User:Cpantelis1/sandbox

Task for Week 5
Find an appropriate subject guide or page and post it to your Sandbox along with a 1-paragraph summary of its most important points.

Answer
When editing or creating a Wikipedia page regarding a person, it is crucial to understand the idea of the person's notability. What is meant by this term is the understanding of what makes this person significant or their definitive contributions, rather than just their popularity at the time. In order to make this judgement, editors or creators must first consult the credibility of the sources they are looking to utilize information from. The best sources to use for a biographical Wikipedia article come from sources with editors who have checked over the text, rather than sources who have self-published authors. Also, consideration must be taken for bias and misrepresentation of character in the source material because the source may be credible, but may present false claims. Once the sources have been found, the actual text of the article must be written in a neutral tone. This means that the article includes no source of bias and all points of view surrounding the article's topic person have been illustrated fairly and to a similar degree. In terms of organization, the article should not over express certain sections within the article. From a comparative view, biographical articles on people from different fields will have varying article structure. This is because the "notability" of each of these people will be drastically different, whereas people from the similar fields will have a similar structure of how the Wikipedia article will be written. For example, articles written on basketball superstars will be significantly different from those written on accomplished scientists. Most importantly, source material must be cited in order to avoid any form of plagiarism. Understanding Wikipedia's policies for plagiarism and expressing the information in other words are crucial to avoid any violations of plagiarism.

User Guide
Biography