User talk:EmilyBlume

Hi! I responded to your question at User_talk:Amyehughes#Overwhelmed. If that doesn't make sense or doesn't work for you, please let me know. Good luck!--Sage Ross (WMF) (talk) 18:43, 6 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Back[edit]

Hey Emily.

We're supposed to use tokens to enroll in the page, which haven't shown up yet. The nuclear option would be to edit the entire page by clicking the last edit + button you can find (it's in the middle of the page) and then type in your name in the names section. I am waiting for class to see what's up before I go there. Dan Bufoamer (talk) 19:05, 6 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Weclome[edit]

Hello, EmilyBlume, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Yunshui, and I am your Online Ambassador for Prof. Hughes' Theater History course. My job here is to help you to work within Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, to answer any questions that you have about editing here, and to act as your advocate in the (unlikely) event that you find yourself in a dispute with another user. I have a BA in Theatre (not a typo; I'm a Brit!) from years back, so I'm looking forward to working with you guys on this project.

You are welcome to contact me at any time by leaving a message on my Wikipedia talkpage or by emailing me. I will respond to any messages within 24 hours (though I aim to be faster!), but if you need more immediate help, you can ask questions of experienced editors at The Teahouse or get live help via Wikipedia's IRC channel (connect here).

Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. Once again, if you need help with any aspect of Wikipedia, please just ask; it's what I'm here for. Enjoy your course! And thank you for your greeting on my talkpage. Yunshui 雲‍水 19:19, 6 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Winter Park[edit]

Hi Emily. Thanks for improving the Winter Park, Florida article - see, it's not as hard as you thought! If you have a source for the information about Mead Botanical Gardens, you can add it immediately after the text you added by placing it between <ref> and </ref> tags, like this: <ref>details of reference</ref>. There's more information about references and how to use them on Wikipedia in this short essay. Yunshui 雲‍水 08:58, 7 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Formatting[edit]

Hi Emily. A couple of formatting tips based on your sandbox page.

First off, there's a easy way to created numbered lists in Wikipedia: use the # symbol. For example:

Markup	Renders as
# Item1 # Item2 # Item3 # Item4 ## Sub-item 1 ### Sub-item #### Sub-item ## Sub-item 2 # Item5	Item1 Item2 Item3 Item4 Sub-item 1 Sub-item Sub-item Sub-item 2 Item5

Secondly, whilst there is absolutely nothing wrong with using the MLA citation style on Wikipedia (and you are very welcome to do so), Prof. Hughes and I discussed the idea of making it mandatory and decided against it. The reasoning behind this was twofold; it's a comparatively unusual style on Wikipedia and so other editors might change your citations to match whatever style was prevelant in the article previously, and whilst Wikipedia has a specific template you can use to make citing references easier, that template doesn't support MLA. If you want to convert your references to the template version; here's how:

At the top of the edit field (the box into which you type to add text to Wikipedia), there's a little menu option labelled "Cite". Clicking on it will offer you a drop-down menu of Templates; simply choose the most appropriate one (news, web, book or journal) and fill in the pop-up form that results.

Alternatively, you can add the template manually - it's fairly straightforward. For your first reference, for example, you would use the following code:

{{cite book|last1=Anderson|first1=Barbara|last2=Anderson|first2=Cletus|title=Costume Design|location=New York|publisher=Holt, Rinehart and Winston|year=1984|format=Print}}

The above code consists of: double curly brackets (to tell the software that a template is being called, see Yunshui/Templates for beginners for details), the template name ("cite book") and then a series of parameters (separated by |pipes) to tell the software what to write. The advantage of using this format is that you can add the parameters in any order you like; the end result will always be the same. For the above code, you'll get this:

Anderson, Barbara; Anderson, Cletus (1984). Costume Design. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. {{cite book}}: |format= requires |url= (help)

Hope this is helpful. All the best, Yunshui 雲‍水 09:07, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Replaceable fair use File:Pattern Drafting Example 2013.jpg[edit]

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Help us improve the Wikipedia Education Program[edit]

Hi EmilyBlume! As a student editor on Wikipedia, you have a lot of valuable experience about what it's like to edit as a part of a classroom assignment. In order to help other students like you enjoy editing while contributing positively to Wikipedia, it's extremely helpful to hear from real student editors about their challenges, successes, and support needs. Please take a few minutes to answer these questions by clicking below. (Note that the responses are posted to a public wiki page.) Thanks!

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File permission problem with File:Draping example by Jeanette Aultz 2013.jpg[edit]

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File permission problem with File:Example of Draping, Jeanette Aultz.jpg[edit]

Thanks for uploading File:Example of Draping, Jeanette Aultz.jpg, which you've attributed to Jeanette Aultz. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file has agreed to release it under the given license.

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File permission problem with File:Pattern Corrections by Jeanette Aultz 2013.jpg[edit]

Thanks for uploading File:Pattern Corrections by Jeanette Aultz 2013.jpg, which you've attributed to Jeanette Aultz. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file has agreed to release it under the given license.

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Copyrights, peer review and stuff[edit]

Hi Emily. I realise having a slew of copyright notices appear on your talkpage isn't much fun, but it's not overly difficult to resolve. All you need to do is ask Jeanette (whom I assume you're in contact with) to send an email to permissions-en@wikimedia.org, stating that she releases the images under a CC-BY-SA licence, for free reuse and alteration with attribution. She'll need to refer to the specific filenames (File:Draping example by Jeanette Aultz 2013.jpg and File:Pattern Corrections by Jeanette Aultz 2013.jpg - I would probably tag File:Example of Draping, Jeanette Aultz.jpg for deletion (or just leave it to be removed) since it's a lower-quality duplicate of File:Draping example by Jeanette Aultz 2013.jpg), and send the email from her university or professional email (Hotmail/Gmail/Yahoo etc. accounts won't do, unfortunately).

Also, you have a new message at Wikipedia:Peer review/Costume design/archive1 - another user has left some suggestions for improvements to the article, which you might want to use as inspiration. All the best, Yunshui 雲‍水 08:40, 11 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reviews[edit]

Hi Emily. Thanks for offering a review of The Indian Princess. However, I should point out that this isn't quite the same as a peer review (like the one you started on Costume design). Good Articles have to be assessed against a series of specific criteria - it looks as though you've tried to do this, but as a rule GA assessments need to be fairly thorough and go through the criteria in some detail (see the review for the recently promoted Ibuki-class armored cruiser for a good example). A good way to do this is to use a template to structure your review: GATable, GAList and (my personal preference) GAList2 are all helpful in this regard. There are also full instructions on reviewing a GA nomination here, which will help. Cheers, Yunshui 雲‍水 07:54, 2 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to put a full review up shortly. As the primary reviewer, it's down to you to actually promote the article - once I've reviewed it, I'll leave you instructions on how to do so. Yunshui 雲‍水 07:57, 2 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I agree - it looks good to go. What you need to do now is this:

Go to Talk:The Indian Princess (play) and open the Edit tab.
Delete the text {{GA nominee|13:44, 1 May 2013 (UTC)|nominator=[[User:Amyehughes|Amy E Hughes]] ([[User talk:Amyehughes|talk]])|page=1|subtopic=Media and drama|status=onreview|note=}} at the top of the page. Replace it with the code {{GA|~~~~~|topic=Media and drama|page=1}}
A little lower down the page, you'll see a template that starts: {{WikiProject Theatre... Where it currently says |class = stub, change this to |class = GA.
Save the page with the edit summary "GA".
Now go to Wikipedia:Good articles/Media and drama. Scroll to the bottom of the page, and click the "edit" button next to "Theatre, musical theatre, dance and opera". Add the text ''[[The Indian Princess (play)|The Indian Princess]]'' – between The Importance of Being Ernest and K Foundation Burn a Million Quid.
Save the page, and you're done!

(Oh, and you might want to let Eric know...) Yunshui 雲‍水 08:39, 2 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, on reflection your review already offers your opinion that the article is a pass; I'll do the technical side for you. Ignore the instructions above; it's done. Yunshui 雲‍水 09:33, 3 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Draping on a dress form, 2013.jpg[edit]

A tag has been placed on File:Draping on a dress form, 2013.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the image is an unused redundant copy (all pixels the same or scaled down) of an image in the same file format, which is on Wikipedia (not on Commons), and all inward links have been updated.

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 "Click here to 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. Ronhjones ^(Talk) 23:25, 18 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]