Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/McKendree University/PSY 153 H (Fall 2013)

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Do any students know which articles they plan to edit? I'm curious how the article selection process is going. Would anyone like to post their ideas here about which articles they think they'll work on if they aren't certain? Best regards. Biosthmors (talk) ^{please add [[User:Biosthmors]] to your signed reply} 17:05, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

They will be writing articles in some way related to the studies outlined in Forty Studies That Changed Psychology. They will each pick one study. Some may be creating totally new articles about the study; some will be editing existing articles. The extant coverage of material on Wikipedia and the students' interests will dictate their individual assignment. Because each of the studies is discussed in the Forty Studies book and has been cited hundreds of time in scientific literature, the articles should have no problems with notability. Mckteacher (talk) 19:20, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

That sounds great Mckteacher, thanks for the reply. If reviews of article quality (and even student reviews of their peers) can make it to the talk pages of articles, then that can help the encyclopedia improve as well. Thanks for your contributions. Best regards. Biosthmors (talk) ^{please add [[User:Biosthmors]] to your signed reply} 19:55, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

I left a short note at Talk:50_Great_Myths_of_Popular_Psychology. Perhaps, if they don't know already, you could show them the notifications feature? Best regards. Biosthmors (talk) please notify me (i.e. {{U}}) when you sign your reply, thx 07:43, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

And WP:REFSPACE is a good one to show. See my edits there. It might be hard to see the difference, but the references come after words or punctuation marks without spaces. Thanks. Biosthmors (talk) please notify me (i.e. {{U}}) when you sign your reply, thx 08:39, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

I'm looking forward to learning about these classic studies, by the way! Thanks again. Biosthmors (talk) please notify me (i.e. {{U}}) when you sign your reply, thx 08:40, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

FYI that edit introduced unverified WP:OR, in my opinion. Best. Biosthmors (talk) pls notify me (i.e. {{U}}) when u sign ur reply, thx 10:06, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

And one edit cited a mirrors of Wikipedia as a source for Wikipedia per wp:circular there, FYI. What counts as a reliable source is described at WP:RS. As Jimmy Wales said, "We help the internet not suck." =) Biosthmors (talk) pls notify me (i.e. {{U}}) while signing a reply, thx 16:13, 19 September 2013 (UTC)