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Sources to add some information

I was looking at these following articles, I was wondering if anyone thought these would be beneficial to contribute to her overall page.

http://arch.oucs.ox.ac.uk/detail/89364/index.html https://msu.edu/~abbottb/Site/Barbara%20Abbott%27s%20home%20page.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adrianna.caraway (talk • contribs) 01:21, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Adding More?

Hello world! I plan on editing this article by first adding more to the synopsis of the article. That way readers have more of an insight on what they are going to be reading. Also, since it is a bibliographical page, I would like to add more about Ms. Barabara. More than just her research. Maybe have a section about her childhood and more in depth about her education, leading up to her linguistics careers. When researching more about her, I saw her email. It would be cool if I could email her personally to ask her to answer a few questions. If that wouldn't be creepy (lol). http://degruyteropen.com/people/babbott/

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Lewbrianna (talk • contribs) 03:53, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion

All,

I clicked on the (MSU website) link from Adrianna and immediately thought it'd be nice to include the photo of her on this Wikipedia article. I read through that bio and was able to find the following source:

https://msu.edu/~abbottb/vita.htm

It includes a list of articles she has been a part of and even includes her email address. This may be overreaching, but since there weren't many sources on her, I thought I could send her an email and ask a few questions. If you think this is a feasible option, let me know, because I'd be willing to ask her the questions you have for her, too!

Of course, I wouldn't know how to cite the source if it were an email, but I'm sure Dr. Stvan would help us out if we got that far.

Ebuckingham (talk) 03:35, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Article Improvements Outline

While reading the article, I did find things that could be added and/or taken out (Listed above in HW5b). I have come up with an outline of how I personally would rearrange the article:

Synopsis

-Birthdate/hometown
-Field of research
-Summary of big accomplishments

Childhood/Background

-Hometown
-Family
-Early/Secondary education
-College Education

Research

-What area of research-semantics
-What her book says about semantics

Job as Professor

-What classes taught & where
-Awards/accomplishments
-Speaking engagements

Books Journals Retirement

-Volunteering in ShareCare
-Hobbies

Since there is not a lot of information about Ms. Abbott, I would definitely do my best to keep searching. However, for the Journals and Books section of the article, I would look into her own personal work for more details. I am still interested in emailing her and asking her questions about her childhood, schooling, etc.

Article Improvement Review

I like your outline. It's definitely hitting all the major points you would want in a biography and reorganizes the information in an easy to read format. I'm concerned you might not be able to find everything you want, but if you at least add or improve one thing in your article I think it would work nicely. For the last section, Books/Journals/Retirement, I think it would be easier if you left this last as it seems not as important as your other sections. However, if you have the time and the information go ahead and include it in the article as it would definitely be a nice touch. CA108017 (talk) 05:02, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]