User talk:M.ArifShahid

June 2017
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 * Welcome to editing Wikipedia. I hope you will have a successful time here. However, there are several features of your editing of the article Israr Ahmed which are not in line with Wikipedia policies and guidelines, and it may help you to learn what is acceptable if I mention some of them. You have removed dozens of references from the article, without giving any explanation as to why you have done so. You have also removed substantial amounts of text, likewise without explanation, much of it supported by the references which you have removed. You have added very large quantities of text which is not supported by any references, so that we have no evidence for the statements other than the fact that someone who has created a Wikipedia account has posted them. Much of what you have posted clearly seeks to present Israr Ahmed's work from his own point of view, and therefore to show a positive view of him, contrary to the policy that all articles must be written from a neutral point of view. Some of what you posted clearly expresses judgements or opinions, such as stating that a tract is "important". Finally, although it is a minor point, it is worth mentioning that your writing deviates in a number of respects from Wikipedia's accepted style of presentation, as described in the manual of style; for example, we don't use titles or honorifics before names in the body of an article, such as repeatedly referring to "Dr. Israr Ahmad".
 * I am sorry to throw such a list of what must look like criticisms at you when you have just started contributing to Wikipedia, and have evidently put a considerable amount of work into what you have done, but they are actually intended as attempts to help you learn what is acceptable in editing, rather than to criticise you. All of us when we first start editing are unaware of many of the features of how Wikipedia works, so we are all likely to do things in perfectly good faith which turn out not to be in line with Wikipedia standards. My advice to new editors is that it is best to start by making small improvements to articles, rather than attempting to do major rewrites of 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 substantially rewrite articles, or even create whole new articles, without fear that your work will be reverted or 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 large scale contributions from the start.
 * In any case, whenever you edit please type a brief explanation of what you are doing into the box labelled "Edit summary" below the editing area, so that other editors can understand why you have made the changes that you have made. It is particularly important to explain your reasons when you remove large quantities of content, and even more so when you remove sources. Also, please never add large bodies of text without giving references to reliable sources so that what you write is verifiable. In an encyclopaedia which anyone can edit we cannot accept content merely on the basis that someone has chosen to come along and post it to Wikipedia. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 09:55, 19 June 2017 (UTC)