User talk:Markiewitzs

September 2015
Hello, I'm ScrapIronIV. I noticed that you made a change to an article, History of surveillance, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you.  Scr ★ pIron IV 19:42, 1 September 2015 (UTC)


 * We are a class at Cornell University currently adding to this page. We have all the sources cited, but because we are trying to put together many individual pieces the references have to be added at the end. Please wait at least 1 hour before you undo the progress as we will have everything properly cited by then.


 * Your class is swarming over the article like so many ants, all making changes on top of one another. Might I suggest that you have your instructor look into Wikipedia's guidelines for school and university projects so that they can better guide you in the proper collaborative use of Wikipedia? WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 20:04, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

Sockpuppet investigation
&mdash;Skyllfully (talk &#124; contribs) 19:46, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

History of surveillance
You're going to fix up the sourcing, right? Right now it's pretty much a complete mess. I've asked other editors to give your class time to fix everything but their restraint is completely voluntary. --Neil N  talk to me 21:07, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I will stay my hand overnight, but currently there is an extreme case of content bloat, with a lot of tangential information that really does not belong. I trust others will give them some time to clean up, too. Don't we (Wikipedia, the WMF, or some such) have a syllabus or procedure for this sort of thing? Advance warning would have been helpful, and maybe a tag on the article when this started.  Scr ★ pIron IV 21:12, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
 * WP:SUP --Neil N  talk to me 21:14, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks!  Scr ★ pIron IV 21:17, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Absolutely! On behalf of my class I would like to apologize for the choppiness of our edits. All of our information comes from sources that we have cited on our independent papers and will be posted as soon as possible. Thank you for being so understanding.

Please get your instructor online
There is a discussion ongoing at Talk:History of surveillance that needs the attention of your class instructor. You and your classmates have made quite a mess of History of surveillance and we need to get your instructor involved to better assess how to deal with the mess. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 14:33, 2 September 2015 (UTC)