User talk:Mariemc57

Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, please note that there is a Manual of Style that should be followed to maintain a consistent, encyclopedic appearance. Deviating from this style, as you did in University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, disturbs uniformity among articles and may cause readability or accessibility problems. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you.--Arxiloxos (talk) 01:59, 14 February 2013 (UTC)


 * In addition, I would like to explain my concerns about your edits concerning Rick McCormick. Any person listed on a "notable alumni" list must be shown to be notable; the preferred way to do this is to first write an article about the person, with sufficient independent reliable sources to demonstrate that the person passes Wikipedia's general notability guideline or otherwise can be found to be notable. If no such article exists, it is essential to show the person's notability by supplying independent reliable sources directly. Many editors would have simply deleted McCormick's name from the list because of the lack of such sources.  Instead, I attempted to help show his notability by adding some independent sources about his NCJAA D3 championship team. Your further changes are problematic because: (i) Cedar Valley didn't win the "NJCAA Men's National Basketball Championship", they won the NJCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship, as was accurately stated before you changed it; (ii) I did not find any independent sources to substantiate that he was named "national coach of the year" in 2001, only that he was coach of the championship tournament; (iii) his appearance as a "featured speaker at National Coaches Clinic in Las Vegas, NV" does not show any notability, unless there was independent news coverage of his appearance; and (iv) your deletion of the independent newspaper sources in lieu of a link to McCormick's company's website appears to be a form of linkspam, using Wikipedia for impermissible commercial promotion.  I hope this explanation is helpful.   Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. --Arxiloxos (talk) 02:18, 14 February 2013 (UTC)