User talk:Pmedwards

Sean Chaney: Cbsean (talk) 06:41, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I made an account. Thanks for answering my questions. Dfheathe (talk) 19:33, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I just made a Wikipedia account, in your INLS 200 class. Sscline (talk) 19:40, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Just made an account. Projectpat11 (talk) 19:38, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

this is my account. Daydreambeliever (talk) 19:32, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Professor Edwards, Just created a user account. WDWduckett (talk) 20:00, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Me too. Cliftonc3 (talk) 20:09, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oh hey. LPFleming (talk) 20:59, 4 February 2009 (UTC) I most certainly did make an account. Nbarnes32 (talk) 03:20, 5 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

hey I made an account also (Dlopesss (talk) 22:45, 5 February 2009 (UTC)).[reply]

Hello. I made an account too. Ersmith9 (talk) 23:29, 5 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Test with Rachel Pmedward (talk) 20:16, 6 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I made an account. Swc0113 (talk) 16:21, 7 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

New Account Created JLowman (talk) 01:46, 8 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Test message. Wxie (talk) 04:42, 8 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Professor, I just created my user account. Skinfan8 (talk) 16:18, 8 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I made an account as well kim1220 (talk) 18:20, 8 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, I just made my account. Prlauren (talk) 02:13, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Professor, I just made my own account as well.Yjchang86 (talk) 02:57, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What's good Proffessor? Tcandrew (talk) 03:38, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Account Test Message MB3C (talk) 05:44, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Done Hturley (talk) 07:16, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Signed up. Kasterno (talk) 16:32, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey professor, I made my account Depolomd (talk) 18:15, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey. 152.23.73.138 (talk) 19:00, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey. Chrisgerding (talk) 19:01, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Created account. Barrettgholland (talk) 19:03, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

created an account.Mpeebles (talk) 19:05, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

made an account N_cody46 (talk) 19:05, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Proffessor Edwards! Heharper (talk) 19:33, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Created my account.Dwhoyle (talk) 19:33, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Created an account Fuentesc (talk) 19:36, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm on. Hlove7 (talk) 19:55, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Professor Edwards, this is my user account! -Virginia Knott Vknott (talk) 19:19, 11 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This is my user account! Thanks, Alston Armfield Earmfield Earmfield (talk) 19:24, 11 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I just realized I never posted to tell you about my account, so here it is! (Rachelp87 (talk) 18:43, 15 February 2009 (UTC))[reply]

Professor, I am changing my topic to Ed Davis. You told me to post my change on here. Skinfan8 (talk) 23:12, 15 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Here is my account too, Margaret Anne McArverMamcarver (talk) 01:32, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Class

I noticed that you have a class participating at Wikipedia. You may be interested in Wikiversity, a sister project that caters to online classroom activities. The rules and structure is different to allow "original research" and education based activities. Wikipedia is mostly for building articles. You could use both if you wish to teach and instruct while students build articles. Ottava Rima (talk) 20:12, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I'm aware of Wikiversity, but my students are doing something a bit different--they're focusing on articles--so we should be fine: caveats and alternatives noted. Pmedward (talk) 14:59, 11 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome

Welcome!

Hello, Pmedwards, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question. Again, welcome! –Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 20:20, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

School/University projects

If you are intending to use Wikipedia for a school or university project, please take a look at WP:SUP - it has much useful advice for teachers/instructors. Thank you. – ukexpat (talk) 21:17, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

See also User:Jbmurray/Advice. There have been some excellent and productive projects, but there have also been some which were frustrating and disappointing for the participants and caused a great deal of clean-up work for other Wikipedians. The advice in the two articles referenced here is based on hard-won experience, and is essential reading before your project gets under way. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 21:33, 9 February 2009 (UTC) JohnCD (talk) 21:33, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Understandable. I've been following reports of Wikipedia-based projects for a while now, and my students should be fine for what we're set up to do. (There are things that we're doing in the classroom that should help get articles in decent shape before they actually go live.) Pmedward (talk) 15:02, 11 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Good. At the risk of teaching my grandmother to suck eggs, two points which have come up in earlier projects might be worth mentioning:

Nobody owns a WP article: as soon as your students put one into article space, others may and probably will edit it. A good way round this is to create a first version in user space by starting a page named "User:<username>/<pagename>" (for example, I have User:JohnCD/Sandbox) where they can work undisturbed until the article is ready to move into article space.

One important way in which a Wikipedia article differs from the usual student essay is that Original Research and Synthesis (i.e. putting established ideas together to deduce something new) are the name of the game for student essays but forbidden for WP articles.

Useful links for your students: WP:YFA, WP:BAI, WP:NOT. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 20:12, 11 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

One additional point, you may be better off creating a project page where everyone can interact, such as Wikipedia:Nameofproject. – ukexpat (talk) 04:24, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think better not in article space as it would not be an encyclopedia article and might be objected to on the grounds of WP:NOT#WEBSPACE; but you could do it in your user-space, e.g. User:Pmedward/Projectpage. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 12:45, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Good point - that's a much better idea. – ukexpat (talk) 02:02, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]