User talk:Rjalloh

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Hey! Please make an article not using a user page for test articles.... Valorrr (talk) 05:00, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

Good afternoon! I tagged an article you created (Love Trilogy by bell hooks (books series)) as requiring some fairly substantial work in a number of areas to align with Wikipedia policies. First and foremost are issues with citations and what appears to be the inclusion of a substantial amount of original research. Please take a moment to review WP:NOR and WP:CITE. Uncited information or original research is subject to removal from any page. nf utvol (talk) 15:27, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

Hi! It may seem like it is original research but all "reviews" or critiques about the book are from other pieces written on the book. I simply just wrote main themes of what the overall opinion from other people think. If you have any ideas on how to approach the writing for the review section, I would be more than happy to get some help. Rjalloh (talk) 03:20, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

Biggest concern is in the Overview sections of each of the books. The only sourcing is a reference to the books themselves, which would be considered a non-independent primary source. For instance, here, from Love Trilogy by bell hooks (books series)#All About Love: New Visions: All About Love: New Visions was published in 2000 as one of hook's most notable reads. The book offers new ways to think about love in interpersonal relationships and public, day-to-day life.[1] The book has eleven chapters, each focusing on how love appears in that context. hooks also offer different definitions of love and provide ways to think about self-love and a combination of peace and compassion that is integral to how love is expressed personally and in the community. These statements appear to be synthesizing information from the book, not re-statements of secondary sourcing discussing the book. As I noted above, I recommend reading WP:NOR.

Other statements, such as this book challenges sexist ways of thinking about the body and love in a literal and figurative sense, appear to be pulled almost verbatim from quotations of the author in secondary sources. A better way to write this sentene would be According to one reviewer, the author claims that the book seeks to challenge sexist ideas about the body and love, or something along those lines. There are a lot of interpretive statements in here that are written as factual information, but need clarification of who said it.

Hope this helps! nf utvol (talk) 16:03, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

This helps. Thank you. Rjalloh (talk) 16:10, 11 April 2025 (UTC)