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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) ( talk) 17:27, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
Hi! I wanted to come in and give you a little bit of a head's up on the article. This article is held under discretionary sanctions because it's seen as part of a controversial topic, namely Gamergate. What this ultimately means is that the article will likely be under more scrutiny than many other articles and as such, any changes, additions, or whatnot need to be done carefully. Make sure that your writing is neutral and that the sourcing is the best possible source for the claim you're going to be adding. (IE, avoid sources that are self-published and/or may have a strong bias) Ideally your sources would be things like scholarly or academic works, but I know that sometimes coverage may only be in media sources like IGN and so on. The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games |video game WikiProject]] (a group of people devoted to improving coverage on video game related topics) has an awesome list of outlets that are and aren't considered to be reliable sources, which will definitely be helpful here. The WikiProject is a good place to turn to if you have any questions about video game related sourcing and the like. You can of course still ask me any questions (bring it on!) but it's also nice to have another place to turn to, if needed.
So far your edit to the page doesn't look to be problematic, but definitely proceed with caution. I strongly recommend that you post on the article's talk page and give a general overview of what your plans are for the article, as this will give any page watchers a general head's up on things. I don't anticipate any true issues, however if you are planning on editing anything Gamergate related you will definitely want to post to the talk page first and also potentially the video game WikiProject, as this is seen as a high profile, controversial topic on Wikipedia. Shalor (Wiki Ed) ( talk) 18:50, 21 February 2018 (UTC)
This user is a student editor in High_Point_University/Rhetoric,_Identity,_and_Culture_(Spring_2018) . |
Hello, AlexLambright, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Shalor 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.
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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) ( talk) 17:27, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
Hi! I wanted to come in and give you a little bit of a head's up on the article. This article is held under discretionary sanctions because it's seen as part of a controversial topic, namely Gamergate. What this ultimately means is that the article will likely be under more scrutiny than many other articles and as such, any changes, additions, or whatnot need to be done carefully. Make sure that your writing is neutral and that the sourcing is the best possible source for the claim you're going to be adding. (IE, avoid sources that are self-published and/or may have a strong bias) Ideally your sources would be things like scholarly or academic works, but I know that sometimes coverage may only be in media sources like IGN and so on. The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games |video game WikiProject]] (a group of people devoted to improving coverage on video game related topics) has an awesome list of outlets that are and aren't considered to be reliable sources, which will definitely be helpful here. The WikiProject is a good place to turn to if you have any questions about video game related sourcing and the like. You can of course still ask me any questions (bring it on!) but it's also nice to have another place to turn to, if needed.
So far your edit to the page doesn't look to be problematic, but definitely proceed with caution. I strongly recommend that you post on the article's talk page and give a general overview of what your plans are for the article, as this will give any page watchers a general head's up on things. I don't anticipate any true issues, however if you are planning on editing anything Gamergate related you will definitely want to post to the talk page first and also potentially the video game WikiProject, as this is seen as a high profile, controversial topic on Wikipedia. Shalor (Wiki Ed) ( talk) 18:50, 21 February 2018 (UTC)