User talk:Ratan18

Hi -

I have undone your recent addition to the page "Alumni". Please note the reasons why -

1. The section starts with "who have excelled in different fields and aspects be it technologially, academically or towards entrepreneurship" There's a typo. The next sentence is unjustified personal opinion

2. The section then lists alumni who have cleared the Civil Services exam shortly after graduation. Only one who has got a high rank. No mention of any achievements thereafter. Next is a list of alumni who have started companies, without any indication of the extent of success of the company.

3. Nitesh Kumar is mentioned and his achievements were during his BTech. He is also not yet a alum. Pradeep Seervi also got 1st rank in GATE (EE) while he was a student - not as a alum.

4. The section is devoid of citations.

5. Ratan18 has not put a description of any of his/her edits (see History).

All of this reflects poorly on IIT Mandi.

Suggestions

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= 1. Change the section title to "Notable Alumni". Include in a single table or list only those who have publicly-acknowledged accomplishments as alumni to their credit. This would typically take several years after graduation. One measure of public acknowledgement is that the person has a Wikipedia article. See for e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_Himachal_Pradesh

2. If no alumni have Wiki articles at present, then remove the section until these articles are created. E.g. Have there been newspaper articles about Aathar in his position in Jaipur? Have there been articles about Solar Labs? If so, pages can be created for these.

3. Ratan18 and any other students/alumni who wish to edit Wiki articles are advised to read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing

-- Section: Content style and policies

An encyclopedic style with a formal tone is important: straightforward, just-the-facts, instead of essay-like, argumentative, or opinionated. The goal of a Wikipedia article is to create a comprehensive and neutrally written summary of existing mainstream knowledge about a topic. Wikipedia does not publish original research. An encyclopedia is, by its nature, a tertiary source that provides a survey of information already published in the wider world. Ideally, all information should be cited and verifiable by reliable sources. Sourcing requirements are significantly stricter in articles on living persons. -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Editing,_creating,_and_maintaining_articles/Editing_for_the_first_time

4. All such Wiki editors are encouraged to create a User page so they gain some legitimacy. This will also help to acknowledge conflict of interest, if any.