User talk:Georgiabdj

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Hello, Georgiabdj, 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.

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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:23, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

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Hi, Georgiabdj. This is Fabienne from Dr. Reagle's class. Did we take Interpersonal Comm together a few years ago? Excited to work together this semester. --2kbb (talk) 01:50, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

Microtrends

Nice start on your draft, but I moved it back to your sandbox because it isn't ready for mainspace yet.

A Wikipedia article is supposed to start with a lead section that summarizes all the major points of the article. It should generally open with something like Article title is... and go on to succinctly say what the topic is in the opening sentence. It shouldn't start with a definition quoted from another source. See pages 7-9 in the Editing Wikipedia brochure that I've linked for more information.

Overall your tone is too informal - a Wikipedia article should strive for a formal, neutral tone. Things like Like fads, micro-trends pick up when or micro-trends have continued to rise as the growth of fast-fashion brands have emerged don't get the tone right. "Pick up" and "continued to rise" are too colloquial, while "the growth of fast-fashion brands have emerged" is too imprecise. What does "growth" and "emerge" mean? What time period are you talking about? Statements like this need to specify time periods, and "growth" needs to be specified, at least in broad strokes; are you talking about single-digit increase, or 10-fold growth? There's no way for the reader to know. Similarly Many consumers make purchasing decisions based on their emotions is unsourced and unquantifiable.

Also avoid being too promotional. According to founder, owner, and Chief Executive Officer of Panaprium, Alex Assoune is the kind of language someone's PR staff writes about them. Since neither Panaprium nor Alex Assoune you should make it clear to readers why their opinions are important. Are they a leading scholar on the subject? You also need to link to other Wikipedia articles like fast fashion so that people can understand what you mean here. Don't assume that your readers know much about the topic - people look to Wikipedia to explain totally unfamiliar concepts that they come across.

Finally, you need to rely on better sources. WhatIs.com isn't a scholarly source - if you check out their About page, you'll see that they are owned by TechTarget, a marketing company. Wikipedia isn't a reliable source for use on Wikipedia either - circular references like that are not good. GoodOnYou and Panaprium don't appear to be reliable sources, while PSCI is a Princeton undergrad website (so not a very good source either). WRAP is an industry site, not a scholarly source. If you use them, you need to attribute opinions and explain the context of who it's coming from. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:04, 14 November 2022 (UTC)