User:1013-precious/archive

My Project
Project changed to Black Belt (region of Chicago). See this archived page for a discussion of the previously proposed project.


 * Hi Precious, I was just over at the Chicago Race Riot of 1919 page, and I found this book: Spear, Allan. Black Chicago: The Making of a Negro Ghetto 1890-1920 (Chicago, IL; University of Chicago Press, 1967). Looks like it may be useful for you for your Black Belt article, and there's a copy of the book at the U of M library. 1013-josh 18:15, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Hey Josh i was wonderin if you could meet with me tomorrow after my test like between 4 and 4:15. I have some questions about my article. if you can let me know. Thanks1013-precious 01:39, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

4 o'clock is fine. See you there. We can also talk about your questions about how to cite sources. 1013-josh 04:30, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Hey Josh,

I'm trying to add a new section to my article, but everytime i put the information on there and save the page it puts my housing section under my references and it doesn't put the correct info on the page. It displays half of my info, with some other information. For example i tried to make a new section for "The Migration" right before the housing section, but when i go to the edit button for the new section it has housing information combined with it, i don't know what it's doing or if i'm doing something wrong but can you check it out for me. Thanks1013-precious 05:15, 8 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Fixed. It was a problem with your tags. You needed instead of . I think I fixed it to match your intentions. Did I get it right? 1013-josh 05:21, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Yeah it look fine. Thanks1013-precious 05:44, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Workshop: Black Belt (region of Chicago)
Workshop Guidelines

Discussions

Hey Precious. Here are three links for the editing part of the project. These links go to your group members' talk pages FOR THEIR ARTICLE. Find your name (Discussion: Precious) and write in that section items that you changed in their article (also you could ask quick questions there, too).
 * Talk:Great Lakes Areas of Concern - Kate
 * Talk:Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge - Andy
 * Talk:Doppler spectroscopy - Dan

Hi Precious,
 * Okay, so I've looked at your article and I really liked it. The article is fairly clear and it addresses the issue of the Black Belt (region of Chicago).  The article is broken up into several different sections which allows me to navigate easily to certain sections that I want to look at.  So far, I think you have a lot of good information in the article.  Some changes I would suggest making: (1) take a look at how I've referenced and made footnotes and maybe you could begin to format any other references/footnotes for sources that you get in the future; (2) add some images.  Adding images helps "spruce" up articles and gives them "depth"; (3) also, try making subsections.  A subsection goes underneath a main section.  For example, if you were talking about Bears in a section, you could make a subsection about What Bears Eat.  Otherwise, I enjoyed reading the article so far; very interesting.  And I'll be helping the article by making sure the correct formatting and referencing is used.  Good luck!  1013-andy 05:16, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi, I've nominated an article you worked on, Black Belt (region of Chicago), for consideration to appear on the Main Page as part of Did you know. You can see the "hook" for the article at Template talk:Did you know where you can improve it if you see fit. 1013-josh 22:15, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

...So I'm not sure what y'all have going on with workshop. Am I supposed to comment here? Or over at the article talk page? You seem to be doing a bit of both. I'll respond here. I think this article makes a significant contribution to the body of knowledge on Wikipedia. To be honest, I was very surprised when I saw there was only a tiny stub on the Black Belt neighborhood, given that it is such an important part of American history, and I'm proud that you and your group have taken on the task of expanding it into a full entry. I like how you've contextualized the article so that it provides a history of the Black Belt neighborhood housing conditions and political boundaries, but also reflects the Black Belt's position as the center of black culture in Chicago in the early to mid 20th century. My main suggestion for revision has to do with your section organization. I think you need a more logical structure. You have information such as this, "The Black Belt community was an area of aging, dilapidated housing that stretched 30 blocks along State Street on the South side, and was rarely more than seven blocks wide," in the Architecture/Housing section, when really it belongs above that, probably in the lead section, as it is part of the definition of the neighborhood. Similarly, you have this fact, "Between 1916 and 1920, almost 50,000 Black Southerners moved to Chicago," in the cultural contributions section, when I think it belongs up higher in the article, where you are explaining the Great Migration. So it's a matter of rethinking your article to decide when the reader needs to learn each piece of information. You might look at the Harlem article for an example. It begins with a brief definition, and then it goes to sections titled "Location and Boundaries" and "History". Having two sections like that at the top of your article would help, I think. I would be interested to hear much more about how the boundaries were defined and controlled. The brief history you give us of the CHA's 1946 action is interesting, and I'd like to hear more there. Other things that could improve this article would be a greater density of in-text citations (footnotes), a copy edit for sentence style and grammar, and adding many wikilinks to other Wikipedia articles. You might post a note at WikiProject Chicago and let me them know that you are seeking feedback on your article. Good work. 1013-josh 15:45, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

You're on the Main Page!

Hi Precious, your article is currently featured on the Main Page of Wikipedia in the "Did You Know?" fact box. It will be up there for the next 6+ hours. You may get some strangers stopping by your article as a result, so check the page history. 1013-josh 18:53, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Final Edits

Okay Precious, I finally finished with all of the footnotes and references and the such and correctly formatted everything. Your article is coming along very well and I'm liking it. Check out the article's discussion page for more info on what I did to your article. Also, the article has problems with citations. There are a few places where myself and other Wikipedians do not know where you got some information and therefore tagged those sections with "Citation needed". Footnote #4 is unknown to me as well... I'm not exactly sure why you footnoted those and/or where you got the info. Otherwise, try and clean that up and good luck with your final revisions! 1013-andy 06:47, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Participation: Precious
Group Tasks
 * Andy: Footnotes, references, see also, and external links
 * Dan: Revising articles, images
 * Kate: Generating new information
 * Precious: Grammar and spelling editing


 * I made a few spelling corrections and grammar corrections to dan and andy's page.
 * I restructured a couple of kate's sentences and made some spelling corrections and grammar corrections as well.1013-precious 03:43, 1 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Today and last night i went on kate, andy, and dans page to add comments to there workshop sections.1013-precious 03:52, 2 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Today i went on kates page and read her article again and gave her feedback on the article, as to what can make it stronger. I suggested that she add more info to her last section and i can help look for information.1013-precious 04:29, 3 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Today i stopped by Dans page to add comments on his article as to what can make it more interesting. I also check for more grammar and spelling mistakes.1013-precious 04:39, 3 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Today i made some spelling corrections on Dans page and reviewed for grammer.1013-precious 04:03, 4 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Went on kate's page and gave her some websites that could help her with finding more informations and possibly coming up with a new section in her article.1013-precious 19:19, 4 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Went on Dans page and gave him a website he can use that gives more graphs and math equations for his topic that could be useful.1013-precious 19:19, 4 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Went on andys page and added a website that could give him more ideas on his topic. Also suggested that he add a new section if he thinks it fits.1013-precious 19:19, 4 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Today i went over kate's sentences and added a couple of commas and made some minor grammar changes.1013-precious 04:02, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Homework
Josh i have finished my homework but i don't no which topic i'm going to do. I want to do the one on lake michigan if that's okay.1013-precious 07:02, 16 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Discussion deleted. See discussion about the previous project at the archived page above.

Josh i have finished the homework.1013-precious 04:55, 18 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Good work. Remember to add a comment to the edit summary box to make it easier for other users to follow your changes. You may want to add the film page to your watchlist so you can see what becomes of your changes. 1013-josh 06:39, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

hey josh, "done" yes i consent to continue with the project1013-precious 17:25, 19 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Okay, great! Let me know at any time if you change your mind and would like to switch to an off-line research assignment. 1013-josh 20:41, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

"Done"1013-precious 04:58, 23 April 2007 (UTC) One again "done" [working draft]  [bibliography] 1013-precious 05:06, 23 April 2007 (UTC)


 * You're off to a pretty good start, given that this was a last minute change of topic. I think this will be a fun and useful article. Remember to keep it focused as much as possible on the neighborhood itself. The larger discussion about the Great Migration is appropriate as context, but the main focus of your article should be on the Black Belt neighborhood itself. Keep looking for more sources. There should be some print sources that discuss this if you go to the library and look for books on Chicago's African-American history. Stay in touch about what you're finding, and let me know if you have any questions. 1013-josh 18:56, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

"Done", i don't really know if i did the footnotes right.working draft1013-precious 03:43, 27 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Good work. I think you're ready to transfer over to the mainspace. I prepped your draft for the move, and tomorrow I'll help you copy it over. You don't have the footnotes formatted quite right yet, but it's good that you have some sources up there, and your colleagues and I can help format the notes over the next week. 1013-josh 07:22, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Hey Josh, I guess i'm ready to turn in the article. So i'm "Done"1013-precious 03:59, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Hey Josh, I was just trying to confirm that you got the reflection paper. So if you have it can you please let me know, and if you didn't i can e-mail you the reflection. Thanks1013-precious 23:10, 11 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Got it. Thanks for your hard work. Have a good summer. 1013-josh 00:53, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Notes from Josh & the Class
Hey, I just posted some helpful research links; don't miss them! 1013-josh 21:35, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

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