User talk:Wcinnamon

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March 2018
Hello, I'm Oshwah. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Barbara Christian, but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   22:51, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Please do not add or significantly change content without citing verifiable and reliable sources. Before making any potentially controversial edits, it is recommended that you discuss them first on the article's talk page. Please review the guidelines at Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   22:58, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
 * The problem here is that you cannot use your own analysis of Christian's work. If you can find a review or critique of the article, you can include a discussion of it. SusunW (talk) 22:54, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure if you have access to either of these, but they, discuss the work in question. English WP is hard to figure out, but it requires secondary sources. Works written by Christian are considered primary sources on a biography of her. They would only be secondary if you were using them on someone else's biography. If you need help, or need me to send you the content, I'll be glad to do that. SusunW (talk) 23:08, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Susan, thanks for your comments! I'm confused about why "The Race for Theory" should not be listed as a separate section on the Wikipedia page if the article has had far-reaching implications for different fields of study. I've seen Wikipedia pages for other theorists and scholars that use new sections to outline important concepts or pieces of writing by that person. Do you know of any guidelines from Wikipedia that discuss how pages should be created?

I can list these other articles for further reading, but I think the section might be clearer if it focuses on the original text.
 * Having slept on it, I think maybe I can make it clearer. It can be a separate section, but it cannot use the original text as a source. The Original Research policy does not allow it. On WP, for a source to be considered as a reliable source, it has to be independent of the subject and typically requires editorial review, i.e. like journals, books, or newspapers. So, for example, things like twitter, Facebook, a personal website, etc. are viewed as promotional and not reliable sources. That also includes works by an author for information on themselves, though they may be an expert on someone else. This guideline may help in clarifying the types of sourcing you can use and what should be avoided. If you need help, ping me by typing (note there isn't an "a" in my name) any time or ask on the talk page at WikiProject Women in Red. The editors there are really helpful and will try to assist. SusunW (talk) 15:17, 24 March 2018 (UTC)