User talk:Scarlson0921

Feedback on topic idea
Could you say a bit more about what you would like to research? Is it the demographic information of Peru? A particular area like unemployment or education? Could you imagine what you would like your article to be about when you're done?Prof.Vandegrift (talk) 05:08, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

I have actually changed my research area to youth in Uganda. I would like to focus on the demographics, education, employment, and social life of the youth living in Uganda. Scarlson0921 (talk) 20:33, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Introduction
Hi Sam :) I am so glad to have another class with you! I missed you last semester. I look forward to hearing all about Ethics class and about your job hunt, and class stuff too, I guess... :) AllieQuinn7 (talk) 00:23, 11 February 2013 (UTC)Allie

Welcome
Hi Sam. Welcome to Wikipedia! I'm an online ambassador for your Global Youth Studies course at Drake. If you have any questions, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, chat with us on IRC, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. I look forward to seeing what topics you are interested in. Gobōnobō + c 18:46, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Proposal
My topic for my Wikipedia page will be Youth in Uganda. For this focus I would like to cover several areas with an intermediate level of depth to give it a wide base. I think this will provide the basic framework for the topic and it will allow others in the Wikipedia community to add their knowledge in the following areas.

On my Wikipedia page, I would like to cover the main demographics of the youth in Uganda. I’m thinking I would put this is a side box that is easy to read and glance over. I would like to have an Introduction section about the overview of Ugandan youth. This would cover some demographic areas as well. Then I would like to go into the areas of education, employment, health, and recreation. These areas I think are overarching, broad topics that give the potential for a lot of good information to be placed in it.

I think this page will provide a solid base knowledge for those interested in learning a bit more about what the youth are like in Uganda. I recognize it will not touch everything possible about the lives of the Ugandan youth, but it will be able to provide a better framework for those who have little knowledge in the area.

Need paragraph breaks
Hi Scarlson0921! This is a clearly defined topic that, if you have verified with a literature search, could potentially create a useful article entry. What academic research - peer reviewed books or articles - have you been able to find?

Please make this into three paragraphs in your user page. Look how it looks in your talk page - there are no paragraph breaks.

I also like how you are thinking about style issues, such as a side box. We will discuss this stuff in class as we go. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prof.Vandegrift (talk • contribs) 20:49, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

Feedback on 3.27 sources
Hi, Scarlson0921. I"m very happy to see that many sources exist on youth in Uganda!
 * Your next step is to return to your proposal. You are pathbreaking for Wikipedia with a new article, and potentially a new class of articles, "Youth in X," where X is a country. What are the statistics you might find about your proposed "areas of family, education, employment, health, and recreation?"  How will you fit in the articles you cite here (for example - social problems might be a section to include work on HIV)?
 * The Makerere University citation seems a bit outside the framing of your article. What do you think?

Nice work!Prof.Vandegrift (talk) 04:07, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

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Feedback
Hi Sam. Your article on Youth in Uganda seems to be coming along fine. If you are in need of another source, the Ugandan government and USAID partnered to create Navigating Challenges, Charting Hope, a study on youth in Uganda. You might also mention the displacement of families by the Lord's Resistance Army. You're welcome to use an image like the one on the right for the article if you'd like. There are also many other photographs you can use for the article at Wikimedia Commons as well. Gobōnobō + c 17:31, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Peer Review
Hey Sam! I really like what you've done with this article. It's informative, concisely written and easy to read through, so nice job there. Here a few suggestions I have:

Consider separating your 'Rural vs. urban life' section into two separate areas, assuming you have more content to add. I think it would improve the structure as well as give you a chance to highlight each aspect without going back and forth within the same section, if that makes sense.

Add your 'References' section; just make a new section titled 'References' and put the 'Reflist' with '' around it underneath, and Wikipedia does the rest for you. You may already have known that but just haven't gotten to it.

Finally, make an introductory paragraph that summarizes the content. It's a Wikipedia thing, I'm still working on mine as well.

I think you did a really great job though! Good luck with the rest of your research! Jesswalther (talk) 18:21, 30 April 2013 (UTC)