Wikipedia talk:WikiProject University of Virginia

message: Hello! Would anyone be willing to help me expand the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy page? I'm pretty new here and could use some help. Since it's an underdeveloped page I was thinking we could add some more content sections. Since I work at Batten as an intern, there might be some COI issues which is also why I'm asking for help, I'm wholeheartedly interested in writing an unbiased piece and could use some cooperation to ensure that happens.
Here's some articles I pulled together from fairly reliable sources on possible tidbits of info, etc. 
Overview
*http://www.uvacontemplation.org/content/frank-batten-school-leadership-and-public-policy
*http://www.appam.org/spotlight-the-frank-batten-school-of-leadership-and-public-policy-at-the-university-of-virginia/
Quote for Batten’s vision for the school
*http://www.northernvirginiamag.com/education/education-features/2008/12/16/colleges2008/
Faculty/Staff
*http://www.nbc29.com/story/23778851/uva-batten-schools-founding-dean-stepping-down
*http://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2014/02/batten-hires-shimshack-mbiti
*http://jenniferdoleac.com/
*https://www.coursera.org/instructor/gerrywarburg
*https://sites.google.com/site/ericpatashnik/home
*http://leavittpartners.com/team_members/ray-scheppach/
Faculty (etc.) with Wikipedia pages
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Childress
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Ferzan
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Harding_(political_scientist)
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Hitz
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_A._Holt
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_D._Savage
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Wilson
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Brogdon (source saying he’s a Batten student: http://www.virginiasports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/malcolm_brogdon_791198.html)
Degrees
*http://uvamagazine.org/articles/batten_school_seeking_new_undergraduate_degree/
Other
*http://uvamagazine.org/articles/a_new_kind_of_leader -“ Batten School takes hands-on approach to develop ‘challengers of the status quo’”
http://internsdc.com/internship-opportunities/special-interview-kellie-sauls-frank-batten-school-leadership-public-policy/
Virginia Policy Review 
*http://virginiapolicyreview.com/
I also have easy access to the University of Virginia's library system if including any information book or special resources here is applicable.
--Wannesa (talk) 19:18, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy

message: This is a notice about :Category:University of Virginia articles needing expert attention, which might be of interest to your WikiProject. It will take a while before the category is populated. Iceblock (talk) 03:57, 26 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expert attention 

message: Hello, I am Lane Rasberry, user:bluerasberry. I joined the Data Science Institute at the University of Virginia as their Wikimedian in Residence in March 2018. In this role I will be supporting university organizations, faculty, researchers, and students in developing Wikipedia and Wikimedia content. My particular focus is engagement is engagement with Wikidata. I have a profile on the Data Science Institute website. Previously I coordinated Wikimedia projects at Consumer Reports in partnership with Wiki NYC. I still collaborate with those and other organizations in New York City and in wiki's global network.
I updated this WikiProject to present less information but at least to be up to date. Whatever projects I do I plan to report here for as long as this WikiProject finds it useful. If there is anyone in this wikiproject or the general area who would collaborate with me on a Wikimedia project then I am seeking opportunities to partner for programs and am open to chat with anyone interested in UVA, or universities in the state of Virginia, or data science, or the city of Charlottesville. Thanks!  Blue Rasberry (talk) 16:49, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hello from staff Wikipedian at UVA 

message: ? ♫ Hurricanehink (talk)  03:10, 4 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, it happened, sorry for late reply.  Bluerasberry (talk) 17:58, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  is [[Wikipedia:WikiProject University of Virginia/Public Domain Day 2019]] happening? 

message: I proposed to pay student editors to develop Wikipedia articles. 
The particular proposal is at 
*Wikipedia:WikiProject University of Virginia/2023 Wiki99 for open source software
*:meta:Wiki99/open-source software
The method of editing would be using the Wikipedia:Education program model while also complying with Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. The general situation is that the Wikipedia education program and the Wikipedia conflict of interest disclosure process have been in place for 10+ years and applied tens of thousands of times. For more reasons than anyone has documented, both have their problems.
I floated the idea of paid student editing at Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard/Archive_202#Paying_student_editors. The people who spoke up had no support for the idea.
I continue to develop the concept, which I recognize faces maximal skepticism and scrutiny. I do not have all the answers, but personally, I feel that risks are small and the benefits would include 1) a next-generation of partnerships with universities for both expert engagement and ethical oversight and 2) improvement of essential content Wikipedia content which is super popular and which could be greatly improved, but where development is stale. 
While I believe that public conversation is essential for discussing this, I think that voice or video conversation recorded and posted to wiki is much preferable to text posts on wiki of the sort in that conflict-of-interest noticeboard. I would talk with anyone about this in any channel though, either on wiki, or in recorded voice or video chat. Thanks.  Bluerasberry (talk) 18:32, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposal to pay student editors