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{{help me}} Thank you, Rubbish computer! I have a question: How does this page move from draft status to "official" status? Comm260 ncu (talk) 16:46, 31 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Race results

I think you are asking for something like the Medal table, as laid out here. Or get back to me with a little more description. Trackinfo (talk) 02:03, 18 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Ways to improve Med City Marathon

Hello, Comm260 ncu,

Thanks for creating Med City Marathon! I edit here too, under the username Doomsdayer520 and it's nice to meet you :-)

I wanted to let you know that I have tagged the page as having some issues to fix, as a part of our page curation process and note that:-

Thank you for your new article on the Med City Marathon, though I recommend adding more evidence (if there is any) that the event is notable. See WP:EVENT and WP:EXIST.

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Thank you Doomsdayer520! Yes, it needs improvement. I currently have about 2,000 words and 10 sources for it that I'm working with in a sandbox. My previous pages are filled with hundreds of small edits, so these last two I've been working on outside of the page and plan to put in with one edit.

Part of my pause is the marathon finisher's table. While yes, everyone wants to know who took first in the marathon, the first through third places are all fast runners (especially to the lay person who doesn't run day in and day out). Are those people "notable?" Sure! They are all mentioned in the news articles, they are the ones standing on the podium, and they win the cash (or goods) offered from the race. So I'd like to list each for each year, but still have the table sortable (some third place winners are faster in one year than the winner is in another year). But that's tricky to do ... so I'm trying to figure out the technical coding intricacies of the table. Any tips?

So, to the question "Is it notable?" The answer is yes. The sources are on the way. If anyone wants to make an argument that a city's marathon isn't notable, they have a lot of work to do in the category "Marathons in the United States."

Thanks again!

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A page you started (Mankato Marathon) has been reviewed!

Thanks for creating Mankato Marathon.

User:Doomsdayer520 while reveiwing this page as a part of our page curation process had the following comments:

Thank you for your new article on the Mankato Marathon. As I said moments ago for a different article, I recommend adding more evidence (if there is any) that the event is notable. See WP:EVENT and WP:EXIST.

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Yeshimebet Bifa moved to draftspace

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Yes! Thank you. I have been working with students to create pages and see what it takes to keep a page up on Wikipedia. Late reply here, but I'll have another student try this again with more sources/more neutral writing.Comm260 ncu (talk) 17:26, 30 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Greetings @Moonythedwarf:!

After teaching an exciting class today in Comm260:Writing for Media, I found (unfortunately) that my account has been blocked for Sock puppetry. This block is mistaken.

I'm an educator, trying out an assignment for the second year. The students in my writing course first created annotated bibliographies of athletes, most of whom are marginalized and not included on Wikipedia due to language barriers and cultural barriers. In the class, we are working to practice principles of verification and clear, neutral writing. Another goal is for students to see Wikipedia as a collaborative text they can add to, even if it doesn't promote a financial interest (i.e. this is collaborative work for the public good).

All the students have written draft pages in Microsoft Word and are in the process of learning wiki-markup in order to draft strong, credible pages for Wikipedia entries. They are conscious of the rules of Wikipedia, but still learning, as they are students.

Your participation in this process (though unknowingly), may actually be helpful for students. I can explain in our next meeting tomorrow that some users have use of sockpuppet tools.

However, in order for our assignment to work, I'll need my account unblocked! Please recognize that one goal of mine is for college students to see Wikipedia as an active, growing document that they can contribute to—it is not a completed encyclopedia! This is a common conception for many students. "Wikipedia exists, and I can find all the answers there," they think, "but I can't be part of it because I'm not technical." Not true, students! Your contributions are valuable (if meeting the article creation criteria).

I'm also requesting that if any of the student's user names were blocked, that you also unblock their accounts. It would be a true defeat to this assignment (and Wikipedia's MO) if the very day they were all supposed to feel empowered to create that they instead felt they did not belong as a "technical" writer in collaborative editing spaces.

Thanks for your work on this website, and thanks for your considerate forthcoming reply.

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Greetings @Bbb23: ! After teaching an exciting class today in Comm260:Writing for Media, I found (unfortunately) that my account has been blocked for Sock puppetry. This block is mistaken. I'm an educator, trying out an assignment for the second year. The students in my writing course first created annotated bibliographies of athletes, most of whom are marginalized and not included on Wikipedia due to language barriers and cultural barriers. In the class, we are working to practice principles of verification and clear, neutral writing. Another goal is for students to see Wikipedia as a collaborative text they can add to, even if it doesn't promote a financial interest (i.e. this is collaborative work for the public good). All the students have written draft pages in Microsoft Word and are in the process of learning wiki-markup in order to draft strong, credible pages for Wikipedia entries. They are conscious of the rules of Wikipedia, but still learning, as they are students. Your participation in this process (though unknowingly), may actually be helpful for students. I can explain in our next meeting tomorrow that some users have use of sockpuppet tools. However, in order for our assignment to work, I'll need my account unblocked! Please recognize that one goal of mine is for college students to see Wikipedia as an active, growing document that they can contribute to—it is not a completed encyclopedia! This is a common conception for many students. "Wikipedia exists, and I can find all the answers there," they think, "but I can't be part of it because I'm not technical." Not true, students! Your contributions are valuable (if meeting the article creation criteria). I'm also requesting that if any of the student's user names were blocked, that you also unblock their accounts. It would be a true defeat to this assignment (and Wikipedia's MO) if the very day they were all supposed to feel empowered to create that they instead felt they did not belong as a "technical" writer in collaborative editing spaces. Thanks for your work on this website, and thanks for your considerate forthcoming reply. Comm260 ncu (talk) 17:24, 30 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Accept reason:

Per below.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:03, 30 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

ooooh! I'm so sorry about this. I recommend you look into WikiEdu and WP:Wikiproject Athletics once unblocked. --moonythedwarf (Braden N.) 17:41, 30 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comm260 ncu, I will unblock you and your students momentarily, but moonythedwarf is right. You should check in with WikiEdu. Hopefully, you have learned something as well, which is that you and your students need to communicate on their userpages that y'all are part of a school project. Such notices would have avoided not only the blocks but also the time spent by moonythedwarf and me in dealing with what appeared to be obvious socking. @Shalor (Wiki Ed): Can you assist please?--Bbb23 (talk) 17:57, 30 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I honestly don't mind the time waste very much, but Bbb23 is a Checkuser (given tools to identify sockpuppetry), and generally is quite busy. moonythedwarf (Braden N.) 18:04, 30 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I have not heard of WikiEdu—what a resource! This is wonderful @Moonythedwarf:! I'll take a look through that site and try contacting @Shalor (Wiki Ed):. I've been developing all my own curriculum, assignments and teaching strategy. I figured there were other professors doing the same, but I didn't realize there was an entire site dedicated to professor assistance.

I'm excited to pursue that more, but for now, I need to get my current grading completed, which means moving forward with the articles that were created today. I'll be making edits on those that were locked, relaying the information to the students, and reviewing their second articles (coming out next week).

This is a large ecosystem, and although I've been editing on here for more than a year now, some things still perplex me. Where did you learn your way around the Wikipedia map, Moonythedwarf? Did you have a group of people you met with in person? Did you learn it through the WikiEdu and other students? Or did you do the crash course of trying and trying again? Thanks for the release, I'll get back to it (checks watch) It'll be a long night! Comm260 ncu (talk) 00:06, 31 January 2020 (UTC)Comm260[reply]

Comm260 ncu, ..Glad I decided to check my notifications one last time before going to bed. I'm fixing to go on a mental-health related break from editing for a few days (Things did somehow get significantly better last minute, with a bit of counseling from a good friend, but I'm taking the break anyways, as it'd still be helpful).

I went through the crash course, yes. Altho, I will admit, i'm still not much of an editor, and the majority of my time is instead hunting vandalism, sockpuppetry, and undisclosed paid editing. I'm much more productive at that than anything else. I do sometimes edit technology related articles, often Motorola semiconductor products.

I will not be in contact (unless something unusual happens) for the next few days, so I recommend either communicating with the WikiEdu team, or other administrators. I know Oshwah is usually happy to help when they're around. --moonythedwarf (Braden N.) 02:42, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:48, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I replied on your talk page. Comm260 ncu (talk) 04:19, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Can you email us?

Hi! Can you contact us at contactwikiedu.org? Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:37, 3 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you for all the great work you did on the Mankato Marathon article! It is one that I was looking to return to Wikipedia to update since the stub was saddeningly short. It was a pleasant surprise to be informed recently that you made such an improvement to the article last week. I helped a connection of mine who was unfamiliar with Wikipedia make some updates. Regarding Bongers not being involved, great update on the consistency and it would probably be worth adding in some history of the involvement and the change. Unfortunately, I'm really struggling to find third party sources on this one. I found this page on the Mankato Marathon site that lists only Visit Mankato and the Mankato Sports Commission as owners. I also found this 2018 Annual Report published by Greater Mankato Growth that announces the purchase, but again, those are both first party sources. Ryan Vesey 01:17, 8 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

On an unrelated note, I realized you had an interaction with Bbb23 early last year. I'm glad everything was cleared up well. I used to have some great interactions with him back when I was an active editor and supported his RFA. Sorry you had to deal with the block, but I'm glad things were cleared up well. Ryan Vesey 01:27, 8 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you kindly, Ryan! Hopefully the page grows a little more to become rock solid as a running and local resource. Yes, things worked out with Bbb23 and I did get connected with WikiEdu to set up courses and have students create through the education portal. It is a pretty amazing resource, and I'm excited to meet more professors who are creating assignments there.

It's so awesome to hear that you're working with WikiEdu. I think there are such great opportunities for students to edit Wikipedia as they learn cool new things in class. Some of my favorite articles are ones like Botik of Peter the Great where I learned about the topic, became interested, and said "everyone needs to know about this". Unfortunately there's a lot that never got completed like User:Ryan Vesey/Jassini and the rest of the articles linked on my userpage. Hopefully I can some day return to Wikipedia to finish them or at least publish the stubworthy ones as stubs. Ryan Vesey 22:34, 8 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That is a fascinating article, Ryan Vesey. Great work! You should add it to the List of museum ships and the List of oldest surviving ships. Comm260 ncu (talk) 01:59, 9 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 18:45, 25 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Yes, other students worked on this at a separate draft page. Much appreciated! Comm260 ncu (talk) 01:57, 27 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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