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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Brianda (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:16, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

Holocaust Distortion

Hi @Cday10, @Bcorr23:, I saw that you moved your article on Holocaust distortion. You have a good foundation, but there are some major improvements that need to be made, so it can stay on mainspace.

Inline citations: In a Wikipedia article, we want to avoid speaking to the reader, or publishing our own ideas or conclusions about a topic. That's considered original research. The goal when writing for Wikipedia is to summarize - in your own words- what independent, reliable, secondary sources have said about a topic, so that a Wikipedia reader can get an overview of the current thoughts and understanding of that topic. That's also why quotes are discouraged, bc the text should be summarized in your own words, not in quotes.

A place to start to address any original research or quotes, is to go over the content and make sure that a reliable source can support or back up each sentence that you have in the sandbox. If the entire paragraph is sourced to the same reference, then you can put a citation at the end of the paragraph. If any reader wants to check if a sentence has accurate information, they can click on the inline citation and find that information in the cited source. This will help you see what text can remain and what text is fluff or original research/personal opinion, and can then be removed.

Lead section: The lead section should be less of an introduction and more of a succinct summary of the article. Your opening sentence needs to tell your readers, as directly as possible, what the topic of the article is. The remainder of the lead should summarize all the major points of the article in a paragraph or two. The first sentence should start off like, "Holocaust denial is ..."

Difference between denial and distortion section: This section reads like original research, for example this sentence, "Holocaust denial and distortion become more prevalent as time goes on, and World War II becomes deeper in the past. Many deny or distort what really happened in the years of 1933-1945." These are sweeping claims you're making. What source supports this text? Again you need to add more inline citations to support the text.

Also, referencing a Wikipedia article isn't allowed bc as you know, anyone can edit Wikipedia! It's constantly changing so it's not a reliable source to use. Instead examine the sources that are used the article, and see if they're reliable sources that you can use in this article.

Writing style: " Where we find the Nazis," Who's we? Remember writing on Wikipedia has a formal tone and with a neutral point of view. Stick to the facts that these reliable sources are writing about.

Citation #3: This citation doesn't link to the actual reference. It links to a search. This means that readers can't verify or fact-check the text. So, pull up the source and find the citation info. Then go into the article and manually edit the reference so you can add the citation info to the reference fields. I think you might be referencing the article, Grabowski, https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/868324, so yu can use this link for the citation info if it is this article. Check out this training module for a refresher.

Feel free to let me know if you have any questions. Looping in @Djgonzophd:. Brianda (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:58, 11 August 2023 (UTC)