Talk:Chip Morningstar

message: Is this his real name? Sounds a bit Gibsonesque.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.101.59.163 (talk) 17:12, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Real name? 

message: Overall the article is very general and major aspects of the topic are missing. There are many ideas that are clumped into a small paragraph (i.e. hypertext, The Palace, the International Game Developers Associaton etc), which makes the article difficult to follow.  There should be more information about each project and also background information that describes the events that led up to Morningstar’s professional career (i.e. childhood, undergraduate, graduate school, research etc.) Additionally, there are very few references that support the article, which really limits its overall credibility.  For example, the sentence: “He is known for How to Deconstruct Almost Anything, an essay in which…” has no evidence that supports that this text has actually made him recognized. The sentence structure should entail something along the lines of: “Over 1 million copies of How to Deconstruct Almost Anything were sold in 25 different countries”  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kolinsd1 (talk • contribs) 03:01, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needs Attention 

message: The article as it is is too much like a timeline as opposed to being biographical. It mentions multiple projects that Morningstar worked on but doesn't go into great detail about them. The article needs more information about his early life. Such as the date of his birth, where he was born, etc. It also mentions he graduated from University of Michigan but doesn't give any details about what he majored in. His major along with his studies and projects could be added for more in-depth background information. The article also needs more sources to support the data in the article.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dcast55 (talk • contribs) 22:38, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not Enough Sources 

message: it needs a lot of work...— Preceding unsigned comment added by LeRoy92 (talk • contribs) 17:56, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  ... 

message: attending the RefWorks workshop will help our group properly cite our sources  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kolinsd1 (talk • contribs) 22:12, 17 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  RefWorks Workshop 

message: I'm having a little trouble finding about information about Chip Morningstar's personal life before college.  i.e. high school, family life, etc.
Any assistance in this aspect of the article would definitely help improve its quality
Kolinsd1 (talk) 22:27, 17 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Information about his life before college 

message: I added a personal life section and an honors and recognitions section. I got the information for the personal life section from his Facebook and his online resume. For the honors and recognition section i got the information from his online resume. To get more information i tried messaging him on Facebook but got no reply.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by LeRoy92 (talk • contribs) 00:36, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  What i added.. 

message: Morningstar, Chip, and Randall Farmer. "The Lessons of Lucasfilm's Habitat." Journal of Virtual Worlds Research 1.1 (2008): 1-20.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by LeRoy92 (talk • contribs) 01:18, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Here is a Journal article by Chip Morningstar 

message: Updated Morningstar's early career section. Also rewrote the abstract for the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dcast55 (talk • contribs) 18:47, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Updates: 

message: One of Morningstar's published works: The Lesson's of a Lucas Film's Habitat.  This article helps add to "research and published" works section and inform editors of a major concept that Morningstar has participated in his professional career.  Additionally, on Google scholar it notes that this article has been cited by 313 different articles, which can help gain other perspectives about this work so the article will conform to Wikipedia’s policy regarding a "neutral point of view."  For example, virtual_geographies.pdf (application/pdf object) Retrieved 12/20/2011, 2011, from http://www.gunkelweb.com/articles/virtual_geographies.pdf is an article that cites The Lesson's of a Lucas Film's Habitat. Starting on page 127, this article discusses Morningstar's work and how it contributed to cyberspace.  This can help improve the quality of the article by looking at a different perspective of Morningstar's work. The author elaborates on Morningstar's work and thoroughly summarizes the concept and goals of Habitat.  This article can be useful for the beginning blurb, the career section, and the research and publications section. 
 Kolinsd1 (talk) 21:10, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Additional Sources: 

message: I am in the process of using scholarly databases and Google to find information about Morningstar's current career and published works.  It was difficult to summarize most of his works because I could not locate them online.  Also, if I encountered information about other aspects of the article, I properly cite and add that information accordingly.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kolinsd1 (talk • contribs) 22:35, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Processing Update: 

message: I added more publications that Morningstar had and a few links to some of the works.  I do not think all of them are available online, but I added the ones that I was able to find.  Additionally, since I could only locate a few of them, I was not able to provide a summary for all of the works.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kolinsd1 (talk • contribs) 23:35, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  More published works 

message: I removed a couple of links that did not contribute to the content of the article.  I also added a few links that brings users directly to his published works --Kolinsd1 (talk) 23:43, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed dead or unnecessary links 

message: Dickey-dissertation.pdf (application/pdf object) Retrieved 12/20/2011, 2011, from http://mchel.com/Papers/Dickey-Dissertation.pdf
This also cites and extensively discusses The Lessons of Lucasfilm's habitat.  It can be another source to improve the quality of the article.  I attempted to find a focused book review of a single book, but Morningstar does not have any books.  All of his publications are in scholarly journals so it was difficult to find a review of a single journal article.  I also checked the newspaper database and found a few articles about Morningstar, but I had trouble locating a newspaper article that reviews or extensively discusses one of Morningstar's works.  The only articles I found were summaries about projects that he was working on.
--Kolinsd1 (talk) 00:58, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Additional Resource 

message: Our group enhanced the overall quality of the article by changing it from a completely plagiarized blurb to a well thought out and developed article.  We brainstormed different section titles that are applicable to Morningstar's life so we can present the article in a more organized manner.  Our group then worked collaboratively by having each group member assigned to certain sections, but we contributed to other aspects of the article if we encountered relevant information in our research.  Additionally, if there was ever a problem or question regarding wikipedia formatting or having trouble finding information, we helped each other and communicated ideas via email.  This is not the final edit from the group, but more of an overall summary of what our group did to contribute to the article.
--Kolinsd1 (talk) 01:19, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Project summary/edit progression 

message: I went through the the abstract again and fixed some plagiarism issues with information previously written in the article. The opening sentence is still coming up as plagiarized, but I'm having trouble coming up with either a way to rewrite this intro, or how to add a new intro sentence. I made minor revisions to the intro sentence, yet am still unsure how to completely rewrite it to fix the plagiarism issues.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dcast55 (talk • contribs) 02:08, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  More Updates