User talk:Mcoidakis

Welcome to My Talk Page
Hi, my name is Marissa Coidakis and I am a junior at New England College pursing a Bachelor's Degree in Communications as well as a minor in Business. I am from the New Hampshire area and commute to school. I hope to one day work in an advertising or marketing position creating TV commercials, social media posts or print advertisements.

I am currently taking Global Issues where I am learning the ins and outs of being a Wikipedia Editor. This is not my first editing experience as I currently am a Managing Editor on my schools newspaper, The New Englander. I enjoy editing others work as well as producing work of my own and I am excited to see how my writing will progress throughout the semester as well as learning new researching skills I can use for the future.

Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!

 * Hi Mcoidakis! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission.  I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.
 * The Wikipedia Adventure Start Page
 * The Wikipedia Adventure Lounge
 * The Teahouse new editor help space
 * Wikipedia Help pages

Mosterbur (talk) 23:09, 22 January 2018 (UTC)Mosterbur

Replies to Questions
Fun question on my talk page, my favorite job before becoming a professor was working as the camp coordinator for Louisiana's 4-H camp. Mosterbur (talk) 23:20, 22 January 2018 (UTC)Mosterbur

Welcome!
Hello, Mcoidakis, 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)

Introduction
Hey Marissa! My name is Madeline but I go by Maddie. I am a junior at NEC. I study Criminal Justice, Psychology, and Homeland Security. I also play field hockey here at NEC. Good luck this semester! — Preceding unsigned comment added by MTkachuk (talk • contribs) 23:02, 10 February 2018 (UTC)

Introduction
Hi, My name is Krissie Borrero I play field hockey here at NEC as well as major in psychology with a minor in social work. I am hoping to get an internship soon which I am looking forward to. Krissieb (talk) 20:37, 12 February 2018 (UTC)Krissieb

Evaluating Sources
How do we define good? -Good sources are unbiased and neutral in opinion and in research. -They access all aspects of a topic.

What are some good sources? -Journals -Primary and Secondary Sources -Peer Reviewed Articles -Encyclopedias -Google Scholar Articles -Library Databases -Gov't Documents -Books Published by University Press

What types of sources should be excluded from Wikipedia -Blogs/Vlogs -Opinion Articles -Biased Sources -Company Websites -Tabloids -Vanity Press Books (Self Published)

How do you think Wiki Educational Foundation partnerships have changed who authors Wikipedia pages? Younger generations of people that are taking courses for credit are now involved with editing Wikipedia pages. This creates a larger demographic of people that are involved with the processes of how information is retrieved and added to a Wiki page.

How might this change the content of Wikipedia? Possibly because younger generations are becoming editors more prominent modern ideas will be spoken about.

Neutrality
Neutrality to me is when something is balanced and does not expose an opinion of either side of an argument. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcoidakis (talk • contribs) 20:01, 19 February 2018 (UTC)

Revised Neutrality Definition
Neutrality does not choose a side and is impartial. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcoidakis (talk • contribs) 20:09, 19 February 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello Mcoidakis, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Concern Universal have been removed, as they appear to have added copyrighted material without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues here.


 * You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and cite the source using an inline citation. You can read about this at Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
 * Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Close paraphrasing. (There is a college-level introduction to paraphrase, with examples, hosted by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue.) Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify the information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
 * Our primary policy on using copyrighted content is Copyrights. You may also want to review Copy-paste.
 * If you own the copyright to the source you want to copy or are a legally designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. Understand, though, that unlike many other sites, where a person can license their content for use there and retain non-free ownership, that is not possible at Wikipedia. Rather, the release of content must be irrevocable, to the world, into the public domain (PD) or under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. Such a release must be done in a verifiable manner, so that the authority of the person purporting to release the copyright is evidenced. See Donating copyrighted materials.
 * In very rare cases (that is, for sources that are PD or compatibly licensed) it may be possible to include greater portions of a source text. However, please seek help at Media copyright questions, the help desk or the Teahouse before adding such content to the article. 99.9% of sources may not be added in this way, so it is necessary to seek confirmation first. If you do confirm that a source is public domain or compatibly licensed, you will still need to provide full attribution; see Plagiarism for the steps you need to follow.
 * Also note that Wikipedia articles may not be copied or translated without attribution. If you want to copy or translate from another Wikipedia project or article, you must follow the copyright attribution steps in Translation. See also Copying within Wikipedia.

It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 20:41, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

April 2018
Your addition to United Purpose has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images&mdash;you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 12:41, 4 April 2018 (UTC)