User:Wmujib/sandbox

Evaluating Articles and Sources
Make sure quotations, statistics, and controversial statements are cited.

Before adding a citation, make sure there is a references section at the bottom. To create a references section, create a heading named "References" and then go to insert and add a reflist template in.

When on visual editor, use the cite button and simply add in the URL and then Wikipedia will fill in the information of the citation by itself. Make sure your cursor is where you would like to enter your citation and then it will go where you want.

History can be viewed through a tab in the upper right-hand corner and it can be used to see differences between edited versions.

What I Plan to Contribute
I have already made a small contribution to Sonia's page so far. What the page needs right now is content. It has very little information and just by looking at the page, one would see that the titles of the articles she has published takes up more space than anything else. My goal in the coming weeks is a very textbook, but efficient approach to improving articles. Find a topic, find sources, and write. I have chosen my topic: Sonia Alvarez Leguizamón. I am currently in the process of finding sources and have a plan to get as many as I can. Then after that I will write up as much as I can in accordance with Wikipedia's writing guide.

The way I plan to approach the addition of more information is either bibliographic information, such as birth date and location. The second and more important way I plan on approaching the addition of more information is through the writing of Sonia's views. This article currently shows none of Sonia's ideas. It tells what she has contributed, but it does not show what her contributions say or mean. I have no idea what Sonia's beliefs are and no one else will either unless they seek out many other sources. I will expedite the process by being the middle man and transcribing whatever I can about her views.

This week (3/31) the assignment is to see what our respective articles are lacking so that we have a clear idea of what we can add to move forward. I have chatted back and forth with our class's assigned wiki staff helper, Shalor, and she has helped me locate a good source. Currently, one of Alvarez's most significant contributions is the book she wrote about poverty in Latin America. I plan creating a section about this book because Sonia's article lacks information about her and what she's done. The addition of this section would give a clear idea of why she is a notable person and how she has contributed to the growing body of knowledge that we have. I need to find articles that mention Sonia's ideas and have them cited so that I can use those to talk about what she has done.