User talk:SCU2013

Digital Divide
Is making additions to Digital divide part of a school project? If so, please provide me with your teacher's Wikipedia name, so that I can chat with them about the recent additions. Qwyrxian (talk) 01:37, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Please note--it's not at all a problem if it is, because we are happy to have as many editors possible, including students. The only reason I ask is that we often like to coordinate such projects on Wikipedia, so it will help if we can discuss the issue with the teacher.  You could also ask the teacher to come to my talk page and leave a note there.  Thanks, Qwyrxian (talk) 04:26, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Yes it is part of a school project, and no she does not have a wikipedia user name. Sorry. She personally does not use wikipedia, and she assigned this project more as a learning experience to show how wikipedia can be changed by anyone, and is always constantly being changed by people around the world. We are all college students however, and our research is always carefully analyzed, cited, and reliable. Only five of us were assigned to this page to contribute meaningful information about the digital divide while the rest of the class was assigned to different technology related wikipedia pages. There will probably be about five changes done only by us. We were asked to expand on ideas, add in ideas that have not been touched, and to ultimately learn more about wikipedia as a whole. Sorry that my teacher will not be able to contact you and sorry if the changes are an inconvenience.


 * Sorry I didn't respond to this. If at all possible, I'd love for your teacher to contact me, as, whenever possible, we like to coordinate school projects.  In fact, we have a whole program with what we call WP:Online Ambassadors (of which I am one) who can help both teachers plan lessons that integrate Wikipedia, as well as individual students. This helps ensure that the process works well for everyone. Note, for example, that I flat out removed some people's additions, and cut others down by upwards of 70-80%. And I'm about to probably cut out more. Now, that's the nature of Wikipedia (things come and go all the time), but without knowing how that works, it can be quite difficult for everyone to know what is occurring.  Furthermore, it strongly concerns me that your teacher would assign you to do something which she herself does not have experience doing. As you may have come to see, we have a whole set of policies, guidelines, etc., that go beyond just "making sure information is sourced," which are fundamentally different from the rules for writing papers in school. Please don't think I'm trying to criticize you or your teacher, but as someone who very strongly believes that Wikipedia is a great resource for students and teachers, and who fully supports students editing Wikipedia, I'd like to help make this project work best.  Qwyrxian (talk) 06:02, 31 January 2011 (UTC)