User talk:Adam (Wiki Ed)/Archive 1

Q
Hi Adam--please tell me what the best URL is to send my students to in order to start with the class. Is it Wiki Ed/Auburn University at Montgomery/ENGL 1020C, CRN 2988 (Spring 2017)? I don't see a button there that says "Hey students click THIS". Or is it this? On that page it says "using the enrollment link your instructor sent you"--but I didn't send no link. Thanks! Dr Aaij (talk) 16:01, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi, Dr Aaij. Did you receive an enrollment link in your email? That link will have a code allowing your students to sign in on the dashboard. If you don't have that link send me an email and I'll send you it and the code. And yes, you'll want them to go to the dashboard, the Wikipedia page is a mirror so Wikipedians can see what's going on w/o leaving the site. Adam (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:08, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Ha! Thanks--I found it. 'Preciate it, Adam. Dr Aaij (talk) 16:40, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
 * OK, one more thing. I added a brief assignment to the first week, a "Wikipedia and this class" essay, which I want to weigh at 5% (and then lower the percentage of the final reflective essay by 5%). I don't know how to add a grading block/section/factor. Thanks, Dr Aaij (talk) 18:39, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
 * When you add a new block to a timeline, you should be able to select an "assignment" type which will include a due date and a grade field or a "custom type" which allows you to add a grade field to any block. This question on our Q&A site might help. If it doesn't answer your exact q. or you have another one you can ask there and the answer can be centrally available. Adam (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:43, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I'll check it out. Thanks. Dr Aaij (talk) 13:43, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I think I got it. Thanks. Dr Aaij (talk) 18:38, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

Headsup: Peteryecco / Despotism (14-Apr-'16)
Hi, Adam - this is to let you know I've commented on changes your student made to Despotism back in April. SquisherDa (talk) 08:07, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

Can you help me find good articles related to social inequality?
Hi Adam. I am leading a WikiEdu course and you're my liasion. Can you help me find good articles, by students or other, related to social inequality to have students contribute to or work on? Thanks, --sheridanford (talk) 20:50, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

Issue with student's username
Hi Adam -, one of the students of this course, has been flagged up as having a username which violates our username policy. Could you please talk to them/their instructor and assist in changing their username? Once this has been done the account will be blocked. Kind regards -- Samtar talk &middot; contribs 13:10, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

"Assigned article"
Adam--what does "Assigned article" mean? Did they assign that to themselves? Because I have a few students who have something listed there, but I want to discuss article creation in class first and what they picked is not what I want them to do as their "big" article project. Also--do we have a gradebook? Thanks, Dr Aaij (talk) 18:45, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
 * And Adam--what's going on here? When I click "edit" I'm told not to make any changes there. How did they make them? (And why??) Dr Aaij (talk) 19:05, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

Bug when editing Wiki Ed pages using the "Dashboard"
I'm not involved in Wiki Ed stuff, but it looks to me what User:Dr Aaij is talking about is something I have seen as well, after each student edits that page from the Dashboard. I think what is happening is the Dashboard edits are submitting content which contains four-tildes (meant as an example to students, not as an actual signature), which Wikipedia replaces with the student's signature each time. It's obvious if you look at that page's edit history (and this one Wiki Ed/Erie Community College/Introduction to Sociology (Spring 2017), which is where I first saw it). --BurritoBazooka If you reply here, please add   to your message 04:10, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of User talk:Hasnain0980


A tag has been placed on User talk:Hasnain0980 requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section U5 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to consist of writings, information, discussions, and/or activities not closely related to Wikipedia's goals. Please note that Wikipedia is not a free Web hosting service. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such pages may be deleted at any time.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. O Fortuna! ...Imperatrix mundi.  10:58, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

Wiki Ed/Duke University/Art in Renaissance Italy (Spring 2017)
Hi, I'm rather concerned about this bunch. They have been assigned articles on very major artists, most of which are already of a reasonable size, or longer, though varying in quality. Experience suggests that sophomore students are in many or most cases not going to improve at least a number of these. Articles on individual works or less major figures would probably have been a better choice. At least please make sure they don't just remove the existing article and start again, as students tend to do. Raphael, to take one example, gets 2,400 views a day & is closely watched. But he did plenty of major works that have very short or poor articles (which also get high views). Johnbod (talk) 01:21, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

Template:Course assignment deprecation
Hi, I am supporting the Research Methods (Film) course at QMUL and we were hoping to add the Template:Course assignment to the relevant talk pages. However this has been deprecated with a link to an unsuitable page. I would appreciate any advice you could give as regards a way forward on this.Fabian Tompsett (MDR) (talk) 18:13, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

Plagiarism Question
Hi Adam, I am working on completing my edits to the wikipedia page on Lazzi, and I had a few questions about what is considered plagiarism. I want to include list of lazzi that was used in the 16th and 17th centuries, but am not sure how to do so without infringing on Wikipedia's description of what they consider plagiarism. These are short, descriptive titles that cannot paraphrased, lest the be falsely represented. Is there a way to list and cite these that isn't considered plagiarism? Emily Giant 17:08, 26 January 2017 (UTC)

Hello Adam!
I am an undergraduate student at Rutgers University, and knowledge about editing in Wikipedia is necessary for the assignments in my course. Thank you for providing me with useful resources, and offering the help with my future questions. ReginaMaj (talk) 04:09, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

Wiki Ed/UC Davis/ENL 194H (Winter 2017)
I have an question regarding "evaluations" and specifically how this is being applied to articles on my watchlist but notice few replies on this page. Do you post replies here, elsewhere, or is it best to post to the EN/I? Victoriaearle (tk) 20:11, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

Wiki Ed/Cal State San Marcos/Sociological Advocacy (Spring 2017)
Having stumbled across the contribution of one of this course's students which was removed from mainspace as a WP:OR essay, I'm perplexed at how an Advocacy course will (or even could) meet wikipedia's requirement for WP:NPOV. Has this been addressed in the course? Cabayi (talk) 10:32, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

I do wish instead of this going on, I would have someone throw in other suggestions to improve what I have been working on. I am brand new to wikipedia, and it is not crystal clear to me what is needed for a page. I have done the training, aside from that it is self exploration. My original page creation was a flop. I learned and recreated the work by taking the advice I received, added information that is backed up with research, and tried to republish it. Using a new title as suggested, and I was still removed. I want to learn, but it almost seems belittling what is going on. Blunt001 (talk) 11:04, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

Sexism: "added citation about objectification of women in advertising"
Your citations are WP:SYNTH WP:OR. They don't explicitly state the sexual objectification of women in advertising to be a form of sexism(even if it might seem obvious to some? but this needs to be stated in the sources in order for it to qualify); the article is about sexism after all. Your sources are better fit for Sexual objectification or Objectification. In fact the article is actually plagued by WP:OR WP:SYNTH....no time in my part in trying to fix it all but I'm just here trying to prevent it from going any worse. --Samwaisgamgii (talk) 18:54, 8 February 2017 (UTC)

Help for FIU student
Hi Adam, I am a student from FIU and working on my Wiki assignment and my teacher asked me to include the link to my edits but I am unsure how to do this. Is it just the regular link to the web page I made my edits on? Thanks Skatewithjenna (talk) 18:41, 10 February 2017 (UTC)


 * I think what is meant is either https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Skatewithjenna which is the list of all edits you ever made with your Skatewithjenna account, or else something like https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Business_ethics&action=history which is a list of recent edits to the article Business ethics which you are working on.


 * Adam or another helper may be able to be more precise. MPS1992 (talk) 20:26, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Citing an email interview
Hi Adam, I am starting to create my page. I have actually been emailing the person whom I'm writing the page about. She is answering questions about herself. How would I cite this?

Thank you, SusiegroverSusangrover (talk) 17:37, 21 February 2017 (UTC)


 * A private email is not published, so it cannot be used as a source on Wikipedia.


 * You could ask the person to publish her replies on a public webpage, or you could ask her permission to publish them yourself -- the latter is probably not a good or easy way to do things.


 * All of this would only be any use as sources as things the person says about herself. If there is not yet a Wikipedia article about the person concerned, then what is needed is multiple independent reliable sources (such as newspapers or academic journals that are not related to the person) that are about the person.


 * A person answering questions about herself can never help in achieving "notability" in Wikipedia's quite unusual requirements. So if the person could point you to news or academic outlets that have discussed her in detail, that would be a better way to make it possible to have a Wikipedia article about her. MPS1992 (talk) 21:38, 21 February 2017 (UTC)


 * (pinging Susiegrover again because I got it wrong the first time) MPS1992 (talk) 21:39, 21 February 2017 (UTC) MPS1992 (talk) 09:03, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

A course instructor may need some guidance
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Adam,

I contacted Jeannine Turner regarding a page (Communication, Culture & Technology Program) created by her students at Wiki Ed/Georgetown University/Communication Technology and Organizations (Spring 2017). My concern was that Ms Turner's class is creating an inappropriate page and that she, as the course instructor, should probably coach them regarding the problems. Her response seems to me to indicate no intention to correct her students, but rather to encourage them to continue developing the page along the lines it has already started. Her response also indicates that her collaboration with you and Helen Blumenthal (I don't know who that is) seem to give her some level of immunity from critique from other users.

I'd like to ask you to review the pages in question and, if you feel it warrants attention, to contact Ms Turner and provide her the needed guidance.

Thanks! WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 03:58, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

Hello! As you know Adam, we have been collaborating with you for the past three months on this project. I am concerned that WikiDan61 thinks that I am not interested in working with the students on this page. We have been talking about it in class. We have visited many similar pages with much less information that reference their website instead of another source. Can you please help us know how best to proceed? We absolutely want to follow the steps that you think are necessary. Turnj (talk) 17:15, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

Article Draft Help
Hello Adam,

I am a student editor, from FIU, working on the Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès page and I would like to see if you could review the draft that I have in my sandbox so far. You should be able to find it under "Week 6". The talk page of that article isn't active so any feedback would help. I would also like help with posting pictures to the article. I understand that this can be complex due to copyright restrictions so I want to know what steps I can take to post images from books that I have from the library. Thank you very much! :)

-Revolutionary27 (talk) 19:08, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

POL 150C2 Article
Hi Adam,

I am co-editing the article, Eco-capitalism and saw that some of my work has been deleted. Well in fact, most of it. I am rather upset because I am editing this for a class and also unsure if the Wiki Editors deleted the context or another classmate did out of ignorance to my contribution to the assignment. I would appreciate feedback on this issue as the assignment is due tonight and I don't want it to look like I haven't contributed to much when indeed, I wrote the majority of the article. Please respond at your earliest convenience. I look forward to your clarification.

Best, Nisa L.Nlucassi (talk) 20:45, 2 March 2017 (UTC)


 * if you look at this link, you can see all of your additions to the page, and you can also see where other editors (sometimes probably your classmates, as you say), made further changes or improvements to what you wrote. In most cases you can also see why they did so, from their edit summaries -- this is important. From that page you could also prepare WP:DIFFs which would allow you to show whoever is marking your work exactly what you contributed and when. MPS1992 (talk) 23:21, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from ragesoss (talk)
Hello Ian.

I need help with...

--ragesoss (talk) 18:08, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

Hello
Hey Adam! I was instructed to say hi by my professor at the University of Arizona. I am taking a class here taught by the prestigious Noam Chomsky. Apparently, he's a big fan of Wikipedia editing in his free time :)

Student can't get forgotten password, no email address associated with account
Hi Adam,

I'm writing to request help. A student in my class NonPatsFan doesn't have an email address associated with his account and he can't remember his password. How can he reset his password or discover his forgotten password? Thanks for your help!

Thanks, Ian Ianjporter

Question about talk pages
Hey Adam! I am a student in the UBC ENGL 470 class. I just had a question regarding talk pages. Some users commented on my talk page about the wiki page we created for Sub Rosa (novel), and changed our page into a draft page, which is fine! I wanted to thank them for their input, and I wrote a response on my own talk page back to their comments. Will they see my response? Or would I have to go to each of their individual talk pages and thank them? OlaL101 (talk) 05:15, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

Origins of Modesty in Regards to Women
Hello, as a new page reviewer, I came across Origins of Modesty in Regards to Women. I think this should be moved to Draft: or User: namespace, the comments moved to the talk page and the user sent a reminder of the Editing guidelines, etc. The Page Curation tools don't really work well for this type of response. This isn't the only article that has such issues, it's one of several. Do you have some boilerplate text that I might use that is suitable for student editors who create articles directly in mainspace? Thanks, Mduvekot (talk) 14:22, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Chrisgonz321 (talk)
Hello.

I would like to kindly request that you review my draft article, which you will see a tab for in my table of content. Thank you so much!

--Chrisgonz321 (talk) 06:08, 12 March 2017 (UTC)

ANI

 * WP:ANI

There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Cabayi (talk) 08:32, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from 24.51.220.127 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with my wikipedia article draft. I was hoping you can review it and see if there are any things that I have to add, specifically checking out that my tone is neutral and unbiased and that my citations are correct. Additionally, I originally planned to add this to the Latin America page, but I am considering creating a new article titled "Latin American Economies in 2017" Since my material is specifically focused on that time period. My article can be found under the dashed lines in my sandbox.

--24.51.220.127 (talk) 14:53, 14 March 2017 (UTC)


 * What draft? This request appears to be your only edit. Cabayi (talk) 16:00, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

Citation Errors
Hello Adam, I am trying to edit an article and some of the sources for the references section that I am moving to that article are shown as errors. The article is called "Militant Feminism in the French Revolution". Can you help me fix this issue? Thanks, Caher80 (talk) 23:51, 15 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:28, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Maddieaalund (talk)
Hello.

I need help with my section called "Crystallized Self Contribution". I am trying to explain the theory behind the crystallized self. Please let me know if I need to change anything. Thank you!Maddieaalund (talk) 01:08, 15 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:34, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Eveazie (talk)
Hello.

I need help with... uploading new pages for Daphni Monastery - how do I upload for approval

--Eveazie (talk) 23:38, 13 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:41, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

Picture Help
Hello Adam. I am currently working on updating a few articles on Justice Michael Moldaver of the Supreme Court. I would like to add a picture of him, as it would go a long way to improve the pages. However, I have run into potential copyright issues and the picture I have used has been taking down. Do you have any ideas on the best way to proceed? thanks!

Lloyd55 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lloyd55 (talk • contribs)


 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:45, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Felipeca613 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with moving my page out of sandbox.

--Felipeca613 (talk) 05:11, 11 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:51, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Sirias (talk)
Hello.

I need help with peer reviews. I do not know how to move the articles I am interested in editing into my review column.

--Sirias (talk) 04:50, 8 March 2017 (UTC)Sirias


 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:55, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

Sandbox Check

 * Hi Adam! If you could please check out my sandbox to make sure my article edits abide by Wikipedia's guidelines and that everything sounds encyclopedic I would really appreciate it! Thanks Nmateo1997 (talk) 15:08, 3 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:58, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

March 2017
You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for running an unauthorized bot. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may request an unblock by first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the following text to the bottom of your talk page:. ~ Rob 13 Talk 16:40, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
 * This block is purely preventative to stop what seems to be an unauthorized bot sending automated welcome messages to editors. Please respond to the concerns at Special:Diff/770301422 when you're next around. ~ Rob 13 Talk 16:41, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
 * User:BU Rob13: I've disabled the dashboard from making any automated welcome messages from Adam's account, until we have everything at ANI sorted out. Please unblock it when you have a chance.--Sage (Wiki Ed) (talk) 20:29, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Maybe best that Adam fills in the unblock request? --Francis Schonken (talk) 21:05, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Happy to unblock but I need more of an explanation here. Is this expected behavior in the dashboard interface? Automated welcoming is not permitted without a separate bot account and approval, so if the dashboard allows this, that needs to change. ~ Rob 13 Talk 21:49, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
 * User:BU Rob13: It was the expected behavior for dashboard.wikiedu.org until I disabled that feature today. See my comment on the ANI thread. The automatic welcoming will not be re-enabled without bot approval.--Sage (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:52, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Unblocked. I want to be clear that if automatic editing resumes either without approval or on a non-bot account, the accounts in question are highly likely to be blocked. ~ Rob 13 Talk 23:30, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
 * User:BU Rob13: Thanks. I opened a BRFA for it. Note that we're requesting an atypical setup here; the (currently-disabled) greetings are done via OAuth using the same account that makes conventional manual edits as well as automatic transactional OAuth edits (ie, the normal OAuth edits that happen because of direct user actions on dashboard.wikiedu.org). So we're requesting permission to make these edits without bot accounts. If that's not approved, the likely solution will be to switch to manually initiating these greetings from the Wiki Ed Dashboard, but that would in practice look pretty much the same as automatic edits.--Sage (Wiki Ed) (talk) 23:53, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
 * , will someone be dealing with the backlog of queries on this page? That would appear fairly high on the list of problems inherent in one user account churning out 8500 welcome messages. Hope Adam's feeling better soon. Cabayi (talk) 12:07, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I've replied to the ones which still appear to be timely. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:21, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Zsj.engl300 (talk)
Hi Adam, I'm in the ENGL 300 - Digital Writing Studio class that is editing as a course assignment right now. I just wanted to get feedback on the article I drafted in my sandbox to see if it would be acceptable to upload to the mainspace. The current article for Changwon, South Korea is grammatically incoherent, contains uncited plagiarism, repeated sentences, long lists of building names without context, outdated information, and is generally unclear and disorganized. The version I've made in my sandbox uses some of the original information, but is largely new material relying on published books, government websites, and a few other sources I found. Any feedback you could offer would be very much appreciated. Thank you! -Zach

--Zsj.engl300 (talk) 06:46, 17 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Replied on this user's talk page.--Sage (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:48, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Michael Garcia (IDH1001) (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

Checking my "Childhood Article" on George Jacques Danton. I wonder if the bullet points are OK or if i should summarize it in paragraph form. also a general check of the article for wording and with references.

--Michael Garcia (IDH1001) (talk) 04:57, 18 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Replied on their talk page.--Sage (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:52, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

Introduction
Hi there Adam! I am Ashley Luna, an undergraduate student At the University of Windsor for Kinesiology. We are currently working on our Canadian Aboriginal athletes for our sport sociology class. I was having a bit of trouble looking for reliable sources to find information on my athlete. Is there any search engines you would recommend me to check out? Also what type of sources do you recommend I stay away from? Thanks in advance
 * Replied on their talk page. --Sage (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:02, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Ivizulis (talk)
Hello.

I need help with citations... I was wondering, If I have a few consecutive sentences under the same citation, do I have to cite each sentence separately, or add the citation subscript after the few sentences?

--Ivizulis (talk) 22:37, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Replied on their talk page.--Sage (Wiki Ed) (talk) 22:54, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Nkiesolo (talk)
Hello.

I need help with my final draft, if you can give me your feedback. Thank you.

--Nkiesolo (talk) 12:12, 20 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Ian replied on their user talk page. --Ryan (Wiki Ed) (talk) 12:48, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

New page creation
Hi Adam, I was wondering if you would be able to help me create a new page. I have tried on my own and when I create the link, it redirects whoever clicks on it to the bands page that the member I am trying to create the page on is apart of. If you could help me out with this please let me know! Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by NicholeC (talk • contribs) 03:02, 17 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Replied on their talk page. --Ryan (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:06, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

Lack of response, not very welcoming
,, Adam hasn't responded to any queries from students on this page since 29 December yet his account is churning out welcome messages like a bot. If Adam's no longer responding perhaps another account should be doing the welcoming? He's not responding on his personal page either. Cabayi (talk) 17:44, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Just as a quick aside for any future comments/questions/issues: Rob worked with Wiki Ed on a contract basis ending a few months ago, so won't likely see/respond to pings. Typically, Adam and Ian are the go-to people for issues with student work, but if something is either urgent or transcends specific students/classes, you can also ping me or, especially if it concerns the tools/software students use, . --Ryan (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:11, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Sezshana (talk)
Hello. . I need help with reviewing my tentative content for the Wikipedia article "Human Trafficking in Venezuela," and any comments on what I have planned so far

--Sezshana (talk) 00:12, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Sezshana: I responded at Talk:Human trafficking in Venezuela.--Sage (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:22, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Dionysiaaaaa (talk)
--Dionysiaaaaa (talk) 19:17, 22 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Dionysiaaaaa It looks like you've accidentally posted this here instead of somewhere like your sandbox.--Sage (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:21, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Revolutionary27 (talk)
Hello! I would really appreciate it if somebody could review the draft I have in my sandbox for the Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès page. You should be able to find it under Draft(Week 6 & Weeks 7). Thank you very much! Revolutionary27 Sandbox

--Revolutionary27 (talk) 21:37, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Revolutionary27: I've left some feedback on the sandbox talkpage. --Sage (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:48, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Kaitlynkorich (talk)
Hello.

I need help with... ensuring my content is in the correct Wiki language. I previously completed a literature review on this topic (the difference between founder and non-founder CEOs) and want to ensure I am transferring the information to Wikipedia correctly. Also, what areas do you think I could improve?

Thank you for all your help!

--Kaitlynkorich (talk) 06:02, 23 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Kaitlynkorich: I've left some comments on the sandbox talk page.--Sage (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:37, 23 March 2017 (UTC)

Can you help me move my page to the main space?
When I'm in my sandbox, there is no "Move" bar next to the history, star, etc pages. How do I get to it? Thank you! Noelpd (talk) 21:21, 23 March 2017 (UTC)noelpd
 * Noelpd: You had not yet made 10 edits, so your account was not allowed to move a page. This post was your 10th edit, so see if it shows up now.--Sage (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:24, 23 March 2017 (UTC)

LGBT 146 Cultural Representations of Sexuality
Hi Adam,

I happened to chance upon an editor enrolled in the LGBT 146 Cultural Representations of Sexuality course when they moved this userspace draft to Lesbian Bars in San Francisco. I ended up moving the draft back to the user sandbox as it was essentially a set of notes on a page to be written, rather than an encyclopedic article.

After going through the notes themselves I believe the subject will be an exceedingly challenging one to write about:
 * The page limits itself geographically to the San Francisco area, though at the same time we do not have a developed Lesbian bar article for the page to lean on.
 * The page notes suggests the result will be an essay rather than a stand-alone article. It seems to try and cover both generic Lesbian bar information (Eg: Definition and History), a comparison between lesbian and gay bars, a list of lesbian bars in the San Francisco area and so on.

If one were to stay entirely on topic the page would essentially be an "Company type X in area Y" type article - which in turn should really be "List of company type X in area Y". Either way, i have a difficult time imagining it would survive in the mainspace a long time. My own assumption would be that a broader topic such as Lesbian culture in San Francisco or a page for Lesbian Bar would have a higher success chance and would be easier to write. So far i messaged the editor that i moved the page back to their sandbox, but i believe some more steering adjustment may be required to set the editor on the right track. Excirial ( Contact me, Contribs ) 21:59, 23 March 2017 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion Nomination
Hey Adam, As a part of my course assignment at the University of Western Ontario, I was instructed to edit a pre-existing Wikipedia article to add more information to it through the use of the sandbox feature. After copying the article onto my sandbox and making my edits, it says that I have been nominated for speedy deletion. How would I go about removing that tag? Thanks
 * User:Halshara. Seems to have been a mistake; I removed the tag. For adding to an existing article, I highly recommend that you just copy and work on a single section in your sandbox, rather than a copy of the complete article. That will make it much easier to add changes back to the main article without the risk of overwriting other changes that happen to the article in the meantime.--Sage (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:21, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
 * It was no mistake, and if you really thought so, you would've asked me. As it stands, it is clearly unattributed and thus a Copyvio of other editors work (and do not be confused by our open-source licensing). It is a shame, really, how editors with high educational ideals do not do some basic basic research prior to instructing. WP:ATTREQ is a good start. &mdash;  O Fortuna!   Imperatrix mundi.  08:51, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
 * It was tagged G11 (spam), not copyvio.--Sage (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:45, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Having seen an editor get their own article deleted yesterday through the confusion caused by the method of editing that Halshara describes, I'd endorse Sage's sage advice.
 * I'd requested deletion on the article. An admin disagreed & removed the request. The author pasted back a working copy which included the deletion request, effectively requesting deletion on their own behalf. The next admin to respond agreed with the assessment and deleted it. Cabayi (talk) 21:27, 21 March 2017 (UTC)


 * That thread now archived at Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive950 --Francis Schonken (talk) 08:37, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

WikiEdu
Hello Adam,

Thank you for your kind note. I am finished with my wikipedia article and was wondering if you could give it a look and critique it before I submit it to my professor for grading. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mam13ae (talk • contribs)

Benefits of Mutant species
Mutants spawn from an increase in mutations within a given species that allow them to adapt a physiological difference that provides them with either subtle, or important traits, thereby affecting the new species fitness. Within any given environment, a certain species has a variety of different competitors for resources, and predators to be wary of. Darwin emphasized a phenomenon, natural selection, which referenced how only the best suited species in a given environment will out-last, and out-compete their competition.

Beneficial mutations can increase the odds that a species will prevail within that environment, allowing it to survive a longer time and increase its fitness. This applies to truly realistic environments, which are ephemeral. They are dynamic and constitute a multitude different aspects especially as seasons change. This means for a species to exist within this ecosystem, they must be able to adapt to whatever environmental cues they are given. This gives rise to some species having special advantages over others. A difference between species is prevalent in this manner. For example, If there are two very closely linked organisms, but one has the ability to survive with less amounts of food (organism A) and an organism who needs a regular amount of nutrients (organism B), and if there was an environmental shift in their ecosystem that caused their prey to leave, then organism A could have a higher rate of survival than compared to organism B. This is an example of a beneficial mutation that caused a mutant who can live within their harsh environment. This success will cause organism A to have a higher fitness rate, thereby rapidly expanding the mutations which helped organism A to survive, to other future generations. This creates a whole new mutant of the original species.


 * Hi! I'm helping out with Adam's classes this semester. This looks good, however I would leave out the example, as that's more something akin to a student essay rather than an encyclopedia article. If you're referencing a specific example (ie, in the sources) then we can get around this by referring to it as "Miller's example". Other than that, the only thing that we'd need to do is show in-line citations. This looks pretty well written. :) Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 12:51, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Sonofjoat (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

I just drafted my final draft of my article and moved it to the mainspace. I can see that it has yet to become an actual wiki article. At this point will it be reviewed and (hopefully) approved and made into a real article? Or are there additional steps I need to take before that happens?

Thank you

--Sonofjoat (talk) 20:43, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
 * NPP Reviewed and tagged. L3X1 (distant write)  02:53, 31 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi! I'm helping out with Adam's classes this semester. You've moved the article to the mainspace, which means that it's been made "live" - so it would be visible to searchers in the same way that other articles on Wikipedia (PewDiePie, Shakespeare, etc) would be. Offhand the article can use more sourcing to establish notability, as I'm concerned about the sourcing currently used in the article. You need to be cautious, because not all sourcing is considered to be reliable on Wikipedia.
 * Two of the articles have ties to marketing or advertising, as the Nanfang offers advertising campaigns to interested parties and the Global South Africans is run by Brand South Africa, a marketing agency that has the goal of making South Africa (and those people and things related to it) look good. What makes things of this nature unreliable per Wikipedia's guidelines is that you can't really tell what was written as part of a paid service and what wasn't, especially if the site isn't clear about its editorial processes - which neither site really was. It's very rare that a marketing related website will be considered a reliable source on here. I'm not sure that Limitless Laowai would be seen as a reliable source either, as it's not entirely clear about its editorial process and it looks like it would most likely be considered a self-published source. Some SPS can be considered reliable, but only if they're repeatedly referred to as a reliable source by other, very reliable sources - typically well established newspapers and academic/scholarly sources. Finally, be careful of video productions as not all productions will establish notability - to show how appearing in a video would be considered notable you'll have to show where the video (and especially their appearance) has received coverage in independent and reliable sources like reviews or articles in newspapers. (IMDb cannot be used as a source even to show that the video exists, unfortunately, as it's a user edited database.)
 * Please don't take any of this hard - it's very difficult to establish notability for a person, especially one who is known primarily or exclusively for their vlogging work. My best recommendation would be to move this back to your userspace to work on it some more while you look for more sourcing. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 20:53, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Davidk9302 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

I chose the "Gladiator" article to evaluate. The question I decided to review was

How is encyclopedic writing different from persuasive writing? Encyclopedic writing is different from persuasive writing is the difference in intentions. Encyclopedic writing strives to present information in a neutral manner but from reliable sources. This article did well in citing reliable sources as often as they can to support events and characters. Persuasive writing aims to sway the reader to one opinion or another. Arguments are based on carefully selected passages or pieces of evidence that best support the writer's argument. The gladiator article did well in that the information was presented but no opinion or secret agenda was present to either make the viewers adopt a presented perspective.

--01:43, 3 April 2017 (UTC) --Davidk9302 (talk) 01:43, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi! I'm helping out with Adam's classes this semester! This is a good summary of the differences between the two. Something else that you may want to also consider is that persuasive writing can also make their own assumptions and derive their own original research from the sources - you see this a lot in academic writing like journal articles and student papers as well. You can't have this with encyclopedia articles, as the writer(s) can/should only contain research and assumptions that have already been made by authorities on the topic.
 * This was very well written! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:01, 3 April 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Cmprice11 (talk)
Hello Adam, I just wanted to ask for some guidance on my sandbox page for class. I will continue to add to it, but wanted to ensure everything looks good for citations, hyperlinks, and general format/content.

Thanks!!

--Cmprice11 (talk) 02:38, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi! I'm helping out with Adam's classes this semester!
 * So far this looks very good and is very informative. The sourcing is good, as it's all official sourcing. I don't see where there are any broken hyperlinks, so that's well done also.
 * I have a question - will this be a new article or will you be adding this to the article for the Obama Administration? My reason for asking is that the background section may not fit as well into this article and I actually think that you may want to look into creating a new article on Freedom of Navigation Operations in the United States as a whole. You will need to look for independent sourcing to establish notability (ie, academic texts, newspaper articles, and the like), but so far this would be an excellent start and something that would most likely be of very great benefit to Wikipedia. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:09, 3 April 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Brendalazarev (talk)
Hello.

I need help with... getting done whats assigned for my assignment. I have done the trainings, it says 3/3 completed. After this it says add to an article, and edit an article, I am not sure how to do this.

--Brendalazarev (talk) 01:29, 25 March 2017 (UTC)Brenda Lazarev
 * Replied on their talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:28, 3 April 2017 (UTC)

Help Request: Philosophy 115
Hi Adam, I am a student in Dr. Stewart-Rozema's class. I am having trouble adding a citation for change.org to my article draft because it is apparently registered on Wikipedia's blacklist. Can you explain what this means and how I can get approval for my specific change.org petition to be cited in my article? I would really hate to have to remove this information from my article if I cannot cite it.

Thank you, —jrseidm (talk) 21:25, 1 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi, I'm helping out with Adam's classes this semester.
 * The most basic explanation is that someone (or several someones) was repeatedly adding a website to Wikipedia despite it violating one (or more) of Wikipedia's guidelines and/or it being considered a reliable source. Most times when someone tries to add a link to Wikipedia that doesn't merit inclusion, the link is removed, however if it's done often enough that it appears that the only way to stop it is to block the site from being added, the domain name (like Examiner.org) is added to the blacklist.
 * In the case of Change.org, the reason why it was blacklisted was most likely that anyone can create a petition via that site. This means that most petitions do not warrant inclusion in an article regardless of the reason for the petition, who opened it, or the amount of signers. The best way around this is to see if you can find a news article that mentions the petition or petitions that were opened concerning the topic you're writing about. If there's no news coverage about the petition or it's not mentioned in a news article, it's very likely that it wouldn't be considered something that should be added to the article, especially if it was opened by a random person. You can use a primary source if the person/organization wrote something about the petition, however be cautious about this if they open multiple petitions - you may just want to write that they frequently open (or officially support) petitions on Change.org. Just be cautious and make sure that they are officially involved with the petition. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 22:29, 1 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi ,
 * Thank you for responding to my message and giving me more information. The article I am working on is about a hashtag campaign and the associated Change.org petition that was created by the campaign's founder.  Do you still suggest that I not use her petition as a source?  The petition includes letters to the petitioners and updates on the founder's activist activities as well as the current number of people that have signed the petition. If you think it would be alright for me to use the petition in this case, is there any way for me to request that the specific link be removed from the blacklist?
 * Thank you, jrseidm (talk) 23:20, 2 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Hmm... the problem is that the blacklist is against the domain name in general, so I don't believe that there's a way to request that a specific link be allowed. There are some ways around this - does the founder have social media accounts? If so, they probably posted about it on their Twitter or Facebook accounts and we could use that to reference the Change.org petition.
 * I will ask at the blacklist page though - we won't know until we ask, right? Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:31, 3 April 2017 (UTC)


 * That would be great. Thank you.  When I was told that the page was blacklisted, the message said that I could request that the specific page be unblocked on the spam whitelist talk page.  Do you know anything about this?
 * Thank you, jrseidm (talk) 16:54, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you, jrseidm (talk) 16:54, 3 April 2017 (UTC)


 * It looks like you can request the specific link be whitelisted by posting a request here. Thanks for catching that! I hadn't realized that we could request specific pages. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:38, 3 April 2017 (UTC)

Language deprivation in deaf and hard of hearing children
This article was created by a student in Wiki Ed/Boston University/ASL Structure (Spring 2017)] and it should not exist; this would have been caught had it gone through AFC.  It should not exist as it has all kinds of OR in it, doesn't discuss its subject matter much at all and what is discussed is unsourced or badly sourced, and most of the content that belongs in [[Deaf education and Language deprivation.  It is really more of an essay.  If Can you please work with the student to put this through AfC so we can avoid drama? Jytdog (talk) 23:45, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi, I'll move this to the userspace so the student can work on improving the issues. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 23:57, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much!! Jytdog (talk) 23:59, 3 April 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from ThienHuynhFIU (talk)
Hello.

I have already completed my draft in my sandbox and moved it to the mainspace, please look over the actual article to see if it matches Wikipedia's tone and style. Please advise me on what to fix. Thanks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanbon_Saint-André

--ThienHuynhFIU (talk) 20:31, 2 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi! I'm helping with Adam's classes this semester. This is a very interesting article!
 * Most of my notes are just general observations - the article is titled Jeanbon Saint-André, but in the article this name is occasionally stylized Jean Bon Saint-André. Are both of these versions used by people writing about him? I would recommend using the most common version of the name throughout the article and making a short notation in the lead paragraph if this is the case. From what I can see it looks like Jeanbon is the most common way the name is styled, at least via looking at the other language Wikipedia entries.
 * I also note that you tend to use "he" a lot in the article. You should use Saint-André's name more frequently in the article as the use of "he" can be a bit repetitive. It's not a huge issue, it's mostly just for style reasons. Also, the "Reign of Terror and later missions" is a bit long - can you split this up into further subsections?
 * Other than that, the article looks very good! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:28, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the feedback! I will try my best to fix the repetitive usage of "he," and will also divide the Reign of Terror and Later Missions section. If you have any further comments, please do so. Once again, Thank You!ThienHuynhFIU (talk) 17:12, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Irenez2017 (talk)Irenez2017
Hello.

I need help with reviewing the relevance of the content article and its length. I would also like help with assessing whether my referencing is up to the standards.

--Irenez2017 (talk) 02:36, 4 April 2017 (UTC)Irenez2017
 * The article content looks good, however be careful when writing about the paintings. Make sure that any claims are backed up with a reliable source that explicitly makes that particular claim. What I mean by this is that when saying that "This piece is considered to be 'a testimony to the artist's own great personal vitality and excellence as a colorist." about The Vision of St. Bernard, you should have this backed up with a citation that makes this same claim. The reason for this is that this can be seen as an opinion, which shouldn't be in an encyclopedia article. This would of course go for things like inspirations and other claims.
 * That said, your expansion looks good and I'm glad that you were able to link to photographs from Wikimedia Commons. It's a step that's easy to forget in the article creation process (I've been editing for years and I'll still sometimes forget to do this) and it says a lot about your thoroughness that you looked for these. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 09:04, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Amarier (talk)
Hello.

I need help with checking that I am not copy righting or plagiarizing anything inside my sand box.

--Amarier (talk) 02:45, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I didn't see anything that looked to be a copyright or plagiarism issue. The only thing I would caution you about at this point is that the sandbox article does read like a student essay rather than an encyclopedia article. I've written a bit about this here. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 09:13, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Victor mx mtl (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

I just uploaded in my sandbox an Spanish translation from Alanis Obomsawin English entry. What are the next steps?.

Thanks.

--Victor mx mtl (talk) 22:23, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I've moved this back to your userspace. All articles on Wikipedia should be in English - there's a separate Wikipedia for Spanish language articles at the Spanish Wikipedia. Since she doesn't have an entry there, it would be very helpful if you wanted to add it there. Just make sure that you include the citations from the English language article, as the citations weren't visible in the version you created here. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 10:33, 5 April 2017 (UTC)