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A concern about edits at Ptolemaic Kingdom[edit]

Gtolrmy (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

User:Gtolrmy has made 5 edits. Aside from their edit on the Ptolemy article, every single edit on the Ptolemaic Kingdom article has removed references and referenced information. They hardly given any explanation in the edit summary. I'm not sure what can be done about this. --Kansas Bear (talk) 00:58, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Warned the editor. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 17:50, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Ed. --Kansas Bear (talk) 01:41, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Some people never learn. Latest edit by Gtolrmy. --Kansas Bear (talk) 01:55, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Gtolrmy is now blocked for vandalism. EdJohnston (talk) 15:25, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you sir. --Kansas Bear (talk) 16:19, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Student editors lack basic editing skills[edit]

Phoenicia (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Hi Ed, hope you're doing well. Can you advise me of the proper place to bring the recurrent addition of unencyclopedic, unsourced, and misformatted text by students at College of the Holy Cross to the attention of someone who will rein these students in and teach them how to write encyclopedic content, find reliable sources for the information, and properly format it? I would think that if someone is supervising the students it would be the instructor and Wiki Ed staff shown at the course page for "Introduction to Classical Archaeology", but it seems those basics of Wikipedia editing are not being imparted to the students, judging by the low-grade content they have been adding to the Phoenicia article. Here's a sample of text added:

Food has come a long way over the past few centuries, but despite this modern age still relates to the Phoenician diet. Phoenicians also began their mornings with cereals but was instead boiled like modern-day oatmeal... If it was not boiled it was in the form of bread or flat cakes, and instead of sugary add-ons like lucky charms, Phoenicians added pulses for flavor like peas, lentils, chickpeas, and board beans. Along with adding these greens to their cereals, Phoenicians were also huge fans of vegetables overall, which were harvested in their vegetable gardens. These homegrown vegetables went great with fish, their main source of protein.

Even when one of the students actually cites sources, the text is badly written and the markup is misformatted. Thanks. Carlstak (talk) 15:53, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have seen this problem discussed, but don't remember where. You might consider posting at WP:AN and ask where you should follow up. EdJohnston (talk) 16:10, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Ed. I try to avoid AN, but might post there as a last resort. Carlstak (talk) 18:35, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not to pile-on, but like Carlstak, I have found student edits at Samanid Epigraphic Ware less than constructive. The opening sentence was a mish-mash of copy & paste, while the references encompass entire journal articles(20-30 pages). --Kansas Bear (talk) 17:08, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at Samanid Epigraphic Ware to perceive the problem you describe, I noticed that one of the recent editors was User:Ian (Wiki Ed). He might be able to advise how to proceed. EdJohnston (talk) 18:20, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]