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Announcements

August 2009

15 : Wikiversity Day

10 : End of 2009 Board elections vote. Results will be published on August 12, 2009.

July 2009

31 : There is a nomination for Adambro for full custodian.

28 : 2009 Board elections vote begins.

8 : Adambro and Leighblackall are now probationary custodians.

May 2009

24 : Results of the licensing update proposal and community vote are now now available.

April 2009

12 : There is a proposal to license Wikimedia material so it is available under CC-BY-SA, while retaining dual licensing with the GFDL.

6 : The Finnish Wikiversity is now open.

February 2009

7 : Juan de Vojníkov is now a full custodian

2 : There is a nomination for Juan de Vojníkov for full custodian.

January 2009

24 : Help develop a policy for bans.

24 : Discuss modifications to the research guidelines.

1 : Juan de Vojníkov is now a probationary custodian.

1 : 2009 is the International Year of Astronomy

Previous months' announcements

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Some major headlines from the past

Some news from Wikiversity Beta

Wikiversity Beta is a global platform aiming at coordinating Wikiversity projects in several languages. This multilingual coordination intends to deal with Wikiversity's mission and general guidelines of the project's scope (for example, about original research). Wikiversity Beta is also a place where Wikiversity projects which don't have a subdomain yet can develop.

You will find more information in the FAQ. You can also take a look at the reports to get some news from Wikiversity projects in all languages.

Interwiki links and name spaces

v: is the official interwiki prefix for Wikiversity and is enabled on all Wikimedia projects. betawikiversity: can be used to make links to the beta.wikiversity.org website. Three namespaces have been created to organize Wikiversity content and Wikiversity content development: Portal, School, and Topic. -- sebmol ^? 21:08, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Wikiversity officially announced by Wales

From the Wikipedia Signpost, By Ral315, 7 August 2006

In a keynote speech at Wikimania 2006, Jimbo Wales announced that Wikiversity had been officially approved by the board, and would go into a three-language beta test "within a month".

Wikiversity was approved by 69.8% of voters in November 2005, reaching the two-thirds majority required to submit the proposal to the Wikimedia board. However, the measure stalled at the board level, as the board requested changes to the proposal in order for approval. The changes included the removal of credentials and clarification of the Wikiversity concept of e-learning. Work on the proposal continued and the modified proposal's approval had not been publicly announced until Wikimania.

Wikiversity was launched on August 15, 2006. Wikiversity contains materials useful for learning that do not fit into Wikibooks' specific area (textbooks).

See also

• 8:00 class - the Wikiversity 24 hour project-related news cycle (on hiatus)
• Wikiversity:Announcements
• Wikiversity:Wikiversity in the media