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Welcome to class

Hi Ejade/Litjade, welcome to class! Contact me should you ever have any questions. Thanks for coming to lab! Visit the class home page anytime to get oriented! -Sara FB (talk) 01:56, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, Snarfa. What's the difference between using Writing Wikipedia Articles: The Basics and Beyond and how you have it in your post here? --Litjade 22:46, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

Hi Litjade! Your link takes you to the place where the 1st (outdated) version of the WIKISOO class materials used to reside. My link takes you directly to the current course materials; you would just have to click a second time where it says "Our new Wikipedia home is here." Is that what you were asking, and does it make sense? - Sara FB (talk) 19:24, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Now I see! Thanks, Snarfa. I thought I heard Peter in class say that WIKISOO is the shortcut to the class page. Maybe he said "was"? --Litjade 21:01, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

And I can be even more specific... the URL looks different because we moved the class to a different Wikipedia:Namespace designed for courses... but you don't need to worry too much about that! - Sara FB (talk) 19:32, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

So the namespace for class is Education_Program? Anyhoo, copy and paste works fine for me! :) --Litjade 21:01, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Hello Teammate

Looking forward to working with you on this interesting course. Glen ggatin (talk) 07:19, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

Me, too. Do you prefer to be addressed as Glen or Gating? --Litjade 22:48, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

See you in class!

Hi Litjade, thanks for the great questions in last week's lab session! Looking forward to seeing you in class in a few hours, and hear how your team is coming together. -Pete (talk) 21:54, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

Hi Peter. I can't seem to get into class. ): I followed the Week #2 link and got a download of the Week #1 playback. When I tried opening what I downloaded for Week #1, I got a "not authorized message". What to do, what to do? --Litjade 01:16, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

Hello!

Hello. I'm just leaving a message here. JoelCollins15 (talk) 09:28, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

See you in class?

Hey, hope to see you in class today! -Sara FB (talk) 00:48, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

Final project

I've chosen a specific Orchid article Stub to work on. Phalaenopsis hieroglyphica. Asking our team if anyone is interested in working on it with me.Lorrie (talk) 14:52, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

Very cool, Lorrie! I'd be delighted to pitch in!--Litjade 23:44, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

Hope you can make it to the panel today

It's so interesting to hear Wikipedians share their experiences....! See you soon? -Sara FB (talk) 00:50, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

Orchid article

Hi, We will both be learning about this plant - Do you have an idea for structure of the article? I am not good at citing, references, or inserting links, yet. We could start with the basics, where it grows in the wild, taxonomy?, and basic growing/cultural information. Does that sound like too much? Lorrie (talk) 01:23, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

That sounds like a good plan! The info box is really cool, btw. Is that your work? --Litjade 01:38, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

Hey both, I noticed this exchange and thought it was exciting. :) You can look at some links like these:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Layout
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_article_criteria

Also, bring your question about citations to lab on Thursday - Pete showed me a great trick. -Sara FB (talk) 02:06, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

Wish the info box was my work. It was there as part of the stub. Thank you, Sara, for the links. I will try to check them out. Linked a Google Images url for the flowers into our article's external links. Now, all we need to do is figure out how to cite it within the article. The variation of flowers within the species is due to natural hybridation and human intervention. I will look up the plant in our many, many, many (did I say many?) books on orchids. My house mate is the orchidphile, I just live with them in almost every room of the house, including my bedroom. ;)Lorrie (talk) 15:01, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Lorrie, I have some orchid food, if that helps. :-) Tonight I'll be looking through research papers from this Mendeley search that, I think, Clem shared at last week's lab. From that effort I hope to craft some text with citations. --Litjade 21:30, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Litjade. You have new messages at Talk:Phalaenopsis_hieroglyphica#Suggestion_for_WIKISOO_students.
Message added 01:49, 13 June 2013 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

I left some suggestions at the talk page :) Go Phightins! 01:49, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, Go Phightins, for the suggestion and introducing this neat talkback template! --Litjade 02:26, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

I put more info on the talk page for P hieroglyphica

On my way out the door in a few minutes. Hope to 'see' you in class. Lorrie (talk) 23:07, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

Answer

In all honesty, I had never seen "general reference" before ... generally speaking, I suppose that would be where you put sources where you draw general information that doesn't need to be cited, necessarily, but don't quote me on that one ... I don't think it's use is widespread at all. Further reading would be where you would list references where one can learn more on a subject (i.e. a book, dedicated website, museum exhibit, etc.), and finally "see also" would be where you could list related Wikipedia articles that are not already linked. I hope this helps; have a nice afternoon. Go Phightins! 16:42, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, Ben. That helps a great deal... It goes well with homemade bread and a cuppa as the winds outside promise a thunderstorm show! --Litjade (talk) 16:51, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

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Sorry bout the mix-up!

Hi Ejade! So sorry for the gap in communications. Pete is writing an email to suggest a new date! Looking forward to chatting then. :) - Sara FB (talk) 22:50, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, Sara, for the heads up. Looking forward! --Litjade (talk) 19:14, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

Welcome back to WIKISOO!

Welcome back to the School of Open Writing Wikipedia Articles Class (#WIKISOO)! As you know, your main course page here should be your home page, and please post questions at any time on our TALK page, found at the top left tab of the course page. So glad you signed up again - feel free to offer guidance to your teammates. Please contact me with questions! - Sara FB (talk) 15:32, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

Hey, great idea about the open learning articles

You might want to contact C01Clem about that! It looks relevant to the Open Educational Practices work! - Sara FB (talk) 18:02, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

Congratulations on a job well done!

	WIKISOO Burba Badge
	You have earned the WIKISOO Burba Badge through your participation in the online course Writing Wikipedia Articles, and your work on the Phalaenopsis hieroglyphica article.

Jade, thank you for taking our class, and congratulations on a job well done! You may want to move this badge to our user page (instead of this talk page). Also, as a badgeholder, you are now able to award the badge to others who earn it. We are already delighted that you are staying around for another round of the course -- hopefully you can help out newer students as you continue to hone your skills! Congratulations, and happy editing! Pete (talk) 17:11, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, Pete, for your and Sara's awesome class. I'm not sure about reviewing others' badge submissions, but I'll definitely help out as I can in class! --Litjade (talk) 01:04, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

You're qualified!!! =Sara FB (talk) 16:01, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

Books and Bytes: The Wikipedia Library Newsletter

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