User talk:OnWalls

August 2017

 * 1) A Wikipedia article must be written from a neutral point of view, and any kind of promotional editing is not permitted by Wikipedia policy. The article Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies (CSBR) was far from neutral, being clearly written to impress upon the reader that the organisation is a noble and beneficial thing, and that the things it has done are worthwhile "achievements".
 * 2) The article was largely, if not entirely, constructed from bits copied from other sources. It is almost never suitable to copy content from another web site to Wikipedia, for more than one reason, the most important being copyright. When you post anything to Wikipedia you release it for anyone in the world to reuse it, either unchanged or modified in any way whatever, subject to attribution to Wikipedia. It is very rare that the owner of a web site licenses content for such very free reuse, and in those few occasions when they do so, we require proof of the fact. We don't assume that content is freely licensed on the unsubstantiated say so of just anyone who comes along and creates a Wikipedia account, for the simple reason that very often people come to Wikipedia and falsely claim to have copyright rights that in fact they don't have.

For both those reasons, either of which alone would have been sufficient, the article has been deleted. My advice to new editors is that it is best to start by making small improvements to existing articles, rather than creating new 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 write whole new articles without fear that they will be 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 creating new articles from the start. (Obviously, that advice will not appeal to you if you have no interest in editing for any purpose other than for telling the world about what a good thing you think the Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies is, but in that case Wikipedia is not the right place for you anyway, as Wikipedia is not a medium for organisations to promote their messages.) The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 14:42, 22 August 2017 (UTC)