User talk:MHAN2016
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For future reference
This sandbox has been restored per the request on my talk page. Please note that notability guidelines may differ between Wikipedia languages, and I would encourage the contributors to the page to review Wikipedia:Notability (people), particularly Wikipedia:Notability_(people)#Basic_criteria and Wikipedia:Notability_(people)#Entertainers. Best, SpencerT•C 16:22, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks. Strange as it may seem, the subjects do have substantial coverage in the national press in France, and were among the top 10 most watched French YouTubers in 2015. --MHAN2016 (talk) 22:49, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you for the clarification. I also want to encourage your students to include the {{Educational assignment}} template at the top of their articles. When screening articles, some red flags for me are: 1. Userspace pages about social media influencers, YouTube/Tik Tok stars, etc.; 2. No references/reliable sources listed in those pages, and links only to social media pages for the social media influencer; 3. Users with minimal edits outside of their userspace page about that subject. The vast majority of the time, these pages end up being the influencers making promotional pages on Wikipedia for themselves, which are (and should) be promptly deleted under U5 speedy deletion criteria. I definitely don't want this to happen to your students' pages, which in their early forms may seem like those pages worthy of speedy deletion (based on those "red flags" I listed above). The {{Educational assignment}} helps me identify the page as not spam. Additionally, please check out WP:STUDENTUSER: Each class assignment should have a course page that identifies the user names of the instructor, the liaison to the class from the WikiEd staff, and the students, as well as which articles the students are planning to work on (even if they don't yet exist), and the locations of any draft versions (such as the user's sandbox)...Each student editor should also have a link to their course page, the article(s) they plan to or are working on for the assignment, and any draft at the top of their user page (see example, complete with WP:Diffs to the relevant edits for the assignment). Having this information on student userpages helps me better identify which pages are students working on class assignments, rather than promotional userspace spam. Hope this helps, SpencerT•C 02:34, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks. In the past I've only had them add {{Educational assignment}} when moving articles to mainspace, but I'll maybe suggest putting it on their sandboxes from now on. The WikiEd system only works with schools in the US and Canada, so we don't have access to all the bells and whistles. --MHAN2016 (talk) 22:43, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
- Ah, I see. Wikipedia:Student assignments does mention a global Wikipedia Education Program, but clicking on that shows a page that looks like it's in development. At any rate, in addition to that, including information on their userpage linking back to you as the instructor would be helpful (a lot of them just say "Work for School" which doesn't tell me too much...is this person working for a school and are there conflict of interest considerations? But I see now it is schoolwork. Something like "Hi I am <username> participating in the 2020 course <coursename> at <university> with instructor <link to your user talk page>." would be very helpful for screeners like me. Hope this helps! And thanks for helping me learn more about some of the limitations to WikiEd, bummer it isn't wider than the US and Canada. Best, SpencerT•C 23:57, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks. In the past I've only had them add {{Educational assignment}} when moving articles to mainspace, but I'll maybe suggest putting it on their sandboxes from now on. The WikiEd system only works with schools in the US and Canada, so we don't have access to all the bells and whistles. --MHAN2016 (talk) 22:43, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you for the clarification. I also want to encourage your students to include the {{Educational assignment}} template at the top of their articles. When screening articles, some red flags for me are: 1. Userspace pages about social media influencers, YouTube/Tik Tok stars, etc.; 2. No references/reliable sources listed in those pages, and links only to social media pages for the social media influencer; 3. Users with minimal edits outside of their userspace page about that subject. The vast majority of the time, these pages end up being the influencers making promotional pages on Wikipedia for themselves, which are (and should) be promptly deleted under U5 speedy deletion criteria. I definitely don't want this to happen to your students' pages, which in their early forms may seem like those pages worthy of speedy deletion (based on those "red flags" I listed above). The {{Educational assignment}} helps me identify the page as not spam. Additionally, please check out WP:STUDENTUSER: Each class assignment should have a course page that identifies the user names of the instructor, the liaison to the class from the WikiEd staff, and the students, as well as which articles the students are planning to work on (even if they don't yet exist), and the locations of any draft versions (such as the user's sandbox)...Each student editor should also have a link to their course page, the article(s) they plan to or are working on for the assignment, and any draft at the top of their user page (see example, complete with WP:Diffs to the relevant edits for the assignment). Having this information on student userpages helps me better identify which pages are students working on class assignments, rather than promotional userspace spam. Hope this helps, SpencerT•C 02:34, 24 April 2020 (UTC)