User talk:Adam (Wiki Ed)/Archives/Fall 2016

Introduction
Hi Adam, I am a student at Brooklyn College and was instructed to reach out as part of my Wikipedia tutorial. --Jackpmattern (talk) 16:28, 4 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi, . Thanks for the note! I hope you enjoy editing Wikipedia. Adam (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:26, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

Hello!
Hi Adam! Stopping over to introduce myself. I'm a student at Brooklyn College, taking Global Theatre History this semester. Looking forward to getting into the world of Wikipedia editing! Best to you! Jaynakatz (talk) 06:44, 5 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi, . Thanks for the note. Happy editing! Adam (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:27, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

Hello
Hi Adam. Saying hello, as per my course instructions. Joshuachasegold (talk) 19:07, 5 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi, . Hope you enjoy it here. Adam (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:27, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

A Quick Introduction
Hello Adam. My name is Emily and I am just embarked on the first year of my Masters in Arts Management at Brooklyn College. I am not technologically ept, so I am thankful for the guidance you are able to provide! Have a great Labor Day. Emily Giant 22:45, 5 September 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Giantek (talk • contribs)
 * Hi, . Let me know if you have any questions. You can sign your name at the end of talk page posts with four tildes ' ' so you don't have to type your name or username out. Adam (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:29, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

Hello from Brooklyn College
Hi Adam, hope this finds you well! My name is Tara and I'm an MFA Directing student in Amy Hughes Global History class. I'm brand new to this platform and look forward to learning its quirks! Making.history (talk) 03:21, 6 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi, . Great username. Hope you enjoy editing! Adam (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:29, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

Hello from Home
Hello! This is Shane, or Tall__kidd. If you need any help with anything, feel free to ask, and I could offer assistance!73.204.157.8 (talk) 00:32, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

Hello!
Hi Adam - I am looking forward to diving in to the world of Wikipedia through my global theater history class at Brooklyn College. Thanks for being our ambassador. --RaineRules (talk) 18:30, 8 September 2016 (UTC)

Hello
Hi I'm Jasmine! I am a junior here at MSU taking IAH206 with you. I am a Neuroscience major on the Pre-medicine track and hope to go into the field of psychiatry post medical school. Keyjasmi (talk) 01:18, 13 September 2016 (UTC)

Plans for expansion, advice wanted
Hello, I am a student in the Poverty Justice and Human Capabilities class at Rice University, and I have been gathering research about domestic violence (or intimate partner violence) in same-sex relationships, and I am trying to decide whether I should expand upon the same sex relationships section within the article on domestic violence, or if I should create a new page about same sex domestic violence, or if I should take the page about domestic violence in lesbian relationships and expand it to include other same sex couples as well as trans individuals. Any advice would be very much appreciated, please feel free to post on my talk page your thoughts. Kmwebber (talk) 20:16, 13 September 2016 (UTC)Kmwebber


 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 22:11, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

Advice wanted for a new page
Hi Adam, I'm a student at Rice University, and I'm currently taking a class on Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities with Dr. Strassmann. I am interested in creating a new page about Muslim women in sports as a child article to both Women in Islam and Women's Sports. As this is quite a broad topic, I could use some advice about both content and organization. Would it be better for me to focus on a specific country, or a more specific population (i.e. Muslim schoolgirls)? I believe that I can create an in-depth article that covers many issues relating to Muslim women in sports (professional athletes, family/cultural/religious barriers to sports participation, amateur or school-level participation, relevant policies, clothing issues, etc.), but I am open to suggestions if you think a narrower topic would be better. Thanks so much for all your help! Rjpg12 (talk) 20:43, 13 September 2016 (UTC)


 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 22:11, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

Requesting Advice
Hi Adam, I am an undergraduate student enrolled in the Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities Course at Rice University, and I am hoping to receive your advice about the placement of a new page. As of now, there is no article discussing "Maternal Healthcare in Texas", and so I am hoping to create a new article on this topic and place it under a parent article. There is an article called Healthcare in Texas, but this has been categorized as a list article, and thus wouldn't serve as a parent article. Therefore, I am looking into placing "Maternal Healthcare in Texas" under the parent article of "Texas." I believe it is a broad enough topic to merit its own category (along with geography, culture, etc in the Texas article), but I would appreciate your thoughts on this. I would be grateful for any alternate suggestions as well. Please feel free to post on my talk page. Thank you, and I look forward to hearing from you! SBanda (talk) 00:23, 15 September 2016 (UTC)


 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 22:11, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

Henrietta Lacks as a student's work-project?
I confess, I am puzzled as to how this article fits into Wiki Ed/Michigan State University/IAH 206 It's Alive (Fall 2016). Of course, Wikipedia is the encyclopedia anyone can edit and these assignments are independent of Wikipedia/Wikimedia/Wiki Ed/etc, but, that being said, how does Henrietta Lacks fit into the stated course parameters of:
 * From Frankenstein to Futurama to Fringe, mad scientists and their monsters are familiar characters. But why are they so compelling? In this course we will investigate mad scientists and the monsters they create to think about distinctions between fact and fiction, humanity and monstrosity, natural and unnatural. We’ll ask questions about what it means to create a monster and what it means to be a monster. Finally, we’ll consider what mad scientists and their monsters tell us about the monstrous nature of humanity itself.

Anyway, I noticed that you are the Content Expert and wanted to mention this possible issue to you. Thanks, Shearonink (talk) 00:19, 19 September 2016 (UTC)

Question about an article that emphasizes on poverty
Hello Adam, my name is Jessymar and I am a student at UC Berkeley. I have a question about doing a critique on an article that emphasizes on poverty. When we critique an article do we get to edit or the critique is the initial step, if so where can i critique?

Thank you.

Sincerely.

Jessymar Gallaga


 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 22:11, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

Question about starting a wiki page that has been nominated for deletion
Hi Adam I need some help!! I started my wiki page but it says that it has been nominated for deletion!!!!! Please Help!! Thank you Vanessacushing (talk) 19:37, 22 September 2016 (UTC)


 * Hello, that is absolutely no problem and no cause for concern at all. Articles that are not shown to meet WP:GNG will normally be deleted, this is absolutely fine. If you know of additional sources, that are independent and reliable by Wikipedia's standards, then you should add them to the article and then mention the addition at the deletion discussion. Not all female activists need an article about them on Wikipedia, so don't worry. MPS1992 (talk) 20:56, 22 September 2016 (UTC)

Question About Wiki's Policy on Tables
Hello, Adam. I found a sophisticated table on the gender pay gap that includes the gap ranking for 145 countries in The Global Gender Gap Report 2015 on pages 16 and 17. What is Wikipedia's policy on tables? I would really like to place the table on the Gender pay gap page in the by country section to give recent reliable statistics. Cardinal0205 (talk) 20:53, 23 September 2016 (UTC)


 * Hello Cardinal0205, I will offer a few thoughts on this complicated topic. Wikipedia policy is fully supportive of tables, for example take a look at List of elected and appointed female heads of state. But if a third party has a sophisticated table that both presents information they have gathered, and also provides sophisticated ways of dealing with it, then there are problems for Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a repository for primary source information, and it would be very rare that we would want to just take an entire table covering 145 different countries in great detail, including all its formatting, and just copy it into Wikipedia, even if its license allowed that.


 * Where such sources may be of more use would be articles that I have edited like for example Women in Pakistan, where large parts of the article content are based on sources which take their data from the 1990s or before, since when the situation in that country has changed hugely. In any article where up to date sources are lacking or absent, presenting a fact from a primary source like a 2015 survey can be very useful. MPS1992 (talk) 00:25, 24 September 2016 (UTC)


 * this is a ping just in case you have not watchlisted this page. MPS1992 (talk) 00:33, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

Problem
Moved from unrelated thread above.—Odysseus 1 4 7  9  00:51, 29 September 2016 (UTC)

Hi, Adam, I am having a problem and wanted to see if you could take a look at it. I am enrolled in Introduction to Hispanic Sociolinguistics and I have been making changes and adding information to my sandbox, however, when I enter via the class page, I don't see any of my changes and my assigned article goes to the English version and not the Spanish which is what I have assigned myself. Thanks! Nmblaker (talk) 00:40, 29 September 2016 (UTC)


 * Replied on his talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:46, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

Oops
I'm afraid I may have stepped on the toes of a student you welcomed. I nominated Hotarumibashi Park for speedy deletion under A3 not realizing that they were part of an education project. I reverted the nomination, but I figured I would let you know in case they asked about it. Ks0stm (T•C•G•E) 22:02, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi Adam
Hi Adam, I am a student at Connecticut College and have a couple questions about my Wikipedia assignment. I have the Williams Memorial School, but have noticed that their are two Wikipedia pages one as the Williams school, and the other as a the Williams Memorial School, i don't particularly know if i should be talking about the past of the Williams memorial school and then hyperlink it to the modern Williams school?" Professor Rotramel told me to ask you, what proper Wikipedia etiquette is for this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tmavroko (talk • contribs)


 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:54, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

Help Adam
Hi Adam. I am a student at California Lutheran University and we have been assigned a Wikipedia Project in class. I am not familiar with this process at all. I have completed the required training, selected an article (predetermined by the professor), and now I am struggling. My article is Christian Pacifism. It is a Contemporary Christian Ethics class. The article is not in good shape, but yet it is hard to just jump in on something and start editing and adding and then drafting my own article to add to it. My first assignment is to "add to an article"...1-2 sentences with citation. How do I even know what to add? Do I just pick a part of the article that needs something additional?Tyler Chinappi (talk) 20:41, 10 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:14, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

Question about reviving a merged page
Hi Adam, I am curious about reviving a page that has been merged with another Online learning. I think a new article there that focuses on higher education with updated references to technologies used, enrollment, and current research would be significantly different from and inappropriate for the Educational technology page that it got merged with. Can I do this? If so, what should be my first step? Should I post this proposal on the Online learning talk page?KarinSpader (talk) 15:34, 11 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:23, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi Adam
My name is Margaret, a student at Michigan State University, taking classes toward the completion of my degree in Nursing. It will be good to get comfortable with Wikapedia. I'm sure I will talk more with you. thank you for being available!

AU student mark for Adam
Hi adam, Im an AU students in understanding media and I cannot find peoples sandboxes pages or any content to peer review. Could You Help? I assigned myself an article but after looking through a bunch cannot find any content from the user in my class. Let me know, my talk page would be good Mp4545a (talk) 16:36, 13 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:08, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

Message from Socimajor
Hi Adam, I wanted to say hello. I'm writing an article on Max Bazerman. So far it's in my sandbox and I haven't moved it. I would really appreciate it if you could offer any advice.


 * Replied at User_talk:Socimajor. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 01:11, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

Question
Hello Adam, I am a student at California State University Channel Islands working on the editing of a Wikipedia article for my philosophy class. My partner and I for this project are looking into a page that we would like to edit the page name of. We really want to capitalize a letter (R) in the title. Here is the article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_rights_in_the_United_States please let me know how/if we can go about this. We would appreciate it! Sunflowersoul (talk)


 * Hello Sunflowersou! May I ask why you think that "Voting rights" is a proper noun? If it is not, then there is no need to capitalize the R. MPS1992 (talk) 22:36, 19 October 2016 (UTC)


 * ✅ Reply by User:Ian (Wiki Ed). Rob (Wiki Ed) (talk) 20:47, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

Hey Adam!
My name is Kendra and I'm a student at UC Berkeley, in one of the wiki edu classes. I was wondering if you could take a quick look at my sandbox and review the section on lulzsec I wrote for the hacktivism article. I also was wondering if you could help me decide whether or not it is appropriate to create a header called "Hacktivist Groups" for the article and under that umbrella put groups like Anonymous, Lulzsec, and Wikileaks.

Thank you so much! Kendrawsing (talk) 01:46, 21 October 2016 (UTC)


 * ✅ Reply by User:Ian (Wiki Ed). Rob (Wiki Ed) (talk) 20:48, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

Moving My Wiki Page
Adam- I am having trouble moving my article to the main space. I moved it to Wikipedia: Mary Foulke Morrisson but now its not on the actual Mary Foulke Morrisson page or my Sandbox!! Please Help! Thank you, Vanessa


 * hi Vanessa, do not worry too much about this. It can probably be fixed very quickly, but I am not going to try myself because Adam or Ian or someone would probably have a clearer idea what needs changing. Don't worry, nothing has been lost, and your latest version is probably at Mary Foulke Morrisson until someone moves it.


 * For the convenience of anyone fixing this, the relevant pages are as follows:


 * Mary Foulke Morrisson is an existing Wikipedia article that was started by Vanessa in late September 2016 and survived an AfD.


 * Mary Foulke Morrisson is a page that was originally created by Vanessa several weeks earlier, probably under the page name User:Vanessacushing/sandbox, and then moved to the wrong namespace accidentally on 22 October 2016. This is probably the most up to date version, and perhaps the changes just need merging into Mary Foulke Morrisson manually.


 * Mary Foulke Morrisson has only been edited by Vanessa -- so far -- so there are no attribution problems and a history merge is probably not necessary. MPS1992 (talk) 17:35, 23 October 2016 (UTC)


 * ✅ Replied. Rob (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:18, 24 October 2016 (UTC)


 * The statement "Mary Foulke Morrisson has only been edited by Vanessa -- so far -- so there are no attribution problems and a history merge is probably not necessary." is incorrect. 24.151.10.165 (talk) 15:42, 25 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I fear I may have confused the issue. The Wikipedia space version of the article was only edited by Vanessa including some cut-and-pastes from the mainspace article, whereas the mainspace version has been edited by others, mostly during the AfD process. Whether any history merging is needed is beyond my competence. 24.151.10.165 (talk) 16:01, 25 October 2016 (UTC)
 * It has been decided that a history merge is not necessary, but I will have to do some further thinking and research to understand exactly why. I do not think that 24.151.20.165 has confused the issue, but instead has encouraged me to think more deeply about aspects of attribution needs that I still don't completely understand. On the wider issue, I think everything is now, except if there is some sort of marking scheme whereby Vanessa only gets credit for edits that are specifically listed as made by herself in the article history. Presumably this is not the case, as such a scheme would be silly. MPS1992 (talk) 18:43, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

Thank you Adam!
Hi Adam!

Just wanted to say thank you very much for providing me with some great links for a beginner like myself! It makes it a lot easier to find these resources. :)

--AlexXinmei (talk) 14:48, 28 October 2016 (UTC)AlexXinmei

Feedback
Hi Adam, this is Oliver Kwai Ben from Northeastern University. I would like you to review my contributions on the article "Corporate Social Responsibility". I added the Ethical Ideologies subsection and expanded the Human Resources and Brand Differentiation subsections. Thanks for your feedback and I hope to hear from you soon.Oliverk25 (talk) 16:40, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

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Feedback Hi Adam, this is Meredith from Northeastern. I am adding sections to the Hospital readmission article, specifically focusing on ways to benefit readmission costs. Can you please review my additional sections? Thank you so much for your feedback!MeredithMimoso (talk) 16:47, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

✅ Rob (Wiki Ed) (talk) 02:46, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi Adam, This is Timo, I am also in the Northeastern course and just added the section 'moral issues' to the article of 'autonomous cars'. I'd love to get your feedback on it! Thank you so much! Timot2016 (talk) 16:49, 28 October 2016 (UTC)


 * I misread that as autonomous cats to begin with. MPS1992 (talk) 18:51, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

✅ Rob (Wiki Ed) (talk) 02:15, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

Question
Hello Adam, I was wondering while completing an article and typing in my references is there any way that I could reference an interview that I did over the phone? Gabair18 (talk) 03:05, 8 November 2016 (UTC)Gisele Bair

✅ Replied. Rob (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:03, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

Text in box
Hey Adam,

If you look into my sandbox, there's a section that has a list within a box. I don't know how it got there, but I'm wondering how to put the whole list (#1-6) into the box. #6 keeps getting cut out of the box. Please help, thank you! Dianerrs (talk) 23:07, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

✅ Replied. Rob (Wiki Ed) (talk) 23:21, 16 November 2016 (UTC)

Feminist Theory Course
Hi Adam, I am adding on to an article for my Feminist Theory Course and I was wondering if you could read over my work to make sure that I am following the guidelines that Wikipedia has noted. I believe that my article will be due in the within the next three weeks, so any feedback before then would be great. Thank you for your time!

Amber

Hi Adam,

I am adding to an already existing article on Wikipedia for my Feminist Theory course and I was wondering if you can read over my work in my Sandbox to make sure that I am following the guidelines that Wikipedia has noted. My article will be due within the next three weeks, so any feedback and advice before then would be great. I hope to hear from you soon!

Amber Ambercordelia (talk) 01:05, 16 November 2016 (UTC)

✅ Replied. Rob (Wiki Ed) (talk) 23:50, 16 November 2016 (UTC)

Thank you
Hi Adam, Just checking in to say hi and thank you for being available to help out during the course I'm taking! Bustelo&#38;mezcal (talk) 04:07, 16 November 2016 (UTC)Bustelo&mezcal

Max Bazerman
Hi Adam, I wanted to say hello. I'm writing an article on Max Bazerman. So far it's in my sandbox and I haven't moved it. I would really appreciate it if you could offer any advice. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Socimajor (talk • contribs)

✅  Rob (Wiki Ed) (talk) 01:47, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

Copying sandboxes into Wikipedia
Hey Adam. This really does not work for any topic in which their is a pre existing article. The student just ends up duplicating content already in the article. They also typically do it on the last day of their course so it is unclear to me if I am wasting my time providing them feedback of issues or not. Your thoughts about what we can do to improve this going forwards? Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 21:55, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Also can you tag their user pages for what class they are in? Best Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) 21:55, 18 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Rob (Wiki Ed) (talk) 23:35, 19 November 2016 (UTC)

Thank You
It did work. Right after I sent you a message. Thank!

Hi Adam
My name is Henry Michaels and I am working on revising the existing Wikipedia article "Sephardic Jews in the Netherlands." When I added footnotes to the new information I was putting in the article the footnote citations appeared under the page's "References" sub-heading. I was wondering if this is a standard way to display the citations or if there is a way that is preferred? Also, I wanted to ask whether when linking a word to its own wikipedia page should be done every time the word appears in the article or, just the first time the word appears? Please let me know if you could help me answer these questions. Thanks!

User Name changed
Hi Adam, As a student I signed up with User Name 'Franz amy'. I decided I wanted to change it to something gender neutral and choose 'franza615' and proceeded to have Wikipedia change my user name. As a student my user name on the Student Page of the Class Module still has my old user name and is not displaying the work I have done. Do you know how I can update this??

Thanks for your help. franza615 Franza615 (talk) 05:31, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

Citation and linking question
Hi Adam,

My name is Henry Michaels and I am working on revising the existing Wikipedia article "Sephardic Jews in the Netherlands." When I added footnotes to the new information I was putting in the article the footnote citations appeared under the page's "References" sub-heading. I was wondering if this is a standard way to display the citations or if there is a way that is preferred? Also, I wanted to ask whether when linking a word to its own wikipedia page should be done every time the word appears in the article or, just the first time the word appears? Please let me know if you could help me answer these questions. Thanks! (Hmichaels2 (talk) 22:36, 8 December 2016 (UTC))

Review work of student
Hi Adam. I would appreciate it if you could review the article Women's Political Council. It has been recently edited by student User:JrvsXavier. My primary concern is the lead section. The user does not appear to understand proper formatting of lead content. The user has also used Template:Fixed within the article body. Thanks. Mitchumch (talk) 19:02, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I don't know if Adam is overloaded with work request or duties, but I wanted to bring this issue to someones attention. Thanks.  Mitchumch (talk) 22:15, 10 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I've left some feedback for the student on their talk page. Thank you for bringing this to our attention and please don't hesitate to let us know about any other issues you encounter with Wiki Ed students. Rob (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:21, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

Talkback
Peridon (talk) 13:13, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia rejection
Hi Adam,

I am working on trying to get my page on "Lindsay Ridgeway" submitted. I am in a class that requires our pages to be submitted for a grade. Is there anyway I can appeal the rejection I received? I understand that Lindsay Ridgeway may not be notable enough for a page, but are there exceptions that can be made even for a post that gets published temporarily? I am just trying to see what i can do so i can receive full credit for my class's assignment. The link to my class is here:

https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/UMASS-Amherst/Sect_Two_COMM_394RI-_Race_and_Gender_in_Sitcom?enroll=zvernwui

Please let me know what my options are moving forward with Lindsay Ridgeway and getting something submitted on her. Thank you!

Chris, — Preceding unsigned comment added by CJParsons (talk • contribs)