User talk:Ericcaldwellturner

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Hello, Ericcaldwellturner, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Ferrell girls preparatory academy, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Ferrell girls preparatory academy


Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, introducing inappropriate pages, such as Ferrell girls preparatory academy, is not in accordance with our policies. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Under section G3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, the page has been nominated for deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, 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 from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Karl 334 Talk- -Contribs  18:47, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Accuracy of Wikipedia
Hi Ericcaldwellturner. I noticed that you created an article to demonstrate that because Wikipedia can be edited by anyone, the accuracy of its articles may be suspect. This is certainly a valid point, but there are better ways to teach this lesson to your students than deliberately creating a fake article, which may be considered "disrupting Wikipedia to illustrate a point". In the past, teachers have been blocked from editing for engaging in precisely the same kind of behavior. As this was a one-off incident, I doubt that you will be declared persona non grata as long as you cease this disruption. There are many other resources for demonstrating that Wikipedia is not always a reliable source. You can make an edit in our test sandbox. In many instances, Wikipedia has been manipulated by PR agencies and paid editors to insert false or misleading information in the articles of businesses that have hired them, and these incidents have been well documented by the news media. Last year, an editor was expelled for manipulating an article about the Indian Institute of Planning and Management. Wikipedia has also come under attack from PR agencies, most recently the "Orangemoody" scandal and two years ago, an organization called "Wiki-PR". It would be more helpful to instruct your students to watch our for subtle errors in Wikipedia's articles, and to report any mistakes they spot, which they can do at the Teahouse, a friendly forum for new editors, or the Help Desk. Thanks, Altamel (talk) 19:50, 3 March 2016 (UTC)