User talk:Alafra21

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Hello, Alafra21, 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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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:33, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of User:Alafra21/sandbox

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Notes

Hi! I wanted to give you some notes on your draft here. It's been restored so we can work on improving it together.

Here are some starting notes - I know that you've blanked the page, so let me know when you're ready to start adding stuff back.

• When writing, be careful of promotional and non-neutral prose. This is something that can honestly take some time to get used to, as some of it will be wording that we see or use in our everyday life and as such, may come across as innocuous. Mission statements are one of the more difficult things to work around. They can be easier to work with once they're placed in context - this is something that may have contributed to the page, since it was more set off aside as part of the notes you had on the food bank. (Don't beat yourself up over that! The important thing is to move forwards and put forward a strong article in the end.)

• The sources so far are good, but definitely try to find as many independent, reliable sources as you can. Make sure that they're not press releases or primary sources - if you can find mention of this food bank in book and scholarly sources, that would be excellent.

I'm in an airport at the moment, so I'll try to check back in tomorrow or later tonight. I just wanted to give you a few notes while I could. --Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:54, 22 October 2018 (UTC)