User talk:CourtnyeKoi/sandbox

Courtney,

I think your article was well written, neutral in tone, structured properly, and you provided numerous citations. I think you covered the topic thoroughly, but maybe could have provided some more information on the types of tools conservators use for treatments. The preservation of outdoor sculptures and monuments do present their own special challenges, and they require unique treatments and approaches that other cultural heritage would not necessarily need. I had trouble with formatting a citation that has been used more than once, so great job on figuring that out too! Also in regards to citations, you may want to include more published sources (books, journals, etc) along with the websites as I think they will better support your article. I did notice a couple sentences that may need some restructuring, but that was it. Great images as well! I was unsure about including some for my article because of the particular topic I chose.

AlexKron (talk) 23:29, 14 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Anna, thank you for your input! I never thought to add more about the specific tools used, which would be very helpful. If we need to edit these, I'll probably add more about them and use some additional sources as well. For the multiple citations, you have to define the first citation with a brief code and then just use that code for the next use. I'll try to find the tutorial I used and send it to you. CourtnyeKoi (talk) 15:21, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

Courtnye, I learned a great deal from your article as I really have no background in this area. The article was well written and neutral in tone though I did see some places where the punctuation needed to be fixed/sentence restructured like the one talking about how sculpture and monuments may be damaged by a variety of things. I like that you provided numerous citations and even an image. Just a note that it would be great to separate your citations with a header. I actually found it fascinating that one way of treating these outside sculptures is by not treating them at all in order to retain the monument's history and cultural significance as so much of it probably has to do with how long it's been sitting there. I also think it's very important that you mention that war is a human activity that can damage an outdoor piece, especially in these times! IlanaBlumen (talk) 20:00, 15 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Ilana, I also had no background in this area and thought this exercise would be a good way for me to learn more about it. Thank you for suggesting the citation header! Until I read your comment, I thought Wikipedia automatically added it when reflist was used. I'd like to go back and fix some of the grammatical things, but I'm not sure if we need to leave these alone for grading purposes. Thank you for your suggestions! CourtnyeKoi (talk) 15:21, 19 February 2017 (UTC)