User talk:WanliC+1

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16:09, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

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Hello, WanliC+1, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Shalor 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. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:34, 29 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Taoism

Hi - I saw that you edited the article on Taoism. I've removed the edits for a couple of reasons, which I'll elaborate on below:

The main issue is one of sourcing. Some of the additions were unsourced, while others used sourcing that wasn't reliable. For example, you used Wikipedia to back up claims. Wikipedia cannot be used to source itself, as anyone can edit the site and as such, it'll never have the editorial oversight and verification needed to be seen as reliable. You also used Wikipedia mirrors like this one.

There were also some tone issues, since occasionally you would term something as notable - this should be avoided for two reasons. The first is that if something is covered enough in reliable sources to be included it's assumed to be notable. The other is that notable can be seen as us making a judgement in the same way that we would call something pretty or awesome.

Also keep in mind that there is an article on Taoist schools, so school and era specific information should probably go in there.

I hope that this all helps! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:55, 29 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]