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I wanted to add my welcome too. I know Valfontis in real life, we are both regulars to editing on Wikipedia, especially articles related to Oregon. Let us know how we can help, from technical issues to course suggestions. I love how you've structured the assignments. tedder (talk) 16:13, 14 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
This week, I edited the article on Algophobia, adding information about the Fear of Pain Questionnaire. My topic choices for the term project are on my user page; feel free to comment! Mgreen1 (talk) 02:24, 23 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
For Week 4's assignment, I edited the page on Codependency. I wrote the second paragraph under the section "Patterns and characteristics of codependency". If you go to my user page you will also see that I listed my top 3 topics that I am interested in. -Helena- Hfrueh (talk) 00:10, 23 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
For this weeks assignment I edited the Hypnosis article by adding a section on practicing Hypnosis and specialties of some clinics. I included an edit summary when I made my edit here is the diff of my changes [[9]] and here is a link to my user page where I have listed the pages we may work on [[10]]. Do you have any comments?--Vkraft (talk) 22:22, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
For week 4, I edited the corumination article by adding in additional research on corumination in the workplace, however after I finished I realized that I wasn't logged onto my own account, so I don't know if it matters or not? Jessilucas (talk) 18:18, 20 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
For week number 4, I edited an article on Gerascophobia because it something my group is interested in. I also put in an edit summary. [[11]] also, here is a link to my user page with the list of articles we may work on.[[12]] Do you have any comments? (talk) 22:12, 18 September 2011 (UTC))[reply]
Hi Professor! All of the assignments for this week are documented on my user page :) Jlucas1 (talk) 05:57, 23 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Professor! This is my first time posting on your user page! I have been posting my progress every week on my user page. I also would like your feedback on some of the articles I picked for the group. I am most curious about the article I found on bi-polar disorder in children. I was wondering if this is a good direction to go? Thanks!--Kittybug (talk) 20:07, 24 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
For week four's assignment I made my edit to the page about pica. I added a sentence about how iron deficiency anemia has been seen to be associated with pica. I also made sure to add my reference to the edit I made. Thanks! Nbarton10 (talk) 21:08, 25 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hey Professor Tompkins! I added a little tidbit of information about possible anger management strategies on the Anger management page[15], as well as a citation for the APA website I found the information on and an edit summary. In addition I left a few suggestions for the site. Thanks! Kmfrance (talk) 22:22, 28 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Professor-
I added a few lines of info to the | Fregoli delusions I documented both the reference I used and the Difference page on my user page. Thanks! Jlucas1 (talk) 23:08, 28 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I added a section "Possible advantages" to the parentification page. I wrote a few sentences and included a citation for an article. I also left an edit summary and a little bit on how to improve it on the talk page. -Helena- Hfrueh (talk) 02:26, 29 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I just added more information to the addiction page, here is the diff [16]. I also added some constructive posts on the talk page of addiction, here is the diff [17].--Vkraft (talk) 06:14, 29 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hey Professor, I added a sentence to the page on alogia about how people with the disease lack spontaneous content in their conversation. I also added a few sentences to the talk page for pica about including references that were taken from real life examples. Thanks! Nbarton10 (talk) 06:17, 29 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Professor- I know we emailed you with our topic choice and our topic proposal but I just wanted to let you know we added it to the class page under group four. Thanks! Jlucas1 (talk) 22:43, 4 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hey Professor Tompkins, I've posted a "to-do" list to the discussion page of Bipolar II disorder for Group 2 and an Educational Assignment template just above it...can I specifiy the institution and dates we will be working on this project? However, at the top of the discussion page it seems that another institution has taken on this page for education assignments, is that alright? Can we all actively be editing this page? Furthermore, we will be adding sources and additional comments prior to Thursday. Thanks, any feedback would be greatly appreciated!! Kmfrance (talk) 03:14, 12 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Our group has begun writing what portion of the corumination page they are focusing on editing on the corumination talk page! (I am writing about how corumination affects people in daily life). BilliChavez (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 18:56, 13 October 2011 (UTC).[reply]
Professor, I definitely forgot to say this on Friday (I'm actually not sure if you wanted us to tell you or not), but I did post my Prognosis section on our page. Thanks, Krhatley (talk) 18:23, 6 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hi -- I noticed that your students are working on the Exercise addiction article; you may not have realized it but another class has also selected that article to work on. The other class's course page is here -- I'll leave that instructor a note as well. There is some assistance available to instructors who'd like to use Wikipedia in the classroom; the main coordinating page for that effort is here. I'll leave a note there to let folks know about your class -- I don't know if you want or need assistance, but volunteers like myself can help in explaining Wikipedia rules and policies, and in guiding the students. If you have any questions, just leave me a note. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 19:23, 5 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Linfield students are requesting that the St Charles group select a different article. Due to the fact that the St Charles group created the Exercise addiction article, I've made a recommendation that the Linfield College students select a separate article. That said, the instructor of the St Charles group is open to having his students collaborate on the article with the students from Linfield. Thoughts? Best regards, Cind.amuse (Cindy)20:24, 5 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Mike - my students did just recently notice that another group was possibly working on the same article and made contact at that time. However, this was after they had initiated quite a bit of research and, to my knowledge, they haven't yet heard back from them. As it appears as if they haven't worked on it I suggested they proceed. Now I see that Cindy indicated the other group created the article (although from my quick look I couldn't tell that they've had any activity on the page which may be a result of my own relative inexperience on Wikipedia). That would be great to receive assistance and help (particularly in situations like this). Is there a way to list my course there? Many thanks for your help! Tatompki (talk) 02:58, 6 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Cindy - As I described above my students have proceeded with this article because they were so far into the process and we couldn't see any recent activity from the other group. At this point in the semester it would be preferable from my perspective if they could all collaborate on the article as there isn't enough time for them to choose another topic. Should I try to get in touch with the instructor of the other course? As this is the first time I've used this assignment it is definitely a learning opportunity for me and I would love advice about how to prevent this type of problem in the future. One of my other groups ran into this as well but it proved less challenging in that the other students (after a couple of weeks) eventually informed them that their assignment was just to critique vs. write an article. Many thanks for your help! Tatompki (talk) 03:05, 6 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The other instructor, Mitch Harden, pointed out that his students are working in a sandbox whereas yours are working in the article directly, so there may be no direct conflict there. Yes, I think it would be an excellent idea for you to talk to Mitch on this -- his talk page is here. In theory the two groups could collaborate since everything can be coordinated on-wiki but that might be rather a challenge, and is something you and Mitch should decide in any case.
Also, here are a couple of links you may be interested in. Wikipedia:School and university projects is a list of school and university projects currently active -- you may wish to add your class to that page (it would be helpful as it provides a central listing). The other link is to User talk:Tomcloyd, the talk page of the regional ambassador for the northwest for the US education project. There are support resources available via that project, including having editors available to help your students and provide in-class training, so you may find it useful to contact Tom and find out more. I hope this is helpful. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 22:58, 6 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Tatompki, I think you are in safe hands with Mike. Collaboration is an excellent goal. This will be a lesson in consensus, which is one of Wikipedia's Five Pillars, or primary policies that govern the community. The only issue that will need to be addressed is attribution. Once the collaboration is complete, please make sure to fully attribute the work on the article's discussion page. Simply list the Wikipedia accounts of all students that participated actively through writing and editing, along with links to the course page for each school. You will find a list of the students to be attributed in the article's history, as well as in the history at the sandbox. For clarification on Mike's comment above, we have two programs that provide support for schools and universities working to incorporate Wikipedia into the classroom and curriculum. One is the School and University WikiProject (SUP), while the other is the United States Education Program (USEP). The USEP provides official support through Regional, Campus, and Online Ambassadors, trained through the Wikimedia Foundation. (Tom Cloyd specifically provides support through the USEP, if you choose to participate in that particular program.) We do not yet have onsite Campus Ambassadors at Linfield College, but would be able to train any current Linfield student or individual that may be interested in serving in that role. The other program (SUP) allows professors and students to work more independently, outside of direct support. There are benefits with each approach. Feel free to check out the links provided. If you have questions about either program, please don't hesitate to contact me. Best regards, Cind.amuse (Cindy)03:15, 7 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I was wondering how to change the title of our page "Corumination" if at all possible, since we changed CR to "Co-rumination" throughout our page. I looked around and have been having trouble figuring it out! Thanks! Jessilucas (talk) 18:30, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hey Professor Tompkins, I will email you too, but just wanted to let you know that my Wikipedia Portfolio assignment is posted on my user page. I will bring my group (#2) evaluations to class Tuesday! Thanks! Kmfrance (talk) 06:37, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
