Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/University of Wisconsin - La Crosse/African Archaeology (ARC 312) (Fall 2014)

This is the "Talk" page for our African Archaeology course. Feel free to post any questions you might have, and I will try to answer within one day. This space can also be used for general discussion about the work required for this course - if you have helpful tips for your classmates about Wikipedia editing, for example, feel free to share! Please remember to sign and date your posts. Have fun - Ninafundisha (talk) 02:13, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

This may sound super weird, but does anyone know of cannibalism, ritualized or otherwise, in Africa? I've never really heard much about it, if there was any, on this continent...The Flying Bee (talk) 02:45, 24 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Ah, good question! It's a hotly debated topic - there have been isolated incidents, for sure, but it seems that most reports are exaggerations meant to reinforce the idea that African societies are primitive, barbaric, etc. Evans-Pritchard actually wrote some interesting stuff about cannibalism among the Azande, and the ways that colonial administrators wanted to believe that Africans were savages in need of "civilizing." Would make an excellent paper topic, I think... Ninafundisha (talk) 17:43, 24 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Oh and I almost forgot, there are some really interesting studies about cutmarks on human bones found in the archaeological record, from sites such as Sterkfontein in South Africa! Ninafundisha (talk) 17:45, 24 September 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll have to look into that more. The Flying Bee (talk) 00:08, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

Citing the same source multiple times
Hey, so I thought I'd give a quick run down on how to cite the same source multiple times in one article since that is kind of a common issue! What you want to do is cite the source the first time like you normally would, but in the opening reference thing you want to "name" the reference. Since wikipedia gets confused when I try putting the in the beginning and end of the coding examples, I will leave an extra space between the < and what follows as well as between the > and what comes before. So when you use the template to cite your source, you will notice in the beginning it says. You want to name the reference. You do this by putting "name=whateveryouwanttonameit" in the opening, so it will look something like < ref name=whateveryouwanttonameit > followed by the rest of the citation coding. Then when you want to reuse the source, you can just put. I believe there is also a spot in the citation template for you to put a reference name. If you put it in that way, then I believe you can click on "named references" in the bar at the top of the edit box and select the reference you would like to use and it will insert it for you. GallivantingFox (talk) 17:39, 27 October 2014 (UTC)


 * GallivantingFox, try using  and tags around code examples. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:56, 27 October 2014 (UTC)


 * So is what you want to find in the sources you cited and you want to make it into , which is how the source gets a "name". And then to repeat the source, you put . Thanks Ian (Wiki Ed)! GallivantingFox (talk) 18:36, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

Pictures
I'm having trouble inserting the images I want. Does anyone have any suggestions? The Flying Bee (talk) 01:01, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
 * What specific sorts of problems are you having? What image do you want to insert, into what article? Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:36, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
 * I think we figured it out in class. Thanks, though! Ninafundisha (talk) 14:22, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

Did You Know?
Hi everybody, your classmate Deluminator is on the front page of Wikipedia today! Awesome! Check out the Mumba Cave article in the Did You Know? section. If you've made substantial edits to your own page, I'd encourage you to nominate yourself as well! Ninafundisha (talk) 00:49, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

Maps and Infoboxes
Hi everybody, I know some of you were having issues with adding maps to your pages, editing maps added (sorry if they suck! spent literally a minute on each), and adding infobox data. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_map <-- these are links to templates that describe map and infobox construction/editing. Take note of the coding used. Viel Erfolg! DiSchamelrider (talk) 18:37, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

Additionally, if you wanted to work on creating an Infobox specific to your type of site/concept, here are some excellent pages to provide coding examples:
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_ancient_site
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_World_Heritage_Site
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_historic_site
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_archaeological_culture

If you have any questions or can't get things to work out, feel free to let me know and I'll try to assist as best (and as fast) as I can.DiSchamelrider (talk) 23:08, 11 November 2014 (UTC)