User talk:Mikecway


 * Consider adding categories like Category:Psychology_organizations
 * Be sure that you haven't just copy-and-pasted text from the organization's website. This is a thin line though.
 * There is too much detail here about awards. A simple list of the awards, without detailed desciptions, should be fine.  And anyway, some of it says things like "this award will be given for the first time in 2008", which is obviously out of date.
 * Search for National Academy of neuropsychology on other wikipedia pages and link to your new page.

ShaneTMueller (talk) 14:46, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of National Academy of Neuropsychology


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Status and Advice
As reviewing administrator, I had to delete the article.

On the now deleted talk p., you wrote:
 * This page should not be speedy deleted as an unambiguous copyright infringement, because the only complete sentences that I used from the website were the mission statement from the homepage of the National Academy of Neuropsychology and brief history, both of which I believe rewording would take away from the value of the page itself.

However, WP can not use material published elsewhere except in brief quotations. Still, there is no reason why a good article cannot be written. Here's how to do it: If you have any questions about how to do this, ask me on my talk page.  DGG ( talk ) 23:55, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
 * 1) A Wikipedia article needs to show notability with references providing substantial coverage from  3rd party independent published reliable sources, print or online, but not blogs or press releases, or material derived from press releases.  In addition to material from their own sites, find some discussion of them--professional publications are the most likely source -- but not their own publications.
 * 2) Once you have that, write the article, in your own words, using the sources only for reference. Besides copying, you must avoid Close paraphrase.Rewrite from scratch, changing not just the words, but the arrangement into sentences and the sequence of ideas.
 * 3) A Wikipedia article needs to be written like an encyclopedia article, not a press release--don't praise the organization or person, say what they do. Don't talk about the overall importance of the subject--talk about what they have accomplished. Don't include material that would better belong in an advertisement or a web page, such as a detailed list of awards or of executives or branches.
 * 4) .Remember not to copy from a web site, even your own -- first it's a copyright violation, but, even if you own the copyright and are willing to give us permission according to WP:DCM (permission that irrevocably gives everyone in the world the right to copy, reuse, and modify the material), the tone will not be encyclopedic and the material will not be suitable. The mission statement would make a suitable quotation, in its own section, but it should not be most of the article. The history section, however, must be written from scratch.  A Section listing all the presidents of the association is appropriate. Link to the WP{ pages--being president of a major national association like this is demonstration of notability for academics, and an article can & should be written on each of them. A list of prominent members is possible also, but it normally goes at the bottom, and consists of everyone there who has a WP article or is obviously qualified. This can be a lot of people, As a first step, including the winners of the principal award, the Distinguished Lifetime Contribution to Neuropsychology Award, was a good idea. But list them all--they too will justify articles.
 * 5) It is also acceptable to give a list of their conventions, sometimes most easily done in table format: give the city. Do not concentrate on the current or most recent one--that sort of material is not of  interest to a general reader coming across the mention of the society and wanting the sort of information that would be found in an encyclopedia. Do not include material that would be of interest only to those associated with the subject--that sort of content is considered promotional.