User talk:Prof M Johnson

Online Ambassadors

Professor Johnson,

Sage Ross has suggested that I be one of the Online Ambassadors for the "Politics of Developing Nations" course you start teaching today. I hope you find his suggestion agreeable; I believe that I can be a good resource for you and your students as I have five years of experience in editing Wikipedia and have made substantial contributions to the project in that time. The course material is of also of great interest to me. I was successful in promoting Carabane to featured article status last year and would be glad to see other articles improved that relate to Senegal and other developing nations. I am greatly impressed by the project outline you have written for the course; you have certainly done your research and set good goals for your students. I would love to see all of the articles you have listed attain good status! Please don't hesitate to let me know if there is ever anything I can do to assist you or your students throughout the coming months. I will not have internet access for the rest of August, but I will be back on September 1st and I will then be available for the rest of the term.

Neelix (talk) 13:54, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

Hi Nelix,

It's great to have you working with us. I'll make sure students know you are available to help them. I'm looking forward to a productive semester and hope students prove up to the task!

Best wishes, Prof M Johnson (talk) 19:21, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

Hi Nelix,

I had a question about one of the Senegal topics we are working on. I am asking students to add to the Mouride article by adding a section on the Mouride brotherhoods role in Senegalese politics. However, I realize this will lead to a sort of imbalanced Mouride article as the other sections will be quite short. Would we do better to create a new article on the role of the Mouride brotherhood in Senegalese politics? Or is it OK to have a large section on this topic within the rather undeveloped Mouride entry? I don't think my students are really qualified to write much about the Mourides more generally. I'd very much appreciate your advice.

Thank you, Prof M Johnson (talk) 17:50, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Professor Johnson,

There are two questions to consider when deciding whether or not to split a subarticle off from a section of an existing article. 1) If the rest of the article was developed to a similar extent to the section in question, would the article be too long? 2) Is there enough information on the subtopic to justify an entire article? If the answer to both questions is yes, then the article should be split off. At the moment, there is no section on the Mouride article about politics, so my recommendation is to have the students create such a section on that article and only split the section off onto its own article if and when it gets large enough to justify its own article. The procedure for splitting articles can be found here and the guidelines about how to write the section on the parent article once the split has occurred can be found here.

Whether you decide to split the article later or create the subarticle now, a summary section should be included on the main Mouride article. It should also be kept in mind that, when naming subarticles, broader is better. "Mouride politics" and "Mouridism in Senegal" are both subarticles that could be created for the Mouride article because they are both at only one remove. "Mouride politics in Senegal" is at two removes from the Mouride article and should only be created once "Mouride politics" or "Mouridism in Senegal" is created. Otherwise, the "Mouride politics in Senegal" article will likely undergo a merger.

Thank you for contacting me on this issue! Please let me know if I can help you out in any other way.

Neelix (talk) 19:11, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Online Ambassador at your (and your students') service

Good afternoon, Ms. Johnson. I am the third online ambassador for your course on Politics of Developing Nations. I'm aware that your course began yesterday, and I hope that your first class went well. I am knowledgeable in the history of developing nations in Southeast Asia (especially the five ASEAN founders), and I can be of help to students who are working on articles that may relate to Southeast Asian politics and economics. If I can be any assistance to you and your students, please do not hesitate to contact me by e-mail or on my talk page. —Arsonal (talk + contribs)— 19:13, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

Hi Arsonal,

It's great to have you on board for the class. Hopefully, you'll be able to help students with India and Thailand entries. I'll be sure they know you are available. Thanks ahead of time for all your help!

Best wishes, Prof M Johnson (talk) 19:27, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

Messages

Hi Professor,

I hope this is right. I am new to this. Meighon (talk) 04:13, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Hi Professor,

I hope this is right. I am new to this.

Kriti Kkhari29 (talk) 01:29, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi Kriti,

This looks perfect. Glad to see you are mastering the basic editing.

Martha Prof M Johnson (talk) 18:29, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi Professor,

I hope this is right. I am new to this.

Kit Kit.i.t. (talk) 05:59, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi Kit

Looks good. Glad to see it is working for you.

Martha Prof M Johnson (talk) 18:29, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

Hey Professor,

I hope this is right. I am new to this. Duthomas (talk) 00:57, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi Professor,

I hope this is right. I am new to this.

Tianyi Twang617 (talk) 04:26, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Hello Professor, Is this alright?

Wendy 68.127.104.86 (talk)

Hi Professor Johnson, I hope this turns out right! Thanks, Chelbel05 (talk) 18:14, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi Professor Johnson, I hope this turns out the way it's supposed to! See you in class this afternoon Samewat2013 (talk) 20:18, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi Professor, I hope this is right. I am new to this. AsaltermackAsaltermack (talk) 21:03, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi Professor, I hope this is right. I am new to this. PernianPfaheem (talk) 22:28, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi Professor, I hope this is right. I am new to this. Miriam144.91.51.189 (talk) 22:29, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

Hello Professor,

I hope this is right. I am new to this. Annie.Lebo (talk) 03:31, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Hello! I'm trying fancy text out! Hope I'm pulling this off... Cbielass (talk) 05:18, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi Professor,

I hope this is right, sorry for forgeting to do this earlier! I am new to this.

Michelle Arauz Marauz (talk) 06:28, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Hello Professor Johnson.

I was on the Mouride article and clicked on the link to consolidate the #6 & #7 sources into one, but the named sources that pop up do not include our Catherine Boone source that we have listed. Is there something I need to do to include it into the named sources before I can click on the link to actually link the two links together. (Hopefully that makes sense.)

Miriamao (talk) 00:48, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

Message from an Online Ambassador

Hello Professor Johnson, this is one of your Online Ambassadors. Hope your class has started off well! Do encourage your students to interact with us to resolve any problems or queries that the students may have. Though I can help out with any article, I feel I can help out students working on Indian articles better. Have a good day! Lynch7 18:41, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Students still working on articles?

Hi. I just started a GA review of an article: Talk:Feminism in India/GA1. I notice from the online course outline that 28 November (3 days ago) seems to be when course activity halts. Is that correct? If so, and if there are articles in the WP:GAC queue, your students may want to withdraw the articles from the queue, unless they plan on continuing to work on the article. In other words, if there are articles in the GA queue, and the student is not planning on working on them (because the course is over) the articles should be removed, so reviewers don't invest time. Thanks. --Noleander (talk) 13:59, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Hi, They actually have until Saturday Dec. 3rd to revise so they would be happy for your feedback I'm sure. Thanks.