User:Kumioko/Sandbox1

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This is the Subject Matter Expert (SME) page. The purpose of this page is to allow Wikipedians to designate themselves as a subject matter expert or near expert in a specified area within Wikipedia. This could be on a certain topic such as math or science or in Wikipedia policy and procedures itself. This list is unverified and there is no official credentialing process so be weary of answers or suggestions. Don't be afraid to ask for a 2nd opinion, even experts don't always have all the answers. There is no voting on who is an expert and anyone can remove or add their names as they wish.

Note:

By volunteering as an SME you should be available and willing to assist other users in the areas you designate yourself and expert or near expert in.

The department provides assistance in several areas:

  • Administrators (for help with sysop requests or general advice)
  • Copy-editing (including Manual of Style compliance and comprehensive stylistic editing for featured article candidates)
  • Graphics (including maps, diagrams, and charts)
  • Linguistics (including simple translation and help with sourcing in a wide variety of languages)
  • Photography (including clean-up and retouching, help with fair use rationales, and new images)
  • Categories (including articles or wikipedia policy or general assistance)
  • Sources (including verification of journal articles)

Contents

[edit] Administrators

The administrators listed on this page have agreed to perform as SME's in specified areas. Although administrators are expected to have a general understanding of much if not all of the policies within wikipedia, most specialize in sepcific tasks such as anti-vandalism. Those listed below are happy to carry out any admin-specific tasks that are requested. If informal dispute resolution is needed then the please leave a message on the talk page.

  • Please add your name in alphabetical order above this line as well as the subject you are a SME in and the level (Ie Expert, near expert, intermediate, etc).

[edit] Copy-editing

Requests can also be addressed to The League of Copyeditors
For a DIY approach, see How to copy-edit

All articles can be improved by copy-editing in one form or another. An uninvolved editor looking at text with fresh eyes will see things that need fixing which the familiar editor won’t. Different articles benefit from different levels of copy-editing. Before requesting a copy-edit, decide which of the following levels is most appropriate.

  1. Copy-edit lite: basic proof-reading, spellchecking, punctuation.
  2. English variant conversion: for example, from American English to Commonwealth English, or vice versa.
  3. Naturalising: copy-edit for editors whose English is fluent but not perfect.
  4. FAC prose copy-edit: flow, structure, elegance.
  5. FAC technical copy-edit: MoS-compliance for dashes, hard spaces, numbers, measurement conversion.

As a thank you for good copy-editing input, nominators could consider awarding the Copy-editor's barnstar. {{subst:The Copyeditor's Barnstar|message ~~~~}}

Instructions:

  • To sign up as a copy-editor, just add your name to the copy-editors list below. Please provide an indication of the level of copy-editing you provide.
  • To request a copy-edit, either contact one of the copy-editors direct on their talk page or list your request at the bottom of the Requests for copy-editing section below.

[edit] Copy-editors

The following editors will help with copy-edits.

  • Please add your name in alphabetical order above this line.

[edit] Requests for copy-editing

  • Please list the article for copy-editing here (at the bottom), mentioning the type of copy edit sought. Please sign the request with ~~~~.
  • Copy-editors: when accepting an article for copy-editing, please add a comment #: Copy-editing ~~~~ under the article listing. When the copy-edit is complete, strike through the article name with <s> ... </s>.
  1. Add new requests above this line

[edit] Graphics

Shortcut:
WP:MHL#GRAPHICS
See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps, Wikipedia:Graphic Lab, and Wikipedia:WikiProject Illustration

Graphics add color and interest to most articles. Maps are often the single most useful addition to a military history article. They can show the deployment of forces and the lie of the land with a clarity and brevity unmatched by a description alone. Diagrams can often serve the same function. Coats-of-arms, and similar, can add color to an otherwise monochrome page. Here are some useful sources for maps:

More extensive resource lists for particular topics are maintained by the corresponding task forces.

Sometimes, no suitable graphic exists and one needs to be drawn. At other times, an existing map or diagram can be modified or tailored to suit the needs of a particular article.

The simplest solutions is to search available images in the net and link to them as long as we have no solution of sufficient quality or accuracy in commons. So, if an image is available online, but cannot be uploaded to Wikipedia, it may be appropriate to use {{externalimage}} to provide a direct link to the image and a (referenced) description of what the image depicts.

For a thank you for graphic help, consider awarding {{subst:The Graphic Designer's Barnstar|message ~~~~}}

Instructions:

  • To offer help, just add your name to the graphics editors list below. Please say whether you prefer to just modify existing material or can design material from scratch.
  • To request help, either contact one of the editors direct on their talk page or list your request in the requests for graphics section.

[edit] Graphics editors

  • The following editors can help with modifying or creating graphics. Freehand illustrators who work on paper and can scan their illustration for uploading to Commons are also welcome. Please say whether you can create maps.
  • Please add your name above this line.

[edit] Requests for graphics

  • Please explain what you are looking for, mentioning the article name, or the name of the graphic that you'd like modified, and sign the request with ~~~~.
  • Graphic editors: when accepting a request, please add a comment #: Accepted. ~~~~ under the listing. When the graphic is complete, strike through the request with <s> ... </s>.
  1. Add new requests above this line

[edit] Linguistics

Shortcut:
WP:MHL#BABEL
Requests for translations can be addressed to Wikipedia:Translation

The aim is to provide foreign language support to editors researching articles. In addition to broadening the information available, it can help avoid reflecting the Anglosphere point of view that can sometimes come from reporting a subject exclusively from English-language sources. Examples include:

  1. Providing translations of short sections from non-English sources into English;
  2. Providing translations of photograph captions;
  3. Providing the gist of non-English articles for evaluation as a possible source;
  4. Helping with foreign language searches for non-English sources for later translation.

As a thank you for help with language problems, consider awarding {{subst:The Rosetta Barnstar|message ~~~~}}

Instructions:

  • To provide language support, just add your name to the linguists list below. Please provide a list of the languages you speak.
  • To request language support, either contact the linguist on their talk page or list your request at the bottom of the requests for language support section below.

[edit] Linguists

The following editors can provide non-English language support.

  • Please add your name in alphabetical order above this line, listing the languages you can help with.

[edit] Requests for language support

  • Please list the request below, with a summary of languiawarticle for copy-editing here, mentioning the type of copy edit sought. Please sign the request with ~~~~.
  • Linguists: when accepting a request, please add a comment #: Dealing ... ~~~~ under the article listing. When the request is complete, strike through the article name with <s> ... </s>.
  1. Add new requests above this line

[edit] Photography

Shortcut:
WP:MHL#PHOTOS
The Graphic Lab can retouch photographs.

Good use of photography can immeasurably improve an article. Frequently, a good suitable image already exists on Wikimedia Commons and can be used as is. Sometimes, this is not the case. This section will help you if

  1. an existing Commons photograph needs cropping, cleaning up, or otherwise modifying;
  2. an existing suitable Commons photograph doesn't yet exist and it needs to be sourced, and uploaded, with an appropriate copyright notice or free use rationale;
  3. or existing suitable Commons photograph doesn't yet exist and needs taking specially.

As a thank you for help with photographic problems, consider awarding {{subst:The Photographer's Barnstar|message ~~~~}}

Instructions:

  • If you can help with photographic images, add your name to the list in the photography editors section. Please mention what skills you can provide ("retouching", "clean up", "sourcing images", "fair use rationale" etc).
  • To ask for assistance, either contact one of the editors direct on their talk page or list your request in the requests for for clean up and repair or requests for new photos sections below.

[edit] Photography editors

The following editors will help with photography. Please summarise the skills you can provide.

  • Please add your name above this line.

[edit] Requests for clean up and repair

This section is requesting help with modifying or cleaning up photographs that already exist on Commons.

  • Please explain what you are looking for, including the image filename, and sign the request with ~~~~.
  • Photographic editors: when accepting a request, please add a comment #: Accepted. ~~~~ under the listing. When the work is complete, strike through the request with <s> ... </s>.
  1. Add new requests above this line

[edit] Request help with copyright and fair use rationale

This section is requesting help with copyright issues and for dealing with difficulties in supplying fair use rationales. The image may already exist on Commons or be an image you are thinking of uploading.

  • Please summarise the problem, including the image filename if the image is already on Commons.
  • When accepting a request, please add a comment #: Accepted. ~~~~ under the listing. When the work is complete, strike through the request with <s> ... </s>.
  1. Add new requests above this line

[edit] Requests for new photos

If you are looking for an out-of-copyright image (for example, "General Pétain at Verdun"), list it here. If you are looking for a highly specific image (for example, a photograph of the cannon on the ramparts at Essaouira, Morocco) try asking first on the talk page of the appropriate wikiproject (in this case, Morocco) before requesting it here. Sign the request with ~~~~.

  • Photographic editors: when accepting a request, please add a comment #: Accepted. ~~~~ under the listing. When the work is complete, strike through the request with <s> ... </s>.
  1. Add new requests above this line

[edit] Article Categories

The purpose here is to help provide Subject Matter assistance for articles. This sub-section is particularly useful for more specialist or obscure subjects. As a thank you for help with sources, consider awarding {{subst:The Citation Barnstar|message ~~~~}}

[edit] Mathematics

[edit] Science

[edit] Military history and tactics

  • Kumioko (talk), Expert in matters relating to Marine Corps Manpower Systems, terminology, policies and procedures, Knowledgeable in Matters relating to Medal of Honor recipients, Military awards and United States military history.

[edit] Wikipedia

[edit] Policies

[edit] Vandalism

[edit] Manual of Style

[edit] Other

[edit] Sources

The purpose here is to help provide high quality sources for articles. This sub-department is particularly useful for more specialist or obscure subjects. As a thank you for help with sources, consider awarding {{subst:The Citation Barnstar|message ~~~~}}

[edit] JSTOR

Further information: JSTOR

JSTOR is a database containing articles from academic journals on a vast range of subjects, which can be searched easily either using Google or the JSTOR search engine. For non-subscribers, the results contain a JSTOR summary page containing the reference details, together with (typically) the first page of the article. The following editors can help with JSTOR articles. You should contact them directly on their talk pages.

[edit] Other available editor resources

  • Askari Mark (talk) (Has online access to Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft (JAWA), Jane’s World Air Forces (JWAF), Jane’s Defence Weekly (JDW), and Scramble database. Also has access to most annual issues of IISS’ World Military Balance back through the mid-1980s, as well as several years of Air Force Magazine.)
  • Blnguyen (talk) (Access to "Journal of Southeast Asian Studies" and "Southeast Asia Research" for plundering military related articles)
  • Buckshot06 (talk) (current subscriber to Jane's Defence Weekly, also holds many issues of IISS Military Balance, including most recent few (like '08 edition), and Jane's Fighting Ships, 99-00 edition, plus many many articles and resources on post-Soviet military of last fifteen years)
  • Carom (talk) (Access to other electronic databases (including the History Cooperative) that allow access to recent issues of periodicals that may be unavailable in JSTOR due to the moving wall.)
  • Climie.ca (talk) (Contact me if you need assistance. All books listed in my Libary. I can find refs for just about anything for the First & Second World Wars)
  • Dreamafter (talk) (Access to the AAAS magazine if required.)
  • Harlsbottom (talk) (JSTOR as above. Project Muse as well. All the books listed in my Library - will eventually finish updating the thing)
  • MBK004 (talk) (as well as JSTOR, I have access to a few other online databases, and my maritime-warfare library (I'll finish populating the list eventually))
  • Nick Dowling (talk) (Has access to Jane's Fighting Ships and Jane's World Air Forces.)
  • SGGH (talk) (as well as JSTOR above I have access to the Times Newspaper online archives, and dozens and dozens of other sources which are too numerous to list here, all during term time only, try me.)
  • Wandalstouring (talk) (Projekt Dyabola, international archaeological database)

[edit] Requests for sources

  • Please add requests for sources here, mentioning the article name/s. When the material has been sourced, please strike through the request with <s> ... </s>.
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