Dkim35

Topics that are appealing to me

1. Cyberbullying - This topic is really appealing to me because it was always been a big issue since the internet and social media technology developed. Also I've seen a lot of cyberbullying while playing computer games as well just because the person made a small mistake or didn't perform well.

2. Remediation - I just had no idea what this word meant. It sounds like healing or awakening skill that can be seen in a video games. I want to know the exact definition and the use of this word.

3. Prosumer - I chose this topic because I learned this word during this semester in Rhet class and I realized that I am also one of the prosumers as well.

Dkim35 (talk) 14:06, 21 September 2015 (UTC)Dkim35

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Topics

1. Cyber bullying: Cyber bullying first started in my generation as the internet technology got developed. People started to take advantage of the character of the internet, which is anonymity. I want to know why people try to target and bully others just because the others can't see them. I want to know the psychology of those people and the way how to prevent cyber bullying.

2. Internet phenomena: This also started in my generation as well. There are pros and cons about this topic, however, I think internet phenomena and cyber bullying do have relationship each other. I also want to know how Facebook, Youtube became so popular generating these internet phenomena.

3. Remediation: The definition of remediation is stopping the damage to the environment. The topic seems too broad by itself, but if I narrow it down to a specific topic of remediation, it would be fun to do the research about it. For examples, soil, air, and water remediation.

4. Discourse community: I still don't know what exactly this topic means. I just know it is the community that has goals/purposes and communicate to achieve those. I want to know what kind of discourse communities there are around me and how these communities started to form.

(Dkim35 (talk) 14:40, 25 September 2015 (UTC))

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Cyberbullying

Hi Dkim35. I removed two of your additions to the cyberbullying article because they were too close to the source. I removedthis section because it is a close paraphrase of the source - you need to write this in your own words. I also removed this section because it reproduces the words of the source directly. Since these are copyright sources, using them verbatim or with only minor changes is a copyright violation. Please rewrite these sections in your own words. Thanks. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:07, 25 November 2015 (UTC)

Hi, I rewrote a section in the article cyberbullying. I recognise the article is probably part of a recent school project (thank you for your contributions), and I wanted to give you some advice about it. In the future, you might write an academic essay, and use referencing in a similar way Wikipedia currently does. One process used could be as follows:

1. Search the Internet, library, or other information system for reliable information on topic (i.e. why the sky is blue)
2. Obtain the information, and metadata (author's name, date, URL, and/or journal of publication as appropriate)
3. Insert claim into essay using your own words, a claim that is supported by the reference (i.e.: "The sky is blue because of Nitrogen in the air")
4. Attach a reference to the claim (i.e.: "The sky is blue because of Nitrogen in the air. (ScientistSurnameGoesHere, 2015)")

This appears to be far from the process used when you added this section to the article. Whatever you are referencing must support the claim (else the claim is not shown to be correct, or the claim contradicts the citation, which is not the point of referencing). Adding your own information to the article without relying on reliable, independent sources is called original research and Wikipedia strongly discourages it. I rewrote the section in a way where the references support the claims made. Wikipedia's own stance on why referencing is important is outlined here. In this specific case, a false dichotomy was inserted into the article (it amounts to "cyberbullies are not trolls and trolls are not cyberbullies"), which was contradicted by the references used (mostly the Atlantic one).

I hope that helps, and I hope you've learned a lot while contributing to Wikipedia! --BurritoBazooka (talk) 15:39, 27 November 2015 (UTC)