User talk:Throwerjasmine

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20:03, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Welcome![edit]

Hello, Throwerjasmine, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Shalor and I work with the Wiki Education Foundation; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.

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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:16, 19 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Technology and society[edit]

Hi! Your additions to technology and society were reverted by Innisfree987 with the comment "NPOV violation; also not sufficiently clear how it's germane to topic at hand."

Looking at the addition, it looks to be written in a casual, essay-like style that doesn't really fit Wikipedia's NPOV guidelines. It's very passionately and persuasively written, but a Wikipedia article needs to be neutral in tone. The source is also a little problematic since it's an opinion piece written by a contributor to the Huffington Post rather than a staff member. The HuffPo is something that I typically avoid as a whole for sourcing because so much of it is written by contributors and as such, doesn't usually undergo the same type of editorial oversight that a regular new article written by a staff member might or like how an academic source would usually be.

I do like your writing style and your passion, so don't take this too badly - this is actually pretty common with new (and sometimes even seasoned) editors. I honestly did the same thing when I first started editing Wikipedia under my main account. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:40, 29 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]