User talk:TVanniel

Replies to Questions
Good question Trevor, I wasn't blocked on Wikipedia, but New England College's IP address was blocked and part of my role as an instructor for this class was to try to get the block partially removed. Mosterbur (talk) 23:24, 22 January 2018 (UTC)Mosterbur

Welcome!
Hello, TVanniel, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Shalor and I work with the Wiki Education Foundation; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.

I hope you enjoy editing here. If you haven't already done so, please check out the student training library, which introduces you to editing and Wikipedia's core principles. You may also want to check out the Teahouse, a community of Wikipedia editors dedicated to helping new users. Below are some resources to help you get started editing. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:35, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!

 * Hi TVanniel! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission.  I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.
 * The Wikipedia Adventure Start Page
 * The Wikipedia Adventure Lounge
 * The Teahouse new editor help space
 * Wikipedia Help pages

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Mosterbur (talk) 02:10, 8 February 2018 (UTC)Mosterbur

Personal Definition of Neutrality
My definition for Neutrality is presenting something in an indifferent way that allows for personal interpretation instead of implied biases that the presenter may have. REVISED: Presenting a neutral stance to eliminate biases to preserve personal opinion/interpretation.

Evaluating Sources
In the World Wide Web, there is a plethora of sources for readers to choose from. However, there is a very fine line to what makes a sources valuable or not. For a source to have academic value, a good source often has a healthy size of citations, displaying and citing where they got their information from. Also, a good source can be catorgized by relevance to the topic. For example, if you wanted to do research about the Food and Drug Administration in the United States, a strong source to start would be from the FDA official government website.

What types of sources should be excluded from Wikipedia?
There are several different types of sources that should be excluded from Wikipedia. Blogs and Vlogs should be avoided due to the extrodinary chance that the information they are using is coming from a different source and it is uncommon for Vlogs or Blogs to cite where they got their information from.

Why Authorship Matters
The Wiki Ed Foundation partnerships have changed who authors of Wikipedia pages have become. This is shown in the article we were presented the first week in class. More young men and women are enlisting to become authors for the page and that will certainly have an effect on the content. Right now, the most documented Wikipedia pages are ones about War and Video Games, a topic that is dominated by men. By starting this program this will enlist more women to write content they are passionate about and not only expand Wikipedia, but also supply it with new, interesting content.