User talk:Ian (Wiki Ed)/Archive 11

A barnstar

 * Thanks! Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:55, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

Updates to Sarah Tishkoff's page
Hi Ian!

I just wanted to start by saying thanks very much for your work with the Wiki Edu Foundation!

I also wanted to reach out because I just tried to access my sandbox with the content contributed by my students for the "Sarah Tishkoff" page, and I was redirected to the actual page instead of my sandbox. It looks like you moved the content to the page, and I wanted to say thank you for doing that! I'll be working on cleaning up the content in my sandboxes for the "Human Tooth Sharpening" and "Genu Varum" pages in the next few days. Would it be possible for you to move those sandbox pages to the actual pages once they're ready to go live? I don't want to burden you too much, so I'm also happy just to add the content to the actual page bit by bit. Either way - thanks so much for your help!

Theoldbones (talk) 05:23, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

Article Draft
Good afternoon, I submitted the Draft: The Power of Patients Stories a few days ago, but I have not received anyfeedback on whether anything needs to be changed or if it was received. Is there anything else that I should be doing? Thank you and have a great day! Lvazq064 (talk) 20:31, 11 January 2019 (UTC)

WikiMed Project Medical Student Edits
Hi Ian! There is a section in the delayed puberty section called "normal timing." I wanted to check with you if I could remove the beginning of that section. It does not have any citations, only telling the reader to check the puberty article for the sources, which I can't find anywhere. I feel like this is a big part of the section so I dont feel comfortable removing it without checking with you first. Let me know! --Poodle0011 (talk) 23:07, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

WikiEd
My page was deleted and all I want is a copy of it so I can send it to my professor who made us students post it. How can I do so? I do not care about it being posted on Wikipedia. I just want a copy of my final paper for the course. I am hardly on this site so if you can please email me at [removed] to help me some how get a copy of my deleted page that would be create. Miss.kathleen98 (talk) 17:29, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I sent it to you by email. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:53, 23 January 2019 (UTC)

Need help request from HR Cat (talk)
Hello Ian,

I need help with....I need to find articles to edit which I know how to do however, I am confused as to whether I need a NEW sandbox page each time I find and edit a new article...or, do I just keep adding to my existing sandbox. At the moment, I don't even know if my current sandbox page is as it should be...my 1st assignment was to find an article to evaluate....don't even know if I did this correctly?

HR Cat (talk) 01:44, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

HR Cat (talk) 01:44, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

Hi Ian
This is the Jedi Math Squirrel. I am just sending a message to say "Hi." This is all new to me, and I hope to learn through my University of Idaho Consulting Course.The Jedi Math Squirrel (talk) 00:57, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Nice to meet you. Hope you have a good time editing. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:32, 30 January 2019 (UTC)

Need help request from Mitchell.cobbett (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

We decided to create a new page. I am having difficulty posting the work in my sandbox. Do you have any advice on how to actually create the page?

--Mitchell.cobbett (talk) 19:09, 31 January 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Florida Institute of Technology/Developmental and Molecular Biology (Spring 2019)
Just a heads up. One of the new editors User: User:Akhatan2016 copied a large chunk of copyright text from the Lancet to their sandbox. This is not consistent with Wikipedia's copyright violation policies as, even in a sandbox, the text is visible, even though it is excluded from search engines. I have asked that it be removed but it might be prudent to put out a general advisory about copyright violation and what Wikipedia does and does not allow. Many thanks  Velella  Velella Talk 04:21, 4 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know, . Student editors are supposed to complete a training module about copyright and plagiarism, but it appears that this person hadn't done it yet.
 * I revdel'd the problematic revision and left them a note about it. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 04:43, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

Need help request from 1996rads (talk)
Hello.

I have retrieved these 2 pictures from wikicommons. What else do I need to do regarding the photos. Thanks.

--1996rads (talk) 18:33, 7 February 2019 (UTC)

Need help request from Iosundare (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...pinging someone--Iosundare (talk) 17:20, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

--Iosundare (talk) 17:20, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

How do I start a new article---Iosundare (talk) 16:30, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

Greetings
Hi Ian, I am new to Wikipedia and I am glad that you are here to help! Blink.19 (talk) 17:24, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

Need help request from Aapro24 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with... I dont remember how to edit my existing sandbox and I would rather not create a completely new one so any info you could provide or any tutorial you could direct me to would be appreciated.

Thanks!

--Aapro24 (talk) 00:17, 26 February 2019 (UTC)aapro24

Writing a New Article
Hi Ian,

I see that you help students who edit and write articles on Wikipedia for a class. I am currently working on authoring an article looking at Kinesics of Deception, or body language signs that indicate lying. I see you edited the article "Body Language" that talks briefly about the application of body language in law enforcement and poker. I hope to focus my article on what the explicit body language signs are and the scientific research around the accuracy of applying this study.

I would welcome any advice you have about writing an article and how to make sure mine publishes. Thank you in advance.

Mhlaker32 (talk) 19:00, 27 February 2019 (UTC) Maggie 27 Feb 2019

"Undeclared" users
Ian, are these users "yours": There are probably more but I stopped checking after I saw you and editing one of the articles along with one of the new users. Assuming they are part of a Wiki Ed project, why haven't they identified themselves on their userpages? I've already spent at least 30 minutes on this, and it's a bit frustrating. I really didn't think they were students because the articles were unusually polished.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:50, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Friederike22
 * ScientistRachel
 * Oneillkm
 * Nawagner
 * Mrt444


 * Hi . I'm sorry for the lack of clarity - they're actually part of an edithathon that the American Physical Society organised as part of their March meeting in Boston that they asked us to help out with. You can see the details here. I believe they were inspired by the Donna Strickland affair to do something about the representation of women physicists. We don't normally work with editathons (I've never supported one before) but all told, I was impressed. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:30, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Ian.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:45, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

Need help request from AR12Fan (talk)
Hello.

I need help with making sure I am editing and citing correctly. I have cited some articles in my sandbox and am wondering if I am doing anything incorrectly? In addition, I have added a new discussion to the Talk:Rattlesnake for some new information to be added. Is this the correct way to use the talk pages? I would appreciate any help that you can give me. Thanks, and have a good day.

--AR12Fan (talk) 00:32, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

Need help request from Lunord22 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

Hey, Ian, I added a section into my sandbox under "Week 5" that discusses some information I'd like to add to the Rattlesnake page. Am I citing information correctly? Also, I added my suggestion to the Talk:Rattlesnake page in order to receive feedback. Am I using that page correctly and, again, citing correctly?

Thanks,

--Lunord22 (talk) 02:57, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

Need help request from Kurtames (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

Looking at the week 5 section on edits to Columbidae and Bird Anatomy pages which I am editing with two other students in this Sandbox. Thank you.

--Kurtames (talk) 16:52, 9 March 2019 (UTC)Kurtames

/* Competing theories on geologic evolution */ moving from the sandbox
Hi, Ian,

I Ctrl+C Ctrl+V East African Rift's /* Competing theories on geologic evolution */ from my sandbox to Wikipedia and I broke the link to a reference in a next section. How do I solve it? Thank you. Marcelo.silka (talk) 22:06, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

Need help request from HeathV (talk)
Hello.

I need help with my sandbox how to internship, I messed up with the title of the page and want to know how I can change it without making a new one. I would also like to know your opinions on the lead sections if it is good. thank you, let me know HeathV (talk) 14:15, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

--HeathV (talk) 14:15, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

Help with figures and copyright
Hello Ian.

I noticed the figures I added to my sandbox were taken down, including one that I made personally and specifically for the page I'm updating. I thought I had taken the correct measures using Upload wizard, so I'm not sure why they were both removed. Can you help with this?

Thanks. Stecklen (talk) 00:04, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

Need help request from Benjilrm (talk)
Hello.

I need help with... I was hoping to make this a separate article rather than adding it to the carbon cycle page as a subpage. Thank you!

--Benjilrm (talk) 14:03, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

Need help request from AICOI (talk)
Hello.

Could you take a look at my sandbox and review the work we added on potential edits that could be made to the Rabbit Wikipedia page? There are a variety of sources that we thought would be helpful, and I would really appreciate any advice you have on the bibliography we have listed. Thanks!

--AICOI (talk) 04:47, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

Need help request from Kseaton3 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

Hi Ian,

For some reason my sandbox is not working. My professor said I could do my edits on Syzygium malaccense and for some reason wiki is telling me that I am not the user for kseaton3 sandbox. But I am? And yes, I'm logged in.

Any tips?

Katie

--Kseaton3 (talk) 17:18, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

Wiki project
Good afternoon Ian, I was working on a wikipedia project with Carolina and we both finished the article "It's Not Yet Dark", but we are not sure on how to proceed, we pubished the article, but we are not sure if it was checked or anything. My apologies for the inconvenience. Thank you!

Sincerely, Lisandra

Lvazq064 (talk) 18:07, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

Need help citing figures
Hi Ian,

My groupmates and I are creating a page about the CETCH cycle. One of the papers we are using as a reference has a really nice figure that illustrates the steps of the cycle, which we would like to include as a figure in our article. Is this okay to put in our article? How should we go about citing the figure?

Thanks,

Monikamikulova (talk) 23:55, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

Need help request from XiuyeYu (talk)
Hello.

I need help with improve awkward and ungrammatical phrases.And can you help me to fix typos and mispellings.Besides that, could you give me some Suggestions on how to improve my wiki？If possible, could you help me correct some mistakes in my quotation？Thank you very much for your help and hope you can have a nice day

bests， XiuyeYu

--XiuyeYu (talk) 18:26, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

ENGW3307 Article Link Help
Hi Ian!

I'm a part of Prof. Musselman's science witting class this semester and I am hoping to write an article about Epizootic Shell Disease. ESD gets a single line in the disease section for American Lobster and is a link (that looks like it should bring you to a page just about ESD) that just loops you back to the top of the American Lobster page. Any thoughts about how I can break this loop and give ESD its own page?

Thanks for any help!

Best, Joe Platte Sebago247 (talk) 14:08, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Have a look at Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Editing, creating, and maintaining articles/Creating a new article and Your first article. Mathglot (talk) 15:58, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

Need help request from Mayakrause7 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with moving my sandbox article to an article posted on Wikipedia. Thank you!

--Mayakrause7 (talk) 02:50, 1 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Looks like you figured that out. Let me know if you have other questions. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:43, 1 April 2019 (UTC)

Quick Question
Hi Ian,

Part of my edits to an article got removed due to a copyright problem. This was what the message said: "Your additions to the Preimplantation genetic diagnosis article include passages copied verbatim or nearly verbatim from a non-free source. This was detected by automatic plagiarism detection software. For copyright reasons, some of your contribution was deleted. Please review the Plagiarism and Copyright training module before proceeding further. Thanks."

However, I used a block quote and thought I cited it correctly. Is the problem the source of the quote?

Thanks.

-Kristin — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kristinyoon (talk • contribs) 00:38, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

Reply:

Thanks for your input! You mentioned that I should change one of the sentences without it sounding like an opinion. Do you have any suggestions to change the wording? Or would it be better to delete that sentence altogether?

Thank you!

Kristinyoon (talk) 03:14, 3 April 2019 (UTC)Kristin


 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:26, 4 April 2019 (UTC)

Need help request from Sharoooo36 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with removing the box on the published article that says this is user sandbox

--Sharoooo36 (talk) 06:22, 3 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:27, 4 April 2019 (UTC)

Need help request
I wrote a new article Implant resistance welding for my course, could I get some assistance with creating a new live article? Flintrop.1 (talk) 14:39, 6 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:48, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

Black Tom Explosion
Lead section Black Tom Island The term "Black Tom", referring to an island in the New York Harbor next to the Liberty Island, originates from the dark-skinned fishermen who inhabited the island for many years. [1] Explosion At 2:08 am the first and largest explosion took place, with the second and smaller explosion occurring around 2:40 am.[2] Johnson Barge No. 17 was the location of one of the first major explosions, which contained 50 tons of TNT and 417 cases of detonating fuses. [3]       The detonation wave was traveling at 24,000 feet per second with enough force to lift firefighters out of their boots and into the air.[3] On the island, the explosion destroyed more than 100 railroad cars, 13 warehouses, and leaving a 375-foot-by-175-foot crater at the source of the explosion.[2] Although reports estimate that up to seven people where killed, this is unfactual, the total number of fatalities was five people.[2] Investigation Captain Franz von Rintelen, the leader of the sabotage, used time-delayed incendiary devices, or "pencil bombs", to initiate the explosion. [3] Aftermath Legacy See also Books References 1.	Karnoutsos, Carmela. “Black Tom Explosion Black Tom Island - Upper New York Bay and Jersey City Waterfront (Southern Area of Liberty State Park, Greenville).” Black Tom Explosion, www.njcu.edu/programs/jchistory/Pages/B_Pages/Black_Tom_Explosion.htm. – added in to cite my sources 2.	Roberts, Sam. “An Attack That Turned Out to Be German Terrorism Has a Modest Legacy 100 Years Later.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 25 July 2016, www.nytimes.com/2016/07/25/nyregion/an-attack-that-turned-out-to-be-german-terrorism-has-a-modest-legacy-100-years-later.html. – added in to cite my sources — Preceding unsigned comment added by MikeVinneyPauly (talk • contribs) 19:52, 7 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:48, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

Redirect Advice
Hello Ian,

Last summer I moved my sandbox to the Wikipedia mainspace as the Rainbow Vent Field as a part of a class. However, when I created a new sandbox, the talk page for it redirects to the talk page for Rainbow article. Do you have any advice for what I should do to restore my sandbox's talk page? I'd like to share my sandbox and collaborate with others.

Cheers,

Wünderbrot (talk) 05:42, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:35, 19 April 2019 (UTC)

Need help request from JerichoB (talk)
Hello Ian..

I need help with some things. - Can you please look over our shared sandbox (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:BerberichA2/sandbox) and see if the changes we are planning are good and meaningful. Also look at the talk page of the sandbox for some other notes. - See if there are any mistakes - Please let us know for any improvements.

--JerichoB (talk) 20:46, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

Editing edit summaries
Hi Ian,

I accidentally hit publish before I was done writing an edit summary. I'm wondering if there's any way to edit a previous edit summary if you do what I did or just write the wrong thing or something. If not, is there a recommended protocol of what to do?

Thanks!

Beelzebubbs (talk) 01:20, 14 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:35, 19 April 2019 (UTC)

Citing Database Journals
Hi Ian,

When I'm looking at sources, a lot of the "credile" sources I'm looking into are coming from my school's online database (like EBSCO). However, when I put these in my citations, they can't be accessed unless people have a login for them. What should I do in these situations? Not post a link and just the journal it came from instead?

Thanks!

Justmatko (talk) 02:40, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:35, 19 April 2019 (UTC)

Can you please look over my sandbox?
I am creating an article and I just wanted to get your opinion. Thanks. NaijAmericanScientist (talk) 05:13, 17 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:35, 19 April 2019 (UTC)

Big question on my talk page...
Hi Ian, Just posted a question for you at User_talk:WritingMan/Timescape_cosmology

Thanks, WritingMan (talk) 16:15, 17 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:35, 19 April 2019 (UTC)

Need help request from ?
Hello.

I need help with... My sandbox. Im suppose to be working in here for class but im not sure what my sandbox is.

--DontFeedSQUID (talk) 18:25, 17 April 2019 (UTC) Tylor Basaldua.
 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:35, 19 April 2019 (UTC)

testing
trying out talk page edit Nanobright (talk) 19:05, 17 April 2019 (UTC)

Need help request from Blink.19 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...I have posted something in my sandbox. I would like feedback please. ```` Blink.19 (talk) 00:45, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

--Blink.19 (talk) 21:22, 18 April 2019 (UTC)

User:Cala971
You seem to be guiding this new user in some way. He is making many edits to Cambridge Five, leaving few edit summaries, reverting without explanation and refusing to engage with WP:BRD. I am not satisfied that his edits have improved the article. Can you advise? Xxanthippe (talk) 04:43, 20 April 2019 (UTC).


 * - I've left them a note. If they don't respond I will contact their instructor. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:49, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

deletion sorting list for wp education?
Hi! I've been working on an AfD'd student article Yongfeng chili sauce and found your welcome message on the creating editor's page. I was wondering if there were a deletion sorting list for student projects done as part of a class, as I'd like to add this AfD to it if there is, but I could only find ones that seemed to be for education as an article topic. Thanks for any help! --valereee (talk) 18:00, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
 * - there isn't one, but I'm going to discuss this idea with my colleagues. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:52, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Oh, I'm glad! I was wondering if there were a way to check other such articles from the same class, as I hate the thought of a bunch of ESL students getting their articles deleted when all it might take is an experienced editor to do some article rescue! Thanks! --valereee (talk) 17:06, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

Need help request from Marcelladeangelis (talk)
Hello.

I need help with... Adding the article "Wall Stress Relaxation" stub to my sandbox.

--Marcelladeangelis (talk) 15:22, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

Need help request from Blink.19 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with... Can you look at my sandbox infor please? I have not been in here in awhile and have some learning problems-makes it difficult to navigate for me. Any suggestions are welcomed.

--Blink.19 (talk) 00:37, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

Need help request from Blink.19 (talk)
Hello. I added the citations. Something with appledata is on the text. I am not sure how to move it to the Summer Camps page. Thanks!Blink.19 (talk) 01:44, 25 April 2019 (UTC) I need help with...

how

--Blink.19 (talk) 01:44, 25 April 2019 (UTC) Hello Ian! So I made the changes, ie removed the Apple data on my Girl's Summer Camp project. I added some highlights and links, too. If all ok, may I post this to the Summer Camp page?? Code?? Me? lol. Let me know, and thanks for all the support. Blink.19 (talk)Blink.19 (talk) 17:45, 25 April 2019 (UTC)

The Hate U Give
Hi Ian. I just saw that The Hate U Give has been tagged for work in a WikiEd course. I would like to suggest that this is a poor choice for a WikiEd assignment - the article is currently GA and I am few hours of work away from having it ready, after a GOCE pass, to submit as an FAC. There stands a good chance that a newer editor looking to make substantial changes, as happens with WikiEd, will run into frustration as I act as a WP:SHEPHERD for this article or else we would run into the need for content resolution systems which they might be ill-equipped to do or disinterested as a short term editor in participating in. Could this student be guided to a different article for work? Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 15:55, 29 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the note . We try to steer student editors away from GAs, but it doesn't always work. I will get in touch with the instructor, and either encourage the student to work on something else or (since it may be too late in the term) to keep their proposed additions in their sandbox. Good luck with Round 3 of the WikiCup! Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:06, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks . Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 16:18, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

What responsibilities required of project supervisors?
I keep seeing situations where "student editors" are woefully unprepared and apparently completely unsupervised. I have an outstanding question to one of the edu project teachers that you might want to scan over.

First, if project supervisors/teachers aren't even logging in, how can they be lessening the load on the rest of WP editors, who are effectively doing that supervision?

Second, I see interactions like at Neuroscience of sex differences where student work is torn apart by regular editors, and very probably with good reason.

If students are just sent over like diarrheal pigeons to Wikipedia and told "leave something there", without sufficient preparation and without review, why are we encouraging this? Specifically, the lack of care by the course instructors? Can you show me evidence where course originators are demonstrating due diligence? Can you say the same for the majority? Shenme (talk) 04:47, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I endorse this complaint about inadequate behavior of course students. In one case a student working on a mathematical subject could not even spell the word mathematics, in another the student refused to discuss his edits under WP:BRD. Xxanthippe (talk) 05:16, 1 May 2019 (UTC).


 * I'm not sure of the perfect answer here, but please ping me, User:Shalor (Wiki Ed) or User:Elysia (Wiki Ed) when you run into problems. This shouldn't happen if students are following our trainings and instructions, and yes, we want instructors to ensure that the students are doing what we say they should. Good instructors get amazing work out of their students with very little need for intervention, but there's a learning curve for all of them. Regardless, it's our responsibility (me, Shalor and Elysia) to clean up after them when things don't go as they should. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:57, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Need help request Btorszag
Gonzaga_University/COML_509_(SP_2019) Hi Ian. I seem to have made an edit without having been logged in. I was not aware that I was not logged in at the time and want to be sure that 1: I receive consideration for the edit in my class. 2: That my IP address is not public. Any help would be greatly appreciated Btorszag (talk) 14:45, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Feedback on Spring 2019 Project
Hi, Ian!

I'm one of the students participating in the UW Knowledge Management course this spring. I would appreciate your feedback on the Wiki article and UNESCO article I selected for the project. I selected the UNESCO article Youth and Violent Extremism on Social Media: Mapping the Research from our choices and selected the Wiki article Radicalization for editing. Some ideas I have for editing that page are: adding the UNESCO conversation about the definition/lack of definition for radicalization under the Definition section as well as adding information about the impact of the Internet and social media on radicalization under the Varieties and commonalities section. Does that seem appropriate? I'm worried those edits don't really mesh with the needs of the Wiki article for Radicalization and I would like to make sure I'm making a positive contribution. Thank you for your thoughts! Best Vchurchill (talk) 03:58, 6 May 2019 (UTC)

Need help request from Maftuna96 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with moving the page under the title of "LncRNA PVT1 regulates prostate cancer cell growth by inducing the methylation of miR-146a" to the "PVR1" page.

thank you

--Maftuna96 (talk) 19:52, 6 May 2019 (UTC)

Need help request from IamKoi (talk)
Hello!

I need help with publishing my article for Aku Kadogo. I thought I had migrated the article successfully from my sandbox, but when I go to the article page, it says "This is a user sandbox of Aku Kadogo." I am not sure what I did wrong, but my work is not considered an encyclopedia article yet. If you think the article is fitting for publication, would you mind helping me migrate it successfully?

Thank you very much!

--IamKoi (talk) 23:07, 6 May 2019 (UTC)

Message
Hi Ian, My wikipage about Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg by Gail Carson Levine got deleted. However I am not sure what was wrong with it. As far as I knew I did everything right. Mia Thomas — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ironmanrox42 (talk • contribs)

Need help request from Pjbpdx (talk)
Hello.

I need help with... Creating a new page in my sandbox. Can you please help!?Pjbpdx (talk) 20:15, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

--Pjbpdx (talk) 20:15, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

A question on references
Good evening, I just saw your edits to Megagametogenesis and wanted to follow up. Lately I'm seeing an increasing number of Wiki Ed/student edits where references are being used in the way they were on that article, i.e. " [1] ". If you look at my recent contributions you will see that I've been removing it a lot, in some cases it's dozens of times across an article, it's also a large chunk of the pages that crop up on Database reports/Articles containing links to the user space. Is it possible that there is something in the Wiki Ed training process that is leading students to believe they are following the correct process?-- Jac 16888 Talk 20:30, 8 May 2019 (UTC)


 * - it's a visual editor thing. When you copy wikicode it's obvious that you need to click "edit" first, and fairly obvious when you get it wrong. With the visual editor, the end product looks more of less right. We've adjusted our training material for students to try to get the point across, but it didn't occur to me that we could be using reports like those to monitor when it happens. Let me talk to Sage and see if there's any way we can tap into that report to help us identify when student editors do that. Thanks for note. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 20:55, 8 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks Ian, that makes sense and hopefully it will start to happen less going forward.-- Jac 16888 Talk 21:33, 8 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm a little disappointed to see that's based on monthly database dumps, so it's less useful than I thought it would be. Hopefully there's a way around this, but at least knowing that report exists is a starting point. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:37, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

Discussion at User talk:Saborbie
You are invited to join the discussion at User talk:Saborbie. — Marchjuly (talk) 20:57, 8 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi Ian. I understand what the course instructor is trying to do here, and think it’s great that they are being this proactive in trying to help and encourage their students; however, I also think they might unintentionally be leading the student to believe that the student has some kind of ownership claim over the existing Wikipedia article and that the student’s grade is somehow going to matter to other editors or Wikipedia when it comes to article content. If the student is actually going to be graded on their sandbox, then perhaps it would be best for them to not make any changes to the existing article until after they’ve received their grade. Maybe the course instructor and student don’t fully realize that anything added to the mainspace is fair game for anyone to edit at anytime. Once the student’s been graded, they can incorporate the changes into the article and see how others respond. My concern is that if the student doesn’t wait, they may be more concerned about their grade and tempted to preserve their version of the article as the status quo until they’ve been graded. Marchjuly (talk) 21:19, 8 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Since they haven't yet edited in mainspace, my guess is that the comments apply only to the sandbox. Honestly I'm thrilled that the instructor is giving such detailed feedback on-wiki, and that they have made the effort to understand Wikipedia articles, and it's something I'd love more instructors to do. But I get your concerns, because it's impossible to know how people actually read feedback. I will pass your concerns on to them. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:49, 8 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for taking a look. Sometimes an early morning post can sound more critical than it was intended to be. I feel the same way about the intructor trying to help their students out; in fact, I think this might have been the first time I've come across an instructor who seems really willing to do such a thing. Most of the times, the students are seemingly just left to fend for themselves for better or worse.Anyway, my main concern is that the student has copied-and-pasted an existing article into their sandbox to try and improve it. Then, once they have done all they set out to do, they will then just copy-and-paste the entire sandbox back into the article. The first part can be problematic per WP:RUU, but this can be fairly easily fixed by providing attribution. The second part, however, might be more tricky to pull-off since it might unintentionally undo actual edits (like this) made to the article by others while the student was working on their sandbox. The student has already done this with an edit like this (though they did self-revert a few minutes later) and the instructor seems to be encouraging the student to do more of the same per this post. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:10, 9 May 2019 (UTC)

need help request, article being extended
Nanobright (talk) 17:21, 13 May 2019 (UTC) thanks so much Ian...yes you're definitely right on that! just posted on twitter since they wanted the article live/more visible before their edit-a-thon but will try to extend a few more details on her research and try sending it along for GAN via the project.
 * Nanobright (talk) 06:19, 12 May 2019 (UTC) Hi Ian, The WiR project reached out to me on twitter to see if I would improve the bio of Adriana Briscoe before mid-next week. Wondering if you might be able to assist with checking my new version esp on the science...I believe they asked me b/c of the optics of the opsins + wing coloration which I'm fine with working on but would like to check with you whether I'm conveying the evolutionary biology + ecology concepts (and emphasis) correctly. My preliminary edits are live and will be done w/final additions during my next editing stretch tmr eve so article will be good for final review Monday forward. many thanks, alie
 * looks good. I made mostly copyedits, but I did change gene replication -> duplication, because I'm pretty sure that's what it should have been. Please feel free to change that back if it's not right. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:47, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Question
Hello,

I am having problem in uploading "File:Crack propagation curve.pdf" which I drew it by myself from scratch but adopted from an article as it is a widely-accepted experimentally observed plot. I am not sure if I have to place it under non-free content or free content. If it comes under non-free content, how can I add it on my article, as it seems to be removed from Sandbox. Any help is appreciated.

Have a good day!

Sairam.Sairam Pamulaparthi Venkata (talk) 02:25, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

Follow-up
Hi Ian,

I would like to move my sandbox information to an article which already exists. I also want to remove parts of it as the information mentioned on it is not correct. So, I request you to kindly help me in this regard.

Thanks!Sairam Pamulaparthi Venkata (talk) 20:29, 14 May 2019 (UTC)
 * - you don't need permission to do this. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:29, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

Quick Question
Hello Ian,

I was working on my Sandbox to create a new Wikipedia page out of that content, and when I finished I moved it into a new Article page, but I got an alert message (described below) and my page has still the Sandbox format. Could you please give me any insight of what might be happening and how to fix it?

Message: "This template should only be used in the user namespace.This template should only be used in the user namespace. This sandbox is in the article namespace. Either move this page into your userspace, or remove the template. "

Page: Fracture of Soft Materials (It seems to be published)

Thank you very much, FernandaFontenele (talk) 22:13, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

Adding information to existing reference list
Hi Ian. I'm working on Online youth radicalization and one of the areas I believe I can be helpful in would be adding missing information for many of the citations. I can't find a good tutorial on editing the References in source mode, though. Is this perhaps beyond the scope of my capabilities as a beginner? Thanks! Kgrader (talk) 00:28, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

Need help request from Chemist100906 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with making sure the article in my sandbox was moved to Wikipedia.

Thank you, Aileen

--Chemist100906 (talk) 15:35, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

Q
Hi Ian--I'm finishing up my syllabus but I'm running into a few problems. Can I delete individual blocks from the timeline? For instance, I need to scrap "In-class presentation" in the last week. Thanks, Dr Aaij (talk) 15:40, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
 * And the section "First article, on book of poetry, due", in Week 4. But what I'd really like is to know how to do it myself... User:Shalor (Wiki Ed), can that be done? Dr Aaij (talk) 15:58, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
 * From the Timeline tab, at the top of each week, there's a "Delete Week" button that lets you delete a whole week. If you want to delete a single block, click on the Edit button (which is in the top right corner of the block). Once you do that, a "Delete Block" button will appear at the bottom of the block. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:10, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Shoot. I looked everywhere except for at the bottom, the words in red. Ahem. Thanks! Dr Aaij (talk) 16:22, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Maybe this one is obvious too: I can't find where to include grades. Thanks, Dr Aaij (talk) 17:39, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
 * We no longer include that, unfortunately. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:12, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Oh! Well. That's pretty sad. Thanks. And in the meantime we haven't invented a group messaging function, have we? Been asking about that for years... Dr Aaij (talk) 13:24, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

FYI
Hey, Ian! User:Mh4011/sandbox looks like a multi-student project to me, just wanted to give you a heads up in case it wasn't on your radar screen. --valereee (talk) 14:55, 1 June 2019 (UTC)


 * Thanks! This doesn't look like a class we're working with, but I'll see if we can get in touch with the instructor and either connect them with us or the relevant group for the country they're based in. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 12:52, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

Need help request from Oliviapert (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

figuring out how to publish my sandbox. There is no "more" tab next to view history tab.

--Oliviapert (talk) 15:14, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Need help request from Tyree Murdaugh (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

Editing Hercules 1997 film it's semi-protected I made this account for my film class. I have to show proof that I made edits to it.

--Tyree Murdaugh (talk) 21:08, 12 July 2019 (UTC)