User talk:Onwuka Glory

Mirrors

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September 2022

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Sources

Hi Onwuka Glory, thank you for your attempts to improve sourcing in Wikipedia articles. Please be careful to cite reliable sources; dbpedia is not a reliable source since it copies content from Wikipedia, while marketingadvisoryservices.com is not an informational website and this page is just a random jumble of sentences with no coherence and no factual content – so that also can't be used as a source in Wikipedia. Regards, --bonadea contributions talk 20:35, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

Grammar

I'm sorry, but your grammar edits to a number of articles have changed correctly written English into incorrect English, and other editors have had to revert or fix your edits. It looks like you do not yet have sufficient command of English to make that kind of edit right now.

As an example, today you changed the first paragraph of the introduction of the child labour article from this to this. There was no reason to split the paragraph into three paragraphs; the sentences beginning with "However" and "Although" are sentence fragments; the correct semicolon was changed into an incorrect colon; and "exceptions" is a plural noun which means that the verb has to be "include", not "includes".

English grammar is pretty tricky sometimes, and there is absolutely nothing strange about it being hard to get it right – but since it creates work for other volunteers when an error is introduced into an article, I would like to ask you not to make any grammar edits to Wikipedia articles until your command of English is a bit stronger. Regards, --bonadea contributions talk 09:38, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

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Your students

Hello, you probably weren't told this but there are actually some quite strict guidelines about which articles should or should not be linked, that you and other accounts associated with you (presumably your students?) have violated in highly disruptive ways. Because of their exceedingly suspicious and unusual pattern, the accounts have been blocked and listed at this sockpuppet investigations page. If you could note any more accounts either here or there, that would be great. Given your editing history so far, I strongly suggest that your efforts would be much better focused on Wikipedia editions in your Nigerian regional/tribal language, rather than in English; the actions so far on both your account and those presumably associated with you have caused extreme disruption. I would like to know if you were given the OK to undertake this project by someone and if so, whom; I would suggest that they need some strong words about what is and is not permissible here. Graham87 16:06, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

Also, rapidly adding wikilinks (especially problematic ones) is generally considered to signify that editors are trying to game the system here to artificially boost their edit count; that's why Wikipedia editors have come down so harsh on edits by you and your students. Graham87 16:26, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

Furthermore, the Guidance for younger editors strongly emphasises that young people shouldn't use their real name online; it seems like most of your students didn't exactly do that. There's also the page about School and university projects. Graham87 18:05, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

Graham87 put it very well. Please list all the accounts that have added wikilinks under your guidance so they can be reviewed whether they are appropriate or not. Once you do, I am willing to unblock the accounts on the condition you familiarise yourself with Wikipedia's linking guidelines mentioned above, and Wikipedia procedures in general. DatGuy^Talk_Contribs 19:40, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

@DatGuy: Also see Onwuka Glory's conversation with me on my talk page. I'll let you take over from here with practical matters; it's way way past my bedtime where I am. Nigeria is on UTC+1. Graham87 19:49, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

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Re: Your recent messages on my talk page

Hi Onwuka, thanks for your messages on my talk page, and in particular the link to your dashboard, from which I notice there's a list of editors and an activity log so it's possible to log the editors' activities until this Tuesday, at least. While I've reviewed the edits by the editors I hadn't found before, I haven't blocked them because they haven't edited recently ... but I just don't feel comfortable unblocking the other users just yet, and I can't exactly put my finger on why. If I understand correctly you've advised the students to stop editing via a group chat with them (which they have). Finding ways to use sandboxes for teaching purposes is your job, not mine, and I'm not at all the best person to advise on that ... they're just a public-facing space where users can experiment without damaging the rest of Wikipedia. Frankly, if you can't process the links I've already given you and make them into a coherent teaching plan, I question whether you should be trying to run an edit-a-thon. And also the fact that that word is spelt "Edith-a-ton" on your pages doesn't help your case either ... neither do misleading edit summaries where you say you're adding a word but actually remove text. The above is just my opinion though; I'm open to any other views from experienced editors. Graham87 09:12, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

@Graham87 It's a tough case. We are generally open to educational activities (WP:SUP), but at the same time the instructors need to understand and respect our rules. Havign the students do WP:BTW-type activities is great - but they need to understnad the difference between helpful wiki liking and indiscriminate see-of-blue creation (WP:OVERLINKING). If Onwuka Glory can confirm that students will now understand the concept of overlinking and will be more careful in what they link, I'd support unblocking everyone. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 12:32, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

Graham87 I've been following this situation, and I'd like to advocate for unblocking the new users. These editors come from an underrepresented demographic, and the encyclopedia could benefit from encouraging them to contribute.

@Onwuka Glory, I expect that Graham87's reluctance to unblock is because your own editing history is problematic. You haven't made many helpful contributions, and many of your edits have been reverted. You will have to learn alongside your students how to make helpful contributions to the encyclopedia. Please encourage everyone to experiment in their sandbox and focus on clearly helpful editing in mainspace: Graham87's idea about fixing typos and spelling errors is a great suggestion for beginners. I'm happy to help with questions. What are the objectives of your project? Larataguera (talk) 13:05, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

Thinking about things (given the message just posted on my talk page, the one by Piotrus (wow, the ref to "Build the web" is a blast from the past!), and especially the one just above by Larataguera (that I've just noticed), I'm thinking it might be worth a try to unblock everyone and find out what happens ... hopefully good things! I'll do that now. Graham87 13:14, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

All done. I accidentally put the wrong link in my unblock message so I reblocked several users for a second to make sure the correct link was in their block log. I tried to disable consequent autoblocks but, in those cases where I didn't manage to do so due to a bad key press, it shouldn't have had any effect. In other words, all of your students should be clear to edit now! Graham87 14:29, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks a million. You 've kept me standing and I deserve it but I did learn from this review.

I implore you to put an eye on us as this has made me sit up to start all over again to work on myself. Thanks once again, I'm grateful. 😄😃👍 Onwuka Glory (talk) 14:52, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

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Good Article Edit-a-thon

Hi, I'm thankful for this message. Please, would it include Wikidata Edit-a-thon? Also, can I get some lists of articles to work on? Thanks.

Glory Onwuka Glory (talk) 04:54, 25 May 2023 (UTC)

Hi Onwuka Glory -- This event is not focused on Wikidata, but on making improvements to existing Wikipedia articles and bringing them up to Good Article standards (you can learn more about the Good Article criteria here). If you're looking for possible articles to work on, there are some suggestions near the top of the event page, but you're welcome to choose different articles as well. This event is intended to help editors with less experience learn how to bring an article up to Good Article status -- if you have any questions about it (or the Good Article nomination and review process), please let me know. All the best, Alanna the Brave (talk) 11:28, 26 May 2023 (UTC)

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