User:Ian Tietz/sandbox

Heather's Comments
10/2- This looks great, Ian! Yes, mine more information from existing sources. You may not even need to find more sources. There will be a chance in coming weeks to find non-copywrite protected photos, too. Keep it up and keep updating your log. :)

10/15- Nice work. I'm glad to see you editing here and not yet on the main page. This section needs revision for tone: In 2015, it was a huge surprise to see Giove lined up... Remember that it needs to be very neutral. Try describing just what happened, without "surprise" or "good cause"...just say what the cause was. GREAT sources! Keep mining them for things you can add.

10/25- Wow! I think you are just about done! Edits looks really good. If you can, try to add wikilinks to other pages, like Myles Rockwell's page. Make sense?

11/1- You're ready to move to main space. Do that by this Sunday 11/3, if possible. Make sure both sandbox and main space page are in "edit" mode. Then leave a note in "publish changes" about exactly what you changed. Thanks!

Ian's Work Log

 * September 26, 2019- Decided on the Missy Giove article. Read article and references, came to find out there's a lot more information within the references already provided and just needs to be brought to the surface.
 * I also took a look around for more references not included in the article already and did not come up with much. The Butte College library did not have anything on her, so I will have to do a bit more digging to find more information on her. However I think I can drag a bit more information from the references already provided for sure. The reference I provided was already on the article, but it has so much great information not included. This reference introduces Giove's wife and why she came out of retirement because or her having cancer.
 * October 5, 2019- Continued on with research and reading. Found that most of the edits I planned on making could be found in the sources provided. (1 hour)
 * I made some edits to the article, which is a lot harder than I expected to follow the rules to not plagiarize. (2 hours)
 * October 18, 2019- Re-read all of the sources and decided to add more detail to Giove's drug usage and how that turned into her conviction. (1 hour)
 * Re-read the article, changed a few words here and there to make it sound better. I also found some unintentional plagiarism that I of course made changes to. I found where I needed to revise for tone and changed it to sound more neutral. (2 hours)
 * I cannot find any images off of Wikipedia. I think I will just keep the one from the original Wikipedia page.
 * October 26, 2019- Went through the article and agree with what you said about it looking about done. I did add some wiki links as well. (30 min.)
 * Couldn't find any wiki pages for Myles Rockwell, Jimmy Deaton, Johnny O'Mara, or John Parker.

Article/ edits
Melissa Giove (born 1972) is an American professional downhill mountain biker. Her nickname is The Missile. Giove was one of mountain-bike racing's first mainstream superstars, appearing on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and in adverts for Reebok. Throughout her career she won 14 NORBA downhill titles and 11 world cups. Giove's other accomplishments include three overall NORBA downhill crowns, two World Cup overalls, and the 1994 world championship title. Career Prior to cycling, Giove was also a nationally ranked downhill skier. She did not have enough money for a ski lift ticket at first, so she traversed mountain sides on foot and skied down. One summer really changed her perspective on skiing when she got to use a mountain bike and excelled at it. That same summer she entered her first down hill race and won not only the race, but the attention of the racing community.

Early on Missy raced for Yeti, along with other racers: Myles Rockwell, Jimmy Deaton, John Tomac and Johnny O'Mara, managed by former owner of Yeti Cycles, John Parker. Once she established herself, Giove moved to the Volvo-Cannondale USA cycling team. Together Giove and Myles Rockwell dominated many races under the Cannondale badge in the early 90's. Her rule was to go big or go home, this is why she either ended up in first or on the ground hurt. During her career she endured at least ten concussion s and thirty broken bones. Giove was always known for being colorful, extreme and fast talking. Giove was noted for racing with the ashes of her dog Ruffian concealed in her bra and wearing the desiccated body of her deceased pet piranha Gonzo around her neck.

She is openly lesbian.

Giove was inducted into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame in 2016 and was an honorary inductee into the Italian Hall of Fame in 2017.

She announced her retirement from full-time racing in August 2003, and in March 2004, she appeared in an episode of the cartoonRocket Power titled "Missile Crisis" (the title referring to her nickname), giving one of the characters a compliment. After retirement she helped finance the travel and fees for several up and coming downhill cyclists. In 2015, Giove lined up at the start line of the World Cup race at Windham, New York. This is after a ten year break from racing, to show if she could go back to racing, her wife Kristen could beat the cancer inside of her.

In 2001 her way of racing resulted in a double crash at a race in Vail, Colorado. This removed her from her sport for a few months, and the pain was so horrible that she turned to usage of marijuana to help the pain. Once sponsor money slowed down, she still needed money, but coming from a different source of smuggling marijuana. In June 2009, Giove was arrested in Wilton, New York on charges of conspiring to possess and distribute 384 pounds of marijuana. Giove pleaded guilty to the charges. On November 23, 2011, she was sentenced to time served, six months of home detention and five years of supervised release. She never saw smuggling as such a big deal because she saw it as the distribution of happiness.