User talk:Una74

Welcome
Hi, welcome to Academic Jobs Wiki! Thanks for your edit to the Academic Jobs Wiki page.

Please leave a message on my talk page if I can help with anything! -- KyleH (Talk) 14:38, September 12, 2009

Administrators
Hi Una,

I noticed this is a pretty active wiki that doesn't currently have an administrator. As one of the more active users, would you be interested in taking on admin rights? It doesn't mean anything special, just a few extra tools for customizing and maintaining the wiki, including replacing the blue "wikia" logo with one of your choice, and the ability to delete pages that are unwanted or no longer needed. If there are others on the wiki that would like to become co-admins, I'd be happy to do that as well.

Please let me know on my talk page if you're willing to do this for the wiki-- Thanks! — Catherine (talk) 23:57, February 19, 2010 (UTC)


 * Excellent! I've given you the administrator and bureaucrat rights. See the "extra tools" link above for some how-to information; Help:Logo will help you update the logo, and there's a lot of other information at Help:Index. If you'd like to give the admin tools to other trusted users, as a bureaucrat you may use Special:UserRights to do so.


 * Thanks so much for your help! This wiki consistently has some of the most active pages on our 80,000+ sites -- we are very pleased to be able to help the academic community in this way. Good luck, and please don't hesitate to ask if we can do anything else to help. — Catherine (talk) 20:18, February 22, 2010 (UTC)

Comments
Hi Una74,

I was just posting a new position announcement with a link to HigherEdJobs. If you need me to create an account, I will. Thank you.

Roberto Mendoza

hi una,

i just made an edit to the asian history 2011-2012 wiki page. i deleted personal names and speculation. i find it disheartening that the same false rumor gets reposted about the same person (myself). for this reason and that the 11-12 academic year cycle is over, is it possible to close that discussion so as to prevent public speculation that is simply false? thanks in advance.

Una,

Help?! I added an entry for Penn State Erie, which I didn' realize had already been added. When I went back to erase my entry, I accidentally deleted the other entry, which had some user comments and info attached. So sorry!! Is there a way you can restore this from the archives?

13 Delancey St

Una,

You are great. I appreciate your prudent interventions and careful care of the wiki. Wondering if you could add the Tulane EM/Baroque search to AH? It's no longer on CAA but is, I think, on the dept website...Thanks again!

An admirer

Una,

Just wanted to thank you for running this page. This is an amazing resource that helps to both consolidate ads from a number of different sources (AHA, H-Net, Chronicle, etc.) and helps post any additional information surrounding the jobs or departments. It's been a huge help, and I plan on contributing if I hear anything further about any of the modern Euro jobs.

-Patrick Zimmerman

Carnegie Mellon University

Dear Una,

What prompted the deletion of the entire Fullerton Job Listing? Vjanssen 18:09, September 30, 2010 (UTC)

I don't know whether this is the appropriate place to ask this, but how does one add a job posting? Specifically, how might the U of Utah position be added? (And if it has been omitted for a reason, what is that reason?)

19 Feb 2010 ques: Una, I am wondering why you have started adding strikethrough formatting for all jobs that seem to have completed their searches. My impression is that these pages use strikethrough only for marking jobs that have clearly been cancelled, and I think that style was helpful. Especially when we are getting only second-hand information about some searches being completed, it seems better to leave those job listings unmarked and reserve strikethrough for cancelled searches (plus it just looks more depressing somehow). Thanks!

No more "history" tab?
Why have you taken out "history" tab? It makes it so much easier to see exactly what edits have been added recently, so that you don't have to scroll through the whole page and try to remember what was old? I also thought this was a mechanism for preventing people from sabotaging the site.

(after reply): My apologies! That sounded quite accusatory, didn't it? I keep forgetting that there are other admins out there changing the design, etc. And thanks for clarifying that you can just run your cursor over that little line at the top with the editing history, and it will offer you an option to view the whole history. Thanks, Una!

Thanks for your work; I can't believe the vitriol of some overheated posters on the US history page...

new admin
Hello,

Sure I could help. - Petithoneybadger

Hello,

I would indeeed enjoy helping out as an admin. I wll be abraod for a few more weeks, but after that I should have regular web access.

Searcher34 12:27, October 31, 2010 (UTC)searcher34

Hi Una74,

I'd love to help, if I can. I probably spend more time than is entirely healthy here, so having a good reason to do so would be great!

AFII 16:44, December 5, 2010 (UTC)AFII

Thank you
Thank you for so industriously keeping the English job search pages up to date! This is a very valuable resource. JobSeeker28 21:17, October 31, 2010 (UTC)

Deleting info
I know we are not supposed to delete information posted by others, but many participants here are new on the job market and don't realize how easily their specific identity can become visible here. I hope you understand what I'm referring to! I would leave a message for that poster myself, but I have no idea how to do that. *Follow-up: if the person who originally posted that update gets a clue and decides to take it down, I hope you will leave it off the page. Search committees check these pages, too, and I think that information is likely to "out" that person. He or she just doesn't know better.

Linguistics page queries
Mar. 25th, 2012

Dear Una74,

Thank you for the wonderful (and hard) work you've dedicated to this Wiki the past year(s). I also salute the other co-editors (though I can only name AFII, as I usually search the Humanities...) for their dedication.

Recently, there has been some very vitriolic banter in the Linguistics section, especially in the Harvard and Berkeley Syntax searches. There has been a 'candidate scorned' that chose the Wiki as his confrontation stage and unleashed quite the amount of sour grapes and yellow bile onto the commitees and the candidates. Though I don't believe in censorship or blocking a Wiki writer, I do believe in a 'responsible adult' approach of the field. This has been kept quite 'In the Family' up till now, with a responsible Linguist intervening once in a while. But as one of the writers (Negbeeswax) stated, we would apprciate some help in lowering the hateful (and unproductive/uninformative) tones some of the writers used, specifically in those 2 searches.

All the best and keep up the good work (may you land a job soon),

A Wikia contributor

Follow-up: Offcourse it's currently 'cleaner'...As I said, a few responsible Linguists 'sweap out the garbage', once in a while (I myself don't believe in deleting but some people are constantly trying to hijack this informational Wiki to their own selfish uses; that's what you invented the 'Venting' page for...) ...The trouble is - and I thought you could see the interchange, or more like the mud-slinging, that went on the Berkeley Syntax job - this is now starting in the Harvard job. It seems that there are no minimal boundries for the language used and minimal respect for peers or job commitees. The language is abusive, repulsive, foul, and threatening...Why? What for?

Thanks for the prompt answer and will inform you or other administrators if keeps on.

Username
Una,

I have a problem...I didn't realize that my username would be displayed and it is my name. How do I go about getting it off?

Thanks

morri73 16:42, November 6, 2010 (UTC)

Misc
Hello, Two things:

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101120074137/logocreation/images/e/e8/Academic_Jobs_Wiki-Wordmark.png My logo for this wiki (request page)

Help:Smelly Users (talk) was last edited at 07:58, November 20, 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) I've submitted a logo on the Logo Creation Wiki like you asked
 * 2) Would you be okay with advising people to the TeacherShare wiki? I'm trying to popularize it, and this seems like an appropriate place. On my wiki, teachers can post homework assignments online, along with other things like open online lists. For example, let's say Jim's class is studying plants and each student is to pick a plant. He can post the list online, and students can change species at their own whim. So, if there's any place you could link to it, this seems like the perfect wiki to work together with.

Musicology page: I'm still getting a "server busy" error for the wikihost page. You sure it is up and running again?

The Mechanical Engineering link from the Academic Jobs wiki also comes to this page, in error. That connection should be broken and a Mech E page (of its own) created.

Jane

Format of medieval wiki
This is just a comment for next year. I think this year's format, separating the job announcements from all other information about the particular job (comments, etc) (and putting that information on the "talk" page) has been really annoying/difficult to use. I think it's useful to have a "talk" page, of course, but I think information about each individual school should stay on the first page so that a user doesn't have to navigate between two different pages to get all the the updates and comments on a particular job.

Ysolde 21:56, April 16, 2011 (UTC)

New job for the Renaissance page
Hi Una,

Many thanks for the great work you do for the wiki site. There's a new job that's come out at Fordham University for the 2011 Renaissance page (with a deadline of June 7). Could you please add a page for this job. Full details are here: http://www.fordham.edu/academics/programs_at_fordham_/english/faculty/faculty_openings_26695.asp

Many thanks,

A grateful user

208.46.240.2 14:30, June 15, 2011 (UTC)

Administrator status
Hi Una,

I would be happy to take on admin duties so as to better serve the linguistics wiki. I'm still a bit green in the world of wiki editing, but doing my best to learn!

Socioling2012 22:46, August 12, 2011 (UTC)

Administrator Status-Rhetoric/Composition 2012
Una-I'd be happy to be an administrator for the Rhetoric/Composition 2012 page. Thanks! -Flutterby916

Interested in being an administrator
Yes, I would be interested in being an administrator for the Theatre 2011-2012 page. This page has been very helpful for me, despite the fact that I am still looking for a position after a while. Stupid market. I would also be interested in continuing this role with future pages, even once I do get hired.

Thanks!

Rneblett616 14:13, September 19, 2011 (UTC)

Hi Una. I'm Commie4Life aka IP address 68.50.130.142.

I'm the primary editor for the Communication and Media Studies wiki. As of this morning I'm blocked though. Can you please help!

Academic journals in the Humanities
Hi Una:

Would you be able to tell me:

1) where one could find a forum to discuss Humanities academic journals (response times, subject areas, etc.)

2) where one could find a forum to discuss Humanities works in progress?

Thank you for all the work you do here.

A: We do not currently have forums on these topics on this wiki. You are welcome to start such pages here yourself, however. This is an open, community endeavor. You may also find the forums at the Chronicle helpful for these topics: http://chronicle.com/forums/

Una74 16:15, November 27, 2011 (UTC)

Troubleshooting Queries
Whoa. The Hum/SocSci postdocs page just got really messed up. Many, many useful comments on a variety of posts seem to have been undone. I tried to "undo" the edits when I saw what had been done by another IP address to something I'd posted but was prevented by intermediate edits. Perhaps you could help put Humpty Dumpty back together? TY!

Hi Una... can we possibly chat about a policy issue? Thanks! Commie4life 23:00, December 17, 2011 (UTC)

Maybe privately? Commie4life 23:17, December 17, 2011 (UTC)

Dear Una74, Can you consider blocking or moderating in some way the comments of a so called "Borrador" on the Spanish Search for 2011-2012? This person, who is obviously hurt and envious, has been making character assaults of 2 individuals, as well as marring two universities --which passed him/her up. I erased the info, but he/she created another username, now "Borrador" (meaning "one who erases") and put the rumors and sour grapes stories that are meant to hurt others back on the forum. Here is the information: In the meantime, I will erase that info again. But this is definitely becoming a problem.
 * 11:43, December 27, 2011 (diff | hist) Spanish 2011-2012 ‎ (→University of Illinois, Chicago - Assistant Professor of Peninsular Studies TT - Nov. 1)
 * 11:40, December 27, 2011 (diff | hist) Spanish 2011-2012 ‎

Dear Una,

I'm on the market and under a bit of pressure. I'll look into what it implies to be the page administrator. I can tell you that of now, with but a cursory look at what's on the Spanish search page, there are quite a number of inflamatory comments under various university searches.

Thanks for addressing my concern.

Hi Una:

I am wondering why the PoCo search at U Western Ontario doesn't make an appearance on the 2012 anglophone page. I added it a while back but inexplicably, it's gone missing. Maybe I added it in an incorrect way?

Info about the search can be found here and it doesn't look like it's cancelled: http://www.uwo.ca/english/jobs/index.html

Thanks!

Hello, I'd like to add this job link to Religious Studies 2011-12 acad job wiki, I have hand injury could you help?

https://www.usfjobs.com/postings/6119/print_preview

purpose is to ask others if anyone has heard anything from usf since close date of dec 12?? Thanks so muchTengteng 17:40, January 5, 2012 (UTC)

Dear Una, thank you so much for posting u san fran job 2x i really appreciate it, happy new yearTengteng 00:41, January 6, 2012 (UTC)

Removed section on Universities to fear
Hi Una. The person you advised to contact us did so. But I have to say, this sort of dispute is something that you and your fellow admins need to be able to resolve. In general, if a statement is not demonstratively true, is potentially harmful, and is a claim of fact rather than opinion (and "this guy sleeps with his staff" is definitely not opinion) then it is a problem. I understand that the purpose of this site is to share stories and information about various accadamic institutions, but you admins need to ensure that's done in a responsible and legally acceptable way. Perhaps this is something you and your fellow admins can discuss further. Between you, you should be able to come up with the right balance of sharing information without crossing in to potentially libelous content. Thanks -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 22:25, January 20, 2012 (UTC)

Hey Sannse and Una,

I get why a portion of the comment is problematic and needs to be removed, but why is the whole comment being censored? The potentially "libelous" portion -- that which makes a false statement of fact -- is one thing, but the portion that contended that the *institution* was sexist, homophobic and had unrealistic workloads is not only non-libelous, but the exact kind of information that should be shared. In legal terms, state action usually needs to "narrowly tailored" to address an ill or problem. In this case, editting the comment to remove the potentially libelous information is the narrowly tailored solution, not deleting the whole thing. I have no dog in this fight, knowing absolutely nothing about the university or department in question beyond the very basics, but this seems to go the heart of how, if claims need to be deleted, that process should be handled.Thanks,

Grumplestiltskin

Hi all:

Thanks for the clarification, Sannse. I think stating the policy in that way is helpful for myself and other admins here. I have generally handled most instances myself that have come up (this is certainly not the first), but since, (as you can see) there is a high sensitivity on the part of users here to removing *any* information, I needed an assist from the outside (I felt).

Grumple, above, I sympathize with your point and take it very seriously. The problem is (at least as I see it), the user's nasty libelous remark also renders the value of some of the other statements questionable. I believe if this user (or someone else familiar with this institution) submitted (or resubmitted) some of the points you cite as useful *without* accompanying them with libelous personal attacks on a particular individual, then those comments could stand. I think, in this case, the libelous statement renders the whole post too problematic; the user has violated some basic standards of discourse for the community. If the user cares to, s/he should figure out how to convey the salient opinions in a manner that does not violate the basic standards articulated above. That's my take on the situation; however, I'm happy to continue to discuss this with you (or anyone else).Una74 23:47, January 20, 2012 (UTC)

Reversion of several edits I made to posts I posted
Hello Una74,

Earlier today you reverted several small edits to the Old Dominion U jobs (and possibly the table row under Universities to Fear for ODU). I've redone the edits and I'd like to request that you not re-revert them. I am one of the people who wrote the original posts. The ODU search committee was made aware of the posting on the Universities to Fear webpage by someone and now admin types from that dept are pursuing a public and fairly vitriolic defamation campaign against myself and others (including an email to my new chair). We need this ridiculousness to die as quickly and as quietly as possible.

Thanks for your understanding.

Hello Admin,

One of my posts on the Cultural Anthro site was deleted a couple of times, by this IP address: FYI.

http://academicjobs.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/24.63.249.44

thanks

165.124.239.23 14:36, January 27, 2012 (UTC)

Thanks!

Partial Info.
I updated the campus interviews scheduled heading because I know from friends that they have campus visits at these places, but I don't know the exact dates they scheduled them (I saw your addition) - in the future if I update with this kind of partial info, should I just give a best guess date or leave a note in the notes section?

Thanks for your contributions. Even partial, second-hand info. is helpful here. It would be even more helpful if you did indicate below the header that this is info from a friend or second-hand, with a general sense of the date, even if you don't have the exact specific day the visit was scheduled or will be held. It would help just to let people know where the info is coming from. Best of luck, Una74 06:22, February 8, 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome!

Yes, I will be an admin if it will help you out. Not sure what you mean by "rolling back undesirable edits more easily" though. But I have the time and this creates a fine space to use my OCD.

hi una,

i was updating the "offers: section and somehow accidentally deleted a whole bunch of information. i apologize for the mistake! i think people are going to be anxious and angry, thinking that someone deleted the stuff on purpose. could you please help? thanks!

Hey the entire section in talk on the Golden Age position in Arizona State mysteriously diappeared, what is up with that??

Dear Una74,

On the U of Cincinnati heading, someone is fishing for the identity of the person who accepted this job. In general, I am uncomfortable with people talking about who got which job, unless this information is in the public domain already, or the person who accepted the job volunteers this information. Could you remove the query that's fishing for someone's identity?

Nonsense76

Una74,

Could you please help me on the Queer/Women's Studies Jobs page? I'm trying to post a new job for Mount Royal U, but the wiki has been completely deleted, and I can't figure out how to undo the changes.

I'm sorry about this mess.

Nonsense76

Una, do I need to report the IP address of someone who deleted a wiki post? And how do I prevent it from happening again?

Hiremeplease

Admin request
Hi Una--

Thanks for the offer to help admin, but I'm entering into a huge crunch period, and I don't know how much time I'll be around. I'd love to help, but I don't think I'll be able to spend enough time on it. Rhizomatic 16:14, April 13, 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for responding to my post. That was very helpful!

Listings are beginning to appear for Theatre jobs for fall 2013. Do we want to go ahead and start a new page yet?

Just curious to what you thought.

Rneblett616 02:10, May 31, 2012 (UTC)

Here you go: Theatre 2012-13. What do you think?

Rneblett616 04:43, May 31, 2012 (UTC)

why heading 3?
Hi, Una74. I'm wondering why the decision to have heading 3 be the level for individual job posts. Heading 2 makes it easier to see where one job ends and another begins because of the underline. A small detail, I suppose. I'm guessing you want the top level heading to be the name of the wiki page. Separating jobs into TT and non-TT and Pre and Post MLA is a great improvement over last year, however.

Rhetorician 16:28, June 14, 2012 (UTC)


 * ok. I see what you're saying about not being able to edit heading 1. So to make sure I understand. This inability would be frustrating in the case that someone wanted to edit multiple entries in, say, only TT jobs at the same time. Is that right? If we change it to have the sections as heading 1 and the entries themselves as heading 2, then any time you want multiple edits, you have to edit the whole page, right? I noticed on last year's wiki that people sometimes buried their edits by editing multiple entries at the same time. (so when you viewed the history, you couldn't always tell which school had sent rejection letters if they edited three at once). I don't know if it's that big of a deal either way.Rhetorician 16:53, June 14, 2012 (UTC)

Academic Room links
A user's added links to Academic Room to most of the 2012-13 wiki pages. (http://academicjobs.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/174.63.84.49). I can't decide if this is useful or effectively spam - it doesn't seem necessary to have links on *every* page; but I've no idea what academicroom is or if it's a useful/mainstream site. thoughts? AFII 07:36, July 9, 2012 (UTC)

Thanks - Theatre Page Updates
Thanks for your recent updates to the 2012-13 Theatre page! I have been sick the last week or so, and have not been able to be as diligent with adding new entries. And THANK YOU especially for maintaining my new entry format. I think that it keeps all the info easily accessible. Rneblett616 (talk) 18:05, July 21, 2012 (UTC)

Una, I had to block a user tonight on the Theatre 2012-13 page, since s/he was removing content without administrator approval, including my notes to STOP removing content without permission. Just wanted to give you a heads up. Rneblett616 (talk) 07:27, August 27, 2012 (UTC)

Miscellaneous
Hi, Thank you for the welcome. Ajassal (talk) 18:52, August 10, 2012 (UTC)

Hi, I'm trying to ad jobs to the cology job wiki, and there seems to be a problem with the cut/paste function. I'm not able to paste a weblink onto the spreadsheet. I think someone may have accidentally changed some preference, but I'm not sure. Is there anyway to fix this?

Thanks,

Sunsquashed (talk) 19:41, August 13, 2012 (UTC)

History pages need watching, Sept 2012

Hi. I'm going to have limited (or no) internet access from the 6th-21st Sept & won't be able to keep an eye on the History pages. I'm sure they'll be fine, but thought it worth mentioning just in case! AFII (talk) 15:47, September 5, 2012 (UTC)

Yes, I'll be an administrator for the Musicology/Ethnomusicology jobs wiki. Thanks for noticing my dedication!Hybridist (talk) 19:50, September 6, 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi Una,
 * Thanks for your message! This was my first posting to Wikia -- I hope it did it right. I added an academic job ( San Francisco State) -- it looks right, but I was not sure whether it should be added at the top of the bottom -- I opted for bottom.

Hi Una, thank you for your welcome message! Thanks to you and Hybridist for all your great work. Bobby Corno (talk) 00:12, October 21, 2012 (UTC) (October 20, 2012)

question from a new Wikia user
Hi Una74,

I'm new to the Academic Jobs Wiki and to Wikia in general. Can you please tell me if there is some way to know when a new listing is added / which listings are new? Otherwise, unless I'm missing something, it seems that we would need to scroll through the entire list every day to see if something new has been added. Thanks very much for any light that you may be able to shed on this.

Best,

Jda10014 (talk) 19:49, October 6, 2012 (UTC)

You set up an alert, and then you get a notification once somebody changes anything. I believe you get such a notification automatically if you edit something on the page. You can also view the page's history to see latest changes.Rhetorician (talk) 20:06, October 6, 2012 (UTC)

Job-Bot (talk) 18:56, October 16, 2012 (UTC) Hi Una74 - First, you are awesome with all that you do! I love this resource (especially when it promotes positivity and shared knowledge!). Second, I notice that you update the "recent changes" at the top of the Rhet/Comp wiki - is this something I should be doing each time I add an update? Thanks!

Hi Una,

I just posted a position on the Wiki. Just a note that this position will be posted on our Human Resources website (link provided in post) by 26 Oct.

Thanks!

MG

Una, hank you for all the work you do on the wiki. Could you by any chance make sure the change to B-W's job ad in creative writing gets noted on recent changes? I thought the note might help many applicants, so I wanted to make sure they'd be aware of it.66.142.220.96 20:42, November 10, 2012 (UTC)

Thanks so much, Una!

Hello,

I noticed you have changed a lot of posts to "DEADLINE PASSED" or "PRIORITY DEADLINE PASSED" when it indeed states that the positions are open until filled. Plese refrain from these types of postings. They are misleading and untrue.

Thank you,

Washtub

Argh. I was attempting to format the bulleting on the Physical Anthropology wiki and I messed it all up. Can you help? Data5112 (talk) 02:43, November 26, 2012 (UTC)Data5112

Hi, Una.

I'm a frequent vistor to the Early Modern English / Renaissance page... I noticed that the table of contents has now changed so that I cannot see the entire list of jobs, alphabetically. Now, when I click on contents, I only get the pre- or post- MLA heading... not the numbered list. I think it would be really helpful to still have that list, it's easier to navigate, and I can check it more easily than scrolling through the entire site. Just thought I would voice my suggestion! Thanks for all your work on the site... it's MUCH appreciated :

66.155.211.12 21:20, November 28, 2012 (UTC) NMI

TOC
Hi Una,

First, thanks for all your excellent work on this wiki. Your work has made so many of our lives easier during what is otherwise an incredibly stressful time!

So, it looks to me like the wikia TOC is now listing only Heading 2 instead of H2 and H3. This has the unfortunate effect of making it impossible to see at a glance which schools have already scheduled MLA interviews. It's not so bad to scroll through the whole list, but it definitely prolongs the series of disappointments that used to be seen, fast band-aid style, all at once. Any chance this can be changed?

My undying appreciation!
 * Thanks for your concern. I am definitely aware of the issue and have been working to get it fixed by Wikia. The issue seems to be that users who are not logged in to the site cannot see the Contents formatted with Heading 3. I have contacted Wikia about this issue (which seems to have been introduced with Wednesday's site update) and have been informed that this is an unintentional glitch that they are working on fixing. Hopefully, it will be fixed soon, but it is a larger interface issue that I do not control (beyond informing tech support about it). In the meantime, if you want to see the former "Contents" format, create a user log-in at this link http://academicjobs.wikia.com/wiki/Special:UserSignup  and you should be able to see it. Alternatively, if someone wants to go through and reformat all of the listed schools on a given page in Header 2, that will also take care of the problem more quickly (I am already beginning to work through some pages, but there are a lot, so I could use some help!). Thanks for your patience. Una74 (talk) 18:27, November 30, 2012 (UTC)