Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/CUNY, Brooklyn College/THEA 7212X (Fall 2013)

Here, you guys can talk about your class assignment, Wikipedia editing, or anything else you'd like your classmates' or Ambassador's help with. Just create a "new section" from the tab at the top or "edit source" to respond to another post. Happy editing! JMathewson (WMF) (talk) 23:20, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Additional Online Ambassador
Hello, everyone. I'll be an additional Online Ambassador for your class. I often edit articles about theatre (although I have focused mostly on musical theatre). Feel free to contact me on my Talk page if you have any questions as you go along. First tip: Before you edit a Wikipedia article, it is a good idea to take a look at the article's Talk page (the most recent comments are at the bottom) to see if other Wikipedia contributors have been discussing changes similar to the ones you are planning to make. If you are making major changes, you can leave a comment on the Talk page to explain what you are doing or planning to do. Wikipedia is a collaborative editing experience, and you may find other Wikipedians chipping in to help out with the article's improvement. Happy editing! -- Ssilvers (talk) 16:16, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Examples
For excellent examples of theatre articles, see Hamlet, Colley Cibber, Harold Pinter, Noël Coward, Romeo and Juliet and The Country Wife. -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:49, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

WP:LEAD
Hello, students. Some of you have mentioned that you are uncertain about the requirements for the Lead section. Our guideline on this is WP:LEAD, which gives a detailed description of what can and/or should go in the Lead section. It says, in part, "The lead serves as an introduction to the article and a summary of its most important aspects. ... The lead should be able to stand alone as a concise overview. It should define the topic, establish context, explain why the topic is notable, and summarize the most important points – including any prominent controversies. The notability of the article's subject is usually established in the first few sentences. The emphasis given to material in the lead should roughly reflect its importance to the topic [reflecting the focus of the sources cited in the article, and] significant information should not appear in the lead if it is not covered in the remainder of the article. The ... lead should not "tease" the reader by hinting at content that follows. Instead, the lead should be written in a clear, accessible style with a neutral point of view; it should ideally contain no more than four paragraphs...." (emphasis added). See, in particular, WP:LEAD. See also WP:LEADFOLLOWSBODY. A particularly good example is in Hamlet. -- Ssilvers (talk) 01:04, 23 November 2013 (UTC)

Other articles
Once your class is over, I hope that you will all keep contributing to this encyclopedia. I have been contributing since 2006, and I love the idea that we are making free information available to everyone in the world with internet access. Your contributions may be read by thousands of people! -- Ssilvers (talk) 01:20, 23 November 2013 (UTC)