User talk:Mikaelswayze

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Canadian Yeshiva & Rabbinical School and Classic Judaism
Thank you for writing these articles. As one who has been writing for many years for Wikipedia, I want to warn you of some pitfalls you will want to avoid:


 * Never use another Wikipedia article as a source. Wikipedians do not consider the Wikipedia to be a reliable source.
 * I see that you are affiliated with the Canadian Yeshiva and Rabbinical School. In general, editing an article about a subject with which you are personally directly involved is considered a conflict of interest, and is generally forbidden. In this case, I don't think anyone will complain. On the other hand, be careful about including hype. For example, the article presents the school as being around since 2009, while you and I know that it still has no students. You might want to rewrite the lead to make that clearer.
 * The article on Classic Judaism is more problematic, and has already raised some eyebrows here. Currently, the article is an apologia, long on excuses and short on facts. Are there any Jewish congregations that identify themselves as Classic Jewish? How many congregations and how many people? Are there any sources that discuss this as a Jewish religious movement? I couldn't find any. Currently, the article has one source, which never mentions Classic Judaism. Surely Sperber and Tanenbaum have published articles that you can quote from? The article is currently at risk; you need to give it some meat if you don't want it deleted.

Welcome to the Wikipedia. These criticisms are offered in the spirit of friendship - your articles are better than my first ones were. Hope to see you around - there's still plenty to write about. --Ravpapa (talk) 07:28, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Nomination of Classic Judaism for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Classic Judaism is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Classic Judaism until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Joe407 (talk) 14:07, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Deletion discussion of Classic Judaism
In case you did not know this, the deletion discussion is at Articles for deletion/Classic Judaism. See my comments on User talk:Rabroy as to how I suggest you proceed. Regards, --Ravpapa (talk) 05:20, 30 April 2011 (UTC)