User talk:WJschmidt

The myside bias comment is a kind of strange user page. Take a look at mine. Two things to do: you still need to add the article to the course wikipedia table (at the bottom), and you need to put your plan on the talk page of the mysids bias page. Be in touch when you've updated. Greta Munger (talk) 20:09, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

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Welcome to Wikipedia, WJschmidt! Thank you for your contributions. I am MartinPoulter and I have been editing Wikipedia for some time, so if you have any questions feel free to leave me a message on my talk page. You can also check out Questions or type at the bottom of this page. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: Also, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name using four tildes ( ~ ); that will automatically produce your username and the date. I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! MartinPoulter (talk) 11:13, 8 December 2013 (UTC)
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Confirmation bias
Hi and thanks for your edits. You're trying to edit the confirmation bias article, which is very challenging because it is already a Featured Article that has been through three review processes and badged as comparable to professional quality. So you might find that Wikipedians are especially protective of it. That doesn't mean there's no scope for improvement, though. The studies you've mentioned look very interesting and relevant.

One pitfall to watch out for is adding headings without adding text, or adding text without adding citations. Headings without article text, or text without citations, are likely to be viewed with suspicion and deleted, especially on a Featured Article.

If you're using the wikicode editor, adding a citation is as simple as clicking Cite in the toolbar, then choosing the type of citation (book, journal etc.) from the drop-down box, entering the details, and clicking insert.

Other things to watch out for are second person language ("you") and un-encyclopedic language ("this is important"): set out the facts and the evidence for them and let the reader decide what's important. Where you write "Of the participants, 37% showed definitive myside bias while the remaining 63% showed some bias", could you explain more about how "definitive myside bias" and "some bias" were distinguished? It could do with being clearer.

Hope this is helpful, MartinPoulter (talk) 11:22, 8 December 2013 (UTC)