User talk:Avardaneg
Welcome[edit]
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Welcome![edit]
Hello, Avardaneg, 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) 02:55, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
- Hi Ian, thanks for the welcome, I think I'm really going to need help on this wiki topic... I'm struggling a bit. Are you one of the online ambassadors?--Avardaneg (talk) 01:30, 7 September 2016 (UTC)
- Technically I'm a Wiki Ed "Content expert", but yes, it's my job to help you with stuff like that.
- The best way to find an article is to start by looking for topics that interest you, ones you know something about, ones that might be relevant to your class. Click on some of the categories at the bottom of the page, and poke around the related articles in those categories. Is something missing that you'd expect to be there? Are some of them much shorter than you'd expect them to be? These would be good candidates to work on.
- Although it's aimed at instructors, you might want to check out this training module as well https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/instructors/finding-articles
- Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:23, 7 September 2016 (UTC)
Hey, Alex![edit]
Hi Alex, it's Garret from the Emerging Technologies course. Thanks for the hello on my talk page. Yes, I have lots of experience on Wikipedia - the first edit I did was back in 2006 (on a different account), so I'm actually celebrating 10 years! Looking forward to working with you and others in class. [Belinrahs|talktome⁄ ididit] 08:50, 8 September 2016 (UTC)
Welcome!![edit]
Hi Alex, This is Sravani, your team mate in the emerging technologies course. I got few Wikipedia articles that we can work on. I'll e-mail them for you ASAP. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Naga Sravani Dasari (talk • contribs) 16:35, 9 September 2016 (UTC)
WELCOME[edit]
Hello Alex,
I am Sumanth Pola it's really nice meeting you and I am very much Excited about your introduction which you have provided. I will you in the class, hope we have a wonderful class together. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pola sumanth (talk • contribs) 20:29, 11 September 2016 (UTC)
Feedback request[edit]
Nice start on your article draft. A few things you should bear in mind going forward
- The first section of the article is the lead - it's supposed to serve as an overview of the article, a summary of all the major points of the article. Your first paragraph does not do that. Each section should also stand on its own - it should never end in a colon, like your lead does.
- You should start with a statement and then say who said it, not the other way around. For example, you start the "Data exchange options" section by saying "According to Chang..." You should start by describing the thing you're talking about and then say who says it's so. If possible, the first time you refer to someone you should use their full name, not just their surname.
- The text should be independent of the section header. For example, the "Neutral file exchange" section start with "This method..." and you never say what the method is in the text. The text should make sense whether the header is there or not. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:38, 11 October 2016 (UTC)
- Hi Ian, I've made several adjustments to my draft article draft and I'd appreciate if you could take another look at it. I'm particularly interested in your review of my lead section as I intend to move it to the article page. --Avardaneg (talk) 22:22, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
Apache Software Foundation[edit]
I'm not sure what you're asking my feedback on. You're the subject-matter expert - if that's the best source you can find, you should go with it. But bear in mind that a source from the Foundation isn't independent of the subject. If it's the only source you can find, then it will have to do. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 22:23, 17 October 2016 (UTC)
- Actually, compared to most of the world, you are an expert on the topic! Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:19, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
Feedback[edit]
It looks pretty good now. You need to make sure that the references are after the punctuation, not before. In addition, the "Common formats" section peters out - the ones higher up the list have details and references, while the last one is nothing but a name. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 23:03, 25 October 2016 (UTC)
Good article nominations[edit]
I strongly advise against nominating your article as a Good Article. Only do so if you're willing to shepherd it through the process, which will probably take 2-6 months.
If you're willing to do that, let me know. There's a lot of work to be done before it's ready for consideration as a Good Article. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:53, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
- Hi Ian, I understand that this is a long process and I definitely won't be able to go through this process. Now, this article is rated "S" (Start class), would it be possible to bump this rate at least one notch up? If the Good Article process is too complex, is there anything that can be done between the start class and the full-blown good article rating? I've already pushed all the edits to the main article page. --Avardaneg (talk) 15:18, 12 November 2016 (UTC)