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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:57, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

Deletion discussion about Decline in U.S population

Hello, Agustind93,

I wanted to let you know that there's a discussion about whether Decline in U.S population should be deleted. Your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Decline in U.S population .

If you're new to the process, articles for deletion is a group discussion (not a vote!) that usually lasts seven days. If you need it, there is a guide on how to contribute. Last but not least, you are highly encouraged to continue improving the article; just be sure not to remove the tag about the deletion nomination from the top.

Thanks,

_{Vermont | reply here} 21:56, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

• Hi, I received a notice about this article being up for deletion. Unfortunately I have to agree with Vermont's concerns with the article. This reads a lot like an essay and parts of this come across as original research, which are claims or research that you came up with on your own, based on sourcing that doesn't explicitly state what you're adding. An example of original research is as follows:

A source describes a living being that sounds an awful lot like a house cat (pointed ears, tail, paws, eats mice). Original research would be to say that the source is talking about a cat, as it could be a number of other things such as a tiger. Saying that the description is feline-esque would even be seen as original research, as it could be non-feline entirely - there are dogs and foxes that also share the above description.

With an article, the topic has to be sourced with reliable citations that explicitly state the claims in the article. We can only summarize what others have said.

On the topic of sourcing, the sourcing needs to be in-line so that people can see which source backs up what particular claim and in the case of multi-page reports and books, the page also needs to be shown. Things like historical data graphs are something that can only really be used for basic, basic claims, such as a statement about the specific death rate for a year. It can't be used on its own to back up interpretations of this data - you need a secondary source that specifically states that interpretation.

This looks like it may also be summarized in other articles, so it may be worthwhile to work on the above elements and turn it into a subsection. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:21, 2 April 2018 (UTC)