User talk:Juliamarriott

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Hello, Juliamarriott, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Ian and I work with Wiki Education; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.

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Recycling processes in the textile industry
Hi @Juliamarriott, I moved your contribution, Recycling processes in the textile industry, back to your sandbox for a number of reasons. The main one being your article has no inline citations, which makes it difficult for readers to verify factual statements in your article. Every statement should be followed by a supporting citation; if a group of sentences are all supported by the same source, you can place a single reference after all of them, but you need to have at least one reference per paragraph, and you shouldn't have any statements after the final reference in a paragraph. If you need a refresher on how to add citations, please consult this training module.

WP:NOTESSAY Writing Style: Currently, the article reads completely like a persuasive essay, which is fine for other assignments in your course but not for Wikipedia. You have to keep in mind, Wikipedia is not a place to publish your ideas or conclusions about a topic. That’s considered “original research,” and is not allowed on Wikipedia. This means your writing for Wikipedia will summarize what independent, reliable, secondary sources have said about a topic, so that a Wikipedia reader can get an overview of the current thoughts and understanding of that topic. Remember, the goal is to provide a neutral, fact based summary of the topic at hand based off the reliable sources you've found, not to persuade the readers. I recommend reading over pgs. 7-9 of Editing Wikipedia before you rewrite to check out some examples of what is appropriate prose for Wikipedia. Looping in @Bcndz5. Brianda (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:46, 22 April 2024 (UTC)