User talk:Ian (Wiki Ed)/Archive 8

Question regarding sources
Hi Ian,

Hope you are well! I have a quick question regarding sources. Can I reference a source in Spanish if I’m editing an article on Solar PV in Mexico which is in English? And if I find a source which is no longer there can I remove it? Lucia.yates (talk) 15:46, 6 September 2017 (UTC)


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Unsure about some activity on my talk page
Hello, I recently joined Wikipedia for one of my classes. Within a week of creating my talk page, I found a request for speedy deletion. I am not quite sure what I did or added to my page to cause this. Could you help explain, so I can avoid this in the future? Slzeng (talk) 21:49, 9 September 2017 (UTC)

Need help regarding moving out of sandbox
Hello Ian,

I am looking for the "More" option to move out of my sandbox. However, the tabs at the top are "Read", "Edit Course, "View History", and a star. I was wondering if I am looking at the right page and how I can find that more option. Thank you so much!

--Mahta Amanian (talk) 22:08, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

Citations in Introduction
Hi Ian, I am new to editing Wikipedia and just finished reading "Editing Wikipedia" and "Evaluating Wikipedia". I am a little confused by which statements need to be cited and which do not. I have been looking through many of the featured articles on Wikipedia and have found that some of those articles have relatively few or no citations in their intros , despite times where I felt a citation would've been necessary. Could you help me clarify what needs to be cited in the intro and what does not? Thanks so much!

CodeSwitch (talk) 15:01, 14 September 2017 (UTC)


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Need help request from Mmarucut (talk)
Hello.

I need help with... everything.

--Mmarucut (talk) 21:33, 15 September 2017 (UTC)
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Student needs help
Would you please look at User:Sarahrusch's contribs and provide some guidance to them? thx Jytdog (talk) 02:09, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

Practice

 * Hi! Just practicing my 'talk' abilities, thanks for all the useful resources and such for my Animal Behavior course!--Rehewitt (talk) 18:46, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

Article Evaluation
I read up “Center for Neighborhood Technology” on Wikipedia and found that it was the only page that talked about this organization.. This is something we have briefly talked about in class, but not too in-depth on this specific organization. More like non-profits that are similar in their cause. The way the article is laid out is almost as if it was pulled form a textbook. There are no real world examples of how this organization has helped better the community. When we talked about non-profits that are comparable in class, the conversation was centered on a real like example.

The page could be taken as a credible source for the organization, mainly because there are citations, linked news articles about the organizations progress and photos. There is one article referenced at the very bottom of the page under references, but is not cited anywhere on the page. There are various grammatical errors, but that can be easily fixed.. The viewpoints on this page are very underrepresented, and can be further expanded. Overall, the tone of the page is neutral, because it is meant to be more scholarly as opposed to being opinionated.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Neighborhood_Technology

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Need help request from Shimulo2 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with my article. My topic is 'Cell wall associated Kinases". How could I start/improve my article?

--Shimulo2 (talk) 04:26, 23 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:05, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Tpyoung98 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

--Tpyoung98 (talk) 22:23, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

Would the following be good references?
Hi Ian,

I am thinking of editing the Bioremediation page and came up with a few sources that I would like to use. However, I went through the citations module and was not sure if I would be able to use these.

https://frtr.gov/matrix2/section4/4-2.html https://frtr.gov/matrix2/section4/4-31.html https://clu-in.org/techfocus/default.focus/sec/Bioremediation/cat/Aerobic_Bioremediation_(Direct)/ http://www.cpeo.org/techtree/ttdescript/ensolmx.htm

Also, I have read the 'talk page' of the Bioremediation article to see what other editors think. I came across an editor's post proposing major changes to the article and highly agreed with his outline. Part of that outline contained a suggestion for an Aerobic Bioremediation section which is what I am thinking of contributing towards. However, would I need to message the editor and tell him that I will be adding that?

Thanks! Lizhuang97 (talk) 03:46, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from 1lilrisse (talk)
Hello.

I need help with... accessing my sandbox page.

--1lilrisse (talk) 22:24, 27 September 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Jaynarocha (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

how to make a draft

--Jaynarocha (talk) 19:56, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:05, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

password recovery problem
Ian, I have a student "Majorkeyalert" who forgot his password and is not getting the reset emails. Is there anything we can do for him or should he just create a new identity and start over? Jparcoeur (talk) 12:57, 29 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi - unfortunately, he either didn't set up a recovery email with Wikipedia (which is distinct from what he set up with the Dashboard) or he didn't respond to the confirmation email. Either way, there's no other way to re-set things. So the best bet would be for him to create a new account, and just keep track of the contributions from both accounts for the assignment. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:04, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

I Need Help
Hello!

I'm not completely sure where to start with this. I'm just confused in general about what I am supposed to be doing, I've read all the information and I'm still completely lost. I wish I had a more specific question, I'm sorry. We have a group that was working on an article but I don't understand where we were supposed to get feedback from possible edits. Hopefully that helps a bit. Thank you!

Emcoxsey01 (talk) 17:27, 30 September 2017 (UTC)


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Referencing issues at Patient participation
Hi Ian, I've noticed that students from Wiki Ed/University of California San Francisco/Health Policy (Fall 2017) are working on Patient participation, and from the looks of the section drafts they're posting to the article's talk page it looks like their work will noticeably improve the article. However, a few appear not to understand how footnotes are linked and/or are using to display references on talk pages instead of. Could you take a look at their additions to the talk page and clarify things for the students who seem to be having trouble? Thanks! —Shelley V. Adams ‹blame credit › 23:07, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads-up. I sent one student a note, and I will keep an eye out for other student work. And thank you so much for taking the time to engage with these student editor! Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:53, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

Help Needed Finding Photos of Butterfly (that satisfy Wiki requirements)
Krecto176 (talk) 00:45, 2 October 2017 (UTC)Hi Ian,

I cannot seem to find any images of the butterfly "callophrys xami" online that I could use in my Wiki page on it; I have searched on Wiki Commons (only one photo) and on CC search which brought me to flickr (where all the images are not free to use for commercial purposes i.e. not allowed on Wikipedia). Do you have any suggestions on how to find an image of this butterfly? Thanks!

-Kathy
 * — Preceding unsigned comment added by Krecto176 (talk • contribs)
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Need help request from Goldsthm (talk)
Hello.

I wrote additions for the wiki page Energy Policy of Canada. I added details about how policies are formed at the federal and provincial level. I included the recent 2015 policy agreement that was developed by both the federal and provincial governments. I also included the provincial governments response to this agreement. Specifically I focused on Prince Edward Island and the strategy they developed to meet the federal energy goals. I hope that people will expand on these additions and add more details about what the other province are doing in response to the federal energy agreement.

In regards to my additions I have the following questions:

1. Did I cite correctly? It was a little confusing entering the appropriate information into wikipedia so I hope I did this correctly. 2. Are my figures okay? I created the graphs based off of data I found on the identified websites. 3. I would also like some advice on where in the wikipedia page "Energy Policy of Canada" I should add my additional section "Energy Policy of Canada". There is a lot of information in the wiki page and I am not sure where my section would be the most appropriate. If you could give me some advice that would be great.

I would also appreciate any other edits that you think are appropriate to my additions for this wiki page.

Thank you,

--Goldsthm (talk) 02:03, 4 October 2017 (UTC)


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3 specific questions for Ian
Dear Ian,

My name is Winston Zhou, and I am enrolled in a class wherein I have been asked to edit a Wikipedia article.

I have edited "Power of Siberia".

If it is not too much trouble, I would greatly appreciate it if you could provide some comments on the changes I've made.

Furthermore, I have three specific questions I would like to ask you.

1. Will the references section update itself when I copy the changes I made from the Sandbox to the actual article? I already added new citations, but I see that the references section still reflects the old citations. 2. Do you think that the tone for the additions I made are okay? 3. Is it possible for me to modify the CSS for the Wikipedia article? For example, I would like to decrease the padding/margin for the  bulletpoints.

Thanks a bunch!

Sincerely, Winston

--WinstonZhou (talk) 20:17, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

Question about Wikipedia Article's Authenticity and Possibility of Unreliable Source
Hi Ian, I am working on this Wikipedia article: "Energy Policy of Morocco", and I came across this e-book which has all the content in the Wikipedia article word-by-word. So I was wondering, how to check whether it is an unreliable source (the e-book) or not? The book is titled "Morocco Country Study Guide", the publisher is International Business Publications, USA (2006), here is the link to the book: https://books.google.com/books?id=8GjrAeMS1dIC&pg=PA205&lpg=PA205&dq=Renewable+energy+plays+a+key+role+in+ONE's+$3.4+billion+energy+development+plan,+announced+in+January+2004.+The+goal+is+to+provide+80+percent+of+rural+areas+with+electricity+by+2008,+while+increasing+the+share+of+renewable+energy+from+0.24+percent+in+2003+to+10+percent+in+2011.&source=bl&ots=ZQO1HTjMb5&sig=nJt1RLbNeEHYXDdVEfhuP7pemtc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj4jq7sn9rWAhUF8CYKHWUlAzoQ6AEILDAB#v=onepage&q=Renewable%20energy%20plays%20a%20key%20role%20in%20ONE's%20%243.4%20billion%20energy%20development%20plan%2C%20announced%20in%20January%202004.%20The%20goal%20is%20to%20provide%2080%20percent%20of%20rural%20areas%20with%20electricity%20by%202008%2C%20while%20increasing%20the%20share%20of%20renewable%20energy%20from%200.24%20percent%20in%202003%20to%2010%20percent%20in%202011.&f=false Thank you for your time and concern Ian. Idoanmarciano (talk) 19:49, 5 October 2017 (UTC)
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collaborating on article in sandbox
I need assistance regarding how to collaborate with another student on an article in the sandbox. The other student started the article in his sandbox. I am confused. Any help is appreciated! Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Emmallucas (talk • contribs) 20:26, 5 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 20:46, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

Using a citation multiple times
Hello. How would I go about referencing a citation multiple times throughout an article without constantly repeating the citation over on the bibliography? Thank you. Alliacev (talk) 21:27, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

Never mind. I have found the FAQ on it. Thank you. Alliacev (talk) 00:07, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Alliacev (talk)
Hello.

I need help with... reviewing the first draft for home health nursing improvements in my sandbox. I want to make sure that we're headed in the right direction with it.

--Alliacev (talk) 12:09, 6 October 2017 (UTC)


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Need help request from Goldsthm (talk)
Hello.

Ian I have one last question. I would also like some advice on where in the wikipedia page "Energy Policy of Canada" I should add my additional section "Energy Policies". There is a lot of information in the wiki page and I am not sure where my section would be the most appropriate. If you could give me some advice that would be great.

Thank you.

--Goldsthm (talk) 16:12, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

Created an image on Microsoft word using information from several research articles
Hi Ian,

I am a little bit confused about how the Creative Commons/GNU licenses work and whether my flow chart qualifies. I created this basic flowchart (using microsoft word) based on the research of several different groups of researchers and I'm wondering three things: 1. Am I able to obtain a creative commons license and how would I credit the sources I used? 2. If so, how exactly do I obtain a creatives commons license? Do I just copy and paste the automatic script generated at the Creative Commons Website? 3. If it's because I used microsoft word, is there a work around I can do? Thanks so much,

CodeSwitch (talk) 17:17, 6 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi again Ian, sorry to bug you again! I have tried unsuccessfully to upload the flow chart I created. The recurrent error I receive is either "We could not determine whether this file is suitable for Wikimedia Commons. Please only upload photos that you took yourself with your camera, or see what else is acceptable. See the guide to make sure the file is acceptable and learn how to upload it on Wikimedia Commons" or "An automated filter has identified this edit as potentially unconstructive, and it has been disallowed. If this edit is constructive, please report this error." I can show an admin my flowchart if that's the issue here? CodeSwitch (talk) 05:40, 8 October 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from TheSilentAchiever (talk)
Hello.

I need help with finding a good article to critique. I know what type of article I need, I just don't know exactly how to find it.

Thanks.

--TheSilentAchiever (talk) 01:57, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Without knowing much about your class, I suggest you take a look at these biology articles submitted for "good article" review or the list of popular pages under our Molecular and Cell Biology WikiProject. Articles at FA or A-class rating should be near perfect. Articles at "good" or B-class should be decently-written and well-sourced. Articles at C-class and lower are in need of development. Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 02:13, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks Chris. Can you tell me something more about what kind of article you're looking for? Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:45, 7 October 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for your replies.

Need help request from Lauren (EEP)
Hello Ian, I need some help with a couple of things.

1. Media. My images and media look horrendous. For the table I created, it looks like maybe I should just create a wiki table is that correct? The diagram I've created has a lot of white space, do you have any suggestions for how to fix that?

2. Could you comment on the tone and clarity of the first paragraph. Much of the content is the same, but I tried to adjust so that initial paragraph was more general and clear as to what a CCA is and less where it is.

3. For the sandbox to wiki migration. I have included the paragraphs I changed, but for the new sections I'm writing, do I need to do anything special to make those edits happen how I would like, or will I be able to place them when I update the main article?

--Lldavis (talk) 04:28, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Mfiligra (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

1) Knowing if my structure of the article is ok, given that all the article subcategories are by states, while I did only differentiated regionally: state and federal incentives (although I think this way is more clear). 2) Is my content sufficient? I wanted to be brief and just provide what is known and the status quo, because the subject can get easily derailed with information about advantages and disadvantages of this technology. 3) I translated the names of the Mexican governmental agencies to make the article relatable in English, is this ok? 4) Is the tone in the article encyclopedic? Is it too passive?

Thanks!

--Mfiligra (talk) 21:17, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
 * See below. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:26, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Mfiligra (talk)
Excuse me, Ian, I have one last question. Although the article is called Government Incentives for Plug-in Electric Vehicles, I really think it should be called Government Incentives for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles, as this is the mos broad term used in the sector, to explicitly include electric plug-in hybrids.

Thanks!

--Mfiligra (talk) 21:25, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Alex BM (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

I want to know if I my writing style is appropriate for Wikipedia (and any other comments and feedback you may have). Thank you for your time!

--Alex BM (talk) 16:33, 8 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:26, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

== Need help request from Akalanki (talk)Ian on the wiki page of "National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency" developed for Emerging Energy Policy class at CMU ==

Hello Ian

I need help with your review and comments on the wiki page that has been edited by me as part of this subject. I have developed a stub article on "National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency" to cover the different aspects of this mission and give the reader sufficient information about it. I request you to kindly review for the appropriateness of the content, particularly if it looks neutral to a reader. I would also request you to review the citations and wikilinks on this article. I have added images through wiki commons and I would highly appreciate if you can look at their appropriateness. Akalanki (talk) 20:52, 8 October 2017 (UTC)

--Akalanki (talk) 20:52, 8 October 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Scohenioa] at CMU] ([[User talk:Scohenioa|talk)
Hello.

I would like to check on three things with my article in the Wiki Sandbox as I am working on editing the Energy Triangle article.

1. Does this article have a good flow, most specifically in the Exporting Natural Gas section? 2. Is the term section nicely defining the topic? 3. Is this piece timeless enough that it would be noticeable to determine which information was out of date if left unedited for a long period of time?

Thank you!

--Scohenioa (talk) 21:06, 8 October 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Ka upadhyay (talk)
Hello.

I want to seek your feedback on a new Wikipedia article “ Wave Energy in India” created by me. I am planning to link this article to an existing Wikipedia article named “ Wave Power”. It would me very helpful if you can review my article and provide your valuable feedback on the tone, citation and content of my article.

--Ka upadhyay (talk) 23:21, 8 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:26, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

Need feedback on proposed changes
Hi Ian, I'm working on the article Renewable Energy in Chile in my Sandbox. I edited the introductory paragraphs, added the sections "Policy" and "Hydro-power" and added new information in the section "Geothermal Energy". I also created a graph and a table with the details of the non conventional renewable energy target. Finally, I included the image from Wikimedia of "Chivilingo hydro-power plant" and wrote the caption for it. Could you give me a general feedback? Specifically:
 * I'm wondering if the way that I explained the policy is appropriate for a Wikipedia article.
 * Should I use the table and the graph for the NCRE targets or should I leave only one?
 * Is the wording's tone and grammar appropriate for a Wikipedia article?

Thank you very much! Isolari (talk) 01:30, 9 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:26, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Idoanmarciano (talk)
Hello Ian,

I need help with reviewing my section in sandbox. I am editing the article of "Energy Policy of Morocco" and I have several questions related to the content that I added: - How is the overall flow of the content? Is it easy to read? And is it neutral enough for the article? - I have some citations from this website: pv magazine (it will not let me to fully include the link), and the sandbox will not accept that source as reliable, apparently it might be on the black list. Could I request this website to be used as a reliable source? Because I think this website can be traced to its writer/author. - I made the section divided into 4 subsections, from Wind Power to Biomass Energy. Is that make the article easier to digest? Does it provide clarity? - I would appreciate if you could point out if there is any citation that you feel unsatisfying, or if there is some grammatical errors contained in the content.

Thank you very much for your time and concern Ian.--Idoanmarciano (talk) 08:13, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

--Idoanmarciano (talk) 08:13, 9 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:26, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Hholton (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

Is the tone of my wiki additions encylopedic? Do I need to add and link all of my citations in the sandbox or can I link them when I move my article? Do my additions make sense even though I don't expand on all the programs?

--Hholton (talk) 14:50, 9 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:26, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Azzeloof (talk)
Hello Ian,

I have a few questions about the edits I've made. I'm working on the PennEast Pipeline article. Are the tone of my edits appropriate for Wikipedia? I've tried to keep my writing encyclopedic. Also, where it says "MAP", I would like to include a map from a page in a document published by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (https://www.ferc.gov/industries/gas/enviro/eis/2017/04-07-17-FEIS.asp). Is this something I can do, or would it violate content policies? I'm not sure, because the map is from a government document. I'd also like to know if there are any areas in my edits (the 'Legal Hurdles' and 'Environmental Impact' sections) that could use more detail or explanation.

Thank you!

--Azzeloof (talk) 16:31, 9 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:26, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Lucia.yates (talk)
Hello.

I need help with my future additions for the wiki article Solar power in Mexico. I wanted to know if you have any comments on the overall tone of my writing, does it seem biased? Could you provide some feedback on my citations? Do you recommend any additional content?

Thank you for your time!

--Lucia.yates (talk) 21:03, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

Thank you so much for the feedback! it was very helpful, I'll make the changes suggested.

Lucia.yates (talk) 14:59, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:19, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Hi Ian, I was just wondering if I uploaded them correctly to wiki commons and that I'm not missing information on the images.

Lucia.yates (talk) 14:26, 15 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:26, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

Hi Ian,

That's why I wanted your opinion on it. The document doesn't state anything about copyright and I looked for information on government work but I couldn't find anything definitive. I contacted one of the authors and he told me that the information and images posted on those reports are public and "of free use" that is why I ended up posting it. I looked at the page you sent me and for what I read the information is somewhat outdated, I believe there have been some reforms done to those articles but I'm not sure to what extent, but I don't have the authority to make that decision. Do you know anyone more experienced that can help with this?

Thank you for your time Lucia.yates (talk) 15:14, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Metainf (talk)
Hello.

I need help with the edits that I have made to my article. I would like to know if the information that I added is clear and logically organized. In addition, I would like to know if the tone of my edits is appropriate for Wikipedia, and if the content added is appropriate for the article.

--Metainf (talk) 22:10, 9 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:19, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Srstockton (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

Uploading a picture from wikimedia commons that i found using the wiki commons database. the link is: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Massachusetts_wind_resource_map_50m_800.jpg

Do i have to upload the page using sandbox or can i use the edit wizard on the wikipedia page and make my changes there?

I am trying to make the changes easier to see on the sandbox. Is my article written in a professional, encyclopedic manner?

--Srstockton (talk) 22:43, 9 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:19, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from R.Z.Ruales (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

I was wondering if you could help me address the following questions:

1. The sandbox currently contains parts of two articles and a new article. THe new article is Energy Policy in Ecuador. What kind of steps/process should I expect when making a new page out of this content?

2. Given that I am making a new article, should I be linking it to any kind of project pages? Is that even my role to perform?

3. Is there any statement within the article that betrays a neutral tone?

Thank you so much! R.Z.Ruales (talk) 03:36, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

--R.Z.Ruales (talk) 03:36, 10 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:19, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Hi Ian,

Thank you so much for your help! R.Z.Ruales (talk) 02:21, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Jrjohnso37 (talk)
Hey Ian- was hoping to get some feedback on the Governmental Policies/Incentives section that I added to this page. Just want to make sure it sounds "Wikipedia-ish" enough and has added enough content. I had some trouble adding citations to the sandbox but think I will just add them to the original page to when I move over to avoid formatting issues.

Thanks!

--Jrjohnso37 (talk) 02:26, 11 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 20:32, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

Questions about pictures and citations
Hello,

Along with a team of three other students, I am editing an existing article (Laryngopharyngeal reflux) for Voice Disorders (Fall 2017) at McGill University.

Our group is wondering about the procedure for adding pictures to the article that are not from Wikimedia Commons. Is it possible to add pictures from other online sources?

We were also wondering about how to properly cite some types of information. For example, if we would like to include information about symptoms that are listed in a table in a textbook, how can we include this information without plagiarizing? The symptoms are usually displayed in the text as one-word items in a list, which seems difficult if not impossible to rephrase.

Any advice you can provide on these two matters is greatly appreciated.

Thank you.--Meggeo (talk) 19:24, 11 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:01, 11 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your reply, Ian. This helps to clarify things.--Meggeo (talk) 21:14, 11 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi Ian, to elaborate on the point of the symptoms comment. What if the article lists the symptoms or diet modifications for treatment in sentences. This cannot exactly be rephrased. How can I proceed? Thank you VoiceDisordersKristine (talk) 21:21, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Can you email me an example? This would be much easier with a concrete example. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:28, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi Ian, you had answered this for me over email so all is clear. Thank you! VoiceDisordersKristine (talk) 19:58, 22 October 2017 (UTC)

Student needs assistance with image copyright
One of the students in a Wiki Ed class listing you as contact ( in Wiki Ed/University of Calgary/Introductory Geology (Fall 2017)) has been repeatedly uploading an image from another web site to commons, falsely claiming it as CC-licensed, and adding it to Eleanora Knopf. It's already been deleted once and now they've done it again. Can you make sure they get the message not to do this, please? —David Eppstein (talk) 05:03, 12 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Thanks . I've gotten in touch with their instructor, who will hopefully be able to sort out any remaining confusion on their part. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:16, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

New message
Hello Ian, Could you please take a look and at my sandbox and review the changes made in the draft for Bar Code Medication Administration. We added some information and would like to add some pictures. I am looking for feed back on it from you since we are new at this and not sure if we are doing this correct.TLund (talk) 16:17, 12 October 2017 (UTC)
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 * Hi Ian,
 * Sorry, I have it listed at the top of the page in my sandbox and have (draft) behind it. It ends with ****** underneath it. The other parts of the article were the assignment of practicing and copying part of the article. As I stated we are newbies and not sure if we are doing it correct.TLund (talk) 17:02, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Lucia.yates (talk)

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Hello.

I need help with the new media I added to my sandbox. I wanted to get your opinion on it.

--Lucia.yates (talk) 17:31, 12 October 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Raymondtotah (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

Changing "Edit Source" button to "Edit"

--Raymondtotah (talk) 17:41, 12 October 2017 (UTC)


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Wiki Ed/Brigham Young University/BYU Biophysics (Semester)
It's a small and clearly good-faith thing, but I noticed that it looks like there are two instructors using a single registered account. I don't want to make a big deal about it, but I also don't want them to get into trouble, so I figured I would contact you about it and let you handle it. Thanks! --Tryptofish (talk) 22:55, 12 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the heads up. I'll look into it. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:55, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

Reply
Thank you Ian for your helpTLund (talk) 14:13, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

Link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Caribbean_pipeline is the page I'm editing Metainf (talk) 15:42, 14 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:16, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

My reasoning for removing the information on the description section is that the link was that the page was removed, but I found an archived version, and added it back in.Metainf (talk) 20:22, 16 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Thank you Ian Wina45 (talk) 17:36, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

Reply
Thanks for the help!

--WinstonZhou (talk) 04:17, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Hyunwoo Kim
Hi Ian,

I'm Hyunwoo Kim in Energy Policies Course @ CMU. I do apologise as I'd been behind with this class but I intend to catch up with all work with our Wiki article ASAP. When I next need feedback with my wiki article do I send something on the Sandbox like this?

Hyunwoo Kim --Hyunwoo1 (talk) 13:58, 15 October 2017 (UTC)


 * - That depends on the sort of feedback you're looking for, and when you need it. I support several thousand students; if you have a specific question, I'm happy to help, but I can't give repeated feedback to an entire class. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:04, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Ka upadhyay (talk)
Hello , In my article the citation at S.no.2 in the references is appearing differently with some numbers appearing ahead of the citation. I am not sure why this is happening. Can you direct me with how to rectify this error? Thanks 14:09, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

--Ka upadhyay (talk) 14:09, 15 October 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Hyunwoo1 (talk)
Hello.

I've tried to upload a picture on my article regarding European Union's smart grid policy. Please take a look at my article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_grids_by_country#Smart_meter_rollout. The image and caption are not constructed to my likings. Can I please get some help on making a more natural looking images?

--Hyunwoo1 (talk) 16:27, 15 October 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Dcesaire (talk)
Hello.

I need help with choosing and editing an article Dcesaire (talk) 20:43, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

--Dcesaire (talk) 20:43, 15 October 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request
Hi Ian!

I am submitting questions for the Emerging Energy Policies's class and am writing an article about the History of the Venezuelan oil industry. My questions are the following. I am not sure if you can see my sandbox, but it'd be helpful if you could read the beginning of my section titled Economic Troubles and Their Effect on Oil Policy. Is the tone too negative and biased? Maduro is a poor leader and it's fact that the economy is in decline, but I don't want my distaste for the presidency to seep through my writing. Also, how do I move articles from sandbox when there are other excerpts from the original wikipedia article in between my own text? Wikipedia is identifying them as plagiarism but I don't want to input my own text in the wrong place. Finally, if there are small edits I want to make to prior sections, such as adding a more recent citation or removing a false fact, do I need to use sandbox? Or can I edit the wikipedia page directly?

Thank you so much, Dalia Laredo — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dlaredo (talk • contribs)
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Suman B R: Thanks for the message
Hi Ian! Thanks for the welcome message Ian. Myself Suman, a graduate student from USC and part of ENGR 499 course by Sarah Mojarad. I just had a couple things to ask for clarity actually.

As you know, I'm a new Wikipedian, but I've completed the training modules and a couple of edits already!

If possible, have a look at Mars Society page once and review my edits. I'd highly appreciate any suggestion to improve the page.

Most of the content by previous authors are mostly sourced from Mars society website (primary source).I'm not sure if I can replace old references to the existing content in the page. Lemme know.

Also, could you tell me if its OK to add new citations (most recent) by removing old ones?

Thanks Suman B R — Preceding unsigned comment added by Suman B R (talk • contribs)
 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:44, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the reply, Ian! I acknowledge to your feedback and will take your advice to my learning process henceforth.

I have set a google extension called "grammerly" that automatically highlights any spelling and/or changes in varieties of English. I actually thought about this as a possible concern but wasn't sure. Thanks for pointing it out!

I was also a bit unsure if I can use Facebook pages as the source; because many Mars Society chapters (like India and Bangladesh for example) don't have their official website yet, but have a facebook page. I did find third-party articles about them. I'll remove that facebook source link and reference it with the third party article reference rather.

Thanks for clarifying about where and how the references need to be in a paragraph. I'll make the necessary changes.

I'm not sure what you were referring me to with "|access-date = ". Please let me know about it.

Thanks again for the help Ian!

Regards, Suman B R — Preceding unsigned comment added by Suman B R (talk • contribs) 00:53, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Lldavis (talk)
Hi Ian,

To your comment earlier about the leader being a summary of the rest of the article. Before I edited the article this lead section was more of a "What is a CCA" and less of a summary of the rest of the article. Should I change this? Create a new What it is section and update the leader?

Thanks, Lauren

--Lldavis (talk) 16:02, 16 October 2017 (UTC)


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Need help request from Hfmsmith (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

the topic section of my sandbox that is the edited version of contribution 1. I am currently writing on the topic of Nigerian migrations within neighboring countries. I am struggling with finding a page to write this section on, and making my topic more concise. Any suggestions would be extremely helpful.

--Hfmsmith (talk) 17:42, 17 October 2017 (UTC) Heidi Mizenko


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Need help request from Happyweekdays (talk)
Hello.

I need help with improvement on quality of writing since English is not my native language. I'm afraid my writing might cause ambiguities. Also, I hope to get feedback on the content, like logics.

--HappyweekdaysHappyweekdays (talk) 19:16, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Guytonv (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

Starting my sandbox and editing an article

--Guytonv (talk) 23:34, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Shannonk2799 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

I am hoping to get feedback if the overall flow of this article is of Wikipedia's standards.

--Shannonk2799 (talk) 00:40, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Vwdesmondi (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

Feedback on my draft. I was thinking that I would create a new page for this because I couldn't find an article I believed this subject to fit into. What I'm most interested in getting feedback on content--does it seem to be organized in a manner beneficial to Wikipedia, and does it explain all relevant aspects adequately for the casual reader.

Thanks!

--Vwdesmondi (talk) 03:01, 18 October 2017 (UTC)


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Queen's University med school class assignment
I left a note on Dr. Murray's talk page to the effect that I have been and had intended to continue heavily editing the Peanut allergy article, but as I saw this had become one of her assignments to a student group, I would stop editing through the end of the class period, so as to not confuse the students with a moving target. David notMD (talk) 21:38, 18 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the heads up. I will get in touch with them and figure out the best way forward. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:59, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I welcome the students to communicate with me at my Talk if you and the Teacher feel that is appropriate. David notMD (talk) 16:22, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from James Cobb (talk)James
Hello.

I need help with... making sure everything flows well, and that I have the right type of information needed.

--James Cobb (talk) 17:13, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Coltonschuh (talk)
Hello.

I need help with... Trying to get the proper outline format since my instructor wants an outline from us today. But nothing is working. I'm not finished with it but I only have a bit of it done so far. Thanks.

--Coltonschuh (talk) 21:09, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Js2933 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with properly moving my article to the main space. I followed the instructions for moving articles that were in the editing basics, but the article still states that it is a user page. Is there anything that needs to be changed? Thank you.

--Js2933 (talk) 03:49, 20 October 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Jmissy (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

with typing in the sandbox wont allow me too

--Jmissy (talk) 16:43, 20 October 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Jmissy (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

it it saying it is served as a test spot. A picture of pen and paper come up

--Jmissy (talk) 01:54, 21 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, go to your sandbox, hit the "edit" tab, and begin writing what you want below that coding at the top. Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 02:02, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Caitlyn3 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

I am the one who already created the "Ts'ixa" page, when I realized that "Shua" was the wrong name for the page. Now that I know what "move" means and the page is ready to be published, I'm told I can't move it since it already exists. Please help!

--Caitlyn3 (talk) 12:33, 21 October 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Meggeo (talk)
Hello,

As part of this week's assignment for Voice Disorders, it was recommended for us to have a Content Expert review our draft. In my sandbox, I have copied most sections from the article "Laryngopharyngeal relflux". In terms of new material, I added mostly to the "Relationship to GERD" section, which I also created. I also added a sentence on prevalence in the introductory section, reorganized the "Background" section, and added a sentence about symptoms seen in more severe forms of LPR. Thank you in advance for your assistance.--Meggeo (talk) 22:01, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

--Meggeo (talk) 22:01, 21 October 2017 (UTC)
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 * Thanks for your suggestions!--22:26, 23 October 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Meggeo (talk • contribs)

Need help request from Khaen23 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with finding out if my writing style and citation choices are appropriate for wikipedia. Thank you!

--Khaen23 (talk) 03:43, 22 October 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Djmoq3 (talk)
Hello.

Looking for some help in regards to how the structure of my draft looks so far. Also wondering how my introduction and so on for content looks.

--Djmoq3 (talk) 20:29, 22 October 2017 (UTC)
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Selecting a Topic and Getting Started for ANSC 4560 Wikipage
Hi Ian for my Wikipage product our group has to make a page on Senior Dog Food Diets. I have been searching and have been unable to find a previously made page. I am just wondering if talking about Senior Dog Foods in general is too broad of a topic and also how to go about starting a whole new page. While I have done the training modules it is a little daunting creating a whole new page. Thank you. Nleslie123 (talk) 15:56, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:43, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

Edit a Page that is Protected Against Vandalism
Hey Ian, I am trying to add a citation to the page "Manure" but it is telling me that it is "protected against vandalism". My teammate edited this page a couple days ago and it did not prevent her from adding a citation. Is there a possibility to add to this page a different way? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hkarwal (talk • contribs) 21:13, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:43, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from NCSTATE27 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with... My rough draft that I have written up. Also I was wonder what was the best way to do my citations also. Thank you so much.

Entrepreneurship in Cuba[edit] Cuba is in the process of changing their socio-economic model and Entrepreneurship is crucial component of this process. Under reform socialism implemented by Raul Castro, “Cuba’s socialist government would control the major industries in the economy, directing the market mechanism by changing investment credits, amortization rates, depreciation allowances, interest rates, prices, wage structures, and other macroeconomic controls.” (Gonzalez-Corzo). “Reform socialism keeps the foundation of the socialist system in place, however businesses have more political freedom under this reform (Chilosi 1992; Kornai 1992; Nove 1989). Now, one of the goals of socio-economic reform entails the government decreasing its payroll by 20%. The purpose of Reform socialism is to develop the economy by changing government policies while maintaining the foundation of the political economy. This allows the self employed to make more decisions without being constrained by the state government. Likewise, it allows “the introduction of some market-based performance metrics (e.g., profits, and material incentives) to improve enterprise efficiency, and the reduction, but not the complete elimination, of centralized decision-making” (Gonzalez-Corzo). [Great! Is this your language or a quote? The language in this sentence is noticeably different from other sentences.] To date, employment in the state sector has decreased by 13%. Meanwhile, self employment has increased by 187% (Gonzalez-Corzo). I invented this sentence by combining the following two. In fact, the introduction of Entrepreneurship was largely influenced by the increasing demand for goods and services in Cuba. The state sector would not be able to supply for this increasing demand in Cuba. With the changes in government that has loosen the restraint of political regulations on businesses, there are still limitations that control the expansion of the self employment sector ranging from: funding for businesses, business education and no access to foreign investors that are interested in these companies.

--NCSTATE27 (talk) 18:59, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

Do I remove an opinion from a wiki page?
Hellow Ian, I have a question about a sentence in an page I am editing. The sentence is in my sandbox, in the article on Rabbits in Australia. I have added two sentences following it. I think the sentence should be removed because it is an opinion and can't be sited, but I also think the opinion has significance. I would appreciate if you could give me some feedback. Decoteaw (talk) 17:39, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Ilmjmack (talk)
Hello.

I was wondering if you could provide guidance for me and my group on our topic of low protein cat food. We looked quickly on WIkipedia and could not find an existing page on this topic but were able to find a page relating to low protein diets in humans.

--Ilmjmack (talk) 17:50, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

Editing part. Rmaharjan7cl7yp (talk) 21:52, 27 October 2017 (UTC)
Hello ian. I just added few sentences to ross bleckner artist and somehow someone deletes it. May i know reason why? his reply to me don't put any nonsense. please help. thank you. Rmaharjan7cl7yp (talk) 21:51, 27 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi —I retract my use of the word "nonsense". I saw this edit but I failed to notice that you undid that edit in your next edit. I apologize. Bus stop (talk) 15:32, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

Technical Issue with Class assignment
Hey Ian! I am Harshini and I was assigned to write a Wiki article on Calmodulin as a part of my Biochemistry class assignment. Since there was a pre-existing article with the same title on Wiki, I wrote an article titled "Role of Calmodulins" that had a different focus than the original article. Turns out though that my dashboard has assigned to me to simply edit the already existing article on Calmodulins and so it is not reflecting the "Role of Calmodulins" article that I wrote. Is there a way that this can be re-assigned? I already have an approximately 1300 words article on the roles of calmodulins posted on the mainspace and the person who wrote the calmodulin article has also linked my article in theirs. Hoping to hear bacak from you soon! Thanks! --Harshini Devi Sampathkumar (talk) 15:54, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Aarmst10 (talk)
Hi Ian,

I was recommended by my instructors to contact a member of the wiki team for advice! My group's topic is "Odor reduction in dogs". Based on what I have looked through on Wikipedia so far, it seems that there is no existing page on "Odor Reduction in Dogs'. The closest I could find was "Dog Odor', which I was thinking may be helpful to build on, and add a section specifically focusing on diet OR alternatively, focus completely on making a new article about our topic.

What do you think? What would your recommendations be for tackling this particular topic? I hope I have provided sufficient details, and I look forward to hearing from you. All the best,

AllieAarmst10 (talk) 18:39, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

--Aarmst10 (talk) 18:39, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Clairewingert (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

--Clairewingert (talk) 00:04, 30 October 2017 (UTC)
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Hypoallergenic Dog Food
Hello Ian, We are getting started on our wiki page. Our topic is hypoallergenic dog food, however, there have been no Wikipedia pages created yet for this topic so we plan to create one ourselves. We are thinking about explaining the broad definition of a hypoallergenic dog, common allergens (proteins and carbohydrates), common symptoms (skin and coat irritation and digestive issues), and food solutions (novel protein diets, limited ingredient diets, and hydrolyzed proteins). We were wondering how we can all link to one person in our group's sandbox because we have to do this for marking purposes.

Thank you, Ken lambert (talk) 21:56, 30 October 2017 (UTC)Kennedy Lambert
 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:25, 31 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi Ian,

Specifically, we would be talking about dogs that have allergic reactions to certain foods, which requires them to eat hypoallergenic food. This is different from a hypoallergenic dog. Does that make more sense? Ken lambert (talk) 16:13, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

Adding an Edit
(Taylor1.5)

I want to add this to cell membranes discussion on organelle discussion about cell membranes. Me and my team wants to discuss each organelle structure for base understanding within the e.g topics.

The Golgi apparatus has two interconnected round Golgi cisternae. Compartments within the structure forms multiple tubular-reticular networks responsible for organization, stack connection and cargo transport that display a continuous grape like string vesicles, ranging from 50-60 nm. The apparatus consists of three main compartments, a flat disc-shaped cisterna with tubular-reticular networks and vesicles.

Greg Taylor (Taylor1.5) 10-30-2017 (Marshall University) 8:43 PM

I was thinking something like this.

PRESENT

Organelles In eukaryotic cells, membrane-bound organelles within the cytoplasm may have a single membrane (e.g., endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi Apparatus, lysosomes and peroxisomes) while others (e.g. the nucleus, mitochondria and chloroplasts) may have multiple membrane systems.[15]

CHANGE

Organelles[edit source] In eukaryotic cells, membrane-bound organelles within the cytoplasm may have a single membrane (e.g., endoplasmic reticulum, a Golgi Apparatus: "Membrane consist of two interconnected round Golgi cisternae. Compartments within the structure forms multiple tubular-reticular networks responsible for organization, stack connection and cargo transport that display a continuous grape like string vesicles ranging from 50-60 nm", lysosomes and peroxisomes) while others (e.g. the nucleus, mitochondria and chloroplasts) may have multiple membrane systems.[15]

"My team will add to each one. I think it will create a larger grasp on variation of cell membranes; while not demeaning the secondary application of the actual Golgi Apparatus source. The Organelle addition will create understanding of multiple organelle membranes, while filling the section with a leading approach to further investigate organelle functions."
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Adding a template
Hi Ian, I am trying to add a template to my wikipedia page but I am struggling as when I put in the template it is not coming up with all of the parameters that it said it was supposed to include. I am specifically trying to add in the Infobox dog breed template. Any help would be very much appreciated! Thanks Nleslie123 (talk) 13:43, 31 October 2017 (UTC)


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Making a Lead Section
Hi Ian, I am having trouble making my lead section. It is written with the page name as the title however the Wikipedia page keeps thinking that it is part of the body and not a lead section. I am not sure what I am doing wrong, any help would be appreciated. Thanks Nleslie123 (talk) 14:16, 1 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:50, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

ANSC 4560 Sandboxes
Hi Ian, I'm wondering if there is a way to link our sandboxes together so everyone in the group can see each other's edits? We have chosen one group member's sand box to start writing but seems like we are having trouble finding and writing in that sandbox. (Sometimes we edit the source and saved, but the original sandbox owner still cannot see what we put even after refreshing couple of times). Anything we are doing wrong that's causing the problem?

Thanks Shirl 97 (talk) 20:36, 1 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi, thanks for replying. When I edited one of my group member's sandbox (I pressed save), she was still not seeing the change when she refreshed her sandbox. But this didn't happen the first time I edited (she saw the change the first time). I'm working on Low Protein Dog Food, with Teagan Smith, Alissa Fawcett and Keegan LeClair. Thanks. Shirl 97 (talk) 18:09, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

Still having difficulties with flowchart upload
Good morning Ian,

I'm still having issues uploading my flowchart to the Wikipedia page I'm editing. Can I show you the image for you to critique/offer some suggestions?

Thanks so much for your time!

CodeSwitch (talk) 13:52, 2 November 2017 (UTC) CodeSwitch (talk) 13:52, 2 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi Ian, thanks for the quick response! I realize now that I was trying to directly upload from my computer to my talk page. What worked for me in the end was uploading first to the Wikimedia Commons and then choosing that image from there. Resolved! CodeSwitch (talk) 14:59, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

"Respond to Your Peer Review"
Hi Ian, I'm just wondering if we have to physically respond to people that have reviewed our article, or simply incorporate their suggestions into our article?

Thanks Cdoyon1 (talk) 18:46, 2 November 2017 (UTC)Cdoyon1
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Student editor of Torticollis page
Hello Ian, I would like to know if the source of the dystonia society to cite the definition of laterocollis and rotational torticollis is acceptable. Here is the link: http://www.dystonia.org.uk/index.php/about-dystonia/types-of-dystonia/neck-dystonia/the-role-of-muscles-im-neck-dystonia. DLH2018 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 19:21, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi Ian, I asked you some questions about a week ago, and I was just wondering if you saw them? I am not sure if I replied correctly, so I will repeat them here- (they were clarification for a reply you made to me)-"So I was hoping to work with the existing wikipedia page titled 'Dog Odor'. It would give some background information on my topic of odor reduction in dogs for my assignment. Then my group members and I, who have done research on the nutritional aspect of odor prevention, can add what we know (or add pieces from the existing page to our article). So our article could be kind of split into a general section on causes of dog odor, and then we would add a more detailed section covering specifically the nutritional aspect. Hope that makes more sense; what do you think about the feasibility of that? And what do you think about us splitting up our sections of the article into: skin and coat, dental, and gastrointestinal? That way we could describe under how odors are caused and reduced in each. Thanks, Aarmst10 (talk) 00:35, 3 November 2017 (UTC)
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Followup on Questions
Hi Ian, Thanks for your feedback a few weeks ago. Sorry to bug you, but do you have an answer on the copyright question I asked? Thank you! Azzeloof (talk) 22:31, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Ashalexandra (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

--Ashalexandra (talk) 02:13, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
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Questions Regarding Pet Nutrition Assignment (Gestation/Lactation Dog Diets)
Hi Ian! My group's topic is on Gestation and Lactation diets of dogs, but I haven't found a Wikipedia page that appears to cover much of dog pregnancy, other than "Canine Reproduction". I was wondering if you thought it may be better to create a new Wikipedia page simply focussing on Gestation and Lactation diets compared to adding a section for "Diets" onto the existing "Canine Reproduction" Wikipedia page.

Thank you for your help!

Ehuong (talk) 13:28, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Ah I see. Thank you so much! Ehuong (talk) 15:28, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Ashalexandra (talk)
Hello.

I need help with editing my page. I am interested in receiving content feedback, in addition to general editing feedback.

Thank you, Ashley Rios — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ashalexandra (talk • contribs) 21:36, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
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Need Help- WHERE DO I START?????
Hi Ian,

Im doing the pet nutrition assignment and i am very confused on where to start. My group is doing a vegan cat food and we would just like some clarification on what the goals of this project are. Is there already a vegan cat food page available on wikipedia or do we need to create our own?

Please help us!!!

Emma — Preceding unsigned comment added by Emma.thornton (talk • contribs) 18:50, 8 November 2017 (UTC)
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How to delete repeated reference
Hi Ian, I am having problems deleting and editing my reference page. I need to delete an article that I accidentally uploaded twice and am getting an error message on another article. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you Pnt36 (talk) 20:20, 9 November 2017 (UTC)Pnt36
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Need help request from LHauptman (talk)
Hello.

I need help with... I was wondering about when submitting my work that I am moving from my sandbox to the actual article, should I post it in the talk page before? Or do I just directly add my new information to the article?

Thanks!

--LHauptman (talk) 22:23, 9 November 2017 (UTC)
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Question about adding plots to page
Hi Ian,

I am wondering if it is possible to add plots using Ocean Data View (ODV) software?

Thank you for your time, Jenn — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wongalaj (talk • contribs) 00:07, 10 November 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Bunnydew15 (talk)
Hello,

I would like help on general improvements of my draft of the Terminal Illness page. Could you please review the first draft located in my sandbox and give some suggestions?

Thank you so much!

--Bunnydew15 (talk) 05:13, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Mwillmer (talk)
Hello.

I need help with feedback on my edited article in my sandbox. I've worked on the lead section, added to character list and context sections. Let me know what needs improvement! Thanks, Mimi

--Mwillmer (talk) 22:38, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Shachinthaka (talk)
Hello.

I need help with my article to improve.

--Shachinthaka (talk) 08:51, 12 November 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Studenta1 (talk)
Hello! This is a request for editing of my first draft. I have written my first draft of my wikipedia article in my sandbox and I just wanted to make sure that it is written in the right wikipedia form and that it follows the writing criteria. I still plan on expanding the History section more and adding more details about the new prevention programs being developed in Egypt but I would love feedback on my progress so far. Thank you so much!

--Studenta1 (talk) 16:47, 12 November 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Lk031 (talk)
Hello. This is my first draft. Could you please look through it and make sure I am following all the wikipedia guidelines? I am still planning on writing/adding to the sections that have bullet points still in place, but those are the key points I am hoping to cover in those sections. Thanks!

--Lk031 (talk) 00:24, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Lk031 (talk)
Hello.

I sent in a previous help request form but I am not sure if it was sent? I don't know how to verify that. In case you didn't receive the previous request, could you please review my first draft and make sure I have met the necessary guidelines for a wikipedia article (for bazell seminar class). The bullet points are subjects I am hoping to cover in further detail but I have not yet gotten to them yet. They will be part of the category of which they are under. Thanks! Lk031 (talk) 00:30, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

--Lk031 (talk) 00:30, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Am12827 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with... publishing the article

--Am12827 (talk) 01:37, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
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Student additions
Sigh. Ian, a whole lot of students, maybe on the same course, are making a whole lot of additions to a whole lot of articles such as Pheromone, Sex pheromone, Lek mating, and Coccinellidae (that's just a sample). They have apparently been working on species X for weeks and have many fascinating facts about them, all cited to primary research. They have then, I suppose, been told to find another article to add a fascinating fact to, with the result that the luckless 'topic' articles get bombarded by one unstructured addition after another. One type is "and this behavior is exhibited by species A, B, C, D, E, F, Gee, and Zee.[ref to species A]" - this is unsatisfactory both for its listiness and for its lack of citation, and I won't even mention the tortured English. Another type is "Ladybirds eat insects. They are additionally [hint: fascinating fact #27 coming up] significant predators of Nuisance-issimus american-farm-damage-ensis as evinced in corn plantations in Indiana.[1][2][3]" This is potentially constructive but in the wrong place in the article, and the student hadn't noticed that biological control was mentioned someplace else in the article. With any luck the Fascinating-Fact-additionally-exhibiting-behavior season is almost over for another year, but there really should be a bit more regulation rather than just letting the hordes loose on live articles and, ahem, volunteer article maintainers. Chiswick Chap (talk) 08:29, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
 * - I'm sorry about this - this class is good at writing species articles, but they aren't so good with the idea of adding incoming links - and, to be honest, since students so rarely even add incoming links, it isn't something I have given much though to. Thanks for letting me know. I will get in touch with the instructor, and think about how to adapt the training material for this in the future.
 * Many thanks. It's not so much links as very specific examples of often general facts. Chiswick Chap (talk) 15:35, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I got that. I was just trying to explain their motivation (but I think I skipped a step in my head). The class has been creating or expanding articles on lepidopterans - and (IMO) doing really good work on these species articles. (You can see what they've been doing here, if you're curious). The problem here, I think, is that when they try to add incoming links to the articles they've worked on, they're narrowly focused on the species they've been working on. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:45, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

Message
Hello Ian, I am contacting you regarding the article that has to be completed for "Animal Behaviour" at Memorial University. I was wondering if you could read through the article draft that I have completed in my sandbox and let me know if I should make any changes. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sbugden (talk • contribs) 23:50, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Dedoton4 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with knowing if the flow of each component of my article makes sense. I definitely think I have done enough research into the links of with Joe Camel and the rise of adolescent smoking--I'm just not sure if I conveyed it in the most effective manner.

Thank you!!

--Dedoton4 (talk) 03:37, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Yalie123 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

editing my first draft of my article on "Cancer Prevention." I fear that it discusses more the causes of cancer, and not the preventative measures.

What do you think of it as a whole, and how might I improve it?

--Yalie123 (talk) 03:37, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Bulldogs2021 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with edits on my draft for the article I am editing. Some helpful feedback would be appreciated.

--Bulldogs2021 (talk) 03:41, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Fvialard (talk)
Hello.

I need help with my sandbox. One of my references has an error message on it due to a feedline and I don't really understand how to fix it. As well, I noticed that the article I am working on has a B-grade, would you have any helpful advice on how to improve it? Thank you in advance Fvialard (talk) 04:28, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

--Fvialard (talk) 04:28, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from ABBslp (talk)
Hello.

I need help with my draft. I'm planning to add two small paragraphs on the laryngectomy article, and I would appreciate your feedback on my actual draft.

Thank you,

Arielle

--ABBslp (talk) 15:48, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
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Need Help Request; Review of First Draft
Hi,

My article discusses the Supreme Court case of Cipollone v Liggett. I have completed the first draft in my sandbox and would like to know if there is any feedback that you could give me to imrpove the article to have it ready to be sent off.

Thanks JD Johns (talk) 18:13, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
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Limited Ingredient Diet Page
Hello Ian,

We are doing an assignment on limited ingredient dog diets and we were wondering if we should create a new page or if we should add more info to the dog food page. The dog food diet briefly mentions limited ingredient diets.

Thank you

Maria Cavallo

Mariacavallo (talk) 20:10, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Djmoq3 (talk)
Hello.

Just was wondering if you could take a look at my article in my sandbox and let me know if you see any major issues in regards to formatting or wikipedia policies that I may have created. Also if you have any pointers in improving a section or you think that something would sound better said differently please let me know.

Thanks,

--Djmoq3 (talk) 22:28, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Branfordbulldogs (talk)
Hello.

I'm hoping to get help with the style of writing (eg neutral tone) as well as deciding what else to add.

Thanks!

--Branfordbulldogs (talk) 00:53, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Aleman1993 (talk)
Hello, can you please review my draft on the OakOakland, Californialand, California article located in my sandbox and help me figure out where is the best place to add in my 1st paragraph describing the arrival of the Chinese and how I should rename this subsection.

I am using that paragraph as a background of the Chinese leading into the plague paragraph that I plan to add into the 1900-1950's section between 1st paragraph about SF earthquake and general motors.

Please advice on both of these paragraphs that I plan to add and offer any suggestions to improve my whole draft before I submit it.Aleman1993 (talk) 06:34, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Digitalhumanitiestudent1 (talk)
Hello!

I need help with just general content/organization/tone of the language used/neutrality Thanks!

--Digitalhumanitiestudent1 (talk) 22:47, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Almajacinto (talk)
Hello.

I need help with my draft on the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association. I'm not sure if what I have so far is enough to make an entire new section. Should I just add it to the existing part if so where? Also I would like some feedback to my addition and maybe what direction I should take next. Thank you so much.

--Almajacinto (talk) 05:19, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Eqw55 (talk)
Hello!

I need help with editing my first draft on A Frank Statement to Cigarette Smokers. Any suggestions would be appreciated! I'm most concerned about maintaining a neutral tone and not being biased against tobacco companies. I am also still researching for the "modern-day examples" category, so that section should be more complete soon! Thank you!

--Eqw55 (talk) 05:23, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Arayofsunshine12 (talk)
Hi Ian!

I need help with my first draft on the Healthcare Worker's Disease Outbreak during the SARS outbreak. Could you read my first draft in my sandbox and give me some feedback? Some specific concerns I haver are listed below:

1. Determining if there are relevant sections/subtopics that are missing from my article. 2. Seeing if my language usage and citations are sufficient/typical for a Wikipedia article. 3. Pictures/Visual aids that may contribute to my article? 4. Is there a better way to title my article? Thank you!

--Arayofsunshine12 (talk) 05:34, 16 November 2017 (UTC) ~Arayofsunshine12
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Help with ANSC 4560 Assignment
Hi Ian,

My group and I have been starting to go through some articles and compiling our information on the topic assigned to us (Skin and Coat Health in Dogs). We have placed "Coat (dog)", "allergies in dogs", and "dog skin disorders" into our watchlist. We discussed adding some sections in each about preventative care, ingredient options in food to look for for treatment/prevention, and potentially creating a new article for Dog Skin and Coat Care.

We would really appreciate some feedback from you for some options, etc.

Thank you (Hannahjayg (talk) 14:58, 16 November 2017 (UTC))


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Pet Nutrition Wiki Assignment
Hello Ian, I have a few questions about my groups topic of Diets for cat skin and coat care. We were trying to figure out whether we should create a new page or add to existing pages. I found two pages that could possibly be added to. One was a cat food page and I was wondering if you think we could add a skin and coat care section to this. The other page was cat skin disorders and it had a sentence that relates to our topic when it explains what cat skin disorders were. Would we be able to add a section on to this or do you suggest starting our our page?

Thank you, Maggie Mburnsy (talk) 17:29, 16 November 2017 (UTC)


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Graph and Table Usage
Hi Ian, this is littleskimonkey. I was wondering if tables in research papers are available to use in Wikipedia articles. Or, should I create my own graphs? Littleskimonkey (talk) 20:05, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Littleskimonkey (talk)
Hello.

I need help with uploading graphs and charts. Am I allowed to reproduce the data by making charts or graphs on my own laptop? Or, can I simply upload the figures from the research paper itself? Also, I would like to know how I can improve my article!

--Littleskimonkey (talk) 20:43, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
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Checking Sandbox for Readiness to go to Main Space
Hello Ian, I was wondering if you could check out my sandbox and check over the content (Senior Dog Diets) to determine if it is ready to be moved to the main space or not. Thanks! Nleslie123 (talk) 19:20, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

One of your students did a great job
Dear Ian, I was going over some articles that I had created and found that one student editor had done a magnificent job on Ovarian drilling. I just wanted you to know-it is too bad that the student did not continue to edit articles but this contribution was substantial. Best Regards, Barbara (WVS) ✐ ✉ 02:05, 19 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks Barbara! Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:13, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Rickyx11 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with... moving my talk page. I don't understand how to move my article edits to the main wikipedia page and accidentally just created another user talk page with all my edits over there and can not change it back. How do I submit edits to the mainspace?

-Rickyx11-Rickyx11 (talk) 08:17, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
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Question for ANSC 4560
Hi user:Ian (Wiki Ed) could you please check my edits to the kitten page? I edited them live and added a nutrition section. I didn't realize that I should have started in my sandbox. I have also added the copy/paste of my edit to my wiki sandbox. Could you please check this and give me some suggestion? Thank you. Nmccarth2 (talk) 00:28, 19 November 2017 (UTC) Nmccarth2 Nmccarth2 (talk) 00:28, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi user: Ian (Wiki Ed) I have added the content to my sandbox now as previously I guess the edits were on my user wiki page. I look forward to hearing your feedback- thank you! Nmccarth2 (talk) 16:15, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Iimph2017 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with... a general review of my draft article.

Thanks, Laurie

--Iimph2017 (talk) 20:19, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Jalausa (talk)
Hello.

I need help with figuring out if this is an article I can submit. What do I need do to get this into the Wikipedia main space. How is the structure and organization of the article?

--Jalausa (talk) 04:30, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Lissy04 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with... Reviewing and revising sandbox content before moving it to a mainspace.

--Lissy04 (talk) 15:08, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
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 * Hi, Ian, thank you for your reply. We are planning on to add "Low Protein Dog Diet" under "Dog Food" page after "Raw Dog Food". Lissy04 (talk) 14:35, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

New topics on WAK's
This is a response from the message you sent me a while ago. Well that was my idea first but there are other students using that page and they keep deleting the topics post - even though the topics I have talked about have not been covered in the article, at all - Cell Wall Associated Kinases, topic added (then deleted): Cell extracellular matrix, WAK and glycine-rich proteins, and WAK's superfamily. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mx45 (talk • contribs) 20:51, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Rayanhus (talk)
Hello.

I need someone to go through the article and see if there’s something odd, or needs correction, especially in the Wars section at the end of the article.

--Rayanhus (talk) 02:20, 22 November 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Kendracasey (talk)Kendracasey
Hello.

I need help with... referencing properly, how do I repeat references using ? It just numbers it as the next number. Also, I'm just wondering if this writing is up to par. Thanks for your time

Kendracasey --Kendracasey (talk) 05:18, 24 November 2017 (UTC)


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Need help request from Alextm21 (talk)
Hello.

This is the draft of our new article. We were hoping you would be able to read over it and give us suggestions for improving the tone, content, and organization.

Thanks!

--Alextm21 (talk) 17:24, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Editing Pet Nutrition article in Sandbox
Hi Ian!

My group has recently completed their draft on Gestation and Lactation diets for dogs. Would you be able to edit it via my (Elana Huong's) sandbox?

Thank you for your help! Ehuong (talk) 18:14, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

Yes it will be moved to the "Canine Reproduction" page! We would be making a new section for "Diet" after "Clinical Issues". Sorry for not clarifying. Ehuong (talk) 19:51, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
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Editing my sandbox
Hi Ian,

My group and i have contributed to my sandbox for adding information to 2 pages on wikipedia. We have information to add to the cat page and to the cat food page specifically to the vegan/vegetarian part of it. Do you have to edit/approve it before we transfer it over to the main page?

Thank you, Emma Emma.thornton (talk) 19:49, 24 November 2017 (UTC)
 * See below. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:19, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

Ready to move sandbox to the main space
Hi Ian! Myself and my classmates have been editing a page called Hypoallergenic dog food and we believe that we are ready to move this article into the main space of Wikipedia. We were wondering if you could look it over and give us some pointers? Thanks!

Cailin — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cricha09 (talk • contribs) 21:14, 24 November 2017 (UTC)
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Hi Ian, We aren't expanding on a page, the plan was to create our own on hypoallergenic dog food. The page is in my sandbox, we were hoping you could look it over? thanks, Cricha09 (talk) 22:39, 27 November 2017 (UTC)


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Adding an image to wiki sandbox
Hey Ian,

I made a histogram on my laptop that I tried to add onto wiki but when it uploaded it says it was a stolen image and I was copyrighting. When I tried to delete it wouldn't let me so then I tried to add the reference to where I obtained the information for the histogram and it wouldn't let me. The histogram was copied out of the textbook Canine and Feline Nutrition where I recreated it in excel. So I just undid all my edits on the sandbox but it is still saying that I am violating copy-write protocols. I want to upload the histogram image but I don't know how and I also don't want it to say I am copywriting because I'm not I just don't know what I am doing.

Please help, Heather Hgozzard (talk) 23:13, 25 November 2017 (UTC) Heather — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hgozzard (talk • contribs) 23:08, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Avazggu (talk)
Hello.

I need help with creating a "Sanbox." Thanks. Antonio

--Avazggu (talk) 23:27, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
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Ready for Mainspace
Hi Ian,

Its me again, my group has finished our wiki page and would like you to edit it before its transferred over. Please let me know when you have a chance to look at it!!

Thank you, Emmma Emma.thornton (talk) 14:48, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
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Making Edits
Hi Ian, we were wondering if for the ANSC 4560 assignment you needed to check over all of the minor edits we are hoping to make, such as adding a few sentences here and there into larger articles. We are adding a large section to other articles that will we wait for you to edit in our sandbox, however, with the minor edits, we aren't sure how to go about it in a way that allows you to edit all the minor changes and where we are adding them in the articles. Hopefully this makes sense, thank you (Hannahjayg (talk) 19:22, 27 November 2017 (UTC))
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ANSC*4560 Sport dog nutrition edit request
Hi Ian, we Have put the majority of our edits into the sandbox and would like some guidance/feedback on our edits. ShannonDaley (talk) 20:53, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Jcswint (talk)
Hello.

I need help with some feedback for what I have drafted so far for the Wiki article I am editing. I will be adding at least 350 additional words to the existing draft, so could you look over what I have and see if it is appropriate for the article? Thank you!

--Jcswint (talk) 21:44, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
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Final version- sandbox
Hi Ian,

What my group an I were going for is that we are going to be contributing to more than one page on wikipedia. We will be adding to the "Cat" page, specifically under the "physiology" subsection of this page. For this page we want to describe some of the amino acids etc. that cats cannot produce themselves which is why they need to be supplemented in a diet and why the cat fully cannot produce them. We want to broaden the very minimal information in this section. From here we were then going to link this section of the "Cat" page to the "Cat food" page more specifically the vegetarian/vegan diet section. In this section, we then want to provide some information on what types of vegan foods can be available that contain these nutrients that the cats require. Again, by linking it back to the first page on "Cats" and why they specifically need those nutrients.

Does this make sense? Or are we still approaching this assignment all wrong?

Thank you, Emma Emma.thornton (talk) 22:45, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
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ANSC 4560 Request to edit kitten article
Hi User: Ian (Wiki Ed) Could you please check the kitten nutrition edits that I made in response to your suggestions in my sandbox/talk page. If they are okay I would like to request to keep them on the kitten page. Thanks you. Nmccarth2 (talk) 00:57, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
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Moving Sandbox to Main Space
Hi Ian,

My classmates and I have been working on a Wikipedia page called Lactating and Gestating Cat Food and would like to move it into the mainspace. If you could look it over and give us some pointers that would be great.

Thank you, Heather Hgozzard (talk) 02:16, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
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ANSC 4560 Edit
Hi Ian, would you be able to look over/edit our section for the "Coat (Dog)" article. We are adding a section for this article called "Nutritional Impacts on Coat Health". All of the work is in my sandbox and should be formatted the way we were hoping to add it. Thank you, (Hannahjayg (talk) 14:56, 28 November 2017 (UTC))


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Low protein for Cat: ansc 4560 edit
Hi Ian, My group is adding low protein for cats to the Wiki page cat food. We would greatly appreciate it if you could review our work that is on my sandbox and give us any feedback before we move it onto the cat food page. Thanks, Mfox03 (talk) 15:46, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Fvialard (talk)
Hello Ian,

Would you be able to review our sandbox draft of what we would like to change/add to the Raw feeding article and give us some feedback? Thanks in advance.

--Fvialard (talk) 16:04, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
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Alice Mary Weeks
Hi Ian, somebody in one of your classes created the above article with section headings but no content, and a speedy deletion tag was put on it. I've reverted this, had a word with the tagger, and added a one-line stub description, with a good book source. I didn't want to do too much work as I assume the course attendee was going to follow up on this at some point. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  17:49, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
 * - Thanks very much! And yes, they should finish this up their work by the end of next week. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:28, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Tmilligan24 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with... I have completed my edits on the Virginia M. Alexander article, but for some reasons each time a source is cited it adds to the references section. There are 7 total sources, but in the references section there are repeats and there are actually 23 sources.

Tmilligan24 (talk) 15:58, 30 November 2017 (UTC)


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Ready for mainspace
Hi Ian, I think my sandbox is ready to be integrated to the "Senior Dog Diet" page. Thanks for taking the time to check it out! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aefrance (talk • contribs) 00:07, 29 November 2017 (UTC)


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Perfect, thanks for the feedback! Can I now add this information to the page? Aefrance (talk) 19:20, 30 November 2017 (UTC)


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Edit Pet Nutrition Article in Sandbox
Hi Ian, our group would love to have you take a look at our article 'Vegetarian/Vegan Dog Diet' before we proceed to post it on the main space. The article is in the sandbox of a group member with the username: rqpetcoff. Thanks! Nielsonshelby (talk) 02:03, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

Request to Relook at First Draft ( Cipollone v Liggett) - JDJohns
Hi Ian

I went back and tried putting referencing into the first draft of my article on Cipollone v Liggett Inc. Please let me know if everything looks alright or if more work needs to be done. Thanks

JD Johns (talk) 02:49, 29 November 2017 (UTC)


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Limited Ingredient Diet Page Editing
Hello Ian,

My group just finished our page for our pet nutrition class. We were wondering if you could check it for us before we post it to the mainspace. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Joakes02/sandbox

Thank you

Mariacavallo (talk) 05:36, 29 November 2017 (UTC)


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Need help request from Aqua1996 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

I currently have a draft for some information that I would like to add to an article in my sandbox. I am wondering if the information in my sandbox can be transferred to the Wikipedia article I want to edit on "Aging in Dogs?"

--Aqua1996 (talk) 05:42, 29 November 2017 (UTC)


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Need help request from Joakes02 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with... Approving my Sandbox

--Joakes02 (talk) 13:57, 29 November 2017 (UTC)


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Having a sandbox reviewed before posting to main space
Hi Ian, I am in the ANSC 4560 class and we are about ready to move our page to the mainspace. Is there anyway you can look over the page before we do so? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ccampb19/sandbox Ccampb19 (talk) 16:08, 29 November 2017 (UTC)Ccampb19


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Additional ANSC*4560 article Help
thank you Ian we will work on those updates. I am unclear on what you mean from the last point you made about requirements of 'all dogs should be elsewhere'? is there a specific point you are talking about? Also for the finer spelling should we be using the English or the American way? Also we are a little unsure if we need to have the parts in our sandbox page that are on the original page that we have not edited or do not plan to edit? thank you for your help it is greatly appreciatedShannonDaley (talk) 17:26, 29 November 2017 (UTC)


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Need help request from XabiChristo (talk)
Hello.

I need help with... I want to make sure this additions information is valuable and unbiased.

The European Union has been slow to respond to the growing tensions between Spain and Catalonia. This can be attributed to Article 4.2 of the Lisbon Treaty of 2009, which prevents the European Union from interfering with state functions, such as maintaining “law and order”. (CITE) Leaders within the European Union have displayed caution regarding the issue. With populist movements growing more popular across Europe, European Union officials don’t want to set a precedent. (Cite) Although they have remained silent throughout the majority of proceedings the European Union’s commission Chief Jean- Claude Junker said if Catalonia were granted independence they would no longer be members of the European Union. Catalonia would be able to regain status as a member of the European Union, but would have to apply. (Cite) The European Union was called to address the situation again after Catalonia’s illegal independence referendum was shut down by Spanish forces through controversial tactics. Though most European Union officials stayed silent, Belgian prime-minister Charles Michel who said via twitter “Violence can never be the answer! We condemn all forms of violence and reaffirm our call for political dialogue.” (Cite) The Spanish Government has declared this issue as an internal dispute a classification that will make it challenging for the European Union to have any meaningful impact. (cite)

--XabiChristo (talk) 20:28, 29 November 2017 (UTC)Xabi Christo


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Sandbox Feedback
Hi Ian, I was wondering if you could take a look at my sandbox (RinaNg) and provide some feedback. I think it is ready to be put into the puppy nutrition page. Thank you so much.RinaNg (talk) 20:55, 29 November 2017 (UTC)


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Pet Nutrition
Hi Ian,

Can you please take a look at the information in my sandbox? I will fix the citations before adding it to the wiki page. Also, some of the information will be added to Noelle's part on the kitten page.

Thank you! Fruberto (talk) 21:06, 29 November 2017 (UTC)Fruberto
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Need help request from Aleman1993 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with... I am adding information about the Plague outbreak into the the Oakland,California article and my professor has suggested to add in "the health facilities at the time of the plague". However I want to make sure that my addition is appropriate because, I have found hospitals in Oakland that were present at the time of the plague, but I don't know if any patients with plague were treated there. Or I can add hospitals in San Francisco that did treat Plague patients, but I would be adding information about San Francisco's hospitals into an Oakland article? What do you suggest adding based on the two options that I provided?Aleman1993 (talk) 01:22, 30 November 2017 (UTC)


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Edit of Dog Skin Disorders Add In
Hi Ian,

The group from Dog (Coat) has made a major edit to Dog Skin Disorders we would like looked over. It will be in Fullerb's sandbox.

Thanks again!

Fullerb (talk) 19:08, 1 December 2017 (UTC)Fullerb (talk) UTC 14:08 December 1 2017


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Pet Nutrition Topic
Hello Ian,

My group was hoping you'd be able to review our information before we post it publicly? We'd like to post it as a page called "Gastrointestinal health cat diet". Our sandbox can be found here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Elafleur/sandbox

Thank you! KrugerT (talk) 19:56, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

Hello Ian,

My group was still curious if you'd be able to provide some feedback on our sandbox? Thank you! KrugerT (talk) 21:47, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

Help for these classes
Is it possible that you could possibly exhort these students writing Wikipedia pages to rely on WP:SECONDARY or even better WP:TERTIARY? Pleaase? Often, the sources cited are awful, and this problem has persisted for years. --Smokefoot (talk) 01:12, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Exhort - yes. Explain it in a way that they actually get it? Working on that. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:15, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

Questions regarding integration
Hello Ian, Our group feels as though our sandbox is near complete. I was really hoping it could be published or get some last feedback. If this is possible I would love to be able to put our link into other relevant wiki page such as the 'Greyhound' page as well as the 'sled dog' or 'Husky' page as we talk a lot about nutrition for those two groups and they do not seem to have any specific information of nutrition for there pages. Not really sure how to go about this but we would really appreciate any help. Thank- you for your time ShannonDaley (talk) 17:40, 1 December 2017 (UTC) Sport dog group ShannonDaley (talk) 17:40, 1 December 2017 (UTC)


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Need help request from Cjott (talk)
Hello.

I need help with making my article public. I thought that I already did but I am not sure! Can you make sure that my article is public, due to grading purposes for my class it is due at midnight.

--Cjott (talk) 20:03, 1 December 2017 (UTC)


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Need help request from Mburnsy (talk)
Hello.

Our group is ready to submit to Wikipedia and was wondering if you could look our work over.

--Mburnsy (talk) 21:00, 1 December 2017 (UTC)


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Ready to move Pet Nutrition project to mainspace
Hi Ian,

My group is doing Gestation/Lactation diets for dogs, and are ready to move our section on "Diet" to the "Canine Reproduction" wikipedia page. Would you mind looking over it and making sure it is ready to go?

Thank you! Ehuong (talk) 22:31, 1 December 2017 (UTC)


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Review new Wiki Page
Hello there,

If you could take a look at my group's wiki page we created, for cat cognition diets and confirm we are not missing anything important, in regards to a proper wikipedia article please let us know.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_cognitive_support_diets

Thank you for your time Kendracasey (talk) 22:45, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
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ANSC 4560 Pet Nutrition Wiki Assignment
Hi Ian,

I sent you a message a little earlier today, but I got an-email from my Professor to re-contact you just in case you didn't receive my help request. My group has completed our work in our sandbox and was wondering if you would be able to take a look to see if we are good to upload our work to Wikipedia. Thank you in advance Mburnsy (talk) 23:08, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
 * See below. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 20:22, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Feedback for Vegan/Vegetarian DOG
Hi Ian, there is another group assigned a vegan pet food for cats, however ours differs because we are focused specifically on dogs. Could you please take a look at our article? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rqpetcoff/sandbox Thankyou Nielsonshelby (talk) 23:32, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
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Need help request from Kellyalex (talk)
Hello.

I would appreciate if you would be able to peer review my article edits at the bottom of my sandbox! Thanks!

Kellyalex (talk) 03:28, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

--Kellyalex (talk) 03:28, 3 December 2017 (UTC)


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Need help request from tjwigmor (talk)
Hello.

We are doing an assignment for a Geology course. We are adding to Tanya Atwater Wikipedia page. We have found a photo on SEG WIKI at url https://wiki.seg.org/wiki/Tanya_Atwater. Would this be ok to post on Wikipedia or does it have copy write issues?

Thanks! Tjwigmor (talk) 03:59, 3 December 2017 (UTC)


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Need help request from Paulochiossi (talk)
Hello.

I need help with making my article transfer into the mainspace. Right now it says it is still part of a user's sandbox. How do I make it so that it is live on Wikipedia? Thanks!

--Paulochiossi (talk) 18:32, 3 December 2017 (UTC)


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Response for skin and coat cat
Hi Ian,

I'm responding to your reply of "What page you intend to add your work to? I assume you're talking about this page?". So we are adding our info too three different pages Cat food, Cat skin disorders and Cat health. I tried to outline what sections are going where in my sand box by *...*. Mburnsy (talk) 18:21, 4 December 2017 (UTC)


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Class
Ian does this classes instructor have a user page? Can you provide them this advice.

Welcome
Welcome to Wikipedia! We have compiled some guidance for new healthcare editors:
 * 1) Please keep the mission of Wikipedia in mind. We provide the public with accepted knowledge, working in a community.
 * 2) We do that, by finding high quality secondary sources and summarizing what they say, giving WP:WEIGHT as they do.  Please do not try to build content by synthesizing content based on primary sources.  (for the difference between primary and secondary sources, see WP:MEDDEF)
 * 3) Please use high-quality, recent, secondary sources for medical content (see WP:MEDRS). High-quality sources include review articles (which are not the same as peer-reviewed), position statements from nationally and internationally recognized bodies (like CDC, WHO, FDA), and major medical textbooks. Lower-quality sources are typically removed. Please be aware that predatory publishers exist - check the publishers of articles (especially open source articles) at Beall's list.
 * 4) The ordering of sections typically follows the instructions at WP:MEDMOS. The section above the table of contents is called the WP:LEAD. It summarizes the body. Do not add anything to the lead, that is not in the body. Style is covered in MEDMOS as well; we avoid the word "patient" for example.
 * 5) More generally see WP:MEDHOW
 * 6) Reference tags generally go after punctuation, not before; there is no preceding space.
 * 7) We use very few capital letters and very little bolding. Only the first word of a heading is usually capitalized.
 * 8) Common terms are not usually wikilinked; nor are years, dates, or names of countries and major cities.
 * 9) Do not use URLs from your university library's internal net: the rest of the world cannot see them.
 * 10) Please include page numbers when referencing a book or long journal article.
 * 11) Please format citations consistently within an article and be sure to cite the PMID for journal articles and ISBN for books; see WP:MEDHOW for how to format citations.
 * 12) Never copy and paste from sources; we run detection software on new edits.
 * 13) Talk to us! Wikipedia works by collaboration at articles and user talkpages.

Once again, welcome, and thank you for joining us! Please share these guidelines with other new editors.

– the WikiProject Medicine team Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 22:31, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 22:31, 4 December 2017 (UTC)


 * - looks like you found her user page. It should always be linked on the right sidebar of the course page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 23:21, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm going to email the instructor, point her to your note, and answer to remind her students of the important of getting it right when it comes to editing medical articles on Wikipedia. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 23:28, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

pet nutrition cat skin and coat
Hi Ian,

Thank you again for your input, I think we have fixed everything you had mentioned before. Would you mind checking to make sure we didn't miss anything. Mburnsy (talk) 00:50, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Sahar Fadhee1
Hello.

I need help with my adding because English isn't my first language and I'm a student and my adding is a homework for my chemistry class. I need someone to check my page, please.Sfadhee1 (talk) 01:12, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

--Sfadhee1 (talk) 01:12, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

Help with moving sandbox to mainspace
Hi Ian,

I am trying to move my article 'cell lineage tracing' from my sandbox to the main space, but when I try to do that it doesn't let me so I'm not sure what I need to do to fix this. Thanks! Biorun24 (talk) 23:23, 5 December 2017 (UTC)


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student training materials for editing about health/medicine
Hi Ian. Some students from this class don't seem to be familiar with MEDRS, MEDMOS, and MEDHOW. I went looking for the training material (I recall that there used to be some but maybe I am wrong) and all I found was a link to MEDHOW on this page. Does that material still exist somewhere? thx. Jytdog (talk) 19:10, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Found it here; that dashboard page is just not linked-to from here. That should be marked historical or something maybe? Jytdog (talk) 19:15, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
 * We don't use it, but some non-US classes might still. I don't know. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:21, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
 * btw that class is editing in a ... difficult topic, namely health effects of natural products. There is lots of bad literature, lots of hype from the dietary supplement industry, and lots of advocacy from people in alt med.  Very difficult topic. Jytdog (talk) 19:19, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

Article submission
Hello Ian,

My wikipedia article topic that I'm writing is stannylene, which is currently redirected to organotin chemistry page. I'd like to ask if there is a way for me to publish my article as a separated article.

Thank you Ssris (talk) 19:25, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Castelamfr (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

--Castelamfr (talk) 20:32, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from HMSHG (talk)
Hello.

I need help with making sure that I have cited the content that I have added correctly

Thanks!

--HMSHG (talk) 09:26, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

Student GA nominations
Hi Ian, sorry to mention another thing. Students are still nominating articles they haven't contributed to. One can only surmise that their lecturers have mentioned the GA system without saying terribly much about the desirable preconditions, the work involved, the possible delay, and the need to be around possibly in many months' time. I'm not convinced there shouldn't be a blanket ban on student nominations, but failing that a more careful approach would be highly desirable. Chiswick Chap (talk) 14:00, 13 December 2017 (UTC)
 * As far as I can tell, this wasn't the case. The instructor for this course is one of the most experienced people I work with, and she knows Wikipedia policies quite well. As far as I know, apart from mentions of FAs and GAs for illustrative purposes in our training materials, we only mention them as examples of articles that students shouldn't pick to work on.
 * In a few cases instructors do ask about nominating student work for FAs or GAs. If they do, I steer them clear of the FA process, and let them know the commitment that a GA requires (willingness to stick around and address areas that need improvement) and the importance of not wasting volunteer time. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:50, 14 December 2017 (UTC)

Student-authored article deleted; sandbox deleted
Hi Ian, A student of mine created a page that was tagged for copyright violations and deleted. I asked her to make changes in her Sandbox and recreate the page. She did, and the page was deleted again. Her Sandbox is also now deleted. I can't see any of her work from the semester. Does that mean she deleted her own Sandbox?

The Wikipedian who deleted was User_talk:Jimfbleak and the student's User page is User:Joneskm2168

Any advice? Christiancyoung (talk) 16:38, 13 December 2017 (UTC)


 * No - what happened is your student moved her sandbox back to the same page, where it was deleted again.
 * I'm going to email you the contents of the deleted pages, so you can see what they did. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 20:12, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

Need help request from Enosm1 (talk)
Hello.

I created a Gluten Free Bagels page within my sand box, but when I go into my sandbox it is there without the citations. If I search "Gluten Free Bagels", it comes up with the citations and says its unpublished and in my sandbox. How can I continue editing this version and publish it to wikipedia?

Thank you,

Melissa Enos

--Enosm1 (talk) 03:23, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

Verifying students are actually in the class
Do you do this? Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 08:28, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
 * The instructor controls the enrollment code, and shares it with their students. In theory the students could share it with someone else, but I've never seen that happen. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:05, 28 December 2017 (UTC)

User Smokefoot is hostile to new users, does not assume good faith and has personally attacked users in the talk pages. PLEASE ADDRESS
Hello Ian, the user Smokefoot has harrassed my 400 level chemistry classmates and instructor during the course of our wikipedia class assignment. I direct to the talk page of condensation reaction, alkyne zipper reaction, and organometallic chemistry to see how smokefoot has been treating new comers. Also useful would be to view the talk page of the instructor Mclaughl, where smokefoot has also left his mark. He is not constructive in his comments and is not conducive to creating a welcoming and enriching wikipedia experience. Thank you! Mm9656 (talk) 01:40, 29 December 2017 (UTC)