User talk:Dante2018

Welcome!
Hello, Dante2018, 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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2018 Women's March
Hi, I wanted to give you a head's up on this article. It's held under sanctions, which means that the article is more closely watched than others because the editing history of the article has raised quite a bit of discussion. The editing history had a lot of people arguing about what to add, how to write it, and what to source it with, so the article being sanctioned is meant to foster more discussion and collaboration. What this means to you as an editor is that whatever you add has to be written as neutrally as possible and sourced with the strongest possible sources.

I did take a look at your contributions and they aren't written in a neutral fashion. Something to be very careful about are slang words and euphemisms, as they should be avoided. The reasons for this are numerous - for one, people often associate specific feelings and emotions with them, so they're not really neutral. Another reason is that some of these words and phrases aren't easily understood by all readers, not in the way that a more direct and literal statement would. You can read more about this in this section about words that lack precision.

Here are some other notes I have:


 * It is a women-led movement providing education on the intersectionality of many issues and creating pathways for many individuals to have a voice in society
 * Be careful of stating that something does or doesn't do something because the effectiveness of movements are often heavily debated. It's better to say something like "It is a women-led movement aimed at providing education on the intersectionality of many issues and creating pathways for many individuals to have a voice in society". This shows that it's the movement's aims and claims. You could also write it as "It is a women-led movement that proponents state provide education on the intersectionality of many issues and create pathways for many individuals to have a voice in society." since that again attributes the claim.


 * The Seattle Times reports that "Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan and Rep. Annie Kuster were both expected to speak at the Saturday rally, but organizers say they were unable to leave D.C. There was no shortage of speakers at the event despite the no-shows".
 * This quote could probably be rephrased in your own words.

In two sections you used content that was taken verbatim or nearly verbatim from the source material. Even with you using the source as a citation, this is still considered to be a copyright and plagiarism issue since the material was set up like it was written in your own words. Always be careful when writing article content - a good way to avoid doing this is to take notes while reading and write your article from those notes. Unless the material is explicitly marked as falling into the public domain or was released under a compatible Creative Commons license, it should be assumed that the content is copyrighted in a way that would prohibit it from being used verbatim elsewhere. It's always best to write things in your own words, as this can help prevent issues like this from arising. I would like for you to review the module on plagiarism and copyright, thanks. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:54, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

Minor edit
When you make an edit to an article, only mark it as minor if you are doing something small, like fixing a grammatical error. If you're adding any substantial contributions, don't mark it as minor. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:11, 11 December 2018 (UTC)