User talk:Elysia (Wiki Ed)/Archive 4

Class questions

Hi Elysia (Wiki Ed). I am the instructor for Cellular Neurobiology this spring. My class has all of their neuroscientists identified for writing biographies. I have two questions. For some of the neuroscientists there are autobiographies published on the Society for Neuroscience webpage. I have told them to read these for information but then try to get an independent source for the information since it was written by the person themselves. For example, if they state that they won an award, the students should go to the webpage of the organization that gave the award to get a source. Hopefully they will be able to find everything elsewhere. Is it ever acceptable to use autobiographical info? Secondly, for photos, if there is no photo on the commons, can they use photos from University websites or society websites or do they need to request permission? Since all individuals are past presidents of the Society for Neuroscience, their webpage has a picture of every individual.

Heads up that my students will be putting a draft in a sandbox or user subpage for review on March 23. I have told them that they can't go live without your approval. That is what Ian asked us to do in the past. Is that how you want this to be done?

Thank you for all of your help. --MMBiology (talk) 00:36, 25 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Science and Society course assistance request

Hello Elysia (Wiki Ed). I registered for the Science and Society course and see when that occurred it created something on the top of my Talk page. However, something about it does not seem configured properly, as I see coding there but nothing appears directly on the page itself. I looked at some of the pages of others taking the course as well, and it appears to be the same with them, too. Wanted to let you know as we are about to begin. Thank you. --- FULBERT (talk) 14:49, 7 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

FULBERT, I believe all is well! Sage is yet to be at work yet since he's on Pacific time, so I could be terribly wrong, but I think the intention of that edit is to essentially make a null edit, so participants who do not have a user talk page will have a blank one created by enrolling in the course. I see that the edits to participants' user pages were successful in creating the userbox, as is typical.

Either way, I've asked Sage for clarification, so I should have more information to you once he starts the day. Thanks, Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:08, 7 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Elysia, better late than never (well, I hope). I'd appreciate if you could take a look at my article-in-progress in my sandbox as part of the "request feedback" assignment User:Icy13/Deep_state. My main hope to contribute is the User:Icy13/Deep_state#Scholarly_Understanding section. I have fleshed out a few places but the rest is in block-outline form. I'd appreciate if you could give me some feedback on the overall structure and intent of this section and how it might fit or be improved to meet Wikipedia's goals. I also intend to kill the overview section as incorporate various parts into scholarly understanding and the lede. Icy13 💬 ✏️ 06:08, 18 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Feedback request done! Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:42, 18 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A kitten for you!

Thanks for the wonderful script for subpages!

Icy13 💬 ✏️ 21:30, 21 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Icy13, so glad you like it! Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:37, 22 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Reel315 (talk)

Hello.

I need help with.. I am trying to create a new sandbox page. The instructions say to type in "new sandbox" in place of sandbox. Then it says to click on "Create source in the upper right". I don't see anything in the upper right that says "create source". Where is this?

--Reel315 (talk) 01:04, 25 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

replied on user talk page. Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:50, 27 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Saving without publishing?

I'm woking on 'Evaluate an Article' as prescribed in the Evaluate Wikipedia training session. I'm not all the way finished reviewing the article and completing the evaluation, and hoped there was a way to save the work without publishing it. Thanks. Mr. Bubs (talk) 21:05, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Mr. Bubs, It's confusing terminology! In this instance, "publish changes" means the exact same thing as "save changes", so you should consider those terms as interchangeable for Wikipedia purposes. Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:09, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Mullneree (talk)

Hello.

I need help with...

Getting to my sandbox. My previous edits are not there.

--Mullneree (talk) 17:59, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Replied on student talk page. Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:20, 11 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

student question

Hi Elysia! I am a student in Qualitative Methods course spring 2020 with 10 other classmates. I am working through the tutorials and trying to find the "students" tab in order to talk to another peer. Where do I find that tab? Thank you. ACMwiki2020 (talk) 21:58, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Replied on user talk page. Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:42, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Southgatea (talk)

Hello.

I need help with...Overall changes increase organization and clarity of the topic.

--Southgatea (talk) 17:29, 11 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

replied on their talk page. Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:41, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Sarahgolfet (talk) helaine

Hello.

I need help with, making my sandbox appear to my professor, he says it doenst show up on his page, so he is unable to see my progress. thank you - sarah

--18:57, 12 February 2020 (UTC)Sarahgolfet (talk)

replied on student editor talk page. Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:43, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Raghu deep darisi (talk)

Hello.

I need help with...

Hi..! I have chosen the topic of dental aerosols. I did not find a page on dental aerosols, so i created one. I just started with few sentences about the dental aerosols. please do review and provide feedback, so that i can move forward with that topic and i will add even more to that. Thank you!

--Raghu deep darisi (talk) 04:11, 15 February 2020 (UTC) raghu deep darisi04:11, 15 February 2020 (UTC)Raghu deep darisi (talk)[reply]

replied on student talk page requesting that they only use secondary sources. Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:50, 18 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Bbakkal (talk)

Hello.

I need help with... I am working on a class project which is about the human dimension within a group on the global change. Our group choose to contribute to an article that is "Bech Cleaning". Therefore, I have searched and wrote a draft paper so far. I have attached my draft here. Can you check it out; then, can you give me some feedback for it? Thanks.

--Bbakkal (talk) 22:18, 15 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Beach cleaning is a solid litter removing the process from beaches and water banks. Humans beings consciously or unconsciously pollute the marine environment by discarded human-made materials such as plastic bottles and bags, fishing gears and nets, cigarette buds, tires, rubbers, paper, and textiles et cetera. Such solid materials drift from oceans onto lands and accumulate on beaches. These contaminants are called “marine debris” and harms ecology, health, and economy or coastal tourism (Krelling, 2017).
    Beaches are recreational areas and attract many local or international visitors for tanning, swimming, walking or surfing. But a contaminated beach might impact the environment and economy through the globe, because the marine debris may be unattractive for many beach users due to aesthetic value or health concerns. Ballance, et al. 's (2000) study shows that a clean beach is a very important determiner for many local and international tourists in South Africa. According to the study, local and international tourists choose to visit the country because of beaches and proper climate conditions. If the tourists do not find a clean bleach, they travel to different regions of the country to find a clean beach (Ballance, et al, 2000). So, cleanliness is very important for the tourism industry of countries. 
    A clean beach can be an indicator of the environmental quality and development level of a country. Beach Cleaning Health Index is the cleaning classification standard of countries and their beaches such as European countries. The European beach classifications are A for excellent, B for good, C for regular, and D for bad (Araújo et al. 2008). 

Beach cleaning demands some management arrangements, cleaning methods, special tools, and some human sources. recreational beaches classification in a rank of four indicators

replied on student editor talk page. Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:57, 18 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Maxygaga (talk)

Hello.

I need help with...

I Don't know how to Make a Box on the right where the name, DOB, and other information goes If you could help, Thank you

--Maxygaga (talk) 06:50, 19 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Replied on student editor talk page. Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:12, 19 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from ACMwiki2020 (talk)

Hello. It's Andrea from UML Qualitative course with Dr. Judith Davidson. I was in Module 2, week where I had just picked an article (Neurodiversity) and was preparing to review it with a long template that I believe Dr. Davidson created. I was in an evaluating your article exercise. It seemed to be telling me to create a "subpage"; I was lost, didi what I think was correct, now I cannot access the form I need to fill in for the assignment.

I need help with...finding this and completing Module 2!

--ACMwiki2020 (talk) 00:01, 20 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Replied on student editor talk page. Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:32, 24 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Photo Question

Elysia,

Hello! I am in Dr. Fleet's Genetics class and I am working on Jenny Tung's page. I would like to insert a photo of her, but the search function on the editing dashboard doesn't have any images of her. I did find an image of her on Duke University's website, but I do not own this photo and would like to cite it, so I cannot upload it from my device. I saw where there was the option to upload it to wikipedia, but when I click on the link the following error message occurs, "Permission Error: You do not have permission to upload this file, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in one of the groups: Autoconfirmed users, Administrators, Confirmed users." The following links are from Duke website that offers an image of her: https://biology.duke.edu/people/jenny-tung and https://today.duke.edu/2012/10/tung. I was wonder if you could help me figure out how to add an image of her.

Thank you, Sierra — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scmccray18 (talk • contribs) 15:17, 25 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Responded on student editor talk page. Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:39, 25 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Teresa Varriale Gonzalez

Hello.

I need help with...module 2 and 3 I completed the modules but they have been marked as incomplete. Teresa

--Teresa Varriale Gonzalez 16:16, 27 February 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by TeresaVarrialeGonzalez (talk • contribs)

Replied on student editor talk page. Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:48, 2 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Dorseyc90 (talk)

Hello.

I need help with...

Adding sources to the bibliography page. I'm not showing this option listed like it is in the module.I checked my sandbox and the article itself Does it take a while for that tab to populate?

--Dorseyc90 (talk) 03:19, 1 March 2020 (UTC) Chanika Dorsey[reply]

Replied on student editor talk page. Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:17, 2 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Practicing again WITH Scholars

Hopefully I did this right! Thanks @Elysia (Wiki Ed): --Wikiwheels93 (talk) 01:20, 3 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wikiwheels93, You've definitely done it correctly! Nicely done :) Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:44, 3 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Melmadrigal1315 (talk)

Hello. my name is Melissa madrigal I need help with...

Seeing if I can use certain photo for my wiki page edits? I am not sure how to see if it is okay to use and if I can use it I don't know how to upload it?

here is the link to see the photo..... https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=eQVqusFe&id=EEA0C928B8B19E09306BAD08F64198886A2CFA42&thid=OIP.eQVqusFeXj9yw7SZ3mvysgAAAA&mediaurl=https%3a%2f%2fc4gf.com.au%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2019%2f02%2fcanva-event.png&exph=331&expw=322&q=louisa+margaret+dunkley+transcripts&simid=608000655194522804&selectedIndex=0&ajaxhist=0

--Melmadrigal1315 (talk) 20:38, 5 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Replied on student editor talk. Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:10, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Mollycoleman514 (talk)

Hello.

I need help with... I am not sure if what I wrote in the sandbox was the correct way to do this. Do I draft all of my articles in one sandbox?

--Mollycoleman514 (talk) 02:00, 6 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Replied on student editor talk. --Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:11, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

In the "Apathy" article page, why was the citation removed, but the text that cites that citation stayed there?

Shouldn't the text also be removed, since that which the text cites is unreliable? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Unknow0059 (talk • contribs) 01:41, 13 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Unknow0059, looks like you added a citation to an article that was not reliable. Most wordpress sites are not suitable for inclusion on Wikipedia. Often times content that is not reliably sourced is removed. It depends on what the content is alleging and the discretion of individual editors. Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:32, 16 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Class Question Marquette Neurobiology 2020

Hello Elysia, I'm a student at Marquette University doing our Wikipedia project. As I was trying to upload a picture of our person on Wikimedia Commons, I received an email saying that the picture might be taken down due to release rights. I received the photo from the person herself, so if I want to prevent the photo from getting taken down, do I need to contact her again to give her consent or would I have to find the photographer of the photo and get their consent? Any help is appreciated! Thank you! ---Ecampe (talk) 18:27, 23 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ecampe, hi, we have to ensure that all pictures we upload to Commons are photos with acceptable copyright licensing. That means:

• You can upload photographs you have taken, because you own the rights to them and can release them to Wikimedia
• You can upload photographs published on other websites with compatible licenses such as CC-BY-SA, CC-BY, or CC0.

The easiest thing for you to do would be to ask the person who owns the copyright of the image (almost always the photographer of the photo, not the subject) to upload the image themselves to Commons and release it. The metadata of this photograph identifies the copyright holder as Peter Goldberg, so they would need to upload it or explicitly give permission for it to be used on Commons. You can also try to go through OTRS which is also used to verify and archive licensing permissions.

Images and copyright are challenging, which is why many Wikipedia biographies and other articles do not have images--none have been released under a compatible license. For more information, please review our training on uploading images and other media. Thanks, Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:05, 24 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Occupational hazards with fire debris cleanup

hi Elysia (Wiki Ed), just to let you know that Occupational hazards with fire debris cleanup, in which you and Beauchcn have been involved is being discussed for deletion. i have also sent a kitten message to Beauchcn about this. Coolabahapple (talk) 04:02, 27 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

NSV Sandbox

Can you look at the edits I made on the lead for the no scalpel vasectomy page to see if they are ready to publish? Also, if I want to change what's in the box on the right (e.g. add NSV next to keyhole vasectomy) and add under specialty - family medicine, general surgery, family planning - how do I do that? Is this the right way to message you? Lookwhatimook (talk) 00:14, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Lookwhatimook, you should have a notification, but I left feedback for you here. The box in the right is called an "infobox", which is a kind of template. To edit the infobox, go into edit mode, and then click on the box. A popup box appears saying "template" and "edit"--click "edit". You can then scroll through the fields to see what kinds of information the infobox can support. There's also a "add more information" option at the bottom to display all the fields that the infobox has to offer, though no article will use all the fields of its infobox. And yes, this is a great way to message me, nicely done! Let me know if you have more questions. Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:14, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I published my edits and changed the infobox. I want to work on another section of the article, the technical procedure. Do you recommend emptying out my existing sandbox and copy/pasting the new section that I"m working on there? Also, it's unclear to me by there is a section eligibility criteria for India in the article. Is that the type of question I could leave in talk and see what happens? Lookwhatimook (talk) 17:40, 7 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Lookwhatimook, if you are feeling more comfortable with editing now, you can try editing the article directly. We recommend the sandbox for getting your "sea legs" with editing, but most editors directly edit the article themselves. If you feel more comfortable using the sandbox, you can clean out your sandbox and bring the new section in that you want to work on.

There is probably a section for India because one person wanted to expand the article and they had a particular interest in India. You can either remove the content as what we call "undue weight" on one aspect of the subject, or you can attempt to balance it by adding in information from other regions of the world. The manual of style for Wikipedia's medical content recommends this layout for surgeries and procedures. Let me know if that helps. Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:45, 7 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I got a talk message that someone reverted a change I made because it was not constructive. Can you talk a look? The change, as far as I can tell, was deleting a citation that didn't make sense to me. Maybe I am looking at the wrong citation? But it seemed to be referencing nicotine use in reference to no scalpel vasectomy occlusion methos. Lookwhatimook (talk) 17:55, 27 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Lookwhatimook looks like the reverting editor is patrolling for vandalism. Something about your edit might have come across as vandalism by the automated software that assists in vandalism detection (also they didn't leave an edit summary, so I can only guess). You should leave them a message on their talk page by clicking "new section" on the top toolbar. Something like, "Hi, I saw you reverted my edits to No scalpel vasectomy. Can you tell me what problems you identified with my edits? Thanks." It's possible they reverted your edit accidentally and this is a misunderstanding, but you'll want to check before restoring the content. And don't forget to sign :) Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:08, 27 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewing sandbox edits before publishing

Hi! I was wondering if you've had a chance to review my sandbox edits? Would appreciate any feedback you have! Thanks! Datadecathlete (talk) 16:55, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Datadecathlete, you should have gotten a ping, but I left feedback for you here! Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:13, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Citation Question

Hi! I was curious as to if you could help me with a citation issue I'm having. My sources have become jumbled up and have many letters in front of them. I'm not particularly sure why this has happened or how I can change it. I'm working on Ebba Lund's Wikipedia page. Thank you very much! Elizabeth Combs (User talk:Elizabeth Combs) 1:50, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

Replied on student editor talk page. Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:33, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Student articles stuck in draft mode waiting for review

Hi, most of my students articles went live this week, which you know since I noticed your edits. However a couple are stuck in drafts waiting for review. It states that this can take 3 months or more which would be long after the class is over. One of them doesn't say anything is wrong; William D. Willis. The other was denied and it states that it has been resubmitted; [Chao]. I have asked the students what they have done but with the class going entirely online they have been overwhelmed. Thank you for your help. MMBiology (talk) 00:04, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

MMBiology, I just replied to your email, but I have moved your student drafts back to their sandboxes. You can find them here: User:BNunez13/sandbox1 and User:HannahPNeuro/sandbox1. I encourage you to do have students do peer review before moving work live, as I have had to fix many student errors that otherwise might have been resolved. Thanks, Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 20:04, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from TaimengLiang (talk)

Hello.

I need help with... drafting article

--TaimengLiang (talk) 04:42, 6 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Replied on student editor talk page. Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:14, 6 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

@Elysia (Wiki Ed): thanks for the star! Trying to think of what else I can add to the mitro page. Any ideas? --Wikiwheels93 (talk) 17:52, 7 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wikiwheels93, It might be helpful to you to look over Wikipedia's Manual of Style for medical content. Specifically they have a section here for the suggested layout for medical procedures and surgeries. For example, it suggests a "history" section to describe how the procedure was developed and by whom, and when it was first used. Looking this over might inspire you with what content you can add next! Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:09, 7 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Elysia (Wiki Ed),

Thank you. I see here they suggest a "technique" page. Is this essentially the same as the description of procedure section already existing on this page?

Also, do you see anything in one section that you feel should be moved to another? Some kind of overlap Wikiwheels93 (talk) 23:59, 9 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Elysia (Wiki Ed),

Do you think I need a separate history section? Some background on history is already in the lead section. Should I move it? Wikiwheels93 (talk) 00:01, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wikiwheels93, yes, it seems like technique is the same thing as the description of the procedure. I think a separate history section could be a good thing. I see that there is mention of the history in the lead, but not in the body of the article. Remember that the lead is supposed to be a summary of the rest of the article--it isn't supposed to have any novel content.

Also, don't feel like you have to exclusively conform to that list of sections--they're noted as suggested layouts, not mandatory layouts. I noticed you got rid of your "Life with a Mitrofanoff" section. I thought that that information was important. Maybe it belonged in a "Recovery" section or a "Recovery and maintenance"? Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:45, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Elysia (Wiki Ed),

oh I changed it because I thought I had to follow that format. I put some of that info in recovery and I can expand on it again/restructure Wikiwheels93 (talk) 18:49, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wikiwheels93, nope, just a suggestion that may be helpful for some kind of standardization of our medical articles! You can access all the previous versions of the article from the history tab, including versions that have content that's been removed [1]. That way, you don't have to rewrite anything. Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:52, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Edward.sun817 (talk)

Hello.

I need help with...

I'm not sure how to move my article out of the sandbox when i'm done. For some reason there is now dropdown tab near the search button that will allow me to move it.

Update: I've figured out that for my article i'm supposed to copy parts of my sandbox to the preexisting article. Thanks. However, none of my contributions are showing up on my course page?

--Edward.sun817 (talk) 02:08, 9 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Responded on student editor talk page. Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:10, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Kat.osborne (talk)

Hello.

I need help with...

Publishing my article! It is currently in my sandbox.

--Kat.osborne (talk) 20:39, 13 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Kat.osborne, Hi, it looks like just before you posted here you were able to publish your sandbox. Nicely done! You can now find it here: Joshua Sanes. Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:15, 14 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

moving my sandbox

Hello, I have made my draft of my an article in User:Yshibutani/sandbox, however was supposed to write it in the User:Yshibutani/Tortula muralis. Is there any way I can move my draft? Thank you Yshibutani (talk) 09:44, 14 April 2020 (UTC)Yshibutani 4/14/2020[reply]

Yshibutani it looks like this is no longer something you're interested in? I can see that you have moved your sandbox to Tortula muralis. If you still want your sandbox at a different title, go to your sandbox and start a page move as discussed on this training slide. The new title will be in the "user" space and the title would be Yshibutani/Tortula muralis. Hope that helps. Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:44, 14 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Yshibutani (talk) 03:57, 15 April 2020 (UTC)Yshibutani April 15, 2020[reply]

Need help request from Katelm2 (talk)

Hello.

I need help with... We just published our page, but the at the top there is a red text that says "this template should only be used in the user namespace". we want to make sure we didn't do anything wrong.

--Katelm2 (talk) 02:10, 19 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Katelm2, there was still a box saying that it was a sandbox page, but since it was no longer in the sandbox, that box should be removed. It looks like another editor came along and removed it, so it's fixed now. Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:46, 21 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

history section

Still thinking about a history section for Mitrofanoff wiki but only thing I can find beyond a basic who/when is a YouTube video of Paul Mitrofanoff talking about it. I've asked in my support groups too and detailed info is scarce! Any ideas? --Wikiwheels93 (talk) 21:25, 20 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wikiwheels93, just sent you an email with a PDF! I found a paper that had a little bit more information. Hopefully it's helpful! Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:42, 21 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Jocelynortiz1 (talk)

Hello.

I need help with understanding my sandbox. And I'm also confused on how to edit an article without actually publishing to the main article.

--Jocelynortiz1 (talk) 01:03, 24 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Shalor (Wiki Ed) looks like one of yours :) Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:25, 24 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Help with an Image

Hi Elysia (Wiki Ed)! recently you helped me identify that the image that I uploaded for a project did not have the proper information to allow it to be on Wikipedia. I reached out to the sender of the image, and I am hoping that she is able to send the proper information to Wikimedia. I just wanted to let you know that I took those steps (as I need to re-upload the image in order to get the link to send the permission request) in case it pops up on your radar that the image has returned. I think I put the proper tags on it to say that permission is pending, but if there is something more that I have to do, could you please let me know how I can take the steps to remedy the situation?

Thanks for all the help! Muneuro (talk) 22:26, 22 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Muneuro, thanks for going through the right channels to show proof of permission! It can be a bit tedious at times, but Wikipedia has to be careful not to host material that violates copyright law, or it could be subject to legal actions. I do not believe that further action is required from you at this time. If you edit again in the future, the easiest course of action is to simply ask the copyright holder to upload the image to Commons so that they can give the rights away. Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:17, 24 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Help with Citations

Hi Elysia (Wiki Ed)! I'm trying to help a student in Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Oklahoma/Japanese Environmental History (Spring 2020) with citations. He's citing multiple pages from a book. Each citation in the references gives the full information for the book rather than a truncated version. Is there anyway to consolidate or shorten these references. You can see what I'm talking about in citations 20-22 at User:Jamespgj/sandbox.

Thanks! Kirwanfan (talk) 00:10, 23 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Replied on user talk page. Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:24, 24 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thank you for your suggestions in my sandbox. I have edited the article and published changes. Thanks! Abhayani320 (talk) 19:44, 24 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Abhayani320, nicely done! Congrats on making some changes to an article that's viewed 2,500 times each month! Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:14, 24 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sources

Please be careful to not (as in the Denis Baylor article) add details that aren't sourced. Thanks. DS (talk) 23:54, 24 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

DragonflySixtyseven, hi, this was student work that I moved from the sandbox. The student cited his Stanford profile, from which you could download Baylor's CV. Presumably the student thought it sufficient to just cite the Stanford profile. Based on your feedback, I have added a more explicit citation to Baylor's CV after the sentence containing his DOB and place of birth. Thanks, Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:27, 27 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Better, thanks - and apologies if I was a bit too harsh. DS (talk) 22:16, 27 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

DragonflySixtyseven, no worries, happy to make any necessary adjustments to student work. Just drop a line on my talk page or ping me if you come across more issues in the future :) Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:12, 28 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Melane96 (talk)

Hello.

I need help with... On my article, it says "This template should only be used in the user namespace." Do I need to do something to get rid of that? Did I put my article out there or is it still a draft?

--Melane96 (talk) 19:13, 28 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Melane96, hi, thanks for the message! I removed the template. All you needed to do was click edit, click that box, and then hit the backspace :) Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:56, 28 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Margaret Power

Hello.

I need help with editing the page. I clicked on Talk and Sandbox and once I am there I don't know what the next step is.

Thank you.

Margaret Power 16:49, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

--Margaret Power 16:49, 5 May 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marmacpower1 (talk • contribs)

Date grammar suggestions for the Lolita Lebrón entry.

My suggested changes are in bold:

“In 1952, after the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico was promulgated, the Nationalist Party began a series of revolutionary actions, including the Jayuya Uprising.”

The dates are wrong. The Jayuya Uprising took place in 1950, before the Commonwealth was declared.

She became the leader of a group of nationalists, who attacked the United States House of Representatives in 1954.

Should be a group of nationalists, which attacked.

She was incarcerated as a result. Lebrón remained imprisoned 25 years, when President Carter issued pardons to the group involved.

Should read: until President Carter issued pardons in 1979.

After their release in 1979, the nationalists returned to Puerto Rico, where independence movements received them with a celebration.

Should read: After their release, the Nationalists returned to Puerto Rico, where independence supporters received them with a celebration.

Lebrón (birth name: Dolores Lebrón Sotomayor [note 1]) was one of five siblings born in Lares, Puerto Rico to Gonzalo Lebrón Bernal and Rafaela Soto Luciano; the other four children were Aurea, Augusto, Gonzalo Jr. and Julio. Lebrón was raised in Hacienda Pezuelas in Pezuela, a barrio in Lares. [I added a ; and then the other four children]

Gonzalo Lebrón worked as the hacienda's foreman earning, a salary of $30 a month. He was allowed to live in a "small house" where he was also allowed to plant produce for his family I split this into two sentences

In Pezuela, Lebrón began

I added a comma after Pezuela.

Submitted draft moved back to userspace

Hello, curious as to why this draft was moved back to userspace? it is a userspace draft which has been submitted for review (it is still submitted) so the review instructions are, to move it to draftspace. The next reviewer will possibly be unaware of the history and it might well be moved to draftspace again. Cheers. Eagleash (talk) 20:29, 5 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Eagleash, Hi, the editor who was working on this is a participant in a course I'm facilitating. They errantly submitted it to AfC, which does not work well with the course timeline, since AfC has such a variable timeline. They asked to have it moved back to their sandbox.

I thought by moving it back to userspace and removing the AfC templates, I effectively ended the process. Is there a more preferred way to do this? Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 20:36, 5 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

OK, thanks for clarifying. I have removed the submission template (which was at the bottom of the draft) so it will sit in the sandbox until whatever the next step may be. FWIW drafts submitted in userspace tend to get reviewed pretty quickly as its what you come to first at CAT:AFC and those that are moved to draftspace are also often reviewed quite quickly (in my experience). Also FWIW it's not too far from being accepted (IMO) but sourcing needs improvement I think. If the goal is to get it into mainspace, it might be an idea to try to speed up the process somehow. Covid19 related articles are growing by the minute. Best. Eagleash (talk) 20:56, 5 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Eagleash, ah, I got the template on top but not the one on bottom. Yes, definitely plan on telling the participant that they cannot cite other Wikipedia articles, but I'm glad you think it's looking pretty good! Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:02, 5 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Kikibard (talk)

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I need help with...

Posting my entry. Any feedback on how to make it better would help. I am mostly struggling with my references 

--Kikibard (talk) 01:24, 7 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like Shalor already replied to this. Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:33, 8 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you for feedback on Anne de Graville

Elysia, thanks so much for your feedback. I think I've addressed all the issues - am still adding content under manuscripts. Added a few more images, too! On use of first name, I put a note in the talk page. Thank you, thank you! *Yseut229* (talk) 10:54, 11 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from DobbyDumbledore (talk)

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I need help with...looking over my edits for NC Woman's right to know act article.

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A barnstar for you!

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Need help request from Josepazmino (talk)

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I need help with... my editing work --Josepazmino (talk) 09:46, 14 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page watcher) @Josepazmino:, Elysia is no longer with Wiki Ed. Could you please post your question instead to Ian's talk page, here ==> User talk:Ian (Wiki Ed). Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 10:30, 14 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Sd1174 (talk)

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I need help with...

saving links for potential usage in my sandbox. It keeps saying to change the text, because the articles go through a "proxy." They're from my university's databases, and I've adjusted the text multiples times, but it won't let me publish the changes. Help?

--Sd1174 (talk) 22:10, 21 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sd1174, please contact Ian (Wiki Ed) at [e-mail] with your question--Elysia no longer works at Wiki Education. Enwebb (talk) 17:13, 28 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from DianaGBG3 (talk)

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I need help with... I need help finding sources the economic and immigration 0f Mexico in the '90s.

--DianaGBG3 (talk) 22:52, 27 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

DianaGBG3, please contact Ian (Wiki Ed) at [e-mail] with your question--Elysia no longer works at Wiki Education. Enwebb (talk) 17:14, 28 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Diana Gagnier

Arlene Paige Maclin Addison

Arlene Paige Maclin Addison, a physicist, was born on June 7, 1945 on a tobacco farm in Rawlings, Virginia. Her father Otis Maclin (1905-1972) received a third grade education in Brunswick County and her mother Alice Matthews Maclin (1906-1991) received a seventh grade education in Brunswick County, which was the highest education offered to African Americans in the county at the time. She had four brothers, George, Jesse, Russell and Leroy and four sisters, Julia, Constance, Roxanna and Nannie. Since there is a 22 year age difference between the oldest George and the youngest Nannie, all of the siblings never lived in the same household. Arlene is the eighth of the nine children and the only one who went to college. Her maternal grandfather was named George Matthews (1840-1920) and was a slave and stockman or breeder on the Creed Haskin's Plantation. Creed Haskin's Plantation was located on the Northernmost tip of Brunswick in a place called Mount Donum. This plantation was located between Brunswick County and Dinwiddie Counties. The land was claimed by eminent domain in the late 1930s or 1940s to build what is now known as Fort Pickett.

As a young child of only three months old, Arlene was diagnosed with congenital bilateral club feet. For most of the first five years of her life, she spent time at Saint Phillip's Children's Hospital for a series of nine operations performed by Dr. Carpenter to straighten her feet. Despite these early difficulties, Arlene thrived as a child and was taught to read by the nurses in the hospital at a very early age. She loved books and learning and excelled in school.

She attended Hickory Run Elementary School for grades 1-6 from 1951-1957, and Rawlings Elementary School from 1957-1958. In 1958, she attended James Solomon Russell High School graduating with honors in 1963.

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Need help request from Microbialmischief (talk)

Hello.

My draft article on Margaret A. Davidson is no longer accessible in the sandbox. Could you help me to get the draft back and explain why it would become uneditable? Thank you! Sarah

--Microbialmischief (talk) 00:20, 12 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Need help request from Susan Egbert (talk)

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I need help with sandbox and making articles

--Susan Egbert (talk) 14:46, 5 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Susan Egbert (talk)

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I need help with making my article access for my other account lichenlady4

--Susan Egbert (talk) 14:47, 5 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Susan Egbert: please ask your question at Ian (Wiki Ed)’s Talk page. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 18:09, 5 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from 21RowRowRoYourBoat89 (talk)

Hello.

I need help with...

Implementing "Template Data" for my sandbox? I honestly don't even know how to start this, and it all feels like it's in a foreign language with all the jargon. What on Earth do I do? It seems like it won't let me do anything, and nothing looks like it is visible to me in my sandbox.

--21RowRowRoYourBoat89 (talk) 03:36, 8 September 2022 (UTC) RowRowRoYourBoat21[reply]

Need help request from Ermacaulay (talk)

Hello.

I need help with...converting the essay in my sandbox to an actual posted essay - can you please send me instructions? I don't seem to have the option to publish it.

Thanks!

--Ermacaulay (talk) 19:57, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Need help request from Ermacaulay (talk)

Hello.

I need help with...just tried to move this essay to publish it but now I think I just moved it/renamed the user! help and sorry!

Best, Lizzie

--Ermacaulay (talk) 20:02, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Need help request from Urayness (talk)

Hello.

I have several sandboxes. Is there a way I can view them all at once on the same page as a list?

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