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2010

March 2010

27 : There is a nomination for Pmlineditor for custodianship.

18 : There is a nomination for Jtneill for bureaucratship.

14 : Community review of Wikimedia Ethical Breaching Experiments

2009

October 2009

25 : Leighblackall is now a full custodian.

16 : There is a nomination for Leighblackall for full custodian.

14 : Trinity507 is now a full custodian.

September 2009

24 : Join the Wikimedia 2009–2010 strategic planning process.

August 2009

31 : Trinity507 is now a probationary custodian.

30 : User:Mu301Bot is now a bot.

23 : There is a proposal to modify the Special:Upload form. Please comment here.

15 : Wikiversity Day

12 : 2009 Board elections results.

5 : Adambro is now a full custodian.

July 2009

31 : There is a nomination for Adambro for full custodian.

28 : 2009 Board elections vote begins.

8 : Adambro and Leighblackall are now probationary custodians.

3 : User:AdambroBot is now a bot.

May 2009

24 : Results of the licensing update proposal and community vote are now now available.

April 2009

12 : There is a proposal to license Wikimedia material so it is available under CC-BY-SA, while retaining dual licensing with the GFDL.

6 : The Finnish Wikiversity is now open.

February 2009

7 : Juan de Vojníkov is now a full custodian

2 : There is a nomination for Juan de Vojníkov for full custodian.

January 2009

24 : Help develop a policy for bans.

24 : Discuss modifications to the research guidelines.

16 : User:ArthurBot is now a bot.

1 : Juan de Vojníkov is now a probationary custodian.

1 : 2009 is the International Year of Astronomy

2008

December

26 : Discuss the proposed policy on Wikiversity:Stubs

17 : A page has been started regarding discussion for and movement towards a licensing update.

16 : Vote on the proposed policy What Wikiversity is not.

6 : Jade_Knight is now a Full Custodian.

November

16 : Mike.lifeguard is now a Full Custodian.

October

13 : There is one nomination that is now open for discussion: Cormaggio for CheckUser.

September

22 : There is a discussion and vote on a new proposed policy at Wikiversity:Respect people

16 : A Major update to the main Student Union page went ahead, would all participants who are taking part with the project please add your username to the participants list - instructions are found on the Participants page

14 : A discussion is taking place about a Review of Moulton's block on Colloquium

13 : New Probationary Custodian - User:Ottava Rima

03 : Wikimania 2009 - do you want to present your project ?

August

24 : Wikiversity the Movie - Coming soon to a wiki theater near you ! - Searching for contributors

15 : is our Wikiversity Day - do you want to join the preparations ?

July

25 : Emesee (previously Remi), one of the project's most seasoned custodians, has revised the perceived quality of Wikiversity upwards from 3/10 to 6/10, with a personal recommendation of 7 to 8.

3 : User:Gbaor has been confirmed as a full custodian.

June

27 : Numerous staff elections are underway at Wikiversity:Candidates for Custodianship. Please discuss and/or vote.

May

28 : Community discussion of nominations for CheckUser.

27 : What is your opinion about the proposal to close Beta Wikiversity ?

22 : User:Jtneill has been confirmed as a full custodian.

10 : Help:Resources by completion status explains how instructors can show the completion status of their pages.

9 : A list of completed courses has begun at Completed courses list.

9 : Wikiversity's Sister Projects Interview is published in Wikipedia Signpost.

April

27 : Wikimedia Board Election process begins.

March

26 : User:Erkan Yilmaz has been confirmed as bureaucrat.

21 : User:Mu301 and User:SB Johnny have been confirmed as bureaucrats.

8 : 14:00 UTC+1 - IRC meeting - History - Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War

1 : 18:30 UTC - IRC meeting - History - Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War

February

24 : User:Mu301 has been confirmed as a full custodian.

January

20 : User:Countrymike has been confirmed as a full custodian.

19 : next IRC meeting - History - Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War

19 : Please help draft agenda for Portal:Reading groups IRC meeting

2007

December

30 : Please help draft agenda IRC meeting delayed/canceled. Watch announcements here for new date.

26 : If you are a teacher or professor at a school or university, we encourage you to use Wikiversity in your class. See Wikiversity:School and university projects to find out how.

13 : Discuss changes to the Main Page.

4 : A IRC meeting: What is Wikiversity? will be 8 December 2007 at 23:00 UTC..

November

25 : A Stewards election is under way.

4 : A Wikimedia Census is under development.

4 : Accounts are now available on the Wikiversity Sandbox Server for "learn by doing" projects.

September

26 : Erkan Yilmaz has been confirmed as full custodian.

23 : Darklama has been confirmed as full custodian.

4 : Aptitude Test project: Sample tests, how they work, what they are used for are all being explored.

August

21 : Community discussion of nominations for CheckUser now complete. Thanks for participating.

5 : The motto contest has been concluded.

June

15 : Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees Election. Help translate candidate statements.

May

24 : Custodian CQ was granted full custodianship. Comments from the community.

22 : The Italian Wikiversity is up and running! Please add [[it:Pagina_principale]] and other pages to your interwiki efforts

21 : Custodian Historybuff was granted full custodianship. Comments from the community.

14 : Custodian Remi was granted full custodianship. Comments from the community.

13 : The Libertarianism course has begun to start collecting and organizing resources for the courses. Any help would be appreciated, Contact User:Libertiki

12 : The French Department will be having a brainstorming meeting Wednesday, 16 May at 17:00 in the IRC.

12 : A new course in film scoring is ready for students.

1 : The MediaWiki quiz extension, developed specifically for the wikiversities, is nearing version 1.0. A good beta version is now running on the wikiversities and everyone is welcome to try it out. See: instructions for the quiz extension and the quiz project.

March

28 : Wiki Campus Radio discussion about licensing educational resources with Leigh Blackall and User Chrismo (audio files and transcript outline available).

February

8 : The Storyboard Artwork Project is ready for testing.

January

28 : A new Blank Page and Style Sheet for colorful lesson pages.

27 : Motto contest, round 6: select and refine a final motto and slogan.

16 : User:J.Steinbock has been nominated for full custodianship. Comments from the community are greatly encouraged.

10 : User:MichaelBillington has been nominated for full custodianship. Comments from the community are greatly encouraged.

7 : There is a new way for students to email instructors

7 : featured content will soon be added to the Main Page. Help select the Wikiversity content that will be shown on the main page.

7 : A new school of criminal justice has been founded - please help to develop it if you're interested!

2006

December

29 : The French Department is in need of an instructor and contributers.

1 : French Wikiversity opened.

1 : User:Rayc has been nominated for full custodianship. Comments from the community are greatly encouraged.

November

30 : A new Department has been founded at the School of History. The Department of Indic History seeks to provide users with the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the history and culture of the sub-continent.

27 : User:guillom has been nominated for full custodianship. Comments from the community are greatly encouraged.

25 : Elections of stewards of the Wikimedia Foundation opened.

23 : Exciting new division added to the School of Philosophy. Have a look at the expanded Division of Continental Philosophy and feel free to help build this endeavor. Or if you're looking for a gentle way into this subject why not play the Nietzsche Name Game.

18 : Colour change nomination for the Wikiversity Logo on meta:Wikiversity/logo

18 : Motto contest, round 5: select and discuss a final motto group and slogan group.

1 : Robert Elliott was looking for beta testers for a lesson on creating thumbnail storyboards for a short motion picture called, Seduced by the Dark Side!. The initial tests are now complete. Thanks to all. Watch for the announcement of a new and improved lesson to be completed shortly.

October

26 : User:Draicone has been nominated for full custodianship. Comments from the community are greatly encouraged.

15 : Motto contest, round 4: re-select and discuss a motto and slogan.

10 : User:Sebmol has been nominated for full custodianship. Comments from the community are greatly encouraged.

September

23 : Motto contest, round 3: select and discuss a motto and slogan.

21 : User:Digitalme has been nominated for custodianship. Comments from the community are greatly encouraged.

7 : Motto contest, round 2: help select a motto and slogan.

3 : Scope of research; multi-language research policy discussion started.

1 : Elections for the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation opened.

August

24 : Beta Wikiversity opened.

23 : New main page design proposed.

23 : Logo contest for Wikiversity started on meta.

23 : Motto contest for Wikiversity started.

22 : Help design the www Wikiversity portal.

15 : English Wikiversity launched.