User talk:Alexis.charles

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Nice job!

Nice job on tutorials and user page! Full credit. J.R. Council (talk) 20:44, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

Choosing a Topic for Wikipedia Assignment

Hey guys we should look at some topics that interest each of us and then vote on one  topic for our assignment. Alexis.charles (talk) 17:20, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

My idea is to work on the wikipedia page for "Bell Let's Talk," which is a movement to end the stigma of mental health. There is hardly any information about it on wikipedia currently, but it's something I've known about for a while so I was surprised to see such a lack of information. Every year, there is a Bell Let's Talk day where people on twitter or other social media sites share their experiences with mental health and fight to end the stigma. I think there is potential for lots of additional information on the topic, and it seems pretty interesting. Let me know what you think. Serenacurran (talk) 17:28, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

I found a couple that seem interesting! The topic of Rational Behavior Therapy only has a definition of what it is, so there could be a lot of information that we all could to add to that. Lcapp (talk) 17:32, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

Serena, that seems like a good one to look into. We should see what resources we could use for that one if we picked it. Lauren, I also saw the RBT page as well there is a lot of potential there. One I was thinking about is the Live, Love, Laugh Foundation, it is a foundation created to reduce stigma and raise awareness about suicide. Like the Bell Let's Talk it has gained a lot of social media popularity recently. This foundation is also part of the movement of getting sites like Facebook to remove suicides off of livestreams. There is a lot of information about it on their foundation page as well. Alexis.charles (talk) 17:36, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

My idea is to work on the page for Lynne Finney! She is a psychotherapist from Utah who focuses on repressed memories. She herself went through hypnotherapy in her 40s and learned that she had been abused as a child but had been repressing these memories. This is all her page says about her but I'm guessing there is a lot more to her. This is just an idea! Laurengrant19 (talk) 17:41, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

I think both the Bell Let's Talk and the Live, Love, Laugh foundation could be really interesting to do! I feel that we could get a lot of information on both of those. Lcapp (talk) 17:46, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

I also like them both! It looks like the Live Love Laugh foundation has more information on it on their website than the Bell Let's Talk website does so maybe that should be our first choice? and we could have the Bell Let's Talk as our second choice? Laurengrant19 (talk) 14:14, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

Actually, so I looked ahead to Wikipedia assignment 4 and it looks like we have to have references for the page from legitimate publications like published books or journal articles! I looked for some for both of these movements and came up empty handed. Do you guys think this will be an issue for us? Laurengrant19 (talk) 14:18, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

Lauren, I think you're probably right...we might have issues with those because the topics are so modern and there are no academic sources on them. I think we should try to keep looking to find some other ideas, keeping in mind we'll need journal articles or books as sources for them. Serenacurran (talk) 02:25, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

I was thinking about sources too. We can still incorporate journal articles on those two topics especially when discussing the history. There is lots of research on the importance of suicide awareness we could use to support the foundations reason for starting up. We can also use sources like cdc and the dsm 5 on prevalence rates; which are things these foundations try to raise awareness about. I think it will be good to brainstorm about this. Alexis.charles (talk) 18:35, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

Dr. Council said that they are legitimate mental health services so they are good! We just need credible sources, not necessarily peer-reviewed journal articles. So Bell Let's Talk and Live, Love, Laugh foundation sound like good topics! Laurengrant19 (talk) 14:03, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

Okay, so our topic choices are 1: The Live, Laugh Love Foundation and 2: Bell Let's Talk Alexis.charles (talk) 17:07, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

Promotional sources, neutrality

I'm sorry but I had to revert your changes at The Live Love Laugh Foundation. Please try to write neutrally (WP:NPOV) and factually. This will be easier if you summarize non-primary sources. ☆ Bri (talk) 05:27, 8 December 2018 (UTC)