User talk:Mccormick022

Welcome!

Hello, Mccormick022, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Shalor and I work with the Wiki Education Foundation; 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. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:00, 17 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!

Hi Mccormicko22! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission. I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.

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Mosterbur (talk) 23:08, 22 January 2018 (UTC)Mosterbur[reply]

Replies to Questions

The geography quizzes for Global Issues will be administered via Kahoot on Wednesdays throughout the semester.Mosterbur (talk) 23:16, 22 January 2018 (UTC)Mosterbur[reply]

Neutrality

Neutrality means being neutral. One does not support one side over the other, but rather is in the middle. In terms of writing something being neutral would mean not being biased. Mccormick022 (talk) 20:03, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Revised defintion of neutrality

Neutrality means being indifferent and unbiased about a specific topic. Mccormick022 (talk) 20:07, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Evaluating Sources

An article is labeled as good when the structure is clear, it has a neutral coverage, and has reliable resources. Some good resources are scholarly ones and peer reviewed ones. Mccormick022 (talk) 20:21, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sources

Good sources:

-Primary sources: government docs

-Scholarly sources: peer reviewed within the expert community. Examples being academic journals, books published by university press

-News: If it is noted where information came from.

Sources that should be excluded from Wikipedia are:

-Blogosphere

-Certain magazines such as tabloids

-Some newspaper articles: some are biased

-Vanity Press Books: Self published (paid someone to publish book)

Mccormick022 (talk) 20:36, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

How do you think Wiki Ed Foundation partnerships have changed who authors Wikipedia pages?

I think it has changed in the sense that a group of younger people are editing/adding to Wikipedia. I think it also allows more people to work on an article, whether it be adding something, changing something, or even starting from scratch. Mccormick022 (talk) 20:45, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]