User talk:JAguil940617

Speedy deletion nomination of User:JAguil940617/sandbox/Jesus
Hello JAguil940617,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged User:JAguil940617/sandbox/Jesus for deletion, because it seems to be promotional, rather than an encyclopedia article.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. BuntyPathak (talk) 23:56, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

Welcome!
Hello, "JAguil940617", and welcome to editing Wikipedia. I see you have put quite a lot of work into editing the article Heineken. An editor who is willing to put in so much work is obviously exactly what we want, and I hope you will continue to edit Wikipedia. Unfortunately, though, there are some problems with your editing, probably because you are new to editing Wikipedia and don't fully know how things work here, so I will say a few things which I hope may help you.

Firstly, content of Wikipedia pages must not read like advertising or promotion. Some of your editing does look that way: for example, "Sold in more than 170 countries, Heineken is the world's most international premium beer" is promotional marketing copy, not neutral factual reporting. You also have not provided any source to show that it is "the world's most international premium beer" (whatever that is supposed to mean). It is also difficult to see what a list of "Celebrity Endorsements" (in other words famous entertainers who have been paid to advertise Heineken) is supposed to achieve other than promotion.

Secondly, at least some of the wording you have used is copied from other places, meaning that it almost certainly infringes copyright. You must not copy text from other web sites and paste it into Wikipedia pages: you must write things in your own words.

Thirdly, you have sometimes not formatted things properly: for example, you have posted "references" which do not work the way they should.

I'm afraid there is a lot to learn about editing Wikipedia, and all of us make mistakes, especially at first. I am posting (above) a welcome message, which includes links to various pages which may help you. Don't try to read all of those pages right away, because there is too much there, but do have a look at the ones which seem most relevant to your needs now, and come back to others when you need to. My advice to new editors is that it is best to start by making small improvements to existing articles, rather than trying to make a major re-write of an article. That way any mistakes you make (which you will, because we all do) 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 make major changes, or even 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 making major rewrites from the start. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 14:10, 14 April 2015 (UTC)


 * One more thing which I forgot to mention. If you find that other editors disagree with your edits and revert them (i.e. undo them) don't just keep on repeating your edits, in the hope that others will give up and let you get your way. Repeatedly reverting to your preferred version, known as edit warring, is regarded as unhelpful, and editors who keep on doing it may be blocked from editing, to prevent disruption of the project. If you are convinced that your edits are best, then explain why on the article's talk page (such as Talk:Heineken), and be prepared to discuss the issues, and try to reach agreement. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 15:11, 14 April 2015 (UTC)