User talk:BrainDoc

If you are going to keep reverting my edits in intelligence quotient please provide some justification in the edit summary or on the talk page. i can see why you think your test is clever, but the only way it would be useful was if on the next page after you had submitted your answers some justification for the claims made was provided. i'm not saying I don't agree with what the page is saying, it is just done in an unprofessional manner, and also, if you are not trained in psychology, most of the statements would make no sense. not appropriate for a general audience. there are MUCH better sites out there that try to "debunk the myths" surrounding IQ testing. Sparkleyone 03:14, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There really was no need to be so condescending on my talk page, I was not questioning your credentials. As I said, I understand why you find the site amusing, having a psychology degree myself, but for people who don't understand the issues the site really isn't very good as it does not explain to the viewer why their ideas about intelligence testing were wrong or right. I have reviewed the site, I answered the questions hoping on the next screen it would tell me why my answer was 'wrong' or 'right' but it didn't, so even if I had gotten the answer 'incorrect' I would not have any idea why. that's my major complaint with the site - psychs would sure find it entertaining, but general population members wouldn't, as they wouldn't be able to understand most of it. Sparkleyone 04:36, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I was going to comment on your insistence on including this site on the Intelligence Quotient page, but Sparkleyone's beat me to it and said what I was going to say. Wikipedia is targeted towards the general population, not psych students. If you can take a moment to add non-condescending reasoning (Ending a post with "Class Dismissed" is extremely rude) and some context for the page, OK. Also, people seem to use its presence as an excuse to link in one of these dozens of "everybody gets a 120" suckup IQ tests to the page. - Richfife 16:17, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'll reply to your addition to my user page when I'm less pissed off at you. - Richfife 21:12, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Psychology Wiki

Hi BrainDoc,

I noticed that you are an academic, interested in Psychology, and thought you might be interested in this project which I am involved in, The Psychology Wiki.

I won't say too much, as I'd like you to judge it for yourself, but you should find that it is different from Wikipedia, because approximately 90% of our contributors so far are psychologists, academics, or students and trainees.

Its hosted by a company called Wikia, which was founded by Jimmy Wales and Angela Beesley. There are Google Ads on the site, but we dont make money from the project, they're just to pay for the bandwidth, storage and technical support that Wikia give us.

Have a look and see what you think

Wikipedia Education Program Fall 2012

Hi, BrainDoc!

I saw you had a userbox that says you're a professor at a university, and I thought you might be interested in participating in the Wikipedia Education Program for the coming term. If you're still teaching a class and would like your students to edit Wikipedia as an assignment, please email me at jmathewson@wikimedia.org to talk more about the program! Thanks! JMathewson (WMF) (talk) 19:17, 11 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]