User talk:Mariarose100

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Hello, Mariarose100, 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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Hi, I wanted to give you some feedback.


 * My main note is that this is written like a "how to guide", however Wikipedia doesn't work as a how to guide. We can give a general overview of the rules of etiquette that were used, but we can't specifically tell them how to write the letter, if that makes sense. As such, we don't have to go into a huge amount of details.


 * The writing needs to be more formal in tone - this is very casually written, like an essay.


 * With the Victorian era, keep in mind that this differs in time (and probably some other differences) depending on the country. The general term of the Victorian era refers to the period of time during which Queen Victoria reigned over the UK. There was Victorian America, which is "generally seen to denominate the period stretching from the outbreak of the Civil War to the beginning of World War I." This means a difference in time, as the UK Victorian era lasted from 1837 to 1901, whereas the American one lasted from about 1861 to 1914 - basically Americans picked up on the trends a little later than the UK.
 * What this means is that you should be very careful with sourcing. Don't automatically assume that something refers to either Victorian era, as this could be seen as original research. I'm a little concerned that using the guides can be seen as original research since they're not labeled as Victorian writing guides. Anything you include from these should be very specifically referred to as American writing guides published during the American Victorian era. Essentially, we can't guarantee that they're writing in a style that is specifically Victorian.

I hope this helps! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:49, 9 April 2019 (UTC)