Lorenaramirezl

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Hello, Lorenaramirezl, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Shalor 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. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:45, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

Response

Hi! I have some notes for you:

• This needs more sourcing to back up the claims. Some of the sourcing in the article isn't usable. For example, this Forbes link was written by a Forbes contributor, which makes it a self-published source since Forbes doesn't actually verify any of the claims or material in contributor posts or exercise any true editorial oversight. As such, anything written by a Forbes contributor is traditionally seen as unreliable. The other Forbes link is written by a staff member, which is usable, however. This isn't something that you'd really know about, to be honest - it's one of the things more specific to Wikipedia.

• One of the sources is a study. Studies should generally be avoided unless they're accompanied with a secondary source that reviews the study or comments upon the specific claim that is being stated. The reason for this is that studies are primary sources for any of the claims and research conducted by their authors. The publishers don't provide any commentary or in-depth verification, as they only check to ensure that the study doesn't have any glaring errors that would invalidate it immediately. Study findings also tend to be only true for the specific people or subjects that were studied. For example, a child in Florida may respond differently than one in California or Saudi Arabia. Socioeconomic factors (be they for the person or a family member) also play a large role, among other things that can impact a response. As such, it's definitely important to find a secondary source, as they can provide this context, verification, and commentary.

• Be extremely cautious when it comes to any major claims, such as most internet celebrities making money through endorsements. This is something that should be backed up with a reliable source that explicitly states this.

• Make sure that you're avoiding original research and that you're only summarizing what has been explicitly stated in the source material.

I hope that this helps! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:46, 8 April 2019 (UTC)