User talk:PaulMercurio

December 2016

 * There were several problems with the article Kevin M Cordeiro, including the following. (1) The article was not written from a neutral point of view, as required for Wikipedia, but was distinctly promotional in tone. (2) The article lacked citations to reliable independent sources to establish that its subject is notable enough to be the topic of a Wikipedia article. Note that sources associated with the subject are no use in establishing notability: that includes such things as the web site of companies publishing or selling his work, the web site of a school he attended, etc. Also, trivial mentions, such as inclusion in a listing, does not establsih notability. (3) More important, though, is that the contents of the article were largely or entirely copied from another source, infringing copyright. I have identified more than one place where the contents have previously been published; I can't be certain which was the original source, but it doesn't matter, as the fact that it is copied froom somewhere is sufficient. The article has been deleted, the immediate reason being of the copyright issue, but the promotional nature of the article and the lack of evidence of notability might also have led to deletion. 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. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 14:48, 6 December 2016 (UTC)