Talk:Suzon Fuks

Water-wheel
Is it WaterWheel, Water-Wheel, Waterwheel or Water-wheel? Rich Farmbrough, 00:30, 28 October 2012 (UTC).


 * Waterwheel on its own website - so please be consistent in the article. Pam  D  10:10, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

"Conflict of interest"
What does this new banner mean and how can I rectify this problem? Thank you in advance denise (talk) 18:44, 30 October 2012 (UTC)


 * I don't think there is any suggestion that the main editor of this article has any connection with the subject other than being asked to write about her for a student project. WP:COI states that "COI editing involves contributing to Wikipedia in order to promote your own interests or those of other individuals, companies, or groups."  I suppose it could be argued that every single student project is COI as students are editing "in order to promote their own interests" by getting a good grade, but this is not the usual interpretation of COI - student projects, well-organised, are encouraged, and the COI banner is inappropriate.  I have removed the banner. Please discuss here if you are considering re-adding it.  Pam  D  08:03, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
 * The user page for the primary contributor led me to believe that she is one of Suzon Fuks' students.  The user is also a WP:SPA.  If she is not in fact one of Suzon Fuks' students, then there is no WP:COI.  Thank you for helping to clear this up. Qworty (talk) 08:48, 1 November 2012 (UTC)


 * The main contributor to this article is indeed a WP:SPA. However, I'm more than happy to confirm that she is my student rather than Suzon Fuks' student. I therefore direct you to the Educational Assignment tag at the top of this talk page or directly to the information page about my class. --ToniSant (talk) 11:05, 1 November 2012 (UTC)


 * @Qworty:I don't see how the editor's talk page led you to such a conclusion: she says she is an undergraduate student working on the page for a university assignmnent. The article talk page has a banner stating that the article is an educational assignment, leading to a page which shows that it is a project at Scarborough, UK. Suzon Fuks' article states that she is a Fellow at Amherst college. What connection?  And, of course, every student working on an assignment will be a WP:SPA. If they are treated fairly by other editors, they might stay around as a useful editor thereafter. Please take a lot more care before slapping an incorrect and confusing tag onto an article like this in future. I have no connection with either the student or the subject of the article, beyond having taken an interest in the work of some of the students on this module and offered help and robust criticism as appropriate (you can see that I deleted a large amount of copyvio earlier in the article's history, so it's disappointing to see the student's hard work in providing sources attacked so much as "spam" and stripped out).  Pam  D  15:23, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
 * That being the case, then it's your job to educate these students about Wikipedia's policies and practices. In this instance, point them to section 19 under WP:LINKSTOAVOID.  Also educate them to the fact that any edits that violate Wikipedia policies can be removed by anyone at anytime.  Another good policy for them to read--and perhaps for you to read as well--is WP:OWN.  Nobody "owns" a Wikipedia article, no matter how much hard work has been put into it.  Also teach them about WP:CONSENSUS--decisions are made by the community, not by a solitary undergraduate student who feels she can do anything she wants with an article.  And if they're really interested in learning how to edit Wikipedia, tell them to work on several articles, not just one, otherwise they become a WP:SPA.  Thanks! Qworty (talk) 19:18, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
 * There's nothing inherently problematic about being a Single-Purpose Account: "A single-purpose account (SPA) is a user account or IP editor whose editing is limited to one very narrow area or set of articles, or whose edits to many articles appear to be for a common purpose. Many single-purpose accounts turn out to be well-intentioned editors with a niche interest, ...". Students working on articles for their coursework are clearly within this category. It was unconstructive to take out so many of the inline links under edit summaries of "removing spam": they may have been suboptimal but needed improvement not removal in most cases. Pam  D  23:10, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Where is she?
The article states that she is currently based in Australia (unsourced) and also a Copeland Fellow at Amherst (sourced, but the source is undated). So where is she based? Pam D  23:40, 1 November 2012 (UTC)