User talk:Zacharytumlin/sandbox

I agree that including some of Yakel's intellectual contributions to the field would better explain to readers why she is notable. One of her more widely referenced works is the Digital Curation article that we had to read for class. Perhaps a brief explanation of her 5 core principles/activities of digital curation outlined in that text would be a beneficial addition? I also seem to remember Jesse showing us a method for viewing the number of times an article was cited, though I can't remember where it is off the top of my head (Google Scholar??). Perhaps that would give another good indication of other contributions to highlight. Acleaven (talk) 16:43, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, Google Scholar is what you are thinking of.Zacharytumlin (talk) 23:26, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Google Scholar is a useful tool for not only seeing the number of citations in the broad sense, but broken down by paper by year. So, you can see which papers are still currently popular versus those that appear to be past their prime. Considering that a Wikipedia article needs to be written to last, you would not want to devote a great deal of time to a paper that has lost relevancy. In addition, I wish that there were a way to know how many syllabi include papers of hers and which ones they mention specifically. That would be another good indicator of her significance.Zacharytumlin (talk) 02:25, 1 March 2018 (UTC)