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February 2010
Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed content from Silicon Valley University. When removing text, please specify a reason in the edit summary and discuss edits that are likely to be controversial on the article's talk page. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the text has been restored, as you can see from the [ page history]. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. ''The content you removed from the article was sourced in accordance with Wikipedia policy on verifiability. That's the kind of content that Wikipedia seeks in articles. You replaced it with content that may be true, but reads like a verbatim copy of a university promotional brochure -- that's not what Wikipedia is for. If you disagree with sourced information, please discuss it on the article talk page, instead of deleting it. Furthermore, the pronouns you use suggest that you are affiliated with this school, so you should familiarize yourself with Wikipedia policy on conflicts of interest and refrain from revising the article yourself -- please use the talk page. Finally, please note that articles in Telugu language do not conform with Wikipedia policy on external links.'' Orlady (talk) 02:22, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

Please stop. If you continue to add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to Silicon Valley University, you will be blocked from editing. Orlady (talk) 05:34, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

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Silicon Valley University
Please stop edit warring. The sentence that you continually remove is based on the third sentence of the 2nd paragraph on page 69 of the book cited (The New Argonauts). If you have concerns about the facts in the article, repeatedly deleting sourced content is not an effective way to express your concerns. Instead, please explain your concerns on the article talk page, and please provide sources (for verifiability, something other than the SVU website is preferred) to support your information. --Orlady (talk) 04:34, 4 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Please stop replacing the wrong sentence in there. As you said third sentence of the 2nd paragraph reads "A majority of students continue to be of Chinese origin..." But where exactly does it say "2006"? If you're really keen on adding true supporting information, please do so correctly as well. It says "In 1999,...." It has been 11 years since the interview and the faculty are NOT ALL CHINESE. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mykeel (talk • contribs) 21:33, 4 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Actually, it's the second sentence of the paragraph that says "A majority of students continue to be of Chinese origin..." The third sentence says "The student body has more than tripled in size, and the faculty remains entirely Chinese." It's the third sentence that was the basis for the statement in the article.
 * Where the source says "2006" is the date on the book. Since the statement in the book was in the present tense, I have to assume that it was true in 2006. The paragraph does begin by saying "In 1999", but the full sentence says "In 1999, Silicon Valley University had fifteen students, all of them Chinese." The rest of the paragraph tells about about the university at the time of the book's writing.
 * I know nothing about an interview in 1999. The article is based on published information, consistent with Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you have additional sources that you think would be helpful in telling SVU's story, please share the information that you have. --Orlady (talk) 03:48, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Friendly advice
Personally, I believe you that the staff is not all Chinese. However, looking at the school's faculty page isn't helpful; lots of people of Chinese descent have non-Chinese names. Right now, the only independent source we have says the staff is all Chinese- all you need to do is reference one of the more recent newspaper or magazine articles about the school that mentions the staff's diversity. I want to warn you that Wikipedia does have rules about edit-warring; people who repeatedly revert other users' edits instead of using the article talk page to seek consensus are often blocked from editing- that applies to both you and User:Orlady. -21:39, 9 March 2010 (UTC)


 * For what it's worth, I also believe that the current faculty is not all Chinese. The statement in the article is not about the current faculty, bu rather is about the past (note that an institution's history is an appropriate topic for inclusion in an encyclopedia article, and many universities have changed a lot over time). The statement is sourced to a book published in 2006, describing the situation that existed as of the time of the book's writing. I have zero firsthand knowledge of this school and no point of view to push, but have been trying to develop and maintain verifiable content (for this and other articles). I continue to hope that additional verifiable and objective information about the school can be added to the article. --Orlady (talk) 04:06, 10 March 2010 (UTC)