User talk:Wc01873

This user is a student editor in Georgia_Southern_University/Sociology_of_the_Life_Course_(Spring_2018) .

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Hello, Wc01873, 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) 20:32, 23 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft[edit]

Hello, I moved your draft back to your sandbox as it is not ready for wikipedia mainspace. Please don't move it back again. Instead read Wikipedia:So you made a userspace draft and when your draft is ready submit it to Wikipedia:Articles for creation by using the Article Creation Wizard. Thanks. Polyamorph (talk) 11:14, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Polyamorph! Wc01873, I have a few notes for you:

When writing, avoid terms like "we" and "you", as this style is too casual for Wikipedia and gives off the impression of a single writer whereas Wikipedia prefers a style that doesn't give off this impression.
Avoid original research (ie, claims or opinions that are created by you or I).
Sourcing needs to be in-line. Also make sure that you're careful with your sourcing. Studies aren't the best choices for sourcing because they're seen as primary sources for the research and claims contained therein. This means that in order to use a study on Wikipedia you'll need to show where the study has received coverage in independent sourcing, such as being mentioned in a scholarly text or covered in a literature review in a peer-reviewed journal article. It's not that they can't be used, just that claims and researches made in studies need to be verified and covered by a secondary source, as the journals that publish the studies don't really provide this - they only make sure that the study isn't obviously fake or problematic.

Finally, this is already covered to a degree in the existing article on wrinkles. I see that you've already tried adding the material there, however this will need a re-write before it's really ready. I can definitely help you with this. I'll re-write a few sentences on your sandbox to give you an example of how the writing should be structured. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:47, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oh! One other note - since this will be in the existing article on wrinkles, you won't have to re-state content that's already in the article and can instead focus specifically on the effect of climate and other external factors on wrinkles. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:48, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]