User talk:Samlhotard

Welcome![edit]

Hello, Samlhotard, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Ian and I work with the Wiki Education Foundation; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.

I hope you enjoy editing here. If you haven't already done so, please check out the student training library, which introduces you to editing and Wikipedia's core principles. You may also want to check out the Teahouse, a community of Wikipedia editors dedicated to helping new users. Below are some resources to help you get started editing.

Handouts
Choosing an article to edit Editing an article • Add images to articles Citing sources on Wikipedia
Additional Resources
You can find answers to many student questions on our Q&A site, ask.wikiedu.org

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:11, 24 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Finding an article[edit]

To find a good article to edit, check WikiProject Mass spectrometry, especially sections on articles by quality and importance: Wikipedia:WikiProject Mass spectrometry#Assessment; and articles by popularity: Wikipedia:WikiProject Mass spectrometry#Popular pages. There is also a tool that you can use to sort articles, for example Stub[1]and Start[2] class. Remember the goal is to move an article up two quality units: nothing to Start, Stub to C, or Start to B. --Kkmurray (talk) 19:12, 26 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Assignment 2 - Proposed Articles[edit]

Resonance ionizaton (RI) / Resonance ionization mass spectrometry (RIMS)

This article does not exist yet. This topic is suitable for article creation given that resonance ionization is common in various mass spectrometry ionization methods (usually involving the use of a laser). It is worth acknowledging via a Wikipedia article given its applicability in isotopic mass spectrometry.

Sources:

Thermospray

This is a Start-Class, Low-importance article; the history and modern lack of use of this ionization method could be explained.

Laser spray ionization

This is a Stub-Class article that could be improved with better sentence structuring and better grammar. Linking to different articles will also help Wikipedia users learn more about this topic (for example: "... ionization can be coupled to a Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) mass analyzer to improve detection..." - Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance should link to the corresponding article. This article should also be made more accessible to someone with high school-level education. Improving the categorization is also needed. --Samlhotard (talk) 18:15, 23 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Resonance ionization mass spectrometry would have to be done with an eye on resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization. Thermospray is good. Laser spray ionization is a little problematic since it has been used in multiple ways, the most popular being inlet ionization. --Kkmurray (talk) 21:18, 13 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

You have an overdue training assignment.[edit]

Please complete the assigned training modules. --Kkmurray (talk) 22:51, 21 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

March 2017[edit]

Hello, I'm Excirial. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions —the one you made with this edit to Resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization— because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Excirial ^{(Contact me,Contribs)} 19:09, 9 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

My mistake - forgot to click over to my sandbox. Thanks for catching that. Samlhotard (talk) 19:15, 9 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Resonance ionization or resonance ionization mass spectrometry[edit]

Do you want the article you are working on to be [resonance ionization]] or resonance ionization mass spectrometry? You will have much more overlap with resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization with the former. --Kkmurray (talk) 20:56, 17 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I think I'll be okay with resonance ionization; the overlap won't give me as much trouble as finding more current RI Mass Spec articles. Samlhotard (talk) 16:45, 27 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]