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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:57, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

Sexual abuse in the American film industry

Hi, I saw that you posted to this article with this edit. Ian (Wiki Ed) is the one overseeing the class, but I wanted to leave some notes as well:

• This was written in a very casual tone. Keep in mind that the content should be written in a neutral tone - avoid wording like "you" and leading the reader to draw certain conclusions or see things in a specific way. You also want to avoid seeming like we're writing from the viewpoint of a specific person or theorizing what a person thinks. We can only summarize what others have specifically written on the topic. For example, we can say something like "John Smith has stated that This Person avoided doing (action) because (reason)", but we can't write something like "This Person likely avoided (action) because (reason)", as that would be original research.

You also want to avoid writing from a specific viewpoint. This was written as pro-MeToo, which made it non-neutral. The average person would definitely agree that the sex abuse issues in Hollywood are awful, but it's important to avoid introducing a slanted viewpoint.

• The sourcing was a little on the light side. You also want to be careful of books put out through public presses like Bloomsbury. It's not that you can't use them, but there are stronger sources out there. Popular press outlets are often more interested in getting "clicks" or sales than ensuring that everything is 100% accuracy. As such, the material may not have been as well researched or verified as say, the academic journal article that you used. While this isn't a medicine or psychology related article, the medical sourcing guidelines page gives a good argument as to why these sources are less strong than academic and scholarly sources.

I hope this helps! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 23:20, 25 June 2020 (UTC)