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Greetings from Georgetown

I am a student in the Sports in Society class and our goal is to update and add to some athletic wiki pages. My topic is Student athletes and I was wondering if you could help me out since you are our online ambassador. My first question is how to cite because I wrote out the information with quotes but do not want to put it in my sandbox for fear of copywrite. Also, when I figure that out can you help me with my edits. I don't want them to sound like opinion since it is an encyclopedia. Hope to hear from you soon especially since the draft of my edits are due tomorrow. By the way thank you so much!

smt46 (talk) 18:26, 13 March 2012 (UTC) User:smt46 —Preceding undated comment added 18:26, 13 March 2012 (UTC).

Sorry for delay. Citations are done via<ref>CITATION</ref>. Edits look good.Buggie111 (talk) 21:03, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Hello, I am a student in the Sports in Society class as well. I was wondering if you could take a look at My Sandbox and the format of the information I have added on Title IX. I am planning on editing a page called College Athletics bu adding a section on Title IX. I was unsure if I am allowed to cite other Wikipedia pages directly, which I have done already in My Sandbox. I want to make sure I am not break ing any Wikipedia citation or formatting guidelines. Thank you for your time! Carajs94 (talk) 22:16, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Edits look good. citing other wiki articles is a no-no. Buggie111 (talk) 21:03, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Hello, I am also a student in the Sport and Society class. I was wondering if you could look at My Sandbox and offer any suggestions concerning format, content, and whether or not there are any violations of Wikipedia norms or rules. I am also curious about if I am citing and formatting correctly. Thank you for your help. Rekjlhoya (talk) 03:03, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

Take out the numbering. Besides that, fine. Buggie111 (talk) 21:03, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Hi Buggie! This is a student from Georgetown's sport and society class. I recently made a draft of edits I want to add to the page violence against women. (it can be found in my sandbox!) I am just nervous that I didn't follow wiki norms for citations. Is there any way you could take a quick look? I don't know how to use the same citation over and over. THANKS! Eec34 (talk) 14:13, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

Looks good. Buggie111 (talk) 21:03, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Hi Buggie, I am also from the Sports in Society class at Georgetown and I have begun working in my sandbox with possible editions to the student engagement article. I would appreciate if you could look over what I would like to add to the article. Specifically I am hoping you can point out any formatting, citation and content error. I want to make sure I am keeping with all Wikipedia norms. Any and all constructive criticism is welcome. Thanks! TstreetG (talk) 07:12, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

Looks good. Buggie111 (talk) 21:03, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Hey Buggie! Thank you for all of your help so far this semester. I was wondering if you could also give me some guidance as to how I can improve my preliminary article (located in my sandbox). First, I was wondering if my citations and formatting were correct. Secondly, I was also wondering if my article seemed to lack factual data. I am finding it hard to write for an encyclopedia because it is something that I haven't done before. I obviously have a lot more facts and sources to add, but what do you think about it so far? I would really appreciate your suggestions! Thanks Buggie! --Jeterfan252 (talk) 07:21, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

Citations look good. suggest title change to "Comparison with Division I", and possibly II. Buggie111 (talk) 21:03, 18 March 2012 (UTC)


Hi Buggie, I have a few questions for my Wikipedia article. I am trying to edit while including insight from my outside research. I copied the URL from the Jstore site which I am citing in my contributions yet it does not look right to me. Also, I have only began to edit the first section of my Recruiting (college athletics). Thus far I have not began to edit the college football, college basketball, or definition sections because I do not have enough information to add to them yet. Please let me know what you think of what I have done so far. Thanks.Texaslady12 (talk) 22:16, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Main problem is that you are using<references /> instead of <ref></ref>. Fixed some for you. Buggie111 (talk) 21:03, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

mfs57 (talk) Hi Buggie, I have just worked on my wikipedia article and was wondering if you could look through it (professional athletes finances), and let me know if the views I gave on the three sections I worked on were acceptable. There is a substantial amount of research that has been covered in the article already, but if you believe that there are areas that definitely need expansion upon first glance, please let me know so I can identify those sections to work on. I also worked on citing my articles, and for now am just using an MLA style format with the author in brackets after I use an authors work in a sentence. I know that Wikipedia seems to use footnotes in their articles, and will have to implement that eventually after I continue to work to improve my article in my sandbox. If you could please give me a guide on where to look for that information so I could get a head start on that I would really appreciate it. Thanks - Michael Sweeney —Preceding undated comment added 13:12, 14 March 2012 (UTC).

Everything looks good. Buggie111 (talk) 21:03, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Hi Buggie, I just finished up my wiki article as well..I want to be sure I'm not taking an opinion and that I'm writing a fact-based article. Furthermore, I think the article should cover "Health Issues in Athletics" -- take out the 'youth.' I think 'youth' athletics can be discussed (especially in the injury section, bone development, etc.) but many of the health issues are prevalent in collegiate and pro athletics as well. Perhaps my next step would be to organize the article based on high school vs collegiate vs professional athletic health issues. There's a lot on information on how the NCAA addresses health issues in athletics. I also think the article can be better organized into categories including: eating disorders, overtraining, steroids, injury and end with a treatment section. There's definitely a lot to be said in each of these categories, some may even require categories within their discussion. Let me know what you think Chickey13 (talk) 19:33, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Looks goood. To bold, use '''bold stuff'''
Sure! Busy now, but I have spring break. Then it's, well ,done. Buggie111 (talk) 17:15, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
Right'o. Done with everything, sorry for the delay. I'm having RL problems of my own (read the hard-to-read blue message above), so don't expect 100% activity from me. I'll try my best to open up time, though. Buggie111 (talk) 21:03, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

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New User

Hi my name is Victoria Raimondi and I am a new user as part of my course for college, which you are an online ambassador for and I am introducing myself. Vraim1 (talk) 00:22, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Introduction New User

Hi! I am a new user and planning on editing an article for my cognitive psychology class and you happen to be our online ambassador. My name is Alexandra Breslin and i'm from Boston so I am a Patriots fan as well!! I may post on here for help later! Abres1 (talk) 00:20, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Editor reviews

Noticed your post on the Wikipedia:Reward board and I've done two editor reviews. One for Lukep913 and the other for Surajt88. I'll contribute some more to the section later. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 17:58, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

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We are over half way through the second round of this year's WikiCup and things are going well! Conradh na Gaeilge Grapple X (submissions), of Pool B, is our highest overall scorer thanks to his prolific writings on television and film. In second place is Pool H's Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions), thanks primarily to work on biological articles, especially in marine biology and herpetology. Third place goes to Pool E's Scotland Casliber (submissions), who also writes primarily on biology (including ornithology and botany) and has already submitted two featured articles this round. Of the 63 contestants remaining, 15 (just under a quarter) have over 100 points this round. However, 25 are yet to score. Please remember to update your submission pages promptly. 32 contestants, the top two from each pool and the 16 next-highest scorers, will advance to round 3.

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It has been observed that the backlogs at good article candidates are building up again. While the points for good article reviews will be remaining constant, any help that can be offered keeping the backlog down would be appreciated. On a related note, if you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 23:13, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Re: Flora

Given the time of year and location, it was not an actual hurricane, but a nor'easter. The storm in question already has an article, located at Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950. I can't imagine where the name Flora comes from, but I noticed that the time and location matched up perfectly. Feel free to add info there though :) --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 16:50, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. I was thinking more about writing an article for the game, but I'm not sure how notable it would be..... very interesting stats coming out of it, though. Buggie111 (talk) 16:19, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

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