Ccrain3

Potential New Section: Find out the reason that it first started.

Disabled Access Day came about after Paul Ralph a wheelchair user and a local magazine called Euan's Guide supporter came together one evening. Ralph went to a ‘try it out day’ at his local bus company, to see how the city buses are user friendly: “Prior to this, I had not used the bus network in my hometown because I was unsure how the ramp operated, how ticketing worked and if my powerchair would fit. I attended a demonstration organised by the local bus company with the opportunity to explore a stationary bus. Extra staff were on hand to explain the process of getting on and off safely. There was ample time to become more familiar with the layout of the bus and with what you need to know as a wheelchair using passenger. I’m now a frequent bus user. Chatting with friends, I thought how great it would be if there were similar initiatives, including some more informal events, happening across the country on one specific day. The idea of encouraging disabled people to also try something new that day appeared and out of it came the idea of Disabled Access Day.” Therefore, Disabled Access Day has been announced and is becoming a global trend.

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Hi! I noticed that recently you tried to move your sandbox to the mainspace along with your userpage. I'm guessing that these were test edits, so I've moved them back to the userspace.

I did have some notes for the material you had in your sandbox, though:

1. Portions of the content somewhat came across as unintentionally promotional for the event. Be careful of this, as promotional content is not permitted on Wikipedia and can result in the removal or deletion of the material. I don't think that this was intentional, more just that you're not used to writing in an encyclopedic tone. I went through the same thing when I first signed up, so don't feel bad - almost all of us have done this when we first started editing. (WP:PUFFERY)
2. Be careful of original research. (WP:OR) For example, be careful of citing things without backing it up with a reliable source that explicitly backs up what you've written.
3. Be concise. I noticed that you include a lot of basic information about handicapped people and businesses. While a little bit of information about the reason for the event is fine, this should only be about 1-2 sentences. This is one of the ways that an encyclopedia article can differ from an academic paper, as this is encouraged in academic papers. This is because academic papers are expected to stand alone and are frequently not accompanied by other materials. (IE, reading them offline) However with encyclopedia articles, especially online ones, assume that the reader does have access to these topics and are written with the expectation that if the reader needs additional material they can go to the main article.

Hopefully this helps and good luck with classes! Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 06:58, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

• Tokyogirl79 Thank you so much, I am new to the Wikipedia community. I think I may have tried moving it back to the mainspace, if there is a way that you could tell me how to move it back to my user page that would be great so that I could make these edits that you have suggested. Ccrain3 (talk) 18:38, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

• I'd already moved it back to your sandbox at User:Ccrain3/sandbox. I see that you tried to move it again, so I've moved it back to this same location and you don't need to move it again. Since there's already an article for this event in the mainspace, you don't really have to move any of the information and can just cut/paste the desired text into the article for Disabled Access Day. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 04:33, 7 November 2015 (UTC)