User:Tburress/sandbox

Sharawadgi (or sharawadji)
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Other meanings
In the meantime in Japan share'aji continued to be used in kimono fashion critique where it refers to the symbolism of motifs featured in kimono dress and matching the motifs to time, place and occasion.

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Art Since 1945 workshop - April 25, 2017
Link to Wikipedia course dashboard.

Please send me a note, and feel free to explore WikiLove templates.

Hello, this is Prof Brion! Kbrion (talk) 19:47, 25 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the message, Prof. Brion! Tburress (talk) 20:36, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

You can notify other editors in a discussion by linking to their user page in your post. To do this easily you can use the template, which renders @Username:. For example, to reply and notify Editor 1 you should use the following code:

Also, remember to sign your posts by typing four tildes ( ~ ).

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Link to Citing sources for more information about citing your sources.

Thanks! Tburress (talk) 17:49, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

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To spread the goodness of popcorn, you can add {{subst:Popcorn}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message. Tburress (talk) 20:42, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the pointers! Nicpohop (talk) 19:43, 25 April 2017 (UTC)
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Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
Sarasota Art + Feminism dashboard

Wikipedia Help
All NCF students are welcome to contact me for additional help in:
 * Determining the scope of your Wiki contributions;
 * Understanding the difference between primary and secondary sources;
 * Identifying which sources are most appropriate to support your Wiki contributions;
 * How WikiCode and the editing process works;
 * How to synthesize your source material (the writing center is a great resource to tap for writing help);
 * How to properly cite your sources once you have them.

You are welcome to communicate with me here on my Talk page or come and see me in the library, by dropping by or by making an appointment. You can use the Meet with a Librarian form that is located on the New College Library web site.

Happy editing! Tburress (talk) 14:26, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia ISP 2017
Link to Enroll.

Project Goals
An overarching goal of this ISP is to synthesize existing knowledge in your area of interest using Wikipedia in order to contribute to the ongoing scholarly conversation.

Wikipedia Workshop Activities, January 10, 2017
Send me a message here on my talk page... What did we talk about today that you would like to know more about?
 * Develop an understanding of Wikipedia as a collaborative platform by which to contribute to human knowledge.
 * Discuss several examples of Wikipedia controversies with the five pillars of Wikipedia in mind.
 * Link to course page; upload article links.
 * Your assignment:


 * Link to Resources:

Help

Cheatsheet

Send me a message on my talk page and answer these three questions

 * 1) Tell me two things you learned today about Wikipedia.
 * 2) Ask me two questions about Wikipedia and/or your project that you thought of during today's discussion.
 * 3) What topics did we discuss today that most sparked your interest and made you want to learn more?

Note: Don't forget to sign your post (see the cheat sheet for help)

Wikipedia ISP: Response to student posts on Course Talk Page
 Have a purrfect day! Rmhargrove (talk) 18:42, 26 January 2017 (UTC)



Happy eating and have a great day! (talk) 13:51, 26 January 2017 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rmhargrove/sandbox Rmhargrove (talk) 18:26, 31 January 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Masonzhang98 (talk • contribs)

ISP Resources 2017-01-30
Resources and Video Tutorials

Elements of quality articles
The best articles share certain qualities, which can serve as a model for you to strive for in your own work:
 * A clear, easy-to-understand lead section, that is, the overview at the start of the article.
 * A clear structure with several headings and subheadings arranged chronologically or by themes, with images or diagrams when appropriate.
 * Balanced coverage of many aspects of the subject, with more important viewpoints getting more prominence in the article.
 * Neutral content, written without bias toward a particular point of view, and representing disagreements according to their representation in reliable sources.
 * Reliable sources are used throughout the article. For example, references to NASA rather than relying on an amateur's blog for information about Mars.

Questions to ask when you evaluate an article

 * Warning banners. Often these make a statement about the article's reliability, though sometimes it's simply a suggestion for improvement. Make a note and read accordingly.
 * Looking at the lead, does it provide a good grasp of the topic? Read the rest of the article and then review the lead again. Does it reflect the most important elements of the article?
 * Are there value statements, such as "the best" or "the most important"? Those are flags that it's written to persuade, or at least, not properly referenced.
 * Are there references to unnamed sources of information, such as "some people say," or "many believe"? Can you answer the question, "Who said that?"
 * Are there very few references or citations? Are the citations from good, reliable publishers, or are they from questionable websites or publishers with a clear bias?
 * Look at the structure. Are some sections longer than others, despite being equally (or less) important? Are relevant sections missing completely?

More questions to ask as you determine how you want to improve the article

 * Does this section answer a question or raise a question -- does the info presented reflect a consensus or debate
 * Review at least one citation. Can you verify? Is it reliable, neutral, recent?
 * What info is missing?
 * What is the scope of the article (broad, narrow)
 * Do the cross links make sense?
 * Look at article history. Who wrote the article originally? Is it possible to engage with them?
 * What do you recommend as a next step in improving this section?

Evaluating citations
Editors (yourself included) can challenge unreferenced statements by adding a   tag in WikiCode, which adds a [citation needed] tag to the statement. Some editors remove unreferenced material on sight.

Music and the Environment at New College of Florida (Fall 2016)
An overarching goal of this course project is to synthesize existing knowledge in an area of interest using Wikipedia in order to contribute to the ongoing scholarly conversation.

Hello everyone! What did we talk about today that you would like to know more about?

Please send me a note here on my talk page... Hint: Don't forget to sign your post!

Evaluating Articles
Here are some links to Wikipedia articles that might be helpful as you begin editing your own article:


 * Writing Better Articles
 * Your First Article
 * Link
 * Disambiguation

If you have questions, please write me a note here.... Tburress (talk) 01:49, 26 September 2016 (UTC)

Project Goals
An overarching goal of this ISP is to synthesize existing knowledge in your area of interest using Wikipedia in order to contribute to the ongoing scholarly conversation.

Wikipedia Workshop Activities
Send me a message here on my talk page... What did we talk about today that you would like to know more about?
 * Develop an understanding of Wikipedia as a collaborative platform by which to contribute to human knowledge.
 * Review several examples of Wikipedia articles with the five pillars of Wikipedia in mind.
 * Copy and paste a small section of one of your articles to your sandbox. Add new information. Cite your source.
 * Your assignment:

Send me a message on my talk page and answer these three questions

 * 1) Tell me two things you learned today about Wikipedia.
 * 2) Ask me two questions about Wikipedia and/or your project that you thought of during today's discussion.
 * 3) What topics did we discuss today that most sparked your interest and made you want to learn more?

Note: Don't forget to sign your post (see the cheat sheet for help)

Wikipedia ISP: Response to student posts on Course Talk Page
Thanks to, who was the first student to answer the three assigned questions. They initially posted their answers on the talk page of the course article, but I'd like you all to post your responses on my User talk:Tburress page so that all of the responses are in the same place. , please go ahead and copy and paste your responses here too.

To answer 's question regarding whether students can change articles, the answer is yes. Your goal is to create a cohesive scope of research, meaning that whichever articles you are working on make sense as a group. You'll notice that Adam has also left a message on your talk page. We may need to ask him to help you delete the unwanted articles from the course dashboard, but in the meantime, please go ahead and add links to the articles that you intend to work on your talk page here. Tburress (talk) 22:31, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

's answers for
Alybrarian (talk) 22:38, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
 * 1) I learned Wikipedia has billions of monthly views, but the editors and their articles do not reflect the user population.
 * 2) How can we make this project larger scale and encourage more people to contribute?  What are the areas in Wikipedia's coverage that need the most work?
 * 3) Contributing to a community project is very appealing to me, especially in its potential to stimulate student and faculty involvement.  I also can't believe Wikipedia is fifteen years old.

Heyates14 (talk) 23:03, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
 * 1) I learned that Wikipedia will not allow edits unless they are from a secondary source. I also learned about the five pillars Wikipedia stands by. I did not know how seriously the creators are about keeping  the integrity of the site.
 * 2) How does Wikipedia decide when not to allow an edit to a page? Can students create entire new articles or can we just edit?
 * 3) `I was fascinated and surprised by just how large this site has become. It made me think about just how much of an impact this shared knowledge source has, and the possibilities that are still there. I'd like to learn more about the future plans of Wikipedia and what countries/languages it will expand to.

Tgreen15 (talk) 14:52, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
 * 1) I learned that Wikipedia doesn't allow edits to be made from primary sources and that becoming an editor is much simpler than i previously thought.
 * 2) What are some of the subjects with the least information on Wikipedia? What are the most/least represented groups in Wikipedia's editor population and how is that reflected in the information present on Wikipedia?
 * 3) I was surprised to learn how strictly Wikipedia sticks to its pillars and rules. I was also interested in participating in the massive group effort it is to run Wikipedia.

Wikipedia ISP: Reminders for Jan. 19 group meeting
I've alerted the Wikipedia folks that you'll be posting new content by 1pm Tuesday, January 18, so that they can review, in addition to the peer reviews that you'll do for each other's articles. For those of you who have made adjustments to your articles, please post your final list of edited articles here on my talk page, as well as adjusting the list on the course page. If you need help with that, please let me know.

Also, if you have any WikiCoding issues you'd like me to address at Tuesday's meeting, please post your questions here by 10am on Tuesday so that I can be sure to have answers for you.

Hope your research and writing is going well! Tburress (talk) 03:52, 19 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Please see above message to the ISP students regarding this Tuesday's group meeting. We are also planning a public Wikipedia event for January 22, and I've created a meet-up page. We will likely spend a little time during our Tuesday workshop adding more content to it. I did apply a category so that it shows up on at least 2 event lists, but please let us know if we should add a link to it from elsewhere. Tburress (talk) 04:18, 19 January 2016 (UTC)

Project Goals
An overarching goal of this project is to synthesize existing knowledge in an area of interest using Wikipedia in order to contribute to the ongoing scholarly conversation.

Wikipedia Workshop Activities, September 29, 2015

 * Review the following two Wikipedia articles. Where are there gaps? How can we improves these two articles, either separately or in coordination?

Music of the United States

Music history of the United States


 * Add the following student banner to the articles that we will be editing:
 * Copy and paste a small section of one of the above articles to your sandbox. Add new information. Cite your source.
 * Send me a message here on my talk page... What did we talk about today that you would like to know more about?

Insert your comments below this line of text, and don't forget to sign your post (see the cheat sheet for help)
Question 2: Is it possible to change topics? Not the main one, but the other two as I have found many other articles that could be vastly improved. Dragonchild07 (talk) 23:13, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
 * 1) I learned that Wikipedia html is actually not as complicated as it seems, and that sections of code can be reused as needed. I also learned that, since Wikipedia is edited by people all over the world, it is important to remain impartial and merely state the facts rather than any speculation.
 * 2) Question 1: Am I posting in the right place? I can't see anybody else's posts.
 * 1) I loved hearing about the diversity of topics available to research and also the differences between primary, secondary, and tertiary sources. Since Wikipedia doesn't accept primary sources, it is good to know for the future when citing articles!

I got some new ideas today. Thank you!Maribeth Clark (talk) 21:23, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

I am currently working on editing the Andrew Law page to make it less of a "stub". Is there any specific code that needs to be added to add a picture/how does one go about adding a picture? PhoebeViola (talk) 21:20, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

I'm reviewing how I could maybe consolidate some of the information on the genesis of the US music industry in the 19th century. I'm also planning to add some information on the socioeconomic conditions responsible for the industry's success (such as the secularization of a previously religious musical environment, the prevalence of amateur musicianship, the availability of domestically-produced musical instruments, and the reterritorialization of the home as a place of culture and community). JchristieNCF (talk) 21:27, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

Henry Erben
I'm going to create a page for Henry Erben, an organ builder from New York. Tmann6 (talk) 21:22, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

Music and the Environment at New College of Florida (Fall 2015)
An overarching goal of this project is to synthesize existing knowledge in an area of interest using Wikipedia in order to contribute to the ongoing scholarly conversation.

Wikipedia Workshop Activities, September 10, 2015

 * Construct a citation using the Wizard and add to the Sound Studies Wikipedia article in order to give credit to the scholarship of others.
 * Discuss the existing Sound Studies article and possible connections to research themes presented in the classroom readings in order to synthesize existing knowledge of the topic.
 * Provide feedback here on my talk page... What did we talk about today that you would like to know more about?

Insert your comments below this line
Hint: Don't forget to sign your post!

Thank you for leading us through the Wikipedia editing and contribution process! These handouts are gold as far as helping me not break Wikipedia. I'm definitely going to be using those to guide me through the class exercise this semester.-Shoshana DavidsonShoshana Davidson (talk) 23:58, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the ex(cite)ing class session, glad to be a New Wikipedian. -Eli Weiss — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yourelightenment (talk • contribs) 15:51, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

Hello! --Devinjohnsonhogan (talk) 15:49, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

Hi! I am planning on adding some more information on the Old Hundredth article. --Jamesyeexu —Preceding undated comment added 21:15, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

Hey. I'm probably going to add some to either the "Swing low, sweet chariot" or "music in the us" article- in the latter, adding information about electronic music. Zandash2 (talk) 21:17, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

I'm going to add some content to the Wikipage on Thomas Jefferson and also Reverend Richard Allen, and possibly the 'Blues and Spiritual' section of the "Music in the US" page Andrew.laird12 (talk) 21:23, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
I never sent anyone a kitten. You deserve a bucket of golden retriever puppies!!!

Maribeth Clark (talk) 21:16, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

Twentieth-Century British and American Drama: Realism and its discontents (Fall 2014)
Course Page: Twentieth-Century British and American Drama: Realism and its Discontents (Fall 2014)

Citing Sources
To cite and link to sources within your individual sandboxes, review the Wikipedia tutorial called Citing Your Sources. This tutorial shows how to manually enter a citation.

For practice, we can all do the Citing Sources Tutorial together.

The other option for adding citations is to use the Cite gadget in the editing toolbar. To use this, review the tutorial called Citing Sources (part 2).

Info Boxes
An infobox is a fixed-format table designed to be added to the top right-hand corner of articles to consistently present a summary of some unifying aspect that the articles share and sometimes to improve navigation to other interrelated articles. Many infoboxes also emit structured metadata which is used by DBpedia and others. In order to add an infobox to an article, you need to locate the infobox you want to use, and then edit your article to include it.

The List of Infoboxes is browsable by topic at this URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_infoboxes. Some template options include books, fictional elements and characters, films, etc.

Another way to determine which template to use is to determine the name of a particular infobox used in a similar article by looking at the Wikicode used in that article.



Using Images
The Picture Tutorial is very helpful in explaining how to add images into articles.

A technical article called Extended Image Syntax goes into additional detail.

In order to upload an image, or selecting a suitable image for an article, see the image use policy and the Manual of Style. Images on most web sites are copyrighted and should not be uploaded; see the copyright policy.

Please upload the highest resolution image possible, but keep the file size under 100 megabytes.

Before you add an image to an article, view the image's image description page to make sure its copyright status is clearly stated, preferably with one of the image copyright tags. Current law presumes that works created in or after 1978 are granted copyright protection for a term ending 70 years after the death of the author.

To locate potential images using Google, you can filter google images searches by their reuse policy. Use the search tools on the main Google Image search screen.

If you have an image that you want to upload, connect to the Upload Wizard.

You can also find images that are useable by searching Wikimedia Commons. There is an article that provides tips on image searching.

If an article already has an infobox at the top right, then the usual place for the article's first picture is within the infobox. For guidance on the syntax for doing this, see Help:Infobox picture.

Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment
This article is or was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): tburress.

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Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment
This article is or was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): tmann6.

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