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
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.

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)