Introduction for class purposes

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Changdaey, Hello. this introduction is for class purposes. Dan JagendorfBufoamer (talk) 18:04, 6 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

Welcome

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Hello, Changdaey, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Yunshui, and I am your Online Ambassador for Prof. Hughes' Theater History course. My job here is to help you to work within Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, to answer any questions that you have about editing here, and to act as your advocate in the (unlikely) event that you find yourself in a dispute with another user. I have a BA in Theatre (not a typo; I'm a Brit!) from years back, so I'm looking forward to working with you guys on this project.

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Brooklyn College edit

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Hi Changdaey, and thanks for your edit to the Brooklyn College article. Because Wikipedia strives to contain only verifiable information, it would be good to add a references for this estimated completion date - have the construction company published their schedule anywhere, for example, or has the college mentioned the completion date in a newsletter or on their website? By only adding information that can be supported in reliable sources, you can help to keep Wikipedia accurate and up-to-date. There's some information about how to add sources in this short essay, and some details on the sorts of sources to use in this guideline. Yunshui  09:15, 7 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

Sources in your sandbox

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Hi Changdaey. Thanks for posting your proposed sources in your sandbox. Whilst you've provided just about the minimum information necessary, it would be infinitely preferable if you could expand on these to make it easier for Wikipedia's readers to track them down once they're placed in an article. As a general rule, it's a good idea to supply at least the following:

  • Author(s)
  • Title
  • Publisher
  • Location of publisher
  • Year of publication
  • Page reference
  • URL of Google Books entry (if available)
  • ISBN

You can do this easily using a {{cite book}} template; just copy the following code and replace the italicised text with the appropriate information:

{{cite book|last1=surname of first author|first1=first name of first author|last2=surname of second author|first2=first name of second author|title=title and subtitle|publisher=name of publishing house|location=city of publication|year=year of publication|pages=page numbers|url=URL of Google Books entry or similar, including the http://|ISBN=ISBN}}

Fuller citations like this make it easier for readers to verify the information you're adding, and (coincidentally) will probably get more kudos from Prof. Hughes... Yunshui  10:13, 21 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

 

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Help us improve the Wikipedia Education Program

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Hi Changdaey! As a student editor on Wikipedia, you have a lot of valuable experience about what it's like to edit as a part of a classroom assignment. In order to help other students like you enjoy editing while contributing positively to Wikipedia, it's extremely helpful to hear from real student editors about their challenges, successes, and support needs. Please take a few minutes to answer these questions by clicking below. (Note that the responses are posted to a public wiki page.) Thanks!


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New peer review

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Hi Changdaey. You've got a new message at Wikipedia:Peer review/Broadway theatre/archive1 - another user has supplied some helpful suggestions for improvements to the article, which you might want to address. Yunshui  08:27, 11 April 2013 (UTC)Reply

Broadway theatre

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I removed the list of musicals you added to this article, since there was already a section on "Runs" and the article List of the longest-running Broadway shows, which made your material duplicative. Beyond My Ken (talk) 02:22, 8 May 2013 (UTC)Reply