User talk:Sarah Valvano

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Hello, Sarah Valvano, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Ian 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. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 22:34, 8 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Introduction

Hi! I'm trying to practice using the talk pages for the introduction assignment due on September 14th. My name is Julia, and I am a senior Food Science Research Option major. I love the outdoors, and my favorite things to do are jet ski at the beach and go hiking. I hope this message goes through because I'm not really sure if I am doing this correctly! I look forward to learning in this class with you, and I hope you have a great semester! Julia033 (talk) 00:30, 12 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome!

Hello, Sarah Valvano, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of your recent edits to the page Hummus have not conformed to Wikipedia's verifiability policy, and has been or will be removed. Wikipedia articles should refer only to facts and interpretations that have been stated in print or on reputable websites or in other media. Always remember to provide a reliable source for quotations and for any material that is likely to be challenged, or it may be removed. Wikipedia also has a related policy against including original research in articles. Additionally, all new biographies of living people must contain at least one reliable source.

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask a question on your talk page. Again, welcome. Zefr (talk) 02:37, 14 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Sarah. I reverted your edit on Hummus because the edit looks like an excerpt from a paper, perhaps written for a course by you. It did not have enough inline citations per WP:INCITE which are best if they are from secondary scientific or media reporting per WP:SCIRS for scientific entries like you provided. Also, your edit contained more scientific terminology that may be confusing for typical users of the encyclopedia (think of them as high school students); see WP:NOTJOURNAL, i.e., this is not a textbook forum. Hope you can make a revision and enjoy your editing. Contact me for any advice. --Zefr (talk) 02:42, 14 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]