Rahul5150

November 2019

It is almost never suitable to copy content from another web site to Wikipedia, as you did at Draft:VMware Learning Platform, for more than one reason, the most important being copyright. When you post anything to Wikipedia you release it for anyone in the world to reuse it, either unchanged or modified in any way whatever, subject to attribution to Wikipedia. It is very rare that the owner of a web site licenses content for such very free reuse, and in those few occasions when they do so, we require proof of the fact. We don't assume that content is freely licensed on the unsubstantiated say so of just anyone who comes along and creates a Wikipedia account. In this case the web page in question has a copyright notice which says "All rights reserved", and the web site's terms of use say "You may not copy or distribute any portion of the VMware Websites, except as necessary to view the VMware Websites", so there is no question of the text being acceptable.

Even had there been no copyright problem, the page you created could not have been suitable as a Wikipedia article, as it was promotional in character. A Wikipedia article should be written from a neutral point of view, and it should be impossible to tell by reading it what opinions (if any) its authors personally hold on the subject of the article, whereas the page you created gave every appearance of being written with the intention of impressing the reader with the fact that VMware Learning Platform is a good product. (Indeed, that is exactly what one would expect from the web site of the product, which is another reason why copying content is almost always unacceptable.)

My advice to new editors is that it is best to start by making small improvements to existing articles, rather than creating new articles. That way any mistakes you make will be small ones, and you won't have the discouraging experience of repeatedly seeing hours of work deleted. Gradually, you will get to learn how Wikipedia works, and after a while you will know enough about what is acceptable to be able to write whole new articles without fear that they will be deleted. Over the years I have found that editors who start by making small changes to existing articles and work up from there have a far better chance of having a successful time here than those who jump right into creating new articles from the start. JBW (talk) Formerly JamesBWatson 12:50, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

Rahul5150, you are invited to the Teahouse!

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Your submission at Articles for creation: VMware Learning Platform (November 7)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by Dreamy Jazz were: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

• If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:VMware Learning Platform and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
• If you now believe the draft cannot meet Wikipedia's standards or do not wish to progress it further, you may request deletion. Please go to Draft:VMware Learning Platform, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window, add "{{db-self}}" at the top of the draft text and click the blue "publish changes" button to save this edit.
• If you do not make any further changes to your draft, in 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
• If you need any assistance, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk, on the reviewer's talk page or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

Dreamy Jazz 🎷 ^{talk to me | my contributions} 12:32, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

Draft:VMware Learning Platform concern

Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:VMware Learning Platform, a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it.

You may request Userfication of the content if it meets requirements.

If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available at WP:REFUND/G13.

Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 01:34, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:VMware Learning Platform

Hello, Rahul5150. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "VMware Learning Platform".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! UnitedStatesian (talk) 05:42, 30 May 2020 (UTC)