This is a place where you can ask questions, talk about problems, and discuss the Wikipedia assignment with classmates and other Wikipedians.-- Debaser42 ( talk) 18:45, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
Please have your students:
SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 08:38, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
See WP:TALK for a discussion of the differences in how we use article talk pages and user talk pages. When you post to an article talk page only to give an atta girl, rah-rah, cheery post to a friend, saying you like "their" article (it's not "their" article, see WP:OWN), that causes the article to pop on the watchlist of every other editor who is watching the article, causing them to take time to check and read the talk only to find it says nothing relevant to the article, and isn't an appropriate use of article talk pages. If you just want to cheer on a friend and say you like "their" work, that is better added to individual editor talk pages, where we have more leeway to engage in personal conversations. If you have sources that could be incorporated, or note specific problems with an article, or have concrete suggestions based on sources for article improvement, that belongs on article talk, so please make sure your comments on article talk relate directly to improving the article. Many other editors watchlist articles, and article talk pages are not for "I like it" (see WP:NOTAFORUM). SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 03:23, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello,
I have noticed Pdebarro's article on gender_representation_in_video_games has linked two blog posts from VGResearcher (Links used: [1] [2]). As the blogger, I am pleased that a student has shown interest in videogames research through my blog, but I am greatly disappointed that the student did not make the extra effort in obtaining the original source which should be accessible from university libraries or even consulting with faculty member, such as Erica Scharrer. Understanding original sources through their own critical thinking skills rather than mostly drawing from others would give the editors a better grasp and comfort in writing a better article. Second, the article posits original conclusions drawn from my blog posts. The posts are merely my own musings and ideas that certainly would be a good start for a research project, but these are not thoroughly drawn and peer-reviewed conclusions, unfit for wikipedia.
-- Wai Yen Tang, School of Communication, The Ohio State University.
This is a place where you can ask questions, talk about problems, and discuss the Wikipedia assignment with classmates and other Wikipedians.-- Debaser42 ( talk) 18:45, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
Please have your students:
SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 08:38, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
See WP:TALK for a discussion of the differences in how we use article talk pages and user talk pages. When you post to an article talk page only to give an atta girl, rah-rah, cheery post to a friend, saying you like "their" article (it's not "their" article, see WP:OWN), that causes the article to pop on the watchlist of every other editor who is watching the article, causing them to take time to check and read the talk only to find it says nothing relevant to the article, and isn't an appropriate use of article talk pages. If you just want to cheer on a friend and say you like "their" work, that is better added to individual editor talk pages, where we have more leeway to engage in personal conversations. If you have sources that could be incorporated, or note specific problems with an article, or have concrete suggestions based on sources for article improvement, that belongs on article talk, so please make sure your comments on article talk relate directly to improving the article. Many other editors watchlist articles, and article talk pages are not for "I like it" (see WP:NOTAFORUM). SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 03:23, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello,
I have noticed Pdebarro's article on gender_representation_in_video_games has linked two blog posts from VGResearcher (Links used: [1] [2]). As the blogger, I am pleased that a student has shown interest in videogames research through my blog, but I am greatly disappointed that the student did not make the extra effort in obtaining the original source which should be accessible from university libraries or even consulting with faculty member, such as Erica Scharrer. Understanding original sources through their own critical thinking skills rather than mostly drawing from others would give the editors a better grasp and comfort in writing a better article. Second, the article posits original conclusions drawn from my blog posts. The posts are merely my own musings and ideas that certainly would be a good start for a research project, but these are not thoroughly drawn and peer-reviewed conclusions, unfit for wikipedia.
-- Wai Yen Tang, School of Communication, The Ohio State University.