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Happy editing! Zefr (talk) 23:00, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Avoiding plagiarism

Concerning this edit, follow the advice given here. Best to read a source, think about the concept, then write it in your own words. Your correction was worthwhile; the words chosen were not. Zefr (talk) 23:06, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Citing a source

In this edit, you attributed the source to PubMed, which is only a search retrieval database, as explained in its FAQ. PubMed is not a source.

The article was published in the journal, Microorganisms. You can use the Wikipedia reference formatting tool to create a correctly formatted citation. Enter the PMID ID, check the 'ref tag' and 'use full journal name' boxes, then submit and copy the result into article after the punctuation.

A PMID article that has a PMC ID gives the full article without further formatting. If there is no PMC, but the article has an url, insert that into the reference.

Further note: for medical content like Dietary fiber, try to avoid articles in publications by MDPI, a publisher with a shady reputation for predatory publishing. Usually, there are other choices, especially reviews in journals with good impact factors.

Good luck. Zefr (talk) 23:17, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

OK. I will work on this as I go through my nutrition research (and Wikipedia editor self training).

I have found this foray into editing frustrating. In contrast, I have been a contributor to Stack Overflow (https://stackoverflow.com), and when I first started, experienced users would tidy up entries that were not up to standards, which I found somewhat disconcerting, but not frustrating. I quickly developed the skills needed to be a contributor, because I quickly saw what was wrong, and what was done to fix it. Not that I am suggesting this would work in Wikipedia!

I am not sure, but is there a way for new editors like myself to get suggested changes from an experienced editor (assuming they are willing to spend the time doing this), and hence encourage more editing of Wikipedia? I have a couple of ideas (that you are free to ignore or pass along as appropriate):

- I get that editors may not want to spend their time making suggested changes, but it might help if there was some kind of incentive system like what Stack Overflow has. Stack Overflow has awards for the number of liked questions, as well as many other metrics. This might work if editors got badges, awards, or commendations for the number of successful suggested changes, as well as number of accepted edits, or other valued editorial work. Maybe having badges for various levels of Mentors, Editors, Rebel, and so on?

- if a so far unsuccessful editor submits a change, maybe it could be passed into a queue of editors that would be willing to help make suggestions to get an article up to par?

- what about having some Wikipedia editor training tutorials?

Dave Tayloredwebsites (talk) 14:35, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Dave - if you consider the Wikipedia project from '30,000 feet', it has this landscape as of this minute today:

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The English Wikipedia has 117,190 active editors, out of 47,990,828 accounts that have been registered. Countless people have edited without using an account. There are 850 administrators, of whom fewer than 500 are active. Together the community has made 1,241,780,194 edits to 61,477,729 pages, of which just 6,884,728 are articles – so a lot goes on behind the scenes.

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There is a general tutorial above in your welcome message, Learn more about editing, and new users can get further introduction by visiting the Teahouse button above.

For medicine-related topics like Dietary fiber, these two medical editor tutorials may help:

An extensive reward system does exist, as displayed at WP:AWARDS, but these are given only by other volunteer editors. In other words, your editing has to catch the eye of another volunteer impressed with your care and diligence.

Don't be put off by having your edits reverted or extensively modified - in team scientific writing, proofreading and copyediting typically go through many versions by different people. For Wikipedia editing and article creation, a good rule of thumb is to feel in your mind that you are writing a passage for your grandmother or a first-year high school student to understand readily - Wikipedia is intended for the literate common person, so making text clear and simple is the goal. Zefr (talk) 15:04, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

September 2024

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Tayloredwebsites", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because This is or appears to be the name orf a company. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may ask for a change of username by completing the form at Special:GlobalRenameRequest, or you may simply create a new account for editing. Thank you. 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 21:04, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]