User talk:Mariavalderrama/sandbox

Note

Hi Mariavalderrama,

Be very careful about sourcing. Make sure that the demographics you cite are representative of the entire group and aren't taken from a specific school or small group of schools. For example, if a source mentions traditionally black schools in Virginia, make sure that it isn't referring to only traditionally black schools in Richmond and Petersburg, as they can't really represent similar schools in other portions of the state. Also, if you use studies, make sure that you have a secondary source that verifies the claims in some way and shows where the study is notable enough to highlight. The reason for this is that the study is seen as a primary source for the claim, so a secondary source is needed to verify the material. In general I'd recommend that you avoid studies unless they're covered in a secondary source and even then, be careful about the demographics. This doesn't mean that you can't cite demographics, just that you need to be careful about how you state them. Make sure that you avoid original research - in other words, implying something based on sourcing that doesn't explicitly make the same claim.

Also, be careful of redundancy. Some sections seem to be repeating the same information several times over - specifically focusing on black youth. If the information keeps repeating then it may be better to condense many subsections into a larger section or possibly even seek out additional sourcing to make sure that something isn't being missed. Don't take this badly - it's just better to double check.

Now that aside, this looks very good and I'd say that this is something that is very close to being ready to be published live. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:00, 26 February 2018 (UTC)