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Quizipedia

Unread post by Poetlister » Thu May 29, 2014 5:25 am

Quizipedia is a new project to develop a site for user-generated quizzes. What's the point? Shouldn't Wikiversity be doing that?

https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikisoba_ ... Quizipedia
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Re: Quizipedia

Unread post by Midsize Jake » Fri May 30, 2014 7:10 am

Poetlister wrote:Quizipedia is a new project to develop a site for user-generated quizzes. What's the point? Shouldn't Wikiversity be doing that?

https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikisoba_ ... Quizipedia
Wikiversity is supposed to be a repository for course materials on any subject. This little thingy appears to be the Wikimedia UK chapter's repository for course materials specifically on how to edit Wikipedia, presumably in conformance with their highly-idiosyncratic expectations. So, naturally, there will be quizzes, and if you don't pass the quizzes, presumably there will be... repercussions.

After having a look at all this, I'm afraid I have to say that the WMF's recent decision to step back a bit from supporting the various international chapters might be the smartest thing they've ever done. (That's not saying much, but still.)

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