User talk:Sampantha

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Hello, Sampantha, 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) 15:43, 28 January 2019 (UTC)

Draft notes

Hi, I have some notes on your draft. I also wanted to link to an article on writing articles on books that would be helpful.

• This needs an introduction section, as the current draft lacks one. There doesn't seem to be an article for this book on Wikipedia, so it's important that you add one. I've added a very small introduction for you to get you started. I've also added an infobox.

• Be very careful with sourcing and make sure that everything is sourced with a reliable source. Make sure that the sourcing explicitly states the claims that it's backing up. For example, this source is used to back up the section on Cree traditional knowledge, however it doesn't actually cite the claims about the author and novel. When it comes to things like this it's better to use sourcing that discusses the claims in relation to the book, as using sourcing that covers a general topic (but is not about the book) could be seen as original research, which should be avoided.

This also needs more independent, reliable sourcing to help back up claims and to also help show where the book is notable. It is notable, we just need the sourcing in there.

• Avoid using point of view/subjective terms like 'staggering'. While the average person would agree that the numbers are both tragic, infuriating, and staggering, words like these are inherently non-neutral and should be avoided unless you're directly quoting someone and attributing the wording to them. Even then, you need to make sure that the content still reads as neutral and isn't arguing for or against a specific point.

• I would place the sections on Cree traditional knowledge, law, and historical context into a single section labeled "themes" and then have these as subsections since it links them all together in one central place and helps things flow a little more.

• If there is available information, I'd definitely recommend creating a section on the book's development.

This definitely looks to be an excellent topic and it's surprising that the book doesn't already have an article, so I think that you chose very well here. Book articles happen to be one of my favorite types of articles to edit and create, so definitely let me know if you need any help with this! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 20:41, 2 April 2019 (UTC)