User talk:Ian (Wiki Ed)

A barnstar

		The Congressional Barnstar of Honor
		For answering the call of duty and closing a bazillion courses this week Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:54, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks! Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:55, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

Updates to Sarah Tishkoff's page

Hi Ian!

I just wanted to start by saying thanks very much for your work with the Wiki Edu Foundation!

I also wanted to reach out because I just tried to access my sandbox with the content contributed by my students for the "Sarah Tishkoff" page, and I was redirected to the actual page instead of my sandbox. It looks like you moved the content to the page, and I wanted to say thank you for doing that! I'll be working on cleaning up the content in my sandboxes for the "Human Tooth Sharpening" and "Genu Varum" pages in the next few days. Would it be possible for you to move those sandbox pages to the actual pages once they're ready to go live? I don't want to burden you too much, so I'm also happy just to add the content to the actual page bit by bit. Either way - thanks so much for your help!

Theoldbones (talk) 05:23, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

Article Draft

Good afternoon, I submitted the Draft: The Power of Patients Stories a few days ago, but I have not received anyfeedback on whether anything needs to be changed or if it was received. Is there anything else that I should be doing? Thank you and have a great day! Lvazq064 (talk) 20:31, 11 January 2019 (UTC)

WikiMed Project Medical Student Edits

Hi Ian! There is a section in the delayed puberty section called "normal timing." I wanted to check with you if I could remove the beginning of that section. It does not have any citations, only telling the reader to check the puberty article for the sources, which I can't find anywhere. I feel like this is a big part of the section so I dont feel comfortable removing it without checking with you first. Let me know! --Poodle0011 (talk) 23:07, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

WikiEd

My page was deleted and all I want is a copy of it so I can send it to my professor who made us students post it. How can I do so? I do not care about it being posted on Wikipedia. I just want a copy of my final paper for the course. I am hardly on this site so if you can please email me at [removed] to help me some how get a copy of my deleted page that would be create.  Miss.kathleen98 (talk) 17:29, 23 January 2019 (UTC)

@Miss.kathleen98: I sent it to you by email. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:53, 23 January 2019 (UTC)

Need help request from HR Cat (talk)

Hello Ian,

I need help with....I need to find articles to edit which I know how to do however, I am confused as to whether I need a NEW sandbox page each time I find and edit a new article...or, do I just keep adding to my existing sandbox. At the moment, I don't even know if my current sandbox page is as it should be...my 1st assignment was to find an article to evaluate....don't even know if I did this correctly?

HR Cat (talk) 01:44, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

HR Cat (talk) 01:44, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

Hi Ian

This is the Jedi Math Squirrel. I am just sending a message to say "Hi." This is all new to me, and I hope to learn through my University of Idaho Consulting Course.The Jedi Math Squirrel (talk) 00:57, 27 January 2019 (UTC)

@The Jedi Math Squirrel: Nice to meet you. Hope you have a good time editing. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:32, 30 January 2019 (UTC)

Need help request from Mitchell.cobbett (talk)

Hello.

I need help with...

We decided to create a new page. I am having difficulty posting the work in my sandbox. Do you have any advice on how to actually create the page?

--Mitchell.cobbett (talk) 19:09, 31 January 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Florida Institute of Technology/Developmental and Molecular Biology (Spring 2019)

Just a heads up. One of the new editors User: User:Akhatan2016 copied a large chunk of copyright text from the Lancet to their sandbox. This is not consistent with Wikipedia's copyright violation policies as, even in a sandbox, the text is visible, even though it is excluded from search engines. I have asked that it be removed but it might be prudent to put out a general advisory about copyright violation and what Wikipedia does and does not allow. Many thanks  Velella  ^{Velella Talk}   04:21, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know, Velella. Student editors are supposed to complete a training module about copyright and plagiarism, but it appears that this person hadn't done it yet.

I revdel'd the problematic revision and left them a note about it. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 04:43, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

Need help request from 1996rads (talk)

Hello.

I have retrieved these 2 pictures from wikicommons. What else do I need to do regarding the photos. Thanks.

--1996rads (talk) 18:33, 7 February 2019 (UTC)

Need help request from Iosundare (talk)

Hello.

I need help with...pinging someone--Iosundare (talk) 17:20, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

--Iosundare (talk) 17:20, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

How do I start a new article---Iosundare (talk) 16:30, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

Greetings

Hi Ian, I am new to Wikipedia and I am glad that you are here to help! Blink.19 (talk) 17:24, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

Need help request from Aapro24 (talk)

Hello.

I need help with... I dont remember how to edit my existing sandbox and I would rather not create a completely new one so any info you could provide or any tutorial you could direct me to would be appreciated.

Thanks!

--Aapro24 (talk) 00:17, 26 February 2019 (UTC)aapro24

Writing a New Article

Hi Ian,

I see that you help students who edit and write articles on Wikipedia for a class. I am currently working on authoring an article looking at Kinesics of Deception, or body language signs that indicate lying. I see you edited the article "Body Language" that talks briefly about the application of body language in law enforcement and poker. I hope to focus my article on what the explicit body language signs are and the scientific research around the accuracy of applying this study.

I would welcome any advice you have about writing an article and how to make sure mine publishes. Thank you in advance.

Mhlaker32 (talk) 19:00, 27 February 2019 (UTC) Maggie 27 Feb 2019

"Undeclared" users

Ian, are these users "yours":

• Friederike22
• ScientistRachel
• Oneillkm
• Nawagner
• Mrt444

There are probably more but I stopped checking after I saw you and Samantha (Wiki Ed) editing one of the articles along with one of the new users. Assuming they are part of a Wiki Ed project, why haven't they identified themselves on their userpages? I've already spent at least 30 minutes on this, and it's a bit frustrating. I really didn't think they were students because the articles were unusually polished.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:50, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

Hi Bbb23. I'm sorry for the lack of clarity - they're actually part of an edithathon that the American Physical Society organised as part of their March meeting in Boston that they asked us to help out with. You can see the details here. I believe they were inspired by the Donna Strickland affair to do something about the representation of women physicists. We don't normally work with editathons (I've never supported one before) but all told, I was impressed. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:30, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, Ian.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:45, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

Need help request from AR12Fan (talk)

Hello.

I need help with making sure I am editing and citing correctly. I have cited some articles in my sandbox and am wondering if I am doing anything incorrectly? In addition, I have added a new discussion to the Talk:Rattlesnake for some new information to be added. Is this the correct way to use the talk pages? I would appreciate any help that you can give me. Thanks, and have a good day.

--AR12Fan (talk) 00:32, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

Need help request from Lunord22 (talk)

Hello.

I need help with...

Hey, Ian, I added a section into my sandbox under "Week 5" that discusses some information I'd like to add to the Rattlesnake page. Am I citing information correctly? Also, I added my suggestion to the Talk:Rattlesnake page in order to receive feedback. Am I using that page correctly and, again, citing correctly?

Thanks,

--Lunord22 (talk) 02:57, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

Need help request from Kurtames (talk)

Hello.

I need help with...

Looking at the week 5 section on edits to Columbidae and Bird Anatomy pages which I am editing with two other students in this Sandbox. Thank you.

--Kurtames (talk) 16:52, 9 March 2019 (UTC)Kurtames

/* Competing theories on geologic evolution */ moving from the sandbox

Hi, Ian,

I Ctrl+C Ctrl+V East African Rift's /* Competing theories on geologic evolution */ from my sandbox to Wikipedia and I broke the link to a reference in a next section. How do I solve it? Thank you. Marcelo.silka (talk) 22:06, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

Need help request from HeathV (talk)

Hello.

I need help with my sandbox how to internship, I messed up with the title of the page and want to know how I can change it without making a new one. I would also like to know your opinions on the lead sections if it is good. thank you, let me know HeathV (talk) 14:15, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

--HeathV (talk) 14:15, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

Help with figures and copyright

Hello Ian.

I noticed the figures I added to my sandbox were taken down, including one that I made personally and specifically for the page I'm updating. I thought I had taken the correct measures using Upload wizard, so I'm not sure why they were both removed. Can you help with this?

Thanks. Stecklen (talk) 00:04, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

Need help request from Benjilrm (talk)

Hello.

I need help with... I was hoping to make this a separate article rather than adding it to the carbon cycle page as a subpage. Thank you!

--Benjilrm (talk) 14:03, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

Need help request from AICOI (talk)

Hello.

Could you take a look at my sandbox and review the work we added on potential edits that could be made to the Rabbit Wikipedia page? There are a variety of sources that we thought would be helpful, and I would really appreciate any advice you have on the bibliography we have listed. Thanks!

--AICOI (talk) 04:47, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

Need help request from Kseaton3 (talk)

Hello.

I need help with...

Hi Ian,

For some reason my sandbox is not working. My professor said I could do my edits on Syzygium malaccense and for some reason wiki is telling me that I am not the user for kseaton3 sandbox. But I am? And yes, I'm logged in.

Any tips?

Katie

--Kseaton3 (talk) 17:18, 23 March 2019 (UTC)