User talk:HamshaAndrew

SSCI2831[edit]

This article was the subject of an educational assignment in Spring 2015. Further details were available on the "Education Program:University of Ontario Institute of Technology/Critical Race Theory (Winter 2015)" page, which is now unavailable on the wiki.

http://www.jstor.org.uproxy.library.dc- uoit.ca/stable/25073379?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents This article would be useful to explain race and intelligence. Using Jackson, J. P., Weidman, J.,and Weidman, N. M. article, The Origins of Scientific Racism,an insightful analysis of the origin and connections that were made between race and intelligence will be given. HamshaAndrew (talk) 19:05, 5 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Race and Intelligence[edit]

Hi HamshaAndrew, I'm providing support for your course on critical race theory. I noticed you added the article Race and Intelligence to your planned articles. That article (along with some others) has been a minefield for new and veteran editors alike for some time. So much so that the community has imposed special restrictions (referred to as discretionary sanctions--unfortunately that link is not very edifying), namely a strong and bright line restriction on edit warring (reverting another editor to preserve a particular contribution multiple times).

I'm mentioning this for two reasons. First, once you participate on the talk page or the article yourself, you are liable to receive a boilerplate notification of "sanctions", which if you aren't expecting it can be a bit disconcerting (the notice will likely look like this). Second, articles under these sort of sanctions are often much more difficult to contribute to than other articles, for a variety of reasons. You may find your contributions reverted by editors exercising an abundance of caution or you may discover that a section you hoped to improve has been the subject of months-long debate between heavily invested editors. By and large it is a tough article to tackle.

Ian, Wiki Ed's content expert in the sciences, has some experience in the topic are and can help you find a closely related topic which is not under the sanctions or he may be able to help you navigate your way through this article, though I would recommend choosing a different subject. I hope this helps. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me here or on my talk page. Adam (Wiki Ed) (talk) 20:00, 5 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia[edit]

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WeijiBaikeBianji (talk, how I edit) 17:25, 12 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Help me please![edit]

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Hello, can I close my account after I finish this course project? Thank you very much.

Sorry, accounts can't be closed. But all you have to do is stop using it. Anon126 (notify me of responses! / talk / contribs) 20:05, 12 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If you intend to never edit Wikipedia again, WP:Courtesy vanishing may be of interest. Huon (talk) 20:07, 12 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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