User:Smhall07/sandbox

Comments from Heather
10/15- Great work, Sarah. I'll put responses to your questions in worklog below. How is it coming with adding to her personal life? You can also try Google Scholar if you hit a dead end on Butte.edu/library. Be sure to make all changes on THIS page, and not on the main Nina Kuscik page. Keep it up!

10/25- Wow! You found a lot. . I added "Sarah's Draft" below. Can you please start to make changes and additions directly into it? Include citations using the "Cite on toolbar. Bold everything you change so I can give you feedback, okay? You're on the right track!

11/1- Looks terrific. Wording flows great. Don't worry about that. Add a state to "South Huntington" so we know. . Then move your edits to the Wikipedia main space for Nina Kuscsik. (Copy and paste with both sandbox and main space in "Edit" mode so citations come with.). Deadline this Sunday 11/3. Thanks!

Sarah's Draft
Nina Kuscsik (born January 2, 1939) is a retired female long-distance runner from the United States, who has participated in over 80 marathons.

She was the first woman to officially win the Boston Marathon, 1972. Alongside Beth Bonner, Kuscsik became the second American woman to complete a marathon in under three hours, running a time of 2:56:04 at the 1971 New York City Marathon (Bonner did so in the same race with 2:55:22).

Kuscsik is a former American women's record-holder for a 50-mile run, through her run of 6:35:53 in 1977 in Central Park, New York. She continued running into her later years and was the first woman to finish the Empire State Building Run-Up in 1979, 1980 and 1981.

Before she took up running, she was New York State women's speed skating champion, New York State women's roller-skating champion, and New York State women's bicycling champion, all in the same year. She started running because her bicycle broke and she needed another way of being active.  Kuscsik believes that running creates a sense of calmness that is applicable to other parts of life

She was instrumental in influencing the U.S. Amateur Athletic Association, in late 1971, to increase its maximum distance for sanctioned women's races, leading to official participation by women in marathons, beginning at Boston in 1972.

'''Kuscik is a mother of three. She raised her two sons and one daughter in South Huntington, in a house she bought in 1965 with her husband at the time.'''

Marathons

 * All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise

Sarah's Notes
Nina Kuscsik

Butler, Charles. "Sole SISTERS of 72." Runner's World, Nov. 2012, p. 098. Gale In Context: Biography, https://link-gale-com.butte.idm.oclc.org/apps/doc/A318444258/GPS?u=orov49112&sid=GPS&xid=fa7c2fdc. Accessed 30 Sept. 2019.


 *  good biography info 

"The Very Big Apple." Runner's World, Nov. 2001, p. 48. Gale In Context: Biography, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A79235912/GPS?u=orov49112&sid=GPS&xid=b14f9b5c. Accessed 30 Sept. 2019.


 * runner times that are already on the wiki page

Kuehls, Dave. "The New York City Marathon: 25 years." Runner's World, Dec. 1994, p. 59. Gale In Context: Biography, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A15927388/GPS?u=orov49112&sid=GPS&xid=19c9efb5. Accessed 30 Sept. 2019.


 * unusable comment about a photo from a race

HIRSCH, GEORGE A. "Marc of Distinction." Runner's World, Sept. 2001, p. 8. Gale In Context: Biography, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A77249770/GPS?u=orov49112&sid=GPS&xid=61b7c6b5. Accessed 30 Sept. 2019.


 * comments about a book that she is mentioned in "run with the champions"

HIRSCH, GEORGE A. "Setting the Pace." Runner's World, Oct. 1999, p. 8. Gale In Context: Biography, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A55821299/GPS?u=orov49112&sid=GPS&xid=04bb053b. Accessed 30 Sept. 2019.


 * limited info about ceremony regarding the hall of fame

Rothlein, Lewis. "Here's looking at you." Women's Sports and Fitness, Oct. 1989, p. 3. Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A8156453/GPS?u=orov49112&sid=GPS&xid=2c6548cd. Accessed 30 Sept. 2019.


 * mentions that she is a veteran of over 80 marathons

https://journals.lww.com/ajnonline/Citation/1978/06000/Nina_Kuscsik_Goes_the_Distance.43.aspx

This article appears to be complete with what it has. What I mean by this is that everything is cited and there are no obvious flaws. I think what I will do to improve it is to build on that by adding more information without disrupting to organization that the page already has. The article is part of many wikiprojsects which is something important to note. All information must also adhere to biography of living persons policy in order to protect Nina from any type of slander.

Sarah's Worklog
Oct 6 (1 hour)

- Im considering starting a new paragraph on the page about her life other than her racing achievements. A bit more of a biography.

-I have noticed that a citation is needed in part of the text

-I went through each article to see what usable content there is

-I found that very few of my articles have relevant information

-I have found a source that states that nina has participated in over 80 marathons which is not included on the page

-I am unsure if I should put this information in the first line or in one of the supporting paragraphs

''I think the information about 80 marathons can be in the lead section (the first few lines). I see it below. GREAT!''

Nina Kuscsik (born January 2, 1939) is a retired female long-distance runner from the United States, who has participated in over 80 marathons.

-i edited the first line and added a citation

-my link connected to the butte portal so I had to copy a new link

-the citation had an error in the date that I fixed

she was New York State women's speed skating champion, New York State women's roller-skating champion, and New York State women's bicycling champion, all in the same year.

-I'm trying to find a possible citation for this line

''For which line? It looks like there is one [2]''

''I believe this citation is the one I created. On the wiki page it has [citation needed] afterwards.''

- I believe "sole sisters of 72", the source that I am planning on using for lengthening our the biography has info about her skating an bicycling experience

-I added a citation and realized that I need to be making these citations as journal citations instead of website citations

-I made the citations more generic for now

-If these sources are both magazine/journal sources should I categorize them as journal sources?

''You're figuring it out! Use the "cite" button above and use "Journal source"''

-my focus for this upcoming week will be to add a new personal life paragraph (family, home, etc), as well as modify the citations to be preferred formatting

Oct 20

goal for today is to have some notes to work off of to create a biography


 * bought her house in 1965 in South Huntington while married to Dick
 * raised three kids in this home (two sons, one daughter)
 * started running in 1967 (age 28)
 * her bike broke and she needed something else to do
 * third child = Timothy
 * talked about how running creates a calmness that is applicable to other parts of life
 * feminist
 * played basketball as a child
 * worked as a patient representative
 * mt sinai hospital
 * ran in Huntington and Central Park mostly

- found another source on google scholar

-added notes from this new source

Next time I will see where my notes fit into the article and whether or not they need their own paragraphs

Oct 28


 * added to my draft the missing citation
 * added my own addition to the first sentence and included a citation
 * I feel unsure about some of the formatting or wording of the information. Im not sure how to make it flow well.