User talk:Abbycanningwiki

This user is a student editor in The_George_Washington_University/Embodied_Inequality-Rhetoric_of_Race_and_Racism_(Fall_2018) .

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Hello, Abbycanningwiki, 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) 14:55, 10 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Abby's peer review

Overall, the addition to the article looks really good and well put together. I did find one or two minor grammar/wording mistakes that can be fixed, but more importantly I did feel like the section on Tuskegee Syphilis Study was a little bit bias, not in a bad way though. At times it seemed as though more of your own opinion was being projected through the words instead of it just being general background information. I did, however, really like how you included quotes from scientist that had studied the topic. Having these quotes made the first part seem less bias in a way. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nahmed2257 (talk • contribs) 10:13, 22 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

November 2018

Hello, I'm Acroterion. I noticed that you made one or more changes to an article, Scientific racism, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Acroterion (talk) 12:50, 8 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Additionally, the content added was tangential to the article topic, which concerns the abuse of science in the service of racism, rather than (mis)application of race in scientific research. It also appeared to be drawing conclusions or making statements in Wikipedia's voice, all withot references or appropriate attribution. Everything must be rigorously sourced, especially in a contentious topic like this which has been the target of disruption from people with a specifically racist point of view. Significant departures from the article focus should either be covered in a separate article, or find consensus on the article talkpage first. Acroterion (talk) 12:55, 8 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not add or change content, as you did at Scientific racism, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Acroterion (talk) 17:44, 8 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Again, please cite sources, and please work within the scope of the article's subject. Please take the time to read and understand the article, which concerns a different topic. Please take the time to read my comments above as well, it isn't appropriate to simply ignore other editors, particularly after you've asked for comments on your edits. Acroterion (talk) 17:48, 8 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note on providing citations

Hi Abbycanningwiki, it's your Wikipedia Expert for your classroom assignment here. As the user above me pointed out, it is not only critical that you provide references when adding or changing content to an article, it is also mandatory. Wikipedia policies state that the burden of proof to support content is on the editor who makes the change. If you don't provide proof by citing a reliable source, it is pretty likely that your edits will get undone consistently. If you need a refresher on Wikipedia policies, please feel free to revisit trainings such as this one and this one as often as you'd like. Happy editing! Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:18, 9 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]