User talk:Alison intheair

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greetings

I hope yours is too Alison! Could this be an outlet for G-578 as well? NicEMyer (talk) 16:51, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

Hi, Alison!

I had dinner with User:Piotrus and User:Smallbones last night, and that is how I have come to your talk page. I will give you some suggestions on how to proceed, but you need more editing experience before attempting a long and difficult article along the lines that you mention. Best wishes! --DThomsen8 (talk) 13:11, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Anti-Development social movements in Latin America

1. Before you attempt to create an article with this subject, have you written this article using a word processing program like MS Word, with the usual academic citations?
2. Are there any articles on Wikipedia about any particular social movements in any part of the world against development?
3. I am pleased to see your sandbox article, which shows that you are learning how to create the basic structure of an article. You should create some sandbox articles in your field on some minor topics, and especially you should learn how to have inline citations to books, journals, and on-line articles.
4. Can you find ways to improve the Landless Workers' Movement article, especially by adding inline citations where needed?
5. Can you improve the Populism#Latin America section, which is tagged for bias?
6. User:John Broughton's book Wikipedia: The Missing Manual is online right here, but I would suggest that you read it in paper form, and use it as a reference in creating articles or editing existing articles.

Feel free to reply to me right here. I numbered my suggestions for ease in commenting in reply. --DThomsen8 (talk) 13:42, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks so much for your help, Dthomsen8.

1. I am currently working on the article in Microsoft word, and have done a presentation on the topic for class. This is an assignment for an class on Economic Development--I am able to simply make major additions to a currently existing article, or write my own.
2. I am looking into other articles on Wikipedia currently.
3. I will work on this!
4. Also, this.
5. I will take a look at this article--I'm not sure if I have enough background information, but I will look into it.
6. I will look into this reference material. It seems like it will be very helpful.

I really appreciate your help, and hope to get cracking on this article shortly. I will let you know if I have any immediate questions.

Best, Alison intheair (talk) 04:33, 28 February 2011 (UTC)