Elax21

Hi! I'm Erika. I'm currently taking a course about information and technology and throughout the semester I'll be learning how to use and make edits on Wikipedia. I love to travel, eat and play lacrosse.

Potential Articles

After looking through numerous stub articles, these are the three potential topics I came up with:

• Zacchini Brothers: This article seems interesting. Brothers who were shot out of a cannon? Who wouldn't want to learn more! I proceeded to google search Zacchini Brothers after initially seeing this stub and it seems like there is more information that I would be able to include in my Wikipedia page. They are a historical pair and nothing will be changing with them anytime soon so I think this is a good potential topic.
• B.R.A.K.E.S.: This stub page also captured my attention. While there is already a decent foundation of information available in this page, I think there is more that can be included. B.R.A.K.E.S. is a noteworthy organization that I had heard about before looking into this page so I'm interested to learn more about it.
• VTB Ice Palace: This is another stub page that I thought could be developed nicely. It's about a sports arena that is newly built so there should be new information available that I would be able to include in my continuation of it. It isn't a complex topic and I'm sure there are people that want to be reading about it.

Please let me know if these topics seem like they might work!!

-After having a peer-editing day in class, I have found that my front-runner is the Zacchini Brothers Article. It seems as if there is the most outside information available on the topic and the subject of the article is historical in nature. I am hoping that I will be able to find some information in print as well. My second choice is the VTB Ice Palace Article. I don't know much about either topic but I think I need to research both further in order to decide which will better suit the purpose of the project.

Final Decision: I have decided to edit the Zacchini Brothers article! It seems most interesting and there should be a good amount of information available on the subject.

Bibliography

[[1]] This article is from The Times. It gives a little bit of generational family information. It also provides information about their show and how it was received by others. "Rene Zacchini, human cannonball and." The Times 4 May 2010. ProQuest. Web. 14 Oct. 2015.

[[2]] This article is from Google Books. Originally published in August 1933 in Popular Science, the article talks about how much time the brothers spent perfecting their act and the mathematical accuracy that needed to be calculated. "Death-Defying Stunts of Dare-Devils." Popular Science Aug. 1933: 24-87. Google Books. Web. 14 Oct. 2015.

[[3]] This is an article from Life Magazine, April 26, 1948. It includes a lot of pictures as well as information about the stunts that were performed by the Brothers. There was information about family life and how much was earned by the performers. Kobler, John. "The Zacchinis." Life 26 Apr. 1948: 111-19. Google Books. Web. 14 Oct. 2015.

[[4]] This excerpt includes a little bit of new information about what the brothers did after their careers as human cannonballs. It also talks about how the acts has been passed down through the generations. "Versatile Zacchini Brothers Scattered Among Many Shows." The Billboard 17 Feb. 1945: 58. Google Books. Web. 14 Oct. 2015.

Both articles are strong options and appear to have a decent amount of research outside Wikipedia. Good work! --TA — Preceding unsigned comment added by Karmstrong25 (talk • contribs) 21:52, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

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Comment

Hey, need to comment on a classmates talk page and your name was under mine!- Carly H. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cmh033 (talk • contribs) 20:19, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

Welcome!

Hello, Elax21, 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.

I hope you enjoy editing here. If you haven't already done so, please complete the student training, which introduces you to editing and Wikipedia's core principles. You may also want to check out the Teahouse, a community of Wikipedia editors dedicated to helping new users. Below are some resources to help you get started editing.

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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 20:42, 16 September 2015 (UTC)