User talk:James Cobb

hello James, I'm maomao, nice to meet youHappyweekdays (talk) 19:47, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

Welcome!

Hello, James Cobb, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Shalor and I work with the Wiki Education Foundation; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.

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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:50, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

Introduction

Hi! I look forward to learning with you this semester. Hope you are having a great weekend.

Terumi94 (talk) 22:15, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

Reply

Hi. User:Shalor (Wiki Ed) is the Wikipedia expert assigned to your class. With respect to your sandbox draft, you need to supply her with more information - what topic are are you working on, for example? You need to include inline references, and actual links, not just notes where you should include links. Splitting your work into paragraphs is important.

As far as tone goes, you're not quite hitting it. Remember that Wikipedia articles need to be written from a neutral point of view. You shouldn't speculate about motive (e.g., "Because of the growing number of immigrants..." is one point of view. Another is "because of growing racism" might be another), just report the facts. You can report what different experts have said about motive, but you need to report on all sides, in a balanced fashion. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:51, 20 October 2017 (UTC)