User talk:Mar1zhou/sandbox

Group Discusion
--Wasabi Zhang (talk) Hi Chocolate Cheesecakes group, how's the long weekend? Is there any idea about our topic?

--Shiva.amiri (talk) Hi I forgot which park it was, but I thought maybe we can use some of the facts from government's website. It would be a good idea.

--Wasabi Zhang (talk) Yeah that would be a good idea.

--Mar1zhou (talk) Hey guys! I hope you're all enjoying your long weekend! I believe the topic we were looking last class was Waterton Lakes National Park. Of course, feel free to suggest other topics. I'm okay with any, as long as we can add to it.

--Mar1zhou (talk) Waterton Lakes has an official site. Is this the topic everyone wants? Let me know soon, so I can update!

--Immashineee (talk) Hello! I was looking up at other stubs that we can research on and I found these ones :
 * 1) Arashiyama
 * 2) Mackenzie River
 * 3) Stuart E. Eizenstat
 * 4) 1896 Summer Olympics

Let me know about what you think about these stubs. I'm open to other suggestions. :) Hope you all have a great day!

--Mar1zhou (talk) Hey Denise, Arashiyama seems pretty short, so there's definitely plenty to write for that one. There's my vote.

--Wasabi Zhang (talk) Hey Denise and Mri, Arashiyama and 1896 Summer Olympics seem good choices.I am really like Japan. Also I was looking up at entertainment part. I found many people were interested in #Board game We can find some top popular games to introduction. Here I found: This is my suggestion and expand topic.
 * 1) Settlers of Catan
 * 2) Stone Age (board game)
 * 3) settlers of the stone age

--Immashineee (talk) Hey Everyone! Mari, Wasabi and I found an article that we can do for the assignment. It's Angel Falls in Venezuela. Check it out and see if you want to do this topic. :)

--Immashineee (talk)

History (Mari)

'''Environment (Denise) Tourism & Economy (Layna + Wasabi) Preservation & Threats to Land and Wildlife (Shiva) Cultural References (Mari) 
 * Geography
 * Geology
 * Formation
 * Wildlife
 * Activities (Wasabi)
 * Native (Wasabi)
 * Sports (Wasabi)
 * Economy (Layna)
 * Transport (Layna)
 * Food (Layna)
 * Tours (Layna)
 * Land
 * Wildlife

--Immashineee (talk) Hey! Check this website out! There is quite of bit of information on the Angel Fall's transportation and basic tourist information. Even though the transportation information seems legit, make sure its valid. :) I also found another website just basically on angel falls itself. Check the website out! Hope this helps!

--Wasabi Zhang (talk) Hey Denise, the website is pretty cool and the information will help others a lot. I have something want to share website. There is a little information. The sentence shows: "Non-jumpers are welcome and they will have a terrific time. The price is the same and they will be flown to the top of Angel Falls just like all the jumpers to view the Falls and the jumps." Maybe I can talk a lot about "jumpers" and "no-jumpers". Notice the price here.

--Wasabi Zhang (talk) Help!!! why the "website" link doesn't work???

--Immashineee (talk) It doesn't work for me either. Where did you find this website? Maybe somehow, the day before we try to access it, it closed down? but just use other sources, I'm pretty sure you can find this information on some other websites. :)

-- Shiva.amiri (talk) Hey. I've done lots of research on my topic, but the problem is all the information I find is about the Canaima national park, where the falls is located. There's nothing about the falls in particular, and that makes sense because there cannot be that many species living in the falls itself anyway! I've looked up the Wiki page for the Canaima park, and I realized that there's not much written about preservation efforts or endangered species in the park. I'm not sure if the information I have should be mentioned in the falls' article or the park's article. Maybe some of you have the same problem with certain topics. What do you think?

--Shiva.amiri (talk) I think most of the topics we are exploring, like tourism and environment, would also apply to the whole park in general. Maybe we should edit Canaima national park's page instead.

--Wasabi Zhang (talk Thanks Denise. I will find other sources, don't worry. About Canaima national park, I think you should talk about why it links here, then show the link in preservation parts. We should make our page knowledgeable and diversification.

--Shiva.amiri (talk) Yea but I'm just worried that our contribution would be criticized for being more related to the national park... otherwise I'm okay with it doing that...

--Wasabi Zhang (talk) Hi Shiva, I can give you one solution about your question. The problem seems that it is hard to keep content balance, we can expand your topic under Environment part and give a subtitle "Preservation & Threats to Land ". That makes our contribution more complete and more clear. How about that?

--Wasabi Zhang (talk) Hey, I am going to rewrite this part of article. I will post my rewriting tomorrow.

--Wasabi Zhang (talk) Picture post Testing：

--Immashineee (talk) Hey everyone. During yesterday's tutorial, our professor came in and told us that we need these things in our final product : i think that's about it...shiva & layna, did i miss anything?
 * copy & paste of original text / screenshot of the original text & we should highlight whatever changes we have made to the page
 * make sure to copy & paste the original reference list too
 * i think changes on each section (like the parts each of us did...)
 * title page with all our names & usernames
 * screenshot of all conversation on wiki chat.

oh, and one thing : put your information under your own section; it is easier to access and to use, since there is less confusion of who is chatting with who. and we can directly tell you what you need to change and stuff like that. hope this helps!

also, dont use any UTOR. library resources, 'cause others cannot access information from our library and lastly, i'll be done with my part by the evening. :)

--Mar1zhou (talk) Hey Layna, go to this page  and find your section and paste your information there. By the way everybody, remember to post your final edits into the page link I provided above. Because you need to see what it looks like on the actual Wikipedia article. And remember to add your citations!

--Shiva.amiri (talk) Okay, so I have uploaded my section in the sand-box, even though I had my laptop and modem burnt due to lightning a few hours ago!! This is the best I could do, and I have included all the information I could find. Please let me know anytime today or tomorrow if there needs to be any significant changes made to my section. My phone is always on too. A reminder: Wassabi has gone to China, so we are a group of four now and the section that was assigned to her wil be omitted from our assignment.

--Mar1zhou (talk) Hey Shiva, I think if you divide your section into different paragraphs you can separate the block of text, so it will be easier to navigate. Not any significant changes so far, just some formatting.

--Mar1zhou (talk) Denise, are you still adding to your section? I just changed your heading so it is within the Geography subheading.

--Immashineee (talk) Yes, I saw it. I formatted it into your way. :) And go on skype.

--Mar1zhou (talk) Okay Denise, you mentioned that the water comes from a river in the first part, and then you write under Geology that the water mainly comes from a type of cloud. I get what you're trying to say, but these two sentences are logically conflicting.

--Mar1zhou (talk) What I would do is include the first half of Geology under Climate, since it is climate related anyway. Then, I'd expand on the terrain of Angel Falls. If you want I have sources I can point them to you. Also, my Skype doesn't seem to be working atm.

--Immashineee (talk) Okay, I'll do that. 'cause I feel like Geology is different from climate, and it's clearer that way. But I'll find more information about the terrain of Angel Falls. And I changed the condensation rain part in my section (geography part) ...see if that is more clear. Also, where is the original sandbox page where I can post my final 'draft' up?

WASABI'S PART (Name)
--Wasabi Zhang (talk) Hey, I am going to rewrite this part of article. I will post my rewriting tomorrow.

The waterfall has been "Angel Falls" for most of the twentieth century, named after Jimmie Angel, a US aviator who was the first to fly over the falls in a plane.[2] The common Spanish name "Salto Ángel" derives from his surname. In 2009, President Hugo Chávez announced his intention to change the name to the original indigenous Pemon term ("Kerepakupai Vená", meaning "waterfall of the deepest place"), on the grounds that the nation's most famous landmark should bear an indigenous name.[3] Explaining the name change, Chávez was reported to have said, "This is ours, long before Angel ever arrived there… this is indigenous property."[4] However, he later said that he will not decree the change of name, but only was defending the use of Kerepakupai Vená.[5][6]

LAYNA'S PART (Tourism)
--LaynaWen (talk)

Seasons The "wet" season is from June to December. The area rains most frequently during June to September, and intermittently from September to December. As a result, the fall may reach the heaviest flow. However, because of the rain-bearing cloud always shroud the Auyantepuy, people can't see the scenery clearly. Obviously it's not the best time to overflight Angel Falls since the visibility is poor.

The "dry" season is from January to May. There won't be so much rain and flows are lighter. River level are low, and cloud cover is less frequent. Under this condition, it's better to choose the overflight, not the river travel.

http://www.world-of-waterfalls.com/latin-america-angel-falls-best-time-to-visit.html

Transport Access to Canaima National Park is by air to the village of Canaima, about 50 km away from the falls. You can take a smaller plane and fly to an airstrip at Canaima Lagoon. After reaching the lagoon, people can hike to a view point of Angel Falls.
 * Air

There are also daily flights via Puerto Ordaz connecting Canaima airstrip with the major cities of Venezuela. The airstrip is a short jeep-train ride from nearby Lodges.

If the water level is not too high or too low. From Canaima, people can travel by motorized canoe (called curiara) up to the Carrao River, and then go by the Churun river to a point, so you can hike through the jungle to the falls. The river portion takes about four hours, and hiking takes about an hour or more.
 * Water

Keep in mind that canoe access to Angel Falls is restricted to the "wet" season.

http://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/3034/how-to-get-to-angel-falls

Vaccinations The mosquito-born diseases and water-born illnesses are a real threat in Venezuela. For example: Yellow Fever, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Typhoid Fever, MMR (Measles, Mumps, and Rubella), Malaria ...

In order to consider the long-term health, people should better get vaccinated before going to Angel Falls.

http://www.world-of-waterfalls.com/latin-america-angel-falls-planning-and-preparing-for-your-trip.html

--Mar1zhou Hey Layna, so far so good! I think you should make separate paragraphs for the different ways you can reach Angel falls, or maybe a table? I think it'll look more organized that way. And I'll be posting my end in the late afternoon.

SHIVA'S PART (Preservation & Threats)
Shiva.amiri (talk) here's my section. What do you think?

Preservation Efforts

In 1994, the Government of Venezuela submitted nomination of Canaima National Park as a world heritage site to UNESCO. The justification provided by the Government of Venezuela for identifying Canaima National Park as a World Heritage natural property was the following: "i) Outstanding examples representing the major stages of the Earth’s evolutionary history. ii) Outstanding examples representing significant ongoing geological processes and biological evolution. iii) Contains unique, rare or superlative natural phenomena, formation or features of exceptional natural beauty. iv) The most important and significant habitats where threatened species of plants and animals still survive. " In March 1994, the summary of the initial report was presented for the initial consultation in the Bureau session. On December 1994, the world heritage committee decided to record the site on the World Heritage List. However, the Committee requested the Government of Venezuela to revise the original boundaries of the site. In its twenty-first session, in 1998, the Committee showed its concern about the state of the site, because of the serious threats posed by the suggestion to install a series of power transmission lines across the Park. The president of Venezuela welcomed the idea of a UNESCO mission to the site for choosing its final boundaries, and also evaluating the project. The Committee asked that the results of the research and its suggestions, regarding whether Canaima should be included in the List of World Heritage in Danger, be presented in the twenty-third session of the Bureau. In 1999, the results of the IUCN/UNESCO mission to the Park, was presented in the Bureau session, which included the following recommendations: to suggest the State Party to apply for technical assistance in order to arrange and implement a workshop on the site; to ask the Government to increasingly support the Ministry for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (MARNR) and the National Park Institute (INPARQUES), and to find alternatives for improving these institutions’ capacity; that INPARQUES and MARNR’s first priority should be organizing a buffer zone around Canaima National Park; to arrange a satisfactory follow-up to the implementation of the mission’s Short-Term Action Plan; to request the State Party to provide annual reports on the progress of the conservation of the area; and to suggest that the State Party establishes mechanisms for improving communication amongst all stakeholders concentrating on the management and preservation of the Park. It was reported that an international assistance application has been submitted for a workshop, focused on different groups, with the goal of advancing knowledge of the state of the World Heritage sites and their global importance.

DENISE'S PART (Environment)
--Immashineee (talk) 18:20, 15 August 2012 (UTC) Hey! I edited the spec of the article...Check it out and let me know what I need to change. :)

Spec

Angel Falls (Spanish: Salto Ángel; Pemon language: Kerepakupai Vená, or Parakupá Vená) is a waterfall in Venezuela. With the height of 979 m (3,212 ft) and a plunge of 807 m (2,648 ft), this makes Angel Falls the highest uninterrupted waterfall in the world. The waterfall drops over the edge of the Auyantepui table-top mountain in the Canaima National Park in the Gran Sabara Region of Venezuela. Angel Falls was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1994.

Geography

Angel Falls is situated at the west of the Canaima National Park in the Gran Sabana region of Bolivar State, Venezuela. Located at the edge of the Auyantepui, the water comes in from the Churun river - where the condensation of the equatorial tropical clouds rain on and spills into the Devil Canyon (Cañon del Diablo).

Geology

The water from the waterfall is mainly supplied from equatorial tropical clouds. These equatorial tropical clouds condense onto the rain forest above Auyantepui. It is said that there are many similarities between Auyantepui and the Roraima Tepui in western Sahara, such as the sandstone and the cliffs and mesa-like structures.

Flora & Fauna

Most of the jungles and forest in Canaima National Park consist of many heterogeneous flower such as orchids and bromeliads. Within the national park, there is 500 species of orchid. The park contains about 3000-5000 types of phanerograms and ferns. Carnivorous plants can be also be found in the national park. The types of vegetation that can be found in the park is savanna, moriche Maurita groves, shrublands, montane forests and pioneer vegetation. Within the park, forests are only found along the rivers, in damp depressions, on lower slopes and guillies of the tepuis.

It is recorded that there are 118 mammals, 550 birds, 72 reptiles and 55 amphibians that resides in the region. Some of the exclusive species that only lives in at the Canaima National Park are the Chestnut-Tipped Toucanet, Tenpui Tinamou, Oncilla, Sapito Rugoso del Sol, Roraima Mouse, Olive Manakin, Tepui Wren, Ranita Exigula, Venezuelan Climbing Mouse, and Fiery-shouldered Parakeet. Canaima National Park protects 5 of the endangered mammal that live in the park: jaguars, giant anteaters, giant river otters, ocelots and giant armadillos. Almost half of the neotropical migratory birds that travels to South America during the winter stays at the Canaima National Park., such as the American swallow tailed kite and Broad-Winged Hawk.