User talk:Krob18

Hello, Krob18, 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) 18:10, 8 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Elysia, I revised and edited my article both for Wiki standards and as part of my class. Also, I am focusing just on Animal Testing in relation to Cosmetic Products in various countries (mainly the EU and US right now). Would this still be considered a content fork if I'm focusing on a specific topic? I want to move it back to the mainspace for class if it won't create a content fork, but I don't want to violate Wiki guidelines. Krob18 (talk)

Yes, that is still a content fork because that page already exists (Testing cosmetics on animals). For your class assignment, is it mandatory that you create a new article? Or is it sufficient that you contribute to an existing article? I've noticed that many of your classmates have created articles, many of which have since been deleted. If it's acceptable to your professor and this is the topic you want to write about, you should just add content to the existing page, testing cosmetics on animals. Make sure you integrate your addition with the existing text (don't create redundant sections, for example). Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:12, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Krob18, I wanted to let you know that I moved your recent creation from mainspace back to draft space, and you can find it here User:Krob18/Draft:Animal Testing for Consumer Products and Medical Research. This article reads more like an essay. You have vague language—using phrases like "many companies" or "some researchers", which is a red flag for verifiability. Information written in an encyclopedia needs to have an encyclopedic tone.

Furthermore, you appear to have created a content fork. It appears that the content of your draft would be best suited to an existing article, such as Animal testing. Let me know if you have any questions or need help. Thanks, Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:30, 2 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]