User talk:Jessjohnsonl

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Hello, Jessjohnsonl, 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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Fake news
Hi! I wanted to give you some explanation on why the content you added to fake news was reverted. The content was reverted by, who I'm tagging in this post.

The basic gist is that the addition just re-stated what was already in the article and in a way that was too casual for Wikipedia's writing style. Avoid terms like "you", "we", and "our", as Wikipedia eschews these terms. The content also felt a little bit more like a recommendation than an encyclopedia addition, as the way it was written came across as something you were recommending to the reader. Generally speaking, content should not feel like it comes from a specific person since that can make it seem like it's coming from a specific viewpoint. You should also be careful about redundancy, as an article should be as succinct as possible. You should also be careful to make sure that any claims made are explicitly stated in the source used to back up the claim - otherwise this can be considered original research, which should not be on Wikipedia. I couldn't tell if it did this or not since it's behind a paywall, but I thought I would add this in. Finally, be careful about where you place an addition, as the place you added the content didn't really fit what you added.

That said, the source itself looked to be good from what I could see of it. It has editorial oversight and is published via SAGE, two things that help show that it would be a reliable source. (There are other criteria, but that can get kind of technical.)

Don't let this reversion get you down. Starting out with editing on Wikipedia can be pretty tough and just about everyone has made some mistakes when learning the ins and outs of Wikipedia. My first edits on here with my main account were pretty rough as well - and I didn't even include any sourcing with many of them! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:48, 5 September 2017 (UTC)