User talk:Shalor (Wiki Ed)/Archive 12
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Written like an Advertisement Banner
Hello! I am currently working on StarKid Productions, and it one of the tags on the page is
![]() | This article contains content that is written like an advertisement. |
. I've been working on this article for a while now, and I was wondering if you could help me figure out if the article is close to neutrality enough to get rid of the tag. Thanks! Atampir (talk) 21:26, 14 March 2019 (UTC)
- Responded on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:13, 15 March 2019 (UTC)
Article review
Hi Shalor, could you review my article in my sandbox and perhaps make some suggestions? I'm editing the wiki page for Russia, in particular the history section concerning modern Russia and the economic hardships of the 1990's. Any feedback would be wonderful. Thanks! Polymoog19 (talk) 00:00, 15 March 2019 (UTC)
- Responded on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:34, 15 March 2019 (UTC)
Hello.
I need help with...
I would like someone to review my information and help me figure out more ways I Can complete the article.
--Allthelex (talk) 19:41, 15 March 2019 (UTC)
- I will review and respond on your talk page! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:49, 15 March 2019 (UTC)
Which references are okay to use on Wikipedia
Hello Shalor, I am trying to add a few citations to an article and I have noticed that one of them will not add. I'm wondering if the website https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042813039608 will be allowed on Wikipedia as a reference. Frich25 (talk) 18:43, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
- I'll respond on your talk page! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:35, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
Hello.
I need help with...Shalor, How do I move the page from my sandbox to the actual page once I am done with edits? Thank you for all of your help. Also, I have not added the species info etc. yet.
DCasper79 (talk) 15:50, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
--DCasper79 (talk) 15:50, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
- Will respond on talk page! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:46, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
Source Questions
Hi Shalor, For one of our sources, the only place it is published publicly is on a Facebook page. Is this okay to use as a citation? Or should we cite it in another way? Please get back to me when you can, thank you! Ophmac (talk) 22:05, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
- Will respond on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:58, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
Thank you
Thank you for welcoming me to Wikipedia and being such a helpful member of the community! Isabellamiaa (talk) 16:36, 20 March 2019 (UTC)
- No problem! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:47, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
Hi again Shalor. This is another student editor who also is using non-free file in their User:Lianne99/sandbox. I'm not sure who this student's advisor is, but perhaps you wouldn't mind trying to help out here as well. Thanks again. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:23, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
- It looks like they're an international student (England) so they're not under our jurisdiction, but I'll hop in and leave a quick note for them. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:49, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
Hello.
I need help with inserting an information icon into my sandbox. I have tried several times and failed to be able to do so. The icon is one already used in Wikipedia. Please help as I am lost right now.
Thank you so much for your help.
Sandy
--Dillbug (talk) 13:34, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
I figured how to post the icon. I was going to the wrong area to do so. Thank you anyway. Dillbug (talk) 19:56, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
- I'm glad you were able to figure it out! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:12, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
I was working on the York Catholic High School page and I made some edits. I didn't think I made any major changes, but when I look at the page, it seems off. Then I went back in to edit again and things were covering other things and I couldn't figure it out. KBrown99 (talk) 01:35, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
- Responded on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:39, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
Hello Shalor.
I need help with making the draft in my sandbox into a live article. Thank you so much for your help!
--M weth (talk) 14:06, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
- Responded on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:00, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
Help on sources
Hello, I am currently working on the Lady Pink article, and I was planning on listing off her most notable paintings and other meduims off in bullet points under her career section, each with their own subsection. The issue is I am getting the information from 1 source (her website in which she lists the medium, date, and other information for each work). When citing, will this be a problem? Should I avoid citing each work one at a time with the same source? Is there another way to do this process if it is a problem?
-Thanks
Mferrell104 (talk) 20:52, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
- I'll respond on your talk page! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:03, 22 March 2019 (UTC)
Hello.
I need help with moving my sandbox to the main wiki page of my assigned artist. How do I do that?
--Prissy114 (talk) 23:35, 21 March 2019 (UTC)Priscilla Escobar
- Will respond on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:16, 22 March 2019 (UTC)
Hi Shalor. This student editor belongs to a Wiki Ed course you're helping out with. I've removed a non-free image from their User:Abdulazizjalthani/sandbox, but they re-added it. This happens quite a bit and I left a template on their user talk page about it. However, I thought you probably are better at explaining things like this to students; so, I didn't go into too much detail.
My personal opinion here, is that the non-free use of File:Hitler, Beast of Berlin FilmPoster.jpeg wouldn't be justified for this type of non-free use even if it was an article; movie tends to be OK when it's used for primary identification purposes at the top of or in the main infobox in a stand-alone article about the file in question, but other uses tend to be much harder to justify. Generally, there needs to be sourced critical commentary about the poster itself (not only the film) or some other quite strong contextual reason for it to be used per WP:NFC#CS; simply mentioning the movie by name is usually not enough per item 6 of WP:NFC#UUI.
Since this is still a draft, however, the editor might plan on adding such content at a later date; if they do, they will need to provide a speparate, specific non-free use rationale per WP:NFCC#10c explaining why. They shouldn't, however, re-add the file (even after adding such content about the poster) until the draft has been approved as an article. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:40, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks for letting me know Marchjuly! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:45, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
- Thank you for taking a look both here and with the other student mentioned in the next thread. -- Marchjuly (talk) 23:58, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
- No problem! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:28, 22 March 2019 (UTC)
questions regarding an edit
Hi Shalor,
I posted on your talk page and your answer was very helpful. I went back on to the York Catholic page and not only were my edits gone, but everything under the sports section was taken off, stuff that had been up prior to my edits. Should I try to to rewrite that stuff and add in more information or just leave it alone?
I don't want to mess it up even more.
ThanksKBrown99 (talk) 00:41, 22 March 2019 (UTC)
- Will respond on your talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:31, 22 March 2019 (UTC)
Need help request from 2601:200:4580:47F5:B0D9:8940:66E7:6238 (talk)
Hello Shalor,
I'm writing on behalf of my student. She left a question on the talk page for "Uprisings Led by Women" and never received a response. Before she goes any further, I want to make sure she gets an answer. Can Women's Suffrage movement have its own section on this page? Why or why not? Thanks! Heather Springer
--2601:200:4580:47F5:B0D9:8940:66E7:6238 (talk) 21:56, 22 March 2019 (UTC)
- Will respond on student's talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:55, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
Need help request from Springerhe (talk)
Hello.
My student added a paragraph on the medicinal benefits of curry powder. Can you give them some feedback about whether or not this source will work:
Roizman, Tracy. "Curry Powder Health Benefits." SF Gate, 2018, https://healthyeating.sfgate.com/curry-powder-health-benefits-6983.html
--Springerhe (talk) 22:36, 22 March 2019 (UTC)
- Responded on the student's talk page! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:21, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
Need help request from Springerhe (talk)
Hello.
My student Kelly did a great job editing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:California_Aqueduct. She has her proposed changes in the talk page with a request for feedback. Can you or anyone who knows about this subject give her any?
Thanks so much, Heather Springer
--Springerhe (talk) 04:04, 23 March 2019 (UTC)
- Responded on student's talk page! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:30, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
Response from Elagabalus123 3/22/2019
Hello Shalor,
I am not quite sure about creating a page with my research. I feel it is too short to justify a new article.
Thanks.
- That's fair! I just wanted to give you a head's up just in case! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:32, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
Need help request from Lamarlana01 (talk)
Hello.
I need help with... Editing my page and getting it ready to post on wikipedia
--Lamarlana01 (talk) 18:02, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
- Lamarlana01, I'll respond on your talk page! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:04, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
Need help request from MichelleLiu (talk)
Hello.
I need help with the tone of those articles and the concise ideas I deliver as well as the grammar! Thanks a lot! I really appreciate your help!
--MichelleLiu (talk) 21:12, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
- Responded on your talk page! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:23, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
Need help request from Wlefkovich (talk)
Hello.
I need help with...
Is it ok to move my article to the main Wikipedia space? Thanks!
--Wlefkovich (talk) 03:12, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
- Responded on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:44, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
Exploitation of women in mass media
A student editor is warring with me and other experienced editors over Women in mass media, which is an obvious WP:content fork of Exploitation of women in mass media. Please straighten this out. Thanks, wbm1058 (talk) 12:53, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
- Thank you for letting me know, Wbm1058! I'll step in! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:48, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
Need help request from LysiafLF
Hello Shalor,
I'm drafting updates for the Department of Canadian Heritage article in my Sandbox and have run into an issue. I was going to update the list of funded programs under the Funding section into a table that lists all the programs that receive financial support along with their descriptions. However, searching for the information shows that this already exists on the Canadian Heritage website. How should I proceed?
Thank you!
--Lysiaf (talk) 03:12, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
- Responded on talk page! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:51, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
Need help request from Paigejohnston (talk)
Hello.
I need help with...
Moving my article to a draft for consideration
--Paigejohnston (talk) 17:18, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
Paige
- Will respond on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:27, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
Need help request from Kingpatron32 (talk)
Hello.
I need help with... with just figuring out how to start the project
--Kingpatron32 (talk) 18:24, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
- Will respond on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 20:03, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
Hi Shalor,
I am in Professor Reagle's class (Reagle) and I need help posting my article. Currently, there is a redirect in the Wikipedia main space laid out for the article (Sister Cities (album)) and therefore it will not let me move it to the URL. How should I go about changing this? Thanks!
-Jcmitrano (talk) 19:02, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
Thank you! Jcmitrano (talk) 20:40, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
- No problem! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 20:50, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
Help with removing sources from reference list
Hi Shalor,
I'm currently working on the Willem Arondeus page as part of a WikiEdu class, and I've been trying to improve the article by added inline citations for the sources that already exist in the references. While looking through the list, I've found two of the sources don't seem to relate to Arondeus, and because of that, I wanted to remove them. However, I'm not sure how to remove them from the reference list, as it is a template and I am not very well versed in code. I detailed this problem on the Talk:Willem_Arondeus page as well.
Thanks for your help! Rae816 (talk) 16:30, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
- I'll respond on your talk page! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:34, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
Help on finding sources
Hi Shalor! In regards to the edits that were done on my contributions to the gender expression article I was wondering if you had any suggestions regarding sources to use for this article because I am having a hard finding credible and reliable ones. The and the editor who deleted my work said my .org source was not credible and I had ben using that source for a new section I was going to add in the article that I had started drafting in my sandbox so now I'm not sure how to proceed. Kaseyscors (talk) 04:11, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
- Responded on your talk page! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:34, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
Hello.
I can't seem to start editing in my sandbox, please advice
Mizzi Zhang--Zmizzix (talk) 06:25, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
- Responded on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:36, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
Questions with my article - Justin B.
Thank you for dropping the message. Currently, I have only two reliable sources (books) for Samuel Thomas Greene. There are not a lot of sources on the Internet, so how can I increase the article's credibility with these two books? Do I cite every parts on the article with the repeating references?
Secondly, I am working on finishing the article on my Sandbox. On the actual article, there are some minimal information on it. How would it work when I merge with it?
- Responded on your talk page! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:24, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
Need help request from Vishare Huang (talk)
Hello.
Suzie and I are working on our reflections and we would like to have more interaction with the Wikipedia community. Would you mind reviewing our article and moving our article to the main space?
Thank you so much and looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Best, Vishare
--Vishare Huang (talk) 18:30, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
- Responded on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:59, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
Need help request from XingranLiu (talk)
Hello.
I need help with checking whether the general structure and content are clear enough to be public and any other problems that I can improve. Thank you!
--XingranLiu (talk) 18:38, 30 March 2019 (UTC)
- Responded on your talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:15, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
Picture Question
Hey Shalor, My partner and I are doing an article on a 1980 historical television film called Gideon's Trumpet. The problem is that there are no images of that film uploaded that I know of that are public domain or remain in the copyright guidelines according to the training slides regarding images. I need your opinion on this on how to add pictures for this type of article without breaking the rules.Scbell24601 (talk) 01:09, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
- Responded on your talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:47, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
Help with a dead page
Hi, When my fellow students go to my class page then click on the link for "Sara G Stanley" they find that it is a dead page or a dead link. Is there anyway to fix this? Thanks, Shifon Shifonf (talk) 07:51, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
- Responded. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:50, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
Hi Shalor,
I need help with...taking my sandbox page live. I'm having trouble naming my article "Optum" as Wikipedia recognizes "Optum" as a subheading already within the UnitedHealth Group page. I'm planning to WP:BOLD and redirect the Optum subheading on the UnitedHealth page to the my full article once live. I just went in and deleted most of the info underneath the Optum subheading of the UnitedHealth Group article (and left a note about my plan on the article's talk page), but am unsure of which next steps to take.
Thanks in advance for your help here!
--K8c0nway (talk) 12:56, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
- Will respond on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:00, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
Need help request from MichelleLiu (talk)
Hello Shalor
Would you please help me check my article and move it to the mainspace? Thanks a lot!
--MichelleLiu (talk) 21:57, 2 April 2019 (UTC)
- Can do! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:58, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
Hello Shalor My name is Anna and I am a part of the Writing class with Prof. Azar. I am currently at a stage in my project where i would like to know where to expand on in my paragraphs and how i can better my writing to sound wikipedia appropriate. Other members in my group are isabelle shegog, ashley davidson and fariha. I have not yet posted the link to my talk page but i will do that soon. Thank you so much.
Anna Wohlin
--Wohlina (talk) 18:01, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
- Will respond on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:27, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
Need help request from ChristalCao (talk)
Hello, Shalor
I am working on the article "Fast Food in China". I wrote two paragraph that I would like to add into the content. My group members are Elaine Ko, Samuel Zhao, and Jason Kung. I havent propose any changes to the community, but I am going to do it. I would like to get some advice on my work, for example, how does my paragraph sound and etc.
Thank you!
--ChristalCao (talk) 18:13, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
- I'll respond on your talk page! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:45, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
Need help request from Rapidrider (talk)
Hello.
I need help with editing my lead section on Arms Trafficking for my UW 1020 class.
Feel free to make suggestions on what I should cut out or revise before I publish.
Thank you! --Rapidrider (talk) 18:22, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
- Responded on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:15, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
Need help request from Rafamatalon1234 (talk)
Hi
My name is Rafael Matalon and I'm a student of the University Writing class with professor Azar from George Washington University (GWU). As you must know by now, we are doing a project on Wikipedia to edit a page on the platform. I'm working with Jaredgoz in a group. We still haven't proposed our changes to the community, because I think is the last part of the project. If you could, I would like for you to give me feedback on the amount of content of my sandbox, good use of citations, visual text, etc.
I'm waiting to hear back from you, Rafael Matalon
--Rafamatalon1234 (talk) 19:55, 4 April 2019 (UTC) Rafamatalon1234 (talk) 19:55, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
- Responded on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:03, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
Need help request from Samwolff450 (talk)
Hello. My name is Sam Wolff and I am a student In professor Azar's English class. I am part of a group with Cara Lee, Graham Hurley, and Madison Wright working on the Wikipedia page "Haunted Dolls". Personally, I have added a section called "Haunted dolls in pop culture." In my class, we have done one big round of peer editing. You can find my work on my sandbox. I need help with general Wikipedia editing. Since this is my first time writing for Wikipedia I have little experience with Wikipedia's conventions and styles. That is where I would benefit most with editing.
--Samwolff450 (talk) 20:11, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
- Responded on your talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:57, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
Fixing a wrong sig
Hi Shalor, when you forget you're logged into your other account and sign a response with it, as you did here (diff), you don't have to go into explanations about it, you can just re-login to your WMF account, edit the response, remove the old sig, and readd your '~~~~'. This is perfectly acceptable per WP:REDACT. Exception: when someone has already responded to your original comment, or a lot of time has elapsed. But otherwise, feel free to simply change the sig to the correct one; it's easier, and faster. And probably less confusing for the student, as well. Win-win. Mathglot (talk) 04:07, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks Mathglot! I was wondering about that! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:57, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
Hello.
I am I-Lun Ko, and I have Christal Cao, Samuel Zhao, and Jason Kung in my UW project group. We are editing the Wikipedia page of Fast Food in China. I am working on the part of fast food in China v.s fast food in U.S. I have a question about how I should organize my section. I am planning on providing some examples from various large fast food company such as Pizza Hut, McDonald's, or Starbucks. I was also panning on analyzing why companies are chaning their marketing strategy in China, and who are the competitors of these fast food companies.Koko413 (talk) 03:05, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
--Koko413 (talk) 03:05, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- Will respond on your talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:07, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
Need help request from Isabelleshegog (talk)
Hi, my name is Isabelle and I am trying to add a subsection to a page on gender stereotypes in film genres. In this project I am at the stage where I believe I am finished writing and am looking for feedback to make sure it looks good and ready to submit as well as making sure that I provide both valid and enough information. The other members in my group are Anna Wohlin, Ashley Davidson, and Fariha Bablu. I have not yet posted this to the talk page but I will. Isabelleshegog (talk) 16:00, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
Need help request from Isamouse79 (talk)
Hello! My name is Isa (Isamouse79), and I am a student at the George Washington University, writing in the "George_Washington_University/UW1020_M82_(Spring)" group for my writing class. Together with my group members, SocksOfDeath and Syndeycurrie5, I am working on editing and enhancing the currently-existing Wikipedia article on Dr. Elizabeth Gould Bell (titled "Elizabeth Bell (Doctor)").
Currently, we are working on translating our research into "Family and Marriage," "Education," "Professional Life," and "Political Activism" sections, to ensure we have narrated all of the important parts of Gould Bell's life as effectively as possible. We have not yet finished each section, but have split up the work and our trying our best to be as comprehensive as possible. Some of our work may overlap currently, but we will consolidate and condense our writings together later in the project, in the upcoming weeks. I personally, have the task of helping write the "Family and Marriage" and "Professional Life" sections. As of now, my teammates and I have not yet posted to the original Wikipedia article's "Talk" page. We will do so, however. As per our professor's guidelines, we are making sure that what we have to show to the original article's Talk page is our best work.
Currently, I would love your feedback on my work so far. Do you think that it is comprehensive enough? Are there any syntax errors or bulky sentences that I should fix? I have gotten feedback from my peers that I should include more information about the meeting of Elizabeth Bell and her husband Hugo. However, I have not been able to find such information from my sources, and the sources that my teammates and I found encompass the majority of the sources can be found about Elizabeth Gould Bell from libraries and on the internet. How do you suggest I address this concern-- should I simply state that it is not known how Elizabeth and Hugo met?If there is anything else that I have not mentioned but you think I should fix about my article about it, please let me know!
Thank you so much for your help,
--Isamouse79 (talk) 16:06, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- Responded on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 20:13, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
Need help request from Mtatherton18 (talk)
Good afternoon,
My name is Morgan Atherton and I'm in Professor Azar's class. My group is working on the article for Feminism in China (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminism_in_China) and I specifically have been working on adding two new paragraphs. One paragraph is about Li Xiaojiang and the other on He-Yin Zhen. At this point, I have made a few edits based on feedback from my group and the class. The other people in my group are Montana Nelson, Barbora Lehka, and Rebecca Lee. I have not yet posted my paragraphs to the talk page, but I will. I would like feedback on the structure and language of my sentences, especially in the first paragraph. I would also like feedback on whether my paragraphs have any content gaps, or whether information should be added or taken out. Thank you for your help, Mtatherton18 (talk) 18:05, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- I'll respond on your talk page! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 20:24, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
Hello this is Casey O'Connor, I am one of Professor Azar's students. I Have just completed my portion "Market Value" for my group in which we are working on "Arms Trafficking" Wikipedia page. My partners usernames are "Rapidrider" and "Oliviaohearn". i have not yet posted my portion to the talk page but i will. i would like you to just look over my article and make sure it looks good to post. I also was hoping i could get some help on possibly adding a picture to my article, i looked for one but i was having a difficult time finding one. Thanks for the help!
--Casey518 (talk) 21:09, 7 April 2019 (UTC)Casey O'Connor
User:CalebPhelps99
Hi again Shalor. I think CalebPhelps99 is another one of your students. He's trying to write an article about a video game at User:CalebPhelps99/sandbox, but he's having problems with images like File:The Heist.jpg. Caleb might not fully understand that any screenshot he thinks he's "creating" is almost certainly to be copyrighted by someone else, unless he's the actual designer/creator of game. FWIW, in an article about a video game, one non-free image of the product packaging is generally allowed for primary identification purposes and then one in-game screenshot is generally allowed for representative purposes in the gameplay section; any thing beyond that becomes much harder to justify and almost always requires some specific sourced critical commentary about the screenshot for it to meet WP:NFC#CS usually because of some technical/controversial aspect about it that received covered in reliable sources. Non-free screenshots are not really going to be accepted just to "show" plot points or certain features, especially redundant screenshots. It appears (at least first glance) that Caleb has otherwise done quite a good job with the draft outside of the images, but the images are the things which are going to create problems if he continues to upload them without proper licensing. Anyway, the image notifications are going to start adding up on Caleb's user talk if he continues to try and upload/add images to his sandbox; so, it might be a good idea to suggest he focus on the other stuff and leave the images until after the draft has been approved as an article. I was going to suggest this to him directly, but I wanted to run it by you first since you have more experience at interacting with these students. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:49, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks Marchjuly! I've left him a message! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:53, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
VHS Tape for Article
Hey Shalor, Do you think you could add the VHS tape picture to my live article? I have been having problems on doing it.Scbell24601 (talk) 22:27, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
Need help request from Laylaserna (talk)
Hello.
I need help with what I have so far for my wikipedia article. I would like to know specifically what I must do to improve, and whether my information is too statistic heavy. Additionally, I am not too sure what is going on with my first source if you would be able to explain what has occurred. Thank you!
--Laylaserna (talk) 03:45, 6 April 2019 (UTC)
- Responded on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:25, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
Hello.
I hope you are doing well. My name is Fariha and I wanted feedback on my Sandbox page. The other members of my group are Anna Wohlin, Ashley Davidson, and Isabelle Shegog. I have not yet posted this to the talk page, but I will be doing so.
I need help with organizing my page, your opinion on the words I chose for hyperlinks, if my sources are good, and anything else you think I should add or change! Also, the link to the page I plan on editing with my group is in the title of my Sandbox.
Thank You!
--Fariha34 (talk) 03:52, 6 April 2019 (UTC)
- Responded on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:41, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
Need help request from Montananelson (talk)
Hello.
My name is Montana Nelson. I am in a group with Barbora, Rebecca Lee, and Morgan Atherton. I am seeking advice on what I could improve on, what I could add in, and what still would not make sense to the audience. I have not yet posted my work to the talk page, but I will after I have gotten enough help with my work. Thanks so much.Montananelson (talk) 17:07, 6 April 2019 (UTC)
--Montananelson (talk) 17:07, 6 April 2019 (UTC)
- Responded on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:31, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
Hello.
My name is Rebecca and I am a student of Professor Azar for University Writing. We are working on a Wikipedia Project and my group is rewriting the Wikipedia "Feminism in China" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminism_in_China. My group members are Barbora Lehka, Morgan Atherton, and Montana Nelson. I have not posted this to the talk page, but I will. I would appreciate if you could look over my article and examine my language. I tried to remain as neutral as I could. Please let me know if I need more sources as well. Thank you so much. Rebxlee (talk) 21:18, 6 April 2019 (UTC)
--Rebxlee (talk) 21:18, 6 April 2019 (UTC)
- Responded on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:47, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
Hello.
My name is Cara Lee and I am in Professor Azar's class. My portion of the "haunted dolls" page is pretty much finished, maybe some minor edits. My other group members are Sam Wolff, Maddy Wright, and Graham Hurley. I haven't yet posted my contribution to the page in the talk page for haunted dolls but I plan to soon. I was wondering if I needed any clarification on my information included such as the history and psychology. I chose not to dive too deep into both topics since they were not specifically in relation to the haunted dolls themselves. Thank you!
Caranlee (talk) 22:54, 6 April 2019 (UTC)
--Caranlee (talk) 22:54, 6 April 2019 (UTC)
- Responded on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:08, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
Need help request from Lorenaramirezl (talk)
Hello Shalor, I am Lorena Ramirez, and I am in Prof. Azar's writing class in GWU. I have just finished my subsection on Income of Internet Celebrities on the Article Internet Celebrity. I have revised my paragraph a few times and have received feedback from my peers. I am also working with Charles Rahbany and Jackson Yang. I have not posted the subcategory to the talk page, but I will. I need help with determining if I have enough information and if there is anything that needs to be revised or added. Thank you! Lorenaramirezl (talk) 03:40, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
--Lorenaramirezl (talk) 03:40, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
- Responded on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:47, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
Need help request from Miaeschlidt (talk)
Hello Shalor!
I am Mia Schlidt and I am doing a Wikipedia project of Social Media in the Fashion Industry. The other girls in my group are Carla Picasso and Egbe Imariagbe. When you're on the page that we are adding to, I am focusing on the use of advertising through the apps.
I currently need help with not using bias, if I am adding useful information or just fluff, and I don't know if I should keep the "instagram" portion out of the brand influencer section or keep it how I have.
Thanks! Miaeschlidt (talk) 18:08, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
--Miaeschlidt (talk) 18:08, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
- Responding on their talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:27, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
Need help request from Carlapicasso (talk)
Hello Shalor,
I hope this note finds you well, I am part of Professor Azar's class at the George Washington University. I am working on an article titled "Social Media in the Fashion Industry" with Mia Schlidt and Egbe Imariagbe. These changes are provided in my sandbox and in italics are just my thoughts on how i am structuring my contribution. I have not yet proposed these changes to the talk space but I will soon. I was wondering if my changes were good enough to add to this article.
Thank you very much,
Carla Picasso --Carlapicasso (talk) 18:59, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
- Responded on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 20:15, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
Need help request from Sallyfried (talk)
Hello. I am Sally Fried and I am in Professor Azar's University writing class. My group includes me, Lara Inal, Charlie Abrams, and Franol Hulufe. We are researching political action on the topic of climate change. As a group, we have each chosen sections of the wikipedia article, "Individual and Political Action on Climate Change". I have not yet posted this to the talk page but I will. I would like your feedback on the structure of my work and the amount of detail and information in it, as well as my use of internal links Thanks!
Sallyfried (talk) 20:23, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
--Sallyfried (talk) 20:23, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
- Responded on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 20:34, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
Need help request from Jasonkung22 (talk)jasonkung22
Hello Shalor,
I hope you are doing well. I am Jason Kung, a freshman at the George Washington University, and I have enjoying learning more about Wikipedia through this project. Christal Cao, Samuel Zhao, and Elaine Ko are in my UW project group, and we are editing the Wikipedia page of Fast Food in China. However, as I am so used to using persuasive language in my writings, I need help with checking that my language is unbiased and neutral. Any other feedback would be extremely helpful as well. Thanks a lot!
--Jasonkung22 (talk) 20:48, 7 April 2019 (UTC)Jasonkung22
- Responded on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 20:43, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
Dear Shalor,
My name is Barbora Lehká and I am a student of UW1020 M66 with prof. Azar. My other group members are Rebecca Lee, Montana Nelson and Morgan Atherton and we are editting the article on Feminism in China. I wrote a section about the Feminist Five, I recieved feedback from my peers which I incorporated. I have not yet posted this to the talk page but I will when our professor tells us to do so.
I would like to ask you for your feedback mainly on the structure of the article. Specifically sentence structure, how the text flows and if it is written how wiki articles should be.
Thank you very much for your help Barbora Lehka Barborale (talk) 21:18, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
--Barborale (talk) 21:18, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
- Responded on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:01, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
Hello my name is Lara Inal. I am currently in the process of writing out my parts of the wiki page my group chose to edit. The other members of my group are Sally Fried, Charlie Abrams, and Franol Hulufe. I have not yet posted to this talk page but I plan on doing so going forward. Some things I would like for you to look at is the objectivity of my writing. I think I have most everything else down it is just difficult for me to write in a manner that is not argumentative. Thanks. Larainal (talk) 00:31, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
- Will respond on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 00:02, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
Need help request from Maddywright (talk)
Hi Shalor, my name is Madison and I am in Professor Azar's class. I am in a group with Cara Lee, Sam Wolf, and Graham Hurley. I have not posted my work on the talk page yet. Currently I'm looking for feedback on if the work in my sandbox is objective or not, and whether or not my sources are good enough. I have a long way to go on this project, but if you have any helpful feedback that would be great!
Thanks,
Maddywright (talk) 01:57, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
- Responded on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:43, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
Need help request from Oliviaohearn (talk)
Hello.
My name is Olivia O'Hearn and I am in Professor Azar's University Writing class #Academia: Researching, Authoring, and Access in the Digital Age at The George Washington University.
I am working on the Arms Trafficking page with Nick Hudson (Rapidrider) and Casey O'Connor (Casey518). I am currently still working on my part of the page. I will be adding information on arms trafficking in Europe that will go between the information on Africa and the market value. I have not yet posted this to the talk page, but will be soon.
I need help with deciding on what information about arms trafficking in Europe I should add more about/focus on and if I am using the correct writing style for wikipedia work.
Thank you for your help.
Oliviaohearn (talk) 02:41, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
--Oliviaohearn (talk) 02:41, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
- Will respond on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:44, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
Need help request from Sophieb905 (talk)
Hello.
I'm Sophie Ballak, working on the article about postmodern feminism with Asiah White and Dayla Durandisse. I am pretty much finished with the sections in my sandbox, and have not submitted the changes to the talk page, but will do so after your review. I would like to know specifically what you think about my section on French feminism and whether I need to change some sentence structures, elaborate on certain topics, or include more sources and things of that sort. Any feedback would be incredible and I thank you for taking the time to look over my sandbox. Sophieb905 (talk) 03:05, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
--Sophieb905 (talk) 03:05, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
- Responded on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:04, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
Hello.
I need help with...submitting my page for review.
--Whitakeml (talk) 03:52, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
- Responded on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:41, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
Hi Ms. Shalor,
My name is Xavia, I am a student in Professor Azar's class at GW, and the Wikipedia article my group and I are editing is "Acoustics". My group members are Caitlin and Alexis. In my sandbox, I have been working on a subsection called "Psychological Effects of Acoustics", where I have been describing how acoustics has cognitive influences on people. If you do not mind, can you let me know if it is not enough information or if I need to expand any ideas? Also, I feel like I am not writing it the way most Wikipedia articles are written in that I think mine reads like a class essay almost. Could you give me some tips on how to fix this and how to make my edits more direct? I also want to mention I have not yet published what is in my sandbox.
Thank you and any advice you can give me on how to make this edit Wikipedia worthy is very appreciated!
Fields18x (talk) 15:18, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
--Fields18x (talk) 15:18, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
- Responded on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:34, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
Need help request from Sydneycurrie5 (talk)
Hello.
I need help with... Hi! I was hoping you could look over my work and see where I can improve my writing! Thank you! Sydneycurrie5 (talk) 17:37, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
--Sydneycurrie5 (talk) 17:37, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
- Responded on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:49, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
Gender Equality and Sports
There has been a lot of attention given to transgender females competing in girl's sports at the high school level. This article details the controversy:
https://www.athleticbusiness.com/law-policy/transgender-runners-win-connecticut-state-championships.html Cite error: There are <ref>
tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).
The NCAA has issued a best policies booklet on transgender issues:
https://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/files/Transgender_Handbook_2011_Final.pdf Cite error: There are <ref>
tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).
- Hi! I'm not sure what you're asking here. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:51, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
Need help request from Cbettica65 (talk)
Hi Shalor! My name is Caitlin Bettica and I am working on Acoustics for my Wikipedia project for Professor Azar's class. I am working with Xavia and Alexis. I want my part of the project to focus on the acoustic properties of Megalithic caves. I haven't published anything yet, but could you please check everything over and let me know if I need to add or change anything?
Thank you so much,
--Cbettica65 (talk) 19:04, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
- Responded on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:15, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
Need help request from Charlieaabrams (talk)
Hello.
My name is Charlie Abrams and I am a student of Profesor Azar's class. Other members of my group include Lara Inal, Sally Fried, and Franol Hulufe. I am currently working on my sandbox with a Wikipedia page and I am about halfway through adding more content. I have not posted anything to the talk page yet either. I just wanted to get your input and make sure I am on the right track. Would it make sense to add more specific examples of what places around the world are doing (on a sub-national level)?
Thanks!
--Charlieaabrams (talk) 01:45, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- Responded on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:50, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
Need help request from Ilikesleeping1 (talk)
Dear Shalor
I was wondering how my categories are divided and if that needs any improvement. If you could provide me any advice or constructive criticism I would appreciate it!
Thanks Jackson
--Ilikesleeping1 (talk) 02:46, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- Responded on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:52, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
Need help request from SocksOfDeath (talk)
Hello. My name is Maliah stevens and my group members are Izzy Hardy and Sydney Currie. We have not added anything to the talk page for our article but we will be doing that soon.
I need help with... I was wondering if it is necessary to put the source for every sentence if a few sentence come from the same source. Also, can I expand on the life of a family member if the family member does not have a Wikipedia page, or would that be off topic?
--SocksOfDeath (talk) 06:20, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
SocksOfDeath (talk) 06:20, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- Will respond on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:15, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
Hi Shalor (Wiki Ed). This appears to have been mistakenly moved to another page in the username space by it's creator Jolynnperez, who seems to be one of the students you're helping. It might be better to move this to the draft namespace instead and submit it for WP:AFC review or merge some of the content into one of the already existing articles on polygamy, Utah or Mormonism since it kind of has a WP:CONTENTFORK feel to it, but that's my personal opinion. Regardless, the page is likely going to end up tagged for speedy deletion per WP:FAKEARTICLE if it's not moved back to the Jolynnperez's sandbox, or to the draft namespace. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:11, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
- JJMC89 moved the page back to the student’s sandbox, but the student then re-moved the page once again; this time to Utah Polygamy and Law Since 2000. Putting aside opinions as to whether this is a content fork, there’s some MOS issues that need to be sorted. The title capitalization seems wrong which might mean another move is needed, while the first subsection’s title and article’s title probably shouldn’t be identical and the capitalization of the remaining section headings also needs tweaking. These are relatively straightforward tweaks, but currently there’s also no real lead for the article and there also be the need for some re-writing of other parts as well, which is a more significant change. I’m not sure whether the student understands that their work is pretty much fair game for anyone to edit now that they’ve moved their work to the mainspace, while anyone trying to clean things up may not be aware that their efforts may directly impact the grade the student receives. — Marchjuly (talk) 20:37, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) @Marchjuly: wrote,
while anyone trying to clean things up may not be aware that their efforts may directly impact the grade the student receives.
- I certainly hope you’re mistaken about that, or that I’m mistaken in my interpretation of it, because this is still the encyclopedia that anyone can edit. If professors are unable to grade student efforts without a hands-off policy on the part of the other 5.6 million editors, then something is rotten in Denmark. If their article is in Draft namespace, it’s still fair game but I might give a student some leeway, but I won’t promise it. If they want to be left alone to edit, they should use a User draft, or leave it in their sandbox. We follow WP policies here, not those of universities or professors. Mathglot (talk) 02:31, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- No not mistaken, and this is one of the reasons why I think it's not really a good idea for these students to move their own drafts to the mainspace. There've been cases in the past where such pages utimately ended up deleted because the content simply wasn't suited for the mainspace. It seems that some of these class projects set "moving the draft" to the mainspace as one ot the things they want the students to do. Some teachers apparently do grade on all the steps followed to reach the final submitted draft, not just the final draft; even so, I personally think it would be better for the students to submit the final draft for AfC review instead of moving it themselves, but the time it takes to do this often doesn't not fit the schedule of the course. The WikiEd advisors try to make this clear to the students and teachers participating in these programs, but they can only do so much. This has come up before at Wikipedia:Education noticeboard, but it can be tricky to deal with if the teacher isn't very familiar with Wikipedia since most of the students are going to look to their teacher, not the Wikipedia community, for adivce and it's the teacher, not the Wikipedia community, doing the actual grading. -- Marchjuly (talk) 03:07, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) @Marchjuly: wrote,
- Hi Marchjuly, Mathglot, thank you for letting me know about this! We encourage instructors to grade students on their work and effort as opposed to what sticks. By this I mean that they would look in the article history to see the student's original work or they would try to get a copy of the material to grade if it was removed from Wikipedia. We definitely do not want live student work to go without being edited and improved, if it is necessary. I'm actually going to move this back to their userspace, as this looks to be redundant to the existing article on Current state of polygamy in the Latter Day Saint movement, as the article looks to be predominantly about this specific topic as opposed to general polygamy. There are also a number of issues to boot, which I'll address with the student while also warning them not to move the page live again. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:58, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- Thank you for taking a look at this. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:51, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
Hello Shalor,
I appreciate your help with this Wiki installment. Thank you! I was hoping you could provide some feedback on the list section of my sandbox. I understand that Wiki is not a huge fan of lists, but I feel this list is truly necessary. Jaredgoz (talk) 01:39, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
--Jaredgoz (talk) 01:39, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- Responded on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:27, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
Hello. My name is Amaya Ruiz and I am currently in the process of editing and adding information to my wikipedia section for Russian Fairy Tales. I am in a group with three other members, Daniela Mastronardi, Doug Sitt, and Marissa Lazarus. I have yet to post in the talk page, though once I make the final edits on my section I would like to.
I would appreciate if you could offer feedback on my writing, but more specifically my history section. I would like to add more information, though I do not want to overload it with unnecessary details. If you could offer any critiques that would help me build the section I would appreciate it!
Amayarz (talk) 03:46, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- I'll respond on your talk page! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:33, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
Nowiki tag?
Hello Shalor,
Thanks for helping us with our research lab, we really appreciate it! I moved an article draft out of my sandbox (Neuroprivacy), but deleted most of it as I only wanted to uploaded my lead section to the mainspace. Later, another user undid my deletion, which resulted in my entire article being reuploaded to the mainspace. The same user added my article to the "Neuroscience" and "Privacy" categories, and also tagged my article with the "nowiki" tag. I think my article being reinstated and added to categories is a good thing, but do you have an idea of what the "nowiki" tag means? I tried looking it up but wasn't sure exactly what it meant. Thank you so much!
-QuixoticWindmills (talk) 06:27, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- Responded on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:48, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
Hello.
My name is Benjamin Fudym and I'm working on the "Catacombs of Rome" article, my other group members are Henry, Ricky and Benita. I'm currently in the stage where I'm synthesizing information that I've found to best put it in Wikipedia article form. With the current info, I have on my page the best kind of feedback would be if I am on the right track and if the info I have is suitable to be put on the site.
thanks very much
--Fudymben (talk) 12:27, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- Will respond on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:57, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
Hello.
I need help with if my writing is appropriate fir Wikipedia.
1oromo (talk) 14:24, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- Responded on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:54, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
Need help request from Dmastronardi (talk)
Hi,
My names Daniela Mastronardi and I am working on the Russian Fairy Tale Wikipedia page with Amaya Ruiz, Doug Sitt, and Marisa Lazarus. I am at the point where I am editing mostly grammar. I would really appreciate it if you would take a look at my sentence structure and let me know if I should make any changes with the overall structure of my section.
Thank you, --Dmastronardi (talk) 14:35, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- Responded on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:45, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
about our eugenic feminism article
Hello this is Celestine Shek. I have some additional questions about our eugenic feminism article. So at this point, would it be a good idea to change it into "The timeline of eugenic feminism in the United States instead? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shekcelestine (talk • contribs) 15:24, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- Will respond on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:47, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
Need help request from Samanthastone12 (talk)
Hello.
I need help with... starting up my wikipedia page. I don't understand what code to use of how to insert a templet.
--Samanthastone12 (talk) 02:07, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
- Will respond on talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:02, 11 April 2019 (UTC)