User talk:Hobartsquash/Boyz n the Hood

Feedback
Hi there Hobartsquash. I noticed the page you're working on here and just wanted to give you some feedback before you got too far into it.

After seeing your assignment page and your sandbox page, I have to say that what's on your sandbox reads a lot like an essay – and we try very hard to keep Wikipedia articles from resembling essays, especially ones that contain opinions and value judgments like your draft does. What you've written would be more appropriate as an opinion piece in a journalism outlet than for part of an encyclopedia. I define encyclopedias like dictionaries, not for word meanings, but for facts worth knowing. People go to encyclopedias to gain knowledge of facts, not of people's opinions on facts.

Anyway, here on Wikipedia, we have things called WikiProjects -- they're a way of organizing editors that like to contribute to articles that relate to a topic they're interested in. (They're also more than just that, but I'm keeping it simple for now.) I'm telling you that because I wanted to make you aware that there is one called WikiProject Film, which covers all film-related articles. Also, they have a Resources page that might be useful for you. And finally, they have even established their own page in our Manual of Style to lay out editing guidelines that apply specifically to articles about films. You might want to check those links out. I'll post this info on your course's discussion page as well, so maybe it can help your classmates too. &mdash; Garrett W. {☎ ✍} 04:07, 10 May 2023 (UTC)