User:Alilykat/sandbox

Discussion: What is a content gap?
Alilykat (talk) 17:02, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 1) A content gap     is a piece(s) of information accidentally or purposefully left out of a     section of information about a subject.
 * 2) Possible ways     to identify content gaps are by checking the sources to see if there was     any obvious information that was left out. It can also be identified if a     person feels that the article is beginning to lean towards a certain view     in that subject.
 * 3) Content gaps     may arise because of a person's bias (whether accidental or purposeful),     or simply misreading the sources used and missing that piece of     information.
 * 4) A content gap     can be remedied by finding the missing piece of information in another     reliable source, and then including it in the article.
 * 5) Being     "unbiased" on Wikipedia means having the ability to write freely     about a specific subject without letting your personal views interfere     with the writing or omit any of the information.
 * 6) This is     similar to my own definition of "bias" because as an employee of     the news division of CBS, I am used to hearing the term journalist bias,     meaning that a journalist (in politics for example) has allowed their     personal views (whether conscious or subconscious) affect their article of     Donald Trump in a negative way.

Week 4 Questions
Alilykat (talk) 02:33, 11 February 2017 (UTC)
 * 1. Blog posts    and press releases are considered poor sources of reliable information.     Why?
 * Blog posts    are written by a single person or sometimes, small groups of people. Blogs     area not factually confirmed, or checked for biased opinions; therefore     blogs are not reliable because unless sources are cited, there is no way     to prove whether the information stated is true or not. Blogs are usually     a place where people can express their own opinion from the comfort of     their own site. When looking for information on a specific subject, going     to a blog might cause you to obtain biased, opinionated and even false     information without realizing it.
 * Press    releases are typically written by the company or association that wants to     get their information out to the public. So, if for example, a household     utility company is submitting a press release about their new vacuum     cleaner, they are most likely going to only mention (and even     exaggerate)the good features about the vacuum cleaner and completely     disregard any cons the product might have. So basically, using press     releases as sources of information for certain things can result one     sided, biased information about that subject.
 * 2. What are    some reasons you might not want to use a company's website as the main     source of information about that company?
 * Similarly to    a press release or a blog post, a company is usually promoting something.     Company websites do not want to advertise or visibly mention any flaws     within their company or product. The goal of a company website mainly is     to persuade the public to join, purchase, or join whatever they are     promoting. So the information a person would get if using the website as a     source, would particularly be information stating only the good parts of     that subject, and probably none of the negative aspects of the company or     product. A main source of information about a company depends on the     company, for example, if looking for information on any company selling     products or services, review websites might work in showing both sides of     that subject.
 * 3. What is    the difference between a copyright violation and plagiarism?
 * Copyright    violations and plagiarism are very similar, and very different. Plagiarism     taking someone else's work, and submitting it as your own (deliberately or     not). Plagiarism can occur in many ways, in a paper for school or a blog,     if a portion of information taken from somewhere else is not cited     correctly, or given proper credit, that piece of information has been     plagiarized.
 * Copyright    violations also deal with information being taken incorrectly, but in this     case, even if you cite the source of the information, you might not be off     the hook. A copyright can be placed on almost anything: a video, a song, a     piece of writing, a picture; if this item is used without asking for     permission (or usually paying a fee) then a copyright violation has been     committed and it can have serious consequences depending on what was used.     If you put a popular song into your youtube video, it might simply get the     video taken off of youtube; but if you decide to use a popular song in a     commercial then seen by hundreds or thousands, you could find yourself     paying a significant amount of money in fines. Sometimes for free, or a     small fee, you can purchase royalty free videos, pictures, and songs,     which then become yours to use (depending on which license was bought).
 * 4. What are    some good techniques to avoid close paraphrasing and plagiarism?
 * It is very    easy to close paraphrase or even plagiarize without even realizing it.     This might result in a bad grade in one class, but if writing a research     paper or anything else that is going to be published, it can end badly.     One of the best ways to avoid paraphrasing and plagiarism is to keep your     paper, and your sources away from each other as much as possible. This     means taking notes from your sources, and instead of having the sources     open when writing, having your notes open and writing from that. This     means you're paraphrasing the source information, then paraphrasing your     notes in your final paper, which makes it much harder to plagiarize. An     even better tactic would be to read up all the information, take notes,     then wait a few hours or even a day before writing the paper, to make sure     you aren't subconsciously writing sentences you previously read.

Week 6 Questions

 * What do you    think of Wikipedia's definition of "neutrality"? It means that     the article is not biased in the opinions presented. The information is     given in a way that expresses no opinions. And if viewpoints must be     presented, they are usually presented in an equal manner. Wikipedia also     states that all viewpoints that exist must be presented, meaning if even     one viewpoint is not mentioned in an article, wikipedia deems the article     biased. I find this definition of neutrality very fair. In showing all the     view points and keeping the articles "neutral", the article is     not trying to convince the reader in any way.
 * What are the    impacts and limits of Wikipedia as a source of information? Using     Wikipedia as a source of information can be of great use, but can also     negatively impact a school paper. On a positive note, using wikipedia as a     source of information allows you to have a large selection of reliable     sources all on one site, making it easier for students (especially middle     and high schoolers) to create their research papers without having to dig     for information. But wikipedia, even with its large amount of editors, has     its flaws in the facts and reliability of the articles. Since multiple     people are editing these articles, there's space for error and a student     could potentially use incorrect or outdated information in their paper.
 * On Wikipedia,    all material must be attributable to reliable, published sources. What     kinds of sources does this exclude? Can you think of any problems that     might create? Using certain pieces of writing like press releases or     product websites as sources would not work because they are usually very     biased. Imagine writing a paper on a cleaning product, and instead of     having all the information about the product, you only use the commercial     you saw. That commercial most likely exaggerated the positive aspects of     the product and definitely did not mention any negative aspects, making     your paper very one sided.
 * If Wikipedia    was written 100 years ago, how might its content (and contributors) be     different? What about 100 years from now? Considering that around 100     years ago there was still a lot of bias around certain topics, I can     imagine that a Wikipedia written 100 years ago would have some subjects     with opinions that lean a certain way and might even omit certain pieces     of information. 100 years from now, since there is already so much     information about everything on the web, I doubt it would turn into something     biased or controlled.

Alilykat (talk) 03:48, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

Possible Topics
Some of the possible topics that I can edit are: Alilykat (talk) 03:15, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Claude Perier - Because This is the person    assigned to me, and even though almost all of the information that can be     found about him is already on the wikipedia page, I feel it is not     organized properly (there are only two giant sections in the article ) and     want to reorganize it so that the proper information can be found easily.
 * Casimir Pierre    Périer - Son of my assigned person, I have found lots of     information on him and feel that I might be able to add to this page.
 * Assembly of Vizille    - Assembly which Claude Perier was a very big part of, it is very short     and I believe I can add to it.
 * Château de Vizille    - Castle owned at one point by Claude Perier, played a big part in the     revolution yet that information is missing from that page.
 * Marie Pascal    - Very little information is known about the wife of Claude Perier, but I     cannot even find a wikipedia page on her, so if it is possible to create     one, I will.

@Alilykat: Excellent job this week! These are all great ideas for adding content to Wikipedia. I'm so excited about what you will do this semester. Alfgarciamora (talk) 21:12, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

Week 5 - Article Contributions
Alilykat (talk) 02:44, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Claude Perier - In this article, I plan to    create an infobox, mention his involvement in the Hospital General of     Grenoble (not mentioned at all that he became a director), and organize     the article into sections that are more organized.
 * Casimir Pierre    Périer - Add links to his mothers page (which I will be     creating), and links to chateau de vizille (both are mentioned in his     article but not linked to the wiki page), and more information as I come     across it. [1]
 * Château de Vizille    - Hopefully add more historical sources. Create a section about how the     castle impacted the French Revolution (there is only one sentence about     that, and the assembly at that chateau was actually one of the starting     points for the revolution). [2][3]
 * Assembly of Vizille    - Claude was deeply involved in this assembly (some of it taking part in     his castle) and his name is not even mentioned in this article. The     article is very short and lacks detail, which I plan to find and input.     Also, some sources on that article are not working. [3][2]
 * Marie-Charlotte    Pascal - I plan to create her page, and add what little information is     known about her life, such as her children, her beliefs, her parents, etc.     [1][3]
 * Hospital    General of Grenoble - Claude Perier was one of the directors for this     hospital. A page for this hospital does not exist and I have found very     profound information on the Hospital General. [4]

Week 5 Drafts
Marie-Charlotte Pascal (1749-1821) was the wife of French banker Claude-Nicolas Perier, and the daughter of a leading Voiron merchant. She was the mother of 10 living children, including Casimir Pierre Perier (1777-1907) who at one point was the Prime Minister of France.

Week 8

 * The Draft for Marie Charlotte Pascal that was on my sandbox has been moved to the new page Marie-Charlotte Pascal
 * Links have been added to Casimir Pierre Perier's page that lead to his mother's (new) page, and the Chateau.
 * Infobox was created for Claude Perier
 * Claude Perier' s page was completely re-organized (by categories that can be better understood)
 * I added links leading to his wife's page, and the Chateau's page.
 * I fixed a few minor grammatical errors, and factual errors that I found
 * Added an image to his page
 * Infobox created for Marie Charlotte Pascal's page

Week 10

 * Found a new source for Chateau de Vizille
 * Added information to my Chateau de Vizille draft (below)
 * Transferred my Chateau de Vizille information to the mainspace
 * Added page links to the page, and an image of Claude
 * Added information to the Assembly of Vizille draft
 * transferred that information over to the mainspace
 * added links, images, citations

Week 11

 * I finished creating the page for the Hospital General of Grenoble, and moved it from my sandbox#2 (link below) to mainspace

Week 12

 * Finished the Hospital General Page
 * Added citation to Timeline of Grenoble about the Hospital
 * Added information on Claude Perier s page about the Hospital

Link for Sandbox where was planning General Hospital
Here

= Château de Vizille =

The Château in the French Revolution
In 1780 the Duke of Villeroy, Gabriel Louis de Neufville, sold the Chateau de Vizille and areas around it to Claude Perier for approximately 1,0254,000 livres. About a decade later, Claude had over 400 workers at the Château creating printed cotton. This building would end up playing an important role in the beginning of the french revolution.

May 1788 King Louis XVI decided to set a boundary on the amount of power of the Parliament of Dauphiné. The Parliament openly expressed how dissatisfied they were with this decision and on June 7th 1788 they were not allowed to meet together. In return, the Parliament threw the stones of roofs onto the King's Guard. This event is known as "Tile Day" or "Day of the Tiles".

In July, Claude Perier, inspired by all of the liberal ideas around him, invites these men, to assemble the meeting in the room of the Jeu de Paume in the Chateau and have the meeting which was previously prohibited in Grenoble. Almost 500 men gathered that day at the banquet hosted by Claude. In attendance there were many "notables" including churchmen, businessmen, doctors, notaries, municipal officials, lawyers, and landed nobility.

Demanded at this meeting: the Convocation in Paris of an Estates-General, where the Third Estate has double representation and voted are by head, not by order. This meeting marked the first portion of the French Revolution. It also allowed Claude and his family to live through the tough periods of the French Revolution without harm.

The Assembly
In July, Claude Perier, inspired by all of the liberal ideas around him, assembled a meeting in the room of the Jeu de Paume in his Chateau de Vizille and hosted the meeting which was previously prohibited in Grenoble. Almost 500 men gathered that day at the banquet hosted by Claude. In attendance there were many "notables" including churchmen, businessmen, doctors, notaries, municipal officials, lawyers, and landed nobility.

Demanded at this meeting: the Convocation in Paris of an Estates-General (a form of national parliament), where the Third Estate has double representation and votes are by head, not by order. This meeting marked the first portion of the French Revolution. Opposition to absolutist monarchy finally came out into the open, with increasing support for its demands, culminating in the meeting of the Estates General.