User talk:Emiller202

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Hello, Emiller202, 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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Draft:Sapiosexual
Hi, there was previously a draft at this title, but it got deleted. I don't know how substantial it was, but if it might be of use to you, you can request it to be undeleted: you can do that at this page. It's worth bearing in mind hat there used to be a very short article at the title of Sapiosexuality, which got turned into a redirect after this discussion. – Uanfala (talk) 21:55, 2 March 2019 (UTC)

Hi, thank you for letting me know about this (!) and for providing a link to request the draft to be undeleted. Emiller202 (talk) 22:18, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi! I actually wanted to warn you about this as well! I wanted to give you a few notes:
 * With sourcing, make sure that you have as much scholarly and academic sourcing as possible. Be very careful, however, when it comes to studies as those are seen as primary sources and can't really establish notability. The issue with studies is that they're primary sources for the claims and research, so independent secondary sources are needed to help back up the claims in the study, give them context, and to provide commentary. This training module, while it does specify health and medical topics, covers the reasons why studies are seen as problematic on Wikipedia.
 * Make sure that you write this as neutrally as possible and that all claims are backed up with a reliable source.
 * I hope this helps! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 20:36, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

Hi Shalor! Thank you for the message. There aren't too many scholarly sources about sapiosexuality that I could find, so should I erase what I have written that uses the primary sources from the Australian University? I mean this as respectfully as possible and I'm just not aware, but I thought I was being neutral by providing both sides of the criticisms. If that's not perceived as neutral by you or other readers, should I erase that section, too? I don't mind. I would just like to know so I'm not putting the wrong stuff out there. Thank you again! Emiller202 (talk) 02:31, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

Hi Ellen! I really like your article. I had no idea sapiosexuality was even a thing before your article. I really like how your article is organized and structured and from what I read it perceives to be well balanced and neutral. My only suggestion would be to maybe work on the overview section to better explain what those studies findings concluded in regards to sapiosexuality. That section was the only section that I found a bit confusing, other than that I thought your article was super well developed and clear!! Kaseyscors (talk) 04:03, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

Note
Hi! Sorry I didn't see your prior note! With the study, it isn't that this is or isn't a neutral source but rather that because it's a study it's a primary source for anything written by its creators. We would need independent sourcing covering the study to show that this isn't just beliefs held by its creators or to show where their information fits into the larger picture. I'd look to see who cites the study, as they may have written a literature review that could be used as a source.

For the article, I'd recommend putting it through AfC since the article was previously deleted via a deletion discussion. This way if it makes it through, that'll take care of most community concerns. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:36, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

That's okay! I did some more research and I couldn't find other sources that used the UWA source so I deleted it since there wasn't any backup. Thank you for your feedback, Shalor! Emiller202 (talk) 01:16, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Sapiosexual has a new comment
 I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Sapiosexual. Thanks! Bkissin (talk) 16:43, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Sapiosexual has been accepted
 Sapiosexual, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created. The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article. You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. If your account is more than four days old and you have made at least 10 edits you can create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer. Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia! Missvain (talk) 23:15, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
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