User talk:Ian (Wiki Ed)/Archive 9

Wiki Ed/Carleton College/Immunology 2018 (Winter)
Your work in a job I didn't realize existed until today is much appreciated! Having no real connection with the subject myself, a student in this program made an edit recently to page on my watchlist. I've been looking for a project to take on in the new year, what can I do to help here? I have no technical knowledge of the subject, but if I went in and did my best to clean up the assigned articles, would that be a net gain? Are cleanup and copyediting and more menial tasks a big part of what the curriculum is about? If you don't think it's the project for me, I understand that as well, it just piqued my interest. Gabriel syme (talk) 06:00, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm glad you're interested in helping out with students. It differs from class to class (some classes are primarily interested in copyediting, for example, but most are interested in writing content); this class seems mostly interested in adding content, so I'm sure they're appreciate cleanup and copy-editing. A lot of new people struggle with getting WP:MOS stuff right. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:57, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

Engineering Education and Wiki ...
Hello Ian and happy new year ... I am teaching two engineering classes this spring ... I have been a long wiki user and last few years, an editor (2k plus edits) ... I'd like to talk about providing guidance to civil engineering instructors out there evaluating Wiki as a tool for their course work ... Let me know if there is an interest ... many thanks for your work ... cheers ... Risk Engineer (talk) 15:47, 14 January 2018 (UTC)


 * - sure, I'd be interested. I'm going to get in touch with you by email. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:56, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the Welcome ...
Hello, Ian. I just wanted to say thanks for the welcome to Wikipedia you posted on my talk page and for the training recommendations. I have completed the training you recommended and we (my class) will complete additional courses before we attempt to edit any articles. I also appreciate the introduction to the Tea House, which is something I hadn't heard of. I will certainly check that out! Thanks again! Heather-L (talk) 00:51, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the note. I hope you have a great time contributing to Wikipedia! Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:59, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

Need help request from Savannah Shivers (talk)
Hello.

I need help with creating a subsection in my sandbox. The menu is grayed out and I don't know how to fix it to edit it.

--Savannah Shivers (talk) 18:56, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

Need help request from Savannah Shivers (talk)
Hello.

I figured out how to add a new section. Thanks anyway.

--Savannah Shivers (talk) 19:04, 18 January 2018 (UTC)


 * - Good to know! Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:05, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

Need help request from Shreyahurrymun25 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with my article. I haven't been assigned an article yet so I am not able to do the edits required.

--Shreyahurrymun25 (talk) 20:03, 18 January 2018 (UTC)Shreyahurrymun25


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Need help request from Ejb850 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with using my sandbox. It won't allow me to use it.

--Ejb850 (talk) 02:01, 21 January 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from Aespinosa1994 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with... titling my sandbox

--Aespinosa1994 (talk) 19:07, 23 January 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from J.Vilcek (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

When I click on "Sandbox" it brings me to a page that says, "This is a user sandbox of J.Vilcek. A user sandbox is a subpage of the user's user page. It serves as a testing spot and page development space for the user and is not an encyclopedia article." I am not sure what do next.

--J.Vilcek (talk) 20:00, 23 January 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from Bigirimana1 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

--Bigirimana1 (talk) 21:17, 23 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Hi, I need a specific question to reply to. Thanks. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:18, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

Question
Hello Ian,

how do i identify if an article of wiki is apart of the wiki project or not ?Aespinosa1994 (talk) 21:50, 23 January 2018 (UTC)


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Infobox Image Upload Help
Hi Ian,

I wanted to add an image into an Infobox for the article page I was assigned. I got up to the Step 3 of the "File Upload Wizard" page but stopped there. In Step 3 the page asked to "provide source and copyright information". I believe the image I want to use is a copyright portrait of my assigned artist (Paul Sepuya) by another photographer (Janus van den Eijnden) which I think belongs in the "This is a copyrighted, non-free work, but I believe it is Fair Use" category. However, I'm having trouble identifying the "Non-free rationale" section as I don't want to get into trouble for adding/uploading an image into the article page's Infobox and get into trouble. If you could help me out in deciding if the image is okay to upload that would be great. The image can be seen here. Thank you for your help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mmurphy36 (talk • contribs)


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User:MaximeRouyer
Hi Ian. I stumbled across User:MaximeRouyer while clecking on some non-free files which were flagged by a bot as violations of WP:NFCC. MaximeRouyer was using a non-free file on their userpage, so I removed it. No big deal, and this is something that happens a lot. Anyway, I noticed that Maxime is listed as a student participating in Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/McGill_University/EDPE_208_(Winter_2018). I can leave message on Maxime's user talk about non-free content use, but I'd thought you want to do so instead since you are one of the WikiEd advisors helping that particular group. You might also want to take a look at Maxime's user page because it's starting to look a bit like a WP:FAKEARTICLE. Again, I can mention to Maxime as well, but it might be better coming from you. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:29, 25 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the heads-up - Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:37, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

Need Help request from RebeccaWedley
I am having trouble with the talk page for the article Gold Fingerprinting. I am not sure if there is simply nothing there or if I can't access it, I am also not able to post something in it which is why I believe I also can't view what has been discussed.


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"Save page" not available
Hello Ian! I may have missed it somewhere on "Edit source" page, but it appears as though "Save page" button (recommended in training modules) does not exist. Instead, "Publish changes" is the available option. Have I actually missed "Save page" button or does the "Save page" button and "Publish changes" represent the same function?AlexKuprich (talk) 05:03, 28 January 2018 (UTC)


 * - yes, "save page" has been changed to "publish changes". That needs to be update in our training modules. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:25, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

working in sandbox
Hi Ian, I am just getting started and attempting to work in sandbox. Following the tutorial for editing articles by first working in sandbox, the tutorial instructs to "save changes," but I only see a "publish changes" button. This wording is so different, but I do not see another option for saving. Can you provide some insight? Thanks.BHittle (talk) 22:01, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

Hi Ian- As soon as I published the above post, I saw you answered a similar question yesterday. Apologies! It did not display when I searched for an answer. Have a great day!BHittle (talk) 22:05, 30 January 2018 (UTC)


 * - No problem. Hopefully we'll have that fixed soon. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 22:06, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

How to find a stub article on marine pollution, ocean circulation patterns, or marine phytoplankton
Hi Ian! I'm Maddy and I'm new to using Wikipedia. I hope this is the appropriate way to ask a question. What is the best way to find an article about marine pollution, ocean circulation patterns, or marine phytoplankton that needs work/contributions? The articles I have found all seem very well written and comprehensive. Thank you!

Maddyy.h Maddyy.h (talk) 01:19, 2 February 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from Akenefick (talk)
Hello.

I need help with... how do I write in my sandbox?

--Akenefick (talk) 01:05, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Your sandbox is at User:Akenefick/sandbox. You'll notice that at the top of the display, there's a link to your user page, your talk page, and then your sandbox. Simply go there and hit the "edit" tab. Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 01:12, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

Need help request from MrsJWalda (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

For one of my assignments I am supposed to "make a section" in my sandbox, and I cannot find in any of the training that I have been assigned so far how to do this.

--MrsJWalda (talk) 04:09, 4 February 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from Michalasockol (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

--Michalasockol (talk) 20:02, 9 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Hi . I need more details than this to be able to help. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:13, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

Question
Hi, I removed an old citation from the article I'm editing on fish wheels -- it was no longer a live link, and didn't go anywhere -- now I have received this message: Cite error: The named reference oregonhistory was invoked but never defined (see the help page). And I don't know what to do. help? Akenefick (talk) 17:50, 12 February 2018 (UTC)akenefick


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Mary and the Witch's Flower
You removed the word "concurrent" from my edit. Please re-read the sentence as it now stands and you will see it makes no sense; i.e., why would an English-language version require subtitles?

Michael Schlesinger aka Cadavra8Cadavra8 (talk) 07:50, 13 February 2018 (UTC)


 * I'm sorry, but I don't understand what you're taking about. I've never edited Mary and the Witch's Flower. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:51, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

Well, this is strange. I clicked on the link and your page came up. I shall investigate further; in the meantime, my apologies for puzzling you. Cadavra8Cadavra8 (talk) 17:32, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

Need help request from Carinaterrasi (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

Creating a page or article evaluation page.

--Carinaterrasi (talk) 18:54, 13 February 2018 (UTC)


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Picture captions
Hi Ian! Have a questions for you. Was wondering how you can put caption boxes beneath the pictures and make the text wrap around them? ~Clinton — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cstipek123 (talk • contribs) 11:55, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

Need help request from Immcarle76 (talk)
Hello Ian.

I'm looking for feedback on the draft of my article on RIG-I like receptors. Here are my questions: - am I covering the topic in too much or too little detail? - are there particular sections that I should plan to expand? - is my language too scientific for the article? - should I incorporate more sources? The article overview I lifted (and edited) from the current page. It has several sources (not my own) embedded in it. - is there anything else I should consider/implement/or be aware of?

Thank you so much for your feedback, I really appreciate the help.

--Immcarle76 (talk) 06:48, 15 February 2018 (UTC)
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Need help request from Ricardo Johnson (talk)
Hello.

How do I add something I've written to Sandbox?

--Ricardo Johnson (talk) 17:45, 15 February 2018 (UTC)
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Need help request from T Pelz (talk)
Hello.

I need help with my sandbox. I was writing and then went to add a source which refreshed the page into source editing mode and all that I had written in my sandbox disappeared. Now I cannot access my sandbox to write my work, how do I get back to where I was to continue.

--T Pelz (talk) 00:27, 17 February 2018 (UTC) Tomas Pelz
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Need help request from Savannah Shivers (talk)
Hello.

I need help with uploading pictures to Wikipedia. I am working on a boundary extension article on Wikipedia and would like to upload pictures. I took some pictures and uploaded them to my computer. I tried uploading them to both my sandbox and the Boundary extension wikipedia article that I am editing and both times after I filled out the information/description for them, I got an error message saying that something went wrong. I am claiming them as my own work because I took the photos. How do I successfully upload photos to the BE Wikipedia page (without getting the error message)? Thanks so much!

--Savannah Shivers (talk) 22:47, 19 February 2018 (UTC)

Need help request from Alanaziabdul (talk) Alanaziabdul
Hello.

I need help with first selecting an article in this case I mean where can I get the article to edit or does it mean when I click the edit button then the content would appear automatically? Also I want to know how can somebody interact with other users of Wikipedia online. Finally, is the article I have edited subject to correction or it will be final in which I will be free to post it.

--Alanaziabdul (talk) 10:13, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

Hi Ian! Im from Dr. Munger's class at Davidson College, I had a question for you - Im trying to delete two images on the wiki page im currently editing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maturation_and_environmentalism (all i want is the thumbnail, but I accidentally added two copy images, and when i go to edit them they dont appear so i cant delete them, but theyre both there in read mode - im not sure how I go about fixing this? thanks os much!

Aditi Ghatlia (talk) 20:58, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

Need help request from Cstipek123 (talk)Clinton
Hello.

I need help with...

Just wanted to see if you could take a look over the article I am editing and give me some feedback on what I should clean up. Want to make sure that I have the 5 elements and it flows ok.

~Clinton

--Cstipek123 (talk) 14:18, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

Need help request from Immcarle78
Hi Ian,

I am currently working on the CD69 article for my Immunology class. I noticed that there is box/template on the page that seems to be maintained by a bot, so it is very difficult to edit and somewhat tricky to work around. I was wondering if you had any suggestions for writing around it or possibly deleting it? Thanks! Immcarle78 (talk) 18:50, 25 February 2018 (UTC)Immcarle78

Need help request from Mdeolivares (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...  1. The font and background. My text is surrounded by a blue background and the font looks strange. 2. I am also unsure how to turn my draft into an actual article. 3. Is it ok to submit a google image?

--Mdeolivares (talk) 10:42, 26 February 2018 (UTC) Milo DeOlivares

Need help request from Springerhe (talk)
Hello.

I need help with the improvements that my student BVilleggante wants to make to the 2017 California Floods page. She is using website news articles. How else to get good information on such a recent event? Springerhe (talk)

--Springerhe (talk) 21:39, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

Need help request from Laurensss18 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with... setting up my sandbox

--Laurensss18 (talk) 17:22, 28 February 2018 (UTC)Laurenssss18

Need help request from Ecpleshka (talk)
Hello.

I need help with... adding article i am editing in my sandbox.

--Ecpleshka (talk) 23:28, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

Need help request from Ecpleshka (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

I edited the article Willpower as my assignment and I went to work on it today and everything i added was gone?

--Ecpleshka (talk) 14:55, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

Attachment
References

Belsky, J., & Rovine, M. (1987). Temperament and attachment security in the strange situation: An empirical rapprochement. Child Development, 58(3), 787-795. doi:10.2307/1130215 Shi, J., Wang, Z., Shang, R., & Liang, X. (2017). Toddlers' attachment style and development of emotion regulation strategies: A longitudinal study. Chinese Journal of Clinical Psychology, 25(4), 603-607. Voran, M. J. (1995, November). The relationship between attachment classification and emotion regulation in the strange situation. Dissertation Abstracts International, 56, 2907. Nicolebristol (talk) 02:19, 3 March 2018 (UTC) Nicole Bristol

Need help request from Jordynhcole (talk)
Hello.

I was just looking for some further suggestions on my topic "interspecies friendship" for my Wiki Project.

Thanks in advance,

--Jordynhcole (talk) 20:38, 3 March 2018 (UTC) Jordyn Cole

Need help request from Immcarle73 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with my wikipedia article on the macrophage receptor, MARCO. I am adding a lot of new information to this article since only one sentence in the article was not plagiarized. Could you please read through my article and check that the sources and formatting look good? Thanks!

--Immcarle73 (talk) 01:02, 4 March 2018 (UTC)Immcarle73

Need help request from Springerhe (talk)
Hello Ian!

Could you give Jessica (Jesseel99) some feedback on the changes she is proposing thus far? And the sources she is using thus far?

--Springerhe (talk) 19:14, 7 March 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from Springerhe (talk)
Hello.

Can you help Sylavanna (Sstevenson) with the photo she's wanting to add to Eastern Sierra? Make sure it's okay and link her to instructions for resizing/formatting it. Do her sources look okay? Thanks!

--Springerhe (talk) 19:20, 7 March 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from Tagropp (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

In my "Determining relationships between pottery and household kinship" section, I am citing a dissertation. It shows up as "Takaki, Michiko (1977). Aspects of Exchange in a Kalinga Society, Northern Luzon (Phd). Xerox University Microfilms." whenever I reference it.

I just want to make sure this is in the right format for wikipedia. Thanks!

--Tagropp (talk) 03:24, 8 March 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from Obakes95 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

Figuring out how to make different, separate sections in my sandbox

--Obakes95 (talk) 04:19, 8 March 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from Adam-Krok (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

Editing my sandbox

--Adam-Krok (talk) 19:13, 8 March 2018 (UTC)


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Courses Modules are being deprecated
Hello,

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Need help request from Kuponya (talk)
Hello.

I need help with my Week 5 Dissection Group Topic: Amphiuma section on my sandbox. My group and I were hoping for feedback on whether any of our topics are preferable or would contribute the most to one of the amphiuma pages. That being said, we were also wondering if it would be best for us to focus on just one species of amphiuma, or whether we should try to keep it to the general amphiuma page.

Are there any concerns or challenges that you would expect of our topic ideas as of right now?

Also, for gathering images, is it preferable to contribute our own images, or should we try to annotate an image from one of the articles that we cite, if the source allows that use of their images? Kuponya (talk) 05:52, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

--Kuponya (talk) 05:52, 10 March 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from NyQuildrops (talk)
Hello.

I am wondering if you could help/provide me with some feedback on what I plan to add to the Wikipedia article "microbat". The description is listed under week 5 in my sandbox, but mainly I want to add information about the impact to microbats from deprivation of fluid intake. Thank you very much for your time!

--NyQuildrops (talk) 06:01, 10 March 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from Js7581 (talk)
Hello Ian!

I am currently working on my draft for my soon-to-be-created article 'Information centre hypothesis,' and I am at the point where I am wondering what I am missing, could add, should change, etc. I'm wondering if you would be willing to help me by briefly reviewing it and seeing if there are any glaring issues. I appreciate it! Thank you.

--Js7581 (talk) 20:49, 10 March 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from Petrikyv (talk)
Hello. I would appreciate any help that you could provide with our possible edits on the Wiki page for Turtles. We've made a couple points that could possibly be discussed, please let us know what you think! Petrikyv (talk) 00:33, 10 March 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from Jac1702 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with looking over our proposed revision for the "Gar" page. The link for my group's sandbox is in my Week 5 paragraph. Thank you!

--Jac1702 (talk) 01:24, 10 March 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from Bazinga2018 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

reviewing my references section in my sandbox and checking to make sure I am citing sources correctly. On Week 5, we also made some points for possible additions to the Feral pigeon page, will you give us some comments or suggestions. Any feedback will be helpful! Thank you

--Bazinga2018 (talk) 05:32, 10 March 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from Padfoot (talk)Ian
Hello.

I need help with...reviewing my sandbox drafts to make sure I am using proper formatting and have good sources to provide proper content to wikipedia pages.

--Padfoot (talk) 05:39, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:03, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

Need help request from Caduceus19 (talk)
Hello Ian,

I would please like feedback on my article draft/ideas of what I plan to add to the Microbat wikipedia page. My group's ideas are under Week 5 of my sandbox.

Thank you for your help!

--Caduceus19 (talk) 05:48, 10 March 2018 (UTC)


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Student on a GMO page
I noticed that User:Erica Liu, a student in this class, plans to work on Genetically modified organism, which is in the GMO group of articles that are subject to the messy Discretionary Sanctions from ArbCom. I'm letting you know, since you're the Wiki Ed person for the class, in case she needs to be advised about picking a different page. Thanks. --Tryptofish (talk) 22:38, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads up. It looks like she has picked a less controversial (but perhaps equally challenging) article - green revolution. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 02:13, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the concern. I just changed it to the green revolution. Now, I am a little confused about how to choose topics. So should I give up this green revolution topic again?--Erica Liu (talk) 02:37, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Green revolution is a better choice than the GMO page at least for a student. The green revolution is a large topic, so there may be an area you can pick out for improvement, but it's also a rather fairly established article already too. As long your professor is basing your grade primarily on the draft you write up in your sandbox and you think you can gather enough additions to the original article, I think you'd be ok. It might be tougher moving those edits from your draft to the actual article, but that's entirely dependent upon whatever content you generate. I'd personally recommend a less established article for a student to flesh out, but you at least won't be dealing with as much controversy with the green revolution as GMOs. Kingofaces43 (talk) 03:43, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks everyone. It looks like Erica has also moved off of the Green Revolution page. Erica: I'm sorry your introduction to Wikipedia has been a hassle over this – and by the way, welcome to Wikipedia! What you got caught up in is that, a few years ago, there was a huge editorial battle over how to present material about GMOs, resulting in some very strict restrictions being enacted on all pages related to GMOs, in order to prevent further fighting among editors. As a result, it is very easy to do something unintentionally on those pages, that would lead to an administrator blocking you from editing. Obviously, no one wants that to happen, so we tend to try to steer student editors away from those topics. Many topics where there are present-day political disputes tend to have editing conflicts. I noticed that a lot of the students in your class are working on more specialized and less political topics about practical botany, and you might want to look for a short and incomplete article about a subject like that. Please feel free to ask Ian here, or me at User talk:Tryptofish, if you have any questions. Happy editing! --Tryptofish (talk) 17:13, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Ian, it looks like we have another one with MikeyYB (Mikey, the above discussion could also apply to you) as part of Wiki_Ed/UW_Bothell/B_WRIT_135_Research_Writing_(Winter_2018). I can't tell from the course page what their planned assignments are though. I'll note that Mikey has had a useful edit that just had some copyediting needed. Depending on what the assignments actually are, they might be able to edit in this topic without much issue, but it might be worth checking in with the professor to see they're planning for students. Kingofaces43 (talk) 16:38, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads-up. I saw the edits this morning. This class is only adding a couple sentences, and they're supposed to be done with the assignment, so the odds of running into problems are probably pretty low. I did check the other students sandboxes, and I didn't see any other controversial topics.
 * I think I'll encourage the instructor to have his students assign themselves the articles they want to work on in the future - that way, I will see if they assign themselves articles subject to DS. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:22, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks, and I kind of was hoping this one would end up simpler than most, so I'm glad that was the case. Kingofaces43 (talk) 17:34, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Need help request from Celsisa (talk)
Hello.

I need help with the general structure of the article I am revising. I added a section on the procedure of lumpectomies as well as its history but I just want to make sure that this is appropriate for this article and that it is cohesive.

--Celsisa (talk) 03:31, 9 March 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from Azg717 (talk)
Hello!

I'd just like someone to evaluate my draft of edits for an existing article (High-dose chemotherapy and Bone Marrow Transplant). Any feedback would be much appreciated. Thanks so much!

--Azg717 (talk) 21:04, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
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Need help request from Mattdrodge (talk)
Hello.

I need help with a review of my first draft of my article. I added significant information into the Wildlife management section and added some information into the Animal handling section as well. I am not really sure where/if I should add more information.

Thank you, Matthew Drodge

--Mattdrodge (talk) 21:49, 11 March 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from Lucaswalters (talk)
Hello.

I need help with making sure my format looks appropriate, also that my outline looks okay, and finally that I have properly used the citation tools

--Lucaswalters (talk) 02:10, 12 March 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from Harandell (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

I completed a draft of what I aim to contribute to the Pant-hoot (call) article and was wondering if my format/headings are appropriately separated and if my content is making a significant contribution to the article.

Also, I would like to insert an audio clip into my article that I had found that is a good demonstration of a pant-hoot and was wondering how to go about doing it. It is from an open-access article, and I am unsure about copyright violations and whether I would be able to safely use the clip, and if so, how to upload/ insert it.

Thanks :)

--Harandell (talk) 05:00, 12 March 2018 (UTC)


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Help with Wikipedia Draft
Dear Ian,

Thank you for your thoughtful comments on my Wikipedia talk page! With your help, I learned how to choose and properly edit Wikipedia articles.

I tried using the “get help” button, but it kept linking me back to my sandbox, so I am writing a post on your talk page to ask if you can help provide some comments for a draft of my edits for the cancer prevention Wikipedia article in my sandbox.

Thank you very much for your time and help!

Best, Eric Eli 17 (talk) 05:06, 12 March 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from Kmm257 (talk)
Hello.

My professor suggested I have you take a look at my draft. Any suggestions will be helpful!

--Kmm257 (talk) 14:51, 12 March 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from Bf335 (talk)
Hello.

I was wondering if you could take a look at the formatting of my page. While playing with the layout I added one too many pictures and can't seem to delete them to free up space. Is there any special process for this? Also, if you could take a look at the content to make sure I am making a good contribution to the article that would be great.

Thank you!

--Bf335 (talk) 15:17, 12 March 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from Iswwiki (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

I would love to get your feedback of if my current draft is to the standards of Wikipedia's quality and if my references are fairly placed. Thank you.

--Iswwiki (talk) 18:17, 12 March 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from StuckInThought (talk)
Hi Ian,

Hope this message finds you doing well! I'm a member of the WikiEdu class for Science and Politics of Cancer at Yale, I was wondering if you'd be able to look over my rewrite for the Cancer Insurance article (it's under "Week 5" on my sandbox page) to give me some feedback. Specifically, I was hoping to get some advice for what else I can add to the article — I can't really seem to find many more sources besides the ones I've used, so it doesn't seem like I'll have much more content to add.

Thanks!

--StuckInThought (talk) 23:35, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
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Need help request from Seahorse17 (talk)
Hello.

I would really appreciate an evaluation of my draft.

Best Regards,

--Seahorse17 (talk) 05:21, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
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Reusing citations in sandbox
Hi Ian, I am not sure what I'm doing wrong, but I'm working on some article edits on [|my sandbox page], and I can't figure out how to "reuse" a citation. When I copy and paste the inline citation code, it repeats the citation so that I now have the same source listed twice. The options that I was given in the training (about using the drop down menu etc) don't seem to be available. Any advice is very much appreciated! Thanks, Shane Shane.blau (talk) 19:17, 13 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Shane,
 * First, to link your sandbox page, don't use the whole url starting with http, just type this:.
 * To reuse a citation, you must "name" the first (or any subsequent) occurrence of it. A fairly standard way is to use last name of author plus hyphen plus year as a name, so, for example, a good name might be "Kuhl-2007". Incorporate that name as an HTML attribute of the   tag in the first ref tag.  For all the other citations to the same source, just reuse the name in a ref tag with no content, and end with a slash before the ending angle bracket, thus:
 * Note that this only works, if both uses of the citation reference the exact same pages. If they don't, then do it like this, with no pages inside the ref, and a rp template following the end ref tag, to indicate the page numbers:
 * As one of Wikipedia's many arcane, niggly little points, note the use of en dash (–) in the page ranges, rather than hyphen (-); i.e., use '71–83', not '71-83'. But don't worry about this too much, as if you forget, a bot will come along and fix it up for you. It's more important to get the named refs right.  HTH, Mathglot (talk) 20:53, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Note that this only works, if both uses of the citation reference the exact same pages. If they don't, then do it like this, with no pages inside the ref, and a rp template following the end ref tag, to indicate the page numbers:
 * As one of Wikipedia's many arcane, niggly little points, note the use of en dash (–) in the page ranges, rather than hyphen (-); i.e., use '71–83', not '71-83'. But don't worry about this too much, as if you forget, a bot will come along and fix it up for you. It's more important to get the named refs right.  HTH, Mathglot (talk) 20:53, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
 * As one of Wikipedia's many arcane, niggly little points, note the use of en dash (–) in the page ranges, rather than hyphen (-); i.e., use '71–83', not '71-83'. But don't worry about this too much, as if you forget, a bot will come along and fix it up for you. It's more important to get the named refs right.  HTH, Mathglot (talk) 20:53, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
 * As one of Wikipedia's many arcane, niggly little points, note the use of en dash (–) in the page ranges, rather than hyphen (-); i.e., use '71–83', not '71-83'. But don't worry about this too much, as if you forget, a bot will come along and fix it up for you. It's more important to get the named refs right.  HTH, Mathglot (talk) 20:53, 13 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Shane, you can switch between the visual editor (which gives you the drop-down menus) and the wikicode editor (which appears to be what you're using) by following the instruction on this slide. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:00, 13 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Oh, and by the way: citation page numbers should be as specific as possible. If Kuhl's article is on pages 71 to 83 of the journal, but you used a statement Kuhl wrote on page 75 and 76 of the journal to verify your assertion in the Wikipedia article, then the page range in your citation should be 75–76.  The citation documents where you found verifiable proof of your assertion(s); it does not document what pages of the journal the article occupies.  So please be as restrictive as possible in page numbers, citing only the specific page numbers where the proof of your added content can be found.  It's okay to use commas and dash-ranges, as in the last rp example above. Mathglot (talk) 21:05, 13 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Thank you very much Ian and Mathglot. This is all very helpful! I will be more precise with my citation pages. Shane.blau (talk) 21:26, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Help - feedback on draft of previously non-existing page
Hi Ian,

Could you give me some feedback on the draft of my page? There is still a lot of information to be added, and it's an ongoing process, but I'd like to see what you think of it before I get too far into things. The page is about fugitive gas emissions. I would like to know what needs to be fixed/changed before I consider moving it into the main space.

Thanks! --JustJordan (talk) 20:31, 16 March 2018 (UTC)


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 * Hi Ian! I have made several changes since March, and was wondering if you could give it another look? I believe it will be ready to move to the mainspace in the next couple of weeks. I am still tinkering with some of the wording and formatting (I may need to break the lead section up a bit so that it flows better). I am also wondering - should I be citing references in the lead section, or only on the more fleshed out versions of the same information later in the article? Thanks again! --JustJordan (talk) 00:09, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

Need help request from NicoleMorningStar (talk)
Hello.

I need help with editing my entry of an addition to the Northern Tutchone Language page. Here is my addition:

The Northern Tutchone are a First Nations people of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group living mainly in the central Yukon in Canada. The Northern Tutchone language, originally spoken by the Northern Tutchone people, is a variety of the Tutchone language, part of the Athabaskan language family. "Song Keeper" Jerry Alfred is leading a movement to keep the language alive through his music. Northern Tutchone First Nations governments and communities include: •	First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun (Mayo, Yukon) (Nacho Nyak Dun - ″Big River People″, because they called the Stewart River Na Cho Nyak, meaning Big River, most northerly Northern Tutchone First Nation) •	Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation (Carmacks, Yukon) (Tagé Cho Hudän - ″Big River People″, because they called their keystone place the Yukon River Tage Cho, meaning Big River and Little Salmon after their keystone species the Chinook Salmon) •	Selkirk First Nation (Pelly Crossing, Yukon) (Hućha Hudän - ″Flatland People″, because of the landscape in Fort Selkirk, where the land is flat on both sides of the river) •	White River First Nation (Beaver Creek, Yukon)

Oral History The Native people of the Yukon languages conveyed religion, traditions and views of their world through stories that have been transmitted intergenerationally. Like all natural languages, Northern Tutchone was originally an oral language. Typographic documentations showcase the concept of language and landscape and how each is reliant on the other. The Northern Tutchone call their language “Dan Ki” which means “our way” and refers to all Northern Tutchone traditional knowledge and cultural practices. “Dooli Dan Ki” is the traditional values in which the Northern Tutchone are to conduct themselves in everyday life. These values and morals are found in the Dooli Dan Ki Traditional Story line, to which language revitalization efforts have focused on publishing the oral histories. Northern Tutchone story telling has been remodified for the modern First Nation by the production of oral history children’s books and animations, in English and Northern Tutchone. The ethonopoetics of the Northern Tutchone contribute to anthropological time lines of the Northern Tutchone’s history, linguistics and mythologies. Similar epistemology can be found in the Dene of the Northwest Territories narratives.

References Gertie, T. (1987). Ekeyi: Gyo Cho Chu My Country: Big Salmon River. Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada: Yukon Native Language Centre. Carr, G. L. (2004). Northern Tutchone (Athabascan) Poetics (Doctoral dissertation, ProQuest Information and Learning Company, Ann Arbor). Retrieved February 10, 2018, from http://wcm.ucalgary.ca/dflynn/files/dflynn/carr_n_tutchone_poetics.pdf

Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation. (2016). Dooli Dan K'i Traditional Stories.

NTom — Preceding unsigned comment added by NicoleMorningStar (talk • contribs) 23:14, 16 March 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from MCDB40Student81 (talk)
Hello Ian,

I have a start to my article down at the bottom of my sandbox. I think my biggest problem so far is that I cannot find too many sources for the history of VAMP other than the Mukherjee book, and I was wondering if you had any suggestions about this issue.

Thanks, Brendan

--MCDB40Student81 (talk) 04:30, 17 March 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from Tmontford on Stephanie Arnold
Hello,

I need help with checking that my wikipedia article for Stephanie Arnold is not seen as advertisement, as it was recently deleted for. I have no organizational ties with the author herself but I am doing this wikipedia page for a college class we are assigned a author and must create a wikipedia page for them and this was my research. I will like to know what changes that I should make so that it seems less promotional. Will it be the citations that I have? I have also asked the other admin/contributor Shalor for their advice as well, since it will be nice to have both opinions.

Best,

Tmontford — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tmontford (talk • contribs) 16:49, 19 March 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from PinkPsych0626 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with... making a sandbox entry. i can not enter my sandbox without the box for assistance popping up.

--PinkPsych0626 (talk) 20:55, 19 March 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from Js7581 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with... moving my article to the main space. I am ready to move my article, Information centre hypothesis to the main space, but it is in my sandbox with a bunch of other paragraphs from the semester which were all required for my course. Should I delete everything from my sandbox that is not a part of my article? Is there a way to create a new sandbox with just my article, and then move that to the main space? Thank you so much!

Julia. --Js7581 (talk) 23:29, 19 March 2018 (UTC)


 * I moved it to a sandbox article all by itself so Ian (or anyone you choose) can give it a once-over, before moving it to main space. Also, fyi, we don't use level 1 headings in articles (headings like = Very big header = ; the highest level is level 2 ( == Like this == ).
 * See User:Js7581/sandbox/Information centre hypothesis; and click the "Talk" tab for more feedback. Mathglot (talk) 05:30, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:52, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

Help Request from Moosebro
Hi Ian, I am working on this sandbox page called "pollen barcoding", I was hoping to rename it "pollen DNA barcoding". Is there an easy way to do this or to copy and paste the whole thing including links and citation to a new page with that name? Also any comments on this draft article would be welcome. ThanksMoosebro (talk) 20:31, 20 March 2018 (UTC)


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 * I figured it out thank you. Moosebro (talk) 16:40, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

Need help request from Nick Beigler (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

--Nick Beigler (talk) 00:46, 21 March 2018 (UTC) Alright- to be quite frank- I have absolutely little no no clue what's going on with all of this wiki-hoopla and hullabaloo. As far as expectations and/or what I'm required to do... I feel like a small blind child who has been spun around rapidly for several minutes before being turned loose to find a penny hidden inside of shopping mall. All of this hyperlinking and whatnot... It's lost upon me.

Furthermore, I just know that I will inevitably create false wikipedia pages to besmirch my enemies down the line, so, this is kind of irresponsible to even be giving me these tools in the first place.


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Need help request from Ejr622 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with a reference clarification. Under my section "Biomechanics" in my Sandbox, I list a bunch of different positions in which I found from one scientific article. Right now I have the citation in the paragraph before I list all the positions and I am wondering if this is sufficient or if I need to cite after every single position that is listed.

Besides that, I'm looking for an opinion on what and where to improve the article as well as I feel right now it is too short.

Thanks for your help,

--Ejr622 (talk) 13:47, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Need help request from Shahn27 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with making sure that the tone of the article is appropriate to be officially published on Wikipedia's website.

I appreciate any help that you may be able to provide.

Thank you!

--Shahn27 (talk) 01:11, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Need help request from Bowen Chen
Hello.

I need help with creating a new sandbox. For Module 4 final assignment, we need to create a new sandbox, but I don't know and can not find a way to create a new one.

--Bobbyybbob (talk) 19:12, 25 March 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from Megallicchio (talk)
Hello.

I need help with making sure the content that we have written in the group sandbox under "draft" so far is acceptable in Wikipedia terms. We are gathering information and sources in order to expand on the Self-Incrimination article, and we would like to make sure that it is up to standards. Our group sandbox under discussion is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jesscampos/sandbox

Any tips or ideas would be very much appreciated. Thank you for your help, Ian!

--Megallicchio (talk) 01:42, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
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Social learning (social pedagogy)
Hello. Would it be possible to look at social learning (social pedagogy). We rewrote most of the article and added a lot of material. We want to make sure the tone is right, the material is relevant and the citations are suffisant. We still have to work on the history section. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MathieuMichaud (talk • contribs) 14:16, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
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Need help request from Zanna115 (talk)
Hello.

I would just like some objective feedback on my draft on William Stewart Halsted! My instructor already said I need more sources which I'll add to the draft later, but I was just wondering if the information I added is useful and sounds like a Wikipedia article. Also, I was considering creating different sections to break the article up, but I wasn't sure so some feedback on that would be great. Thank you so much!

--Zanna115 (talk) 23:53, 26 March 2018 (UTC)Skye Ward
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Need help request from Zehrahusnain (talk)
Hello.

I need help with getting feedback on our article. We edited a presupposition article which lacked information about the differences between propositions and presuppositions, as well as information about relevant linguists. Zehrahusnain (talk) 18:00, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

--Zehrahusnain (talk) 18:00, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
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Need help request from Megan warren613 (talk)
Hello,

I would like if you reviewed my article draft and leave any suggestions you feel would help make it better.

Thank you.

Megan warren613 (talk) 20:33, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
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Need help request from Cstipek123 (talk)Clinton
Hi Ian! Just finished up all of the reference formats! Would you mind taking a look over the page? Cheers, Clinton — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cstipek123 (talk • contribs) 15:39, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Need help request from Ethan harris11 (talk)
Hello Ian.

In terms of citing sources, I cited the same source a few times because I cited it from different pages of the same document. They are the same citations except for the page numbers. Should we keep it like that or should we put them in just one source? Thank you so much!

--Ethan harris11 (talk) 20:23, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Need help request from Jom018 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

How can I create my article draft in the sandbox?

Jom018--Jom018 (talk) 19:31, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Request review of existing sandbox
Hello,

Could I possible get a review of the current progress made for my sandbox? I am adding material to the page on adjuvant therapy and would like to get some suggestions as to how to improve the focus of the content.

Thanks! Xyz789abc123 (talk) 17:16, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

eduprogram
Hello, to follow up from User_talk:Ian_(Wiki_Ed)/Archive_9 - this has been completed. — xaosflux  Talk 17:44, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

yes
wikipedia is awesome for school — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mendozarayadam (talk • contribs) 18:46, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

Need help request from Amn73 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with creating a new sandbox.

--Amn73 (talk) 00:40, 4 April 2018 (UTC)Amanda Navarro

Need help request from Asucre1997 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with... Saving my first draft in the sandbox.

Asucre1997 (talk) 17:31, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Need help request from Sydneyey (talk)
Hello.

I need help with looking over my article and making sure it contains good, well-cited information, as well as covers all of Wikipedia's standards and rules. I also would like help with ensuring I have good coverage of all information in my article. Thanks

--Sydneyey (talk) 12:24, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Need help request from Carmichaelsk (talk)
Hi Ian, I'm hoping you can help one of my students, Logan King (Kinglj1) who is having trouble moving their material to the Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_City_Hybrid_Energy_Center) from their group's sandbox.

Thanks! Sarah

--Carmichaelsk (talk) 15:50, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Need help request from Mfiligra (talk)
Hello, Ian!

I have some proposals to substitute some paragraphs in [|Water management in Greater Mexico City], thinking that they could be more appropriate because they have more numeric content and references. But I saw that the article in English is basically a translation from the one in Spanish. Would it be a problem if my changes disrupt the translation structure between both?

Additionally, I thought that in the response to challenges section I could add some new programs that have been implemented in recent years, but I don't know if this could be a problem because a lot of information would be from the government, which is not a neutral source.

Thanks for your help!

--Mfiligra (talk) 08:43, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

Need help request from Taniak1 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with inserting a picture in my sandbox that I am planning on using for the article I am editing. However, when I tried to insert a picture the option of "Media" does not pop up. Would you please be able to help me with that?

Thank you.

--Taniak1 (talk) 15:11, 9 April 2018 (UTC) Tania Kumar

Need help request from Svolont331 (talk)
I need help with Week 5 Assignment of my course: https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/NCSU/ENG_331-021_(Spring2018)/home

I have been adding pieces of my draft to the article Hydrogeology. Could you please double check that I am doing what I am supposed to be doing?

-- Svolont331 (talk) 15:31, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

Need help request from RussRom1998 (talk)
Hello.

I was looking to edit an article and I was looking at the Clinton email controversy page and I was looking through sources. Two popped out to me. They were both from Fox news, now I know Fox news is a take it or leave it source and they lean one way over another. I couldn't find where the attributed to the topic or how credible they were I am posting the link to both pages.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/03/trumps-nicknames-for-rivals-from-rocket-man-to-pocahontas.html

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/05/04/romanian-hacker-guccifer-breached-clinton-server-it-was-easy.html?intcmp=hpbt1 (This is the link I was mostly worried about and I was hoping someone could take a look into it just due to credibility).

Also I was hoping someone could help me figure out the talk page on Wikipedia to add suggestions.

Michaela (RusRom1998) --RussRom1998 (talk) 15:47, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

Need help request from 23miadg (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

--23miadg (talk) 03:17, 10 April 2018 (UTC) 23miadg (talk) 03:17, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Need help request from Shahid.o (talk)
Hello Ian,

I finished making most of my edits for the Wiki page of elongation factor G (EF-G) for my WikiEd course at Northeastern. I was wondering if we could change it from a stub-class to something higher, if that's appropriate? Is there anything I can do regarding this?

Also, I made a suggestion on the talk page of Elongation Factor P about changing the page title so that it's consistent with other relevant articles. Please let me know if we can do this, and if there's anything I can do.

Shahid.o (talk) 17:48, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Need help request from Joaquinjiron (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

I need help with getting my mostly used source as one number and not many, and I need help with changing my references as well. I keep going into edit source and the format is really weird. Hard for me to get anything done. Also, I need help with getting the right access date on my flagged citation, nothing I am doing is working. thank you

--Joaquinjiron (talk) 23:10, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Climate factors and wrinkles
Hi, it's not your course, but this page also is not ready for main-space but as I'm not an admin I can't delete after moving. (Is there action I can take, for example move the page back to the users sandbox and then tag the article for speedy? Polyamorph (talk) 09:53, 11 April 2018 (UTC)
 * OK, so I was bold and moved the page back to the users sandbox and placed a housekeeping G6 CSD tag on the main-space page. Cheers, Polyamorph (talk) 12:26, 11 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 12:38, 11 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Just a heads up (this is one of your classes). Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 12:40, 11 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Thanks Ian! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:49, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Copyvio by one of your students
Hi you might want to check out this article published by one of your students The Croatan at ECU. It is almost exclusively copy paste from several different sources. It has been nominated for a G12 CSD by another user I think that after redacting the article will be empty. cheers Dom from Paris (talk) 14:58, 11 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Ah same problem with this one Draft:Gateway Residence Hall. I draftified it as it was far from bieng ready for publication and I suspected copyvio too, the same new pages reviewer has tagged it as a G12 too. Dom from Paris (talk) 16:01, 11 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I will follow up on this. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:06, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Need help request from Cusacke494 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with... How do I  write things down in my sandbox? and save them?

--Cusacke494 (talk) 20:02, 11 April 2018 (UTC) Ellie Cusack


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Need help request from Syntallen (talk)
Hello.

I am adding an edit to an article could you review it for me, please?

--Syntallen (talk) 20:20, 11 April 2018 (UTC)
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Need help request from Mdrogotzke (talk)
Hello.

I need help with my draft changes for the Pittsburgh section. I've attached ideas for edits on the water quality section, first by splitting the air and water quality sections into independent sections. Next, I added a paragraph on water quality in the city. It is the last paragraph in the article and also under the header "draft changes". Let me know if you have questions. Thanks

--Mdrogotzke (talk) 22:52, 11 April 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from Anantvis (talk)
Hello.

I need help with the final draft section added by me with some recommended changes to be made on the actual wiki article soon. I also need to know whether i can use the government datas and official websites as citations in case i am adding any 'Regulations or Policies'. many sources for the article i selected are articles of News sections of various online news agencies and i highly doubt the credibility. Also in my 'Suggested Additions to the Selected Article' section, i have mentioned a paragraph on the existing article that seems to be a bit biased and reaching conclusions and hence would like your review on that

--Anantvis (talk) 23:48, 11 April 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from Amancalada (talk)
Hello.

I need help with making sure the sources are wikipedia-approved, and that the paragraphs follow the wikipedia preferred format.

Thanks!

--Amancalada (talk) 00:38, 12 April 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from Hhausman (talk) Beginning Draft
Hello.

I need help with... Determining the quality of my sources, seeing if my tone is neutral enough, and if my information is notable enough.

--Hhausman (talk) 02:50, 12 April 2018 (UTC)


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Need Help ALeafOnTheWind (talk) 20:46, 12 April 2018 (UTC)
Hi Ian. I've made a map using 2 datasets that are both marked freely available for non-commercial or educational use. I created the map but am not sure how to share this without getting flagged for speedy removal. Do I have to wait until this is published before I can use on Wikipedia? The datasets are from GADM and IUCN Red List and are not easily replaced with other data sets that are freely available with no restrictions. ALeafOnTheWind (talk) 20:46, 12 April 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from Nattesd1 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with... making my article look and feel a bit more polished. So far I've done the research and had a peer review my work, but I'm not sure if it's Wiki-ready yet. There is my best draft at the bottom of my sandbox page; can you look over it and tell me what I could do to make it a little cleaner? Thank you.

--Nattesd1 (talk) 22:09, 12 April 2018 (UTC)
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Need help request from EvenBadScientistsCanObserve (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

I've created a draft of my contribution to the page "Moray eel" (the current iteration is at the very bottom of my sandbox). It concerns the morphology of moray eel jaws and the relation to utility (a teleological approach) and it crosses over a bit with an existing paragraph on the Moray eel page. The paragraph in question is the third paragraph in the "Anatomy" section, and discusses the eel's inability to use suction to capture prey like other fishes, and the use of the pharyngeal jaw to counteract that. I was wondering if it would be apropos, as I move into going live with my edit in the next few weeks, to modify the existing "Anatomy" section and fold that paragraph a bit into my addition? What would be the best way to go about that? If I do fold it in, should I copy/paste the existing paragraph into my draft and delete it from the existing page when I go live? Or would it be best to just modify my draft to avoid discussing the same topics already discussed on the page?

Thank you very much for your aid in this matter.

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Need help request from Caduceus19 (talk)
Hello Ian,

Can you please give me feedback on my section titled "Week 10: Draft 2"? What other types of information can I add to this section? Should I organize the information differently?

Thank you for your help!

--Caduceus19 (talk) 06:14, 14 April 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from Hfbaker (talk)
Hello.

I wanted to ask for your help in making sure that it is right to remove the sections I've marked as crossed out in my sandbox. Additionally, I had a lot of trouble rewording any of the sections from the source I was citing. Primarily, my sources that came from the link: http://www.acea.be/uploads/publications/EV_incentives_overview_2017.pdf

Do you have any advice on avoiding plagiarism with these sections, and can you help confirm that the language I have struck out does not belong in this particular article?

Thanks.

--Hfbaker (talk) 20:20, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
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Need help request from Avatarfanx2 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with the section I intend to add to the Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change article. It is currently in my sandbox, here. I would like assistance in determining if my text is of the correct tone and content. I would also like to know if I can make it seem any less biased, etc. I tried my best to be objective, but I wanted to be able to confirm.

Vik

--Avatarfanx2 (talk) 20:45, 14 April 2018 (UTC)


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Lost 3 hours of work...
Hey Ian

I seem to have lost about 3 hours of work on an article, can you please help... I was clicking around and it seemed to switch to the other kind of editor and the rest just dissapeared when I switched back. please tell me you can get it back.. otherwise this would really be bad.


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Need help request from Rls13 (talk)
Hello Ian,

I'm reaching out for help because I feel like I've gotten to a very advanced, but not complete, stage with my article. I was hoping that you could evaluate my process so far before I continue doing by research/writing to make sure that I'm on the right track. Like I said in my note at the top of the article, I've made some significant structural changes as well as content ones. I'm eager to hear your feedback.

Thanks,

--Rls13 (talk) 06:15, 16 April 2018 (UTC)


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Select Survey Invite
I'm working on a study of political motivations and how they affect editing. I'd like to ask you to take a survey. The survey should take no more than 1-2 minutes. Your survey responses will be kept private. Our project is documented at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Wikipedia_%2B_Politics.

Your survey Link: https://uchicago.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9S3JByWf57fXEkR?Q_DL=56np5HpEZWkMlr7_9S3JByWf57fXEkR_MLRP_brUM6uZ2hyJyVkF&Q_CHL=gl

I am asking you to participate in this study because you are a frequent editor of pages on Wikipedia that are of political interest. We would like to learn about your experiences in dealing with editors of different political orientations.

Sincere thanks for your help! Porteclefs (talk) 12:42, 16 April 2018 (UTC)


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Follow Up
Hi Ian

The bold section at the end of my sandbox is the actually new added content. The content above that not in bold is just the pre existing article sub section on which i am working on. Article: Wind power in the United States Section i am working on in the article : Environmental Regulations

Also the paragraph underlined by me is the paragraph i was talking about and now it seems that the actual citation in the article doesn't work out well. It's a blog/article by the Associated press. But even if it had a proper link to a source, does the sentence structures seem appropriate to you. Like it mentions "Wind companies" but doesn't mention companies that they are talking about etc.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anantvis (talk • contribs) 00:55, 17 April 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from Jackloo99 (talk)
Hello.

Biconcave shape of the red blood cells Mammalian red blood cells also known as erythrocyte are a cellular component of the blood which give the blood its characteristic red color and transport oxygen from the lungs to the tissues. Mature red blood cells are round and biconcave because they lack a nucleus and unlike other cells red cells require a small amount of oxygen for its metabolism and most oxygen is freed into the tissues. The absence of nucleus, ribosomes, and mitochondria partly contributes to the red blood cell’s disc like structure which leaves room for hundreds of millions of hemoglobin molecules found within the cells. Hemoglobin is a red and iron-rich protein that merges with oxygen to carry oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues. Both sides of the cell surface bend inwards similar to the inner part of a sphere. The biconcave shape enhances the red blood cell’s ability to maneuver through small blood vessels to transport oxygen to tissues and organs. The distinctive biconcave form also enhances the flow properties of blood in the major vessels. It minimizes platelet scatter and heightens laminar flow, which quells their atherogenic action in those major vessels. Erythrocytes therefore increase their applying exterior by assuming a cigar form, where they resourcefully release their oxygen load. The unique and flexible disc structure of red blood cell also helps increase the surface area to volume ratio of the tiny cells which enables oxygen (O2) and carbon dioxide (CO2) to easily diffuse across the cell’s plasma membrane.

--Jackloo99 (talk) 15:08, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

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Hello.

I need help with... Biconcave shape of the red blood cells Mammalian red blood cells also known as erythrocyte are a cellular component of the blood which give the blood its characteristic red color and transport oxygen from the lungs to the tissues. Mature red blood cells are round and biconcave because they lack a nucleus and unlike other cells red cells require a small amount of oxygen for its metabolism and most oxygen is freed into the tissues. The absence of nucleus, ribosomes, and mitochondria partly contributes to the red blood cell’s disc like structure which leaves room for hundreds of millions of hemoglobin molecules found within the cells. Hemoglobin is a red and iron-rich protein that merges with oxygen to carry oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues. Both sides of the cell surface bend inwards similar to the inner part of a sphere. The biconcave shape enhances the red blood cell’s ability to maneuver through small blood vessels to transport oxygen to tissues and organs. The distinctive biconcave form also enhances the flow properties of blood in the major vessels. It minimizes platelet scatter and heightens laminar flow, which quells their atherogenic action in those major vessels. Erythrocytes therefore increase their applying exterior by assuming a cigar form, where they resourcefully release their oxygen load. The unique and flexible disc structure of red blood cell also helps increase the surface area to volume ratio of the tiny cells which enables oxygen (O2) and carbon dioxide (CO2) to easily diffuse across the cell’s plasma membrane.

--Jackloo99 (talk) 15:09, 18 April 2018 (UTC)


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can you update my latest edit?
Hi ian

can you please check my work, i seem to have made some mistake with the latest edit. basically I want the longest version to be my actual draft but it won't let me edit it. thanks for your help. Chandrbv (talk) 16:15, 18 April 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from Anyadavi (talk)
Hello.

I am curious to see if I am on the right track with editing this page! I don't really go into depth with the sections, but one of the problems I am targetting with the Media Ethics article is the lack of substantive content and sections in general. So, I am hoping, that with adding many sections and starting them, I will inspire others o add on to the sections!

--Anyadavi (talk) 00:23, 19 April 2018 (UTC)


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Problem with uploading personal photo to wikipedia
Hi Ian, I am trying to upload a personal photo File:American River Sacramento California.JPG, but it says I am not including the copyright information. How do I fix this? I thought I entered everything in correctly. Thanks! Leidelar78 (talk) 01:59, 19 April 2018 (UTC)


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Feedback on changes made to draft
Hello, I made some changes to the "History" and "Controversy" sections in my draft based on your comments. Do you mind looking over the changes and letting me know if the changes are being made in the correct direction?

Thanks!Xyz789abc123 (talk) 06:04, 19 April 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from Epalmer2021 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with... reviewing this addition to the social media data mining sandbox for Wikipedia.

--Epalmer2021 (talk) 12:50, 19 April 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from MiguelAngelFimbres (talk)
Hello.

I need help with ensuring that my work is in accordance to Wikipedia's guidelines. My work is in my sandbox User:MiguelAngelFimbres/sandbox. I plan to add my work to the existing Wikipedia Article on Digital rhetoric under the heading of "scope of influence". Thank you.

--MiguelAngelFimbres (talk) 13:40, 19 April 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from Chrisdelima (talk) Chrisdelima
Hello.

I need help with finalizing whether the length of the introduction fits Wikipedia's standards. Also, if there is anything else within the article that I should address in the article. Finally, I want to make sure the edits conform to Wikipedia's standards.

--Chrisdelima (talk) 15:51, 19 April 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from Piatigda (talk)
Hello.

I need help with making sure my addition to the wikipedia article is up to Wikipedia regulations. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Piatigda (talk • contribs) 16:13, 19 April 2018 (UTC)


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Question
Hi Ian!

As part of a research assignment, I am hoping to include a section on the page "Oil sands", my new section will be called "Impacts of Oil Sands Development on Indigenous Groups" (it spells out the pros and cons). I was hoping I could get the green light before officially editing it publicly.

My draft section is on my talk page - User talk:Jademclean. Just wanted to make sure everything was proper.

Any feedback/suggestions would be very appreciated.

Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jademclean (talk • contribs) 21:01, 19 April 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from Li.andy (talk)
Hello Ian.

I just uploaded my article to the mainspace. Can please provide me with feedback about my language being consistent with wikipedia's style of writing. Also, if you notice anything like bias, grammatical efforts, or anything else, please let me know.

--Li.andy (talk) 03:12, 23 April 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from Bourbonnaisd (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

I just finished my article that I edited and would like to know if I cited everything correctly and if the draft looks good. Thanks.

--Bourbonnaisd (talk) 15:41, 23 April 2018 (UTC)Daniella Bourbonnais

Need help request from Bourbonnaisd (talk)Daniella Bourbonnais
Hello.

I need help with...

I just finished my article that I edited and would like to know if I cited everything correctly and if the draft looks good. Thanks.

--Bourbonnaisd (talk) 15:42, 23 April 2018 (UTC)Daniella Bourbonnais


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Help request from wiki admin
Ian, it looks above as if you're likely to be very busy, but if you have the time, could you please try to advise TianyiWang93? I certainly don't want to discourage a student, but they may end up blocked if they continue to edit war and never discuss. Bishonen &#124; talk 16:27, 23 April 2018 (UTC).


 * Thanks Bish. I will ask the instructor to speak to the student as well. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:28, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
 * A second student from that class is edit warring at Fecal microbiota transplant. There are only 8 students in the class. Jytdog (talk) 18:12, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
 * I just reviewed the articles they worked on, and the class page. They have marked that they did the training but it doesn't appear to have stuck. Jytdog (talk) 18:24, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

Need help request from Alenyserna (talk)
Hello.

I want to know how else I can Improve this article submission.

Thank you

--Alenyserna (talk) 00:12, 24 April 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from Carriesu (talk)
Hello.

I need help with deleting a picture in the wiki commons. I accidentally added this picture without getting the copyright. And I do not know how to delete it. The picture is called Water pollution in China. And this is the link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Water_pollution_in_China.jpg

Thank you for the help.

--Carriesu (talk) 05:39, 24 April 2018 (UTC)Wenjing Su


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Transferring from Sandbox to Page
Hello Ian, I hope that you are well. I was just messaging you to ask how you properly transfer the work in my sandbox to the Zatypota percontatoria page. I put the general description in and thought everything was good. However, I noticed that my in-text citations didn't transfer over and I was messaged about it. This is my main concern. Do you know how to transfer everything over including my citations and references? Please get back to me on this. Thank you. Geislergs (talk) 15:26, 25 April 2018 (UTC)


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 * Thank you so much! One more question please. So I'm working on parasitic wasps and specifically the Zatypota percontatoria page as I mentioned before. On the parasitic wasp wiki page, they did a great job of explaining the evolution and phylogeny in a way that I liked. So on my page, I just said "please refer to the evolution section of the parasitic wasp page" with a link to it. Is this okay or should I do my own section on it? Please let me know. Geislergs (talk) 16:49, 25 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Geislergs, you don't need to do your own section on it. You already included the Main link pointing to the section at Parasitic wasps, and that plus your brief section about it is a good example of Summary style, so you did the exact right thing.  In fact, anything in your section that applies to all parastict wasps and not only Z. percontatoria could be moved to parasitic wasps if you want, and summarized at your article; but that's optional. The "Please refer to..." sentence is not needed, and should simply be removed; anyone who wants more info, can follow the Main link at the top of the section. Mathglot (talk) 01:14, 28 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Ian, I notice that there are substantially duplicate copies of the same content in two places: User:Geislergs/sandbox and Zatypota percontatoria (diff ). Can you monitor and advise editors not to do cut-and-paste moves out of their sandbox for whole articles? This is contrary to policy, afaik, and messes up the history, and may contravene attribution requirements. Students may use draft space, user drafts, or subpages of their sandbox for this.  When they're done, they just move their draft to main space. Adding   Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 02:49, 30 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Actually that doesn't work well, because there may be intervening edits. When creating new articles we instruct people to move their sandboxes to mainspace (as should have been done here). But when they draft work anywhere outside of mainspace, you can only do it via a history merge. Done badly, history merges have the potential to serious mess up a page's history - I've done a lot of history merges, and complex ones can be, well, complex. There aren't enough admins with experience doing complex history merges to keep up with this.
 * From an attribution perspective, the source page should be documented. I agree that it's something we can to do a better job of stressing to students. I'll take a look at what we say currently, and how we can improve that, in the next updates to our training materials. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:28, 30 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Just to clarify, I do think a history merge might be appropriate in this case. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:30, 30 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Thanks Ian, I was more worried about training materials and the general case, and not particularly concerned about this one article. There has been so much of this going on, that I assumed someone or something was telling them to do this, and if so, that needs to be fixed. Thanks for looking into this. Mathglot (talk) 18:30, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

Need help request from Gonzalezj229 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with... I want to reference my source within my text, but each time I go into the source editing mode, the code disappears after I switch to visual mode.

--Gonzalezj229 (talk) 20:01, 25 April 2018 (UTC) gonzalezj229


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General Improvement for Zatypota percontatoria
Hello again Ian. I just finished up improving the Zatypota percontatoria page and it has achieved a C class ranking. Woot! Do you have any recommendations on how I can further improve my article? I posted it on the cleanup page as well for improvement. Please let me know at your convenience as I understand this is a general question. Thank you. Geislergs (talk) 15:22, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
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Need help request from Nhomes1 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with making my wikipedia article live. Once my article was reviewed and edited, I clicked on "more" then "move" then clicked "(article)." However, at the bottom of my page (titled Helicobacter typhlonius) it says that it is still part of my user sandbox and is not an encyclopedia article. Also, whenever I google search my organism, my wikipedia page does not come up. Can you please give me steps of what I can do to improve this problem? Thank you. Nhomes1 (talk) 20:31, 26 April 2018 (UTC)


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Need help request from Carringtonsr (talk)
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I need help with...feedback on my article on Rashmi Misra.

--Carringtonsr (talk) 14:19, 27 April 2018 (UTC)Stanley Carrington


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Need help request from Ladaggs33 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with... adding this section to the page on Audre Lorde

Hello.

I need help with... I am ready to transfer the information about Audre Lorde and her contributions to the Third World feminist discourse.

Contributions to the Third World Feminist Discourse Around the 1960s, second-wave feminist discourse became centered around discussions and debates about capitalism was a “biased, discriminatory, and unfair” institution, especially within the context of the rise of globalization in the coming decades. The third wave emerged in the 1990s after calls for “a more differentiated feminism” by first world women of color and third world women, such as Audre Lorde, who maintained their critiques of first world feminism for tending to veer toward “third world homogenization.” This term was coined by radical dependency theorist, Andre Gunder Frank, to describe the inconsideration of the unique histories of third world countries (in the process of forming development agendas) (McMichael, ). Audre Lorde was critical of the first world feminist movement “for downplaying sexual, racial, and class differences” (Peet and Hartwick, 161) and the unique power structures and cultural factors which vary by region, nation, community, etc. Other women of this period echoed Lorde’s sentiments. Collectively they called for a “feminist politics of location, which theorized that women were subject to particular assemblies of oppression, and therefore that all women emerged with particular rather than generic identities” (Peet and Hartwick, 164). While they encouraged a global community of women, Audre Lorde, in particular, felt the homogenization of third world women could only lead to a disguised form of oppression with its own forms of othering third world women into figures of deviance and non-actors in theories of their own development. Audre Lorde cautioned against the “institutionalized rejection of difference” in her essay, “Age, Race, Class, and Sex: Women Redefining Difference,” fearing that when “...we do not develop tools for using human difference as a springboard for creative change within our lives [,] we speak not of human difference, but of human deviance” (Lorde, 116). Lorde saw this already happening with the lack of inclusion of literature from women of color in the second wave feminist discourse. She found that “the literature of women of Color [was] seldom included in women’s literature courses and almost never in other literature courses, nor in women’s studies as a whole” and pointed to the “othering” of women of color and Third World reason as the reason. By homogenizing these communities and ignoring their difference, “...women of Color become ‘other,’ the outside whose experiences and tradition is too ‘alien’ to comprehend” (Lorde, 117 ), and thus, prevailingly unworthy of scholarly attention and differentiated scholarship. Audre Lorde called for the embracing of these differences, rather than the ignoring of them. In the same essay, she proclaimed, “now we must recognize difference among women who are our equals, neither inferior nor superior, and devise ways to use each others’ difference to enrich our visions and our joint struggles” (Lorde, 122). Doing so would lead to more inclusive and thus, more effective global feminist goals. Lorde theorized that true development in Third World communities would and even “the future of our earth may depend upon the ability of all women to identify and develop new definitions of power and new patterns of relating across differences” (Lorde, 123). In other words, the individual voices and concerns of women and color and Third World women would be the first step in attaining the autonomy with the potential to develop and transform their communities effectively in the age (and future) of globalization. In a keynote speech at the National Third World Gay and Lesbian Conference on October 13th, 1979 titled, “When will the ignorance end?” Lorde reminded and cautioned the attendees’ “There is a wonderful diversity of groups within this conference, and a wonderful diversity between us within those groups. That diversity can be a generative force, a source of energy fueling our visions of action for the future. We must not let diversity be used to tear us apart from each other, nor from our communities that is the mistake they made about us. I do not want us to make it ourselves….and we must never forget those lessons: that we cannot separate our oppressions, nor yet are they the same” McMichael, Phillip. Development and Social Change: A Global Perspective. 4thth ed., Thousand Oaks, California, Pine Forge Press, 2008. (Byrd, Cole, Guy-Sheftall, 209). In other words, while common experiences in racism, sexism, and homophobia had brought the group together and that commonality could not be ignored, there must still be a recognition of their individualized humanity. Years later, on August 27th, 1983, Audre Lorde delivered an address apart of the “litany of commitment” at the March on Washington. “Today we march,” she said, “lesbians and gay men and our children, standing in our own names together with all our struggling sisters and brothers here and around the world, in the Middle East, in Central America, in the Caribbean and South Africa, sharing our commitment to work for a joint livable future. We know we do not have to become copies of each other in order to be able to work together. We know that when we join hands across the table of our difference, our diversity gives us great power. When we can arm ourselves with the strength and vision from all of our diverse communities, then we will in truth all be free at last” (Byrd, Cole, Guy-Sheftall, 212). Afro-German feminist scholar and author, Dr. Marian Kraft interviewed Audre Lorde in 1986 to discuss a number of her literary works and poems. In this interview, Audre Lorde articulated hope for the next wave of feminist scholarship and discourse. When asked by Miriam Kraft, “Do you see any development of the awareness about the importance of differences within the white feminist movement?” Lorde replied with both critiques and hope; “Well, the feminist movement, the white feminist movement, has been notoriously slow to recognize that racism is a feminist concern, not one that is altruistic, but one that is part and parcel of feminist consciousness.. I think, in fact, though, that things are slowing changing and that there are white women now who recognize that in the interest of genuine coalition, they must see that we are not the same. Black feminism is not white feminism in Blackface. It is an intricate movement coming out of the lives, aspirations, and realities of Black women. We share somethings with white women, and there are other things we do not share. We must be able to come together around those things we share” (Broeck, Bolaki, 50). Dr. Miriam Kraft summarized Lorde’s position when reflecting on the interview; “Yes, we have different historical, social, and cultural backgrounds, different sexual orientations; different aspirations and visions; different skin colors and ages. But we share common experiences and a common goal. Our experiences are rooted in the oppressive forces of racism in various societies, and our goal is our mutual concern to work toward ‘a future which has not yet been’ in Audre’s words” (Broeck, Bolaki, 45).

Sources Broeck, Sabine, and Stella Bolaski. Audre Lorde's Transnational Legacies. Boston, University of Massachusetts Press, 2015, pp. 45-50.

Lorde, Audre. "I Am Your Sister: Collected and Unpublished Writings of Audre Lorde." I Am Your Sister: Collected and Unpublished Writings of Audre Lorde, edited by Rudolph P. Byrd, Johnetta B. Col, and Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2009, pp. 209-12.

Hartwick, Elaine, and Richard Peet. Theories of Development: Contentions, Arguments, Alternatives. 2ndnd ed., New York City, Guilford Press, 1999, pp. 161-72.

Lorde, Audre. Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde. Berkeley, Crossing Press, 1984, pp. 116-23.

McMichael, Phillip. Development and Social Change: A Global Perspective. 4thth ed., Thousand Oaks, California, Pine Forge Press, 2008.

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Phloem
Can you add one of those fancy Greek-letter pronunciation thingies to the Phloem page?120.16.153.99 (talk) 12:31, 29 April 2018 (UTC)MBGoold


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Billayer
Can you also check (or explain) this word in Plant Nutrition - it doesn’t get “found” in any other Wiki articles. Is it meant to be Bi-layer? Thanks, TreeGirl120.16.153.99 (talk) 12:49, 29 April 2018 (UTC)MBGoold
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Need help request from Ladaggs33 (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

I'm ready to submit what is in my sandbox to the Audre Lorde article. any last tips or changes?

--Ladaggs33 (talk) 01:40, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
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Question
My characters counted doesn't increase or decrease, its been stuck at the same number for days (Nimesha94 (talk) 17:17, 3 May 2018 (UTC))

On my dash board, the total characters I have contributed is at 3500 and its been like that for more than a day. Our professor will grade our assignments based on our total contributions and I don't want to get penalized for a technically glitch. (Nimesha94 (talk) 17:58, 3 May 2018 (UTC))
 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 12:51, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

Confused and Afraid
Hello Ian, I understand your helping, but I thought I cited the sources so it won't be removed. Like I'm afraid if I even add any more information on the "Battle of Guard Hill" even if I change it or don't include a lot of info from the source I found, it will be removed because of plagiarism. I thought all sources is "free" instead of "non-free?" Thank you and have a nice day. PhilipRK101 (talk) 15:49, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

Will a quote be removed if someone and/or I placed it into an article on here? PhilipRK101 (talk) 15:17, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 12:51, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

Moving images to be next to corresponding paragraph
Hello,

I am editing the Bird anatomy page and I have contributed an image of a dissected pigeon sternum. I have successfully uploaded it to the page but I am having a hard time moving it to be next to the paragraph it correlates with. Please let me know if there is a way to fix this. Thank you. Bazinga2018 (talk) 04:38, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 12:51, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

Need help request from Laura.smith450 (talk)
Hello.

please review my draft article in my sandbox titled "rough draft article" and provide notes, comments, suggestions.

I am making notes in my bibliography section and will need to get items cited properly, that is a work in progress.

Thanks so much for your input!

--Laura.smith450 (talk) 04:30, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Replied on their talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 12:51, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

Need help request from Alissa Yap (talk)
Hello.

I need help with...

--Alissa Yap (talk) 12:35, 9 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Hi . Do you have something specific I can help you with? Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 12:50, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

Need help adding a caption to a map
Hello Ian,

On my sandbox I added a map that pinpoints the location of my topic (Sacramento Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant). There were no usable wikipedia pictures of Elk Grove, CA for my topic so I decided to just put a map (from Wikipedia) to show where the plant is. My problem is that I cannot add a caption to it like I see on my fellow classmates pages, and I have the feeling that is because they were able to use wiki pictures. Is there any way to put a caption under the map showing the coordinates, address, city, etc? I would very much appreciate your help. Thank you and have a good day.

Sincerely, Aspease (talk) 15:51, 10 May 2018 (UTC)Alison Spease

E.A Fairbairn Water Treatment Plant
Hi Ian. E.A Fairbairn Water Treatment Plant appears to have been created a student participating in Wiki_Ed/California_State_University_Sacramento/ENVS_135_(Spring_2018). The article was moved directly moved by the creator from their sandbox to the mainspace with all sorts of formatting errors, etc. These have been cleaned up by another editor, but I still think the article has questionable notability and might not meet WP:ORG. There are sources provided, but these mainly appears to be primary in nature and are not really helpful in establishing notability. Some of the content has also been removed per WP:COPYVIO and WP:C-P because it appears to have been directly copied and pasted from an external source.

I understand that the students participating in these projects have good intentions and that part of the assignment sometimes includes them moving their work to the mainspace, but personally I think they would be best for them to submit these things for review to WP:AFC since AFC reviewer should be able to catch major problems before the drafts become articles. My initial thought was that this should probably be userfied to let the student work on it some more, but the copyvio content might require a WP:REVDEL and anymore found would also need to be removed. Would you mind taking a look at it and see if it can be saved? If it can fine, but there will still be some issues which need to be addressed and the student should be advised about copy-pasting content into articles, etc. Also, pinging since she is also listed as a Wiki Ed advisor for the ENVS 135 project. Thanks in advance. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:18, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

Clong6496
Hi Ian, Just a heads up but is indeffed for citation spamming as well as socking, I'm by no means telling you how to do your job but If this is your student then I would kindly advise you tell all of your students that cite spamming isn't the way to go nor is creating another account to continue it (If this wasn't your student then ignore this), Many thanks, – Davey 2010 Talk 20:21, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
 * This is just a suggestion and I'm not sure if it is in accordance with proper Wiki Ed protocol. The student seems to belong to Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Widener University/POLS 215 Environmental Politics and Policy (Spring 2018) so it might also be a good idea to let the course instructor know about this as well. Perhaps the course instructor can stress that mistakes are OK to make, but WP:SOCK is not going to be tolerated in any shape or form. If this student is getting graded on their Wikipedia work, then that is likely their main concern and they will probably try to continue to edit in some form as long as the course is still ongoing; so, the instructor's interventation might be needed to get them to stop. It might be best to let the instructor know by email (if possible) to avoid any unnecessary public shaming of the student and to better ensure the instructor is made aware. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:31, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi, Sorry I've only just seen this (and accidentally too) - I've removed their name from that course but yourself or the instructor is more than welcome to revert,
 * Inregards to emailing - Hindsight's a lovely thing . Happy editing. – Davey 2010 Talk 14:59, 19 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I was only making a suggestion; it was not my intent to criticize, so I apologize if it came off as such. These students often don't seem to have a good grasp of what's going on with respect to Wikipedia; most seem to mean well, but just go about doing lots of things the wrong way. Sockpupperty, however, is pretty serious stuff; so, the quicker it's nipped in the bud, the better. Since we as editors typically can only interact with these student via their user talk pages, their instructors might be better off following up the messages we leave with an explanation face-to-face. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:33, 19 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Huh. Thanks and . I can't quite figure out why they were citation spamming, but I will definitely get in touch with the instructor. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:48, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
 * FWIW, the class appears to be done, so the odds of it cause problems for the student as a student are probably slim. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:57, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

No indication of importance (people, animals, organizations, web content, events)
Hi Ian

as you know you are the leading editor on the African vulture trade page and Im trying to inform you of the CSD A7 violation of speedy deletion criteria. I really appreciate all you did but these articles belong on a portal to more specific subjects about the article. Im also informing you about the Indian Vulture Crises page that also faces a CSD A7 vilotaion. These pages have no equal on Wikipedia! They are totally irrelevant and serve no purpose. Where is the elephant crises trade page? The whale page? Is there suppose to be a page for every single instance of animal trafficking? Ceratinaly there is no such page for any of those so to have an obscure page like this makes no sense...For the love of god just delete these pages because it makes no sense. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adgasper (talk • contribs) 05:21, 20 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Dear (now known as User:MaryPoppinCaps) : a few comments on your post above: This is a user talk page; the proper venue for comments about article content is on the article Talk page. This is not the place to argue pro, or con, about the significance or relevance of an article.  I assume you are talking about the article African vulture trade. If so, may  I suggest that you open a section at Talk:African vulture trade and raise your issue there. Cordially, Mathglot (talk) 03:37, 22 May 2018 (UTC)

Need help request from Torresalejandro (talk)
Hello.

I need and am hoping to receive feedback on text I plan to add to the Occupy movement-inspired constitutional amendments" section of the "Campaign Finance Reform in the United States" wikipedia page. I added more information and altered the paragraph in that section. I discussed more in depth the Occupy Wall Street Movement but also made more concrete references to how it helped shape a vision for legislation. I haven't finished editing. I still need to include links and citations but I am hoping to receive feedback on the text and if there is anything I should expand on, delete...

--Torresalejandro (talk) 20:19, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

Article from student deleted
I just deleted an article by User:Zuqias, which was presumably made as part of a course you are involved with. I see other students struggling with getting our editing environment, e.g. adding long texts below the categories, ending it with the wikiedu sandbox template.

In both cases, they made the typical student mistake of writing a general article by using a specific example only, taken from some (interesting and scientific) study, instead of generalizing and actually writing about the general topic. Please let the students use their sandbox or the draft space instead. Fram (talk) 08:48, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

Need help request from Rb3184 (talk)Ian
Hello I wish to edit article: African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem I need help with...sandbox this is my edit want to make sure I am not in copyright infringement I want to add this to the way of life section

I found these details on a alternative source Polygyny is a alternative word for many wives it is the most common and accepted form of polygamy, entailing the marriage of a man with several women. Most countries that permit polygamy are Muslim-majority countries in which polygyny is the only form permitted. Polyandry is illegal in virtually every state of the world

--Rb3184 (talk) 21:10, 3 June 2018 (UTC) rb3184

Need help request from Alexregent (talk)
Hello.

I need help with... Making sure everything under Blaineville's beaked whale in my sandbox is alright to publish. Thank you

--Alexregent (talk) 00:12, 7 June 2018 (UTC)

Adding a new map
Hello, I am working on updating the Bearded Seal page with information on distribution. The map that is up isn't very clear and has inaccuracies. I found a better one online from the NAMMCO website. Could I put it on here and how would citation work? Thank you for your help! Sherivw (talk) 02:41, 7 June 2018 (UTC)

Help posting article - Mason Pollock 6/11
I'm having trouble finding where to post my final wiki article. I would love any direction as to where to go to post it, especially if it isn't an edit. Thank you!

Mason PollockMasonp21 (talk) 01:53, 12 June 2018 (UTC)

Need help request from Amechifrank (talk)
Hello.

I need help with... creating a section on my sandbox

--Amechifrank (talk) 00:10, 17 June 2018 (UTC)

UBC food project
Hello Ian - could you have a look at this issue and perhaps talk with the instructor? One presumes the project is to improve food content, but many of these students are copying the same content and source, then putting that into any food-related article on their project list. Thanks. --Zefr (talk) 04:03, 18 July 2018 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the heads-up. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:39, 18 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Further here, fyi. Thanks. --Zefr (talk) 19:41, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

Hello
Hi, sorry bye. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Reya CS (talk • contribs) 23:57, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

CV
Hello Ian. I just e-mailed you my CV and application for the position posted. If you don't get the e-mail, please let me know so we figure an alternate way. Thank you, Rowan Forest (talk) 15:55, 15 August 2018 (UTC)


 * I got it. Thanks! Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:07, 15 August 2018 (UTC)