User talk:Amanda1101

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Hello, Amanda1101, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Ian and I work with Wiki Education; 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. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:58, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

Your contributed article, An Overview of Medicare

If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article.

You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.

Hello, I noticed that you recently created a new page, An Overview of Medicare. First, thank you for your contribution; Wikipedia relies solely on the efforts of volunteers such as you. Unfortunately, the page you created covers a topic on which we already have a page – Medicare (United States). Because of the duplication, your article has been tagged for speedy deletion. Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will continue helping to improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at Medicare (United States). If you have new information to add, you might want to discuss it at the article's talk page.

If you think the article you created should remain separate, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Additionally if you would like to have someone review articles you create before they go live so they are not nominated for deletion shortly after you post them, allow me to suggest the article creation process and using our search feature to find related information we already have in the encyclopedia. Try not to be discouraged. Wikipedia looks forward to your future contributions. Fram (talk) 16:25, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Your draft

Hi Amanda1101. I moved your draft out of Wikipedia's mainspace, into a sandbox where you can rework it into something that's appropriate to use to expand a Wikipedia article.

I'm linking to the Editing Wikipedia brochure. Pages 7-9 in particular will give you a better sense of what a Wikipedia article should be like. Wikipedia articles describe what reliable sources say about topics, they aren't conversational with readers the way your work is. You also shouldn't create a new "Overview of Medicare" when there already is a Medicare (United States) article. Instead, you should see what areas are missing from that article and focus on adding to that.

Once you're done with drafting your additions, have a look at this video for help integrating your additions into the article. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:11, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

I also reverted your additions to the Medicare (United States) article. Anything you add to the article needs to be integrated into it as seamlessly as possible. You can't just add content to the start of the article like that.

You also need to focus on specifics when you're writing for Wikipedia. You wrote:

Partisan support for Medicare has varied historically. Initially, the act garnered support among both Democrats and Republicans. However, over the years, the political divide has become bigger, especially due to the issue of funding, benefit expansions, and potential reforms. Historically, Democrats have generally favored expanding Medicare benefits and ensuring robust funding, while some Republicans have often striven to implement reforms that could include privatization or changes to how benefits are administered.

A statement like Initially, the act garnered support among both Democrats and Republicans is very vague. How much support? At what point in time are you talking about? You need to be specific, and you need to cite your source for this right after the statement. Also However, over the years, the political divide has become bigger doesn't say much. How did the support diverge, and when?

Being specific like this is important. And making sure you're citing supporting sources is critical. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:17, 8 November 2024 (UTC)