Andrewanthony15
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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Brianda (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:14, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
Sourcing at Language and gender
editHi, Andrewanthony15, and welcome to Wikipedia! I noticed your last three edits at Language and gender, and unfortunately I had to undo them, because there were some problems with the lack of sourcing, and with the introduction of speculative language like "communication has existed since the beginning of time", which is obviously false, or a claim that language existed "millions of years ago". All assertions that you add to an article must be verifiable in reliable, published, independent, secondary sources, and the way to demonstrate that is by adding a citation for each one, identifying the source you used. As far as the removed edits at Language and gender, don't be unduly concerned; you are more than welcome just to do your edit again, avoiding speculative language, and including citations to your sources this time, as you did in your edit about Tannen. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to {{Reply}} below, or to contact the Wikipedia expert for assistance. Good luck in your course! Mathglot (talk) 21:21, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you for your comment and I understand. This project was for my anthropology class. Andrewanthony15 (talk) 21:22, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
- You're welcome. WP:BE BOLD is a thing, so I have no problem with your attempting that edit, and WP:BRD is a also a thing, so it got reverted, and if you want to discuss it, we can. (The article Talk page at Talk:Language and gender would be the best place for that.) Imho, your best shot would be to find the reliable sources for the topic first, then add content to the article based on a summary in your own words, of what you found in your sources, along with citations to them. Reach out if you need help; there are numerous venues for doing that; your Wikipedia expert Ian (Wiki Ed) is one, the Wikipedia:Help desk is another, your training modules may help, and template {{Help me}} is yet another. Mathglot (talk) 11:49, 23 December 2023 (UTC)