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Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment

Moved to WP:ENB § Proper use of Assignment template
Mathglot (talk) 20:39, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Discretionary sanctions training for Wiki Ed users

Moved to WP:ENB § Discretionary sanctions training for Wiki Ed professors
Mathglot (talk) 20:25, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I found a stray student editor (they've never been greeted by a Wiki Ed person etc.)

I should have brought this to your attention earlier, but I found a stray student editor a while back while browsing the tea house. Only now that I've looked through the greetings that you post on students' pages do I realize that they should probably be connected to some kind of student editor interface (the dashboard?). Their talk page and article page didn't indicate that they were a student editor (they're working on a draft right now and I added the class assignment notice on their talk page for them). I've pointed them in the direction of the tutorials, the Wiki Education noticeboard, and I've encouraged them to connect their professor with the right resources (hopefully their grading doesn't penalize them for being unsuccessful at violating Wikipedia's guidelines).

In the future would it be better for me to leave messages on the Education noticeboard? You're the only education liaison that I've seen so far, so this is where I knew to turn to help this student editor. Sincerely, Shashi Sushila Murray, (message me) 05:57, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

After reading the noticeboard guidelines I went ahead and started a conversation there as well, so that more eyes can see that this student needs some help: Wikipedia:Education_noticeboard#A_stray_student_editor_who_has_never_been_greeted_by_a_Wiki_Ed_liaison. Sincerely, Shashi Sushila Murray, (message me) 06:03, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks for the head's up Shashi Sushila Murray! Offhand I don't see where she's connected to a specific course already running with us, so we'll have to watch and see if they passes this along to her instructor or if they do something that identifies the university so that we can better try to find the instructor and reach out to them. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:18, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Shashi Sushila Murray: Without speaking for Wiki Ed, I can just say that if you spot a new editor that doesn't have a welcome notice yet, just go ahead and add one. You don't need to wait for anyone to give you a green light to add a welcome notice, irrespective of whether the new editor is part of a course or not. I've added hundreds of them; you can too, if you want. You'll find a list of welcome notices to choose from at WP:WT. Cordially, Mathglot (talk) 06:55, 4 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Mathglot. I love welcoming people (and I found the student welcome notice template too), so I'll be sure to always do it. But if I see a student who hasn't gotten connected with a course, I'll be sure to post on the noticeboard. I was learning as I went which is why my tone was so concerned above (I'm new here). Sincerely, Shashi Sushila Murray, (message me) 07:03, 4 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
PS. Wiki Ed rocks! Sincerely, Shashi Sushila Murray, (message me) 07:09, 4 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Falam1216 (talk)

Hello.

I need help with my draft, will you have a look on it? and give me advise how I can improve it


--Falam1216 (talk) 18:59, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Request to look over my new draft (Alfred, Dvorák opera)

Hi there! I read over your notes for my article and made some changes according to them. I added in one more source that I have found, and tried to attribute more within the article about the common theories surrounding the opera. I removed the "Recording" section, since I'm not sure they would meet Wiki's guidelines, as well as the "External Links" from my sandbox. Those were part of the original article for "Alfred", so if you don't believe they are necessary I can remove them when I make my article live. I've also gone through and cleaned up any typos or grammar errors.

Do you have any other suggestions or changes I should make? Please let me know.

Thanks Jkensie197Jkensie197 (talk) 21:06, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Want to know if my edits are ok if possible

Hi there, I have just recently finished my project of creating information on the UN Sustainable Development Goal 15: Life on Land and how that relates to the Democratic Republic of Congo, for my I/ST class at California State University Long Beach. I just wanted to know if i have done everything correctly and everything is in the right place as I just put it live on the DRC main wiki page. Any help you have for em will be very much appreciated. Thank you JamesAndrewPaterson1987 (talk) 02:08, 21 November 2018 (UTC)JamesAndrewPaterson1987[reply]

Sandbox Question

Hi, I'm in a Wiki Ed class, and I was wondering if there is a way to make new sandbox pages so that I can work on several articles/sections without confusing them or mixing up the citations, and people can comment on each portion separately.

Thanks for your help. Hannahshipman (talk) 07:17, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from VikingEpps (talk)

Hello.

I need help with...


uploading what I have in my sandbox into my class sandbox so that I can get graded on it and peer revivsions

--VikingEpps (talk) 20:05, 21 November 2018 (UTC) JME[reply]

Need help request from Christinamdegray (talk)

Hello.

I need help with...editing. The next assignment in my wikipedia project is for someone to edit and review my page. Thank you



--Christinamdegray (talk) 22:50, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your help! I will work on the edits before the due date. Christinamdegray (talk) 03:38, 22 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Student creating duplicate article

Hallo Shalor, it looks as if students on NGLI 1101 Research in the Digital Age may be wasting their time creating duplicate articles. Tractor Supply Company (TSC) has been CSD'd as a duplicate of Tractor Supply Company, which has existed since 2004. Surely one of the first rules is "Check whether there is already an article on your topic". Perhaps the student intended to do the classic horrible student thing of totally over-writing an existing article because they with their I'm-a-student-I-know-it-all think they can do better than 14 years' worth of other editors? I only realised the new CSD'd article was probably by a course student because it had two "peer review" comments, then looked at the user pages and found that all three of them are from this course. PamD 16:13, 22 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

  • Hi PamD - I saw that. I've left the student a message warning them about creating duplicate articles and made sure to mention that they should not remove content unless there's a specifically good reason. We're always fine tuning our training modules, so I'll bring this up with my colleagues about putting an emphasis on this area of content creation. It's definitely not acceptable to create a duplicate article. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:00, 27 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Christinamdegray (talk) .

Hello.

I need help with...continuing my editing process. I have added more information and sources. I know that my format is not smooth yet but I just wanted to check in again to see if I am making progress. I know that my next step of my project is due today so I am working hard to fine tune what I am writing.

Thank you



--Christinamdegray (talk) 16:32, 24 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-Protected Article

Hi,

I want to add new material to Princess Diana's page but there is a lock icon that says the page is semi-protected. Any ideas on how I can get around this? Thanks.

--Jvangostein (talk) 16:58, 24 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Christinamdegray (talk)-

Hello.

I need help with...my article I think I published. I also sent you an email, but I think I moved my article but it still says its in my sandbox. Thanks,



--Christinamdegray (talk) 01:50, 26 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Placebo studies and effects deletion

Hi Shalor,

I need the content that was deleted back somehow on Placebo Studies and Effects. This is a project for school. Is there any way to retrieve it? Also, how do I merge into a current article?

Thanks! Acg064 --Acg064 (talk) 18:12, 26 November 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Acg064 (talk • contribs) 18:10, 26 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Krrad51 (talk)

Hello.

I need help with... When I am in sandbox how do I edit??/



--Krrad51 (talk) 16:41, 27 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Placebo studies and effects deletion

Shalor,

I need it to show my professor. And yes there is a section I copied from my sandbox into the article, is that ok? Placebo Studies and Effects--Acg064 (talk) 22:28, 27 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Acg064 Alexandra Green

Loyola student edits to Sexism in Video Gaming

Morning Shalor. I see your name associated with Loyola contributions so hope you can help as I don't want to have to keep reverting the contributions in whole, or piecemeal, and seeming like an utter ass. The contributions are either not clearly cited (first editor), or in the second editors case are definitely not a NPOV in most cases, or the 'voice' being used feels personal rather than encyclopedic. The second editors changes are also rather sweeping, and do not reflect the subject better but instead somewhat and the edit summary (for 4700 character reduction) is very unclear. If I was to discount the addition of a half dozen sources, the total removal of content would be well over 6000+ characters. I see they are meant to refer to a Wikipedia expert so not sure if this is yourself. I am happy to help them integrate their edits but it needs to be clear that this is collaborative and they should probably phase their contributions between improving citations, and their more sweeping changes Koncorde (talk) 07:57, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your support Shalor. Happy to help the students however I can if they have any questions etc and support via their talk pages or the webpage talk pages. If there are other articles they are contributing towards I am happy to assist also (if it's in my sphere of understanding!). Koncorde (talk) 16:57, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Coleman laura (talk)

Hello.

I need help with...

- Copy-editing for grammar - Any comments that need to be edited for clarity/understanding - Any bias

Thank you!


--Coleman laura (talk) 16:23, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Douglas Firs (talk)

Hey, I don't need help with anything per se, I'm just looking for any additional feedback you have to offer regarding my writing. Thanks in advance for anything that you'd be able to add!

--Douglas Firs (talk) 17:36, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A goat for you!

Thank you for your help! You are great! A goat means you are great (according to my child)

Durbi81 (talk) 18:16, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Who doesn't love a goat?? Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 20:46, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Mcompo (talk)

Hello.

I need help with looking over my additions to this site, please! I am a student in the "AmWriting Fall 2018 M11" course with Professor Cravy/Azar. Thank you for you review and assistance!




--Mcompo (talk) 19:05, 28 November 2018 (UTC) Michaela Compo[reply]

Need help request from Lizgonzalez511 (talk)

Hello.

I need help with...

If you would please specifically help me by looking over the criticism section to see if there is any rewording that needs to be done. Also if you could help with any overall comments on my additions that would be great. Thank you!


--Lizgonzalez511 (talk) 19:58, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Publish Button is Greyed Out

I am trying to edit the Me Too article, but when I go to the edit page and make edits, the publish button remains greyed out and un-clickable. Please let me know if I am blocked from the article. I am able to edit other articles just fine, but not this one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jhelmmac (talk • contribs) 20:45, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

  • Hi Jhelmmac, a way to save your edits would be to switch from VisualEditor to source mode (you can do so following these directions, then scroll down to the bottom of the page and press the publish button (make sure to leave an edit summary!). Your edits will still be there even after switching between modes, as long as you don't exit the page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:10, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from HC (talk)

Hello.

I need help with citations



--HC (talk) 20:47, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:Sehar.h#Non-free content use

Hi Shalor. I haven't bothered you in awhile, so hope you're doing well. Perhaps you can help this student editor with their non-free content issues. Currently, it's just a case of WP:NFCC#9 so it's not too big a deal; however, after looking at their sandbox, there's probably no real way to justify that type of non-free content use even if it was an article. They can, of course, link to the article about the product if they want if their draft is approved, but again there's no real contextual justification (at least not at the moment) to use the file. Maybe there's a file from Commons that they can use instead for the same encyclopedic purpose? As always, thanks in advance for helping me with these student editors. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:39, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Deena.husami (talk)

Hello.

I need help with... Reviewing the article for some final edit recommendations.


--Deena.husami (talk) 21:57, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Katem0315 (talk)

Hello.

I need help with...

I've underlined the writing that I added to Walker Percy's page. I also added a photograph that I want to include because his current page does not have one. I also made a major change to the structure because I thought that the life and career sections should go together as they share many aspects and influences. I modeled the new structure after Maya Angelou's page which is a featured article. I was wondering if you think the new structure is beneficial or should be left how it was originally? I also added an "Influence" subheading and information to follow which was not previously there. I was also wondering if you could read over what I have written to make sure the information is necessary and appropriately written for Wikipedia? Any thoughts are greatly appreciated. Thank you.


--Katem0315 (talk) 17:07, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Clutzenb

Hello I would like to move my draft page Cuban discriminatory laws titles Social dangerousness to the main space but I am not allowed to. Thanks in advanced Clutzenb (talk) 05:41, 29 November 2018 (UTC)ClutzenbClutzenb (talk) 05:41, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Rme22031 (talk)

Hello.

I need help with... I don't have much sources to pull for so I couldn't find many citations. Aside from that, could you please take a look at my work giving me tips to write a better wikipedia page. thank you,


--Rme22031 (talk) 19:54, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Majid367 (talk)

Hello.

I need help with

all of it in general. Like if its good enough, I want some feedback. Its also a part of legacy.


--Majid367 (talk) 19:55, 29 November 2018 (UTC) Umar Rana[reply]

Need help request from Rasophia (talk)

Hello,

I was hoping to get your feedback on my page, to see if it is in compliance with the Wikipedia rules and if there is anything else you suggest for me to revise such as grammar. Thank you in advance.

--Rasophia (talk) 20:27, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Mail

Hello, Shalor (Wiki Ed). Please check your email; you've got mail!
It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.

Doug Weller talk 21:05, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) Yikes, what an ugly section title this generates! That huge, blue box is actually the section header, which is why it all shows up in the ToC as a giant section title. Maybe that template isn't designed to be embedded inside a heading. (pinging Doug Weller) Mathglot (talk) 21:26, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Mathglot: thanks, fixed it. Doug Weller talk 21:30, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Talk page lacking student assignment template

Hi Shalor, I notice that the Talk:Deaf culture page lacks the {{Wikied assignment}} banner I usually see there, when a student is editing on an assignment. I see that Coleman laura's course is Wiki Ed/George Washington University/AmWriting Fall 2018 M 75 and that the box next to her name is empty. Is that why it's not on the D.c. Talk page? Whose responsibility is it to 1) fill in the assignment column at the course page, and 2) to add the assignement template to the article TP? Adding Sage, who I think is interested in such issues as well. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 21:34, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

K, added it. Mathglot (talk) 21:50, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Sehar.h (talk)

Hello.

I need help with...

just a general review of my work


--Sehar.h (talk) 21:41, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of page and other things

I understand that the page I created constitutes as "vandalism" and an "attack page". The creation of the page was not meant to serve as either of those things. I knew that creating the page would violate Wikipedias policy and that it would be easily deleted. I only created it to show my friend (humdan ahmed) how easy it was to create a page on wikipedia. This message is only to inform you that I was aware of the consequences, and that I apologize for doing it. Thank you.

Also, I would like to address the other edits I had made before. I knowingly made these edits since I knew they would be taken down quickly. I only went through with them because I needed to meet a quota of 10 edits to be able to edit an article that I actually need to edit. I will no longer make these kind of edits since I now have access to edit these pages. Sorry, and thank you again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Edgon55 (talk • contribs) 22:58, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page watcher)@Edgon55:. I'm not associated with Wiki Ed so I'm not posting on behalf of anyone there or even on behalf of Shalor, but your post above is basically an admission of what is commonly referred to as being not here. If you continue to make these kinds of edits, you're going to quickly find yourself having problems with others and eventually the subject of discussion at one of the administrator noticeboards. Just like anyone else, you're expected to edit according to Wikipedia's various policies and guidelines.
It's OK to make mistakes, and other editors will be understanding when they happen. If those mistakes, however, start to become disruptive, then you'll quickly find that others are going to be less willing to write them off as a newbie error. While I understand part of the reason you might be editing probably has to do with it being a class assignment, you will not be given any special consideration because you're a student trying to get a good grade.
There are plenty of ways to be here for Wikipedia; so, if you want to boost your edit count for some reason, then make edits which actually improve the encyclopedia. That's the best way to ensure that you remain an editor in good standing and are a positive to the project. Editors who choose to be a negative by disrupting articles and causing others to devote time and energy to sorting out any messes left, often quickly find themselves on the outside looking in. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:35, 30 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • I've copied this to your talk page to make sure that you see it and added in the context of your message. I want to second what Marchjuly said and emphasize that this can lead to a block. It's really, really, really heavily frowned upon to make these edits - even if you're doing them knowing that they will be removed or perhaps especially so, since you're setting out to be disruptive. Basically, think of it this way: you wouldn't vandalize something in real life because you know it's destructive and not a good use of time (plus you can get in trouble)- the same premise applies here. --Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:32, 30 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Marchjuly Thank you for taking your time to advise me, I really appreciate it. I understand fully now that what I was doing was wrong. I won't be doing anything that violates wikipedia's policy anymore. I apologize for my newbie mistakes, I plan on actually being here to improve Wikipedia for my school project. Thanks again!

Need help request from Rcadieux22 (talk)

Hello.

I need help with...

reviewing and editing my sandbox information so that it is suitable for the official Wikipedia page. Thank you!


--Rcadieux22 (talk) 04:15, 30 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Pre-Publish Editing

Hi Shalor!

I am writing to ask you for what to look for in my sandbox before being able to publish it. Also how much content is 'enough' for the class? Thank you and talk soon! Muffin110 (talk) 05:34, 30 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Ilena p (talk)

Hello.

Hope all is well! I was just hoping to get some general feedback on the content in my sandbox. Thank you!

--Ilena p (talk) 16:09, 30 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Eunsun041299 (talk)

Hello.

I would like to get your general feedback on my work on Sandbox. Could you please look over my work, please? Please advise me what to improve on.

Thank You.

--Eunsun041299 (talk) 17:18, 30 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Help adding edit description

Hi there Shalor, I just did a fairly large edit to my assigned wiki article page (Banshees), but made a mistake while reviewing my changes and clicked "publish" before adding a description of the changes. Is there any way to go back and add a description? I want to be able to explain my work and make sure others working on the article don't get upset or assume my changes are bad. Thank you Scopes033 (talk) 17:19, 30 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

  • Hi Scopes033 - you can't really go back and add an edit summary to the addition you made, but you can definitely still post to the article's talk page and give a general head's up there. That may actually be better, since you won't have to worry about trying to fit it into the letter/character limit for the edit summary. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:29, 30 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Obrienemilyh (talk)

Hello.

I need help with...

General feedback


--Obrienemilyh (talk) 18:06, 30 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Anjinimathur (talk)

Hello.

I need help with... editing for language and overall content, seeing where I cam improve my writing or if I can add anything else that I haven't already.

Thank you so much!



--Anjinimathur (talk) 18:08, 30 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Carefree Black Girls

Hi and belated thanks for your help with this! I'm so sorry I've wound up quite tied up off-wiki lately and haven't properly had a chance to thank you. Really appreciate your assistance as always.

Imposing again because it won't be soon that I have enough time to engage the student myself, and this edit seems to suggest s/he needs really a lot of guidance about the basic genre of encyclopedia writing we're aiming for. I haven't reverted yet because this is the sort of topic I begin entries for rather specifically in hopes of encouraging participation by people who might be underrepresented in the editoriat. So I don't want to do anything that would discourage anyone! But I also haven't the time just now to onboard someone from scratch. I don't know if you might be able to help, whether talking to the student directly or being in touch with the instructor (I don't know if other students from the same class are having the same issues.)

Thanks so much Shalor! Innisfree987 (talk) 19:08, 30 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you.

Kevin Gorman Education Program Barnstar
For your tireless work in helping students and teachers to access Wikipedia (put you on my watchlist--sorry for stalking). You're very professional and stand out compared to most of the volunteer editors that I've interacted with as a new editor myself. Thanks for your hard work and keep leading by example! Sincerely, Shashi Sushila Murray, (message me) 21:39, 30 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thank you Shashi Sushila Murray! You don't know how nice it was to see this, especially after a day of working. Also, I absolutely don't mind you putting my talk page on your watchlist. I think it's definitely a good thing, since I highly encourage students to interact with other editors since it's part of the whole assignment and Wikipedia experience, plus helps teach them collaboration with people outside of their class. :) Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:56, 30 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I'm glad to hear it. I've been a (skeptical) reader of Wikipedia for years and finally decided to start editing after an alarming experience as an IP editor of what felt like bullying (indignation is very motivating). Since then I've taken so much time to read critiques of the weaknesses of this project (with a particular focus on demographics and consequent systemic bias), so people like you and a few others really stand out to me as those who are working against the lurching inertia of this project's problems. But in your case it's in a very direct and clear way that brings the project forward. I think that the material produced by Wiki Ed should be read by the other experienced editors. I also find it rewarding to provide feedback to the student editors, so I'll keep doing it. Is there a page I could subscribe to that lists their various efforts? Sincerely, Shashi Sushila Murray, (message me) 22:02, 30 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Bshoukeir24 (talk)

Hello! I need help with content of the sections in my sandbox for the British Sign Language Page. There was no content on those sections (phonology and grammar) except for one sentence each, and I'm no expert on the topic so I don't know if the content I have is a good start. I'm aware about how the citations should look on the page, but that isn't how they are in my sandbox at the moment. My main concern is the content. I'm not including all the details, and my goal is just to provide and over view of the two sections.

Your feed back would be very much appreciated! Thank you!


--Bshoukeir24 (talk) 21:45, 30 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You!

Thank you for your timely response and deep analysis! I will get back to you after I make corrections.Muffin110 (talk) 00:47, 1 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

requesting feedback

Hello. my name is Abby Melvin and I go to George Washington University

I need help with requesting feed back on my wikipedia project page about Simone Biles



Abby Melvin — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sealy1999 (talk • contribs) 01:35, 1 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Icleamons (talk)

Hello.

I need help with... I am in Professor Azar's class at George Washington University and am submitting my work for your feedback. Thank you very much!


--Icleamons (talk) 02:36, 1 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Mollyemm0307 (talk)

Hello.

I need help with editing my page and making sure everything meets wikipedia standards.

-Molly


--Mollyemm0307 (talk) 03:31, 1 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies

I am deeply sorry, I will not commit any sort of violations any longer. I intend on bettering a specific article and will follow all guidelines on how to make a proper edit according to the wikipedia's policy. I now understand the severity of my actions. Again, it was never my intention to be so disruptive and blatant, I didn't fully understand much on how wikipedia worked so I did what I did. Thank you for the heads up, I'll do my best from now on! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Edgon55 (talk • contribs) 04:00, 1 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from TiffanyLiu12 (talk)

Hello.

The underlined portions in my sandbox are what I have contributed. I have added the section "Influence of Popular Culture" and subsections under "Test Methods" to the "Doping in Sport" Wikipedia page. I need help with looking at the overall information and citations of my work to see if they meet the criteria of Wikipedia.

Thank you so much!



--04:41, 1 December 2018 (UTC)TiffanyLiu12 (talk)

Need help request from 18bethanyh (talk)

Hello.

I need help with editing my paper. I have added more of an introduction to this paper as well as added a third paragraph to the second section.



Bethany Harker --18bethanyh (talk) 04:46, 1 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Jamiewang47 (talk)

Hi Shalor,

I was wondering if I could receive some feedback on the edits I plan to make to the "Space Law" page. I have included italicized sentences explaining more edits in detail. Thank you in advance!

Best, Jamie Wang jamiewang47@gwu.edu

--Jamiewang47 (talk) 04:59, 1 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Gabrielbsousa (talk)

Hello.

I need help with...

Revising the way in which the corrected paragraph is written, especially if it fits with the Wikipedia standards so that I can move one and edit other paragraphs correctly.

Thank you for your help, Best Regards


--Gabrielbsousa (talk) 10:21, 1 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Divrath (talk)

Hello,

I was wondering if you would mind providing me feedback for my page on the Samba dance as a part of the project I am doing for Professor Azar's UW writing class. Thanks!

Divya Divrath (talk) 22:13, 1 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]



--Divrath (talk) 22:13, 1 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Eanderson304 (talk)

Hello.

I need help with...

I was editing my article and made some key changes. My computer shut down before I was able to save those changes to my sandbox. Is there any way I can get those back? I've been trying for over an hour and I need help please! The article must be uploaded tonight. If I am not able to do so, how can I get my sandbox out of "edit source" mode? Earlier it was just giving me the option to type on a normal wiki page without the coding template. How do I get back to that in my sandbox

--Eanderson304 (talk) 22:26, 1 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page watcher) Hi Eanderson304. If you saved a copy of what you were working on at the time to your computer's hard drive, then you should still have it somewhere there. If, however, your computer shut down before doing that, then I'm afraid that content is probably gone for ever. Whenever you "publish" something to a Wikipedia page, a record of it is saved in the page's history for attribution purposes; so, if you make some changes, click "Publish changes", make some more changes, click "publish changes", make some more changes and your then computer shuts down, there should be a record of the first two edits, but not the the third one. I don't believe Wikipedia has an automatic recover function like some word processing programs do in which you able to restore unsaved versions of whatever you're working on because it doesn't automatically make temporary backups as you're working on something.
I'm also not sure what you mean by the article must be uploaded to not. I'm assuming since you're a student, you mean your teacher set tonight as the deadline for submitting your work. However, if User:Eanderson304/sandbox is what we're talking about here, please don't move that to the article namespace as a stand-alone article because if you do there's a really good chance that it will be deleted or moved back to your sandbox before the sun rises tomorrow. Not trying to be too harsh, but you're draft has some formatting, sourcing, tone and even notability issues which probably need to be sorted out first. You might be better off asking your teacher to look at and assess your sandbox if you want them to check your work. Once you add anything to the article namespace, it will be there for anyone anywhere in the world to revise or even possibly nominate/tag for deletion. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:49, 1 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks Marchjuly! I've left them some notes on their draft in the past but it looks like the issues are still applicable. If you have anything to add to my notes, to give them a second opinion of sorts or back up my notes, that would be awesome - I don't want to impose on you, though. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 20:29, 3 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    • Impose on me as much as you want, but I don't think I can improve on what you wrote. Moreover, I'm actually the real (im)poser for trying to answer a post left for you by someone else on your user talk. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:29, 3 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Help with Sandbox Waleeda2018 (talk)

Hello.

I was hoping that you could read over my sandbox and let me know what you think I should edit. I chose this page as part of a class project to improve a C-class page and I was hoping to receive a little input.



--Waleeda2018 (talk) 02:39, 2 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Userpage Help

Hi Shalor. I've noticed that my Userpage doesn't include the same boxed message stating that I am a student editor in my course. I am enrolled in the class as part of my WikiEdu course, I have completed the training modules, and I am listed on the "Student" page for my course. The course is also listed on "My Dashboard" and my username and article are featured on the course's Wikipedia project page. I'm just wondering why, when navigating to my userpage from the course page, I don't have the same "This user is a student editor in ..." message on my page. Thank you. Aprad17 (talk) 04:27, 2 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

NASCAR Winston Cup Series Era

Hi Shalor. I guess this must be your busy season for school projects. I came across NASCAR Winston Cup Series Era while checking on some more non-free images. I'm not very knowledgeable about NASCAR racing, but this kind of seems like content taken from various other articles and repackaged in a stand-alone article which might not actually be needed. I'm bring this to you because it appears to be the work of a couple of students you're helping. It seems the students might be part of the same class as #Need help request from Eanderson304 and are facing the same deadline. I understand from previous discussions that moving a article into the mainspace is part of the things required for some of these classes, but I'm not sure that's a really good idea. It might be a good idea to get some feedback from WP:NASCAR on this since the members of that WikiProject probably can best tell whether this deserves a stand-alone article. I was going to post something about this at WT:NASCAR, but that might lead to a quick and harsh response; so, I'd figured I'd see what you think first since you have already interacted with these students. -- Marchjuly (talk) 09:13, 2 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Couellette215 (talk)

Hello.

I need help with...

Checking the sandbox before I move the information to the mainspace


--Couellette215 (talk) 17:15, 2 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Jodijansen (talk)

Hello.

I need help moving my article into the mainspace. I went through the "moving" process, and it was renamed properly, but it still looks like a test page. At the bottom, it still says: "This is a user sandbox of New Minster Charter. A user sandbox is a subpage of the user's user page. It serves as a testing spot and page development space for the user and is not an encyclopedia article." Did I miss a step? Or is it simply awaiting evaluation? Thank you for your help.

--Jodijansen (talk) 20:48, 2 December 2018 (UTC)Jodijansen[reply]

Need help request from Sgrey188 (talk)

Hello.

I need help with the changes I made to my article. Will you look over the article and let me know if I should change anything?



--Sgrey188 (talk) 21:57, 2 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from HistoriansCraft (talk)

Hello.

I would love to get a general picture of where my article is at, as well as where it's strengths and weaknesses are.



--HistoriansCraft (talk) 22:23, 2 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Students or socks?

Hi Shalor, I have come across a relatively large group of editors who may be students. They do not appear to be part of any Wiki Ed project, but that doesn't necessarily mean they are socks. The accounts were all created in the last few months. I cannot disclose what institution they appear to be from, but it is in the United States. Here's a list:

There are no doubt more but I didn't want to continue checking if they turn out to be students. Behaviorally, even the ones who have posted only to Talk pages, share obvious similarities. They are disruptive and not-so-disruptive. The most common disruption is copyright violations. Also, much of the material they post to articles is very student-thesis-like. What do you think?--Bbb23 (talk) 23:52, 2 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

  • Hi Bbb23 - sorry for not getting to this sooner, work has picked up a lot. Looking at this, it definitely looks like a case of a rogue class assignment as opposed to sockpuppetry. In any case, I saw that they do seem to be from a community college (not naming the one) based on the proxies they used in the sourcing. It's not one of our current colleges that we're working with (ie, a current class), but I've left them some messages asking them to get their professor to contact us. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:23, 4 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Megan Osterhaus (talk)

Hello.

I need help with...

Making sure these sections I added in are both relevant and properly formatted.


--14:58, 3 December 2018 (UTC)Megan Osterhaus (talk)

Need help request from Katem0315 (talk)

Hello.

I need help with...

I am trying to transfer an image of Walker Percy to the info box on his mainspace page, but when I try to insert the picture it comes up as a blue box with a question mark and the picture doesn't show up. However, if I try to put the picture somewhere else on the page it shows up, just not when I try to put it in the info box. I was wondering if I was doing something wrong or how I could fix this? Thank you!


--Katem0315 (talk) 16:28, 3 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Jevilla001 (talk)

Hello.

I need help with... im not quite sure if I am adding citations correctly. Im still working on finding credible sources and documents that officially declare Columbus Day in Latin American countries but so far I have only found one that has most of the Latin American countries and their respective holiday names. What do you think I should do? Also need help with general work?

Thank you smooch and if you have any questions please let me know.



--Jevilla001 (talk) 16:31, 3 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Ahmed Abdelkariem (talk)

Hello. The first section is yet to be converted into a paragraph form and added to "late career"

tthe sceond section is a new section for the author work thou I only explore her most famous work Trifles and its movie adaptation "a Jurj of Her Peers"



--Ahmed Abdelkariem (talk) 22:38, 3 December 2018 (UTC)Ahmed Abdel[reply]


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Need help request from 17:50, 4 December 2018 (UTC)~~

Hello.

I need help with reviewing my sand box for Kate Chopin's biography before it is able to published. I would like to restructure the original page of Kate Chopin by focusing on her writing by modify the part "Literary Theme". The bold part is the original content. I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.



--Khactung273 (talk) 17:50, 4 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Happystudent111 (talk)

Hello.

I need help with...

My Contributions heading. I would just like to make sure I've properly cited/credited the sources that I am referring to in that heading. I have italicized public online journal databases, while citing the contributions/titles that my scholar has written. Is this fine?

Thank you

Happystudent111 (talk) 15:14, 5 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

--Happystudent111 (talk) 15:14, 5 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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