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Week 3: Thinking about sources and plagiarism

• What do you think a content gap is, and what are some possible ways to identify them?
  • I think that you can describe a content gap as loosely written idea. One that the author/ editor just drops on the reader without backing it up. In order for that not to happen if you're going to write about an idea have a decent amount of information to then explain or depict what you are trying to express.

• What are some reasons a content gap might arise? What are some ways to remedy them?
  • As I stated above content gaps occur in writing when information isn't properly written with enough sustenance. Also, it can occur when writers flip flop from topic to topic without really explaining and citing what they are writing, and also because instead of tying together what they are writing then just drop ideas. One must remember that writing is more about quality than quantity, you can write ten pages and not make any sense.
• Does it matter who writes Wikipedia?
  • As long as the person is educated/ becomes educated on the topic they are writing on, I don't believe so. It is imperative though, for those who write on Wikipedia do be cognizant of the "laws" and procedures of doing so. Nevertheless, if you have accurate sources and follow the required procedures I don't see why just anyone can't write for Wikipedia.
• What does it mean to be "unbiased" on Wikipedia? How is that different, or similar, to your own definition of "bias"?
  • When writing on Wikipedia even writing in first person can be bias, writers must make sure to remain impartial and not give personal references or opinions. Wikipedia doesn't care what you think, their readers want to know facts. When I think of bias, I think of when your perception clouds your judgment. Instead of being this way, one must give the benefit of the doubt and not assume or draw opinions just on what they think they know.

Week 4: Plagiarism and Citing

• Blog posts and press releases are considered poor sources of reliable information. Why?
  • For the most part, blogs and press releases are highly influenced with a bias opinion. Instead, of receiving useful fact for your research you will find out positively or negatively painted information that then may taint your own view point when writing. Research, should be unbiased facts, there isn't any room for opinions when you're trying to fill your audience in with factual information.
• What are some reasons you might not want to use a company's website as the main source of information about that company?
  • Unfortunately, when looking for accurate information on a company, getting it straight from them isn't a very good idea. Bias, definitely comes into play when someone is defending/ claiming how great their own company is. Instead of taking numbers and information, from a company itself it is better to check out some out of house information. On the other hand, I find that then crosschecking what was found from other sources and the company being checked out will help validating their claims.
• What is the difference between a copyright violation and plagiarism?
  • When you say someone made a copyright violation it means that this so called person is using someone else's work without that persons permission. For example, using someone else's pictures and not asking before. Plagiarism on the other hand is when you take credit for someone else's work, for example copy and pasting an authors article word by word without citation or altering it into your own words. In both these cases, the one who's work is being used isn't receiving credit and instead having their hard work stolen.
• What are some good techniques to avoid close paraphrasing and plagiarism?
  • In order to steer away from paraphrasing too close to the source or flat our plagiarizing, one should always read their source first, take some notes using personal wording, and then put away the source and notes and write your own interpretation. After this is all done it is also important to cite the sources to provide validation. But the best way to avoid plagiarism is to not have the temptation of someone else's work right in front of you.

Choosing Possible Topics

List of journals appearing under the French Revolution

• Here we find some of Desmoulins works, for example
  • La Tribune des patriots (no article)
  • 'Le Vieux Cordelier (has article)'
    • Well written and updated as of Jan, 2017
  • 'Le Courrier de Brabant (no article)'
  • 'Histoire des Révolutions de France et de Brabant (no article)'
  • 'Les Révolutions de France et de Brabant (no article)'
    • Most of these don't even have articles that pertain to them, therefore, I feel it's important to find information on the ones that don't and then brush up on the ones that do. His writing were one in fact one of the reasons he was so well known in the revolution

Week 5: Finalizing Topic(s)/ Finding Sources

• • 'Le Vieux Cordelier (has article)'
    • Well written and updated as of Jan, 2017
    • UPDATE: Decided on this article because while it was the only one of my previous ideas that had an article already it was the only piece Desmoulin wrote that I found enough information to keep writing on.
    • The page does have tasks to be done based on decisions throughout the talk page so I'm going to focus on adding to those.
      • Scratch that the tasks pertain to any French article controlled by the French people on wikipedia, there weren't any relevant to my article
    • Also, I feel that more quotes and interpretations of these articles should be placed within the page.
    • I've found lots of journal pages/ letters from Desmoulins himself so I think it would be great to incorporate those and give his own personal opinion on whatever was going on in correlation to the newspaper articles

Week 6: Discussion: Thinking about Wikipedia

• What do you think of Wikipedia's definition of "neutrality"?
  • Wikipedia wants to make sure that all information added is accurate, therefore, if editors start adding personal accounts/ opinions that is going to be very difficult. Once, people start writing using their personal point of views bias's come into play and neutrality the ability of writing factual information becomes a little more difficult.
• What are the impacts and limits of Wikipedia as a source of information?
  • Citing Wikipedia can be conflictual just because it is quite easy for just anyone to make edits, even if their information/ sources aren't legit.
• On Wikipedia, all material must be attributable to reliable, published sources. What kinds of sources does this exclude? Can you think of any problems that might create?
  • peer-reviewed journals
  • academic journals
  •  historical books
• If Wikipedia was written 100 years ago, how might its content (and contributors) be different? What about 100 years from now?
  • The world has changed a lot in the last 100 years, technology has expanded and the way that the world functions is very different. Therefore, information found 100 years ago in an encyclopedia probably contains outdated discoveries and information, as well as biased opinions that no longer apply to the way that people think. This will probably also be the case 100 years from today, simply because every day new advances are made, and even when one looks at textbooks from a few years ago even that information is no longer reliable.

Rough Draft

NOTES:

• To start off by making my initial changes to the article I am pasting a fragment of the beginning which I am adding information to.
• I also want to divide the each number (volume of the newspaper) into different subparagraphs.

Le Vieux Cordelier

Le Vieux Cordelier was a journal published in France between 5 December 1793 and 3 February 1794, written by Camille Desmoulins. Its radical criticism of ultra-revolutionary fervor and repression in France during the Reign of Terror contributed significantly to the downfall and execution of the Dantonists, among whom its author, the journalist Camille Desmoulins, numbered. It is comprised of seven numbers, of which six appeared; the seventh remained unpublished for some forty years.

The title of the Vieux Cordelier ("Old Cordelier") refers to the Cordeliers Club, an influential revolutionary society that, from its relatively moderate origins under Danton, had come to be associated with ultra-revolutionary factions – principally the followers of journalist Jacques René Hébert. Desmoulins sought to ally his journal's arguments with the less extreme politics of the earlier, "old" Cordeliers, while simultaneously repudiating the violent, anti-religious Hébertists. Maximilien Robespierre, supported these efforts to eliminate the Hébertists. In addition, Robespierre viewed the Vieux Cordelier's attacks on the Hébertists as an effective means of reducing the faction's power and popularity. However, later numbers of the journal introduced criticisms of the Revolutionary Tribunal, the Committee of Public Safety, and contradictions with Robespierre himself.

Seventh Number

Sources:

Camille Desmoulins's Le Vieux Cordelier: a link between English and French republicanism 

Camille Desmoulin

Editing Notes

<nowiki>Sam, you're off to a great start. I would just add a couple of things. First of all, I think you should introduce Camille Desmoulins after you mention him since he seems like an important role in the journal. Second of all, since it is mentioned that the seventh number remained unpublished, will you be able to retrieve information pertinent to that number for your page? Also, what does it mean that the journal comprises seven numbers? Rodam0892 (talk) 04:09, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

Le Vieux Cordelier

Le Vieux Cordelier was a journal published in France between 5 December 1793 and 3 February 1794, written by Camille Desmoulins. Its radical criticism of ultra-revolutionary fervor and repression in France during the Reign of Terror contributed significantly to the downfall and execution of the Dantonists, among whom its author, the journalist Camille Desmoulins, numbered. It is comprised of seven numbers, these numbers can be described as volumes or editions. Only six of which appeared; the seventh remained unpublished for some forty years.

The title of the Vieux Cordelier ("Old Cordelier") refers to the Cordeliers Club, an influential revolutionary society that, from its relatively moderate origins under Danton, had come to be associated with ultra-revolutionary factions – principally the followers of journalist Jacques René Hébert. Desmoulins sought to ally his journal's arguments with the less extreme politics of the earlier, "old" Cordeliers, while simultaneously repudiating the violent, anti-religious Hébertists. Maximilien Robespierre, supported these efforts to eliminate the Hébertists. In addition, Robespierre viewed the Vieux Cordelier's attacks on the Hébertists as an effective means of reducing the faction's power and popularity. However, later numbers of the journal introduced criticisms of the Revolutionary Tribunal, the Committee of Public Safety, and contradictions with Robespierre himself.

 == Camille Desmoulins == French native born March 2, 1760, in Guise, France. Desmoulins' role as a journalist led him to the production of Le Vieux Cordelier. Desmoulinspersonally struggled in his attempts to become a lawyer; despite his acceptance in law school as well into parlement of Paris, Desmoulins found himself inadequate to continue his career as lawyer. Primarily because of his unruly temper. Nevertheless, he still continued his strife to contribute to a reconstructed government. As a Jacobin radical, Desmoulins was not the only one that contributed to these efforts, his close friends Maximilien Robespierre and Georges Danton played significant roles along side him. This friendship lasted up until, both Desmoulins and Danton (among fifteen other revolutionists), were put on trial for their contribution to the revolution, their executions exemplified the reign of terror tumbling down.

Seventh Number

Sources:

Camille Desmoulins's Le Vieux Cordelier: a link between English and French republicanism 

Camille Desmoulin

==== Editing Notes ====Peer Review Response:

• Amanda thank you for your feed back, so I added some notes about Desmoulins, and I also specified what the numbers meant. Lastly, while there isn't much on the last number there is a publishing date, which is quite close to the execution date of Desmoulins. @rodam0892ade it hard for him to succeed in the field

Week 8

(anything above in bold)

== Camille Desmoulins == French native born March 2, 1760, in Guise, France. Desmoulins' role as a journalist led him to the production of Le Vieux Cordelier. Desmoulinspersonally struggled in his attempts to become a lawyer; despite his acceptance in law school as well into parlement of Paris, Desmoulins found himself inadequate to continue his career as lawyer. Primarily because of his unruly temper. Nevertheless, he still continued his strife to contribute to a reconstructed government. As a Jacobin radical, Desmoulins was not the only one that contributed to these efforts, his close friends Maximilien Robespierre and Georges Danton played significant roles along side him. This friendship lasted up until, both Desmoulins and Danton (among fifteen other revolutionists), were put on trial for their contribution to the revolution, their executions exemplified the reign of terror tumbling down.

Week 10

Links added:

Maximilien Robespierre

Georges Danton

parlement of Paris

Camille Desmoulins

Jacobin

reign of terror