Talk:Curly Girl Method

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Wiki Education assignment: Online Communities

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 9 January 2026 and 17 April 2026. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Graceskepner (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Samantha (Sami) L, Donohue55, Aryamanjoshi2005.

— Assignment last updated by Samantha (Sami) L (talk) 14:41, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

Peer Review Request

Graceskepner (talk) 23:53, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

Peer review

Curly Girl Method

I've listed this article for peer review because I'm a new editor and a student making contributions to Wikipedia for my Online Communities course. I made some updates and changes to this article, and I would love any feedback on how to improve it further!

Thanks, Graceskepner (talk) 23:56, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

TheNuggeteer

I am not experienced in these kinds of topics, but since this is unanswered, I will review this. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 (My "blotter") 12:17, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

• First, please see WP:LEADCITE, do not place citations on the lead (the first part and introduction to the article) unless it is not reflected in the other sections.
• You might want to remove an image, as I believe there are too much images on the sides
• use the {{sfn}} template for citations 11 and 12 and link them to the books
• I believe you should add a level-3 subsection (the one with three equal signs) to separate the two books from the citations
• You might want to use {{Cite book}} for the two books under.

Now, for the actual problems mentioned in the template on the top.

• which is considered too harsh for curly hair I do not think this needs to be added to the lead
• with DevaCurl few years ago you might want to resolve the when? template: when did Lorraine part ways with DevaCurl? please provide the year
• and many women felt pressured to straighten their hair with flat irons or chemical relaxers according to who? please add this in the article.
• There are many unsourced paragaphs, you might want to add sources
• The first paragraph of Variations reads like original research, please add attribution (who said this) and sources.
• which proponents claim removes buildup from the hair and scalp without the harsh "stripping" or drying effects of traditional shampoo. since this is a claim, you need to add a source and who said this
• include the Deva cut,[1] Ouidad cut,[2] and RI CI cut.[3] capitalize every instance of "cut" here
• Other authors have written curly hair care guides which focus on specific hair types. you might want to remove this as it is original research; if you want to keep this, you should add all the different book sources at the end of the sentence
• The last sentence of Variation reads like a guide and a lot of this is discussed in Porosity; it needs attribution and you might want to cut some parts

This is the review. For a new editor, this article is very good and looks like a typical Wikipedia article, albeit with a few problems. If you need help with some of the points, feel free to ask. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 (My "blotter") 12:17, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

Images

I would love to get others' opinions on how I can update the images on this article to represent more of a diverse range of ethnicities. I would keep the leading image as is, but do others think it's acceptable to update one of the others? Let me know your thoughts! Graceskepner (talk) 14:26, 17 March 2026 (UTC)