User talk:William Fleeson

Online Ambassador
I am happy to help. Tell me more about the course and what you hope to accomplish. Do you have a campus ambassador?  Cullen 328  Let's discuss it  05:34, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Where to discuss things
Let's have most of the discussion here for the time being, so that you will have a page with most of the things related to your start here on Wikipedia to refer to. Feel free to ask for help on my talk page whenever you need a quicker answer. I get a mobile phone alert when a message is left there, and try to respond promptly. I have this page on my watch list, and will check it whenever I see activity. I am starting my work day now, so will be busy with other things. I recommend that you read WP:PRIMER which is a good beginner's guide. Please do not hesitate to ask any question at any time. The more you edit, the more comfortable you will become with the process. In my experience, college students tend to have problems with notability, citing reliable sources, the neutral point of view and avoiding any original research. I recommend against word count requirements. A tightly written, well referenced 500 word article is far better than a bloated 3000 word article on the same topic referenced to blogs and social media sites. If you have time, look over my user page and talk page archives to get a sense for how I work and interact with others. I am here to help, and to improve the encyclopedia. Good luck and welcome.  Cullen 328  Let's discuss it  17:00, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much. Having the discussion here sounds good. Your suggestions are great and will be discussed in our class. My next two questions are (1) should I create a course page (and if so, how)? and (2) can/should I officially designate you as a course ambassador (perhaps by clicking the "choose as mentor" button)? William Fleeson (talk) 21:06, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, I think that you should create a course page, and you can find out how to do it at School and university projects. Once the course page is set up, there will be a section for ambassadors and you (or I) can add my username there.  I am not familiar with the "choose as mentor" button but feel free to give it a try. Please emphasize to your students that they can ask questions here, or on my talk page (or at many other help pages).  Or, they can set up their own talk page, ask me to watch it, and I will help where I can.  Cullen 328   Let's discuss it  23:44, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
 * If you need another online ambassador, I'd be happy to help. If you are part of the United States Education Program, you should create a page at United States Education Program/Courses/Present. If you have any questions, feel free to ask here, I'll be watching.Smallman12q (talk) 00:08, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you Smallman12q. I'm not sure whether I will need a second ambassador or not, but I'm inclined to believe that with 13 students all new to editing that it would be helpful and appreciated. I don't want to take up your time unnecessarily, but if you are willing, I believe I want to take you up on that offer. Thanks very much. William Fleeson (talk) 14:06, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you, Cullen. I will follow the instructions you suggested. I am sure we will all appreciate your advice this semester.

Grad students
check in here! :) - sarah c. Carps11 (talk) 18:05, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

what up! - Ben Armstrong — Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.17.121.185 (talk) 18:31, 27 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Suggestion to students: Set up a Wikipedia user account, Sarah, Ben and others. It makes interaction with other editors much easier, and you won't disclose your IP address as Ben did above.  End each of your talk page posts with four tildes ( ~ ) and the Wiki software will automatically sign and date stamp your comment.  Cullen 328   Let's discuss it  23:48, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Checking in! ~Xia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Allexe11 (talk • contribs) 00:33, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Checking in. Croweml11 (talk) 17:51, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Present! Linp11 (talk) 18:08, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Request for Feedback
Hi Will, will you please look at my article and give some ideas as to how I can improve it? thanks! Msbeaulieu (talk) 16:51, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Hi Will! Would you please offer feedback on my article topic: Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory? The details of my plan are in my Sandbox. I have posted under the current article talk page (current status = orphan) and asked both online ambassadors for feedback. Plroseman (talk) 18:31, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Will, I haven't had many comments on my page Cognitive-Experiential Self-Theory and I'm not sure where to go with it from here, I will be adding another section on the function and interactions of the two systems, but beyond that I just don't know. Any thoughts?Croweml11 (talk) 16:04, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Hi Will, I'm echoing Mike- I haven't received any feedback yet since nominating to Did You Know?. I'm not quite sure how to proceed with my article, but I'll go ahead and brainstorm on that. In the meantime, if you have any feedback from even just a cursory glance, that would be appreciated. Here is the article: Relationship Contingent Self-Esteem Velvsop (talk) 23:51, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Borderline personality disorder
Hi there! Was there a reason you took out sourced material from this article? Bearian (talk) 02:01, 6 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi Bearian. Thanks for your question. I was indeed in the middle of explaining the change while you asked me about this (please see Talk:Borderline personality disorder). I mistakenly didn't explain the edit in my edit box, so I can see why you might have been wondering. Is it possible to add an explanation to the edit box after the fact? William Fleeson (talk) 02:08, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Article Length for April 6th
Will, I have a question about paper length, I will also be asking you this on your talk page, (I don't know which you prefer). What sort of length do you expect for this Friday? I didn't see any length suggestions on did you know, and on our course page the only length suggestion you have is 1000-2500 words, but that is final length correct? Croweml11 (talk) 00:39, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
 * The paper for the 6th should be "a pretty good draft", but not yet "the first complete draft", so it should be close to the final range, but it doesn't necessarily have to be the final range.William Fleeson (talk) 18:59, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Hello from Carleton
Will, thanks much for the message and great to see you and more personality students on Wikipedia. It is eerie how we keep having such similar interests :)  --Jayzzee (talk) 16:40, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

FYI
I noticed that some students expressed concerns that their material may be merged/moved and that their work would be lost. This is not the case. All contributions are stored indefinitely (except for copyright violations, etc.). If the material is modified, it is visible in the page history. If its not there, due to some complex merger or deletion, an admin can retrieve it. You can, for example, see what apple looked like in 2002. I'm sorry you have to go through some of this hassle of mergers and whatnot, it's unusual (though as more classes participate, it'll become more customary) to have so many subtopic articles pop-up at once. If you have any questions, feel free to let me know, or email me. Smallman12q (talk) 22:51, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Two-factor model of personality
Hi Will, I was wondering if you could take a look at my page and give your opinion on the link to the two-factor models of personality in the "Internalizing/Externalizing" section. Do you think I should keep the link? Although this model is based on two factors, there isn't any mention in the linked article to the internalizing/externalizing model...I was just wondering what you thought, based on your knowledge of the subject. Thanks! Allexe11 (talk) 00:10, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Dimensional models of personality disorders
Articles for deletion/Dimensional approach to personality disorders was closed as Keep. Just letting you know.Smallman12q (talk) 23:20, 25 April 2012 (UTC)