Kenziewalker22
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Prof Garcia's Comments
editThank you for this, Mackenzie. I think that you have an okay start, but you did not do a good job summarizing what sorts of changes you wish to do. Also: please focus on academic articles from peer-reviewed journals. Your final citations are insufficient for this kind of project. As you move forward, focus on the academic literature! Alfgarciamora (talk) 14:37, 6 October 2016 (UTC)
- Hi! Im really looking forward to reading your research, this is a interesting topic! I believe to be in your class, my name is Diana Bolivar and I'm looking forward to seeing you!--Dianaboli18 (talk) 18:00, 6 September 2016 (UTC) @Alfgarciamora:
Okay, thank you Professor. I will add more of what I plan to do. I don't really know what a peer review journal is, however. Kenziewalker22 (talk) @Alfgarciamora:
- Hi — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dominiquejrivera (talk • contribs) 02:37, 7 September 2016 (UTC)
what i will add to this article is the origin of the idea of emotional isolation, social scientists who studied it, different types of emotional isolation, examples of emotional isolation, and more facts that support the topic.
my 5 sources:
1. "What is Emotional Isolation?" De Jong Gierveld, J., van Tilburg, T., Dykstra, P. A. (2006). goodthereapy.org. Loneliness and Social Isolation. In Vangelisti, A. and Perlman, D (Eds), Cambridge Handbook of Personal Relationships. (pp. 485-500). Retrieved from http://www.iscet.pt/sites/default/files/obsolidao/Artigos/Loneliness%20and%20Social%20Isolation.pdf
2. "Case examples of isolation" Hawthorne, G., PhD. (2008). Perceived social isolation in a community sample: Its prevalence and correlates with aspects of peoples' lives. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 43(2), 140-50. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-007-0279-8
3. "What are the effects of isolation in the mind?" 6 April 2010. HowStuffWorks.com. <http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/emotions/isolation-effects.htm> 4 October 2016
4. "What is Emotional Isolation?" <http://www.wisegeekhealth.com/what-is-emotional-isolation.htm>
5. "What is social withdrawal or social isolation?" http://maketheconnection.net/symptoms/social-withdrawal
Comments
editHi my name is Lucija Kopcalic and I wanted to give you some comments on the article you are working on, Emotional isolation. Although it may sound like something we understand that is around us, this topic is beyond that so I think it will be great to see what you can write on it. I noticed you have only added a short review of what you plan to do with your sources so that is what I looked into. First of all, what is already on the article page is very minimal and only offers research done in Sweden. It would be great to use your sources to find research from other countries, but after you really define what is Emotional isolation. I have noticed there is some confusion on the talk page of the article so maybe that would be a good way to start selecting what is useful and what is not. Another issue is that you offered 3 sources and all of them concentrate on prostate cancer patients and how it affected them. Even though there is a certain age range that seems to be affected the most by emotional isolation, it would be good to find some sources of variety just so you do not end up getting stuck on one section of the article. As for your draft nothing is yet written so try to, again, find sources that can offer more information on the topic so you can have an easier time dividing your sections and using more information. In the end, the more information you have, the more you can add onto the article, and then you will notice how your curiosity for the topic will grow so you might just do more research and start creating new sections of the article. I wish you the best of luck on your research and hope you find the information you need. Lkopcalic (talk) 15:43, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
Thanks so much for your help. I appreciate it. I agree with the fact that it is an interesting topic and that i do need to write more. I hardly work on computers to be honest i have no clue how you even wrote on my page. but thank you! i will implement your ideas into my article and fix what needs to be fixed. Kenziewalker22 (talk)
Copying and pasting
editHi! I've undone the addition you made to Emotional isolation, because it looks like you copied and pasted it from here. Aside from plagiarism being against the rules, you should also take care to identify reliable sources. Random websites like wisegeekhealth.com — even when cited properly, with the information rewritten in your own words rather than copied — are not appropriate for building Wikipedia articles. You should use scholarly sources only for an article like this one. If you'd like a review of what does and does not constitute plagiarism in the context of Wikipedia, this may be helpful: https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students/plagiarism
--Sage (Wiki Ed) (talk) 22:47, 18 October 2016 (UTC) Thank you for your input. However, I cited the source and put it in quotes. I don't think this constitutes plagiarism.