Sofiahsantamaria

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Hello, Sofiahsantamaria, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Shalor and I work with Wiki Education; 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) 16:23, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Suggestion about which articles you work on

Hello Sofiahsantamaria,

As I have been editing articles about climate change for a while I am very happy to see that you have also chosen to improve some articles about climate change as part of your studies.

While of course it is your decision which articles you edit I would like to make a suggestion. As I am not a Wikipedia nerd or a climate change scientist I find it difficult to improve global warming as it is already excellent, so you might also find that hard. If you think that Climate change in the United States will not be enough work for you, rather than the other articles you have listed may I suggest you look at Greenhouse gas emissions by the United States, which is a very important subject but has a very poor article.

I am currently working on a similar article for the country where I live, Greenhouse gas emissions by Turkey, so you might find you could adapt some of the content of that article, for example the pie chart of CO2 emitted by fossil fuels.

Hope your course goes well and if you need any tips feel free to ask me by clicking my talk link then "new section". Chidgk1 (talk) 12:26, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

@Sofiahsantamaria: I see the USA has just published on time at https://unfccc.int/ghg-inventories-annex-i-parties/2020 as has Turkey. So well done USA. I am having to improve my graphics myself but I understand in the USA you can use government graphics - so if you update Greenhouse gas emissions by the United States with the data which has been published this week in some ways your task would be easier than mine. The people beavering away on global warming are extremely intelligent and hardworking so I really recommend you don't go there except to read it, or maybe ask advice at Wikipedia:WikiProject Climate change. Chidgk1 (talk) 07:40, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

• Hi Sofiasantamaria - I echo Chidgk1's concerns and advice. This is going to be a very difficult topic area to edit on, especially as you're hoping to edit on a covid-19 related article as well. My recommendation is to only post suggested changes on the article's talk page, rather than make any live changes. I also have the following notes for your sandbox:

• Avoid using "we", "you", or "us" - Wikipedia uses formal third person.
• We can only summarize what others have explicitly stated in reliable sources. We can't draw conclusions on our own. Some of the content comes across like it's leading the reader to see things in a specific way. As such, make sure that you avoid "if... then..." types of statements and that we attribute any opinions or major claims to the person(s) making them.
• Make sure that you use the strongest possible sources and that they discuss the topic you're hoping to add to. So for example, if you're interested in editing on the topic of covid-19 and its impact on the environment, you should use sourcing that discusses this specific topic area.

Hope this helps! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:28, 16 April 2020 (UTC)