User:Ray Lavigne/sandbox

Article Evaluation
Article- "La Movida Madrileña"

The main issue with this article, that Wikipedia has already flagged, is that the author does not cite any sources. Because it is Unreferenced, Wikipedia states that it needs cleanup and editing to improve it.

The links to other pages work but are not as helpful as citations would be and there are too many redlinks.

Overall a lot of information is missing and it does not accurately cover the Movida movement yet.

Translating Articles
Article- Palacio de las Cortes, Madrid (english) --> Spanish

The english version of this article is extremely different than the very thorough spanish version. The spanish article is detailed, with 4 sections/headers including organized subsections and an extensive reference list along with several external links. The spanish is qualified by Wikipedia as a "good article" or "un artículo bueno" while the english article is marked as a stub needing further translation from the spanish article. Without adding translated information and citations to the english article it remains way less reliable. Overall, I am probably interested in doing this type of work, adding to or creating a translation, than doing new or undiscovered content.

Finalized Article Topic
Chosen Article- "Zap (LGBTQ)"

Since the article in spanish is much less developed than the equivalent one in english, I will be translating some of the english article over to the spanish page as well as adding relevant information about Zap actions in Spain if I can find that information.

I will probably address some of the Stonewall information that is on the english page but will probably not go into the full detail since it is less relevant to Spain. I do wish to keep the "notable zaps" heading/section but will aim to be a little less detailed for the US and have a section for notable zaps in Spain. I'll probably keep Act Up/Queer Alliance and aim to include Spain's versions/chapters of the organizations.

References for Article
Most of the references are books, however, a few of the notes include websites or online articles so I will be looking to bring those over to the spanish page and add my own.

Links from the english page-


 * 1) Kennedy, Joseph J. Summer of 77: The Last Hurrah of the Gay Activists Alliance. ISBN 1-884544-002 – via Gaynewsandviews.com.
 * 2) "Americana: The Gay Goons". Time. August 29, 1977.
 * 3) Lee, Nathan (2007-08-27). "Gay Old Time". Village Voice. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
 * 4) "The kiss-in protest: Hundreds descend on London pub for mass smooch after gay couple were 'thrown out for snogging'". Daily Mail. 2011-04-16. Retrieved 2011-06-26.

Preliminary search of my own-


 * 1) "gay resistance". Off Our Backs. Vol. 9, No. 7 (july 1979), p. 15, 21. Via JSTOR
 * 2) "The American Gay Rights Movement and Patriotic Protest". Journal of the History of Sexuality. Vol. 19, No. 3 (september 2010), p. 536-562. Via JSTOR.
 * 3) "LGBT history in Spain" Wikipedia article. (important- post franco/2005-2012 has zap actions/demonstrations).

Notas del Profesor
Hola, Ray Lavigne! Fantastic work here. Danielbritain (talk) 20:54, 25 February 2018 (UTC)

Hola Ray Lavigne; good job with your first edits to the Peñafiel and Bibiana Fernández pages! Remember that when you're making changes to an article, it's good practice to leave notes on the Talk page letting other editors know what you've done and why -- as a way of leaving a visual log and letting others know of changes you've made beyond the "edit summary". This is particularly true for pages to which you will be doing big edits over a sustained period of time, just so that others know you're working. Good job spotting the dramatic difference between the two articles on the royal palace; there will be plenty of class-relevant articles in a similar situation to this. Danielbritain (talk) 18:38, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

Hola Ray, aquí tienes. Fool around a little with this search; it’s imperfect, but links you up to some choice sites that might help. There are a few JSTOR articles that might be interesting, you just have to delete the quotations that appear when you search. Good luck!


 * Danielbritain (talk) 17:53, 1 May 2018 (UTC)