User talk:JohnathanRivera

Hii Jon, I'm Robbie from your class. I'm 21, play soccer, and have to put this here for a grade. Rferguson ug (talk) 20:50, 11 February 2018 (UTC)

Welcome
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JohnathanRivera, good luck, and have fun. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 21:14, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

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Welcome!
Hello, JohnathanRivera, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Shalor and I work with the Wiki Education Foundation; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.

I hope you enjoy editing here. If you haven't already done so, please check out the student training library, which introduces you to editing and Wikipedia's core principles. You may also want to check out the Teahouse, a community of Wikipedia editors dedicated to helping new users. Below are some resources to help you get started editing. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:35, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

Neutrality:

 * Individual Definition: Neutrality is not supporting a side or an idea.
 * Merging Definition: Neutrality is being able to stay in the middle and not producing any bias.

Evaluating Sources:
How do we define good?
 * A good source is one that is written by a scholar who is familiar with the subject. Another good source is one that presents both sides of an argument.

What are some good sources?
 * A good source is Primary Sources. (gov't docs, INGO doc)
 * a scholar source (Secondary Sources) - peered reviewed in the expert community (academic journey, books released by university press)

Excluded from Wikipedia:
 * News Article: they often have an agenda.
 * Blogs: it mainly opinions without facts/substance.
 * Press Releases: only highlights the positives.
 * Social Media: bias and often misguided.
 * Vanity Press (self-published)

How do you think Wiki Ed Foundation partnerships have changed who authors Wikipedia pages?

 * This partnership changed authors for the best. Students and Instructors who are involved in this process have to go through training. This partnership also makes sure that the things that are being published are facts rather than someone's opinion.