User talk:StephanieSaccoccio

Welcome!
Hello, StephanieSaccoccio, 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.

I hope you enjoy editing here. If you haven't already done so, please check out the student training library, which introduces you to editing and Wikipedia's core principles. You may also want to check out the Teahouse, a community of Wikipedia editors dedicated to helping new users. Below are some resources to help you get started editing. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:45, 21 February 2020 (UTC)

Original research
Hi, welcome to Wikipedia. I realize you're a new editor, so I wanted to suggest that you read Wikipedia's restrictions on original research. We can't write what we know or think in articles; we put it in our own words, but it must be based on verifiable, independent, reliable sources. I removed the content that you added to Annie Leibovitz because it was all original research. For example:


 * You added this to the infobox: She was pulled towards these photographers’ style of work because she liked that their images were taken in a style of personal rampage and composed in a graphic way. This was a style that she was taught to replicate while in school. More than anything Leibovitz wanted to create strong portraiture that had more of a meaning to it than just a pretty picture. First off, it makes no sense where it is, as it is referring to unnamed influences. "Influences" in an infobox should be the names of those she was influenced by, with a source to support that she was influenced by them. Second, you need to cite a reliable source that made all of those conclusions.


 * The two paragraphs on Demi Moore and Leonard di Caprio have the same problem; both appear to be your thoughts and conclusions. Plus, content like DiCaprio was a heartthrob and had a pack of girls wanting to swap places with the swan. — that's really not encyclopedic writing.

I noticed that you did try to include a source, Sources: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/photos/2014/01/leonardo-dicaprio-in-vanity-fair, but both were sources that there was a photo, not sources for the content you wrote about the photos. Nor is that how we document our sources in articles. You might find User:Nick Moyes/Easier Referencing for Beginners helpful in learning how to cite references on Wikipedia.

There can be a bit of a learning curve when you first begin to work on articles. The Wikipedia Adventure provides a guided learning exercise that is useful. Please feel free to ask me or any other editors if you have questions. You can also ask questions at WP:TEAHOUSE or WP:HELPDESK. Happy editing! Schazjmd  (talk)  23:36, 4 May 2020 (UTC)