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- The Introduction was okay but it should focus more on the reason for there being an ABA and perhaps a mission statement or some kind of official statement that allows the ABA to speak for itself, therefore ensuring the neutral content that Wikipedia wants. - The History section is very brief and it would be more informative to include why the field of anthropology has been such a white dominated area of study. There should also be more information about the struggles that creating an Association of Black Anthropologists entails and the pushback that the founders may have faced. - It would be informative to include some achievements or awards that the ABA has received. A short list of notable members and their accomplishments would also help to solidify what the association is as a group and the things they stand for. There should also be some kind of section that shows the work the ABA does in and out of the anthropological world. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dbuitron (talk • contribs) 04:28, 31 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi - I wanted to drop a quick note or two. I looked over the draft and one thing I want to caution about is that Wikipedia articles tend to favor a very general, broad overview of topics. While this is very in-depth, this is too detailed for Wikipedia's purposes. For example, having a general overview of the annual meetings is good, however there is no need to list specific sessions by name unless there is a lot of independent coverage that highlights these sessions. The same would go for specific issues of the organization's journal - I would only create a subsection for specific issues if there is enough independent coverage to justify this. The coverage for these look to be almost or entirely primary sources (things released by the ABA and their members) so per Wikipedia's guidelines there only needs to be a general overview each topic, such as a paragraph or two about the annual meetings and about the journal. I would also recommend removing the content about the books published by ABA members. Unless these books were published by the ABA or through the ABA, they don't really pertain to the general topic and as such, would be seen as off-topic as far as Wikipedia is concerned. Also be cautious of tone. It's not bad, make sure that you're writing in as neutral and encyclopedic a fashion as possible.

The reason I'm cautioning you about this is that there is a very good chance that a lot of this will be edited down to fit Wikipedia's scope. It may not happen immediately (I see that the draft is already live so I'll post this to the talk page as well) but it is very likely to happen. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:05, 13 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]