User talk:Alison Ferst

Hi Alison - welcome to Wikipedia! I noticed that you did some edits on the Teesside University page. It certainly needs editing and I'm sure you had the best of intentions. However, Wikipedia is written in a certain encyclopedic style with certain protocols and rules. Even though you fell foul of the rules - and I know that can be a little unsettling - what you wrote could still be presented on Wikipedia. A few pointers: Wikipedia is not an advert, or a newspaper, or a noticeboard ... or even a travel blog. It's written in an encyclopedic style - meaning that it's got to be neutral (don't take sides), referenced to published works to show its truthfulness, and plainspeaking (eg. you can refer to an article which describes a building as iconic, but to put it directly into an article is your own biased point of view and considered a peacock expression). So, my advice is to continue to improve the article on Teesside University but don't write it as yourself - write in blunt prose and refer to publications as references. You can, of course, revert deletions of your edits ... which may lead to some discussion with the person who deleted your work ... but that's how you cut your teeth. Good luck! Francis Hannaway (talk) 15:19, 17 November 2014 (UTC)