09:54, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks, our page is now live at Teaching quantum mechanics.
 * Per Wikipedia guidelines we ask that content additions be referenced to reliable sources. Perhaps you know of reviews of Wikiversity or of comparative studies of AI vs other sources of educational material? Might be a bit early for that however. Johnjbarton (talk) 13:41, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Nigerian Turkish International Colleges
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Article Reference software
Greetings, Previously this article was Unreferenced, so today I added a few references. While I've been updating Wikipedia (mostly orphan articles & association football bios) my attempts at adding references are probably a grade C- at best. Asking for help here to review the cites and make needed changes & improvements. Thanks, JoeNMLC (talk) 02:54, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

FAR for Digital media use and mental health
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FAC of Education
Hello, I wanted to let you know that I have nominated the article Education for featured article status. So far, there has not been much response from reviewers and I was wondering whether some of the editors here are inclined to review it. The nomination page can be found at Featured article candidates/Education/archive1. If you have the time, I would appreciate your comments. For a short FAQ on the reviewing process, see Wikipedia Signpost/2008-04-07/Dispatches. Phlsph7 (talk) 09:30, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

Muskan Ahirwar
Hi all

I just finished an article for a young Indian librarian, Muskan Ahirwar. I would really appreciate some help in improving the article, especially any additional information and formatting. If another 500 characters can be added I can nominate it for DYK.

Thanks very much

John Cummings (talk) 06:24, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

AfC review request for a high school in Turkey
Hi, I would appreciate a review of the draft article Draft:İstiklal Makzume Anadolu Lisesi. As I indicated on the talk page, I believe the prior reviewers were not exactly fair to the subject and did not consider WP:NEXIST fairly. High schools in the developing world are significantly underrepresented on Wikipedia. For instance, currently, there are zero Wikipedia articles for high schools in the Hatay province (out of, e.g. this partial list), which has a population equal to that of New Hampshire. In contrast, New Hampshire has dozens of High School articles. Gorkem80 (talk) 04:56, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

Phillips Academy has an RfC
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Discussion at Physics Wallah
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Requested move at Talk:General Certificate of Secondary Education
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Hello everyone, I have created an article about [| Kade Senior High/Technical School], kindly go through and improve it Gyanford (talk) 17:39, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Can you please review Draft:Mathseeds
It's been a while since I submitted it for review. Faster than Thunder (talk &#124; contributions) 19:02, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

"Summer Enrichment Program" listed at Redirects for discussion
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Pingry School has an RfC
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