On 18 March 2010 16:33, Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org wrote:
2010/3/18 Anthony wikimail@inbox.org:
For what it's worth, I think it's probably a good idea to shut down Wikiversity. Wikiversity hasn't to my knowledge achieved anything of
note.
To be fair, I don't think that's equally true for all language editions. The German Wikiversity, from what I can see, seems to be slowly but productively doing what the project was designed to do: producing learning materials.
Wikiversity was set up to do *two* things: produce learning materials, and support learning/research activities and communities. The second question was always more vaguely defined, but was always the more interesting question for me. English Wikiversity's problems stem from an uncertainty about what a legitimate learning/research activity would be, and a consequent uncertainty in Wikiversity's scope as a project. Dealing with the question of what someone is free to learn in Wikiversity is the useful course of action to take here; rather than talk of closing the project. Unfortunately, due to imminent submission of my thesis, I have no time to give this for the next two weeks, but will get back to the discussion thereafter.
Cormac