User talk:Kensey Smith

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Hello, Kensey Smith, 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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Max Wachtel article
Nice start on your Max Wachtel article. I moved it back to your sandbox because it doesn't have any reliable sources about Wachtel. You need several (at least 2 or 3) sources that are independent of Wachtel to establish notability. Three of the sources you used are from Wachtel's own website, which isn't an independent source and isn't produced by a scholarly publisher or a journalistic source. Similarly the Friesen Press source is written partly by Wachtel, and partly by his publisher (so not just not independent, but actually a source that has an interest in promoting Wachtel). Only the APA site is independent. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:03, 14 November 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi, I was wondering if the Sheridan press website is considered a journalistic source: https://www.thesheridanpress.com/news/local/sheridan-native-behavioral-profiler-to-appear-on-tv-show-hunted/article_2616257a-251e-55f9-a86b-05038d8a1208.html Kensey Smith (talk) 15:13, 14 November 2022 (UTC)
 * I also have this one as well: https://www.gvaschools.org/Aurora/Counselor/Counselors_Newsletters/998%202015-16/996January%2012%202016.pdf Kensey Smith (talk) 15:22, 14 November 2022 (UTC)