User talk:Maggie.rodriguez28

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Hello, Maggie.rodriguez28, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Shalor 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. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:09, 6 February 2020 (UTC)

Nikita Dragun

Hi! I saw that your edits to the article were reverted and I wanted to explain why:

• Part of the issue was due to sourcing - Wikipedia cannot be used to source itself, as anyone can edit Wikipedia. Places like Information Cradle aren't seen as reliable because there isn't a lot of information about their editorial process or who exactly is adding this information. Places like this often pull their info from user submitted content or Internet searches, so there's a high chance of them hosting incorrect information.

Reliability is extremely important when it comes to details about living people, but especially so when it comes to gender and identity, even for basic details.

• Birth names are kind of tricky. There are guidelines on when and if they should be placed in an article. For example, if Dragun was notable prior to her coming out, her deadname would be in the lead. It can be mentioned in the early life section, however it's also important to make sure that the person came out on their own - if someone outed them instead then it's generally left out of the article. However I must mention that some editors have argued that deadnames should be excluded from an article in general unless there's a lot of coverage, as it's otherwise seen as unimportant to the article. It's honestly a pretty tricky area to navigate and my general rule of thumb is that unless we have a source where the individual mentions their deadname or it's very widely reported on, it should be left out.

I hope this helps! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:31, 24 March 2020 (UTC)