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Thailand Content Expansion Project

Greetings Simple Wikipedians! I used to have an account but perhaps it's been deactivated due to inactivity. My name is Hunter. I'm teaching a computer course in Chalermkwansatree School in Phitsanulok, Thailand and have given my students an assignment to create content that did not previously exist in Simple English Wikipedia. I have split the class into 15 article-writing groups, 4 English editors and 2 factual content editors. I wanted everybody to have an account like Chalermkwan1, Chalermkwan2, etc., CHSeditor1, etc. We were only allowed to create 6 accounts from the same IP range (we are working from a single computer lab). For this reason, I told any groups that were unable to create an account to just use the Chalermkwan13 account.

In the meantime, many of the groups have posted their articles and today our editing team was going to begin the proofreading process. I thought it would be most efficient to let them do the editing on wikipedia itself so they can experience first-hand the collaborative working experience. I didn't think any pages would be edited or deleted by moderators in such a short amount of time, so I didn't bother instructing them about what to do if someone deletes their article. Some of them panicked and reversed moderators changes, because they were afraid they would not get points for the assignment. I have instructed my students to refrain from logging in and changing anything until I am able to resolve this issue with the Simple English moderators.

Aem Fatson, I understand your initial suspicions of vandalism and reasons for blocking my students accounts and deleting their articles. But please be patient. We want to enrich Simple English Wikipedia. We have a process in place for correction. If you unblock my students and wait a week or two, I will notify you that our editing teams have finished their work. I am a native speaker and will also play a final supervisory role in the editing process should that be a concern.

FYI, here is a list of the groups and topics that they are working on:

Group 1 – Phetchabun
Group 2 – Suphanburi
Group 3 – Thai Houses
Group 4 – Yasothon
Group 5 – Phuket
Group 6 – Thai Fashion
Group 7 – Trang
Group 8 – Khorat
Group 9 – Thailand Attractions
Group 10 – Lopburi
Group 11 – Sukhothai
Group 12 – Ayudhaya
Group 13 – Pattaya
Group 14 – Thai Food
Group 15 – Thai Temples

Thanks!

        -Hunter 61.7.236.54 (talk) 03:07, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Hello there, it is nice to see people are actually using Simple English Wikipedia in class. If you look at the Deletion policy you will find that there are few reasons why pages get "quickly deleted" (Normal deletion process takes a week).

Other pages that may be helpful:

the Sandbox where students can try things
the Student tutorial
What is vandalism?
The teachers' guide

Content that cannot clearly be identified as vandalism (or a personal attack) is usually not prone to quick deletion. Perhaps a cookie to your students: This Wikipedia needs articles; If they are properly formatted and give interesting (verifiable) information, there is no reason to delete the articles at all. --Eptalon (talk) 11:31, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Hello Hunter. I have read the Phetchabun page. It is slowly getting to be a decent article. I have put some help on the talk page of the Phetchabun article. I hope this is okay. Good luck! Kennedy ^(talk) 15:17, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback, Kennedy! They are editing as we speak.

I was talking to RyanCross who had deleted the article Thai Houses a few weeks ago. He suggested that Thai Houses should not be it's own article but that the content should be included in the Thailand article. So should each topic below with the word "Thai" as the first word be part of the Thailand article instead of independent articles?

In the same vein, please let me know if any of you other admins are planning on deleting any of the above articles based on article name and what I need to do to prevent this.

-Hunter 61.7.236.54 (talk) 02:25, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Hello,

I would suggest that they are added as a section within the Thailand article. That way, there is no chance of it being deleted.

As for the deletion, I suggest you ask your students to put "{{Classproject}}" at the top of the article. This *should* stop it being deleted, but is not guaranteed. If something is deleted, just ask the deleting admin, who can give you the content.

Thanks!

B G^7even 02:31, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for such prompt feedback!

One of my students, Chalermkwan12, just tried to enter her article on Ayudhaya to find she has been blocked indefinitely by Cometstyles for abusing multiple accounts. Shall I have her sign in using Chalermkwan13 instead? Is it ok if many terminals are signed in and editing various articles as Chalermkwan13 at the same time? I wish each group could have their own account...

-Hunter 61.7.236.54 (talk) 02:47, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Hello,

That should be ok - you have explained why there are multiple accounts, so it's not abusing them. Unfortunately I am not an admin, but I will look if any are online and see if they can unblock the account.

On a side note - do you need more accounts? I can create them for you if you supply me with an email address - I would not know the passwords. Also, perhaps an account for yourself would be better than an IP address? Thanks, B G^7even 02:50, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Ok all of my groups have working accounts except for Group 15 (please create Chalermkwan15, Forever_Friend--[at]hotmail.com) and Chalermkwan12 who is blocked.

-Hunter 61.7.236.54 (talk) 03:25, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Ok, that account is created - password sent to the email address.

I am still looking to getting the account unblocked.

Below is all your accounts, with their current status. This should enable us to keep an eye on things, if you don't mind.

Username	Status	Blank
Chalermkwan1	Blocked
Chalermkwan10	Blocked
Chalermkwan11	Blocked
Chalermkwan12	Blocked
Chalermkwan13	Unblocked
Chalermkwan15	Unblocked
Chalermkwan2	Blocked
Chalermkwan30	Unblocked
Chalermkwan34	Unblocked
Chalermkwan35	Unblocked
Chalermkwan5	Blocked
Chalermkwan6	Unblocked
Chalermkwan7	Unblocked
ChalermkwanN&C	Unblocked
Chalermkwansatree1	Unblocked
Chalermkwansatree10	Unblocked
Chalermkwansatree2	Unblocked
Chalermkwansatree3	Blocked
Chalermkwansatree8	Unblocked

By the looks of it a lot have been blocked for sockpuppetery (I know this isnt the intention!)

Before continuing, I suggest you add a tag to each user saying that it's part of the project, and then just re-outline it here. I will get some admins to look at this so they know what is going on.

Thanks, B G^7even 03:42, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

All listed accounts should now be unblocked. If there are any further issues with blocking, please let me know on my talk page or contact another administrator (from this list). -- Creol(talk) 08:28, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

I have created a template {{classproject}} that can be added to the articles created (all at the top). It tells other people to basically discuss changes on the article talk page. This should limit the changes from the users other than the school-appointed ones. Thanks for the contributions. --Eptalon (talk) 16:47, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Scientific Writing project, Fachhochschule Landshut

Fachhochschule Landshut, University of Applied Sciences Fakultät Informatik WS 2008 / 2009

Syllabus

Conversational English for IT

Course Description: The purpose of Conversational English for IT is to provide the student with enhanced speaking skills in spoken interaction and spoken production. Although emphasis will be on speaking skills, reading, writing and listening skills will also be practiced.

Goal: The goal is to consolidate and extend the student’s English speaking competency skills in the context of IT at the CEFR B1 and B2 levels.

Objectives: Attain at least 80% competency in CEFR levels A1, A2 and B1 of all speaking skill “I can do” statements of the European Language Portfolio Self-Assessment Checklist.

Intended Learning Outcomes: (1) using English to discuss a wide range of IT related topics (2) understanding basic IT related written texts (3) understanding basic IT related spoken texts (4) writing basic IT documents using appropriate language

Learning/Teaching Methodology: Learner-centered, action-oriented, tasked based (pair and group work), class discussions, individual reading, writing, listening and speaking activities.

Readings: Authentic material provided from a variety of sources.

Extracts from: Glendinning, E. and McEwan J., Oxford English for Information Technology, 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2006

Please list affected articles below (and tell students to place {{classproject}} on newly-created articles --Eptalon (talk) 11:16, 10 January 2009 (UTC)