User talk:Mackleah

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My sand box
Hi Mackleah, you've created your user draft in the mainspace. I've deleted it, the page is now located at User:Mackleah/sandbox. Welcome to Wikipedia. --Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 06:23, 15 September 2011 (UTC) Thank you user:mackleah

Hello! I'm not sure when the outline is due...sorry. From looking at the class page, I think that we are supposed to have picked out a topic by Oct.6. I assume that the 1 page proposal is due by then. Look at this week's wiki assignments. Dandres19 (talk) 23:21, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Hey! :) I know we talked about our article topics before, but for this week's assignment, I need to leave you a link to my page. Mgreen1 (talk) 01:37, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi there! As part of Week 4's wiki homework, I need to link my user page on your talk page. Dandres19 (talk) 02:06, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi! Did we decide on a topic? Or are we still debating between the three? Here is the link to my page for this weeks assignment Jlucas1 (talk) 05:29, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

Yes, we need a different topic. The general idea is that we search on our own, and e-mail suggestions to the group, since it is very hard to meet as a group. As of yet I don't know what that topic will be. I'm going to look on the stub articles and see if there is a topic that has a lot of sources, but isn't covered extensively on Wikipedia. Hope that helps! Dandres19 (talk) 17:29, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Your recent edits
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Feedback - Week 4 Assignments
I noticed that you haven't linked your list to your group member's talk pages (nor to mine). Additionally the edit/evaluation should be on a topic of relevance to the topic you are considering (vs. Amity HS). In terms of topics - I turned up absolutely no published articles on PsycINFO for either of the phobias and only 3 for healthy multiplicity (2 of these were unpublished dissertations). Additionally, if you look at the two phobias they have each been created at some point and then deleted (this doesn't bode well for the article topic - Haptodysphoria). If you are interested in somewhat esoteric phobias you can always find a table of these in your textbook (in Anxiety Disorders chapter) and then see if there are any with at least a handful of published articles? Additionally, although there isn't much specifically on algophobia if you are interested in pain-related fears there is a broad literature and it seems you could modify the site you evaluated. If you need help brainstorming additional ideas let me know. Here's some additional useful advice rom the handout in this week's recommended readings on choosing an article:

Advice for choosing articles to work on
 * Choose a term that is well established in the discipline, but only weakly represented on Wikipedia. The best choice is a topic where a lot of literature is available, but isn't covered extensively on Wikipedia.
 * Scope: Look for topics that are specific and narrow enough to be manageable, but broad enough that sufficient sources exist to write a solid, sizable article.
 * Gravitate toward "stub" and "start" class articles. These articles have only 1-2 paragraphs of information and are in need of expansion.
 * Before creating a new article, spend 15-20 minutes searching related topics on Wikipedia to make sure your topic isn't already covered. Often, an article may already exist under another name or be a subsection of a broader article.

What to avoid for student projects Tatompki (talk) 20:35, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Trying to improve articles on very broad topics (e.g. Law) or articles that are already of high quality on Wikipedia
 * Trying to improve articles on topics that are highly controversial, e.g. Global Warming, Abortion, Scientology, etc. (Start a sub-article instead.)
 * Working on something only sparsely covered by literature
 * Starting articles with titles that imply an essay-like approach, e.g. “The Effects That The Recent Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis has had on the US and Global Economics” instead of “Subprime mortgage crisis” — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tatompki (talk • contribs) 20:05, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Your recent edits
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Feedback - Week 5 Assignments
It looks like you are getting the hang of making edits and linking (although see post above - it appears as if you forgot to sign your posts). However, when you add content to an article it needs to be cited with a reliable reference (otherwise it is just your opinion). I assigned you to do this now both so that you would start going to the published literature and reading but also to practice with how you cite and include in the reference list for an article so that you'll know how for your article. Let me know if you want help with this (and if you haven't, I strongly encourage you to watch the tutorials and/or read the handouts assigned this week). Any closer to selecting a topic? Tatompki (talk) 06:05, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

Nice job of making the needed changes. DO NOT FORGET TO LOG IN. As of now I am giving your credit for making the changes that you did. However, because you weren't logged in it actually doesn't show you made the changes (and more importantly no one would know who made them). Tatompki (talk) 17:19, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

October 2011
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Vandalism warning - please ignore
Please ignore the vandalism warning I gave you a couple of minutes ago. I pushed the button on the wrong page, and I apologise. Please resume what you were doing.  Blanchardb -Me•MyEars•MyMouth- timed 02:18, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Your recent edits
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I think I figures a way to put pictures on wikipedia (Mackleah (talk) 03:30, 17 November 2011 (UTC))

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