User talk:Hafees.a

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Hello, Hafees.a, 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 Middlesex University Dubai, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Middlesex University Dubai


A tag has been placed on Middlesex University Dubai, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the. Mean as custard (talk) 07:19, 23 July 2017 (UTC)

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Please read Your first article, conflict of interest and best practice. Jimfbleak - talk to me?  06:16, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

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Hi, thanks for message. You can sign your comments automatically using four tildes ~. I deleted your article because
 * it did not provide independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts and show that it meets the notability guidelines. Sources that are not acceptable include those linked to the organisation, press releases, social media and other sites that can be self-edited, blogs, websites of unknown or non-reliable provenance, and sites that are just reporting what the organisation  claims or interviewing its management. You gave no independent references at all. Note that references should be in-line so we can tell what fact each is supporting, and should not be bare urls
 * it was written in a promotional tone. Articles must be neutral and encyclopaedic. Examples of unsourced claims presented as fact include: widely regarded as an excellent international provider... outstanding academic credential.. highly employable and successful graduates.&mdash; and so on, just spam
 * apart from a bit of history, it's all about what courses you offer. To show notability you need hard verifiable facts such as the number of employees, funding or expenditure. You give a figure for the number of students and graduates, but there is no in-line reference to support the claims.
 * the article was a copyright violation of this page, at least. Copyrighted text is not allowed in Wikipedia, as outlined in this policy. That applies even to pages created by you or your organisation, unless they state clearly and explicitly that the text is public domain. The copied site was marked © Copyright Middlesex University Dubai 2017 which does not confirm that it can be used, modified and distributed for any purpose, including commercial, as we require here. There are ways to donate copyrighted text to Wikipedia, as described here; please note that simply asserting on the talk page that you are the owner of the copyright, or you have permission to use the text, isn't sufficient. But in any case the copyrighted text is far too promotional to be useful for Wikipedia's purposes, so there would not be any point in your jumping through all the hoops that are required.
 * You wrote We are a truly global university. You have an obvious conflict of interest and you must declare it. If you work directly or indirectly for the university, or otherwise are acting on its behalf, you are very strongly discouraged from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly. Regardless, if you are paid directly or indirectly by the organisation that you are writing about, you are  required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:. The template Paid can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form:    . If you are being compensated, please provide the required disclosure. Note that editing with a COI is discouraged, but permitted as long as it is declared. Concealing a COI can lead to a block. Please do not edit further until you respond to this message.

We often restore deleted text on request, but for legal reasons we don't do so for copyright violations. Before attempting to write an article again, please check that you can find independent third party sources. Also read this guidance. You must also reply to the COI request above.

Jimfbleak - talk to me?  08:57, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

April 2018
Hello, I'm Ravensfire. I noticed that you made one or more changes to an article, Hema Sardesai, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. ''I reverted your edits for a couple of reasons. First, you must have reliable sources included in your edits to support the claims you are making. The welcome message at the top of your talk page has some helpful links, but you can also go to the Reliable Source page or the Identifying Reliable Sources page for help. Your edits were also highly promotional and POV laden. "hit songs", "smash single" are just a few examples. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a blog or place to promote somethings. Articles must be neutral in tone. Thank you.''  Ravensfire  (talk) 18:32, 22 April 2018 (UTC)