User talk:Racheljsmall

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April 2017

Hello, I'm GorillaWarfare. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Trans woman, but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. GorillaWarfare (talk) 23:06, 23 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Trans woman media influence

Hi Racheljsmall,

Welcome to Wikipedia!

I noticed your addition to Trans woman in the area of Media influence, and it has a sourcing problem I'd like to explain to you. I notice that GorillaWarfare has already written to you about this same topic, using a a Wikipedia Template which is a way of placing some common, boilerplate text onto a page. There are certainly a lot of rules, guidelines, and policies around here, but you're doing fine, one of the main rules is be bold, so if you're not sure about something, just go ahead and do it. It's also normal around here to get reverted (which means someone else undoes what you did) or simply for someone to come by and change around what you wrote. That's normal, that's a part of the collaborative process, and a core way that Wikipedia works, so don't worry if stuff you write gets reverted or changed, especially while you're still learning the ropes. Even the experienced folks get reverted, so it's not a big deal.

Anyway, just wanted to let you know that I've flagged the references used in the Media influence section by tagging them with better source needed, like this:^[27]^{[better source needed]}. I've explained why I did this, and what has to happen now, in a new section on the article's Talk page. The new section is at the bottom of the page (because it's the most recent addition) but this link will get you straight to it, even if it's not at the bottom anymore by the time you read this: Talk:Trans woman#Media influence section.

Just like this page is your User talk page, every article on Wikipedia has its own talk page, and I've written something about the Media influence section there on the Trans woman article's talk page, which is called Talk:Trans woman. (Every article has a Talk page, you can get to it by clicking the "Talk" tab at the top of the article.) Please have a look at it, here: Talk:Trans woman#Media influence section and make any responses you have, there on the talk page. There's a good tutorial for how to use and respond on Talk pages at Help:Using talk pages; see especially the section on indentation.

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