User talk:Meggeo

Hello Megan, this is Lisa. This completes my training, for now.--Lisakuil (talk) 02:26, 13 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome!

Hello, Meggeo, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Ian 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. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:51, 14 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

A kitten for you!

I hope this kitten is purr-fect for you

Voicedisordersmegan (talk) 17:42, 21 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Image use

Hi. You can only use images that are hosted locally. You can't embed an image in a Wikipedia article that's hosted on a different website. If the image is licensed with an appropriate free license (one that allows both commercial and non-commercial use, and that allows the creation of derivative images) you can upload it to Wikipedia. But note that unless you created the image yourself, you need to link to a source that explicitly licenses it under a compatible license.

You can source information from a table in a textbook. The best way to avoid plagiarism issues is to convert the table into sentences. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:01, 11 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Feedback

Nice work on your draft so far. I'm working under the assumption that your additions are in italics (and that you will remove the italics and your signature before you merge this content back into the main article.

Wikipedia articles have lead sections, not introductions. The role of the lead is to summarise all the major points of the article. So in this case, if you have a section on GERD, the lead should say something about it. Pages 7-9 in the Editing Wikipedia brochure will give you more details on article layout.
Keep in mind that you're writing for a general audience; if you use terms like "extraesophageal manifestation", make sure you also explain it in plain English.
Most people aren't going to read very far into an article, or into a paragraph, so get the key information in up front. For example, you probably shouldn't begin a paragraph by saying something like "
LPR is characterized by symptoms that are different from those typically present in GERD
", because this doesn't convey a lot of information. If you start with the differences themselves (either something like "
Symptoms of LPR differs from GERD in the frequency of heartburn and throat-clearing...
" or something like "
The frequencies of heartburn and throat clearing are reversed between LPR and GERD...
. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:37, 23 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your feedback!

Hi Megan! Thanks for your valuable feedback on my first draft. You brought up a number of good points and stylistic things that I plan to change, such as making the person the agent in sentences, and fixing up titles. Also, just so you know, the communication strategies that I was referring to are things like asking yes/no questions, using communication boards, not speaking in loud environments, ensuring that the person has a proper turn in conversation, etc. Hope that answers to some of your curiosity on the topic! Mil.sch (talk) 15:05, 5 November 2017 (UTC)Mil.sch[reply]