I'd like feedback on my article: The Best Neighbourhood To Live In London

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   Marvelloustoluwadawoduposted 17 months ago

   Hi Hubbers,
   
   I'd like some help with passing the Quality Assessment Process. Will you please give feedback on my article? What can I do to improve? Thanks!
   Here is my article: The Best Neighbourhood To Live In London

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      paolaenergyaposted 17 months agoin reply to this

      Hi Toluwa,
      
      I know your profile says your first name is Marvellous but the entire bio is between quotation marks and it looks like it could have been written by someone who doesn't know you personally.
      
      I lived in London for several years and I'm not sure how up to date the information about your chosen locations is, it's quite generic.
      
      I am unsure about the criteria you used to choose your list, it would be helpful to create a separate section explaining your reasons, ideally scoring each location.
      
      What type of audience are you addressing? You mention expats but I assume you mean wealthy people with high disposable income. Marylebone for example is unaffordable for many international workers.
      
      There is a lack of detail in terms of local attractions. Using Marylebone again as an example because it was my stomping ground, you don't mention its proximity to Regents Park, the Open Air Theatre and Madame Tussaud's.
      
      You could group locations by house prices and transport links. The south is better connected than  the north, areas such as Hackney used to be affordable but now are outside people's budgets.
      
      I was surprised that Kensington is not on the list, it's popular with rich expats if that's your key audience.
      
      The article could do with a summary paragraph at the end, either sharing which area you like most or advising your audience of where you get the best value for money.
      
      Finally, the headings shouldn't be all capitals, please refer to Hubpages'  style guide for more information.

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      Gregory DeVictorposted 17 months agoin reply to this

      In your profile, you state "My work" and "My writings." Just to let you know, the phrases should read "my work" and "my writings." There is no need to capitalize the word "my" in either case.

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         Gregory DeVictorposted 17 months agoin reply to this

         I see that since my earlier post, she has tried to edit her profile.

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      theraggededgeposted 17 months agoin reply to this

      It would help if you included your own experience of living in London and your real-life research visits to these areas.
      
      Similarly, the same goes for your article about the best places to live in the UK. As a UK resident, your descriptions sound rather forced and artificial. It's as if you have never been here.

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      theraggededgeposted 17 months agoin reply to this

      So you copied this article from:
      
      https://www.expatica.com/uk/moving/loca … %20spaces.
      
      And here's your UK one, also copied:
      
      https://www.expatica.com/uk/moving/loca … uk-107912/
      
      Plagiarism is theft and you have been reported.

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         paolaenergyaposted 17 months agoin reply to this

         @theraggededge Good investigative work Bev!

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            theraggededgeposted 17 months agoin reply to this

            It makes you wonder why someone would ask for feedback on a stolen article Talk about attracting attention.
            
            This one is also stolen: https://discover.hubpages.com/literatur … publishing
            
            https://medium.com/@namtranhtc826/mediu … 438f9a6498
            
            All her writing is stolen. Even the poems. As someone who is constantly fighting content thieves stealing my work, this makes me so angry.
            
            Hope she loses her account.

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   PaulGoodman67posted 17 months ago

   Paola raises all sorts of issues that I'm sure are true. I didn't get that far because I went straight to your About section and that raised red flags for me.
   
   I would hold off from calling yourself a "polished and professional" writer for the time being.

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      paolaenergyaposted 17 months agoin reply to this

      There is the possibility that some of the text was written by AI... I don't want to speculate but at the same time I am getting fed up of people choosing the easy option and on top of it all not disclosing the use of AI tools for content writing.

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         PaulGoodman67posted 17 months agoin reply to this

         I've invested very little time on this but the tone and content appear completely generic, which is a bad sign.
         
         The About section has lots of buzzwords but there's nothing personal, such as individual experiences, etc. I assume the article is like that too.
         
         I use the About section to decide whether to take a writer seriously.

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            paolaenergyaposted 17 months agoin reply to this

            Good call, Paul! Reading the About section first is a time-saving way to assess whether to read an article or not.

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   Rupert Taylorposted 17 months ago

   I'm thinking they don't realize they are committing an offence - "I's on the internet, so it must be free." That's the charitable view. The other is that they know they are stealing someone else's work and don't care.

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      PaulGoodman67posted 17 months agoin reply to this

      Yes.
      
      However, the problem is that AI will get better and it will become increasingly difficult to discern the artificial from the human.
      
      It's like we're living in a Philip K Dick novel.

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         theraggededgeposted 17 months agoin reply to this

         It isn't AI as far as I know, but all her articles have been copied from elsewhere, including FaceBook, Instagram, Medium, and Expatica.

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            PaulGoodman67posted 17 months agoin reply to this

            I've only read the About section and that looked AI-ish to me. So I'm not going to spend any time on the article but I'm sure you're right.
            
            The good thing about copying is that while it's unethical and often breaks laws, it is at least relatively easy to detect.

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   Solarasposted 17 months ago

   I am finding that some of the interlinking being done by HP is counterproductive.  Editors have been adding a You May Also Like section:
   
   For instance, if I have an article on cats with green eyes, why would the reader want to know names for cats with blue or amber eyes.  Presumably, they have a cat with green eyes.  The program is focusing on "eyes" and not just "cat names".
   
   Similarly, if I have the same cat with green eyes article, it links to a bunch of dog name articles.  Again it is focusing on "name" and not "cat." to generate similar article lists.
   
   Is this something that can be adjusted? Some sort of learning for AI techs to tweak?

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