User talk:Mariacatalunia

Help me!
I want to edit the page for filmmaker Elisabeth Subrin to make it verifiable, I need help identifying the stand out problems on the page. This is an assignment I gave myself in order to learn about editing on wikipedia!

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Neutral Point of View, Verifiability

Mariacatalunia (talk) 17:07, 14 February 2016 (UTC)


 * I'd say the article suffers two main flaws: Firstly, the "Biography" section (and other smaller ones) does not cite any references, making it very difficult if not impossible to verify. Secondly, the "Film and Video Work" section largely is a collection of quotes, which both raises issues of copyright and at times doesn't seem to impart any information on Subrin herself. Those parts of the "Work" section that are not copy-pasted from elsewhere again don't cite any references. For example, "has been lauded for its innovative exploration of historical context and feminist politics" - lauded by whom? Says who? I cannot tell, and the only source cited for the entire paragraph which contains that phrase seems to be an article by Subrin herself (the link is broken, too). My advice would be to more strongly focus on what independent sources report on Subrin herself, not her films. For example, "Stripped of her urban, career-driven preoccupations, Cleo finds herself unable to connect with the quiet new world around her." - what does that tell us about Subrin? Nothing. What the sources report should then be summarized in our own words, only employing short quotes when it's necessary to precisely report a critic's opinion. Huon (talk) 18:02, 14 February 2016 (UTC)