User talk:Estifo a

Hello, Estifo a, and welcome to editing Wikipedia. I hope you will have a successful time here, but unfortunately there have been problems with the article Ethiopian cultural wedding, which you created. The most important problem is that much, perhaps all, of its content was copied from other sources, in violation of copyright, and for that reason the article has been deleted. However, even without the copyright problem, the article would have been unsuitable for Wikipedia, as its overall style and character were more like a personal essay than an encyclopaedia article. Also, an article needs to include reliable sources to verify the content. 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. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 09:07, 2 August 2016 (UTC)