User talk:Shealb

New user! Yay!Shealb (talk) 21:03, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Welcome from Anna

Hello Shealb (Lisa)! Welcome. (I will address you as Shealb to avoid confusion.) I am delighted that you chose me as your mentor. I will do my very best to help, and will keep an eye on your talk page, so please feel free to reply to this message here.

I will be watching all relevant course pages, but I encourage you to post on my talk page to ask questions.

Please let me know how I can help. For live IRC chat, please give me a heads-up on my talk page. Best wishes and good luck with the course. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 00:07, 25 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hey again Anna! I just wanted to keep you updated on our project. I've chosen to edit the Community journalism page for my class. If I have any questions I'll send them your way. Shealb (talk) 21:16, 9 February 2011 (UTC)shealb[reply]

Very well. I'll keep an eye on what you're doing. If you need me, just ask. Best, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 00:17, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Community journalism

You've made a great start! I have a few comments that may improve the article:

Remove empty line spaces (max. 1 should generally exist in articles)
Add space before "...Community journalism should not be confused..."
The second paragraph in the lead "...At the Emerging Mind of..." might be best further down.
"...but they don't have to be..." is opinion, and might not be appropriate.
"Community Blogging" section heading needs lower case "Blogging"
"One way to measure the degree to which news outlets reveal community structure is the following list:" section heading could be first sentence in a section with a name like: "?????" (you can decide this one)
Item is list in section "One way to measure the degree to which news outlets reveal community structure is the following list:" need to have carriage returns removed so that they flow across the whole width of the page.
sum-mated --> summated
Paraphrase "...Through a qualitative and quantitative content analysis of scholarship on community and news media..." as it is verbatim.
There are other issues, including grammar and spelling. I suggest reading it aloud. That always helps.

A fine start. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 23:28, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Anna! I have made the basic edits you recommended, and I plan on going through the grammar and spelling mistakes now. Although I don't understand what you mean by carriage returns and how to remove them. Also, do you have any advise of what other sections I should add? Thanks again!Shealb (talk) 20:50, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good. "carriage return" = "line space" (You've taken care of it.)

Do you mean "add" sections as in split the article contents into more sections, or add fresh material? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 03:55, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I had meant fresh material. I didn't know if I was missing some key component section-wise that would be needed in a Wikipedia article. Shealb (talk) 20:34, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Also, I was wondering if it seemed neutral enough? Does anything need expanding?

Sorry to be out of touch. A few strange things happened. Such is China.

The Community journalism article seems quite neutral, although it's not really a very contentious subject. I suggest posting on the article talk, asking for others' opinions on its neutrality. That would be a good experience for you. Also, other editors who are interested in, and knowledgeable about the subject, could render their opinions. Hopefully they will also add to the article. The experience of working on an article with others can be very interesting.

A couple of things I notice in the article:

You added "...A fundamental flaw in community journalism is the stubborn resistance to change and a compulsion to shape the system to maintain community standards...", which could use a reference and a bit of specificity and clarity.

You refer to Clifford Christians. Who is he? Why are his views notable in the article? I'm not saying they aren't. But readers might wonder.

As for new material, yes. Articles can always be expanded. Have you encountered some content that you think would further improve the article? I think the article could use a bit more of a comprehensive view. Ask yourself the 5 Ws and a how about the subject. Are all of those answered in the article? What about a history section?

Finally, although I am watching your talk page, it is still a good idea to paste one of these: {{talkback|Shealb}} on my talk page to let me know you've replied. This is handy for me when you don't reply to a thread for a long time and/or I've been a way for a few days. Also, I watch a couple of thousand articles, so your post is easy to miss if I don't check my watchlist every few hours. Best, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 11:10, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Community journalism - Anna's comments

Hello. Well done! Here are some suggestions and comments:

Civic Journalism needs a lower case J. For article names "First word first letter caps and then the rest lower unless absolutely necessary", is the rule of thumb.
Click the edit tab, and find this text: "...participants created a list characterizing community..." as it seems to have hard returns in there. Maybe join it together.
Ensure nothing is copy and pasted from the source or too-closely paraphrased.
Give it a good proofread aloud. This will help catch stuff like "...The is a growing number of community blogs...".
Consider using a citation template for your references. One of your references "Toward a Measure of Community Journalism" can be found here, and so including that url in the reference would be helpful to readers. Detailed reference templates are here. Just glue one of those in between Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page). and stick it at the end of the text you wish to reference. Here is an example of a simple one:

<ref>{{Cite web | title = Apple tree fruit | url=http://apples.com/apple-trees.html | accessdate = 20 February 2011 }}</ref>

Criteria for community journalism section seems to have hard returns in it causing the text to wrap before the end of the line.
Delete the empty References section at the bottom.
The See also section goes above the Notes section.

Good work! Keep it up. If you have any questions, just ask. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 15:58, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The figures added to Community journalism

Hello. Nice to see the figures you've added to Community journalism. I'm just wondering about the source. Is that for all of US? I think that list deserves its own section. Also, it might not be necessary to add "community papers" each time.

Keep up the good work. You're doing great! Anna Frodesiak (talk) 22:34, 16 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Anna, my Wikipedia assignment has come to an end. I just wanted to thank you so much for assisting me this semester. Shealb (talk) 19:56, 18 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

File copyright problem with File:Typewriter.jpg

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File source and copyright licensing problem with File:Typewrtier.png

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The article in your sandbox

Hello. I can see you're working on the article in your sandbox. If you have an questions at this point, or need some help, please just ask.

Best, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 00:20, 2 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

An award for you

	The WikiPen You have made a useful contribution to Wikipedia with thoughtful and constructive edits. Good work. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:10, 6 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Page hit statistics

I just thought you'd like to know how many people read what you have written: Page hit statistics

Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:17, 6 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE drive newsletter

Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors

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GOCE 2011 Year-End Report

Guild of Copy Editors 2011 Year-End Report

We have reached the end of the year, and what a year it has been! The Guild of Copy Editors was full of activity, and we achieved numerous important milestones in 2011. Read all about these in the Guild's 2011 Year-End Report.

Highlights

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