User talk:Jrowe925

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Hello, Jrowe925, 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) 14:14, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

Draft notes

Hi! I have some notes for you. By large this is pretty good, but there are a few things:

• The critical reception section should be written more along the lines of the section here. Using big quotes can sometimes be seen as a copyright issue and can also make the page unintentionally promotional if you're not careful.

• Avoid wording like 'prestigious'. Like the quotes, this can make a page look promotional. In this case it's because it's a term commonly used by marketing people, so it's kind of inherently non-neutral in most cases. Also avoid hotlinking in the article, especially to publisher sites and places that sell the book. I've removed these hotlinks.

• You use primary sources quite a bit in the article. Primary sources are OK for basic details, but when it comes to very major claims it's important to get a secondary, independent source. With awards, it's best to use a link to the website for the award granting institution or a newspaper article detailing the award, as that can help show where the award is major enough to mention.

All in all I think you're doing well here - this mostly needs fine tuning. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:47, 2 April 2019 (UTC)