Charbooth

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We hope you like it here and encourage you to stay after your assignment is finished! Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 04:48, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

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Hello! Charbooth, you are invited to join other new editors and friendly hosts in the Teahouse. An awesome place to meet people, ask questions and learn more about Wikipedia. Please join us! Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 15:21, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback

Thanks for the feedback you left on Outreach Wiki about the orientation for educators! The version you went through was the first draft that we used last term, but the current version now lives on Wikipedia: Wikipedia:Training/For educators. In broad strokes, it covers the same ground, but it's been refined quite a bit based on feedback from people who went through it (although much of your feedback is still relevant). Sorry about the confusion; I've marked the beginning of the old version on Outreach Wiki with a note pointing to the current version. Cheers--Sage Ross (WMF) (talk) 01:36, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Ah, thanks for letting me know! I'll review the new tutorial as well. Glad some of the feedback was still pertinent. Charbooth (talk) 21:29, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Librarian Campus Ambassadors

Wondering if you'd be interested in starting a conversation about librarian campus ambassadors? No firm ideas at the moment, just noticed that there are at least a few of us list on the campus ambassador page. Feel free to talk on my user talk page for now, although if we think this discussion is worth continuing, we should probably make a Librarian Campus Ambassador page. Gregatmu (talk) 14:05, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

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Chris Troutman (talk) 01:53, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

Signpost

Here it is. I'm glad that Jami (Wiki Ed) scored the coverage from the Los Angeles Times so I could use it for this article. Of course, I'm glad you're actively working with faculty to get students involved in Wikipedia. None of this happens without you. Chris Troutman (talk) 05:07, 6 July 2014 (UTC)

Absolutely agreed that Char is so vital to this course's success! Great job on the signpost article, Chris! Jami (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:51, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

Requesting your help

Hi Charbooth, I'm relatively new to Wikipedia as a user, so I'm not sure of all the protocols to communicate but I think the talk page is like where I can post messages, right?

I'm an English Language Development teacher in the LA area. I'm thinking of having my high school English class contribute/begin/edit some articles in Simple English. They are English Learners, so I think this would be less challenging, less crowded, and less high-stakes than the main English site. I haven't seen any other teachers doing the same with their students. Do you have any advice?

Also, would you be in a position to help our class (online, Skype conversation, etc) if our project goes forward?

Swim123blue (talk) 06:36, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Courses Modules are being deprecated

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Your account is currently configured with an education program flag. This system (the Courses system) is being deprecated. As such, your account will soon be updated to remove these no longer supported flags. For details on the changes, and how to migrate to using the replacement system (the Programs and Events Dashboard) please see Wikipedia:Education noticeboard/Archive 18#NOTICE: EducationProgram extension is being deprecated.

Thank you! Sent by: xaosflux 20:28, 8 March 2018 (UTC)