User talk:Jaclyn Docherty/sandbox

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•You should probably add subheadings above paragraphs/keep one general topic to each paragraph

•I’m not sure if the personal story about your friend should be included because it makes the article seem less objective

•It is clear that you do not approve of the stereotype so the article should be written from a more neutral perspective

•Most of your statements do not have sources/links, so it is hard to figure out where you got the information from and makes the article seem a little bit too opinionated

•You mention “some people”, “majority of people” or “most people” pretty often, which we are apparently not supposed to do (I did this too whoops)

•Are there any authors out there who think that the crazy cat lady stereotype isn’t a big deal? All of the authors mentioned think it is sexist and harmful (which I also agree with) but we are supposed to be writing from a neutral standpoint, so including only authors with negative things to say makes it hard for the article to remain unbiased

•You only seem to have one internal link to an article besides the cat lady article, so Wikipedia might get mad at you if you do not add more (you could do it on things as simple as “Facebook”, “Taylor Swift”, or even “Cats”)

•Make sure to include citations after including quotes by people so Wikipedia doesn’t think you are plagiarizing

•You don’t have the little numbers after your statements that you reference so you should double check that you are adding citations correctly (I am pretty sure that after you include them using the cite button they will automatically appear under the “references” heading)

•Overall, you put a lot of good research into the subject, especially with the links and sources you included in the bottom paragraph. After reading this with the guidelines on the board I realized my article is definitely a bit too opinionated as well, so trust me you’re not alone. All of the points you brought up were valid and made a lot of sense, so as long as you remove the opinionated language/work on making your view more neutral, and add more links and sources, then your article will be awesome! Good luck!!!!

Bdevea1 (talk) 14:55, 17 March 2016 (UTC)bdevea1 (Barbie Deveau)