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This semester, I'm welcoming my students to the project using this template.

Welcome Crtew!

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References??

Dr. Tew, I have Lexis Nexis articles for my journalist... How do I site those again in my reference? -cmbrown1016 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cmbrown1016 (talk • contribs) 22:56, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Mvwold

Hey! I've completed my article and I believe it is "published" already. -Mvwold

Success

Hi, I've created an account.Jayyy 13 (talk) 16:16, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Hello

I,m the student who asked you about Henry Rollins of Black Flag. His new book looks really good may want to take a look. Mattcshaw (talk) 20:28, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Melody Bennett

Hello! I've successfully created my account! ----

Kjb

Hi!

I have made my user page

Kjb1902 (talk) 23:12, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Kara Boonstra

HI!

I made my account!(: Achamilton 17 (talk) 23:22, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Hey, I've created my Wikipedia account!

Hcandrews (talk) 23:33, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

I created an account! Mdbaurle (talk) 01:38, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Created wikipedia account

Hello Crtew,

My name is Brian McKinney and I am enrolled in your Mass Communications course for the Spring semester. I created a wikipedia account with a user name of dredd45. The page will be updated when I get home from a California business trip on Saturday. A photo will also be added when i have access. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dredd45 (talk • contribs) 02:15, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Alex Jenison - Wiki account

Hello! --AlexJenison (talk) 02:47, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Hello Professor Tew,

I am trying to figure out where to sign the course and replace the dummy information with my information. Apparently, I am the dummy because I can not find it anywhere or I am totally misunderstanding. Please help the lost.

Sincerely, Brian McKinney — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dredd45 (talk • contribs) 04:34, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Good question! Our class has a syllabus here. You can also click on the link for "Introduction to Mass Communication" on my User page. And if you're in our Blackboard site, I have created a link there.Crtew (talk) 04:51, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Hopefully I did this right! Adam jones25 (talk) 06:30, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Hello !

I've just created my wikipedia account ! Sixtine.dollars (talk) 15:02, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Hey Professor Tew, Nick Bauhan here from your online COMM 192 course. Just following the instructions and letting you know that I've created my account. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nbauhan (talk • contribs) 17:21, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Account: Created

Hey Professor Tew, Nick Bauhan here...just letting you know that my account has successfully been created.

Nbauhan (talk) 17:25, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Hello!

Hi! just got my wiki started, this is shane maikranz! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alcapwn187 (talk • contribs) 18:49, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Devyn Curry

Hello! My user name is: Decurry

Wikipedia Success

Hi, my name is Grace from the online Comm 192 class. I'm not sure but I think I have finally created my User Page...Grace'sWiki. Fingers Crossed!

--Grace'sWiki (talk) 22:05, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Ello Comm 192

I believe i have successfully made my wikipedia sight. i am very new to this.

SMLabno (talk) 23:01, 11 January 2012 (UTC)SMLabnoSMLabno (talk) 23:01, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Karisa Ellermann

I've created my wikipedia account Keellerman (talk) 23:16, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Stephanie Spiritoso

Hi, I've created my user account!

Spirit of Steph (talk) 23:44, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Maria Hermann!!

I finally think I figured all of it out! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mphermann (talk • contribs) 00:16, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Yay!!

I have made my Wikipedia page...Mommak68

Kim Underwood

New Account

Hello! I have created my Wikipedia account. Elbrown1234 (talk) 03:43, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Finally got around to posting on here

Hey there! Jordanbeard (talk) 04:33, 12 January 2012 (UTC)Jordanbeard

Just created my account! Dnheck (talk) 04:57, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

HEY

hey whats up this class seems like it is going to be awesome and going to help me with my dream of becoming a film maker — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alecblink182 (talk • contribs) 05:38, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Hi` this is Brad McNulty one of your students` — Preceding unsigned comment added by IBMcNulty (talk • contribs) 16:18, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

I created my account, hopefully I did it right, had a few problems to start out with. My user name is laceylochness. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Laceylochness (talk • contribs) 20:02, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Hello! This is Chelsea Brown

I have created my user page. user name: Cmbrown1016

Hello

I created my account, but still working out the kinks Lacey Stepro

--Laceylochness (talk) 20:36, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Hello

THis is Chad I created an account! cd82386 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cd82386 (talk • contribs) 21:41, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Slayde Settle

I created my account. Username: sgsettle

I have created my account. Sahara6sb (talk) 22:38, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

WIKIPEDIA ACCOUNT

== DR2, I've created my user account wnwilson1 Wnwilson1 (talk) 23:22, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Brock Marshall

Hey Dr. Tew. I believe I've successfully created my Wikipedia page.

--Brock Marshall (talk) 01:38, 13 January 2012 (UTC)Brock Marshall

Leaving you a message!

Dr. 2, Hi, my name is Kaylee Parrish I am taking your online Communications 192.N01 class! I am leaving you a message so you are aware that I made my Wikipedia account Kbparrish20. Hope you have a great day! Kaylee B. Parrish — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kbparrish20 (talk • contribs) 01:42, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Confused

Hi Dr. Tew. I am really confused on how I am supposed to get onto our course page. Jill Ackerman (talk) 17:21, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Account

Hi, my name is Jill Ackerman and I think I have successfully created my account. Jill Ackerman (talk) 17:24, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Hi Dr. Tew. My account has been created. Sbveatch (talk) 17:37, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

HI!

Hi, Dr. Tew! My name is Sara Veatch and my account has been created. Sbveatch (talk) 17:40, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Wikinews project introduction

On my main user page, I provide a summary of the Wikinews project Crtew (talk) 18:51, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Done! Srbealor (talk) 22:20, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Done. jrlaw2013Jrlaw2013 (talk) 01:15, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Done. Anthony Mr awmorris (talk) 05:25, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Ross Gentry

I created my account.

My username is Regentry

Regentry (talk) 21:52, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

I fixed the bare links on my Wiki page (Mukarram Khan Atif). Is it adequate enough to remove the bare links banner? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Regentry (talk • contribs) 02:24, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Well my page has been finished for a while now. My article has been submitted months ago but we already talked about that. Since it's been live for a while now, how will my grades be dealt with? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.31.197.125 (talk) 04:50, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

I realized that I didn't sign my last comment so I'll repeat myself and sign it this time... Well my page has been finished for a while now. My article has been submitted months ago but we already talked about that. Since it's been live for a while now, how will my grades be dealt with? Regentry (talk) 20:16, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Got it! Good work. All grades are in Blackboard and only you can see them.Crtew (talk) 22:26, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Heyo

I hope I did this right, but I'm pretty sure this is the right place. Jonwolf88 (talk) 00:44, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Jonathan Wolf — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonwolf88 (talk • contribs) 00:42, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Hello professor I'm in your Mass Comm. Class. Mattman636 (talk) 01:36, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

account

hello mr. tew this is ian fraser and i wanted to leave you a message verifying my account's creation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ifraser41 (talk • contribs) 01:39, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Dr. Tew

I finally finished creating an account. My name is Bigsqhunter Thank you for offering to help. Scott Patterson

Sir Tew

This is Erica Thomas. I thought I should clarify since my user name is a combination of my three boys' names. I have read the project introduction and am looking forward to this course! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abram samuelson (talk • contribs) 20:58, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Hello

Dr. Tew, I have created my account and have read the project introduction. Thanks, Kaitlin Crane KMCrane (talk) 06:12, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Hi Dr. Tew,

I have created my account and read the introduction. I hope I am doing this right! -- Shayna Miller Slynnr.2013 (talk) 21:59, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Hello Dr. Tew! This is AlexJenison (talk) 07:32, 17 January 2012 (UTC) and I am just introducing myself and letting you know a little bit about me. I am a newly transfer student from Belmont University in Nashville, where I played soccer for two seasons. I am a sophomore PR major. I am a sports fanatic and aspire to be a sports agent one day.

Reference help

I have no idea how to make the references in the specified format that you have asked for. Maybe show me after class Thursday. Thanks AlexJenison (talk) 05:22, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

DR. TEW

I finally found the talk page! Here's my user account http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Emily_Schoenbaechler

Emily Schoenbaechler (talk) 15:10, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

International Press Institute World Press Freedom Heroes

Hi Chad, I was thinking about your class when putting this list up a few days back. Preliminary Googling of the redlinks here suggests that at least a few of these journalists died in the line of duty--might be a place for some of your students to start.

And while I'm not a formal Wikipedia ambassador, but do let me know if there's any way I can pitch in this semester! I think this is a terrific project you have going. Cheers, Khazar (talk) 00:07, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

I'm a bit confused.

I'm not sure where to leave the URL's that we find for our journalists so I'm going to put mine here.

ifex.org- http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/01/02/alsayed_killed/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/30/basil-al-sayed-syria-dead_n_1176176.html

http://cpj.org/killed/2011/basil-al-sayed.php

http://futurejournalismproject.org/post/15025064932/basil-al-sayed

http://supportkurds.org/news/basil-al-sayed-a-syrian-citizen-journalist-who-lost-his-life-documenting-the-uprising-in-homs/

If I did this wrong, I apologize. Jayyy 13 (talk) 05:03, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Help with references AlexJenison (talk) 05:04, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

These are my sources I have found, but I am still totally confused about how to convert them into the right format for class.

http://cpj.org/tags/farhad-taqaddosi

http://cpj.org/killed/2011/farhad-taqaddosi.php

http://cpj.org/2011/09/iranian-journalist-dies-in-afghanistan.php

http://cpj.org/tags/taliban

http://www.ifex.org/afghanistan/2011/09/23/taqaddosi_killed/

http://www.ifex.org/bangladesh/2012/01/04/aparna_assaulted/

http://www.ifj.org/en/articles/ifj-mourns-death-of-cameraman-after-kabul-attack

http://www.ifj.org/en/articles/ifj-concerned-for-safety-of-danish-journalism-student-in-iran

http://www.ifj.org/en/articles/iraqi-journalists-call-on-united-nations-to-act-over-media-nightmare

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/director_general_condemns_killing_of_iranian_journalist_farhad_taqaddosi/

http://en.rsf.org/afghanistan-cameraman-dies-from-injuries-21-09-2011,41038.html

I have found a few sources, but my main problem is matching my bulleted points to my references. Hopefully, I'm on the right path for the class. If you could show me the way, that would be great. Thanks.

Laceylochness (talk) 04:09, 4 February 2012 (UTC) Lacey Stepro

Online Ambassador

Hi. I've signed up as an OA for your course. I've previously done OA duty on a US Public Policy course. Perhaps you could contact me by email (or, if you prefer, on my Talk page) so that I can get up to speed with where the course has got to, plus discuss how you and the students would like me to help. Best. --GuillaumeTell 19:10, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Hello again. Today I had an unexpected but welcome message on my Talk page from User:Sahara6sb and I've replied on her Talk page - have a look at what I said (and feel free to complain to me if you don't like it). I was rather surprised that you'd posted a message to her on her User page rather than her Talk page, and even more surprised that you'd added a {{Cleanup-link rot}} tag there. User pages are just for users to say as much or as little as they want about themselves. Talk pages are for ... Talk. Clean-up and other tags are for WP articles, not User or Talk pages. Hope this doesn't sound too brusque. Best. --GuillaumeTell 01:44, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Reflinks

Dr. Tew, Could give me a few pointers on how to use Reflinks? I know you would like me to run it for my journalist articles but I am struggling. Thanks, Sahara6sb (talk) 06:51, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Yes, I understand as I was confused the first time, too. You know how you open a new window in a new tab in your browser? You'll want to do that when you run the Reflinks. Be patient when you run it as its crawling the web looking for all that information and never comes up instantly. When you have the two browser tabs loaded -- one is your Wikipedia page with sources and the other is the results from the Reflinks tool -- you just go to the first reference in Reflink and change the box to either citation web format, which is default, or citation news. Many times our citations will be switched to news. Then you copy what's in that box and paste is between the open and close REF tags on your Wikpedia target page with your sources. When you save it, you should see the full link and the title will most likely have the link embedded so you can click on the title to see the original. Just like before, that Reflist template displays everything automatically. Isn't Wikipedia great? So many useful tools. Crtew (talk) 07:07, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Questions about tomorrow..

What is essay #1 and is it due tomorrow? I can never understand what is due and when.

- Alex Jenison

Alex, See our Blackboard account. I don't make those kind of announcements here. Look at the announcements on Blackboard and emails that are generated from those announcements. You may be getting my messages in junk until you accept email from my Blackboard account. If you still can't get to them, please come and see me! Crtew (talk) 16:35, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Hey im doing fine but

Hey im doing fine but my wiki is acting wierd as well as my whole computer. It is acting very sloggish, but i am working on as much as I can. Fortunatly it is actually responding to what I am typing today so today will be a workday for me and Mardardo Foras. Thank your for checking up on me and if I encounter anymore henderances I will ask you :D — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alecblink182 (talk • contribs) 19:53, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Online Ambassador Program

Hi. I've signed up as an Online Ambassador for your course - GuillameTell is the other ambassador for this project. Please let me know of any help that your students may need. Do you also require a list of journalists killed abroad, whether they currently have a Wikipedia article or not? Thanks. ~AH1 ^(discuss!) 02:17, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Adopt a journalist project

Hi. Thanks for the note. I'll be happy to help (and if I can't, I can contact other helpful Wikipedians). I'll get up to speed by taking a look at how things have been going so far. Best. --GuillaumeTell 18:05, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Hi. March break perhaps explains why the Ambassador program has been quiet lately - I can take a look at the article drafts and deliver helpful suggestions as needed; do you want the ambassadors to abstain from editing the user drafts until they are ready for publication? In any case, typically WP:AFC is reserved for anonymous editors who do not have accounts, and it is recommended that new editors use the "Article creation wizard" available on any redlinked mainspace page, such as this one. I can see at this point that Pending AfC submissions (AUTOPAT may be relevant for such purposes) is already severely backlogged, so it may be advisable to submit articles directly to Wikipedia after review and checking for NPOV. Thanks. ~AH1 ^(discuss!) 18:55, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

Having students create a sandbox page and submitting it to a Wikipedia ambassador seems fine; however, I'd rather not have to review 50 article drafts on the same day! In need of a reviewer, we could find additional Wikipedians who are currently involved in the larger OA program or I could try to find groups of editors who would be willing to "review" student-submitted articles (and maybe even clear the existing backlog). The standard template may become confusing, but I suggest instructing students on the essential layout of an article. This may include, for example, a lede, sections and subsections (appropriate titles), body text, citations, a bibliography/list of references, external links, and categories. The categories and external links are a bit more advanced, but the layout is really not difficult to learn.

Now if students are trying to edit the main page, we might have a problem. Currently only admins are allowed to edit that page, while everyone else is able to "view source". It's good to start on a citation-based level, that is drawing information first from the reliable sources (but without copy-pasting anything!) and then adding more information. Hope this helps! ~AH1 ^(discuss!) 02:28, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

Re: article - "Death of Jamal al-Sharaabi"

Well, it looks like we have two options here. One is that we can speedily delete (CSD G2, G7 or R2) the existing article after moving the page and its edit history to the student's userspace, and then tagging the redirect page for deletion (add notes such as "author request" or "unfinished student project", etc). The other option is to tag the article using {{underconstruction}} and add the Wikipedia-university collaboration tag on the talk page (optional). It's quite possible for there to be occasional conflicts between common practices of the educational environment and that of Wikipedia. In any case, the article itself has a few issues: the external links are formatted improperly, thus resulting in the [ref] tag errors. Overall, the article needs expansion, more context and likely more references in other media sources. ~AH1 ^(discuss!) 22:14, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

The speedy delete & move sounds like the best option. She needs to submit this through the AFC and the other option seems to bypass that. Should I have her move that page?Crtew (talk) 22:24, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

The article looks well-developed by now, but she can move and CSD the page if necessary as part of the assignment, mentioning such on the edit summary. In an interactive editing experience it is easy to forget that the submissions are live and able to be edited in real-time. Have you decided the process for article submission, and how did it work in past years? - hopefully this won't have an adverse impact on the students' ability to earn course marks! ~AH1 ^(discuss!) 11:57, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks Astro, I actually grade them independently from Wikipedia's system. Some journalists, especially from local situations, are often hard to get into Wikipedia because of notability issues. Those journalists just may fit better in already existing articles about a topic. But I can't judge those in the same way I would a western journalist who is covered in the international press. So I actually have a rubric page, if you search my name User:Crtew you'll see a rubric in one of the titles. I use that for grading! The submission process works well because it pushes students to do quality work and it's another independent perspective on what quality is! That's a great thing for students to be exposed to. Thanks for your help! Crtew (talk) 16:15, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Welcome Template

Hi Crtew, I quite like the welcome template you're using, is it a Wikipedia template or one you've designed yourself? Callanecc (talk) 09:11, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

Hi, it's really easy to remember, too. Look at "Template:Welcome to Wikipedia". Crtew (talk) 06:10, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Regarding your journalist assignment

Hello, Crtew! I'm contacting you in regards to the assignment you give, in which your students write about a journalist who has been killed. I was asked to move Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Karim Fakhrawi to the AfC namespace, as there was a previous version of the article still in place there. Although your student has cited reliable sources showing significant coverage, it appears, at least from the article your student has written, that coverage of his death is the only coverage that the journalist received. You might consider advising your students about the 1E part of the notability policy for people, which discusses the issue of people who are only notable for one event. If the journalist is notable for other things as well, your students should be advised to add the additional information to the articles. Thanks! – GorillaWarfare (talk) 18:50, 27 March 2012 (UTC) Hello. You have a new message at GorillaWarfare's talk page. Message added 20:08, 27 March 2012 (UTC).

A barnstar for you

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		Thanks for your recent contributions! 66.87.0.115 (talk) 20:22, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Kjb1902

I think I am done with my changes! Kara Boonstra — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kjb1902 (talk • contribs) 22:52, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

I made the changes you suggested. Am i ready to submit yet? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kjb1902 (talk • contribs) 18:16, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

Kjb1902, about your article on Abdisalan Sheikh Hassan: Good search for references! You were also able to fill out all the major sections in your draft. Checked on 29 April 2012. The big problem was when I checked your sources, you had mixed up two journalists; I removed the factual errors that resulted from this mistake. I also edited out the last of the "peacock" and POV statements; Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and so just like the objective era of journalism, "Just the facts!" Submit to Articles For Creation by pressing the submit button on the last remaining banner.Crtew (talk) 00:27, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Mattcshaw

Prof Tew this is Matthew Shaw take a look and tell whats next I already know a couple of things didnt work anyway see you in class.Matthew C Shaw (talk) 23:10, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

Prof Tew, I had no banners on my page, nor could i edit my lead sentence. I added two more refs from bikyamasar.com. cmfr-phil.com had no new info to put up And the other ref #5, if you could move that down to the external links, it has a bunch of spanish videos on it. If i need to do anything please let me know, thank you.Matthew C Shaw (talk) 17:13, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

Submit, Crtew (talk) 02:02, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Mdbaurle

I'm done, mdbaurle — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mdbaurle (talk • contribs) 02:00, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

I think I'm done now, mdbaurle — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mdbaurle (talk • contribs) 17:35, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

I sent you an email with some advice for editing.Crtew (talk) 19:28, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Spirit of Steph

Hey Dr.2, I think I am finished editing my article and I ran the Reflinks tool. Spirit of Steph (talk) 19:30, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Hey Dr. 2, I think I made the necessary changes. Am I ready to submit? Spirit of Steph (talk) 18:53, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

You had a lot of good references and a very good draft. You didn't use all those sources, however, as effectively as you might have to detail the significance, the cirmstances of death, and the public dialogue that the incident provoked. I made some changes with those. Submit! Crtew (talk) 19:27, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Devyn Curry

I have finished making changes to my article! Thanks Decurry (talk) 22:52, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Dr. Tew, I think my article is ready to be submitted. It is in my sandbox (per the instructions of our Wiki ambassador). Please inform me of any changes that need made and the next step that I need to do to submit. Thanks. Sahara6sb (talk) 16:36, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Decurry, Good work, I did use some info from another student who was working on the son and some of my own info. You packed too much detail at the top about the murder for the significance. If you look at the copy now, you might think that I did the same thing, but what I was trying to do is to get the big picture. It was a complicated story that expanded out to other articles, like the one for Yolanda. This article was the inspiration for a new category in Wikipedia: "Victims of the Mexican Drug War." It's new. I created it and assigned some other journalists to the category. I also added a map for Veracruz and template for the Mexican Drug War to the article. Go ahead and submit! Click on the submit on the topmost banner. Good Luck, Crtew (talk) 21:29, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

LexisNexis

Hi Dr2. I am havin major issues trying to get sources from LexisNexis. I have tried just searching Wanderley Canuto Leandro and then I have tried search Wanderley since that is what he is known by. Can you please let me know what I'm doing wrong? Thanks! Jill Ackerman (talk) 14:27, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

I don't believe this will pass Wikipedia because of the lack of SIGCOV and you haven't established his importance in the lead. Why should he be in an encyclopedia? If you were able to search Lexis Nexis for Portugese sources and translate in Google, I'm sure you would get news coverage. Have a Rice Librarian help you out. Take a look: I added links to deorphan it. You still had problems with bare links as not all of them were fixed. It took about 1 minute and 2 cuts and pastes to fix. Crtew (talk) 20:17, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Can you tell me how to search in Lexis Nexis? I have tried many times and I always come up with nothing. Thank you.

Jill Ackerman (talk) 00:13, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

1. There is a lecture I posted in Blackboard on searching Lexis-Nexis with graphics in the Part II folder. 2. If you're still having problems, then it's best to speak to a librarian to help with your search strategy. Many times that's what the actual problem is but people don't play around with the combinations enough to draw out the target articles. 3. I suspect that you're not looking foreign language articles, as I said above.

Shafiullah Khan

My page on Shafiullah Khan is ready — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abbyhughes27 (talk • contribs) 19:20, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Use inline citations. Crtew (talk) 19:47, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Article Done

Dr. Tew, I have Lexis Nexis articles for my journalist... How do I site those again in my reference? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cmbrown1016 (talk • contribs) 22:53, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

My article is done, and I think it is ready to be published. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cmbrown1016 (talk • contribs) 20:06, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

I'm not sure if this is where I am supposed to submit my final wiki assignment, but it's ready to be published. Cmbrown1016 (talk) 20:47, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

Chelsea, I went over your article. Good job at finding the research and fleshing out the different sections! I did some heavy copyediting, and so you want to watch out for that in the future. You did a good job backing up the importance of your subject with the CNN citations.Crtew (talk) 23:42, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Essay

Dr. 2, I would like to express my feelings about your statement on my page "Looking over this one day effort, I'm not seeing hard work or detail". I've spent several days on this project only to lose all my information and had to start over. Once I got what you based your statement on was when I decided to give up on this project and depend on being able to complete the other essays. I have been waiting on you to post information that would help me better understand this assignment since March. I was one of very few students that had completed your request on your email from Feb 28 with the reporters name and info by spring break. Since you never responded to any of my e-mails I was depending on essay 2 & 3 to help my grade thinking they didn't have anything to do with this Wiki site project. I totally didn't understand how to use this tool and have only been able to complete what I have by viewing my classmates postings to understand this project. I've received several e-mails from other classmates that were having the same problem. Please review and let me know if I can submit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wnwilson1 (talk • contribs) 03:22, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

I've responded on your talk page as you probably won't look here. Crtew (talk) 00:17, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

I may be finished?

Dr2,

I think I may be finished with my essay. I ran Reflinks like you asked me to and it said, "no changes were necessary: reference template found." I sent you an e-mail on Tuesday, but you never got back to me so I did the best I could. I deleted all of the references that I didn't use in my essay to get rid of all of the clutter. However, my info box now looks different than before so I may have deleted something that I didn't need to. Please let me know what needs to be changed. I will submit it as soon as you tell me to. Thanks,Elbrown1234 (talk) 16:00, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

Dr.2, I am really concerned because I have not received a response from you and tomorrow is our last day. I have sent a couple of e-mails with questions and I have wrote on your talk page. I cannot improve my essay if I do not know what needs to be changed. If you feel that I am ready to submit then please let me know. Thank-you Elbrown1234 (talk) 06:41, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

I want you to fix that Seattle citation. Can you get the cite to that Seattle Times article becuase there is no information for it. I still have to place the map pins for Tikrit. Overall it's very good! Please repsond here and tell me when you're finished. Crtew (talk) 16:57, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Ready to be checked

Hello there! I believe I have completed all the things I needed to be ready to submit. The only problem that I had was I could not get one of my sources to cite because it was a blocked website. The website is www.petitiononline.com , so I did not know if there was a way around that so I could still cite it, or if I should just delete the information. Thanks Melllb (talk) 17:27, 28 April 2012 (UTC)melllb

Don't use that source. I sent you an email about fixing the lead, using inline citations, and linking to other articles.Crtew (talk) 23:54, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Finished?

Dear Dr. 2, I think I am ready to submit i have done over my article and need approval IBMcNulty (talk) 00:08, 29 April 2012 (UTC)IBMcNulty

I looked it over and you go ahead and submit Yolanda Ordaz de la Cruz.Crtew (talk) 02:41, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Ready to Submit

Dr. 2 I think I might be ready to submit. I think I have completed all the tasks set.' Laceylochness (talk) 00:55, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Ready to Submit

Hi Dr2, I think my article is ready to submit. Please let me know if I can go ahead and proceed. Thank you!

Jill Ackerman (talk) 13:40, 29 April 2012 (UTC

Hi Dr2, when do the articles have to be submitted by? If we don't ever get approved for subimittal, will we flunk the article? Thanks.

Jill Ackerman (talk) 17:08, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Revision

I have revised my article. Jayyy 13 (talk) 18:18, 29 April 2012 (UTC)Jayyy_13

Sgsettle/Valerio Nascimento

My wikipedia page is ready. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sgsettle (talk • contribs) 22:26, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

mphermann/Li Xiang

ready to submit... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mphermann (talk • contribs) 22:27, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Submit. Good work, Crtew (talk) 21:53, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Submit Wiki

My Wikipedia page is ready to be submitted! Dnheck (talk) 04:14, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Good, you cleaned it up quite a bit. I did some editing and tigtened it up. Submit, Crtew (talk) 04:02, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Dr Tew

I'm finally finished with my project (Bigsqhunter). I believe I made the points I wanted to in the article, I'm happy with it!!!!!!!! Thank You for all of your help, you have no idea how much you helped me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bigsqhunter (talk • contribs) 04:32, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Revision

I have tried to revise my page and i have tried to de-orphan my page. i also tried to link it to other pages but i did not fully understand what the "pipe" was and how to use it on my ref tags. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adam jones25 (talk • contribs) 04:55, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Your new edits were good. I sharpened up the lead as it had too much information in it. The more specific details should be in the body. The lead is big picture stuff. He was the second journalist to be killed within a week after the start of the Bahraini uprising. There are also torture photos that were available on Wikimedia Commons (Creative Commons license), and I selected the least gruesome one for the page. It's also categorized. Please go to the page and look at the top banner. Yours is the new type and you have a "click here" to save link. Use that to submit once you look at my changes. I'll see that it's submitted in my watch list. Good luck -- it looks great now, Crtew (talk) 17:37, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia Turn In

I am submitting my revised wikipedia assignment.

Thanks, Karisa Ellermann Keellerman (talk) 15:40, 30 April 2012 (UTC) -->

Brock Marshall Wiki Article

Hey Dr. Tew. I've made some revisions and added some more information to my Wikipedia article. I still couldn't find anything about Mr. Kifle's personal life, but it makes sense to me that he would try to keep things of that nature guarded given his situation. Permission to submit would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. --Brock Marshall (talk) 00:43, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

ready to submit

I have edited my article and ran the tools the edits advised multiple times, so i don't see how i could have any bare URLS or anything left. I researched every cite you gave us plus many more but could not find any background information or anything descriptive about Luciano Leitão Pedrosa's life. I can't edit my article anymore becuase i can't find any information. I have even translated spanish reports. I think this is all the information i am able to find. Thank you for your time.SMLabno (talk) 20:03, 30 April 2012 (UTC)SMLabno

I edited my article and ran the necessary tools that were on the edit bars. They still appear, but i ran them multiple times so i don't see how i could have any bare URLS left. It is impossible to find out any background information on Luciano Leitão Pedrosa, i've went to every cite you gave us plus many more. I can't write more distinctivly about him becuase i am not able to find any information about him. I have even translated spanish reports and i haven't found any background information. I think this article is as good as it can get. Thank you for your time. SMLabno (talk) 20:00, 30 April 2012 (UTC)SMLabnoSMLabno (talk) 20:00, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

This article is no where near done. I have left you a personal email to explain each of the banners on the page. Crtew (talk) 18:30, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Farhad Taqadossi - Alex Jenison

Sir Tew,

I have researched relentlessly and have found insufficient content for my page. Is there anything I am missing? I have searched and put out everything I have found. I just do not think there is enough information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AlexJenison (talk • contribs) 22:18, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

He is the only Iranian journalist listed as having died cover the War in Afghanistan. But you need to explain the context behind the Taliban attack that killed him. Ask a Rice Librarian to help you find an article about the death incident. Fill out the context. Look at the other foreign journalists who died during that war as a model. Crtew (talk) 22:58, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Article Submission

I believe my article is ready for submission although I still had some questions. I went ahead and left links in it for fellow student articles that have yet to be completed and I left a reference to the only photo I could find of Bashir Gedi but after much reading, I gathered that I could only add a photo after the article was approved by Wikipedia. I hope its close to meeting their standards because I eliminated my own bias, corrected my spelling and grammar, and verified my references. I hope I ridded the article of bare URLs but I am not overly confident that I have but I was stumped as to what else I could have done. Dredd45 (talk) 02:58, 1 May 2012 (UTC) Brian McKinney

Dredd45, I won't accept any articles that have bare links, which are those plain URLs that you see that look like http:// blah blah blah. It's so easy to trun the Reflinks tool. You right click on the reflinks tool on a PC in the bare links banner and that opens another window (can be slow but don't worry). Then you copy from open to close ref tags and psate it to replace the open to close ref tags with bare links in your target article. Easy! You must do this and then resubmit. Also tell us why Gedi was important. Focus on the role that Radio Shabelle plays! Write that up for the impact section.Crtew (talk) 05:52, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Evansville meetup

Hi, Dr. Tew. I'm trying to organize the first ever Wikimedia meetup in Evansville; please stop by User:Bob the Wikipedian/Wiknic if you're interested in attending or helping out. Bob the WikipediaN ^{(talk • contribs)} 23:04, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! Credit where credit's due, though; a fellow regional ambassador Richard Knipel made me do it. Bob the WikipediaN ^{(talk • contribs)} 23:28, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Re: Help request

I generally agree with the other reviewer's most recent comments when it comes to asserting notability and whether the article is to be about the journalist himself, or his murder. Taking a look at the article myself, it does indeed have significant inter-continental coverage from a variety of countries, as well as numerous sources. The "Impact" section is perhaps the most significant, because it suggests the journalist's death is making a landmark case, possibly setting a precedent in Somalia. That section will need expansion, and more references. The "Personal" section, though, might be better being called "Biography", "early life" or something along those lines, depending on the focus of the article. The article actually provides little context, in the sense that it mentions over two dozen other journalists being killed in Somalia since 2007, but why is this journalist more notable than say, the other 25 journalists who likely don't have articles? The "context" section, while helpful, seems a bit misplaced—it may be better to discuss the ongoing conflicts and/or the role of media in Somalia and the surrounding Horn of Africa region, and depict the generalization that Somalia is a dangerous country as a backstory to the main text. What was the journalist covering around the time of the 'assassination', and what were the reactions from the media channel, from authorities, and from any international colleagues? What about the possible motives, and is the suspect saying anything, and are there any extremist militants involved or is this a run-of-the-mill targeted crime? What was the context of the death threat, if available, and finally is the event itself notable, that is the actual shooting or any background conflicts in Somalia unfolding when he was killed, or just the act of the murder itself that most citations focus on that support notability?

In summary, I recommend deciding whether to write the article to focus on the deceased journalist himself (in which case the article functions as a biography), on the killing of the journalist, or indeed on the series of events that led to the killing. Once this is clearly established, the availability and integration of references should reflect this theme—while there is indeed significant coverage surrounding the death, it is a good idea to include a wide variety of citations for each section, and streamline the sections to bring out the content.

Hope this helps. As an aside, when do classes conclude for the winter/spring term for your course, and does it vary between different universities in the US? ~AH1 ^(discuss!) 01:25, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

I've also had a look at the AFC and generally agree with User:Dalisays's comments and with what AH1 says above. An alternative approach which struck me was based on the fact that 24 (or whatever) journalists have been killed in Somalia since 2007. A more general article (maybe Journalists killed in Somalia since 2007) encompassing the background plus all the deaths and their circumstances, with refs, would seem to me to pass the notability test (but obviously that couldn't easily be done in time for tomorrow). Category:Journalists_killed_in_Somalia could possibly provide some ideas - and there are lots of articles on the ongoing civil war in Somalia. --GuillaumeTell 16:45, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

The articles in this category seem to be judged upon the swing between WP:SIGCOV and WP:VICTIM and WP:1E. That's the issue. I also agree that the article could be improved and you both make great suggestions. Can you help me with this Notability problem in general?Crtew (talk) 18:38, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Cri de coeur

they didn't accept my paper Prof Tew but i also didn't see a grade for it and I don't know what else they want to improve it. so if you get time and you want to re look at my paper and give me some ideas maybe i can work on this summer to get it publish.--Matthew C Shaw (talk) 16:39, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Article Submitted

Dr.2,

I ended up getting rid of the Seattle Times reference altogether. I found the same information in some of my other references so I just cited them instead. I submitted my article. We'll see if they accept it. I appreciate all of your help.

Elbrown1234 (talk) 00:37, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

Submitted

Thanks for all the help!

Abbyhughes27 (talk) 22:49, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

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Meetup date

Hi there; I see you didn't indicate yet which time works best for you for our Wiknic: http://www.doodle.com/w8qttw6btwgci8ew

Bob the WikipediaN ^{(talk • contribs)} 02:45, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Adding a photo to my article

Dr. Tew,

I hope you are finding summer well! Thanks for doing the final edits on my page to make it live. I recently fixed some quote's, which needed source citations.

I want to add a photo. Here's my page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soran_Mama_Hama

Here's the photo. http://cpj.org/killed/photos/soran_mama_hama_iraq_2008.jpg

Here's a letter from the editor of the newspaper granting permission to use the photo:

From: shan husien <shanshshan@yahoo.com> To: "malperlvin@yahoo.com" <malperlvin@yahoo.com>; "lvinpress@yahoo.com" <lvinpress@yahoo.com>; "zhekaf_a@yahoo.com" <zhekaf_a@yahoo.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 7:56 PM Subject: tkaya zu wallamm bdanawa please reply me soon.

Amkatatan bash,

barezan mnla zankoy USI la USA axwenm hawreyaki rozhnamanusm bo yakek la prozhakani basi shahis (soran mama hama)y krd ba Wikipedia, ja pewisti ba razaandi govarakatan haya bo bakarhenani wenay namr (Soran) la wikipedia kaida. Chawarey wallamtanm, zor supas. atwann ba barez mamosta Ahmad mira blen ka mn Shan sherwanm w xwendkari bum

Hello, my name is Shan and studying in USI in USA, my friend studies journalism and he did a Wikipedia for (Soran mama Hama) and he is done now he needs your approval to use a picture of (soran mam hama), please reply me soon .

Shan

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From: shan husien <shanshshan@yahoo.com> To: "cmjohannes@gmail.com" <cmjohannes@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, June 4, 2012 12:43 PM Subject: Fw: tkaya zu wallamm bdanawa please reply me soon.

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From: lvin press <lvinpress@yahoo.com> To: shan husien <shanshshan@yahoo.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 12:51 PM Subject: Re: tkaya zu wallamm bdanawa please reply me soon.

slaw barezm ba xoshalewa razamandin bo aw kara translation ( we agree that you can use it with pleasure) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cmjohannes (talk • contribs) 18:13, 4 June 2012 (UTC)

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Wikinic - last minute planning

The Wiknic is nearly upon us! We need to figure out who can bring different food items; please reply at Wikipedia talk:Meetup/Evansville/Wiknic/2012#Food. Thanks! Bob the WikipediaN ^{(talk • contribs)} 22:51, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

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EduWiki Conference 5-6 September in Leicester, UK

I am writing to you as you have signed up to the Education Meetup at Wikimania 2012 and perhaps are interested in how Wikipedia links to education. Wikimedia UK is now running a education related event that may be of interest to you: the EduWiki Conference on 5-6 September in Leicester. This event will be looking at Wikipedia and related charitable projects in terms of educational practice, including good faith collaboration, open review, and global participation. It's a chance to talk about innovative work in your institution or online community, and shape the future of Wikimedia UK's work in this area!

The conference will be of interest to educators, scholarly societies members, contributors to Wikipedia and other open education projects, and students.

For details please visit the UK Chapter Wiki.

Please feel welcome to register or promote within your network.

Thank you, Daria Cybulska (talk) 16:27, 25 July 2012 (UTC)