User talk:Oboudr5/sandbox

Internet In North Korea is the page that I would like to attempt to copyedit. When doing so I would make grammatical corrections and provide links to articles for reference. Oboudr5 (talk) 00:19, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Are you sure that the article needs grammatical corrections? It looks pretty clean. You should probably choose a different article to copyedit. The same goes for adding references. Either you need to explain what changes you plan to make, or you should find different articles. Josef Horáček (talk) 03:08, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

2014-15 Russian financial crisis is the page that I would like to attempt to copyedit. I would make corrections to capitalization and formatting - most of the headings use sentence case, which is something to be avoided according to the Basic Copyediting Wikipedia page. Oboudr5 (talk) 15:43, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Approved! Josef Horáček (talk) 17:38, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
 * When I approved your article, I didn't notice your comment about avoiding sentence case in headings. You misread the directions - you are in fact required to use sentence case in headings on WP, not title case. So your changes are incorrect. You should revert them. Josef Horáček (talk) 18:21, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine has been found by Wikipedia to be lacking sources and verification. I would like to add information and sources to the page for future viewers. Oboudr5 (talk) 16:54, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
 * This article is quite short. If you want to integrate four new sources into it, be prepared to do a good bit of writing. Of course first you need to make sure that there are enough secondary sources about the topic. If you want to go ahead with it, you can. If you decide to switch to another article, let me know. Josef Horáček (talk) 17:42, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

I've taken your advice and decided to change the article I will be adding sources to. I would like to update the Louisiana Bar Exam article. I would verify some things with additional sources and also add some new information about recent changes to the exam. Oboudr5 (talk) 07:17, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I like your article, and I like your thinking about what information needs to be added. I do have reservations about your sources, though. First of all, for this assignment you're required to use sources you can access through the library website. This does include government documents. It seems that several of your sources are government documents - is that correct? But since those documents appear to be coming from the agency that administers the exam, they're considered primary sources (or sources coming from an entity with close ties to the topic of the article). You can still use them, but it would be helpful to also have a source or two from an independent party - a true secondary source. As for Lawyeredu.org, the source may be perfectly reliable, but it's from the open internet, and therefore not good for this assignment. Try to find similar info on LexisNexis. Josef Horáček (talk) 18:39, 12 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestions, I've updated my sources according to your directions. Oboudr5 (talk) 04:54, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Those new sources look good. Josef Horáček (talk) 18:09, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
 * You only integrated two sources into the article. Also, WP uses sentence-style capitalization for section titles - only the first word is capitalized. You should revert the capitalization changes you made. Josef Horáček (talk) 18:11, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Assignment 3: The Lead
The article Criminal Copyright Law in the United States appears to be well balanced and in order. The article first gives a history of criminal copyright law and then gives a contrary view to the laws, helping to provide both sides of the debate. Next the article provides the legal definition of the law, then it explains the difference between civil and criminal copyright infringement. Lastly the article explains the judiciary policy on copyright law and its modern interpretations.

Oboudr5 (talk) 04:42, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Good choice. Josef Horáček (talk) 18:13, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Your draft looks promising. Comments: 1. Copyright doesn't just apply to creative writing. 2. Pay attention to capitalization. Usually there is no reason to capitalize "copyright." In fact, even the title of the article should be changed to sentence-style capitalization. 3. Proofread carefully. Josef Horáček (talk) 08:47, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
 * There still some problems with style and mechanics, but the substance is there. Good job. Josef Horáček (talk) 04:00, 10 March 2015 (UTC)