User talk:Jan.zalman

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We hope you like it here and encourage you to stay after your assignment is finished! Drmies (talk) 15:27, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

Problems with your Wikiclass
I'm an editor active in recent change patrol at en.wiki, and have noted a disturbing trend among your IES FSV UK class: a brief sampling of the edits of your student shows that they have not been properly informed about Wikipedia's copyright policies, and are actively copying text verbatim (or in direct verbatim translation) from their sources. See, for examples, warnings given to and. I don't have time to police all of these students' edits, but I hope you can impress on them the importance of this issue. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 17:33, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

Hello Jan.zalman--I just revdeleted another set of edits by User:Delphi07; if they do it again they are going to get blocked. I think it would be helpful if you showed more of a presence here on Wikipedia, rather than letting your students roam freely. Please also tell them that they need to communicate with other editors. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 12:49, 30 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Hello Drmies, thank you for pointing out these issues. The Wiki edit tasks are now finished from our side. We will definitely take more time to educate students among Wikipedia's contribution policies. Best, Jan Jan.zalman (talk) 03:49, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
 * That's all well and good, but so many of your students' edits are problematic (usually irrelevant to the article they were editing, and quite often copyright violations), that other Wiki editors will be spending months untangling the mess. I recommend that if you endeavor to lead a class in the future that involves Wikipedia editing that you take a more active hand in mentoring your students through the process. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 11:38, 1 May 2024 (UTC)