User:Alilykat/sandbox

Weekly Questions

Discussion: What is a content gap?

1. A content gap is a piece(s) of information accidentally or purposefully left out of a section of information about a subject.
2. Possible ways to identify content gaps are by checking the sources to see if there was any obvious information that was left out. It can also be identified if a person feels that the article is beginning to lean towards a certain view in that subject.
3. Content gaps may arise because of a person's bias (whether accidental or purposeful), or simply misreading the sources used and missing that piece of information.
4. A content gap can be remedied by finding the missing piece of information in another reliable source, and then including it in the article.
5. Being "unbiased" on Wikipedia means having the ability to write freely about a specific subject without letting your personal views interfere with the writing or omit any of the information.
6. This is similar to my own definition of "bias" because as an employee of the news division of CBS, I am used to hearing the term journalist bias, meaning that a journalist (in politics for example) has allowed their personal views (whether conscious or subconscious) affect their article of Donald Trump in a negative way.

Alilykat (talk) 17:02, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

Week 4 Questions

• 1. Blog posts and press releases are considered poor sources of reliable information. Why?
• Blog posts are written by a single person or sometimes, small groups of people. Blogs area not factually confirmed, or checked for biased opinions; therefore blogs are not reliable because unless sources are cited, there is no way to prove whether the information stated is true or not. Blogs are usually a place where people can express their own opinion from the comfort of their own site. When looking for information on a specific subject, going to a blog might cause you to obtain biased, opinionated and even false information without realizing it.
• Press releases are typically written by the company or association that wants to get their information out to the public. So, if for example, a household utility company is submitting a press release about their new vacuum cleaner, they are most likely going to only mention (and even exaggerate)the good features about the vacuum cleaner and completely disregard any cons the product might have. So basically, using press releases as sources of information for certain things can result one sided, biased information about that subject.
• 2. What are some reasons you might not want to use a company's website as the main source of information about that company?
• Similarly to a press release or a blog post, a company is usually promoting something. Company websites do not want to advertise or visibly mention any flaws within their company or product. The goal of a company website mainly is to persuade the public to join, purchase, or join whatever they are promoting. So the information a person would get if using the website as a source, would particularly be information stating only the good parts of that subject, and probably none of the negative aspects of the company or product. A main source of information about a company depends on the company, for example, if looking for information on any company selling products or services, review websites might work in showing both sides of that subject.
• 3. What is the difference between a copyright violation and plagiarism?
• Copyright violations and plagiarism are very similar, and very different. Plagiarism taking someone else's work, and submitting it as your own (deliberately or not). Plagiarism can occur in many ways, in a paper for school or a blog, if a portion of information taken from somewhere else is not cited correctly, or given proper credit, that piece of information has been plagiarized.
• Copyright violations also deal with information being taken incorrectly, but in this case, even if you cite the source of the information, you might not be off the hook. A copyright can be placed on almost anything: a video, a song, a piece of writing, a picture; if this item is used without asking for permission (or usually paying a fee) then a copyright violation has been committed and it can have serious consequences depending on what was used. If you put a popular song into your youtube video, it might simply get the video taken off of youtube; but if you decide to use a popular song in a commercial then seen by hundreds or thousands, you could find yourself paying a significant amount of money in fines. Sometimes for free, or a small fee, you can purchase royalty free videos, pictures, and songs, which then become yours to use (depending on which license was bought).
• 4. What are some good techniques to avoid close paraphrasing and plagiarism?
• It is very easy to close paraphrase or even plagiarize without even realizing it. This might result in a bad grade in one class, but if writing a research paper or anything else that is going to be published, it can end badly. One of the best ways to avoid paraphrasing and plagiarism is to keep your paper, and your sources away from each other as much as possible. This means taking notes from your sources, and instead of having the sources open when writing, having your notes open and writing from that. This means you're paraphrasing the source information, then paraphrasing your notes in your final paper, which makes it much harder to plagiarize. An even better tactic would be to read up all the information, take notes, then wait a few hours or even a day before writing the paper, to make sure you aren't subconsciously writing sentences you previously read.

Alilykat (talk) 02:33, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

Week 6 Questions

• What do you think of Wikipedia's definition of "neutrality"? It means that the article is not biased in the opinions presented. The information is given in a way that expresses no opinions. And if viewpoints must be presented, they are usually presented in an equal manner. Wikipedia also states that all viewpoints that exist must be presented, meaning if even one viewpoint is not mentioned in an article, wikipedia deems the article biased. I find this definition of neutrality very fair. In showing all the view points and keeping the articles "neutral", the article is not trying to convince the reader in any way.
• What are the impacts and limits of Wikipedia as a source of information? Using Wikipedia as a source of information can be of great use, but can also negatively impact a school paper. On a positive note, using wikipedia as a source of information allows you to have a large selection of reliable sources all on one site, making it easier for students (especially middle and high schoolers) to create their research papers without having to dig for information. But wikipedia, even with its large amount of editors, has its flaws in the facts and reliability of the articles. Since multiple people are editing these articles, there's space for error and a student could potentially use incorrect or outdated information in their paper.
• On Wikipedia, all material must be attributable to reliable, published sources. What kinds of sources does this exclude? Can you think of any problems that might create? Using certain pieces of writing like press releases or product websites as sources would not work because they are usually very biased. Imagine writing a paper on a cleaning product, and instead of having all the information about the product, you only use the commercial you saw. That commercial most likely exaggerated the positive aspects of the product and definitely did not mention any negative aspects, making your paper very one sided.
• If Wikipedia was written 100 years ago, how might its content (and contributors) be different? What about 100 years from now? Considering that around 100 years ago there was still a lot of bias around certain topics, I can imagine that a Wikipedia written 100 years ago would have some subjects with opinions that lean a certain way and might even omit certain pieces of information. 100 years from now, since there is already so much information about everything on the web, I doubt it would turn into something biased or controlled.

Alilykat (talk) 03:48, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

Planning

Possible Topics

Some of the possible topics that I can edit are:

• Claude Perier - Because This is the person assigned to me, and even though almost all of the information that can be found about him is already on the wikipedia page, I feel it is not organized properly (there are only two giant sections in the article ) and want to reorganize it so that the proper information can be found easily.
• Casimir Pierre Périer - Son of my assigned person, I have found lots of information on him and feel that I might be able to add to this page.
• Assembly of Vizille - Assembly which Claude Perier was a very big part of, it is very short and I believe I can add to it.
• Château de Vizille - Castle owned at one point by Claude Perier, played a big part in the revolution yet that information is missing from that page.
• Marie Pascal - Very little information is known about the wife of Claude Perier, but I cannot even find a wikipedia page on her, so if it is possible to create one, I will.

Alilykat (talk) 03:15, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

@Alilykat: Excellent job this week! These are all great ideas for adding content to Wikipedia. I'm so excited about what you will do this semester. Alfgarciamora (talk) 21:12, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

Week 5 - Article Contributions

• Claude Perier - In this article, I plan to create an infobox, mention his involvement in the Hospital General of Grenoble (not mentioned at all that he became a director), and organize the article into sections that are more organized.
• Casimir Pierre Périer - Add links to his mothers page (which I will be creating), and links to chateau de vizille (both are mentioned in his article but not linked to the wiki page), and more information as I come across it. ^[1]
• Château de Vizille - Hopefully add more historical sources. Create a section about how the castle impacted the French Revolution (there is only one sentence about that, and the assembly at that chateau was actually one of the starting points for the revolution). ^[2][3]
• Assembly of Vizille - Claude was deeply involved in this assembly (some of it taking part in his castle) and his name is not even mentioned in this article. The article is very short and lacks detail, which I plan to find and input. Also, some sources on that article are not working. ^[3][2]
• Marie-Charlotte Pascal - I plan to create her page, and add what little information is known about her life, such as her children, her beliefs, her parents, etc. ^[1][3]
• Hospital General of Grenoble - Claude Perier was one of the directors for this hospital. A page for this hospital does not exist and I have found very profound information on the Hospital General. ^[4]

Alilykat (talk) 02:44, 17 February 2017 (UTC)

Week 5 Drafts

Marie-Charlotte Pascal (1749-1821) was the wife of French banker Claude-Nicolas Perier, and the daughter of a leading Voiron merchant. She was the mother of 10 living children, including Casimir Pierre Perier (1777-1907) who at one point was the Prime Minister of France.

Week 8

• The Draft for Marie Charlotte Pascal that was on my sandbox has been moved to the new page Marie-Charlotte Pascal
• Links have been added to Casimir Pierre Perier's page that lead to his mother's (new) page, and the Chateau.
• Infobox was created for Claude Perier
• Claude Perier's page was completely re-organized (by categories that can be better understood)
• I added links leading to his wife's page, and the Chateau's page.
• I fixed a few minor grammatical errors, and factual errors that I found
• Added an image to his page
• Infobox created for Marie Charlotte Pascal's page

Week 10

• Found a new source for Chateau de Vizille
• Added information to my Chateau de Vizille draft (below)
• Transferred my Chateau de Vizille information to the mainspace
• Added page links to the page, and an image of Claude
• Added information to the Assembly of Vizille draft
• transferred that information over to the mainspace
• added links, images, citations

Week 11

• I finished creating the page for the Hospital General of Grenoble, and moved it from my sandbox#2 (link below) to mainspace

Week 12

• Finished the Hospital General Page
• Added citation to Timeline of Grenoble about the Hospital
• Added information on Claude Periers page about the Hospital

Link for Sandbox where was planning General Hospital

Here

 Château de Vizille

The Château in the French Revolution

In 1780 the Duke of Villeroy, Gabriel Louis de Neufville, sold the Chateau de Vizille and areas around it to Claude Perier for approximately 1,0254,000 livres. About a decade later, Claude had over 400 workers at the Château creating printed cotton. This building would end up playing an important role in the beginning of the french revolution.

May 1788 King Louis XVI decided to set a boundary on the amount of power of the Parliament of Dauphiné. The Parliament openly expressed how dissatisfied they were with this decision and on June 7th 1788 they were not allowed to meet together. In return, the Parliament threw the stones of roofs onto the King's Guard. This event is known as "Tile Day" or "Day of the Tiles".

In July, Claude Perier, inspired by all of the liberal ideas around him, invites these men, to assemble the meeting in the room of the Jeu de Paume in the Chateau and have the meeting which was previously prohibited in Grenoble. Almost 500 men gathered that day at the banquet hosted by Claude. In attendance there were many "notables" including churchmen, businessmen, doctors, notaries, municipal officials, lawyers, and landed nobility.

Demanded at this meeting: the Convocation in Paris of an Estates-General, where the Third Estate has double representation and voted are by head, not by order. This meeting marked the first portion of the French Revolution. It also allowed Claude and his family to live through the tough periods of the French Revolution without harm.

The Assembly

In July, Claude Perier, inspired by all of the liberal ideas around him, assembled a meeting in the room of the Jeu de Paume in his Chateau de Vizille and hosted the meeting which was previously prohibited in Grenoble. Almost 500 men gathered that day at the banquet hosted by Claude. In attendance there were many "notables" including churchmen, businessmen, doctors, notaries, municipal officials, lawyers, and landed nobility.

Demanded at this meeting: the Convocation in Paris of an Estates-General (a form of national parliament), where the Third Estate has double representation and votes are by head, not by order. This meeting marked the first portion of the French Revolution. Opposition to absolutist monarchy finally came out into the open, with increasing support for its demands, culminating in the meeting of the Estates General.