User talk:GSammarcoNEC

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Hello, GSammarcoNEC, 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) 13:14, 12 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

National Museum of Brazil

Hi! I'm going to tag the other students' pages that edited this article as well: Breanalloyd, Scaloggero24, JGardyne32. The additions to the page are largely good, however make sure that you are careful to avoid point of view phrases and that you use a variety of sources. For example, statements like "very generous" are seen as relative to the reader. Even the word "predictable" in relation to the fire can be seen as reliant on the reader's standpoint on the matter, even if most would agree. For this reason, if a POV statment is used it should be attributed to the person making the claim, such as "critics state that..." or "according to...". As far as sourcing goes, The Economist is a reliable source, but it's important to make sure that you're not too reliant on a single source for information. The reason for this is that sometimes news outlets can get something wrong or the journalist may include their own opinions, so it's important to get a good depth of coverage to really back up claims.

That said, I'm glad that you chose to include information on this topic in the article! Good choice! --ReaderofthePack (｡◕‿◕｡) 20:11, 14 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Sorry - that's my main account, I forgot to log out! --Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 20:12, 14 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]