User talk:Shuang Wen/Chinese musicology

Chinese musicology feedback
Hi @Leviathan Kun, @TouringSyfren, @Ulrica J, @Julie zzzz, @Shuang Wen: I took a look at your draft, and have some feedback to improve your work for mainspace.

Neutral, encyclopedic writing style: The draft feels like a persuasive essay at times. Stick to reporting the facts found in the reliable sources. Remember, the goal is to provide a neutral, fact based summary of the topic at hand based off the reliable sources you've found. Try to avoid puffery language and unsupported attributions.

"Chinese music encounters the world": I would delete that header and keep "Before the Twentieth century" as a main header. The paragraph immediately under "Chinese music encounters the the world" is essay like and not fact based. I think you can delete it.

Inline citations: I think you all should go back and add more inline citations. 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 any reader wants to check if a sentence has accurate information, they can click on the inline citation and find that information in the cited source. This will help you see what text can remain and what text is fluff or original research, and can then be removed. (will help achieve a neutral, fact based writing)

PRC: I think you should spell out PRC at least once and then use it's abbreviation.

Moving work to mainspace: Once you've improved your draft, since it is a group effort, I recommend each editor add their own text contribution to the existing Chinese musicology article, so that each editor receives proper credit for their work. Remember to copy over work in small chunks. Look over the training modules on adding to an existing article for a refresher on the steps to do this correctly. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions on my feedback or about editing. Well done with the draft! Brianda (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:08, 5 May 2023 (UTC)