User talk:Sijonathan

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Hello, Sijonathan, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! Nikkimaria (talk) 15:31, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
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Message from cheaal01
Hello Jonathan Hello! My name is Alyssa Cheadle. This semester, I will be available to provide help in understanding how to get work done in Wikipedia.

I am a graduate student in Psychology at UCLA. Last semester, I edited Wikipedia articles as part of a course in Social Psychology. I worked on the article "Just World Hypothesis," and I was able to nominate my article for a Wikipedia "Did You Know" feature. I found the assignment effective in helping me learn about my topic, the culture and norms of Wikipedia, and writing articles from a neutral point of view for a lay audience. I learned some valuable lessons while completing my assignment and I will be glad to offer advice to you!

Please contact me with questions; I prefer to be contacted via email.

Good luck! Alyssa Click here to reply  InstructorCommentBot (talk) 21:38, 3 April 2012 (UTC) on behalf of cheaal01 (talk)

Message from cheaal01
Hello Jonathan I see that you are still working in your sandbox and have not yet edited or posted on an article page.

If you need assistance editing pages or changing the contents of your sandbox into a page, please let me know.

If you do want assistance or feedback on your writing, please tell me the date that you want your page to be final.

Best! Alyssa Click here to reply  InstructorCommentBot (talk) 05:33, 5 April 2012 (UTC) on behalf of cheaal01 (talk)

Message from cheaal01
Good Job, Jonathan!

LEAD SECTION:Your lead section is a stand-alone concise summary of the article.

LANGUAGE:You have avoided using field-specific jargon and explained them when necessary

LINKS:You have missed links to other Wikipedia articles in some cases, for example: language acquisition, Roger Shattuck, etc.

NEUTRALITY:Your contribution maintains a neutral point of view and consists of verifiable statements, and it avoids becoming original research/opinion.

CITATION:You have cited facts from reputable, accessible, and up-to-date sources.

WRITING:You can improve the writing of the article by checking the grammar, verb tenses, and spelling. For example, you must have punctuation at the end of all of your sentences. It would be beneficial to read you writing aloud and fix spots that don\'t sound right. In addition, make sure that your writing is professional; for example, it is more appropriate to say that Anna was \"sent to a school for children with difficulties\" or something similar than to say she \"was sent to a school for defective kids\".

CATEGORY:It is useful to try to categorize the page. It will help others to find the article more easily.

REFERENCES:Check out the Wikipedia format of references (https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Wikipedia:Referencing_for_beginners) and try to fix your references to follow this format. Some of your references are incomplete. Where links are available to articles, it would be helpful to insert them.

Keep up the good work!

Click here to reply InstructorCommentBot (talk) 19:24, 4 May 2012 (UTC) on behalf of cheaal01 (talk)