User talk:Ian (Wiki Ed)/Archive 4

When I created my Wikipedia account, I did it for personal reasons ... I've made minor changes to many Wikipedia pages. But now I am teaching a Wiki Ed course and wonder if I should create another account for that purpose. What's Wikipedia's position on a single individual having multiple accounts? Should personal and professional work be kept separate? Edgy4 (talk) 21:48, 28 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Responded at User_talk:Edgy4#Multiple_accounts - Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 02:46, 29 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ian - I apologize for not responding sooner. I thank you for the welcome and your advice. I may not be contributing much in the near future outside of my class project and assignments, but anticipate more activity as I pursue my career goal of a doctlorate in emergency management. I shall be sure to ask you for help if needed, and welcome any feedback you may have on my work Paul.mott (talk) 13:55, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ian, I appreciate your valuable feedback on my article on Ember.js. I am currently in my initial phase of drafting the contents, so I will be more actively editing in near future. Regarding your feedback that the installation section is not supposed to be here, I will try to edit that part soon. However, it was suggested by a TA to include it as a part of the wiki page. Currently, I cannot be editing my article as it has been submitted for review to the professor. I will make it a point to communicate with him your message and make changes to the article accordingly. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rosoni (talk • contribs) 20:41, 17 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

{{ping|Rosoni} Thanks for letting me know. Happy editing! Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 11:55, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ian,

Thanks a lot for your notes! And I do have question. Wikipedia sent me several messages on my talk page, and it informed me that my citation of pictures does not clearly indicate where they came from. Where can I get to the page to edit that sources? so that I can officially use it to better the page?

Thank you so much! Jinling — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jinlingluo (talk • contribs) 00:22, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Answered here. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 11:59, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ian, I pinged you (I think) with a question about a group taking on the offender profiling article. (See user:Paul.mott talk page.) Interested in your opinion about how to go about this. Thanks, Jim J.R. Council (talk) 22:04, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the suggestions, Ian. If we go with this topic, we will definitely ask if we need help and/or advice. I also plan to take advantage of the Tearoom as needed. Paul.mott (talk) 14:14, 22 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ian! Thank you so much for reaching out to me and providing some help. I am extremely excited to begin interacting with the Wikipedia world! Thanks again! Johnmdaigneault (talk) 16:27, 22 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ian, thank you so much for your feedback on my article about Exoneura robusta. You made a very good point about the tone of the article; I typically write more academic papers, so I can definitely see why my style of writing could use some modification for Wikipedia. I will be sure to make those changes during this week, and then I think I will submit it for Article of the Day. Thanks so much again for your comments! Mandeljulia (talk) 22:53, 26 September 2015 (UTC)Mandeljulia[reply]

Ian, thank you for feedback on my article about "Euglossa Hyacinthina". You told me to nominate myself for the "Did you Know" on Wikipedia. I just submitted my article for it and I was wondering if that was the only step I need to take or if there are any other steps? Thanks! Junsang.cho (talk) 15:54, 29 September 2015 (UTC)Junsang.cho[reply]

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GrammarFascist: Thanks for bringing this to my attention - it's definitely something we should be able to help with. The Wiki Education Foundation manages the Education Program in the US and Canada. We have a page on meta - m:Wiki Education Foundation. I've asked Ryan to respond to the question at the Teahouse. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:46, 7 October 2015 (UTC)[reply

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That's wonderful news, Ian (Wiki Ed). I appreciate your following up, and from what I can tell the Wiki Education Foundation / Education Program is doing great work, so kudos for that too. Thanks again,

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I have completed my student training and have a badge on my dashboard for it as well , Please let me know if you require more information. Best, Hera vc (talk) 15:20, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I've seen worse than the Malvern Clinic article, and in view of your comments I'll leave the recreated version be, at least while it's in user space. I think that since the Orange Moody business there has been an increasing reluctance to accept companies and organisations writing about themselves, and I routinely now tag likely conflicted editors with {{Uw-paid1}} I don't think this editor is an SPA, so I didn't go down that road.

In general, I think if a commercial company is writing about itself, and only mentions what it sells, with nothing else factual about the company, that amounts to promotion. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 16:03, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Jimfbleak. I think this is probably something to worth communicating to instructors. That and the value of leaving the "student sandbox" tag in place. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:38, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate your suggestion, and I nominated my expansion of the frigid bumblebee a while ago. I recently completed another project by creating the Centris pallida page. I would like your advice as to whether I should nominate it as well. Thank you Floyd Burney (talk) 18:51, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Floyd Burney: yes, it looks like a good candidate. It looks like really nice work. Just a few things before you do - section titles are not supposed to be capitalized beyond the first word (so "Mating behavior" rather than "Mating Behavior") and you need to find at least one category to put the article in. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:59, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ian. There are some edits being made on the House mouse article which I have some concerns about. Where is the best place for me to discuss these concerns with you?DrChrissy ^(talk) 13:09, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@DrChrissy: If you want to send a message to the class as a whole, you might you the course talk page. If you want to get a message to the professor, asking them to talk to the student about sourcing, I could contact them (or you could drop drop them a note. Or we could do both. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:17, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ian. The edits of concern have been posted by User talk:Shannon.tai. This appears to be you. I don't know whether you are writing these yourself, or perhaps just forwarding them from students, so I don't know who I should best explain my concerns to.DrChrissy ^(talk) 17:29, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Shannon.tai is a student in a course who's supposed to be improving Wikipedia articles. My role is to help the students do better work, but I'm not formally connected with the course (I'm not the instructor) - some instructors tell their student about me, but not all do.

I can leave the student a note encouraging them to do a better job with the cite tool (and maybe figure out what they're doing wrong - I just took a cursory look so far), but I can also drop the instructor a note and ask her to spend a few minutes in class reminding students how to format citations properly. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:53, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much for this, Ian. Another problem is potentially

WP:COPYVIO. One sentence at least, "Inbreeding depression increases genetic incompatibilities, increase levels of homozygosity, increases the chance of deleterious recessive alleles, and reduces biological fitness in a population" is ...a very technical sentence; perhaps the students need to be reminded about paraphrasing?DrChrissy ^(talk) 18:22, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply

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@DrChrissy: First, thank you very much for taking an interest in my students' edits. I have 50 students in the class and so it is impossible to catch everything right away. Having the wikipedia community involved is really helpful! I spoke with this student about citing correctly and have directed her to the citation help page. If you feel comfortable dropping her a friendly note with how to correct things that remain incorrect, that would be a great learning experience for her! Also, I appreciate you pointing out text that is difficult to follow. All students annotated articles before writing, which I read for plagiarism/paraphrasing in order to reduce this risk and to make sure they understood what they were citing. The ideas in this sentence are all topics we have covered thoroughly in class, so the student probably just needs a reminder about how to break down ideas for lay people. I can certainly post about this on the talk page, but it actually might be a better experience for her if she hears from the wikipedia community. The students will be working on a second draft due in a couple of weeks and are required to comment on each others' articles as well as address concerns that the wikipedia community have about their edits. Any feedback you provide will be greatly appreciated!Evol&Glass (talk)

Hello Ian! I am a student in Advanced Writing in the Sciences at Northeastern University and I just have a question about starting work on my assigned article. I decided to take work I did on a literature review and add that information to the HDAC Inhibitors page (specifically I looked at research regarding the treatment of depression with HDAC inhibitors), however I noticed that this page has been tagged by the WikiMed project and I don't want to step on any toes by jumping right into this article. I've looked at the talk page as well as the recent edits for the page and haven't found anyone that seems invested enough for me to talk to, and I was wondering if you could give me some guidance. Is there someone from the WikiMed project that I should talk to? Or is it ok for me to begin working on the content for this page? Thanks in advance for your help! Youngblom.m (talk) 16:09, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Replied here. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:19, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much Ian! I'll be sure to look at those and let you know if I have any more questions! Youngblom.m (talk) 00:00, 3 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ian, I found found two articles

Replied at User_talk:Ovorp#Merging_articles. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:20, 4 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ian, we have a bit of a problem with this article. There seem to be several students trying to make mini-additions to the article, but it's such a heap of confusion and contradiction, with so many almost-off-topic sections, that it's quite unable to bear the weight at the moment. My view is that it really needs a simple (first year student level) rewrite, with citations and new headings, most of the existing material to be replaced, before any more advanced facts can be accommodated. The students also need to look at it from the point of view of the reader; if there's a section on bees, then on flies, then they add a new sentence on a special bee or two - the effect is a jumble, not increased clarity and accuracy. I don't want just to delete their stuff, nor should it just be left to accumulate. The article has been a mess since at least 2007, despite repeated pleas on the talk page! Perhaps if two or three students and the tutor are on board, a rewrite could be begun? Meanwhile, I have moved the latest addition to the talk page, and I've informed the user (User:Chtsai016) of what I've done. Any help much appreciated. Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:32, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I think we have a wider and more systemic issue here, which is affecting many articles at once. The best students seem to be carefully updating refs in articles, fixing minor errors, and working out how to edit properly. The less good are adding random cited facts in new stand-alone paragraphs, or bolting them on wherever they seem slightly relevant, and most of these facts are of the form "An animal of family Mumblidae, species X.y, exhibits a remarkable instance of ingestion behavior." (i.e., mumbles like to eat.) The least good add these random facts without citation, or jam them uncited into an existing paragraph (i.e., not in citation given). It feels as if they need quite a bit of hand-holding. Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:59, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Chiswick Chap. While tackling an article like thermoregulation might be a good project for the right class, I don't think this class (which is winding down their editing) is the right one (since its focus is behavioural ecology). I will get in touch with the instructor to see if she can speak to them, help them understand the difference between integrating information and adding yet another example (I suspect they're motivated by orphan tags on the articles they edit). That said, I think you're right about the good a small class - maybe an upper division honours class - could do with an article like this. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:26, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, many thanks. Chiswick Chap (talk) 15:44, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello all! Thank you for moving my addition to the talk page for discussion. I apologize for adding to the confusion/contradiction within the Thermoregulation article. Our instructor spoke to us today on the general issue of us adding random cited facts to other articles. Our assignment was to add information about our bee to other Wikipedia articles to link back to our bee article, in addition to updating refs, fixing minor errors, and editing. In general I will add any information I add to other pages in a more organized manner, and have it well integrated and cited. Apologies for my poor editing! Chtsai016 (talk) , 15:20 5 November 2015 (CST)

Chtsai016 - I appreciate your note, and I appreciate your additions to Wikipedia and your enthusiasm. I hope you stick around after the class is done and continue improving this resource. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:37, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ian, I am the author of Trigona corvina and I would like to add a distribution map to my page. I have tried a few different methods but I am having difficulty with it. Do you know which resources I should use to help with this problem? Claire.packer (talk) 22:15, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Responded at User_talk:Claire.packer#Range_maps. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:49, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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	Thank you for welcoming me to the Wikipedia community! Andrea guerrerov (talk) 15:54, 10 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ian, I am a psychology student who just posted a new and shiny article that was meant to replace a stub. When I moved it from the sandbox to a live article, I think I accidentally created a new and somewhat duplicate article because of capitalization issues (My new article is "Computer Rage" while the old one I meant to replace is "Computer rage"). I tried to research and put a tag for a speedy deletion of the old stub, but I'm not sure how successful that was.

Can you let me know how to make this happen?

Thanks =) Stacy — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sshaw9 (talk • contribs) 06:55, 18 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Replied at User_talk:Sshaw9#Computer_rage. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:33, 20 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Ian, thanks for welcoming me and sorry for the late reply. I am ready to transfer my edits into live Wikipedia but have a quick question before that. The sub-headings 1/2/3/4 all look very similar to each other in size and font, and I thought it might look confusing. Is there a way around that or is that completely fine? Thank you in advance! Here's a link to my sandbox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Aaronujl/sandbox Aaronujl (talk) 16:28, 18 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Replied at User_talk:Aaronujl#Section_formatting. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:23, 20 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You recently welcomed the author as a student. I prefer to stay a distance away from the education side of the project. It is not my forte. I wonder if you would look at the article, and guide the creating editor, please? Fiddle Faddle 23:52, 18 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Timtrent - Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:50, 20 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

My ¡vote in the deletion discussion is to do just what you suggested there. A word in the editor's ear from you might not go amiss. Fiddle Faddle 16:15, 20 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I will let them know, and contact the instructor to explain what happened. Thank you again! Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:17, 20 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

See also User talk:Liroykwunwai#Deletion discussion about Stress measurement in aviation and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stress measurement in aviation. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:03, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ian, I am not at all sure this education project is being well enough run by the leader to allow the students to reach their full potential. At least one is in danger of losing out on 30% grade credit, and I think that is a result of their leadership, not their work. Please look at User talk:Melbushr as an example. I did try to engage the course leader, and they may have done the leading in lecture halls, but it does not seem to trickle down to at least the article created by this student.

Is there anything you can do to help the leader and any students whose grades you perceive to be at risk from this, please? Fiddle Faddle 10:31, 30 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, I just looked at another article bu another student who moved their own work to main namespace, and has produced, broadly, an essay. Fiddle Faddle 10:37, 30 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Timtrent: Thanks for the heads up. And sorry I was out sick the last couple days, so I wasn't able to respond promptly. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:31, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry you've been unwell. These things never happen at good times, do they? Fiddle Faddle 17:31, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing too serious, just a cold. I made the mistake of finding myself in a tourist trap on Thanksgiving. Too many people, too many germs. :) Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:39, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ian, Sorry for the late reply. I just wanted to thank you for your feedback on my article - it's been very helpful as I write! Emma.marie.p (talk) 02:43, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ian, Thanks for the suggestion to submit my article as a "Did You Know!" I would love to do so! Do you think there is anything I should change before submitting, or is it ready to submit as is? Emma.marie.p (talk) 17:52, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Responded at User_talk:Emma.marie.p#Social_Interaction_Anxiety_Scale -- Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:00, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current

Ian, I am the Teaching Assistant for a Wikiedu course. Is there a way to easily look at the total contributions a student has made to an article without going into each link under the Student tab on the dashboard? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kagabler (talk • contribs) 20:32, 24 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Replied at User_talk:Kagabler#Grading_assignments -- Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:32, 24 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ian. I see you are already on top of sending feedback to my students. I have not had a chance to read through your comments yet, but looking forward to it. Best! J.R. Council (talk) 21:47, 24 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks for the editing help! I appreciate it!Aaronujl (talk) 05:25, 27 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Ian, Is there a way I can modify the article am editing to stop making a new line for the same source under references each time I use it in my article. Thanks.

AishatO (talk) 20:12, 29 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Ian, My name is Tia VanFleet and I am in the evolutionary biology 3010-02 class with Dr. Fowler-Finn. When I make my post to wikipedia, my article will be deleted within the next day by user named "plant surfer" saying that I am making disruptive posts. Slu 2018 (talk) 16:26, 30 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Slu 2018: - I have dropped Plantsurfer a note. It's inappropriate to use "vandalism" warnings on good-faith edits. I'm hoping we can sort this out quickly. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:07, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ian,

I am a student with Advanced Writing for the Sciences (Fall 2015) at Northeastern University. This semester, I have expanded and edited the Defaunation page. However, there is something odd about the page; it was the subject of a previous educational assignment and has never been assessed on Wikipedia's quality scale or claimed by any WikiProject. I was hoping you could instruct me on how to get the page rated or provide a contact for further instructions. Thank you in advance for your help!

Dmirabito12 (talk) 20:36, 30 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Replied at User_talk:Dmirabito12#Defaunation Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:55, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Ian I am a student from human factor class in western university , I found I can't move my draft to wikipedia, could you help me to figure out what problems that I should solve to move .

Hi, Ian. I am a student editing a psychology article. I expanded on a stub (naive realism (psychology)) last week. The stub included a block quote, which I left in, and now the article has been flagged for a copyright issue. Would you let me know how I can address this? I am not sure if I should rewrite that section of the article to paraphrase the block quote, or if I should communicate with administrators about revoking the copyright flag. Thank you! Mcooperwhite (talk) 06:34, 2 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Replied at Talk:Naïve_realism_(psychology)#Copyright_issue. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 20:52, 2 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ian, Am I not able to add a picture I got from a different online website even if I cite it? I am just confused as to how that works. Thank you. Sarah — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sarahnoll (talk • contribs)

Replied at User_talk:Sarahnoll#Copyright. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:38, 4 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yliu929 (talk) 04:56, 6 December 2015 (UTC) Hi Ian, thank you for you kind feedback on my article noise and pilot performance, it helped me a lot. I have corrected several places, also added more contents into my article. Could you give some more comments on my article ？ I m looking forward for your further advice. Thank you.[reply]

Thank you for your feedback on our efforts with the Offender Profiling article. Paul.mott (talk) 15:06, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Ian,

I saw your message. My "Environmental impact of Mardi Gras beads" article was my semester-long project as part of my environmental chemistry course at LSU. Although I'm in the midst of taking finals this week, I'll be sure to restructure my lead properly as soon as they end! Thanks for the feedback; it's greatly appreciated. Eprest4 (talk) 06:37, 8 December 2015 (UTC)Eprest4[reply]

Hi Ian, I met with BCarmichael and we worked on my two additions to articles. I added something to pteropods and polar bear's, both having to do with climate change's effects on these two animals. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cassology (talk • contribs) 10:48, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Ian

Thanks for reaching out and providing the input, I had been planning on contacting you anyway. This is something I discussed with my professor who suggested a similar approach, and said I was going in the right direction with my edits.

Having clarified with my professor, I realized I made the mistake of hitting the blue button and submitting the article for revision. This was an honest mistake and miscommunication over email, and while was forgiven, obviously creates a problem. My professor informs me that using the 'Move' option will no longer work for publication. Do you have any advice (beside looking at proper company articles) that I could consider to potentially publish my article? Is there a way around this now that I've been 'rejected'?

Thanks again and look forward to hearing from you. Alsenal (talk) 01:28, 9 December 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alsenal (talk • contribs)

Replied at User_talk:Alsenal#Your_submission_at_Articles_for_creation:_Massachusetts_Clean_Energy_Center_.28November_30.29. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:48, 9 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ian - Thank you very much for helping all of us with this new experience. I think I fixed everything in our revised version before I published it, but if you see something I missed, please let me know. I may call on you if I do more work (likely related to my Emergency Management career progress and future. May these holidays be wonderful for you! Paul Paul.mott (talk) 22:08, 10 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Tanya (Wiki Ed): Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:43, 24 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]