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Homeschooling on Wikisource
Guten Tag everybody,


 * If you haven't ever used our sister-project Wikisource, or just need an excuse to get more active, Charlotte Mason is our current Collaboration of the Week, which means posting all her books, poems and writings about homeschooling online for free public consumption. We're definitely going to need help, but just think about what a resource this could be for homeschooling families! Please take twenty minutes to come help us out, here Sherurcij (speaker for the dead) 19:59, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Semi-active?/Revive
Is there anyone here who would be interested in trying to update and revive this project? I'm willing to join and help. PrincessofLlyr royal court 20:45, 30 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I'll second this. I'm willing to help out. Bejinhan  Talk   12:23, 31 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, if there are two of us, I'm willing to get started. The first thing would be a roll call to decide active/inactive members. At the same time, I would like to update all the project pages and update/cleanup major articles under this project. We could also start up the newsletter, but only after the aforementioned activities. Also, I would like to post a notice at the Signpost. Sound good? PrincessofLlyr  royal court 14:20, 31 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, it sounds great. I've been spearheading the WikiProject Malaysia revamp and those were the steps I took. To deliver the messages, you might want to try a bot, like ChzzBot so that you won't have to deliver them manually. It's pretty tedious. :) Bejinhan  Talk   06:44, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay, draft of message in the bottom section of my sandbox. Ideas on the appropriate period of time for roll call to last? 2 weeks, month, whatever. Any other changes or ideas are welcome! PrincessofLlyr  royal court 00:48, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
 * The "Hi USERNAMEHERE" might be possible if you're planning to deliver it manually, but if by bot, I doubt that a bot can pick up usernames based on user talk pages. It might be more practical to have it as "Hi! You are receiving this message because you are in WikiProject Homeschooling's member list(link to member list here)." That's just a thought... putting "Hi USERNAMEHERE" is also possible because it'll be more personal then.
 * I think that 2 weeks should be sufficient. A month is a bit too long.
 * Bejinhan Talk   03:43, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay...the BASEPAGENAME is supposed to pick up for the page it's posted on. For instance, I used that tag and because the sandbox is in my userspace, it added my name. You think it wouldn't do that with a bot? I'll set the time for two weeks and will add the sentence about being listed as members. PrincessofLlyr  royal court 12:20, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay, if that's the case, then I think it should be fine. It might also help if you post a notice(re-phrased from your user talk messages) on the different projects' talk pages like the education portal talk page and others. Bejinhan  Talk   12:26, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
 * All right, news so far. Roll call delivered. Other projects notified. Newsletter draft begun for July. Collaboration page of July posted. Section for assessment requests added. Signpost notified. What else? PrincessofLlyr  royal court 20:11, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I think that's about all. You'll have to give them the 2-week duration... Later, you might want to notify the confirmed active members about the Collaboration and Newsletter. I can help with the newsletter. I'll just need to get a hang of it and a list of things to be included in it. Bejinhan  Talk   06:27, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I hate waiting. As far as that newsletter goes, it appears to fairly uncomplicated. The archives show just a short list of news. So I figured an announcement about the revival (or attempt at), general note about number of active contributors, update about collaboration of July (or request for input into that), and maybe a note about open tasks, places where members could contribute. That sort of stuff should pretty much cover it. PrincessofLlyr  royal court 12:16, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Be patient. I'm interested. Maybe you should start up the project page. It looks dead. AirplanePro 03:52, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Ok, sounds good. I'll start working on it. Feel free to make any changes. Bejinhan  Talk   06:15, 7 June 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm in. Some of the editors here will probably know me as the webmaster of a site on homeschooling. I watch these articles more than actively edit them, to make sure to keep well within the bounds of the Wikipedia conflict of interest policy, but I'm glad to be part of the project and have several of the main homeschooling articles on my watchlist. How can I help? -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk) 14:07, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Great! The most pressing matters are publicity for the project to attract more active members and working on our various articles. Alternative education is our collaboration for this month. You can add the userbox or ad to your userpage to help publicize and please invite any other users you think would be interested. PrincessofLlyr  royal court 16:24, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Recruiting users
I've placed a general invite on AirplanePro2000's page. AirplanePro RadioChecklist 02:15, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Great! Inviting new users is a good way to get the project started again. PrincessofLlyr  royal court 03:05, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Newsletter-update
I'm working on finalizing the newsletter for July as time is running out. I've put in the roll call and revamp news. Am waiting for the July Collaboration of the Month, which seems to be Alternative education. The newsletter would be ready for delivery by 29th. No later than that. Bejinhan Talk   02:36, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
 * It's done and ready for delivery. I'm sorry to say that I won't be on much for the next few months, so this is probably the last item from me for WikiProject Homeschooling for a while. Bejinhan  Talk   11:45, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Looks terrific. Should we just deliver to the active members? If so, I can distribute. Thanks for your work and sorry I kind of disappeared in the middle of all of it.  PrincessofLlyr  royal court 13:39, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Yeah, I think that should work fine. Projects deliver newsletters to the active members only. If you're going to deliver it manually, don't forget to change the . :) Sorry I can't be on more often nowadays... I'm having some RL issues that need to be iron out first. I'll try to check in whenever I can, though. Bejinhan  Talk   09:45, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
 * That's fine. Newsletter delivered and member list and collab sections updated. PrincessofLlyr  royal court 17:52, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
 * No August newsletter was prepared. Seeing that not much work is being done on Alternative education, why not extend the Collab to 2 months and have a bi-monthly newsletter? That means, the next newsletter will be in September. Also, don't forget that the nom of the collab has to play his/her role in working on the article. It's his/her responsibility per nom. Bejinhan   talks   04:45, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Bimonthly sounds great. There really wasn't any news for a newsletter, so I hate taking the time just to clutter up people's talk pages. Also support extending the collab. I've definitely been behind about working on that. Although, unless I'm remembering wrong, AirplanePro nominated alt. ed. PrincessofLlyr  royal court 01:56, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Ok, cool. Something I've been thinking about is ways of expanding the member list. We need more active members.... Any ideas about that? Bejinhan   talks   05:06, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Believe me, I've been wracking (racking?) my brain about that one. No more creative ideas yet. I've plastered it all over my userpage, invited every user I think might be remotely interested, contacted the Signpost....I'm just out of ideas at this point. PrincessofLlyr  royal court 13:39, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Signpost did not work for me too. :p You could have a competition where the user with the highest referrals and the user with the most successful referrals get awarded. I don't know if this will work for this, so far I've not implemented it for WikiProject Malaysia yet. Bejinhan  talks   14:26, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Hmm, that's a thought. Or I could post something at the reward board. I'll think that one over. I'm actually leaving later today and probably won't be back on until Wednesday, so I don't want to start anything today and then leave. PrincessofLlyr  royal court 14:48, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Do any of you frequent any of the big homeschooling forums, like Vegsource? I wonder if going the other way around and finding homeschoolers who edit Wikipedia instead of Wikipedians who are also homeschoolers might bear any fruit. (Personally, I spend most of my online forum time on Ravelry, whose only homeschooling forum is rather inactive, so I'm not of particular help there.) Princess Lirin (talk) 20:23, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
 * @PrincessofLlyr That's a good idea, but I was at the Reward Board page recently, and saw some stagnant requests. It's possible and we can give it a try... but it has got to be someone interested in homeschooling.
 * @Princess Lirin Nope, I do the Sonlight forums because that was the curriculum I was using when homeschooling, but as far as I know, most of them there aren't interested in editing Wikipedia. :) Maybe we could recruit new homeschooling users... that's another idea. But we'll have to teach them the hooks of Wikipedia. Bejinhan   talks   03:04, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

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Existing Curriculum/Education Wiki?
Is there an existing wiki that presents an organized curriculum for home schooling. What I have in mind is a complete curriculum, going from beginning to high school, built as a wiki, with options along the way for various approaches.

It would be free, complete, professional, open to the best education minds to contribute, and available to EVERY child and parent who can get an internet connection. Given that there is no one best way to educate every child, it would have options and alternatives, but still be guided and organized.

Much of what I have found so far lacks any organization or road map.

Any ideas?

Wikipedia would be a WONDERFUL place to put such a thing, given that it has a brand name and a presence on the net.

Never mind, found WikiVersity —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.77.161.22 (talk) 18:50, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

18:09, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

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