User talk:Michelledavison

Welcome

Welcome!

Hello, Michelledavison, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{help me}} before the question. Again, welcome! jonkerz ♠ 01:07, 19 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

References

Hi there! I was just browsing the list of school and university projects on Wikipedia and happened across your article on piracy in the Atlantic. It looks really neat so far, great work!

I just wanted to give you a few tips regarding references. The long reference list shows that you clearly have experience with citing and referencing, which is awesome, but Wikipedia does things a little differently than the standard for academia. There's a ton of information at Wikipedia referencing but there are two main things I wanted to point out:

When an identical reference is used multiple times, rather than typing or copying/pasting them again each time you use them, you can use named references, explained here
For references to the same work (book, etc.) but with different page numbers, the most common solution is shortened footnotes, explained here. You would create a separate list of full citations to a work, then the in-text citation is shortened and contains the page number. (This also makes ibid unnecessary, which is a good thing because if someone were to insert a new citation between an existing citation and an ibid, that ibid would no longer make sense.)

(In addition, though they certainly aren't necessary I have often found that citation templates can make the referencing process quite a bit easier.)

The Wikipedia help pages can sometimes be overwhelming—if you want to see how this looks in a real article, the reference section in today's featured article McDonnell XF-85 Goblin is a great example.

Now, I'm not an expert on referencing, but I've been around Wikipedia for a while so I do have a bit of experience. If you have any questions or you want me to help out in fixing any references, please don't hesitate to ask! You can write on my talk page or reply here and leave me a message about it using Template:Talkback.

Good luck, and again, fantastic work! Mr. Absurd (talk) 20:48, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

WikiWomen's Luncheon at Wikimania 2012

WikiWomen's Luncheon at Wikimania - You are invited!

Are you a woman attending Wikimania 2012? If so, join us on Saturday, July 14, for the annual WikiWomen's Luncheon (fka WikiChix Lunch) This event is for any women attending Wikimania. Pick up your lunch, compliments of Wikimania, and join us at 1:30pm in the Grand Ballroom for a lively facilitated discussion hosted by Sue Gardner. We look forward to seeing you there. Please sign up here.
Sarah (talk) 16:13, 4 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

10 Women in 10 Minutes - thank you for minding the gap!

		Mind the Gap Award
		Michelle, thank you for participating in 10 Women in 10 Minutes at Wikimania. It was great to meet you! Your contributions are imperative to making Wikipedia the world's most inclusive and extensive educational resource. Thank you. Sarah (talk) 03:29, 16 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

My new project - WWC

Hi Michelle! I hope all is well. I wanted to stop by to share a new project with you that I am developing, called the WikiWomen's Collaborative. I would love your input about the project.

You can find the project page here.
On the talk page, you'll find a number of questions I'm seeking input on. I'm especially seeking thoughts about hosting the space off of Wikipedia (in the WordPress section). I hope you will join in on the conversation.
Finally, this project will be developed with volunteers from around the world who want to engage and support bringing new women to Wikipedia. If you think you'd like to be involved in some capacity, that'd be awesome. We're still working on developing roles, but, you can learn more about volunteer opportunities here.

Thank you for the consideration and I hope you'll participate in developing this exciting new project to bring more women to Wikipedia! SarahStierch (talk) 23:56, 15 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A brownie for you!

Nice work on the Mary Ann Brown Patten article!! :) SarahStierch (talk) 19:27, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Let's get the blogging party started!

Hi Michelle! Thank you for signing up to be a founding volunteer of the WikiWomen's Collaborative. I've started to draft ideas for blogs on meta, here! Feel free to chime in, and let's get this blogging party started! :) SarahStierch (talk) 00:17, 12 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

WikiWomen's Collaborative

Hi Michelle! I just wanted to let you know that the WikiWomen's Collaborative have launched! You can read all about it on this quick blog that I wrote! Do be sure to participate in the Facebook page and Twitter if you can, and suggest that your friends do as well. If you'd like to be a made an admin on Facebook, just let me know! Also, we've got our own blog channel now, so let's start getting those blogs rolling :) Happy to have you involved - let's do this! SarahStierch (talk) 22:53, 26 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

WWC update

Hi Michelle! Hope all is well. I wanted to let you know that the WikiWomen's Collaborative has recently underwent renovations to make it visually more attractive and easier to find resources. I'd love for you to be involved - since you are a founding member, of course. You'll find resources about getting involved in blogging, Facebook, and more. I also encourage you make an introduction, which is easy to do with a click of a button. I'm moving back to volunteering at the end of the month, and I really hope the project can continue to thrive and grow with volunteer support. See you there, i hope! SarahStierch (talk) 23:41, 17 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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An invitation to join WikiProject Women writers

Hello Michelledavison! We are looking for editors to join WikiProject Women writers, an outreach effort which aims at improving articles about women writers on Wikipedia. We thought you might be interested, and hope that you will join us. Thank you!

--Rosiestep (talk) 15:49, 14 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

User:Michelledavison/Piracy in the Atlantic World

Hi there! You've made a long start at User:Michelledavison/Piracy in the Atlantic World. You should finish it up at some point and move it into the mainspace! Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 09:50, 28 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Disco thing

I don't like disco and I am no racist or sexist or homophobic. Most people who disliked disco in the 1970s didn't dislike it because of racist, sexist, homophobic reasons ,THEY JUST DIDN'T LIKE THE SOUND OF IT. Its possible that people dislike Disco for same reasons people dislike rock, new wave, alternative rock etc. Many people disliked disco simply for being too popular, for the sound, for the fact it was too mass produced. Sure a small mionority hated it for bigoted reasons but most people who disliked disco disliked it for non bigoted reasons.

If most scholars actually say that people who disliked disco disliked it for racist, sexist, or homophobic reasons then those scholars are wrong and no PH.D can change that fact. Ga58656Gty (talk) 20:16, 10 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Survey about History on Wikipedia (If you reside in the United States)

I am Petros Apostolopoulos, a Ph.D. candidate in Public History at North Carolina State University. My Ph.D. project examines how historical knowledge is produced on Wikipedia. You must be 18 years of age or older, reside in the United States to participate in this study. If you are interested in participating in my research study by offering your own experience of writing about history on Wikipedia, you can click on this link https://ncsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9z4wmR1cIp0qBH8. There are minimal risks involved in this research.

If you have any questions, please let me know. Petros Apostolopoulos, paposto@ncsu.edu Apolo1991 (talk) 17:14, 15 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]