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This is meant as a replacement for the article on Subordinationism that has multiple errors and a flawed structure. The Text has been prepared by Rev Dr Kevin Giles who is a world renowned authority on the Trinity. I’ve now removed paragraph numbers but I’m not sure what other editing might be required to mee the style requirements of Wikipedia. Any help would be appreciated.Capplebyoz (talk) 09:14, 31 October 2018 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Subordinationism (October 24)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Robert McClenon was:

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Robert McClenon (talk) 05:59, 24 October 2018 (UTC)


 * The draft is unsuitable as a replacement for the current article. It's an essay that takes certain positions and declares other theological positions to be erroneous. That's simply not appropriate for an encyclopedia. Our articles should explain the various positions and of course (with reliable sources) explain how widespread they are or whether the proponents of one consider the proponents of another heretical, but we shouldn't ourselves take a stance on which religious persuasions are right or wrong, or whether it's good that some historical person argued for a certain position. Beyond that issue that would require a thorough rewriting of the entire draft, there are further problems. For example, it's written in the first person. Not appropriate for an encyclopedia. It also does a rather poor job at laying out the arguments in favor (or against) subordinationalism; for example, it mentions that some scholars considered "scriptures" to prove subordination, but not which scriptures those are. The most immediate issue, however, is that it's not your own work. If Rev Dr Kevin Giles prepared that text, he owns the copyright, and we'll need him to give permission for everybody to re-use and modify the text for any purpose, including commercial purposes. See WP:Donating copyrighted content on how to do this. Since we currently do not have evidence of such a permission, I'll have to delete the draft (it can be restored if permission is obtained). Since it wouldn't be suitable for Wikipedia even if the copyright issue were resolved, it may be easier to write a new text that is a neutral explanation of subordinationist belief and its role within Christian theology and to license that instead. Huon (talk) 13:48, 31 October 2018 (UTC)