Deluminator
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Article draft
editNice start with your sandbox article you have been working on. Please don't forget to add wikilinks to other articles, especially when you use refer to something that the average person might not be aware of. Links like that provide more information to many readers (if they want to know more). Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:23, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
Did you know?...
editHey Deluminator, your improvements to the Mumba Cave article can be featured on Wikipedia's main page through the did you know process, a community board where new and substantially expanded articles are placed on the main page for a day. All you need to do is think of a short "hook" (usually an interesting or salient fact about the subject, expressed in about 100-150 characters) which is supported by a reliable source in the article. There's a time limit on nominations, so you'll want to post a nomination within the next few days, but it's a great opportunity to have about 1-3 thousand strangers read your work! I or Ian (Wiki Ed) can help you with the nomination process if you have any questions. Adam (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:43, 30 October 2014 (UTC)
DYK for Mumba Cave
edit | On 8 November 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mumba Cave, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Mumba Cave contains a large assemblage of archaeological evidence for the transition between the Middle Stone Age and Late Stone Age in East Africa? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mumba Cave. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:03, 8 November 2014 (UTC)
Great work
editHi, I'm Eryk from the Wiki Education Foundation. I happened to notice the really great work you did on the Mumba Cave article for Kate Grillo's course! I wondered if you'd be interested in sharing some of your experiences working on this site for our blog? We could use your real name or your Wikipedia username. We find students like to participate since it gives them a pretty positive search result related to the field they're studying in. If you have a minute, you can respond on my talk page or drop me an e-mail at eryk@wikiedu.org, mention your username and what course you were in, and answer any of the following questions, and I'd be excited to get some attention directed toward your good work.
- Did you have any experience with Wikipedia before the class started? What did you think of Wikipedia before you started work on this assignment?
- How did you find the process of writing a Wikipedia article, compared to if you had written a traditional paper on the topic?
- Do you think you learned more about your subject as a result of writing for Wikipedia? What kind of work did you have to do, or do differently, that you may not have needed to do otherwise?
- Do you think you'll come back to Wikipedia now that the course is finished?
- What was the process like for getting on the Did You Know page?
- What are your goals (career or academics wise?)
Thanks so much for your time!