User talk:Gbarajas
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Hello, Gbarajas, 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) 16:54, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
Notes[edit]
I have notes for you:
- Avoid point of view statements or anything that could sound like an unattributed opinion. These are subjective to the reader and can also come across as promotional. This is especially important when it comes to artwork - anything pulled from the source material must be attributed to the person making the claim - an example of this is the statement "The significance behind this series could be hard to understand but Tsouhlarakis wants the viewer to come up with their own interpretation of the Legends series". The question here is who is saying this - is it the artist? The person who wrote the source? It could be hard to understand for some, but not all, which makes this a subjective statement so it's important to attribute this to the speaker.
- We can only summarize what has been explicitly stated in the source material. If it's not in there, it can't be included and would be seen as original research. I've removed a lot of content about individual art pictures in the Legends series since it came across as original research.
- The artwork should be contained in a single section or at least not repeated - I've combined it all in one larger section.
- Try to get more specific info about where and when the exhibitions are held and be careful about pulling from bio pages. The reason for this is that we don't know when the bio was updated, as the page could be outdated and things are subject to change when it comes to proposed upcoming exhibitions. Also, sometimes proposed exhibitions can leave out important points. For example, the artist did exhibit at the Smithsonian, but at their branch in Manhattan. This is no less of an honor, but it does make a difference when it comes to specifying locations.
- The awards section should be limited to just the most notable (per Wikipedia's guidelines, which can be pretty strict) awards, to avoid this coming across as too much of a CV. The reason I say "most notable" is because not all awards are major per Wikipedia's guidelines - I'd stick to the ones that have dates and where the award or granting institution have articles. I've whittled this section down some.
I did most of these edits as I was writing this out, but wanted to let you know why. I do think that you have a good base here and you definitely did a great thing by creating this article - it's amazing she didn't have one to start with! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:48, 19 February 2020 (UTC)