User:Joseywales1961/NPP School/Template

Hello, welcome to your New Page Patrol School page! Every person I instruct will have their own page on which I will give them support and tasks to be completed. Please make sure you have this page added to your watchlist. Your NPP School page has been designed with you in mind and there is no reasonable time limit to complete the tasks - please be as specific as possible when asking questions, so that I know the best way to help you (and do not be afraid to let me know if you think something isn't working). Remember you are not under any obligation to complete this training and if you wish to discontinue with it at any time please just let me know. I hope you enjoy your time on this programme and wish you the very best of luck! ~

How to use this page
This page will be built up over your time in the School, with new sections being added as you complete old ones. Each section will end with a task, written in bold type - this might be just a question, or it might require you to go and do something. You can answer a question by typing the answer below the task; if you have to do something, you will need to provide diffs to demonstrate that you have completed the task. Some sections will have more than one task, sometimes additional tasks may be added to a section as you complete them.

Please always sign your responses to tasks as you would on a talk page.

Communication
As Wikipedia users come from every corner of the globe, I should let you know that my time zone is Irish Summer Time (UTC+1) and the best time to get me would usually be 8pm-11pm my time, on weekdays. We should communicate only on this page and it's talk page in order to avoid having conversations and questions/answers all over the place.

Duration of tution
If both the instructor and student make completing the course curriculum a top priority, it will generally take around a month to go through the entirety of the curriculum. This pace is not required or necessarily expected, but rather is provided in order to give participants an idea of what to expect.

Abandoning tuition
In order to offer training to as many potential New Page Reviewers as possible, if the student hasn't edited this page or contacted me for a period of one month I will close the programme of training as presumed abandoned - however, you may at any time in next three months ask to resume where you left off. After four months of inactivity the page will be permanently closed.

Preliminary Task
Make sure you read through Notability as that's the knowledge base around which most of the questions and tasks you do will revolve around.

Q. Please confirm under here when you have read the above and I will then post some questions for you to complete in your own time. ~

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Notability
 PART 1 

Questions
In your own words, how is notability defined on Wikipedia?
 * Question 1

Would step by step instructions on how to "Change a car tyre" be considered a notable topic in Wikipedia? Why or why not?
 * Question 2

What are the differences between the WP:GNG and the subject-specific notability guidelines? How do we determine which one to use when patrolling an article?
 * Question 3

Subject-specific notability guidelines
1. Please categorize the subject-specific notability guidelines (listed at WP:SNG) into the following three categories

2. Virtually all SNGs that provide additional notability criteria specify that these criteria may indicate that the subject meets notability guidelines. How would you interpret this caveat as a new page reviewer?

Scenarios
For scenarios 1-6 review just based on "subject notability guidelines" (SNG) "alone" for sake of the exercise. Do not consider any sources or other policies. Please answer if the subject meets the SNG guidelines based on the given content below, and specify which notability criteria they meet or fail.

An editor creates an article about "2028 Summer Olympics" in 2024 without providing any sources, is the subject considered not notable and why?
 * Scenario 1

A New York city based 2022 start up software company, specializing in data mining, has just received a USD 200K investor fund.
 * Scenario 2

Joe Morrison is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper with Celtic FC's B team and has played some Scottish 5th tier matches
 * Scenario 3

An upcoming action drama title "Suleiman the Great" based on the the life of Suleiman the Magnificent, was reported to be in production in December 2024 and to be released on August 2025 in the cinemas.
 * Scenario 4

A political candidates, without any previous or current political position, who is running for November 2024 election for a Senator position in United States with multiple local newspapers coverage of his candidacy.
 * Scenario 5

A singer who self produced his first album in May 2023 and his songs are listed in Spotify.
 * Scenario 6

Background for trainees

 * Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. As such, claims made in articles should be supported by independent (secondary), reliable sources for verification. Please read WP:RS, WP:IS, WP:RSP, WP:V, WP:PROVEIT, WP:Primary, WP:Secondary, and WP:Tertiary.


 * You can contact WP:RX if you can not find the sources yourself either on the web due to paywalls or offline-only sources.

Confirmation

 * Please confirm below when you have read the background information pages listed above

Exercises Sources (Part 1)

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Exercises Sources (Part 2)
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 * 4. Please explain in your own words why the content claimed needs to be verified?

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 * 5.Could we used Wikipedia as the source? and why?

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 * 6.Give an example and explain why a source is reliable but not independent of a subject?

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 * 7.Give an example and explain why a source is independent source but not reliable?

Exercises Sources (Part 3 - Source Assessment Practice)

 * In the tables below, please indicate "y" for yes or "n" for no after "ind", "rel" and "sig" (see first example) and give a brief explanation of why you place "y" or "n" for each source.

'Note: These are old versions of part of the pages and some references may not now work anymore - if that happens to you please indicate as "N" and say "Dead link" in the second part so I will know to change the question for the next student

Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, interior designer, writer, and educator. Wright believed in designing structures that were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture. His creative period spanned more than 70 years. He works includes The Guggenheim, swirling, snail-shaped museum in the middle of Manhattan. Fallingwater, which has been called "the best all-time work of American architecture." This is one of Wright's most famous private residences (completed 1937), was built for Mr. and Mrs. Edgar J. Kaufmann, Sr., at Mill Run, Pennsylvania. Constructed over a 30-foot waterfall, it was designed according to Wright's desire to place the occupants close to the natural surroundings. The house was intended to be more of a family getaway, rather than a live-in home.
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Jordan Lennon (born February 22, 2000), is a British film producer and actor. Lennon is currently a member of BAFTA. He continues to work aside 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros, Wicked Wales, Capture Studios, Cineworld, Paramount Pictures, and Rockefeller Foundation.
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At age 16, the Vice President of 20th Century Fox, Paul Higginson. Who previously worked on Star Wars, Titanic, and Independence Day took on Jordan and Rowan Snow as a mentor. In December 2018, Jordan and Rowan finished British Film Academy. Jordan lived in Skelmersdale for 10 years before moving to Rhyl, North Wales. He's currently writing 'Stranger in the Night' scrreenplay for Warner Brothers.

Sonny William Williams (born 3 August 1985), who is a Muslim, is a New Zealand All blacks rugby union footballer, Williams was a Marist Saints junior when he was spotted playing in Auckland by Bulldogs talent scout John Ackland. In 2002 he was offered a contract and moved to Sydney (as the youngest player to ever sign with an NRL club) to play in the Bulldogs' junior grades.
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David Howell Petraeus (born November 7, 1952) is a retired United States Army general and public official. He served as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from September 6, 2011, until his resignation on November 9, 2012 after his affair with Paula Broadwell was reported.
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Petraeus was born in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, the son of Sixtus Petraeus (1915–2008), a sea captain from Franeker, Netherlands.

In 2003, Petraeus commanded the 101st Airborne Division in the fall of Baghdad

Martina Hingis is a Swiss former professional tennis player. She won five Grand Slam singles titles. Hingis was one of the highest-paid female athletes in 2000. She retired in November 2007 after being hampered by a hip injury for several months and testing positive for a metabolite of cocaine during that year's Wimbledon Championships, which led to a two-year suspension from the sport.
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Article titles (Part 1)
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 * Please confirm below that you have read WP:TITLE and answer the questions below


 * 1.An article named "Hannibal Barca" - Does this article name need to be changed? and why? (please explain based on Wikipedia guidelines and name/link the guidelines in your answer)

Hannibal Barca was a Carthaginian general and statesman who is widely considered one of the greatest military commanders in history. His father, Hamilcar Barca, was a leading Carthaginian commander during the First Punic War (264–241 BC).

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 * 2. An article name "Magic Johnson". Does this article name need to be changed? and why? (please explain based on Wikipedia guidelines and name/link the guidelines in your answer)

Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. (born August 14, 1959) is an American retired professional basketball player and former president of basketball operations of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played point guard for the Lakers for 13 seasons.

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Biographies of living persons (Part 2)
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 * Please confirm that you have read WP:BLP and answer the questions below.


 * 3. As per the texts below, please explain if the content is acceptable for inclusion and why. (please explain based on Wikipedia guidelines and name/link the guidelines in your answer)

Conor Anthony McGregor (born 14 July 1988) is an Irish professional mixed martial artist and boxer. His is a former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) featherweight and lightweight champion.

On 15 August 2019, TMZ Sports published a video that appeared to show McGregor punching a man at The Marble Arch Pub in Dublin. The incident happened on 6 April and was originally reported by Irish media, although without the video that showed the attack. Irish police stated in April that they had opened an investigation. McGregor was charged with assault and first appeared in court on 11 October 2019.

In April 2019, McGregor is the father of Terri Murray's son, Clodagh. Murray bedded McGregor in 2017 at his hotel after the Aintree Grand National just four weeks bofore McGregor's girlfriend Dee Devlin gave birth to their son.

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 * 4. As per the texts below, please explain the if the content is acceptable for inclusion and why. (please explain based on Wikipedia guidelines and name/link the guidelines in your answer)

Diana Nyad (née Sneed; born August 22, 1949) is an American author, journalist, motivational speaker, and long-distance swimmer who lives in 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. and could be contacted at +0-202-456-6213. Nyad gained national attention in 1975 when she swam around Manhattan (28 mi) and in 1979 when she swam from North Bimini, The Bahamas, to Juno Beach, Florida (102 mi). In 2013, on her fifth attempt and at age 64, she became the first person confirmed to swim from Cuba to Florida without the aid of a shark cage, swimming from Havana to Key West (110 mi).

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Images copyright (Part 3)

 * Please read Image use policy and Public domain image resources. Please answer the questions below and (1) provide an explanation based on Wikipedia guidelines and (2) provide the guidelines/links in your answer.


 * 5. Could this image-1 be uploaded into Main Page  and used in Wikipedia? and Why.

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 * 6. Could [this image-2] be uploaded  into Main Page and used in Wikipedia? and Why.

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Answer - link/guideline:


 * 7. Could this image-3 be uploaded into Main Page and used in Wikipedia?

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Answer - link/guideline:


 * 8. Could this image-4 be uploaded  into Main Page and used in Wikipedia? and Why.

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Answer -link/guideline:


 * 9 Certain types of images are a giveaway of COI and/or paid editing, despite not being direct violations of our image policies. Can you guess what kinds of images these are?

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Neutral point of view (Part 4)
Please read WP:NPOV and MOS:PUFF. Point out the WP:NPOV words/pharses and rewrite the paragraph in Questions 9& 10 from a neutral point of view.

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 * 10. She is a brilliant boxer with a rare and exceptional beauty. She turned Pro at the age of 19 after winning one amateur fight on December 14, 2013 where she destroyed her opponent in 20 seconds. Her talent and marketability made her a fighter to watch right out the gate and she fought under XXX promotion on her next fight on February 2014.


 * 11. He is a popular, acclaimed Bulgarian actor, who loves by all who have watched his films. He was born in Veliko Tarnovo and started working in the film industry since he was at the tender, innocent of the age of 14 and he has featured in 44 films.

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 * 12. Please read WP:DUE and in your own words, please explain why it is important to provide balance and due weight content in an article.

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No original research (Part 5)

 * Please read WP:OR and WP:NOT and answer the questions below

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 * 13. In your own words, why is Wikipedia not a platform for publishing original research?


 * 14.  In your own words, please provide one example with explanation when it is appropriate to insert original research or an original opinion in an article.

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 * 15. See this video''' and write an article paragraph that properly presents claims supported by the source.

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