Hey Kim, my name is Amy and i'm just practicing writing on other peoples talk pages.
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editHello, KimPham, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Shalor and I work with the Wiki Education Foundation; 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) 15:42, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Digital Divide in Nigeria
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A tag has been placed on Digital Divide in Nigeria, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.
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- Hi! I wanted to give you some feedback on the content you had posted. (Seraphimblade, if you don't mind, can I post the content in the student's userspace for them to work on? I know that you don't always mind, but I wanted to ask since this would be work related for me. If you want to send it to their userspace that would be nice as well.:) )
- The content wasn't ready to be moved to the mainspace just yet - you need to wait for your fellow students to get together for the final article. I noted that the article was deleted as promotional - this likely came from using the terms "high-quality" and "affordable", terms that are typically considered to be promotional buzzwords on here. This may not stand out as much in the final article, but it is a good idea to think of some alternate terms that you could use or different ways to write the content. For example, you could write the following:
- The program's goal is to improve the economic and social structure of Nigeria by providing its citizens access to personal computers and the Internet. In order to avoid supplying participants with poor-quality and expensive items, CANi utilizes government provided subsidies and tax waivers, as well as assistance from companies in developing and producing affordable personal computers.
- This still uses the term "affordable" but uses it in a slightly different way that makes it into more of an explanation. You can use or adapt what I've written above however you like, of course. I'm interested in seeing the final article - this really is an interesting topic! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:25, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
- @Shalor (Wiki Ed): It's not the worst I've seen, so I've got no objection. I'll need to trim it down a little, G11 is a global criterion, so it would be eligible for deletion under that anywhere. (In its current state, it would also be eligible for A7, but that applies only to articles, not drafts or any other namespace). Your advice is good. In general, (talking more to you, KimPham), remember to stick only to facts verified by reliable sources, and to put them forth in a neutral tone. Avoid "talking up" or a positive tone, even if you think something is great. Articles don't get deleted for being dull or dry, but they do for being promotional. As far as demonstrating notability, remember to find reliable and independent sources that cover the subject in reasonable depth. Seraphimblade Talk to me 19:31, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
- Now at User:KimPham/Digital Divide in Nigeria. Seraphimblade Talk to me 19:33, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
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editHi Kim! I didn't mean to ignore your post on my talk page! Even a couple of months in I still have no idea how to work the talk pages haha! I hope things are going well! VDised1 (talk) 03:42, 24 October 2017 (UTC)