Cjbristow

Hard and soft masculinity

Here is what I added in the Gender section of the toys topic

Parents encourage their sons and daughters to participate in sex-typed activities, including doll playing and engaging in housekeeping activities for girls and playing with trucks and engaging in sports activities for boys

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November 2013

Hello, I'm BigDwiki. I wanted to let you know that I undid one of your recent contributions, such as the one you made with this edit to Masculinity hard and soft, because it didn’t appear constructive to me. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. BigDwiki (talk) 04:29, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Masculinity hard and soft with this edit, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear constructive and has been reverted. Please make use of the sandbox if you'd like to experiment with test edits. Thank you. BigDwiki (talk) 04:49, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

Please stop removing speedy deletion notices from pages that you have created yourself, as you did with this edit to Masculinity hard and soft. If you continue to do so, you will be blocked from editing. BigDwiki (talk) 04:51, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

BigDwiki and I have responded on BigDwiki's talk page. Thanks. --Jprg1966 ^(talk) 05:00, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

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Masculinity hard and soft - draft

I have looked at your draft article and here are my thoughts, in no particular order:

• The title should clearly identify the subject of the article in a straight forward, encyclopedic fashion. See WP:TITLE for a deeper understanding. Masculinity hard and soft is a catchy title, but a better title would be one that plainly and clearly tells the reader what the subject is. Hard and soft in this context is metaphorical. What would be an academic/clinical/scientific way of stating it?

• The first part of any article should define and summarize the topic. See WP:LEDE for more detail. Also, you should review articles on similar subjects to see how their ledes are constructed.

• It is very important for you not to synthesize material based on your own research. Wikipedia is not a publisher of original thought. See WP:OR and WP:NOT to get a better understanding of this.

• You should always use reliable sources (see WP:RS). A couple of the sources in your draft article ([1] and [2]) are not really reliable.

Editing an encyclopedia is very different from writing an essay, or even a term paper. It's important to take your own views and conclusions out of the equation as much as possible, and let the sources shine thorough. For your chosen subject, you will need at least one solid source that specifically discusses gender masculinity in a comparative way. It is not OK to read one source about "soft" masculinity, another about "hard" masculinity and then make the comparisons yourself.

I hope this helps. Please read the policies that I linked, look at a few similar articles and let me know if I can answer any additional questions. - MrX 01:58, 19 November 2013 (UTC)