User talk:WillKBeatty

This user is a student editor in San_Francisco_State_University/English_465_Post-Apocalyptic_Science_Fiction_(Spring) .

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

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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:34, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hey William

I'm still trying to figure this whole Wikipedia thing out so I'm sending you a message. How's your project going? Joereadel (talk) 19:35, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

REPLY: Hey Joe, I'm sort-of starting to get the hang of it. The easiest way to start is for sure to do all the training on the home-page, that's how I started to understand most of this stuff. I've found the best way keep track of everything is the 'Watchlist' tab, since anything you've edited or have set to 'watch' will show up there, that's how you can find Hanley's comments too. I've found a handful of articles which could use further work so if you're struggling to find an article I can always recommend one of those, I've stuck to B-films with short articles as I figure I can just read and also watch them to further expand on the article. The 'Contributions' tab is also helpful to find your past edits/comments/projects too. I plan on talking to Hanley on Thursday to hopefully bring up more about the wikipedia confusion, as I'm sure we aren't the only ones totally confused by this website's layout. WillKBeatty (talk) 20:24, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

America 3000

The revision you have prepared in your sandbox has a few problems:

First, the plot summary is overly long and detailed. We allow plot summaries of about 700 words with no other source given than the film itself. Be careful not to interpret into events on screen things that amount to synthesis; stick to what the film actually shows.

Second, the glossary is out of place here. This is something you cannot source to the film itself (unless there's perhaps a classroom discussion giving language equivalents). If there were suitable third party sources that discuss the vocabulary in depth (as, for instance, happens when a made-up language like Klingon, Elvish, or Dothraki gains popularity and scholarly attention), then it might be suitable to discuss it in an encyclopedia article. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:37, 15 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]