Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Virtual University

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The result of the debate was Since the author removed it himself, no reason not to delete it. Golbez 22:07, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Virtual University

An ad for a non-wikipedia project. --W(t) 20:46, 2005 Jun 13 (UTC)

it was intended as a brainstorming nucleus for Wikiversity proposals and material - all will be within wikipedia, its a vision to create some academic reviewed articles, example Antarctic krill - I did not move it to the wikipedia subnamespace, started it in the general namespace Uwe Kils 01:05, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)

we got a first response from a scientist in the United Kingdom: Amalasingh found the project and dreams with us on his user page - I invited him to join an academic board for Wikiversity and I contacted other faculty in Norway and Australia and Germany to join - Uwe Kils 00:29, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)

• Userfy to User:Kils. Mgm|^(talk) 21:42, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)
• I concur. I encourage you to send the soon-to-be User talk:Kils/Virtual University to colegues, Uwe, and it would, ultimately, work the same way as you wish — a link is a link. :) But the policy is that The Wikipedia: namespace is a namespace that provides information about Wikipedia and how to use it. In other words: it's in the wrong name space; a minor oversight. El_C 12:20, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

thank you, El, but nobody will find it there, its not googled there - we had it in the normal namespace, then Weyes moved it to wikipedia namespace Uwe Kils 13:05, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)

Sorry - Gwalla moved it Uwe Kils 11:52, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)

I know, yes. But is it notable enough right now to be in the article namespace? As I said on your talk page, I strikes me as a policy proposal, so I'm not sure that, at this point, it falls under information about Wikipedia and how to use it. El_C 13:54, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I did no such thing:

(cur) (last) 21:28, 2005 Jun 10 Gwalla (Virtual University moved to Wikipedia:Virtual University)

--W(t) 11:11, 2005 Jun 16 (UTC)

• Please keep: Amalasingh 15:14, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• keep and move it back to the normal namespace - we will fill more and I invited more Uwe Kils 20:25, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
• Userfy. Wikipedia articles are not intended to be a "brainstorming nucleus," as the article says it is. carmeld1 03:19, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

who says so? every article is just that - that's the nice difference to established/ old fashion / stuck organs like Encarta and Britannnica, and it is the reason for the amazing growth and popularity - we are just trying to address some of the critics and add some new ventures for academic usability - the "news" section is also not typical for an encyclopedia - we just want to promote / propose an academic track and hope to attract faculty and students - nobody forces you to read or contribute to this ;-) - Uwe Kils 12:44, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)

• archive - took the article off - little interest - we do it elsewhere - Uwe Kils Klönschnack 18:19, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)

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