User talk:Andiehach
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[edit]Hello, Andiehach, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Elysia 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. Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:04, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
answering question
[edit]Hi @Andiehach: thanks for the question. The "publish" button on Wikipedia is more akin to a save button. It sounds like you found the training for how to move a page, but you can't seem to find the more tab? It should be in the upper right portion of the screen next to tabs that say "read" and "edit" and "view history". A few pieces of advice for you before you move your work, though.
- It is too casual to refer to the subject of a biography by their first name on an encyclopedia. Refer to them by their last name once you've used their full name once.
- Absolutely everything should be cited. It is a huge red flag for a paragraph or a section to end without a citation.
- You should move the references so that they are after the punctuation. It should be "Sentence(period)(citation)(space)Next sentence." This is easy to fix in visual editor--just click and drag the citation to after your punctuation.
- For section titles, it should be in sentence case. Therefore, the first word of the section title is capitalized, and also proper nouns, but nothing else.
- Watch your phrasing and word choice. You have some clear violations of the policy of neutrality, such as in this content "As a trans, black, Afro-Brazilian woman, Erica faces discrimination on a daily basis. However, she is a source of hope for minorities across the country. Nevertheless, Erica will face additional challenges in her work now that Jair Bolsonaro has been elected as president. His history of racist, sexist, and homophobic comments will make advocating for minorities a difficult task, but Erica has proven that she is willing to go the extra mile to protect and promote people who face discrimination."
- Ditch euphemisms and vague phrasing. Wikipedia articles should have just the facts and only the facts. You are not trying to promote or advertise for the subject of this article. Rephrasing this might look like, da Silva states that she experiences discrimination "on a daily basis." She has stated that the election of Jair Bolsonaro will make her work more difficult for x, y, and z reason.
- You don't want any opinions to influence your writing, as that is called editorializing. There's quite a bit of content that needs to be reworked because it is overwhelmingly positive coverage of this subject. Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:03, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
answering question again
[edit]Hi @Andiehach: my bad, I didn't realize you weren't autoconfirmed. To be autoconfirmed, your account has to be at least 4 days old (which yours is) and you have to have made at least 10 edits (you have only made 9). Usually over the course of drafting an article in the sandbox, students reach 10 edits. Once you are at 10 edits, you will be able to create new pages! Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:48, 14 December 2018 (UTC)