Wikiversity:Request custodian action - Wikiversity

I would like to ask you to assess the behavior of Dan Polansky, who in my opinion continues to violate Etiquette, calls users who disagree with him trolls, questions their expertise, tests them, etc. This is most evident in Wikiversity:Community Review/Dan Polansky, where he has already indicated that two discussion opponents are trolls. Juandev (discuss • contribs) 08:05, 18 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

The coddling of overt disruptor Harold Foppele (substantiation is in RCA above) and proven provocateur and disruptor Juandev (substantiation in CR above) must stop. The English Wikiversity must start to properly curate its content and discipline disruptive editors. --Dan Polansky (discuss • contribs) 08:10, 18 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

Wikiversity:Community Review/Dan Polansky is underway; outcome pending. -- Jtneill - Talk - c 12:03, 27 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

It has been closed with consensus to ban him indefinitely from this project, I believe there is nothing else to do here. Codename Noreste (discuss • contribs) 22:06, 11 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

i would like something like: Template:User contrib count/count.js. i created Template:User contrib count and a user/common.js.

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so a "count.js" would complete it. See User:Harold Foppele/common.js.

If an Administrator could help please. Cheers Harold Foppele (discuss • contribs) 19:22, 18 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

im trying to add new profile content PAGURUMURTHY (discuss • contribs) 18:03, 4 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

You can edit it now. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 18:05, 4 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

where can create a new one PAGURUMURTHY (discuss • contribs) 18:51, 4 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

i have created and its in sandbox. i would like to know when it will be approved PAGURUMURTHY (discuss • contribs) 19:38, 4 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

Please don’t create spam pages as it will be deleted. Please also read WV:Scope PieWriter (discuss • contribs) 04:01, 5 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

This action has been automatically identified as potentially harmful, and therefore disallowed. If you believe your action was constructive, please inform an administrator of what you were trying to do. A brief description of the abuse rule which your action matched is: New User Exceeded New Page Limit

This action has been automatically identified as potentially harmful, and therefore disallowed. If you believe your action was constructive, please inform an administrator of what you were trying to do. A brief description of the abuse rule which your action matched is: New User Created Page with External Link PAGURUMURTHY (discuss • contribs) 18:51, 4 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

Hi, I am a new user of Wikiversity and I wanted to create a talk page for the article ChatGPT's Essay on Kohlberg's Theory: AI's Use in Academic Writing. As a new user, I was barred from performing this action. The text that I wanted to add to the talk page is:

I have doubts as to to the reliability of this essay. Take for rexample the sentence:

Due to its efficiency, AI has saved 380,000-403,000 lives per year in European healthcare as reported in a recent Deloitte and MedTech Europe report^[1].

Reading the reference (freely available on ResearchGate), one notes:

1. that the reference is from 2021 (predating the widespread use of LLMs such as ChatGPT and the associated 'AI' boom), and
2. that the reference factually contradicts this essay.

Quoting from the reference:

There are enormous benefits of applying AI-based solutions to monitor workers’ health and prevent accidents or, currently, COVID-19 infections, and those benefits are reported with enormous potential. According to the recent Deloitte and MedTech Europe report [11], implementing AI in European healthcare systems could save up 380,000 to 403,000 lives annually or €170.9 to 212.4 billion per year.

Not that the reference says could save, not saves as in the essay.

This calls into question the reliability of the essay.

Could an administrator make this addition for me? Thank you!

Æolus (discuss • contribs) 06:53, 5 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

@Æolus I have added it for you, you can change the header and sign it now. PieWriter (discuss • contribs) 08:05, 5 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

Thank you! Æolus (discuss • contribs) 12:43, 5 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

I'm trying to populate a newly created course on Wikiversity, but it blocks me from creating more pages with "New User Exceeded New Page Limit". Could this be lifted please? Berkeleywho (discuss • contribs) 13:21, 15 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

Sorry! Never mind. I was trying to create a new article instead of a new page. All good now. Berkeleywho (discuss • contribs) 14:03, 15 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

I became aware of User:Harold Foppele's editing after I deleted some of his uploads on Commons. He appears to be adding a large amount of text and images that are some combination of personal fiction and LLM-generated nonsense. This includes:

Much of his writing is also of extremely poor quality, to the point where it's not clear whether it's written by him or an LLM. I'm not an active editor on this project, so I'm not as familiar with the standards here, but I believe this is worth custodian attention. Pi.1415926535 (discuss • contribs) 03:06, 23 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

Fake source and contradictory copyright info, claiming both public domain and CC license. Moreover, if they are indeed nearly-direct LLM output, depending on jurisdiction they may not even be eligible for copyright.

I've put speedy deletion marks for the equations, because they're obviously not coherent mathematical equations (the parentheses don't match, the symbols merge into each other the way text in image models often do, etc) Sesquilinear (discuss • contribs) 21:50, 7 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

Harold Foppele (talk • email • contribs • stats • logs • global account)

This editor is appearing in multiple noticeboards for behaviour which is contentious. Ther latest adventure is the repeated removal of tye RFD notice at Quantum/Henry C. Kapteyn. You will see from their contributions record the number of times. I have warned Tham on their user tag page that this is tantaomunt to volunteering to be blocked here. They have a track record of achieving blocks on enWiki and Commons already.

They have all the appearance of shooting not to understand when given direct information about their behaviour, whichever project they are editing, and are fast becoming a time sink. Their behaviour across multiple WMF sites may well lead to a Global Lock, but I do not believe they have quite reached the threshold for that.

I believe that what is required is a preventative block to seek to ensure thatchy understand the seriousness of their behaviour, and the need to be collegial. 🇵🇸‍🇺🇦 Timtrent 🇺🇦 talk to me 🇺🇦‍🇵🇸 23:03, 4 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

Y Done MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 11:45, 8 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

Please block User:Harold Foppele and User:Johnwilliamsiii for sockpuppetry based on en wiki CU and commons CU investigations. The user has also violated copyright, see the above discussion. A block is necessary to prevent further abuse. PieWriter (discuss • contribs) 11:30, 8 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

@MathXplore PieWriter (discuss • contribs) 11:31, 8 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

Y Done MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 11:44, 8 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

CC. @Timtrent, @Sesquilinear, @Pi.1415926535 PieWriter (discuss • contribs) 11:33, 8 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for the ping. I concur based on behaviour. CUs appear divided. 🇵🇸‍🇺🇦 Timtrent 🇺🇦 talk to me 🇺🇦‍🇵🇸 11:41, 8 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

The authors I wanted to discuss with are called "Project PEP" and my name is Franch Chandler. How can I be allowed to do so ? French Chandler (discuss • contribs) 18:25, 16 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

@French Chandler place your qestion into the dialog box on this link and hit Publish page. Juandev (discuss • contribs) 20:22, 16 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

My post is about "Every child grows and develops at their own pace, but some may experience challenges that affect their ability to perform everyday tasks. These challenges can include difficulties with fine motor skills, sensory processing, handwriting, feeding, and self-regulation. When these issues are not addressed early, they can impact a child’s confidence, academic performance, and independence.

With the rise of digital healthcare services, online physical therapy has emerged as a powerful and accessible solution for parents seeking support for their children. This modern approach provides structured, personalized therapy programs that can be accessed from the comfort of home, making it easier for families to ensure consistent care." Skyabovetherapy (discuss • contribs) 12:28, 28 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

@Skyabovetherapy Well, you can publish it yourself, Wikiversity is a free environement, where everybody can create educational resources. Juandev (discuss • contribs) 14:11, 29 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

They actually triggered some abuse filters. Codename Noreste (discuss • contribs) 16:24, 29 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

I looked at your attempts to add this text and I see a link to one website repeated many times, which reminds me of the misuse of Wikiversity for self-promotion or to increase the importance of the website. It is necessary to remind you here that Wikiversity is not a place for promotion, but a place for education. So if you want to educate, it will not be a problem to create the page without external links with a clearly defined procedure for how people should use it and what to expect from it. Juandev (discuss • contribs) 18:07, 1 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

Hi, I am creating an AIPA Method learning resource page.

I am the author of the linked research, and I hit the “new user limit” and “new page with external link” filters while publishing.

Here is the link to the page in creation: [1]

Thank you for your help.

Best regards,

Senad Dizdarević Senad Dizdarević (discuss • contribs) 07:19, 30 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

@Senad Dizdarević I should admit I dont know, what is "new user limit", but if filter blocks your page because of certain external link, you may force to save anyway and sometimes it works. It should not work, when the website is blacklisted. As of now, I am not seeing you to save page in main namespace, so try to save it without external links first. Juandev (discuss • contribs) 07:30, 30 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

Thank you, you are very kind.

I will wait a day, and try again (without links, too).

Today, I already created About Me info page, and maybe that is enough for the filters for one day. Senad Dizdarević (discuss • contribs) 07:53, 30 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

Well, I have analyzed your contribution to Wikiversity and I should point out here, that this project is not a place for advertising, so there is no way of promoting your books and authority this way. Juandev (discuss • contribs) 17:56, 1 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

Hi, my About Me page is just an info page with the neutral as possible presentation of my work.

There is a big difference between informing and advertising. Informing is neutrally stating that something exists and requiring no action, while advertising is a special communication form with intent to cause certain action from readers. For example, click here, click there, order this, buy that.

There is no such intention, form, or terms on my info page. Just neutral information. I don't hide and I am not ashamed that I am write and author, and that is a part of the usual bio, including works. I checked your user page: "I graduated from the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague and studied information science at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University." I think that if you had written a book on Life Science, you would have mentioned that as well.

Most of the Info page is about my research and AIPA Method which is a valid contribution to psychology, consciousness studies, identity theory, and personality development. Actually, my paper AIPA Method: A Cognitive-Phenomenological Model for Identity Reconstruction and Stabilization in Pure Awareness is now in the peer review procedure at Journal of Consciousness Studies.

Here is a part from the Wikiversity AIPA Method page in creation (waiting for the end of the time limit for new users): Senad Dizdarević (discuss • contribs) 06:47, 2 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

For the unknown reasons, the form didn't publish my second part of the message:

I believe this is a valid contribution to Wikiversity.

Best Regards,

Senad Senad Dizdarević (discuss • contribs) 06:52, 2 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

And the third try:

== Introduction ==

The AIPA Method addresses a gap in contemporary personal development and consciousness science: most evidence‑based approaches (CBT, MBSR, MBCT, standard meditation) operate at the level of mental content—reframing thoughts, observing them, or reducing their impact—rather than at the level of identity structure. In contrast, AIPA targets the structural relationship between the self and the mind, aiming at durable identity reconstruction rooted in Pure Awareness rather than symptom management.

The central research question of the primary AIPA preprint is whether a structured, sequentially staged method can produce permanent identity reconstruction rooted in Pure Awareness, and how such a method compares to established approaches in scope, mechanism, and outcome.

== Theoretical foundations ==

The AIPA framework is grounded in the cognitive‑phenomenological tradition (e.g., McAdams, Varela, Metzinger, Erikson), contemporary consciousness science on minimal phenomenal experience, and qualitative methods advocacy in psychology. It builds directly on:

• Empirical work on pure awareness and Minimal Phenomenal Experience (MPE), especially Gamma & Metzinger’s large‑scale study of content‑reduced awareness states.
• Metzinger’s proposal of minimal phenomenal experience as an entry point for a minimal unifying model of consciousness.
• Narrative identity and partial‑self models within personality and identity theory.

Within this backdrop, AIPA proposes Pure Awareness as a distinct, operationally specified state that can become a structural ground of identity rather than a transient meditative experience.

== Experiential empiricism ==

The empirical foundation of the AIPA Method is explicitly first‑person and experiential, combining:

• A 22‑year longitudinal autoethnographic self‑study (2003–2025) documenting partial personality episodes, protocol use, and outcomes.
• A 13‑year prospective verification period with zero self‑reported recurrence of targeted harmful behaviors after a dated stabilization point (1 January 2006).
• A high‑ecological‑validity “stress test” during acute bereavement, used to examine whether non‑reactive awareness remains stable under maximal provocation.
• Two independent practitioner cases (an Amazon‑verified report and a structured questionnaire case) providing preliminary convergent signals across cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and identity dimensions.

All central constructs (Pure Awareness, partial personalities, the Switch, identity stabilization) are operationalized with explicit phenomenological and behavioral criteria intended to enable replication and future third‑person measurement.

I believe this is a valid contribution to Wikiversity.

Best regards,

Senad Senad Dizdarević (discuss • contribs) 06:54, 2 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

Whenever I try to publish a page with linked sources it gets flagged and says I'm a new user attempting to publish content with outside links. Those outside links are my sources. Soboyed (discuss • contribs) 04:52, 2 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

This restriction is automatically lifted after you have edited for a certain time (I don't recall that time off-hand, but it is not long). This is designed to stop spam. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 04:53, 2 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

My action was constructive, not destructive, please allow to publish it. ~2026-20906-18 (talk) 08:06, 4 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

Maybe you got caught in a filter. Consider creating an account. -- Jtneill - Talk - c 09:06, 4 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

Your edits, these ones, seems to have tripped a filter when you tried to create a page on Create which external links. PieWriter (discuss • contribs) 23:58, 4 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

Have you read my previous reply to you @~2026-20906-18? Juandev (discuss • contribs) 08:02, 6 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

Hi, there are some abuse filters which should probably be deleted.

Thanks. Codename Noreste (discuss • contribs) 03:51, 5 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

Why do these need to be deleted rather than inactivated? Do inactive abuse filters cause a server strain? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 05:39, 5 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

Deleted filters do not cause strain to the servers. Codename Noreste (discuss • contribs) 14:28, 5 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

These sounds like sensible suggestions but, yes, would inactivation perhaps make more sense than deletion for at least some filters? -- Jtneill - Talk - c 09:35, 5 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

I would keep them @Codename Noreste. Alternatively, I would turn off the ones that haven't caught anything for a long time, but I would leave them enabled in case they need to be turned on or improved. If someone has already written the code and we don't have hundreds of free man-hours of programmers on Wikiversity, the server load seems secondary to me, and is negligible compared to other things. Juandev (discuss • contribs) 08:11, 6 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

I know how to write abuse filter code and regex, but I would recommend disabling filters that have never caught anything in a long time and those who made lots of false positives. Codename Noreste (discuss • contribs) 15:09, 6 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

Of course @Codename Noreste, there are people here today who are capable of changing the code. But the question is what it will be like in a few years, the question is what will happen if those two are busy for a long time, etc. That's why I would leave it so that those who don't know much about code can be inspired by it and will need to do something with it someday - plus, more code for different types of filtering is actually great educational material on how those filters work. Juandev (discuss • contribs) 11:41, 17 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

Here's the updated list of abuse filters under review with actions I've taken (several disabled, one basic code improvement, and some actions changed) - none have been deleted so they can all be edited and reactivayed - please suggest any further changes:

• Special:AbuseFilter/1 (not needed anymore) - One time account spam bot - 4 hits over 10 years ago - Disabled in 2024 - May be useful in future
• Special:AbuseFilter/2 (no hits since 2018) - Userspace spamming - 778 hits; none since 2018 likely due to global filters - Now disabled
• Special:AbuseFilter/3 (not needed since there are global filters that disallow this specific type of spam filter 3 would have catched) - Specific user page spam - 1,101 hits most recent 7 March 2026 - Still active - Kept enabled
• Special:AbuseFilter/4 (looking at the logs, there are too many false positives) - Questionable Language (profanity) - 6,055 hits including very recently - However it was logging hits without taking any actions - Edited to reduce likelihood of false positives by only applying filter to users with low (< 20) edit count and applied weak actions to tag and warn but not prevent publishing the content
• Special:AbuseFilter/5 (no hits since 2023) - Blocked Solicitation Links - 95 hits; none since 2023 - blocks specific historical spam sites - Non-active - Now disabled
• Abuse filters 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 (these filters are not needed anymore) - Not reviewed - They are currently disabled
• Special:AbuseFilter/17 (no hits since 2022) - Fundamental Physics Edits - 347 hits; none since 2022 - Non-active and very specific for a historical issue - Now disabled
• Special:AbuseFilter/19 (no hits since 2019) - Page Creation - 20 hits; none since 2019 - Retained for historical reference and possible future updates - Now disabled
• Special:AbuseFilter/21 (false positives, vandal currently inactive) - Globally Banned Editor (renamed to Low-edit Spam Monitor) - 2,829 hits including very recent - Only applies to users with less than 5 edits and takes no actions / monitoring only - Reviewing the details of the hits I don't see many false positives and have strengthened its actions to add a tag and warning

-- Jtneill - Talk - c 11:57, 9 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

Please block ~2026-20985-80/~2026-21079-90/~2026-21223-88. Reason: Vandalism. Àncilu (discuss • contribs) 23:24, 5 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

All edits should be deleted and the first is blocked by Atcovi. PieWriter (discuss • contribs) 00:33, 6 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

@Codename Noreste: Thanks for contacting me with a suggested abuse filter for the coupon spam we've been getting. A very much appreciated time saver. Per your suggestion, abuse filter 12 has been reactivated with your updated regex. It should tag and prevent page creation actions for coupon promo etc. Sincerely, James -- Jtneill - Talk - c 10:33, 15 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

While submitting the post this error was coming "This action has been automatically identified as potentially harmful, and therefore disallowed. If you believe your action was constructive, please inform an administrator of what you were trying to do. A brief description of the abuse rule which your action matched is: New User Created Page with External Link" How to resolve it?

Here is the content:

marketing material removed

EasyshikshaMarketing (discuss • contribs) 05:14, 17 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

That's because Wikiversity doesn't accept advertising. -- Jtneill - Talk - c 05:20, 17 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

So this is fine

Online Internship and Digital Learning for Students

Online learning has become an important part of modern education. With the help of the internet and digital tools, students can now study, practice, and gain experience without being physically present in a classroom. One key part of this system is the online internship, which helps students learn real-world skills along with their studies.

An online internship allows students to work on tasks and projects through digital platforms. This makes learning more practical and useful, especially for those who want to understand how real work environments function.

Background

The concept of online learning developed from distance education, where students learned from remote locations. Over time, with the growth of digital technology, learning has become more interactive and flexible.

The introduction of the online internship has added another important layer to digital education. It combines theoretical learning with practical experience, helping students prepare for future careers.

During global events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, online education and online internship programs became essential. They helped students continue learning and gaining experience despite restrictions on physical movement.

Importance of Online Internship

An online internship plays an important role in student development. It helps bridge the gap between academic knowledge and practical skills.

Some key points include:

Students understand how real work is done

They develop basic professional skills

It supports career readiness

It allows learning without location limits

By participating in an online internship, students can improve their confidence and gain early exposure to different fields.

Features of Online Internship-Based Learning

Modern education platforms often include online internship opportunities as part of their learning system. These usually offer:

Flexible schedules for students

Access to learning from home

Beginner-friendly tasks and projects

A combination of theory and practice

Such features make online internship programs suitable for a wide range of learners, including beginners.

Learning Tasks

Explore how online internship programs support student learning in digital environments.

Identify how students can gain practical experience through an online internship

Analyze the role of flexible learning in improving student engagement

Understand how online education and internships work together

References

The Past, Present and Future of E-Learning: Hanaaya Varyani and Navaneeth M S

Current Trends and Future Perspectives of e-Learning in India

See Also

Online Internship

Online Courses

Kids Learning

Career Guidance EasyshikshaMarketing (discuss • contribs) 05:27, 17 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

@EasyshikshaMarketing Wikiversity is a resource for education, or a space for education. However, your intention to link to another website is obvious, and such content does not belong here, as it contradicts the purpose of Wikiversity. Juandev (discuss • contribs) 11:38, 17 April 2026 (UTC)Reply