Thanks Srikanth, that explains a lot. Stragely this link is not available on thw wmflabs page where I would have thought it would be relevant.<div> <br clear="all">Warm regards,<br><br>Ashwin Baindur<br>------------------------------------------------------<br>

<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 1:03 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:srik.lak@gmail.com">srik.lak@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 23:43, Ashwin Baindur <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:ashwin.baindur@gmail.com" target="_blank">ashwin.baindur@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">



<div>What exactly is Wikipedia Education Programs? </div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>Its an extension designed to manage *EPs. Read more here[1]</div><div class="im"><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">



<div>How does it work? Does it provide a private workspace to EP participants in Wikipedia completely invisible to other editors?</div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>If am not wrong it provides set of dashboards / special pages for people(instructors,OA,CA,staff) to oversee edits by students enrolled in the program in a much easier way. I dont think there will be any data that will be closed / completely invisible to others. I am not sure if profiles would be closed / kept open.</div>



<div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div> Why are sock-puppets encouraged? </div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>That link was a test wiki for people who are interested in EP to test the software that&#39;s developed. Since you cant conduct a Ashwin-EP for the sake of testing, you are encouraged to sock on that wiki creating different accounts(of varied roles) and to test if you could utilize the special pages and make use of the features and it isn&#39;t buggy.</div>
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<div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>What elevated permissions are being provided to EP members? </div></blockquote><div><br></div>
</div><div>Specific permissions only for EP. Otherwise they are too have same rights as any other new wiki user. A more detailed note on roles is available on the page linked.</div><div class="im"><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">



<div>Will the community be able to transparently oversee content introductions by Education Programs? <div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div><br></div><div>Yes, the extension will only make it even more easier for those interested to oversee at a greater level of detail.</div>


<div><br></div>[1] <a href="http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Education_Program" target="_blank">http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Education_Program</a><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all">

<div><br></div>-- <br>Regards<br>Srikanth.L<br>
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