User talk:Lsalimbangon

Welcome!
Hello, Lsalimbangon, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Ian 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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Sea salt
Hi Lsalimbangon. I see that you have run into some problems with the sea salt article. I will try to help. Whatever you do, please don't re-insert material when someone else undoes your edit. Stop and talk, figure out what the problem is. Repeatedly re-inserting material is considered "edit warring" in Wikipedia and it can lead to unhappy outcomes. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 22:22, 23 March 2016 (UTC)


 * History of sea salt:

The first problem with this sentence is that it's unsourced. There's no way for the reader to know where you got this information, and whether it's something they should trust. The second problem is one of tone. "Several thousand years ago" is too vague. When was it discovered, or when was it first used? By whom? Based on what evidence? If you look at the Historical production section below, you'll see how they do it - mention when there's evidence that it was first used. and is fairly vague. The second part of the sentence is unsourced.

Believed by whom? You can't say "believed" without specifying who did the believing. What does "actually explored salt trading" mean? The third sentence also is missing something - maybe the word "they"? When you say that the Romans traded salt, be specific. What's your source? To what areas did they do this trading?

Here you get more specific, which is good, but your source is the Malden Salt Company. This isn't a scholarly source, it's the website of a company promoting its product. That doesn't meet Wikipedia's standards for reliable sources. You mention salaria; there's an article on Salt roads that tells a lot more of the story - link to it, incorporate it. That way readers can learn more.

"In the past" is too vague. Does that mean 20 years ago, or 2000? And where? Was it something they only did in Italy? Was it throughout Europe? Throughout the world? "Nowadays" is also vague, and it's rather informal. Again - RealSalt isn't a scholarly source. Look for journal articles or textbooks, not websites of people trying to sell salt.

Again, "SeaSalt.com" isn't a scholarly source. Try Google Scholar or your library's search functions. Also, when writing about something as universal as this, try to be more global in your examples. There are documented cultural uses of salt throughout the world. Make sure that you aren't perpetrating the narrow view that everything important in history happened in Europe.

I hope this helps as you improve that section. And when you rework it, try to tie it into the existing Historical production section. If this isn't clear, I'm happy to clarify. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 22:54, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

One more thing - in the Modern production section you have a footnote - [8] - that's not an actual note. It doesn't connect to anything. I think you probably copied it from your draft instead of copying the reference. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 23:17, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

Please
As I said above, please stop and talk, figure out what the problem is. Please engage Pinkbeast in a discussion. Thank you. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:40, 24 March 2016 (UTC)