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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:46, 25 August 2017 (UTC)
Nomination of Impact of Slavery on Modern African American Lives for deletion
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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Impact of Slavery on Modern African American Lives is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Impact of Slavery on Modern African American Lives until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. power~enwiki (π, ν) 00:08, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
- Hi - I received a notification about this. Unfortunately I have to concur with the people who are concerned that this article just duplicates content that is already present elsewhere on Wikipedia. It also has content that could be considered original research, as you have facts and data that look to be connected to the lasting impact of slavery by you saying that it has an impact. It's also difficult to verify your sourcing, as about half of it doesn't show up properly. I think that their argument to merge any pertinent data into the existing articles is a good one.
- Offhand you need to pick sourcing that goes into depth about the topic at hand and is in a place that Wikipedia would see as reliable. Using data supplied by organizations and non-profits is a bit problematic since it can sometimes be hard to tell where they get their data from, how they interpreted it, and so on. You also have to remember that some places may have a bias that affects how they edit the topic area - this is why it's traditionally recommended to pull from academic sourcing, as they usually undergo the type of editorial oversight needed to verify their information and keep it from being too biased. There's also a name attached to these sources, which also makes it easier to vouch for the authority of the writer, whereas an organization page may be written by anyone. Even in situations where the organization source isn't a terrible source, it's usually not the best source out there as an academic source could help verify the claims even better. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:12, 4 December 2017 (UTC)