User talk:Emschec22

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Hello, Emschec22, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Brianda and I work with Wiki Education; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.

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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Brianda (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:47, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

Hi Brianda! I have a couple of questions to start. Should my first step be to start a sandbox and put in information/edits I want to contribute to the page? I'm having trouble with where to start. Emschec22 (talk) 22:25, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Hi @Emschec22! I just saw this post from a few weeks ago and I wanted to point out that @Brianda (Wiki Ed) probably didn't see your message at the time because she wasn't tagged (you can tag someone by putting the @ sign in front of their username). I know that you've already figured out how to get started on your article improvements, so maybe you have been in touch. Just wanted to check in on this! ProfTern (talk) 23:21, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for the ping @ProfTern!

@Emschec22, I can see that you already started drafting the sandbox, so well done with that! Some feedback on your draft: Make sure that your text has inline citations to reliable sources. There are some sentences that are missing citations, so just be sure to add those in. Also when you cite a source, make sure it's the link to the actual source, not the link to the database. If you can't provide a link, then you can manually add the information for that citation through the manual tab in the add a citation function. Check out the screen shot in this training module. Let me know if you have any questions. Brianda (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:15, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for checking out @Emschec22's work, @Brianda (Wiki Ed)! I'm seeing some other sandbox drafts that could use solid inline citations, so I'm going to add a general comment to our course page :) ProfTern (talk) 17:54, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

Yes! That is a great step to take. Thank you @ProfTern. Brianda (Wiki Ed) (talk) 22:42, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback! I have put in citations in the paragraphs where I added information. Should I be citing every sentance if it is the same source? Emschec22 (talk) 04:32, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

@ProfTern See above question, forgot to tag you! Emschec22 (talk) 04:32, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

Hi @Emschec22, good question. You don't have to provide citations for every sentence, but it is a good practice to cite every new chunk of information (including facts and conclusions). In a case where it takes a few sentences to explain, you might find it more appropriate to just have one citation at the end. Wikipedia recommends citing at least once per paragraph (see "Citing your sources" PDF). When in doubt, it is better to overdo citations (which can easily be deleted later) rather than skimping (which could leave a reader wondering where the information comes from). Hope this helps! ProfTern (talk) 17:49, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

@Emschec22 Would like to emphasize what @ProfTern said "When in doubt, it is better to overdo citations (which can easily be deleted later) rather than skimping (which could leave a reader wondering where the information comes from)." If you follow this, you'll be in good shape.

When the time comes, and you've finalized your edits, check out this video, Video: Adding content to an existing Wikipedia article. Remember to add your edits in small chunks, rather than all a once. Brianda (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:46, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

Peer Review

I have completed your peer review! Falldel24 (talk) 20:39, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

@Falldel24 good suggestions for @Emschec22 in your peer review! I agree that the content is a good addition to the "functions" section, but I wonder if we need the addition to "etymology"? It seems that the sentence under "etymology" about the dispersal and settlement of Muslim communities says the same thing as the sentence under "functions" about migration and settlement. Also, please double check the citation on this - it just goes straight to the UD libraries website :) ProfTern (talk) 20:03, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

@Falldel24 @ProfTern Im having trouble finding this peer review. How can I find it? Emschec22 (talk) 04:37, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

Hi @Emschec22, you can find your peer reviews in your sandboxes. The label format is Username/Article/Reviewer Peer Review, so for example, @Falldel24's review of your work on the Minaret article will be found here: User:Emschec22/Minaret/Falldel24 Peer Review ProfTern (talk) 18:00, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

Peer review

Hi! I finished your peer review. You can find it at User:Emschec22/Minaret/Dressytea Peer Review

Overall, I think you did a great job, and I think you are ready to submit to the final article!

-Dressytea (talk) 17:03, 1 December 2023 (UTC)