User:Vkraft

About Me
I am currently a Sophomore at Linfield College majoring in Athletic Training. My interest include lacrosse, Ultimate Frisbee, the great outdoors, and recreational reading.

Assignment for Abnormal Psych.
Creating my Sandbox Page

Contributions:
 * Constructive article edit, on Issaquah (my hometown): http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Issaquah%2C_Washington&action=historysubmit&diff=450401980&oldid=448490271


 * Constructive article edit, on hypnosis: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hypnosis&action=historysubmit&diff=451922511&oldid=451892280


 * Possible Article Topics:
 * Sports Hypnosis (No current Wiki page)
 * Self-talk (No current Wiki page)
 * Exercise addiction


 * First edit to Exercise Addiction page: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Exercise_addiction&diff=prev&oldid=458885204


 * Other edits to the Exercise Addiction page:
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Exercise_addiction&diff=prev&oldid=458888028
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Exercise_addiction&diff=prev&oldid=458929116
 * Editing citations
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Exercise_addiction&diff=prev&oldid=461989387
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Exercise_addiction&diff=prev&oldid=463451943
 * Other various page edits


 * Adding new info. with reliable citing, on addiction: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Addiction&action=historysubmit&diff=453002793&oldid=452459509


 * Group decided to work on the exercise addiction article


 * Our group plan for the article: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AExercise_addiction&action=historysubmit&diff=455314520&oldid=452954985


 * Assigned tasks for group members to finish in regards to research and after we posted our rough draft.


 * Posting article for good article nomination: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AExercise_addiction&action=historysubmit&diff=462028233&oldid=462023811

Communication with other wiki users:
 * Introducing myself: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3ATjkimmett&action=historysubmit&diff=450400636&oldid=450330677


 * Posted my talk page to my group members talk pages: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3ATjkimmett&action=historysubmit&diff=451925723&oldid=450400636


 * Self-review of article: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AExercise_addiction&action=historysubmit&diff=461976796&oldid=460875666


 * Talking with a wiki user editing our page:
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Exercise_addiction&diff=prev&oldid=459070915
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Exercise_addiction&diff=prev&oldid=459071864
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Exercise_addiction&diff=prev&oldid=463445635 (I forgot to login before I added my comment)

Peer Review:
 * Peer review of corumination article: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3ACorumination&action=historysubmit&diff=460619357&oldid=460571268

Reflection:
 * Throughout this process I have learned a lot about Wikipedia and the extensive process users and editors go through to publish good articles. I think the idea of Wikipedia is great, a place in which so many people can come together and make additions to articles of interest. I was able to learn the editing side of Wikipedia pretty fast however there is definitely room for improvement in a certain areas like sourcing and Wikipedia style writing. It was nice having others to work on the article with because we all had our own contributions. It was also nice getting feedback from other Wikipedians it made the learning curve easier as their constructive edits pointed us in the right direction. It was hard to get use to others coming in and editing our page I am used to writing essays and term papers where I am the sole author. Wikipedia is a community based resource so the solo writing must be thrown out the window. Overall I think this was a good learning experience about creating a research paper and writing in conjunction with a variety of other people.