User talk:Asheren

October 2011
Please do not add or change content without verifying it by citing reliable sources, as you did to Israel on Campus Coalition. Please review the guidelines at Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. ''You cannot just add this. It must be sourced and cannot be copied>pasted from somewhere else.'' Calabe1992 (talk) 15:24, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Ask Herzl


A tag has been placed on Ask Herzl requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person, organization (band, club, company, etc.) or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think that the page was nominated in error, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Zad68 (talk) 14:22, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Ask Herzl
Ask Herzl isn't ready for a Wikipedia article because it doesn't exist yet. Once the program is in place and you can demonstrate it meets Wikipedia's notability requirements, it could probably have a page at that time. Zad68 (talk) 14:24, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Do I need to re-write the code, or is that saved somewhere (or can you send it back to me?)

If I were you I would copy it out the page while it still stands into your own user sandbox! I will request that on the article Talk page. Zad68 (talk) 14:47, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

March 2012
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, but at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Israel on Campus Coalition, did not appear to be constructive and has been automatically reverted (undone) by an automated computer program called ClueBot NG.
 * Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Note that human editors do monitor recent changes to Wikipedia articles, and administrators have the ability to block users from editing if they repeatedly engage in vandalism.
 * ClueBot NG makes very few mistakes, but it does happen. If you believe the change you made should not have been considered as unconstructive, please read about it, [ report it here], remove this warning from your talk page, and then make the edit again.
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 * The following is the log entry regarding this warning: Israel on Campus Coalition was changed by Asheren (u) (t) ANN scored at 0.979558 on 2012-03-22T15:10:17+00:00 . Thank you. ClueBot NG (talk) 15:10, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to Ask Herzl. While objective prose about beliefs, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not intended to be a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. Thank you. JamesBWatson (talk) 15:11, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Ask Herzl now in your sandbox
Hi, although the page was deleted from the main article space, the content was copied for you into your own sandbox area here: User:Asheren/sandbox. When the time is right you can try to re-create the article. Thanks. Zad68 (talk) 15:18, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Israel on Campus Coalition
Hello - We've been trying to update a page entitled 'Israel on Campus Coalition' which is severely out of date. I've attempted to reach the editor of the page with no success. When we try to change the site, the author changes them back. Any suggestions? Thank you!

Hi, I see the issue. First, it's generally a problem when employees of an organization, or people who are doing "PR" for an organization, try to edit the Wikipedia article for it. It's called conflict of interest and in general edits made by people who have a conflict of interest do not meet Wikipedia's standards, because those editors have an interest in promoting the organization, and not reporting only neutral, factual information about it. Here is one way how you can approach it: 1) Go to the article's Talk page, and tell the truth if you are connected to the organization.  2)  On the Talk page, explain why the article as it stands needs editing--it's factually incorrect, out of date, etc. 3) On the Talk page, make suggestions as to how the article can be improved, but you must provide independently-verifiable reliable sources for your suggested changes.  4)  Some other editor who does not have a conflict of interest may act on your requests to change the article. I will offer to do that, I do not have a conflict of interest. I will watch the article Talk page and look at your suggestions. Make sure you provide sources. (It is permitted for employees of the organization to make easily-verifiable factual changes to articles about the organization, but as you have gotten off on the wrong foot with conflict of interest edits, perhaps you should start by letting others make the changes.) Zad68 (talk) 15:34, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Thank you so much! That was very helpful. We'll be in touch. We plan to provide sources like this http://www.hillel.org/about/news/2010/nov/16nov10_Hillelicc.htm that document that sweeping changes our organization that undertaken since that ICC page was written. Take care.

No problem. I need to mention that sources like the one you cited from Hillel are called primary sources because they come from the organization (or associated organizations) itself, and really can only be used to state what the organization says about itself. They're not really any better than a newspaper advertisement or a public relations press release. It would be much better if you could find independent, secondary sources that reported on the organization. Zad68 (talk) 15:47, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of User:Asheren/sandbox


A tag has been placed on User:Asheren/sandbox, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be unambiguous advertising that only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item G11, as well as the guidelines on spam.

If you can indicate why the subject of this article is not blatant advertising,. Clicking that button will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit |the article's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. You may freely add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would help make it encyclopedic, as well as adding any citations from independent reliable sources to ensure that the article will be verifiable. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. 79.123.74.219 (talk) 09:21, 25 March 2012 (UTC)