User talk:Nsiss2

Topics
Thomas Jefferson Ralph Waldo Emerson Edgar Allan Poe

Nsiss2 (talk) 02:00, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

Nsiss2, any of these topics will work for you, though you have neglected to add wikilinks to the existing articles so I could follow then (which was part of the assignment). I recommend thinking beyond just an author, and focusing on both the author and their works to find ways to contribute, maybe to several related articles. Keep in mind that any of these authors are likely to have articles heavily policed by other editors, since they are so popular, so you may have to get creative to find ways to substantially contribute to any of them.. You may also have a bit more trouble finding ways to keep your contributions to Jefferson's article confined to his writings, and not to his role as a politician. Finally, make sure that you know the difference between a heading and subheading. Here, you've added your information under a subheading, when the assignments stipulates a heading, instead. I've added one above so you can see what they look like. Good luck! Nadinecross78 (talk) 16:44, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

List of Contributions

 * I would like to add a section to Thomas Jeffersonpage that discusses his autobiography as this section does not exist. I will include the history about the writing of the book, the timeline, and also a brief summary of what is included in it.
 * Bulleted list itemdoes not discuss the writing styles used within this novel, particularly naturalism and realism, I would like to address this under a heading titled, "writing styles."
 * For the Bartleby, the Scrivenerpage I would like to add a sections that discusses each of the characters and the traits of them, as I believe understanding these are essential to understanding the story. Nsiss2 (talk) 22:49, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

Nsiss2, all of these edits and corrections sound promising. You may find that trying to do all 3 proves to be too big, especially insofar as our research for this project goes. Remember that you will need to provide sources for everything you add to Wikipedia. I believe we discussed some other edits to Jefferson's article, so please consider spending a bit more time there. All the edits to The Sport of the Gods (notice your hyperlink isn't correctly formatted) sound useful and necessary (but don't forget to find sources!). The edits for Bartleby, the Scrivener might be flagged and removed, simply because Wikipedia generally frowns upon information that can be found in a study guide website. You might get away with it, but I recommend staying away from a simple list of characters and character traits unless you also include some analysis of those characters from valid sources of literary criticism (not study guide websites!). So, for example, you might include a source that describes how Bartleby and the narrator are actually doubles. Nadinecross78 (talk) 21:28, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

Summary
I plan to create a topic summary section on Thomas Jeffersons pages that explains his autobiography with explanations of the history of it, timelines of his life, and how his life was shown threw this story. I also plan to create a section within The Sport of the Gods that discusses the unique writing style used within it. This is something that hadn't been doing in this period of time and came as a unknown to many readers who analyze it today. I feel it is important to recognize this. The last thing I would like to contribute to Wikipedia is some minor changes to Bartleby the Scribners page thiat recognizes charactistics of the characters that represent different ideas in the story. Nsiss2 (talk) 02:29, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

Nsiss2, I'm still sensing some vagueness to your proposed edits that leads me to believe you are't quite aware yet of how much work what you have proposed would entail. See my notes to your proposed edits above. It is unclear here what you will be adding to The Sport of the Gods (what style are your referring to? naturalism?). Also what "ideas in the story" are missing from the Bartleby article right now? I'm not getting a good sense that you've taken my previous feedback into account here. I trust that you will work this out once you begin edits, but please make sure everything you add has valid sources to back it up! A few notes on submission -- you haven't included wikilinks here, and you haven't posted an announcement of your proposed changes to Thomas Jefferson's talk page. Nadinecross78 (talk) 22:27, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

Annotated Bibliography
The Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1790. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005. Project MUSE. Web. 8 Nov. 2015. .

Not only does this source contain a full copy of Jefferson’s book, it also contains summaries and analysis of his writing. The Wikipedia page for Jefferson does not have a section at all related to this book so I will be creating a full new one from nothing. Having this full book allows me to summarize the entire book into an explanation for page viewers that would otherwise not know it even exists.

"Barlteby the Scrivner: Theme Analysis." Novel Guide. Web. 8 Nov. 2015.

This article gives an analysis of themes throughout the story such as isolation or rebellion. I can use this to add a theme section to the Bartleby page. This analysis also discusses the story as a metaphor for Wall Street and the American capitalism. I find this to be relevant information to understand the true meaning to the story.

The Sport of the Gods. Athens: Swallow. 307-310. Print.

This an excerpt from a published book from the Swallow Press Company that introduces, discusses, and also contains the story, The Sport of the Goods. It talks about Paul Lawrence Dunbar and the influence of this book and its writing style is different than most writings of this time. I will use this to add a small summary of Paul’s page as The Sport of the Gods is not discussed when all of his poetry is. Being that this is often thought of as his best piece of writing, I feel it is important to tell of this on his page.

"Bartleby—A Law Student's Analysis." Law in Contemporary Society. Web. 27 Mar. 2012.

This piece reflects the analysis of multiple law students and how they see Bartleby and the narrator being the same person. Neither of these two people seems to care about their jobs and readers know essentially nothing about them. They both seem to represent loneliness. This isn’t discussed on Bartleby’s page and I would like to use this information to add a small piece about them doubling as the same.

Nsiss2, though you've provided information on what each source here is about and how you will use it, you are missing many things here, including whether each source is scholarly and where you found it, and the authors for each work. None of your sources are scholarly, either (and I know you know how to find scholarly sources!). With all of these deductions taken into account, you actually won't receive any credit for this assignment. Make sure your final project uses at least 2 scholarly sources, and ask for assistance if yo need help finding them! Nadinecross78 (talk) 00:03, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

Nsiss2 (talk) 03:57, 9 November 2015 (UTC)