Mayrahdez15

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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:06, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of The History and Benefits of Helianthus

Hello Mayrahdez15,

Welcome to Wikipedia! I edit here too, under the username Graeme Bartlett and it's nice to meet you :-)

I wanted to let you know that I have tagged an article that you started, The History and Benefits of Helianthus for deletion, because it appears to duplicate an existing Wikipedia article, Helianthus annuus.

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Graeme Bartlett (talk) 07:38, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

• Wikipedia is not a free host for student essays. Please get your supervisor to explain here how they allwoed you to create the page. Anything you have to say on the subject can be done by editing Helianthus annuus. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 09:17, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Article deletion

Hi, I saw that your article was deleted. It looks like the main reason was that there is already an article on the topic of this plant, at Helianthus annuus. In cases like this what you'd need to do would be to merge the content into the main article as opposed to creating a new one.

Looking at the deleted material, it looks like you used studies as sources as well. Studies should generally be avoided unless they're accompanied with a secondary source that reviews the study or comments upon the specific claim that is being stated. The reason for this is that studies are primary sources for any of the claims and research conducted by their authors. The publishers don't provide any commentary or in-depth verification, as they only check to ensure that the study doesn't have any glaring errors that would invalidate it immediately. Study findings also tend to be only true for that one specific study. For example, results could differ depending on how the materials are processed and tested. It may also differ by the people doing the study as well as the environment, as someone may have a lab that has a different temperature or moisture level, among other things. As such, it's definitely important to find a secondary source, as they can provide this context, verification, and commentary. Aside from that, there's also the issue of why a specific study should be highlighted over another. For example, someone could ask why one study was chosen as opposed to something that studied a similar topic or had different results.

You also want to make sure that you're only summarizing content that is explicitly stated in the source material and that you're not writing it in an essay-like tone.

I hope this helps! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:43, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Response

It looks like the page was deleted as a redirect. When you moved your work live, the sandbox was turned into a redirect. When the article that was moved live was deleted the redirect was deleted as well. You can definitely create a new sandbox if you want. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:42, 12 June 2019 (UTC)